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The 125 Experts come off the line trying to decide the
state champ. It turned out to be Joe Williams - by two points.
the fina l lap, j us t m issin g the chance to .
take Mu zzy on the lin e . The finish was
Muzzy , Oliver and Huey.
In one of the greatest disp lays of
short track racing , Brad H urs t and his
CZ made it plain . that he can deliver
un d e r pressure. Hurst battled it o ut with
Mark Williams (Kaw) in the Open A
Main and came out on top. Williams was
righ t on his fender . Delbert Spinney
(Bul) and Mike Bailey (Yam) were very
close behind. jack Heeter (CZ) won the
Trophy Dash.
•
Last but not least in a new class, The
A TC class, yes, ATC Hondas b litzing
Rick Burgett got off, pushed, still won both classes,
a ro u nd the
track, Kevin Norman
powered his w.ay to the win ners circle.
The end resu lts were much the same ,
though : Burgett way out in front with
Cook second. Bob Plumb (1\Iai) held
third all the w ay in this one. Early in
this race the hail came again and things
were getting worse all the time.
The Open class was almost a rerun of
the 250 ra ce: Bur gett and Cook in both
moros. Cook had some threats in the
second round. Ray Crawford (~Iai) and
Barney Newman [Mon] had a bailie for
second for half the race. Crawford
moved up to second twice and fell twice
when he got there. He eventually pulled
off with m e ch an ical problems. Newman
lost a firm grip on second when his
engine stuck. Cook inherited the
position but was way back afte r a bad
start.
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Burgett had an unbelievable lead and
at one time was spotted on a back
corner cutting cookies. He ki lled h is
engine, visited w ith friends and sti ll
resumed racing with a big lead. R ic k
rode like he was b orn in the mud and he
cut hi s teeth o n this trac k.
The pro gram was set up for three
m o t e s, b ut wi th thi ngs goi ng fro m
mi se rable 10 worse and th e back h ill
section b ecoming almost im pa ssab le, the
ref eree ca lled th e last round off, Most of
the riders received t he dec ision wi th a
sm ile an d the score rs ad de d a sigh of
rel ief. T hese ga ls di d a n incred ible job of
ide n tify in g the var io us b lobs of m ud. •
Results in Resu lts section .
Burgett doubles
Dover Qualifier
By Jan Newman
EAGLE CREEK, ORE., :'IA Y 12
April showers may br ing Flowers
but all we got out of today's mess
was mud and misery, The early
morning rain turned into heavy
hail with a few snowflakes scattered in it. Snow on the nearby
~ill ~ops proved the chill wasn't
imagmary.
Brad Hurst (Bul] took the Open A
Main event in T RA's smooth track
season opener,
Oregon State
MX Championships
By Fred Thomas
MEDFORD, ORE ., A PR . 28
Medford's Motorcycle Rid ers
Association hosted their Second
Annual
Oregon
State
Championship Motocross today
with a large field of riders and
spectators braving the dust ,
In the l\lini class brothers Greg
and Rod Grebb grabbed first and
second respectively on the unusually
tough mini circuit.
The 100/01d Timer's class was
combined today and Dennis Po ole
astride his Yam ah a showed A r t
Rodriguis on his 400 Ma ico how quic k
the tittle 10 0 could be.
T he 125 j un io r turn o ut ha d t o be
spfi t in tw o di visions w ith Alan
Sc hwendener an d Fred T ho mas taking
top h onors. j o e Williams o n his qu ick
C R 125 H onda and j im Kell y aboard his
Pent on b attled fo r lop 125 Ex pe r t witb
Williams edgi ng Kell y by a slim two
p oin ts .
Open Senior winner Bob De cke r on
his Rogu e Valley Cycle Maico sho we d
riders and spectat o rs alike how to rid e
smoo th a nd fas t scori ng a per fect 1200
poin ts.
T he Expert m on e y race was ta ke n by
Gary Wilks. Wilks si m ply rode off a nd
le ft everyone in t he dust. Curt Hunte r
(Ka w) a n d Bill Bre edl o ve ( YZ) wer e
second an d third . •
When the first 250 race started it was
fairly goopy. Rick Bur ge t t (Bul) and
Barney New man (Mon) were fi rst off
the line going in to a wide sweeping
comer. Burge tt slipped and Newman
became the first of many to go down
whe n he cu t to the o utside and caught a
rear wheel coming bac k o n the cou rse.
Mark Estes (Ma i) p iled on top of hi m .
Estes got goi ng agai n b u t d ead last.
T his tr ac k has a neat, tight, barrel
tur n wh ic h can be a bo ttl en eck in d ry
weat her. Add m oistu re and it turn s to
Crisco. T hey really p iled up there on the
fir st lap . Both Cas ey Fa uce tt (Hon ) and
Tom Peterson (Yam) were disq ualified
fo r cutting across short of the barrel to
avoid the sli m y approach.
By the second la p Burgert st ill had
the lead b ut Bill Cook (Mai) had moved
past Tim Wright (Hon) and Marv Azar
(Bul) to take over second. Both
rem ained in these positions while other
riders slipped, slithered and slid behind
them. Several bikes were stretcher cases
at the end. Dave Bunker (Yam) worked
up to third at the flag . Mark Estes [Mai]
rode a real catch up race to finish sixth .
A few riders were still coming to the
line when the second moto got started.
CMC trackers at
Chico
By Rex Backman
CH ICO, CAL., MAY 11
Steve Dietz and his Bu ltaco
looked like they were on the way
This was the special attraction at the Oregon Champ ionships,
It certainly was...different.
to winning the 360 Expert Han d icap Main, Dietz had taken the lead
from Kurt Fator on the fourth lap
of the twelve lap event and started
to stretch it out over second place
rider John Grant. Back in the pack
Expert riders Del Silva and Lowell
Moura! were passing riders every lap to
overcome their 55·yard handicaps. On
lap eight Silva moved into second p lace
when he passed Grant and started to
chase Dietz. Every lap he would cut
Dietz's lead a few feet but time was
running out. In the final corner of the
race Dietz went down and Silva "rent on
to win. john Grant took second wit h
Moural th ird.
In the 250 Handicap, Matt jackson
took the lead on the start and held it for
t he entire 12 laps to get the win. Doug
Swope settled for second p lace and Bo b
Grant he ld off Dan Peterson for third .
Lo well Mo ural (Yam) won t he 360
Expert Scratch I\lain . Moural, (White
p late n um ber 15 for short track) took
the le ad and held it. D ick T urner was
second on anothe r Ya m ah a. Steve Dietz
an d j ohn Gr ant fought it o ut for third
w ith Die t z com ing o u t o n t op.
j ohn Gra nt ju m pe d to t he lead at th e
star t of the 250 Expert Sc ra tc h Main
followed by Da n Pe te rson. Peterson
took the lead on the second lap an d
we nt on to win .
Ma ll j ac kso n got his second wi n of
the night in t he 250 Novice Scr atch
Ma in. jackson led fro m star t to finis h
over second place Bob Gibson. Rich
Hammersmith (Coop) m oved h is way up
to third after a poor start.
In the 200 Novice event, Bruce
Koistinen took the lead at the start
followed closely by Bruce McMorrow .
Koistinen went on fo r the wi n wi th
McMorrow gelling second and Darrell
Van Nat ta -t ook third on a last lap pass.
Gary Cooprider (Hod) took the lead
at the start of the 100 Novice Main. On
the se cond lap Ken Gray (Hon) took
over the lead and went on for the win.
Cooprider finished second with Tom
Green riding a consisten t race to get
third.
•
Results in Results section.
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