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Ro n Rosbury (604) and Robert Hoppe (607) chase Russell Powers int o turn one in the 125cc Intermediate class at the High Grove HS . Joe Pittman (right) hauled in four f irst-place trophies at the Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association 's awards banquet. 250 EX: 1. Dan iel Marchand (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Rick Gra f (Hon); 2. David G ilbert (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Di rk Lang e (Hon) ; 2. Matt Krn et8 (Hon ); 3. Stace y Miller (Yam l; 4 . Todd Sm it h (Hon l; 5. Scott Engel (Ya m) . 200 AM : Bob Hend erson (Han) . OPEN NOV: 1. Ronald Kennedy Jr . {KTMI: 2. Robert Gentseh ( Hon ~ 3 . Keit h McK inney (Hon ); 4 . Ji m my Francis IKTM) 2 50 NOV: 1. Marty M iha y (Hon ); 2. David For syth (Hon); 3 . M ark Wi nk elm an (Hon); 4 . Jamie Aue rnheime r (Hus). 200 NOV ; t . Michael Harr is (Yam l. 4 ·STRK : 1. Gilbert McD an iel (Hon); 2 . Doug Hastings (Hon); 3 . Kevin Tho noff (Hon); 4 . Keith Hodge (Hon). OPEN BEG: t . Tim Bergstrom (Han): 2 . Ryder W olf (Hon); 3 . M ark Robing son (Kaw ); 4 . Dan A llen (Hon) 25 0 BEG: 1. Reb Paquett e (Hon ); 2 . Al ell Duran (Hon): 3 . Hank Laport e (Hon); 4 . J oe Strunman (Yam); 5. Dann y Raths (Hanl. 200 BEG: 1. Kent Wans (Yam); 2. St eve Richards (Kaw) LAD IES: 1. Liz Paquen e (Han); 2. Tama ra Nie lo (Hon ). 28 + EX: 1 . Howard Dendy (Han); 2. Tim Abr il! (Hon ). 38 + EX: 1. Jerry Smi th IHus); 2 . Elm er A nson (Yam); 3 . George Tachick (Yam ); 4 . Rob Beggs (KTMI . 30+ AM : 1. Ken net h Stumpff (Han); 2. J ames J epso n (Han ); 3 . Thoma s Franu (Han). . 30+ NOV; 1. Scon Stutz (KTM ); 2. Bar ry M yers (Han); . 3 . neil Goodell (Han); 4 . Olen Webb Jr. (KTM ). 40+ NOV; 1. Iden Wilken (KTM ); 2 . Ken Asc h (Yam l; 3 Bill W olfe (Yam); 4 . Sieve Dunon (KTM ). 30+ BEG: 1. Dave Hawthorne (KTM ); 2 . Mik e Furr IATK ); 3 . Bru ce Muster (KTM ): 4 . Stephen Gonz al ezlSuz); 5. Dani el RobbinS (Han ). 45 + OTHG : 1. Bart Kellogg (KTM) ; 2 . AI Forbe s (Yam); 3 . Dar rell Gal es (KTM ); 4 . l ee Bal icki (KTM): 5. J im Hartman (Horf). 50+ SR: 1 . Jo e Prosser (KTM ); 2. Les Foss (Yam); 3 .M errill Robbins (KTM ); 4 . Delbert Gar st (KTM) .· DINO V; 1 . Robert Neill (Ma i); 2. Michael Wadding (Yaml ; 3 . Duane Loose (Suz); 4 . Erick Jo nes (Yam). DINO C: t . Tim Hoben (Yam ); 2 .Todd Jukola (KTM) ; .3 M Ich ael Hack (Hus); 4 . Mik e McG ough (Kawl. BUDOY: t . Gr eg Bartzen /Scon Core (Han I; 2 . Chuck Creek/BobbV Creek (KTM t; 3. Vi nc e Thoma sl J oe Martinez (KTM);-4. Art lutz/ Randy Miller (Han). RUN RA CER: 1. Allen Poore (Hu s); 2. Barry Harelson (Hus). SPOATSTER: 1. Lillie Sweetland (Kaw ); 2. Frank Ramos (Han ); 3 . Gordon Hicks (Yam); 4 Lou is Rhodes ISuz ); 5 Richard Noe (KTM) . Pittman honored at OMRRA Awards Banquet By Russ Cazier 24 PORTLAND" OR, NOV . 18 The Oregon MOtor cycle Road Racing Association put a n ice cap o n a successfu l 1989 racin g year wi th its an n ua l awards banquet a t the Tual a tin Holida y Inn. Refr eshm ent s a nd racin g stories we re foll owed by dinner and racing stories. Next were the a war ds presentation s a nd raci ng stories. foll owed by da ncing , arm wrestlin g. ser ious boogying a nd mo re j-acing sto ries. joe Pittman hauled down .the most hard ware. takin g home four first-place trophies for Overall H igh-Point Rider, Open Superbike, O pen Pr oduction and 750cc Pr od ucti on . Ken Weipe rt aced Pittman ou t of yet ano the r first with top-season points in 600cc Super. bike. Pittman had a mathema tical cha nce in the last (Octo ber 15) race, a nd di d hi s pa rt with a win, but Weipert, need in g o n ly 10 fin ish fifth o r bett er, cru ised past th e checkered flag in fourt h to ta ke th e class tit le. T he awards banquet is a lso a tim e LO g ive thanks to a ll the work ers a nd cl ub officia ls. Eac h and every racer, whi le receiving hi s trophy, ex pressed grati tu de for th e tireless and uns elfis h efforts of those wh o mak e it all hap pen . The turn-wo rkers were sing led o ut for specia l th anks. alth ou g h the y un animo usly refu sed to ass ist any mor e in capacitated ra cers until next year. T he biggest ro und of applau se was reserved for Howard Pinkstaff, patriar ch of the raci ng Pinkstaffs, in pa rt because he pe rso na lly bui lt every o ne of th e 150 o r so trophies a nd pl aques whi ch co vered o ne wa ll of the banq uet roo m. Two-time Na tional' Superbike Champion Wes Coo ley atten ded th e ba nquet by spec ial inv itat ion of cl ub president Mark Co n ner. Coo ley took th e micr ophone bri efly, and hi s words o n racing and winn in g were received by a n a tten ti ve, but bem used au die nce . Cooley's meta llic bod YJ'arts set off alarms in th e Nati on al Cornma n Cen ter eac h tim e he boards an a irp la ne, but man y were wonder ing if th e recent co nvert to O rego nism would be raci ng at PIR in th e 199O So me were mor e s. en tra nced by th e pro spect than o thers , no tabl e excep tio ns being th ose who ' race simi lar mot or cycles. Results F'NAL STAND INGS 0 1 A: 1. Joe Pitt m an; 2 . Roben Hinojosa; 3. Al an Schwan; 4 . Keith Pinkstaff; 5 . Shawn Roberti. OPEN PROD: 1. Joe Pitt man; 2. Keith Pinkstaff; 3 . Mark Haskins; 4 . Steve McK issack; 5 . Brad Pin ksta ff . 750 PROD : 1. Joe Pin man; 2. Geoff lambert; 3. M ike McBrady; 4 . St eve McK issodt; 5. Ryan Landwort h . 600 PROO: 1. Shawn Roberti; 2. Gene Brown; 3. Rick G~;ge~o~~r. F~~~:;:·,x.~~:a2.n David Add ington; 3 . Stuan Miller; 4 . Jeff Clark; 5. Ed Schroder. OPEN S/BK: 1. Joe Pittman; 2. Ketth Pink staff; 3 . Dan l lock; 4 . Shawn Sm ith; 5. Chuck Graves. 750 S/BK: 1. Keith Pinkstaff ; 2. Stev e McKissack; 3. Shawn Sm it h; 4 . Joe Bren Wi lliams; 5 ~Al an Edwards. 600 S/8K : 1. Ken We ipert; 2. Jo e Pittman; 3. Marvin Braun; 4 . Dave Deveau ; 5 . Shawn Robert i 4 50 S/BK: 1. Al an Schwen; 2. Robert HinOJOsa; 3. Bill Fillion; 4 . Todd Powell; 5. J im Styskel . MIW S/ BI( : 1. Robert Hinojosa; 2. A lan Schw.en; 3 . Rick Gun derson; 4 . Scon Soper; 5. Oon Horn . LIW S/BK: 1. Bill Fill ion; 2. Jerry Jones; 3 . Bill Burcher; . 4. Chris Callan; 5. Reno Ortiz. ULT I L S/BI(: 1. Scott Sope r; 2. Cl iff Baker; 3 . AndyCrane; 4. Jo n Moo ney; 5. Ja ne Stee le. OPEN BOIT: t . Oon Hor n; 2. St eve Saunders: 3. Randy Shemwell; 4 . Bu d Rogers ; 5. Rob M ain s. 650 BOTT t . Mike Corr ell ; 2. Geo rge Schwen; 3 . Chris : Nina ud; 4 . David Rookaird; 5 . Trayi s Stidh am . OPEN VINT: 1. M ilt on M cRae; 2. Reno Ortiz; 3. Pat Johnson; 4 . Ron Kirkham: 5 . Stoy en Giblin 500VINT: 1. M ike Riyelli ; 2 . Tim Mare k; 3 . Monica Nosek; 4 . Lance Raber; 5 . M urray Neibel. 250 VINT: 1. A nthony Rivell i; 2. Lyn n WilcoX; 3 Dave Walden; 4 . Sammy Sch wa rz; 5. J im Rivell i. Howerton hot at High Grove HS By Tom Tysl HI GH GROVE. TX. NOV . 5 Kent Howerton led th e Pro clas s frp m start 10 fin ish a t race rive o £th e South T exas \Vint er Hare Scra mbles Series a t Powell Ran ch. T he Austin MOlar Sports Asso ciat ion put to geth er a nine-mile course tha t co mbined fast grass trac ks with so me tig ht tra ils and sandy river botto ms to ch allenge no vices and pros a like. The Pr o class was first to take the green flag and Howert on mo ved hi s Ho nda CR 250 10 th e front follow ed by Dunl o p 's Steve Car d well o n a new Kawasak i KX250, Alley Semar o n a Cycle World of San Ant on io H onda CR 250 , Do u g Pal ey a nd Steven Rathmann. Semar was firs t to retir e h om th e nine-rid er clas s wit h a flat tir e. At th e halfway flag H owert on had a minute o n Ca rd well, wh ile Rathmann a nd Pal ey were in a war for th ird with the KTM of Charley An in tra iling in fift h. O n the fin al lap s Ra thmann dr opped o ut wi th mechan ica l probl ems, handing third to Paley. Cardwell fini sh ed seco nd a nd t he wi n we n t to H ow ert on , The Open Expe n class put o n a race-long sho w with Keith Klum p . o n a Suzuki RM125. the Kaw asaki KX250 of Mark Tay lor a nd Rob Kimbro and john Meskey o n th eir Hon das circu la ting in close for mati on . Klump used the light 125 to his advantage and pu shed it to the front of the pack. but Clifford Goenz o n hi s KTM was qu ickly aro und Ta ylor a nd Kim bro , stalking the 125. On lap th ree G oertz passed Klu mp a nd moved in to first, four seco nds a head , with T aylor two seco nds beh ind Klump. As th e group came thro ug h the pits LO sta rt lap five Goertz was now here to be seen having fall en off the pa ce with a Ilat, Klump 's 125 was aga in in th e lead and Ta ylor cou ldn't move pa st a nd would shadow him to the finish. Kimbro fin is hed third a lmo st 50 seconds back. In the Over 40 cla ss Darrell Cimbannon took th e hol eshot and never looked back a t th e 12 other Vets in hi s roost. After a midpack sta rt , J im Little set a pa ce th at moved him to Cim ba n no ns' back door by lap four and he kept the pr essu re o n two mor e laps as th e pair go t the wh ite fla g and di sappeared into the woods. " I kn ew he was back there, we had a heck of a race for two o r three laps until [ blew this tur n and he was ar ound me and go ne:' said Cimbannon at th e trophy presen tation. Li ttle took the chec kered fla g with 40 seco nds o n Cimbannon with And y Troll th ird . Results OIA: 1. Kevin Klump (Suz). PRO: 1. Kent Howet1on (Hon); 2. Steve Cardwell (Kaw l; 3 . Doug Paley (Hon ). EX OPEN: 1. Mark Tayl or (Kaw t 2 . Rob Kimbrop (Hon ); 3. John Meskey (Han). INT OPEN: 1. Ken Bauer (Hon l 2. Mart Ma ness (Yam ); 3 . Andy East (Yam). INT 25 0 : 1. Jeff Wilson (Han): 2. Donny O' Neal ISuz); 3. Davtd Osbor n (Han) . INT 200: 1. Rodney Bart sch IKaw ); 2. Tom Walker (Kaw l; 3. Hermon Goertz (Kaw) . INT 125: 1. Robert Hoppe (Han); 2. Russell Power (Han l: 3. Ron Rasbury (Suz). OVER 30 : 1. M art Cole (Han ): 2. Carlos Gonzales (Han); 3 . P·Nut Baird (Han). OVER 40 : 1. Jim Litt le (Yam); 2. Darrell Cimban non (KTMJ; 3 . An dy Trott (Kaw) . 4 -ST RK: 1. John ny J oh nson (Han); 2. Bobby t .eweue n (Han) ; 3 . M ike Williams (Han) . WMN: 1. She ila Muehr (KTM); 2 . Lor iann Sort ree (Suz l; 3 . Christine Hudspeth (Hon) . JR BOYS 13-1 6 : 1. Gary W indh am (Kaw); 2 . St" Y8 Frey e (Kawl; 3. Bobby Dam ron (Kaw) . • 80 : 1. Chri s Cole (Yam); 2 . Paul Fellencer (Yam); 3 . Jo hn Pueten (Kawl. 60 : 1. Br ian J ohn son (Kaw l; 2. Dr ew Dunba r (Yam ); 3 . Michael Lowe ry (Kawl. 50 : 1. Jenn ifer J ohnson (Yam): 2. Brent Klima lYam l. BEG: 1. Robert Dam ron (Han); 2. RodneyVasichek IYaml; 3 . Todd Chezen (Han) . Kennedy tops Leapin' Lizard Enduro By Chris Jonnum NEW CU YAMA. CA, NOV . 12 Vet rider Will ie Kenn ed y gave th e younger riders a lesson in endur o riding by dr opping only six points to top the Cen tra l Coast Mo tor cycle Associ ati on 's 3rd Annual Leapin' Liz ard Enduro . The eve n t wa s held a t Ball in ger Ca nyo n. Ballinger, a po p ula r riding area nea r New Cu yama. claims th e Lizard as its sole co mpeti tion eac h year a nd this marked the first tim e th at the even t was sa nc tioned by an AMA di str ict . A number of northern California-based riders mad e th e trek so uth of Distri ct 26 points . T he rid ers were g reeted by a fun but cha llenf?ing co urse that featured various types of terra ," . The area had received very little rai n for quite a while ana was extremely dry a nd d us ty. A, B and C riders all rode th e first two loops, whi ch incl uded twi sty canyo ns . sand wash es, a hu ge silty uphill that was used on both loops, a climb up a verti ca l ledge tha t ga ve man y rid ers fits and rid ge-top trail s wi th sheer drop-offs o n each side. The third loo p, wh ich was ridde n o nly by A and B riders, featured the sa me big uphi ll and some virgin terr ain to total j ust under 100 m iles. T he re were a few minor bottlen ecks on some of the narro w trai ls and on the uphill. Kenn edy, a member of th e Ventura Cou nt y Mot or cycle Clu b. was the o nly rider to score a six and said that he took £uB ad vantage of the [act tha t some of th e specia l tests lacked chec k-ins; He felt th at the cl ub did a good jo b usi ng a ll of th e tra ils avai lable in th e area . "T he dust was reall y bad but I liked th e lo ng specia l lests and the. thi rd loop was to ugh , I had to bust my butt 10 finish," said Kennedy. Fellow VCMC Vet rid er j o hn Ferro finished a strong second o vera ll by scoring an "eight. AA rider Jeff Erw in , sponsored by Interlink Distributing, also scored an eight but lost out to Ferro on the tie-br eakers. john Mason had an impressive showing for a B rider to £inish fourth o verall with a sco re of ll , while Malt Collins ro unded out the top five with a 12. Mason topr.e

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