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(Above) Montey M itchell (9) got the 250 Pro holeshot at Washougal; had t o restart due to the background crash. (Above ri ghtl Open Pro w inner Les Womack (21f lees from Barney Newman. IBelowl Jace Crown (ri gh t) and Br ian Hall banled in Washougal's 125 Pro class. IBonom) A n u ni d entified rider ge!s around the photographer 's m ired 250 Hodie at t he Santiam po k er run. Azartoppro at Wa~hougal By Action Oz Wom ack di d it in the tu rns . sho rter lines and bette r handling combi ned 10 take it a way fro m Newm an . Skee t Hise (Yam) was never fa r aw ay 10 pic k up a th ird over-a ll. Nam es .like Woma ck . Folck . Azar . Hall , Hise. Gregson, Mit chell, Dimeo, Craun . Han to na me just a few of t he 250 Pros t hat were on hand . Nam es th at co nj u r u p the sa me thunder t hat reverberates from their b ikes as t hey cle a r their pipes on the line . T he gate dropped , they came off th e line and it was im mediately a p pa re nt tha t Clay Azar (Ya m) was goi ng 10 ta ke advantage of his lead. 10 spin a web of smooth lines a round the W ashougal terra firma for a super ride th e first moto , Ma rk Gregson (Suz) go t a bad sta rt b ut wor ked his way th rou gh t he pack to finish seco nd . Lat er u nfo lded th e seco nd mot o . Mitch ell got a super start a nd turned the first right hander in first . posit ion on ly 10 ' loose it on a re -start . T he seco nd sta rt of th e second mot o he di d n't fare a", well , he was 14t h off t he line . With t he help of some specta to rs who sense an inspi red ride Montey was. cheered on. He ree led in riders until he's ga ined sixth position . W it h time running out Mit chell and his Ma ico moved into third place a t the flag for a place in th e over-a ll lOp three for thedav . • Resu lts in Resu lts Section . WASHOUGAL. WA . MAY 29 A full days program got underway at Washougal and in the Mini Int erm ed iate class Bru ce Clark (Ya m ) took home the 36 honors in a small field . Dallas Johnson (Yam ) had a ha rder go of it as David H ilton (Yam) and Steve Anderson (Yam) wanted first overa ll. The 100 Ju nior class saw J erry Black (Suz) ta ke t he overa ll with Jerry Anderson ( Yam) and Ed Mewsec (Yam) follo w in that order. T he . O ld Timer class saw J im Newman ta ke a brand new Ma ico 10 back 1.0 back moto wiris to light up the in terio r of h is p lu s h bu s. R a y Sha na fel t led th e Over -t he-Hi ll ga ng 10 th e win rid ing a Mai co . T he 125 J u nior A class had t hem selves a roya l ba ttle a nd wh en th e sun sho ne it was Eric Linde (Yam) who stood the tallest a nd got th e tro p hy. Ala n Ma zour ( Yam) a nd Casey Hood weren 't fa r behi nd. In the 125 J unior. B class we sa w Mark Hall go for it a nd he was fo llowed by Mark Jones a nd Kip Tem p leto n . . The 125 Int erm ed ia te class had to give Da le Olson (Yam) first for the d a y for he was the best. Bo b Piererh (Suz) won the 250 J un ior class . Ran dy Thompson (Ya m ) ' won the 250 Int erm ed iate class and John Deese (Yam) the Open Jun ior class . Robby Clark (Yam) did it for the Open lnrerm ed ia te .class. No w we co me 10 th e three pro classes . The 125 class . ca me off th e line · with Ma rk - Gregson wearin g differe nt co lors . Mark . of Kaw asa ki green fam e . is sporting a new ride with yellow a nd bla ck colors. Riding for Vancou ver Suzuki . he battled a very stu b bo rn Cla y Azar (Ya m) 10 fin ish second on his new mount. Clay was on a tea r in . bot h, rnotos and burned the tr ack for a defi nite first over -a ll wit h a su pe r rid e . Bri an Ha ll (Suz) too k the thir d position after two fine rides . In the Open Pro cla ss we find Lew Womack (Ya m) getting by Barney Newm an (Hus) a t th e tai l end of th e last rnot o to co m plete his 1-) for th e da y. Ba rn ey led most of th e moro a nd seeme d 10 have it on the stra ights and pa rticularl y on the long up hills but Moyer wins SHR Trophy I)ash by inches .By Tura Houser BRENTW O OD . CA, MA Y 27 T he T roph y Dash was held for the winners for t he first motos , whic h put together m a ny sizes of m oto rcycles a nd a va ria tio n of rid er s. Gary Moyer had a good start' and his rea l co m pet itio n was old timer Jack Lewis a ll th e way. The fini sh was so close t hat a ll th e score kee pe rs and officia ls co u ld do was note whi ch fro nt wheel crossed th e finis h line first , by a ha ir , Moyer , ridi ng a 250 Yamaha won t he big trophy a nd a kiss from Deb i . Mover a lso wo n t h e 250 Intermedi a te class. T he Min i Money race was very exciting 10 watch . Win ner in the Mini Int ermed iat e class , Gary Johnson , held the lead until the last la p , when Ph il Anderson scr ewed the thrott le for a ll the beans the Suzuki had and got by J ohnson for th e win . In the regular m i n i co m pe t i t io n, novice ' Lar r y Courtney too k t he win with a 1·2 score , John Looney was second a nd AI Desh ai es t hird . A ll t h ree ro d e Yarnahas. Bryon Estes , tied for firs t place in th e six-week series in th e 100 Novice class. was first bot h m ot es for h is win ; Dave Hou ser was second on a Su zuki . In t he 100· 125 Beginner class , two out of the lOp five wer e repeaters and th is is a no-not Once you ha ve trophied in this class you co m pe te in the regu lar class , We know who you are. a nd t his won 't ha p pe n again . , Conrad Sch meckel was firs t overa ll in t he 250 Novice class wit h his 2· 1 score in the moros. Open Novice winner Merl e McCoy p icked up three poin ts in th e series . Mike Unde rhill, the po int leader in t his class , had 10 set tle for seco nd ; Scot t Land was thi rd .