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Kenny Gollagoes (24) grabs the 250 Expert holeshot ahead of Dan Taurman
(3), John Sparks end the packat Boise.
The 250 Novice race was a thriller .
with big Kenn y Rodriguez and Chris
McManu s goi ng at it heavily .
Rodriguez won both m ot os and ·also
took a first in the Six Ra ce Series.
The 125 Expert class wa s also a good
ra ce . T he Greener brothers had the
gas o n. with Greg taking first and
Rodney second. Joey Schlag came in
third . tryi ng to pass on every .co rner
. and stra ig h ta way . But Schlag had it
all together in the 250 Expert race .
winning over Rick Lew is.
Mike U nder hill took the Vets Novice
class and a lso won the Series with hi s
po int lead . Kim Br itz has now won two
weeks in a row in the powder pu ff
competi ti on . ( Poo r Jammin ' Joyce
su ffering from a bad su n bu rn . had to
ride Friday night to guarantee her
Series win . and that she did .)
Ph il Anderson won the Mini Money
race, sponsored by Dennis Houser, o n
th e RM80 . The M ini Intermediate
ra ce was a goodone . Houser won th e
first moto and after a duel with Gary
Johnson in th e second moto , had the
lead but fell on the fa mous slippery
corn er of the night , giving Johnson the
win .
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Results in Resu lts Sect ion .
Collingham,
Gollagoes score
OMCMXwins .
By Ed Hickman
BOISE, !D . JUNE 5
Lonnie Wright (H on) grabbed
the holeshot in the first of two
125 Expert motos , but smooth
riding John Stone (Suz) took over
for Wright o n the third lap . with
George Collingham ( ~ FM) tucking in
behind Stone . About halfwa y through
th e mo to , Stone's problems started
when hi s seat decided t o _ pan
company , followed closely by his
handlebar's sudden case of the droops.
But Stone held on for the win with
Collingham claiming the second spot.
The 250 Experts left the line with a
giganti c roar , t hat saw Ke n n y
Gollagoes (Ya m ) co m e OUI on top and
never loo k back as he ra n away an d
hid from the rest of the pack. Da n
Taurman (Suz) picked u p second . with
J ohn Sparks (Su z) taking third .
The t he rmometer had m oved well
into the 90s bv th e time th e second 125
Expert m ot o roll ed aro u nd . St one
wasted no rim e esta bl ishing h ims elf as
the to p rid er for t he day. But o n the
th ird lap . t he Suzook lost its fire and
Stone reti red . George Collingham
m ot ored th e MFM Yamaha into the
lead of a m oro that sa w th e 20-plus
field shrink to a mere six by its close .
jeff Sin sel (Ya m) took-second with a
grea t ride .
The second m oto of the 250 Experts
go t off th e lin e , with Gollagoe s aga in
cla im ing th e ho les ho r, nev er to loo k
ba ck . Dan Taurman aga in pi cked up
seco n d . wi th Bo s Carlberg (Su z)
sco ri ng a third place in th e final.
Results in Results Sect ion ,
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Record laps at
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By Burt Dinner
SALINAS . CA ,JUN E 12
R id ers loo ked like t he dust tornado in the d ist ance as record
lap times were set all day long .
Rod Cahoon (Ya m ) ke p t his
winni ng wa ys: outdistancing Don
Copeland (Suz) in the 125 Novices.
Matt Pemberton had a doubl e .
winning both the 500 and 250 J uniors .
Dennis Spence (C -A) had 10 perfect
laps and edged Sal Hoffman (C- A) in
the 250 Expert event.
Matt Crowley ( Bu l) took the Novice
360 ra ce ahead of Frank Garcia ( Ka w)
and with it took the lead for the year's
'h i g~ point trophy.
Novice Dan Hughes (Su z) rode fast
and smooth . beating out Robert Silva
( Yam) in the 250 cl ass. Expert Kenn y
Robicheaux (Yam) won th e 360 event
and to ok a third in the 500 event
behind Ken Netto (Yam) and Curt
Brooks ( Yam) .
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Results in Results Section .
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