AHRMA National Flat Track
May 6, 2000
Willow Springs International
Raceway
DINOSAUR: 1. Craig Breckon (Tri 39 ); 2. Gordon
Menzie (R-E 20x);
3.Tom Hensley (Ind 1k); 4. Beno Rodi (R-E 1); 5.
Jeff Tulilrus ( BSA 805); 6. Bill Kiriakidis (Tri 66
);
7. Rick Hocking (Ind 13).
125 SPORTMAN: 1 Darren Pritchett (Hon 90v);
2.
David Pector (Yam 5).
CLASSIC 250: 1. Jeff Lessley (Bul 12e); 3. Tom
Horton (Bul);
3. Jim McMurren (H-D) 11); 4. Rich Trait (OSS 29x);
5. Tim Moore (R-E 21r); 6. Rusty Lowry (OSS 94); 7. Ron
Lessley (Bul 28d)
CLASSIC 500/750: 1. Bob Cunnington (Hon 28); 2.
Craig Breckon (Tri 39);
3. Jeff Apple (Tri 27h); 4. Clark Edgington (Tri 78);
5. Gordon Menzie (R-E 20x);
6. Bill Kiriakidis (Tri 66b); 7. David Brown (-- 51z
); 8. Jay Johnson (-- 8x); 9.
Lenny Rodrigues (-- 4r); 10. Beno Rodi (R-E 1). 11.
Matt
Campbell (Tri 62e).
CLASSIC OPEN: 1. Tom Horton (Tri 55); 2. David
Harness (Tri 3h);
3. Chris Apple (Tri 2x). 4. Stu Cardott (Tri 58q).
250 SPORTMAN: 1.Brad Holt (Bul 50s); 2. Ken
Netto
(C-A 33y);
3. Joe Steffen (Yam 6j); 4. Tom Horton (Suz 55); 5.
Rich
Trait (OSS 29x);
7. Steve Ferguson (-- 28s ); 8. Jeff Lessley (Bul 12e);
9. Ron Lessley (Bul 209);
10. Manny Crummett (Bul 17j); 11.Brian Coakley (Bul 51).
NOV 250 SPORTMAN: 1. Craig Johnson (-- 4z); 2.
Gary Egloff (Yam 741);
3. Dave Cheney (Yam 52c); 4. Don Barmakian (Hon 55z)
5. Brad Rudy (Yam 319).
600 SPORTMAN: 1. Rick Hocking (Bul 13) 2. Paul
Herman (Hon 68e);
3. Rod Spencer (Hon 49); 4. Bob Cunnington (Hon 28);
5. Brad Holt (Bul 50s);
6. Manny Crummett (Bul 17j); 7. Bob Graves (Bul 88y);
8. David Brown (Yam 51z);
9. Guy Duchett (Hon 19x); 10. John Lundgren (Hon 45).
NOV 600 SPORTMAN: 1. Doug Nation (-- 91v); 2.
Larry Melton (BSA 3m);
3. Dave Cheney (Yam 52c); 4. Gary Swan (Tri 44n); 5.
Gary Egloff (-- 741 );
6. Don Barmakian (Yam 55z); 7. Michael Hunt ( 9h ).
750 SPORTMAN: 1. Greg
Wilborn
(Tri 32a); 2. Brian Coakley (Yam 51);
3. Clyde Dennen (Nor 23d); 4. Tom Howard (Tri 31z); 5.
Bill Flett (-- 71L);
6. Stu Cardott (Tri 58q); 7. Chris Wakula (---
66e ); 8. Richard Harrington (--- 290m ).
NOV 750 SPORTMAN: 1. Richard Held (Yam 63h); 2;
Ray Hensley (BSA 20z);
3. Don Henner (-- 38x); 4. Fred Berger (Tri 97); 5. Bob
Waller (Tri 27w); 6. Gary Egloff (-- 741).
70s SINGLES: 1. Tom Horton (Hon 55); 2. Keith
Brabford (Yam 33);
3. Mike Gonzales (Yam 32y); 4. Jim Gardner (--- 21b );
5 . Brendon Tatom ( ); 6. Ron Hinton (Yam); 7. Jim
Grant
(Hon);
8. Roger Bowerman (Yam). 9. Masahiro Kushiba (Hon
120v)
+50 SENIOR: 1. Marty Lewis (Tri 0d); 2.
Warren
Adams (Tri 58u); 3.
Wayne Warrington (Tri 44e); 4. Bill Flett (Tri 71l);
5. Guy Duchett
(Hon 19x); 6.Beno Rodi (BSA 27);7. Matt Campbell (Tri
11v).
+35 VET: 1. Greg Wilborn (Tri 32a); 2. Tom
Horton
(Yam 55);
3. Brain Coakley (Yam 51); 4. John Lundgren (Hon 45);
5. Eddie Baldizan (-- 99g ); 6. Steve Ferguson (---28s
): 7. Richard Harrington ( --290m ).
+60 SUPER SENIORS: 1. Micky Alzola (Tri 49x) 2.
Gordon Jennings (Yam 29r);
3. Ron Dotson (Tri 42b); 4. Tom Howard (Tri 31z
); 5. Larry Harness
(Tri 3n); 8. Sam Grey (Hon 71g).
SUPPORT: 1. Pete Hames (H-D 23); 2. Eddie
Mulder
(H-D 12);
3. Richard Pollack (Yam 59); 4. Steve Forture (Nor 71);
5. Trapper McDaniel (Kaw 50); 6. Keith Bradford (Yam
33);
7. Danny Prerez (Hon 22); 8. Elliot Iverson (W-R
54); 9. Shawn Kump ( --22x);
10. Gabriel Slaton (-- 42s ); 11. Akita Kazuaka (Rot
120v);
12. Wayne Warrington (Hon 44e).
ROSAMOND, CA MAY 6th
Willow Springs Raceway was
the
site of AHRMA’s second West Coast national flat track race
in two weeks. The fifth annual race at the 3/8 mile cushion track
attracted
150 entries and a good crowd of spectators. The customary desert wind
blew,
but it was not the biting cold that has chilled race fans and riders in
past years.
A large field of Dinosaur class
bikes
was led by Rick Hocking on the Dodge Brothers Indian, until the 6th lap
when it expired. Midwest AHRMA stalwart Craig Breckon on a Triumph,
inherited
the lead and cruised to the win over Gordon Menzie and Tom Hensley.
Perennial
Classic 250 foes Jeff Lessley and Tom Horton again headed the field and
Horton’s Suzuki could not run with Lessley’s Bultaco. Jim McMurren and
Jeff Lessleys brother Ron, fought over third, with McMurren finally
grabbing
the spot. Eleven Classic 500/750 bikes took the green flag for this
popular
large bore brakeless class. A 1966 Honda 450 twin ridden by Bob
Cunnington
jumped to a big lead and was going away at checkers. Jeff Apple caught
Craig Breckon at mid race, but was not able pass for second. Fourth was
Clark Edginton, all were on Triumphs.
Tom Horton won the Classic Open main
on his pretty stock framed Triumph 650. Fourth place starter, David
Harness
passed Stu Cardott on the second lap and Chris Apple on the third, but
still was a long way from leader, Horton. Last year’s western region
250
Sportsman champ Ken Netto, blasted into the lead over Jeff Lessle’s
Bultaco
in this very competitive modern vintage 250cc class. Brad Holt passed
third
place Joe Steffen on the second lap and second place Lessley on the
third
lap. Netto’s leading Can-am was Holts next conquest on lap four.
Race promoter Brian Coakley dropped his Bultaco in turn one about
mid-race
while running fifth. Jeff Lessley caught a hay bale in turn two and
finished
eighth. Finishing order was Holt, Netto, Steffen and Tom Horton in
fourth.
The combined 125 Sportsman and 250
Novice race saw the very strong 125cc Honda four stroke of Darren
Prichett run ahead of all the 250 novices except winner Craig Johnson.
600 Novice winner Doug Nation led the whole race over Larry
Melton,
and Dave Cheney came through the pack to finish third. Fred Berger
hole-shotted
the 750 Novice class and led till Richard Held powered by at the
finish line on the first lap. A steady ride through the field brought
Ray
Hensley to second spot at the final flag.
Manney Crummett bolted into
the lead on the low inside of the first turn of the 600 Sportsman
contest.
Tom Horton went high in one and two which gave him the lead going down
the back straight. Paul Herman pressured Horton in turn four and had
the
first spot by the finish line. Rick Hocking passed Horton on the second
lap as Horton’s Honda developed a miss. Hocking passed Herman on the
high
side of three and four on the fifth lap, but Herman came back under
Hocking
in the next set of corners. Herman stayed low under Hockings A&A
Bultaco
for the next whole lap, but was not able to get a clear lead. Herman’s
Browns Cycle Shop Honda settled for a second place finish. Rod Spencer
passed Bob Cunnington mid-race for third position.
750 Sportsman action had Greg
Wilburn
leading from start to finish aboard a new Trackmaster Triumph owned and
tuned by his dad, Larry. The senior Wilburn was Tom Horton’s mentor
during
Horton’s junior and first year expert rides. Yamaha mounted Brian
Coakley,
claimed second spot over Norton rider Clyde Dennen. The only position
change
among the leaders of the Seventies Singles race was by Tom Horton over
Keith Bradford for the lead. Mike Gonzales finished a solid third. Plus
60 Super Seniors had a good dice going until Mickey Alzola rode to a
nice
lead over Marshall Jennings and Ron Dotson. Rick Brewer lead the first
two laps of the Plus 50 Seniors main event. Bike problems dropped
Brewer
out on the third lap, which handed the lead to Marty Lewis on the Rod
Lake
Triumph. Warren Adams and Wayne Warrington exchanged second position a
number of times, with Adams grabbing the spot.
Greg Wilburn second feature win of
the night came in the Plus 35 Vets race. Wilburn lead all the way over
Tom Horton and Brian Coakley. The Open Support race treated the
fans
to the booming thunder of a pair of XR 750 Harleys. Pete Hames, on the
Dodge Brothers XR, was tuning up for the West Coast rounds of Pace
Formula
USA series. The Shop XR was ridden by Eddie Mulder to a second place
finish
behind Hames. Yamaha YZ 400 rider, Richard Pollack garnered third.