Eddie Mulder's West Coast Vintage
Dirt Track Series
Del
Mar Fair
June 28th, 2005
Article
& Photos
by
Jamey Blunt
SENIOR
SENIOR
1. 63y Ken Thiebaud
2. 23d Clyde Dennen
3. 88y Bob Graves
4. 58c Brad Holt
5. 95 Tom Ferguson
6. 20 Howard Lynggard
SR
NOV/SUPER SR


SR NOV/SUPER SR
1. 58c Jim McMurren
2. 49x Mickey Alzola
3. 15 Mark Stuckert
4. 31z Tom Howard
5. 50 Mel Stoner
6. 52c Dave Cheney
7. 501 Bob Gerberich
8. 00 Allan Girdler
9. 80x Bob Harris
10. 35l Chuck Walton
11. 64v Roy Burris
VET “A” MAIN

VET “A” MAIN
1. 4z Craig Johnson
2. 19 Frank Aragaki
3. 3 Mark Biscardi
4. 6j Joe Steffen
5. 67 Chuck Monosmith
6. 11w Clay Chambers
7. 82e Travis Petton
8. 42 Bill Kolkman
9. 112 Dave Ehrhart
10. 48y Mike Vital
11. 65 Randy Snodgrass
VET “B”
MAIN
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VET “B” MAIN
1. 144 Scott Podergois
2. 47m Michael Crump
3. 1 Jeff Fish
4. 68x Lloyd McGregor
5. 45 John McArthur III
6. 25d Steve Craft
7. 57g Jerry Gates
8. 91w John Larson
9. 39x Randy Arlington
10. 90 Dave Koppang
11. 21t Reggie Amos
12. 14t Ted Hubbard
CLASSIC
250

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CLASSIC 250
1. 28z Bruce Reynolds
2. 50s Brad Holt
3. 11 Jim McMurren
CLASSIC
500



CLASSIC 500
1. 51z David Brown
2. 87y Chris Rudy
3. 75z Joe Pape
4. 14 James Kohls
5. 55d David Miller
DINO
1. 20x Tom Ferguson
YOUTH 50
1. 3 Kylee Smith
2. 27 Joe Roberts
YOUTH 60

YOUTH 60
1. 1 Larry Smith
2. 4r Andre Ochs
3. 199 Trevor Burningham
4. 81 Weston Whitmore
YOUTH 80

YOUTH 80
1. 33e Michael Avila
2. 7d Jesse Sleeper
3. 27 Ross Stuckert
4. 4r Andre Ochs
MODERN 250
1. 5 Chris Geilfuss
2. 20 Howard Lynggard
3. 00 John Girdler
MODERN
500

MODERN 500
1. 17g Shaun Larkin
2. 23d Clyde Dennen
3. 54 Elliott Iverson
4. 57 Keith Speir
5. 501 Bob Gerberich
6. 5 Chris Geilfuss
MODERN
750

MODERN 750
1. 92 Jim Ottele
250 OPEN


250 OPEN
1. 33e Michael Avila
2. 1nw Chad Cose
3. 49 Andy Wood
4. 63 Devin Booher
5. 45 Kayl Kolkman
6. 141 Casey Currie
7. 87 Lindsey King
8. 67 Brandi Monosmith
9. 28s Steve Ferguson
10. 68x Michael Wilson
11. 5 Austin Helwig
500
SUPPORT

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500 SUPPORT
1. 6j Joe Steffen
2. 19r Brad Rudy
3. 68x Ken Barrow
4. 47m Michael Crump
5. 91w John Larson
6. 86x Art Guilfoil
7. 29 Dan Shaw
8. 57g Jerry Gates
9. 7 Ron Sleeper
10. 66z Gordon Rudy
11. 13p Allan Malm
12. 90 Dave Koppang
OPEN AM
“A” MAIN


OPEN AM “A” MAIN
1. 102 Woody Carlson
2. 96l Mike Besemer
3. 112 Dave Ehrhart
4. 42 Bill Kolkman
5. 3 Mark Biscardi
6. 45 Kayl Kolkman
7. 63 Devin Booher
8. 45 Austin Helwig ?
9. 67 Brandi Monosmith
10. 19r Brad Rudy
11. 88 Dillon Allen
OPEN AM
“B” MAIN


OPEN AM “B” MAIN
1. 49 Andy Wood
2. 9z Kevin Knudsen
3. 151 Mike Dillard
4. 13 Larry Clover
5. 24p Frankie Garcia
6. 39y Randy Arlington
7. 65 Randy Snodgrass
8. 81 Joshua Sleeper
9. 14t Ted Hubbard
DIGGER
PRO 600





DIGGER PRO 600
1. 66E Jimmy Wood
2. 43w Sam Halbert
3. 20 Johnny Murphree
4. 69 Jethro Halbert
5. 29 Jim Rosa
6. 40 Danny Casey
7. 88 Donnie Howard
8. 51z Shawn Raggio
9. 70 John Hlebo
10. 50 Jeff Eklund
11. 68 Paul Herman
12. 34 David Brown
13. 4 Joe Hernandez
14. 24p Stevie Bonsey

Trophy photos by Dennis Voll

Eddie
Mulder's West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series
Round #4
Del
Mar, Calif. 6-28-2005
Article
& Photos
by
Jamey Blunt
No
Del
Mar! What with the AMA and Clear Channel both opting out of the
legendary Del
Mar Fairgrounds something had to be done. Who would step up to the
plate but
Eddie Mulder, yes Mulder was going to try to put together a Del
Mar race. But after negotiations with the fair board, the only night
available
was a Tuesday. Would the riders support a Tuesday night Race? Mulder
was
willing to take that chance, so as to have at least one more Del
Mar race. So it was on this Tuesday night the 28th of June
in
conjunction with the San Diego County fair that 169 participants made
their way
to the horse arena short track for round #4 of Eddie's series.
Norton mounted
Clyde Dennen led the "A&A
Racing"/"ARD Ignitions" Senior field into turn one followed by
Ken Thiebaud, Bob Graves, Tom Ferguson and Brad Holt. Out of turn four
for the
first time Thiebaud took over from Dennen at the front. A lap and a
half in
would also see Holt go past Ferguson
for forth. Howard Lynggard hit the dirt between turns three and four
with only
his pride injured. At the front Thiebaud the class of the field put in
a
13.04/100 second lap on his Honda 410 single. With one lap remaining
second
through forth was a battle, Graves was hounding
Dennen,
and Holt was all over Graves. Thiebaud was safe
at the
front and cruised on to the victory, Dennen would hold on for second
but Graves
was beside him, with Holt a mere few feet back of Graves.
Twenty five riders
battled through three heat races for one
of twelve spots in the "Barnett"/"K&N" Vet
"A" main event. Like being shot from a circus cannon Craig Johnson
shot past initial leader Mike Vidal on the first trip down the back
straight. At
the start of lap two, Vital went down but kept the machine running and
rejoined
the race quickly. Frank Aragaki now ran in the second spot, Mark
Biscardi was
in third, and Joe Steffen working from a poor start was up to fourth.
These
positions would hold till the end, with Johnson posting his best lap at
13:29/100 seconds.
The "Berkeley
Honda/Yamaha" Super Senior main is
where Mickey Alzola is undefeated this year. Alzola who just won the Pikes
Peak race two days prior raced to Ca. just for this event.
Off the
line it was Tom Howard getting the jump followed by Alzola, and Jim
McMurren.
At the stripe on the first go round Alzola took over the lead, Howard
followed,
with Mel Stoner getting by McMurren for third. Two laps in and McMurren
was on
the move as he went by Stoner, then exiting turn four slipped under
Howard for
second. As the white flag came out Alzola led McMurren by mere feet,
and was
applying tremendous pressure. Out of turn four for the final time
McMurren got
a drive and beat Alzola to the stripe by inches. Howard and Stoner got
into it
as well in turn three allowing Mark Stuckert to slip past for third.
Agoura Hill's
David Brown improves with every ride back. Now
returned to his old form he shot to the front in the "C&J Racing
Frames"/"Brown's Cycles" Classic 500-750sv main. Back for the
first time since injury, Chris Rudy ran second on his 1957 HD, while
James
Kohls held down third. Exiting turn two for the second time Joe Pape
took third
away from Kohls while Brown pulled away at the front. On lap three
Brown turned
his fastest lap at 13:20/100
seconds
as he went on to the victory. Rudy regaining strength came home second
with
Pape being pressured held third over Kohls.
Two riders hit the
dirt entering turn one in the "Tuff
Plates"/"Works Performance" 250 Open main, with Austin Helwing
and Lindsey King both making the re-start. (After getting King's leg
out of
Helwing's bike) Helwing led on the restart followed by Michael Avila
and Kayl
Kolkman. On the second trip through turn one Avila took the lead away,
and two
turns later Helwing would go down in turn four. Coming through the
field Chad
Cose had found a new home in the second spot, with Andy Wood moving up
to take
third on the last lap.
Joe Steffen and
Brad Rudy hit turn one side by side in the
"Shoei Helmets"/"Maxima Oils" 500 Support main. Steffen
edged out Rudy entering turn three for the lead with Ken Barrow running
a solid
third looking good on this smaller bike for him. Michael Crump ran in
fourth
with Dan Shaw in fifth. Two and a half laps in saw John Larson take the
fifth
spot away as he was on the move. At the front Steffen was in another
zip code
as he posted lap times a half second faster than the rest of the field
at 13:02/100 seconds. As the
white flag fell Rudy
was under attack from Barrow as they banged bars and fought all the way
to the
stripe with Rudy getting the nod over Barrow. Crump would hold off a
charging
Larson for fourth.
Forty one pros,
many coming from out of state showed up for
the Digger Helm/Calif. Cup pro class, with Digger, Eddie and Motion Pro
responsible for flying in Johnny Murphree and Shaun Russell. Out of the
41
present only 14 would transfer to the main event via six heat races and
two
semis. Heat race winners included Don Howard, Sam Halbert, Jimmy Wood,
Jim
Rosa, Jethro Halbert, and national #20 Johnny Murphree all earning a
front row
start. Transferring from the semis were David Brown and Joe Hernandez
Jr. This
Pro event was really three events in one as it paid Digger Helm money,
was part
of the Calif. Cup series, and also awarded points for the Maxxis Tires
Pro
point fund at the end of the series. As
the field roared into turn one for this twenty lap feature Washington's
San
Halbert led the way followed by Jimmy Wood, Johnny Murphree, Don Howard
and
Jethro Halbert. On the second trip down the back straight Jethro
displaced
Howard for fourth. WCR's Racing's Jim Rosa ran sixth with KLH's Stevie
Bonsey
in seventh. Four laps in saw Bonsey get past Howard for sixth while
Wood was
putting the pressure on Halbert at the front. By lap six Bonsey found a
way
past the TT-500 of Rosa, and Wood was showing
Halbert a
wheel in every corner. Howard continued to have problems and slip
backwards as
Danny Casey took over seventh. On lap eight Wood got a drive out of
turn four
and took over at the front entering turn one. At the half way point the
order
was Wood, Sam Halbert, Murphree, Jethro Halbert, Bonsey, Rosa, and
Casey. Then
on lap eleven Bonsey went wide entering turn three and lost it, hitting
the
dirt. This moved Rosa into fifth and Casey to
sixth.
Once clear Wood began to check out and turned the fastest lap of the
race at
12:84/100 seconds. While Murphree in third, was now under attack from
Jethro
Halbert, as Wood began to make his way through lappers. Lap eighteen
had
Hernandez go down without injury. The run to the stripe had Wood
victorious,
Sam Halbert alone in second, Murphree holding on to third, Jethro
Halbert
fourth, and Rosa impressive in fifth. Afterwards Wood addressed the
crowd
"the race track was awesome, after the sun went down the moisture came
back, these guys did such a good job in prepping it. My thanks to Eddie
for
doing this." Sam Halbert had this to say "I struggled all day till
the main came around and then everything started working right, but I
just
couldn't hang with Jimmy. I feel I did everything I could but I just
couldn't
quite run with Jimmy."
Article
& Photos
by Jamey
Blunt