1995 East Cost Speedway Race Results

US Open Speedway Championship - August 19, 1995

by Kevin George
Announcer / Reporter
1048 Irish Rd.
Kent, Ohio 44240-6422

Brown bags 5th straight at Bear Creek

Scotty Brown captured his 5th straight US OPEN title against a stellar field of eastern Speedway riders. Nearly all scheduled riders were able to return after a 2 week rain delay, the first rain of the 1995 season. Brown (Oury Grips, Shoei Helmets, JT Racing, K-N Filters, Blendzall, Lou's Leathers, Justice Bros., Terry Cable, Alpine Star) rode a nearly flawless race and went through 5 heats and the 4 race championship runoff with a perfect undefeated score. The Muszynski brothers, Bogden and Sobec, raced to a 2nd place tie and decided to settle it on a coin flip which was won by Sobec. Mark Maurer rounded out the championship runoff. This was the first time for the many time feature winner Maurer to make a championship field and as he put it, "There's no easy gates or gimmee points once you get this far". Maurer was right there, but was unable to score in the runoff.

In round two of the championship runoff, things got interesting as Brown was called for jumping the start and sent to the penalty row. An obviously aggravated Brown led the charge to turn one as Sobec went nowhere. The assistant starter, Walt Pitman, happens to be a fireman, and he realized that Muszynski was experiencing an invisible alcohol fire, and his quick action averted certain injury for Muszynski. On the restart it was Brown back up front, with Muszynski's back to their side by side sibling rivalry and Maurer with no more to go right behind them. Brown hopes to keep his competitive edge and the Muszynski's hope to convince the locals to accept the challenge of a team race format.

In flat track action, newcomer Joel Brown led one of the biggest fields of the year in the lightweight class, while Dan Reed came out on top of his biweekly duel with brother James in the heavy division. Norm Into and John Clark swapped first and second places in light and heavy nobby classes. Charlie Italia and Donnie Southers topped the youth division.

1st Scotty Brown 15 + 12 = 27pts (Massillon, Ohio)
2nd Sobec Muszynski 14 + 5 = 19pts (Poland & Canada)
3rd Bogdan Muszynski 13 + 6 = 19pts (Poland & Canada)
4th Mark Maurer 12 + 0 = 12pts (Akron, Ohio)
5th "Passen" Pat Reynolds 11pts (Lexington, Kentucky)
6th Tom Hensler 10pts (West Harrison, Indiana)
7th Kalvin Smith 8pts (Massillon, Ohio)
8th "Biff" Waczynski 7pts (Poland & Maryland)
9th Jon Massie 5pts (Wooster, Ohio)
9th Nick Hummel 5pts (Cincinnati, Ohio)
9th Steve Long 5pts (Massillon, Ohio)
9th Rick Merry 5pts (Beach City, Ohio)
13th D. Stapleton 4pts (Indiana)
13th Shane Goodnight 4pts (Massillon, Ohio)
15th Rod Massie 3pts (Wooster, Ohio)
16th Alex Wojturski 0pts (Poland & Brooklyn, NY)