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Brugger diced with th e 410 Honda r idden b y Bruce Lind and Tom Enderson and 750 BMW of Bill Buck in gham a nd Charl ie Young . Aft er 2 1-2 hours , t he Pels /McGuire BMW , lead ing by 10 laps, bent a push rod and broke a rocker arm . After fr antic repair a nd th e loss of 18 laps, they were back in th e race , only to re t ire a t 3 :30 p .m. wi th another mechanica l fail ure. . .. R un ning first in the 550 class, a nd ninth overa ll, the 400 Kawasaki ridden by Gilm artin and Hardan ran ou t of gas, losin g a lot of time ge tti ng to the pits, while the 458 Yosh ima Honda blew its mot or in th e stra ig ht. T he las t hou r of th e race did not show a ny surprises . The #17 Ducat i was getti ng low on pow e r , but m anaged to ma inta in his position , as th e 41 0s running a lmos t in th e sa me la p , close d up on th e leader. Sixt een teams crossed the finish line , and ove r a ll win ne r was t he Freem an /Booth / Pin kstaff Ka wasak i. Secon d a n d third went to t h e Scha efer/Loos e a nd . Lesl ie /Brugger teams. Lind a nd Eri cson took first in th e 410 class. • Resu lts in Results Section . The 125 JuniC?rs pi le into the Ridgerunners' first turn. Bradley Stoke 1 3701. Bill Lawrence (401. Kenny Christensen (46) and Don Giblin 11221 trade elbows. Smy lie a lso cla imed t he sped a I trophy for t lu- most lOtal po ints for t hc season by co mpiling 120 in the 125,... class . lO lx-a r out Vick Lilva who collecn-dL l -t in t lu- kid 's class . ' • Final Po ints Standings: OPEN CLA SS: Jeff Camp bell 44 , Cecil Arispi e 35. Rich Word 33. Pete Simo nson 32. Frank W ord 18. 125 CLASS : Bruce Smyli e 120. Steve Crouch er 47 , Kerry Himmelwright 30 . Denni s Poo le 19. Cecil Ar ispi e 17. ' 250 CLASS : Steve Risley 44. Jeff Hurd -37. Brett Howard 37. Glen Lilva 30, Robbi e Speck 19. KID 'S CLASS ; Vick Litya 114, Robbie Izatt 61, RIck Pont 29. J ohn Miller 17. Ma rk W illiman 10, 200 CLASS : Kerry Htmmetwr ight 80. Bruce Smyli e 68 , Harold Hur d 46. Randy Jo rdan 17, Tony Urib e 11, Cecil Arispie 11. M lt'J1 CLASS : Berry Pelkey 59,.Andreas Bales 4 7, Robb ie Blagg 33. Ricky Aussell 30. Troy Snyd er 26 . Freeman/Booth/ Pinkstaff 900 Kaw winsOMRRA S-hourRR Either Frank Forster or Tom Young on the Duke duel the w inning Kaw. Close action at Portland. (Continuedfrom P. 25) Hastings overshoots turn, still wins at SHR MX By Tom Anderson & Pam BRENTWOOD, CA , AUG , 5 The 100 Intermediate class featured good racing, Frank Hastings was leading the first moto with Danny Clements closing in fast. 36 Hastin gs overshot the fa r turn, cras hed and finished second. T he second moro Fr ank grabbed th e lead agai n a nd th is tim e went ou t to win , with Clem ent s com ing in second . Mike Brown became the big winner aga in tonight in d Ie 125 Novices. He a lso won th e Tro phy Da sh . T im Nobl es too k seco nd in th e 125s. W es Mor rell was the big winner in the 250 Int ermediat e class . H is b ig slides proved exciting for th e crowds as Wes used the fence for the berm. The local kid fro m Brentwood , Tim Leat get s be tter every week. He pus hed Morrell for th e full rn or o . but cou ld not make th e~ pass. .T he 250 Exp ert class was won by Joey Sc hlag, who had to push hard to keep a head of W ayne Morrell , who ca me close , bu t sett led for second . • Results in Results Sec tion . Smylie blitzes .Medford points MEDFORD . OR , AUG . 19 Friday was t he final points race and Brue!' Smylie had a n abso lu te Fa u t as tir (light on t lu- trac k. Srnvlie won th ree heat races, th ree t rophy d ashes and three A · mai n events . I li s toug he st win ca m e in rhe I ~ 5cc main wlu-n a bad st a n p ut S('\,("11 riders in fro m of him . II\- the las: lap he had worke-d up 10 seco nd an d was pressing lilt' k-a d r-r, In t ln - t hi rd tu rn he fl)m ped pa st Kirk Howa rd 10 grah t he wi ll . PO RTLAND , OR , AU G . 7 . Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association hosted its first 5-Hour Deal ers ' Challenge on the 1.8 mile' Portland International Racewa y. Af te r an exh ib ition of a ntiq ue bikes , 22 tea ms sta rted off th e line on a n unusu all y hot Su nday to compete for $1 ,000 in cas h awa rds. trop hies a nd contingency prizes. .At the end of the firs t ho ur , the BMW ridden by Art Pe ls a nd T im McG uire had a five-mi nute lead as th e 1000cc Kaw of Steve Schaefer a nd Bob Loose was slowed dow n by numerous pi t sto ps, a llowi ng th e 900 Kawasak i r idden by Keith Pinksta ff , Don Free ma n , and Randy Booth to move - up . Meanwhile , th e Du cati ridden by Fra nk Forster and T am Young lost control an d hit th e pit wa ll, sca tteri ng tires on the trac k ca usi ng many follo wing bikes to perform some qu ick m a ne u ve rs. Moving up th rough the field, the GS 750 Suzuki of Mark Leslie a nd Doug Sacto night MX: Waxham wins, Turner also triumphs By Sallee Hilton SACRAMENT O , CA, AUG. 26 Those who have been watching you ng Dana 'Yaxham , fr om Ro cklin , Calif. , fly his Suzuki to numerous local wins were not surprised to see him get the Sac ramento Racewa y 125 Pr o win as well . The competition was ke en . Dormje Cantaloupi and Dan Turner are hard to beat. Dave Wood and Don Ferraro are no slouches , nor were any of the other eight riders in the 125 Pro class . The firs t of the th ree motes went to · Da ve Wood (Suz ) who led it from start to fini sh , while some real ra cing went on behind him . Cantaloupi (Yam) had the seco nd spot, but Scott Hen ry (Suz ) snu ck by and held it wh ile Cantaloupi and Waxham were battling right behind. The hea vy action ca me in the final la p whe n Cantaloupi went wide and W axham slip pe d by both him a nd H enry . Can taloup i recovere d a nd zip p ed a rou n d H enry a n d th en Waxham . The finish went Wood , Can tal oupi , ' W ax ha m and Henry. · Michael Pr eston (Su z) had moved Lip to fif th, which had been held for most of th e race by Dana McG lothlin (Suz). Dan T u rne r, having trouble all th e wa y with his Kawas ak i , only m anaged an 11th. Ma xham pu lled off a go od sta rt in th e seco nd moto , a nd st re tc hed ou t his _ lea d fro m there on to win . McGl othlin se ttled int o a safe second , and Cantal oupi was b usy tryi ng to get th rough th e en tire pack after a bad start . Some exci tement was offered by the three riders beh ind McGl othl in. Hen ry had been holdin g the th ird against pressure from Pr eston, who was bein g cha sed by T urner. T u rner went byon th e white n ag lap a nd was . closing on Hen ry when Hen ry's bik e died, se tti n g t he m b oth ba ck . Ca n ta loupi th en ma de it to third , a nd Preston went to fourth . In the final mot o , W axha m jetted away again and went on [0 ta ke the win and first overall money. Dave