Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126017
;. III 360 Novice win over Paul Pea rso n's super Honda. Bill Hermant is st ill wondering wh at he did right in the 360 Junior main. His win on the H & S Pursang will go down in history as a great o ne over Pat Lawler and Hugh O'Neill. Mickey Krusemann battled his way to a win in th e 125 Junior m ain over Dave Cascio and T o ny Ad ragna. There was an ot her three way see -saw battle in th e 175 Novice class. Bud Muehlman tried to stay in front of the yo unger kids but didn't quite make it. Scott Garcia took the win , probabl y his last No vice race, with Bobby McDonnell taking second on the Taboda En te rp rise Special. Bud go t th e third troph y and kiss from his wife, an d dau ghter Julie wh o is alrea dy a Junior. • Results in Results Section. Emerald Racing Assn. MX • ~ t 10 ('0. 0) ~ 10 C'J ~»\/!/~ ~ ,'. ~~ l-< Q.) .0 e ~~ ~ Q.) :> A "? V O: '% "- 0 z ~/(I\~~ By Shirley Campbell t'S> Jf ~ E UG ENE, OR E., NOV. 2 .- r The Territori al Road MX is in full swin g again . The big bores st ole th e show with their fantasti c jumps and super fast speed. In th e firs t moto o f th e 250 Ex pe rts, J oe Sandga th e [Kaw] put a short lead on Cra ig Pra us o ff the st art line. As they shot ove r the first j ump, Pr aus po ured the coals to his Ya maha an d surged ahead. San dgathe played fo llow the leader fo r the rest of the moto. Se co nd ti me around Sandgathe grabbed th e lead and hel d it all the wa y . Praus was n 't too far behind. but had to se ttle for second overall. In Op en Expert acti on Ron Denny (Vam ) to ok o ff like a sh ot. b ut Sk eet Hise (Vam) t urned o n th e throttle and waved go od bye. li e made himsel f at home right d own to th e c hec kered flag. Bob Strobel (lI us) st arted making his way up t hrough the p ack to take a t hird place wi n ahead of J ac k Heet er (Suz) . St robel is we ll known as a desert ra ce r but did n 't look too shabby on t he MX t rac k. Sk eet Hise rode the seco nd moto with great de terminatio n and came up w ith a wi n . Che t Cam p be ll (Suz) wo rked his w ay up from fi ft h to ta ke second ahead of Strobel. l lise to ok first ove rall, seco nd went to Strobel, and • Ron Denn y clai med third. Results in Results Section . Short track: Go for broke, crash or break By Lynne Diltz ROSE BUR G, ORE .• NOV . I Ride rs and spectators enjoyed an othe r wha m , bam Satu rday nigh t of rac ing on t he indoo r short t rac k at Douglas County Fa irgro unds . The thi rd hea t o f Kids ' Min is da m near had a tr iple finis h . Tony Len t, Steve Henderson and To ny J en kin s hung three abreast u ntil the las t lap. Lent pulled a slender lead bu t Hender son go t him o n t he o u tside, In the Min i C Main, Pam Claasen and Tracy Phillips worked th eir way o ut o f a crowd, Phill ip s hel d a sligh t ed ge , b ut Pam stayed righ t o n him and co ming o u t of tum fo ur made her run. Th ey crossed th e line lo oking fro m th e side like o ne bike, and tw o first place trop hies wer e prese n ted. lIi gh po int co n te n ders David Moore an d An d y Bruh n went a t it in the Mini A. Bruhn ro de a close seco nd but with two to go , ma de a run in side and passed Mo ore , to cin ch top points. Clay Wat son is jus t as goo d on an indoor sh o r t trac k as he is o n a motocro ss tr ac k. li e finis hed his 125 heat a close second to Jeff Cook, an o ld han d at t he indoor game. Terry Phillip s took an early lead in t he A Main b ut Cook walked o n by and mad e a clean sweep in the 125 class . Joh n Wincewicz got knocked arou nd a b it in h is 125 Main . he had a righ t to be mad, but ke p t cool. Probab ly feel in ' too good after that recen t Arizona q ualifier fo r the ro ad race at Daytona. Larry Melto n and Warre n Bolton rode a scary 200 ' B, t hey we re abou t as close as bikes ca n ge t, bu t Bolton and his Bul won o ut , li e pro mp tly transfe rred to the top main and m ade a go od finish in fo urth, despite severa l rest arts t hat put J am ie Claa ssen, Doug McWilliam s and Ron Stewart o n ro w tw o . Lonnie Ben tl y had th e race all nail ed do wn , but fat e called the last shot. Ben t ly 's ch ain ca me off, 'allo wing Claassen to pass to first and Ben tly legged h is b ike acro ss fo r sec o nd. Th e 25 0 Tro p hy Dash provi d ed so me une xp ec ted ac t io n fo r Craig Lewis. li e and Alex Euban ks h it. Lewis was thrown o ver Euban ks b ike, his leg ca ugh t between rear tire and fender, and he was dragged down the tr ack. lie walked away un hur t ! Brian Pe te rson jumped to an ea rly lead in his 250 hea t and was promptly put back o n row two. Ano ther start and Ro n Story went ba ck to keep him co mpany. Anot her sta rt saw 3 wild race. Fly in' Brian mad e it first w ith a fabul ous ex h ibit of needle th reading; Ga ry Umrysz hi t t he shoots wh ile Craig Lew is and Rand y J ord an h ad a co n tinual run-in for second and thir d. Seve n fra n tic rid ers we nt to th e lin e of ano t her 25 0 he at . A fte r three tries t hey were go ne . with J eff Cook and Mar k Detwi ler co ming o ff th e seco nd ro w. Det wiler went boom, Cook mad e a h igh side . Jo hn Ro be rts h igh sided in tu m t hree and Randy Palmer had nowhere to go but o ve r hi m . Cook ca me from a B Main win to th e A wh er e J o hn La wt o n went do wn hard, allo wing Pet erso n a first. Randy J o rd an and Jeff Cook b oth shu t do wn Craig Lewis to end up two an d three for th e eve n ing. Last b u t best , the Semi Pros. Hea t one cou ld ha ve /been ca lled t he Astro class . There wer e four of th ose pretty Buls and all fou r finished up fro nt. J ack Heeter, o n Mark Williams' fac tory T riu mph sing le was very neatly ace d ou t by Dick Wooten in a no ther heat. Still another hea t saw Jeff Campbell and Gary Davis second rowed; eo ming away to a near p hoto finis h wi t h Bill Oliver in th ird. O liver an d Ph il Harles s la ter made the cut in eli mi nat io n heats. Eight fast rider s on that short smal l trac k made for a ve ry crowded first turn. Doug McWilliams was hit and do wned. lie mad e it b ac k to th e restart bu t w as. o bvio usly h urti ng. A non-pr o, flyin ' Brian Pet erson, w as th e m an of th e hou r. li e hel d off Gary Davis, Dick \\'oo te n , Bill Oliver and J eff Ca mpbe ll, to wi n t he lio n's share o f the loot. Ot her eve n ts have th e co vered arena booked soli d for awh ile, so th e next race will be November 29th , giving everyo ne a couple o f weeks to recover! Results in Results Section. • ..31