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J ohn Ritchie (6 ) grabs the holeshot in front of Pete Vetrano (3 7) and Chuck Freeman in a Vet Novice class moto at Perris Raceway. seco nds faster tha n Wilso n 's' but Hedepa th co u ld not mat ch Wilson 's do wnhi ll speed. as he sta lled hi s engine and en ded up I I se conds slo wer. \\' ilso n 's next run a t th e hill was even faster th an hi s fir st. Wil son sai d hi s bike wa s in need of a new spa rk pl ug: whe n he mad e hi s fir st ru n , an d he p ro ved th is as he cut off over seven seco nds o n hi s second run. As \Vilson fini sh ed hi s second run. he was firm ly esta blished as th e rider to bea t. Jim Dunlaven looked like he migh t have a cha nce of bea ti ng Wil son as he too , topped Wil son 's tim e goi n~ up the mounta in by o ver five seco nds. Ho wever . he a lso co u ld not mat ch Wil son 's downhill speed . As the third and fina l round of th e hillclimb sta rred, mos. or th e rid ers were primed to go for br ok e, as o n ly each ride r's two bot times wo uld co unt towards th eir total (or the da y. \Vilson threw ca utio n to th e wind o n hi s fin al run as he knew that h is lead would be ha rd lO o verco me. if not im possible. He then went o u t a nd set a nothe r record tim e of 4:03. \\·il son 's th ird run was II seco nds faster than his first , and secured hi s o vera ll win by over 10 seco nds for a total tim e of 8:11 for two runs. Dana Boyer a nd Edd Price had a very exciting duel for to p WSRA member at the hillclimb. Boyer's first run wa s a n outstanding 3:57. Price fo llowed wi th a 4:09. Boyer and Price both went Cor it all o n th eir second run. Boyer cu t two seco nds off h is first turn o n his Yama ha YZ360. but fell o n the wa y dow n. However. he sti ll ended up with a respecta ble time of 4:01. Pri ce's second run u p the hill was not as cautio us as he set the fastest time' of the day up and down the hill wi th a 3:54. How ever, Bo yer came thr ou gh at th e end wi th a to tal ti me of 7:58; six seco nds faster th a n Price , thus giv ing him (he victory , Results 0 / A : t . Mike W ilson. UNDER 40 NOV; 1. M ike W il son; 2. Rod Maynic: 3. 'remH&depath ; 4 . Tom Kane . OVER 40 NOV: 1. Bob Sw anson; 2. Bob Hirsch ; 3. Mi ek Jimenez; 4 . Cliff Rich ardson ; 5. Bob Whi te. OVER 40 EX: 1. Harold My ers. UNDER 40 EX: 1. Ja mes Dun laven. OVER 40 JR; t . Chuck Bullwinkl• . Pagan powers to Perris Motocross win By David Procida PER RIS, CA, NOV, 18 G reg Pagan p ut his G P Ra cin g Hon da CR500 into the winner's circle in the hotly-co ntested .vet Novia: class at G FI Racing's MX at Perri s Ra ceway. Mot o o ne saw 25 riders dash for the first turn with Paga n leadin g the pack in an d Chuck Freeman sli pping under to ta ke the point position co m mg o ut of the co rner. Freema n was on th e gaS an d for two laps held Paga n a t bay. Behi nd the d uo, ~sitio ns cha nged rapid ly. Tom Lo ucks ran th ird before a sta ll dr opped hi m back into th e herd. Speed way racer Brad Oxley ass u med the number three slo t, wi th Chris Perez a nd Frank LaVres ro u nding o ut the top five, Out fro nt, Paga n ou t-bra ked Freeman to pu ll into th e lead. Freema n's pr oblems were lar from over as Ox ley piloted his I25cc H o nda closer to him . It took most of th e remainin g Japs, but O xley n ew past Freeman to tak e qver seco nd. Pagan too k the chec kers first to bri ng the mo to to a close wi th Oxley and Freeman clo se behind. Ro und ing o u t the top five were LaVres an d Perez. Mot o two saw John Ritch ie rocket in to tUfn o ne first o nly to have Freem an and Paga n sli p by on the inside lin e. Freeman 's lead was sho rt -lived since by th e sta rt of la p two Paga n was aga in in the lead. Pagan was then never cha llen ged for the lead. while Freeman had the com pa ny of Ritch ie and Dave Anthony. Ox ley had a ro ugh tim e o n the start and cam e Iro rn 26,h o rr th e lin e 10 10th by la p th ree. \Vilh Paga n o ut from 10 stay , Freema n , Ritchi e and LaV res freigh t-tr ain ed aro und the co urse and the o rder remained intact wh en th e mote ca me to a close. Vet Int erm ediate class act ion sa w An ah eim Suzuk i's Mark Brooks rack up double victo ries. H e wa s chased from start to finish by Todd Peterson bo th tim es. David Fox and Randy Skin ner swa pped th ird and fourth with Skin ne r co mi ng o u t on top in th e final results co l um n. Fox and Steve Clark rounded o ut the to p five. Val Tam ieui and Bren t Wallingsford each took a m or o win in the Vel Pr o cl ass today. T amietti followed Wallingsfo rd aro und the en tire first 10 010, waiting C an e rr or that or never ca me and had to sett le for seco nd with J eff Haase, Ron Lawson a nd Mar c Crosby breakin g int o th e top five. Mala two sa w T amieui ge t the hol eshot while Wallingsford was mired in traffi c back a t midpack. By th e tim e Walli ngsford had work ed hi s way up to seco nd. the white na g was Fl yin g a nd th e gap to first was too mu ch for th e Kawa saki rider to make up. T amieui took th e win and th e overa ll with \Valli ng sford having to settle C ru n ne r-up, Haase or went 3-5 for third overall wit h Law son and Bob Ru nen rounding o ut the top five. Re sults 125 BEG; 1. Sieve Clement (Kaw ); 2. Sh eryl Fed.row (Yaml ; 3.Oamon Siso la (Yam); 4 . Rob Paterson (Hon); 5 . Scon Johnson (Suz). 250 BEG; 1. Chris Shipma n (Yam); 2. J eff Blackm ore (Hon); 3. Phil Clark (Yam); 4. Brian M iller (Suzl. OPEN BEG: t . J im Sturgill (Yaml. 125 NOV: 1. Shawn Md ntoSh (Kaw); 2. Chr isti an Holland (Hon); 3. J ames Thor nbur; (Yam); 4 . J ason Gardne r (Hon); 5 . Randy Bett en (Yam). 250 NOV; t . David Barlow (Ka w ); 2. Sleven Knox (ya ml: 3. Ja son W ill iams (Kaw ). OPEN NOV: t . M ike M aniscchel i (ATK): 2. Jo hn Ritch ie. 125 INT: 1. Buddy M organ (Yam); 2. Rick Gr ant (Hon l; 3. Dan Barnett (Suz). 260 INT; 1. RaV Mcintosh (Kaw ); 2. S teve Piattoni (Suzl; 3. Tony Spear; 4. Travis Brown (Kawl ; 5. SCC?" Sease (Kawl. OPE ~ INT: 1. Kevm Fr inger (. on); 2. Brian Davy (Honl; H 3. Patn cJl. Markham (ATK); 4 . M.ke Oough e"y (ATKI. 125 PRO; 1. Jeremy McGrath (Kawl ; 2. Randy Moody (Hon ); 3 . John Poses (Suz); 4. Darr in Hoeft (Hon); 5. M ike Hooker (Kawl. 250 PRO: 1. W ill y Musg rave (ATK): 2. Craig Davis (Yam); 3. Jeff Haase (ya ml ; 4 .Chr is Hen r ich (Yaml ; 5. J oe W addington (Varni . OUTLAW: 1. Ulf Joh ansson (Han); 2. Tim W illock (Hon). 25 -29 BEG; 1. Oave Holland (Hon); 2. Scott Carrera (Hon); 3. Chri a DeCannen (Hon); 4 . Phil aarte-(Yam). 25 -29 NOV: r. M ike Man iscak:h i lA TK): 2. John Peterson (ICTM); J . Br ian All en (ICTM) 25-29 INT: 1. Patr a Markham (ATK); 2. Cliff Wa ll (Suz); J . Brent Rouhe (Yam); 4 : M ike Doug herty lATK); 5. Dale Oonde i IHonI. VET NOV: 1. Greg Pagan (Han); 2. Chud. Freema.n (Suz); 3. Frank laVres (Kaw ); 4 . Brad Oxley (Han); 5 . Chr.s Perez (Hon). VET INT: 1. Mark Brooks ISuz); 2. Todd Pel erson (Hon); 3 . Randy Skinn er (Suz); 4. Dh id Fox (Hon); 5 . Steve aark (Honl. VET PRO: 1. Val Taniett i (Hon); 2. Brent W alli ngstord lK. w l; 3. Jeff Haase (Yam); 4 . Ron Lawso n (Su z); 5. Bob Run en (Han) . OT: 1. .A ~ n Olson (Yam); 2. Tom Wh il e (Hus); 3. Jody Weise l (Yam); 4. Be ngt Jo ha nsson (Hon); 5. W.J . Bradbu ry . Lindell, McEntyre top Hillbilly Hills MX By Gary Crider RO BERT A. G A, NOV . 12 Rick Lindell and Will Mcfinrvre took ha rdfought victo ries in th e Pl us 25 and 250cc C classes, respect ively, at H ill bill y H ill s M){. Shae Bentley and R yan Reynolds swep t to double win s in their respective Min i di visio ns. Over 200 riders were o n ha nd to enjoy the spri ng . li ke weather and near-per fect track co nditio ns. . Alabama 's Ri cky Pal mer headed a field of 28 en tra nts as the o pening Pl us 25 mo to go t underw ay. Li ndell chased Palmer from seco nd spot but was unable to clost' un til Pa lm er cra sh ed o n lap fo ur . Lind ell wen t by for th e win over Palm er and G reg Lassiter. Mot o two saw Palmer nail down another ho leshot but th is time. Linde ll stayed clo se, Palmer held th e po int until lap four when Joe Rogers (2 4 5) leads eventual w inner Earnest Harbin in th e f irst moto of 250cc A class racing at Hillbilly Hills MX. Lindell mad e his mov e. Lindell took th e lead win with a per fect sco re. Pal mer went 2· 2 for runn er -u p h onors o ver Do than teamma te Sco tt Duk e. Lassi ter was C ourth. Gear's Brandon Sm ith led th e opening 250cc C mot o fro m star t to fin ish under pressu re [rom Sem ino le Honda /Kawasak ibacked McEn tyre. Mo ta two was a carbonco py of the first unti l th e last lap w hen Smith went down in a tum. McEn tyre gassed his Max im a/ Krause/M ai er Kawasaki pa st Smith to tak e th e wi n a nd th e ov eral l. Sm it h rem ounted qui ckly a nd ca u g h t up wit h McEntyre for a close finis h. but had to sett le for runner-up go ld o ver Ken ny Tipton. J im Creasy was th e surprise winner in 250cc B actio n as his 5-2 tally pUI hi m o n top of a four-wa y tie COT the honor s. Steve Sau nders ' 4-3 earn ed second over Sha ne Pene's 3-4 a nd Lassiter' s 2-5. Second mota wi nner Brian Rob ert son was fifth. Steve Vollo fought his wa y past J oey Do rsett in the opening 500cc B moto C the wi n a nd or eventua l perfect score . Dor sett had to settle for third overall as hi s 2-3 was bested by Michael Hen derson 's 3-2. Vo llo and Dorsett squared o rr to battle ag ain in 30+ raci ng. The firs t la p of mo to o ne saw fro nt-runners Dorsett a nd Va llo slam toget her in a turn. Dorsett was set back Cor an eventual sixth o vera ll while Vollo reco vered to post 5I for second overall beh in d Robert Aber. The 40+ cla ss found Bobby Bisho p in top form as·he urged h is Kawasaki past Randy T ill ery 's H onda to take the first mo io win. Bisho p held th e second moto lead until he cra shed o ver a jump with less than two laps remain in!;. Tillery cruised to the win and th e overa ll. BIShop rem ounted to finish 1-3 o ver Randy Tom linso n's 3-2. Bryan Kenney netted fourth o vera ll o n his l25cc Honda. Results lO 50 AUTO: 1. Aaron Lindsey (Yam); 2. Blake Cannedy (Yam); 3. Shena Garren (Yam). 60: t . Sha. Bent ley (KIIw ); 2. Jam es Garrett (KJlw l; 3. Man W alker (Kaw ); 4 . Nichola s Kosko CKeW); 5. Ma tt Boone (Kaw l. J R M INI: 1. Shea Bentl ey (Kaw t 2. Greg Dey (Hon' ; 3. Mi tt Wa lker (Kaw ); 4 . Man M elton (Yam); 5 . Mason Wi ll iam s (Yam). SR MINI : 1. Ryan Reyno lds (Hoot 2. Dwayne Bone (Hon ); J . Scott Bryan l (Hon); 4. er ie Pinson (Yam !; S. Km n Smith (Kaw) . S/MINI: 1. Ryan Reynolds (Honl: 2.-Dweyne Bone (Han ); 3. Eric Pinson (Yam); 4 . P.J. Howe ll (Honl; 5. Scon Bryant (Hon). 125 C: 1, Jo hnn y Dean (Hon); 2. Brian Stokes (Hon); 3 . Aaron Day (Hon); 4. Brian Burn ett (Yaml; 5. Andr e Pene (Hon). 250 C: 1. Will McEntyr e (Kaw); 2. Brandon Smith IKawJ; 3. Ken ny Tipto n (Hon ); 4 . J eff Byers (Yaml ; 5. Robe" Abe r (Hon). 125 B; 1. Aa ron Yates (Honl; 2. Brad Hayes (Hon); 3 . J ake McClur e (Yam'; 4 . Chris Lampel a (Hont; 5 . Tony Bishop IKaw l. 250 B: 1. Jim Creasy (Hon!; 2. Si eve Saund ers (Hon ); 3. Shane Pene (Yam); 4. Greg lassiter (Yam); 6 . Br ian Robertso n (Suz). . 500 8 : 1. Steve Vono (Hon); 2. M IC hael Hende rson (Hon); 3. Joey Dorsett (Hon ); 4 . Brett Cu mmings (Hoo l; 5. Senny Durrough (KTMI. PlUS 25: 1. Rick Lindell (VarnI; 2. Ricky Palmer (Sud; 3. Scott Duke (Honl; 4. Greg lassiter (Yam);: 5. Steve Saunders (Hon). 30+: 1. Roben Aber IHon ); 2. Steve Voll o (Hon t; 3. Ma lcomb Qu. hl (Kaw); 4. Greg Tysor (Hon); 5. Benny Durr oug h (KTM). 40+: 1. Randy Tille ry (Hon); 2. Bobby Bishop (Kaw l; 3. Randy Toml inson (Suzt 4 . Bryan Kenney (Honl; 5. David Waldrop (Hon). 12 5 A:. 1. Ashley Eol>s (Hon ~ 2. B,.ndon Bontley (Hont 3 . Joe Rogers (Honl. 250 A:. 1. Earn est Harbin (KIwI; 2. Rick lindell (Y.m); 3 . Joe Rogers (Honl. 0-500 AM; 1. Bobby letlow (Hon); 2. Marlon Ast in (Hont 3. Mark Whidby (Sud 0-500 MONEY 1. Mark Astin (Honl; 2 . Cecil Penway ; (Hon!; 3 . Jam;e Floyd (Hon l- Miller mas ters SonoytaRocky Point H& H By Michael Ross SONOITA. MEXICO , NOV . 18 KTM 50o-mou nt ed Mar k Miller claimed th e final rou nd of the Ameri ca n Desert Racin g Associat io n's '89 season wit h a ha rd foullh t victory over J eff Darl an d at the 13th running of th e Sonoyta to Rock y Point Hare & Hou nd race. Miller averaged 54.50 mp h. Alt hough Darland finish ed 10 seco nds behi nd Mi ller after 125 mi les of hand lebar to-hand leba r ra ci ng, th e three time ADRA cha m p bagged his fourth co nsecu tive num ber o ne plate aboard a Tucson ATV prepared AI Baker H on da XR 600 averaging 54.43 m ph . Ro und ing o ut the to p th ree finisher s was 38+ Senior Expert class winner Jerry Srnith., wh o co mp leted the ra ce in 2:35:55 to average 48 .mp h. Smith al so rode his Eastside Cyclesponsored Honda CR500 into the record books as the first Senior Expert to fin ish in the tOP three th is year. Darland led off at th e sta rt followed by Mark Mill er. J im Thompson and Garth Sweetland. Racers made a 30-mile loop thro ugh th e local mountains before head in g south for Rock y Po in t. Mill er powered by Darland and led early on but Sweetland had Miller in h is sights and passed him afte r a len g th y pit stop. Sweetland poured o n th e coa ls afte r check fo ur to extend h is lead over Darland and Miller. who were ba ttlin g it out be hi nd him , but Sweetla nd enco unt er ed tra n smissio n problems a nd pulled o rr th e course, Dar land and Miller swa pped the lead several tim es with what Miller called " rid ing wa yover ou r heads," Mill er 's two-stroke pulled the deep sand better than Darl and 's [our-stroke and he used th at small advantage to edge o ut Darland. Ho war d Den dy too k first in the 28+ Senior Ex!":rt cla ss after cras hi ng very ha rd. He [ini shed six th overa ll with a broken co lla rbo ne, sprained. neck and a two-in ch gas h o n his ch in fro m the helmet strap. T he gutsy rid er was diagn osed as havin g sustained a conc ussion a fter crash ing 50 miles into th e raa:. Sen io r Amat eur Kenneth Stu mpff overcame prob lem s ear ly in th e raa: to clock a 47.55 mph average for Ciest in the Sen ior Am at eu r class and fourth overall. Bob Henderson ro unded o ut th e top five ov~ra ll fin ishers and was first in th e 200cc Amat~ u r d ivision. Resu lts OPEN EX: 1. Mark M iller (KTM t; 2. Jeff Darland (Hon); 3 . Garth Sweet~nd (Hus); 4 . Cra ig Connor (Hon); 5. J im Thompson (Honl. 23

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