Race Results - July 1999
AHMRA Motocross at Barona Oaks
By Homer Eubanks
RAMONA, CA JUNE 13: Kyle Halkola conquered the AHRMA motocross
event held at Barona Oaks by dominating three of his four events.
The race drew 125 entries which meant a lot of old iron provided
plenty of fierce motocross action.
The Ossa mounted Kyle Halkola easily swept both the Classic 250
Intermediate motos. Changing to a CZ, Halkola came out and made
a clean sweep of the Sportsman 250 Intermediate division.
Overall 500 Sportsman winner was Expert Charlie Richardson, CZ,
who had to trail Fredo Rodil, CZ, through the first two laps before
stealing Rodil's inside line. Winner of the Sportsman 500 was
Rodil who kept his CZ ahead of the pack of 12 riders early on
in both motos. Rodil took both checkereds with first Dwayne Scrivnor,
Husky, then Lee Holth, CZ, trailing. Holth trialed Rodil across
in the second moto while Matt Parsons, BSA, earned third.
Casey Lessley, Hodaka, rode as hard as anyone in the Sportsman
125 Novice division but couldn't match the pace set by Justin
Alexander in both motos. Also taking repeat wins were Len Anderson,
BSA, in the Premier Lightweight Intermediate class while Dave
Duane had to settle for second in both motos.
Phil Benedict, BSA, was the dominant Premier Lightweight Novice
rider. Benedict kept Jerry Sterrett, BSA, at bay throughout both
motos. Ron Lessley, Hodaka, kept the gas on in both motos of the
Sportsman 125 Intermediate class. Lessley appeared to be the fastest
rider of the day while having Husky mounted Mark Arsenault a close
second all day.
Plenty of action took place in the Sportman 500 Novice class as
first Len Gillette, CZ, hole shot with Cliff Schulenberg, Maico,
challenging his lead at every corner. Schulenberg put it together
when it counted and hole shot the second moto and this time Gillette
was the one to apply pressure but had no luck stealing the win.
Maico mounted Expert riders Greg Carter and Mike Halpin provided
plenty of racing action in moto one.
In the second moto things started out good for Gary Lower, BSA,
as he hole shot with Halpin in second and Carter third. Halpin
twisted the throttle on the long uphill section and stole the
lead on lap three. Carter managed to get by Lower soon after and
pressured Halpin. On the last lap Carter managed to slip into
the lead but Halpin came back just before the finish line to win
the moto and overall.
Randi Perkins, Honda, earned the Intermediate overall by winning
the first round over AJS mounted Gary Cochell. In the second moto
things heated up as Don Hartley, Husky, hole shot but then on
lap two Fred Rodil, CZ, who had finished 15th in the first moto
came soaring through the pack to take over the lead. Once out
front Rodil was able to hold off Lee Holth, CZ. Hartley kept up
the pace and finished with a pair of threes earning second overall.
Perkins was to cross over fourth giving him the overall.
Rick Williams, CZ, looked like he was shot from a cannon in moto
one. The 50+ Expert never looked back and won the event with a
10 second lead. Running the same gate was the 50+ Intermediate
and Len Gillette, CZ, was in charge with Fred Brown, Can-Am, Chuck
Dekan, Yamaha, and Paul Owras, Yamaha, all over him throughout
the race. But as the dust settled the front four remained the
same.
The same four provided plenty of action in the second moto but
again Gillette proved dominant. Fred Brown came across behind
Owras and earned second overall for the day. Owras was third.
Doug Archibald, Husky, lost the first Plus 60 moto to Jay Wahl
Sr, Rokon, as Wahl had hole shot and Archibald couldn't close
the gap. Archibald was able to make good the second moto by getting
off the line early and distancing himself from Wahl.
The Bomber class had tight action in both motos. The front four
riders were head to toe throughout both motos. Greg Carter found
himself in front of the pack of 18 riders in both motos. Carter
had little trouble holding off Tim Nash, Maico, in the first moto
but Nash came back strong in the second moto. Nash saw Carter
hole shot gate two but set him up just before a left hander on
lap two. On the following lap Carter retook the lead but the following
lap Nash again stole the inside line to take control. Carter and
Nash were side by side going into lap four but Carter held the
line in the next corner. Nash shadowed Carter until the last corner
hoping to slip inside on the final turn but Carter was able to
shut the door and take the win. Mike Halpin, Suzuki, who had been
running with the leaders crossed over a close third.
+30 Intermediate 1. Kyle Halkola, (CZ); 2. Forrest Rohers (Hon);
3. Jay Wahl (Rokon); 4. JW Carver (CZ); 5. Paul Ondas (Yam). +40
Nov 1. John Owyer (Yam); 2. Perry Colligan (Hus); 3. Dave Scourfield
(CZ). +40 Int 1. Randi Perkins (Hon); 2. Don Hartley (Hus); 3.
Gary Cochell (AJS); 4. Lee Holth (CZ); 5. Jeff O'Brien (Bul).
+40 Exp 1. Mike Halpin (Maico); 2. Greg Carter (Maico); 3. Gary
Lower (BSA); 4. David Fisher (Hus); 5. Charlie Beck (Maico). +50
Nov 1. Jerry Lessley (Bul); 2. Tom Hauser (Maico); 3. Robert Bowen
(Hon). +50 Int 1. Len Gillette (CZ); 2. Fred Brown (Can-Am); 3.
Raul Ondas (Yam); 4. Steve Sabin (Mon); 5. Chuck Dekan (Yam).
+50 Exp 1. Rick Williams (CZ); 2. Vic Curti (Ossa). +60 1. Doug
Archibald (Hus); 2. Jay Wahl (Rokon). Clsc 125 Int 1. Kevin Blaty
(Maico); 2. Larry Good (Pen); 3. Jeff Snyder (Hus); 4. Dave Duane
(Eagle). Clsc 125 Exp 1. Ron Renzulli (CZ); 2. Mark Arsenault
(Hus). Clsc 250 Int 1. Kyle Halkola (Ossa); 2. Gary Cochell (AJS);
3. Randi Perkins (Ossa). Clsc 500 Nov 1. Eugene Crawford (AJS).
Clsc 500 Int 1. Matt Parsons (BSA); 2. Brain Clark (AJS); 3. Jeff
Tulinus (BSA). Clsc 500 Exp 1. Charlie Beck (Maico). Pre Lwt Nov
1. Phil Benedict (BSA); 2. Jerry Sterrett (BSA). Pre Lwt Int 1.
Len Anderson (BSA); 2. Dave Duane (Cottor). Pre Open Twin 1. Doug
Archibald (BSA). Sptmn 125 Nov 1. Justin Alexander (Hon); 2. Casey
Lessley (Hod). Sptmn 125 Int 1. Ron Lessley (Hod). Sptmn 125 Exp
1. Mark Arsenaut (Hus). Sptmn 250 Nov 1. Graig Alexander (Hon);
2.Brian Backer (Hon); 3. Perry Colligan (Hus); 4. Michael Lessley
(Hon); 5. Cliff Nagatani (Bul). Sptmn 250 Int 1. Kyle Halkola
(CZ); 2. Steve Prinke (Maico); 3. Tony Failla (Hon); 4. Keith
Lunas (BSA); 5. Tom Rogers (Hus). Sptmn 500 Nov 1. Cliff Schulenberg
(Maico); 2. Len Gillette (CZ); 3. Dave Scounfield (CZ). Sptmn
500 Int 1. Freedo Rodil (CZ); 2. Lee Holth (CZ); 3. Bob Spicer
(BSA); 4. Matt Parsons (BSA); 5. Marc Locke (Hus). Sptmn 500 Exp
1. Charlie Richardson (CZ). Sptmn Open Twin 1. Ralph Porzelt (Yam);
2. Bob Neilson (Yam). Women Nov 1. Linda Neilson (Hon). Women
Int 1. Brooklyn Messick (Bul). Bomber 1 Nov 1. Perry Cilligan
(Maico). Bomber 2 Nov 1. Brad Roysdon (Suz); 2. Troy Smith (Hon);
3. Steve Dunham (Kaw); 4. Jeff Craddock (Hus); 5. Joel Silverthorn
(Suz). Bomber 2 Int 1. Thomas Engelhart (Yam); 2. Eric Cook (Maico);
3. Harry Backer (Hon); 4. Charles Hilton (Hon); 5. Rick Yelkin
(Hus). Bomber 2 Exp 1. Greg Carter (Maico); 2. Tim Nash (Maico);
3. Mike Halpin (Suz); 4. David Fisher (Suz); 5. Charlie Richardson
(Yam).
SCORE Baja 500
ENSENADA, B.C., Mexico— Legendary racer Ivan “Ironman”
Stewart had his own, special birthday party Saturday June 5 in
capturing the overall 4-wheel vehicle and Trophy-Truck title in
the 30th Annual SCORE Baja 500 desert race. Driving a Tundra Racing
V8 Toyota Trophy-Truck, Stewart covered the 447.6.rnile rugged
desert course around the northern part of the Baja California
peninsula in a time of 8 hours, 67 minutes and 49 seconds, averaging
49.94 miles per hour.
Stewart, who turned 54 on Friday, drove solo, earning his 11th
overall and 17th class title in the 30-year history of the race.
In winning Round 3 of the six-race 1999 Laughlin SCORE Desert
Series, Stewart won the SCORE Baja 500 for the seventh time in
the last nine years.
“The course was very rough and technical, but the PPI/Toyota
Trophy-Truck ran great all day,” said Stewart, who beat the
second place four-wheel vehicle of unlimited Class 1 winner Doug
Fortin Jr., by a margin of 5:42. Fortin drove a Chevrolet-powered
Jimco desert race car.
Second to Stewart in the featured Trophy-Truck division was the
team of Dan Smith/David Ashley of Riverside, Calif., with a time
of 9:13:22 in a Ford F-150. Third in 10:30:64. were brothers Ed
and Tim Herbst of Las Vegas in a Ford F-150. The Herbsts were
going for their third straight victory of the season, but did
keep the points lead in Trophy-Trucks. Smith closed to within
two minutes before being slowed by a flat.
“Dan Smith snuck up on me toward the end, but I ran harder
than I did all day in the last 60 miles,” Stewart added.
“I got what I wanted for my birthday once again.”
American Honda factory motorcycle riders Jonah Street and Torsten
Bostrom rode a Honda XR600 to victory over Honda teammates Johnny
Campbell and Greg Bringle. Street, Escondido, and Bostrom, Granada
Hills, beat Campbell, San Clemente, and Bringle, Holtville, to
the finish line by nine minutes, 10 seconds. The Street/Bostrom
team finished in 8:49:01.9, also claiming the fastest overall
time over the course for any vehicle in the race, averaging 50.75mph.
It was the first SCORE race victory for both Street and Bostrom.
A total of 241 racers, competing in 23 classes for cars, trucks,
motorcycles and ATVs entered the race and 221 officially started
the grueling journey and 120 of them made it to the finish line,
The green flag dropped at 6 a.m. Saturday under crystal clear
blue sunny skies and mild temperatures. Racers were given a 17-hour
time limit to be official finishers of the race which started
and finished four miles north of Ensenada in the tiny village
of El Suazal. Racing continued until early Sunday morning.
The only female racer in the popular event made it to the finish
line. Bekki Freeman, Henderson, Nev., finished second in a Jimco
desert race car in Class 1-2/1600 Freeman, currently second in
points in the class she won last year’s championship in,
lost the race by just 14 seconds to San Diego’s Vic Bruckmann
and Jason Hatz. The Bruckmann/Hatz duo lead the class point standings
over Freeman, who drives solo.
Other class winners included: Jeff Lewis, San Clemente, in Class
I (Chevrolet S-10 4X4); Steve Greinke, Orange, in SCORE Lite (Porter);
George Seeley Jr., Glendale, in Class 5 (VW Baja Bug); Malcolm
Vinje, San Diego, in Class 7S (Ford Ranger); Rick Ellison, Selma,
in Class 10 (Chenowth); Marc Stein, San Diego, in Stock Full (Ford
P-150); John Kearney, Conchilla, in Class 8 (Isuzu Amigo) and
Rick Johnson, Barstow, in Protruck (Ford P-150).
In an unusual racing incident Saturday, the Trophy-Truck full
size pickup of Jason Baldwin, Laguna Hills, rolled several times
injuring several spectators, along with himself and his co-driver
Mike Laughlin, Irvine. Baldwin, 29, and Laughlin, 32, were at
the point where the race course crosses the Tecate Highway (Highway
3), 2,1 miles north of the start/finish line of the 447.6-mile
race in El Sauzal, a tiny village located four miles north of
Ensenada.
“Our first priority was to attend to the injured, and our
SCORE Medical Team and the local Mexican medical personnel did
an incredible job in responding to a very unusual incident at
a SCORE race,” said Sal Fish, CEO of the Los Angeles-based
SCORE International, producers of the event. Baldwin and Laughlin
were air-lifted by the SCORE Medical Team to San Diego area hospitals
along with Craig Stewart, 30, of Santee, and Bob Ham, 56, ElCentro.
A fifth U.S.Citizen, Zack Greinve, 21, incidence not determined,
was kept overnight in San Jose Hospital in Ensenada for observation
and x-rays and was airlifted to San Diego on Sunday.
All five were listed in stable condition by attending physicians.
Stewart, son of race winner Ivan Stewart, and Ham were co-riders
in another race vehicle but not racing at the time while Greinve
was a spectator. The incident occurred at 7:35 a,m, Saturday,
three and one-half minutes after Baldwin started his race. While
the investigation continues, SCORE officials said Mexican nationals
were also among the spectators involved.
The SCORE Baja 500 was taped by Shoemaker Productions/Tartan Advertising
to air in the U.S. on the Speedvision Network. First of five showings
of the half-hour show on Speedvision will be Friday, July 9 at
7 p.m. (PDT).
Round 4 of the 1999 Laughlin SCORE Desert Series will be the 27th
SCORE Fireworks 260, July 16-17 in Barstow.
San Diego Flat Track Association
TEMECULA FLAT TRACK RACING
June 13, 1999 - Vintage 250 1. Don Frauenberger 2. Joe
Steffen 3. Manny Crummet 4. Bruce Reynolds 5. Maurice Ortega Amateur
250 1. James Wood 2. Mark Prescott 3. Ron Wood 4. Chad Morse 5.
Vince Graves Donsaur 1. Gordon Menzie 2. Rick Gill Youth 10-14
1. Alex Wood 2. Jim Wood II 3. Ian Foulds 4. Kelly Landry 5. Preston
Gregory 250 Novice 1. Jeff Steffen 2. Matt Fisher 3. Tom Bohler
4. Kenny Malaguarner 5. Parry Price 250 Classic 1. Jim McMurren
2. Maurice Ortega 3. Vince Graves Super Senior 60 1. Tom Howard
2. Marshall Jennings 3. Doug Douglas 4. Allan Girdler 5. Ron Gould
Open Pro 1. Randy Berfman 2. A.J. Herrera 3. Jim Rosa 4. Travis
Petton 5. John Dupree 400 Amateur 1. Bruce Reynolds 2. Manny Crummet
3. Take Mitsunori 4. Byran Kent 5. Chris Oswald Open Novice 1.
Randy Snodgrass 2. Douglas Lipo 3. Jeff Steffen 4. Tim Wayne 5.
B. McLean 500/750SV Classic 1. Clark 2. Gordon Menzie 3. Matt
Campbell 4. David Brown Speedway 1. Ryan Fisher 2. Mike Mosby
3. Bill McCarley 4. Mark Adams Senior +50 1. Dennis Voll 2. Bill
Silverthorn 3. Jim McMurren 4. Gary Pettis 5. Rick Brewer Vet
+35 1. Lance King 2. Richard Pollock 3. Joe Steffen 4. Don Frauenberger
5. Elliot Iverson Open Amateur 1. Elliott Iverson 2. Bill Silverthorn
3. Brandon Kent 4. Shane Pettis 5. Jim Gardner Mod 300-600 1.
John Lundgren 2. Maurice Ortega 3. David Brown Vintage 750 1.
Jeff Johnson 2. Jim Rosa 3. Chuck Claydon 4. Steve Miller 5. Maurice
Ortega Support 600/Bomber 1. Rex Hailey 2. Richard Pollock 3.
Bill Silverthorn 4. Paul Colston 5. Keith Bradford
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