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t.UKPliOOFM FORK a NORTHERN DATEUNE SHOCK SEALS *NOW* TEFLON@ COATED UP TO 80% LESS STATle FRICTION It 's Washington's one and only desert race, but the sage brush looks like desert everywhere. THE FINESI' COMPLETE LINE OF OFF-ROAD RACING MACHINERY EVER OFFERED KTM 1mporlS U .S.A. 9825 Mason Ave.\ Chatsworth. Ca. 91 311 . 12 1 3 , 8 8 2-8 8 60 Deale r Inquiries Invited th e momentum and ran down to th e bottom to pick it up . Most.racers agreed this was th e best run Mattawa 100 ever. Certainl y for a club tha t puts on the only desert race in th e sta te and therefore h as only th eir own m istakes to learn fro m , th ey did an excellent job. A few of the 620 ent ra nt s got lost , but some peo p le get lost on the freeway. An d a goodly n um ber of people d ropped ou t with bik e problem s. but the vast m ajority of th e starters were also fin ishers. I would like to th ank Don Hanson and his nicely suspended Yamaha for giving me a rid e out to th e sta rting lin e ( I could never have made it otherwise) a nd J erry Gullickson a nd his eq ua lly co m fort a ble Husky for ca rryi ng m e ba ck to th e pits. And a specia l th anks to Mark Augenstine for d igg in g t he van out wh en I got stuck. • strained. White plate Number two Rick DeL acy cashed in on the second spot ahead of com er Camm Johnson, younger brother of former four -time black plate Number One Paul Johnson. Sportsman classes wer e sprinkled tonight with scrambles Juniors and Experts rid ing down a cla ss a nd trying to g ai n- transfer p o ints. W a yn e Karcich of San Jose grabbed off the 125 N ovice win over former Mini Experts Brad Summers, Kurt St rait . Sh awn Callahan , a nd T on y H oldsclaw. At seven po in ts a shot, Wayne won' t be novice lon g . The 250 Novic e main was a loca l show as Stockton ride rs took th e first fou r places. The Jorgy's Can -Ams of Brad Summ ers a n d Mik e W est alternated with the Burton Cycl e Gri ngos of David Tindell and Rick y Burton in a closel y contested battle. Scram bles Expert John Jones waxed 34 other 250 J unior riders for the main win and eight points. Former Mini ace Jim Felice took second ahead ' of Seaside's Ryan Seidel who promptly sported expert plates Sunday. The new 500 Short Track cla ss boasted 33 racers in the three div isions with scrambles Junior Jeff Thompson taking a hard earned first over Richard Anderson in th e No vice main . Stockton's Steve Alberdi battled heat and main with Jeff Buckner of Salinas for th e Junior win . Seasid e's J eff H aney increased his gold plate span by be ating Matt Carothers and Ken Netto in th e Exp ert ranks . Action sho u ld heat up in the class as the word sp rea ds a nd motors are d eveloped. Short tra cki n' cont inues a t Lodi every Satu rday night through Ma y 21 . Resul ts in Resul ts Secti on . . Mud, snow and flushes at Slow Spokes'pokerrun By Action OZ BROWN'S CAMP. OR , APR . 3 Thompson, Travis top Lodi short track opener By Ann Carr LODI , CA , APR . 9 Nerve Succeeds HARD TO GET . ~(~.6iI . ~ ~. C~ ~.~ ~YAMAHA PARTS AND ACCESSORIES Largest st ock In U.S. 24 Hou r Meil O~der Serv ice Dealers We lcome DONELSON CYCLES , INC. 3141427·1204 3328 Woodson Road St .louis. Mo. 63114 Cylinder Boring All cy rlnde, bored & fi nished 10 size on Sunnen Hone Crankshaft Rebuild ing Valve J obs ORWBoring 16303% Plume. Cerr rtos 213·860-GS93 O••le, Inquiries Invited 30 • . One Day S!!~ice Three hundred plus fla t trackers braved cold, blustery weather to compete at Lodi's opening short track sponsored by the Stockton Scramblers Motorcycle Clu b . Only a few bumps after the number two turn marred th e smooth . blue grooved one fifth mile ova l, but some spectacu la r crashes with no seri ous injuries provid ed plenty of excitement in a lengthy 65·event program. White plate riders Brian Thompson a nd John Tavis topped th e largest e xpe rt classes 250 and 360 respectively. Brian led th e 10 point 250 main start to fini sh a nd was pressed only on the last lap after go ld plate racer Alex Jorgens en worked his way from a ba ck row sta rt to cha llenge Brian . Time and laps left Jorgy litt le room to ope ra te a nd Thom pson took the win . T avis gr a bbed off the seve n -poin t 360 first in a cras h stre wn ma in which left bodi es a nd eq uipment some what One hundred and four riders showed up on a perfectly cle ar and sunny Sunday to try their luck at the Slow Spokes off road poker run at Brown's Camp. According to club president , Steve Hart , a last-minute change had to be made as the course the club intended to use still had a lot of snow on it. The changes that wer e made didn't bother anyon e as not one complaint was heard at th e final check table. Even the three riders who missed a check a nd were disqualified d idn't complain . Two courses wer e em p loyed. an eas y(?) and a hard. The eas y was for the benefit of the family riders, of which there were many. Jordan Holt and Steve Tracewell, both aged nine , enjoyed the course so much they rode it a second time even though the second time around did not count. Riding the course a second time was done by quite a few. When you give an Oregon biker weather like th is they take advantage of it. This is not to say there was not an abundance of mud , there was! One mud hol e was at least ha lf a bi ke high and that was on the combina tion part of the easy/ ha rd cou re . One all-a round neat lady .and mother ca me in and could n 't get over how fantastic th e whole run was. Must have had somet hing to do with it being the first tim e out thi s yea r. That'll ge t to a rider th e ea rly part of the season . We talked about the youngest riders, well there were two riders at the other end of th e age scale 65 + , so you can see the run pulled all ages and that's what makes a poker run so great. When th e scores were tallied , Joe Dietz was the one wit h the top hand • a queen ·high flush . Results in Results Section . Relaxing racing at at Roseburg short track championship By Ly n ne Diltz ROSEBURG , OR , APR . 2 Roseburg Indoor short track held its championship event and everyone had a ball. Points race were over and the evening was relaxed and fun rather than a hellbent-for-a-win affair. Of the eight season winners, only one was there to receive the awards, Old Men 's Mini rider, Larry Bruhn. Other winners were Mini Expert: Brian Loesch; 100 class , Bruce Smylie; 125 class , Jeff Barber; 200 class , Warren Bol ton ; 250 Sportsman, Bill Davis ; Open class , John Wincewicz and 250 Pro class , Jeff Campbell. Roseburg's Johnny White went home with both the Trophy Dash and A Main first place trophies in the Mini Beginner class . Andy Bruhn got the same awards in the Mini Expert division. Mike Gardner (Kaw) came inla nd from Brookings to win the 100 TT and a second place in the Open 100cc class . Another local rider, J.D . Roberts (Yam ) won the 125 T.D . and A Main but not after a wheel to wheel go with Troy Ellis (Hon). Fighting for transfer from th e 125B main were Ken Copeland and Doug Blagg. Throughout the ten-lap event Copeland kept th e groove as Blagg used the who le track to find running room , but could not get by . Don Davidson rode a hard nine laps of the 200A with Lonnie Bentley camped on his back wheel. Bentley got the inside line into turn three and both charged th e flag. Bentley won by a narrow margin . Terry Phillips (H -D) handily won the 250B a nd transferred. From a second row start he gained a fourth in the first lap , worked to a second in the second lap and played second to Dick Wooten (Yam) for th e rest of the race. Joe Guider (Oss ) finished third. • Results M INI BEG TO: 1. Johnn y White (Yam). A MAIN: 1. J ohnny Wh ite (Yaml. 2. Tracy Gardner IKawl . 3 . Terri Carlile (Honl. MINI EX TO : 1. A nd y Bruhn (Yaml . MINI A MAIN : 1. And y Bruhn (Yaml. 2. Mike Gardner IKawl . 3. Dave Carlile IHon), 4. Robbie Blagg (Suzl. 100 CLASS TO: 1. Mike Gardner IK awl. • A MAIN: 1. Andy Bruhn (Hod l. 2. M; ke Gardner (Kaw l. 3. Jon Baird (Suz). 4. St eve Hend ersanl Yam l. B MAIN: 1. J av Bouska (Suz): 2. Roger l eodoro (Suz), 3 . J im Duk e ISuzl . 125 CLASS ID' 1. J.D. Roberts IYaml. A MAIN: 1. J.D. Robert s (Yarnl, 2. Tro y Elhs (Honl. 3. Terr y Phillips (Yam), 4. Mike Huffman (l-lcnl . B MAIN: 1. Doug Blagg (Suzl. 2. Bitt John ston (Suzl. 3. Wade Cream er (Sull . 200 CLASS TO: 1. Lonni e Bentley ISu zl. A MAIN: 1. Lonni e Bentley (Suz), 2. Don David son (SUI), 3 . And y Bruhn (Ha n). 4 . Denn is Thommason ISUl l. 250 SPORTSMAN TO 1. Dick W oot en IYaml . A MAIN: 1. Dick W oot en IYam L 2. Terry Phillips (HOI, 3. J oe Gui der la ss), 4. Doug M oor e (Suzl . • B MAIN:1 . Eric Long (Yam}, 2 . David Agee (Kaw) MEN'S M INI TO: 1. Tim lieb (Suz). A MAIN: 1. Tim lieb ISuzl . 2. John Thomas ISuzl . 3 . David Beers (Honl.