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It was muddy and exasperating at Washollgal. but the NW Challenge race the next day, there was dust.
section. It cost him on e lap, mo ving
him to third place a nd givi.ng him
second overall behind Kevin Lane (Suz).
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Pat Jacobson (Suz) go t the jum p on
the field in the first moto followed .
cl osely b y Mark Greg son (Su z) .
Yamaha's Mike Bell was well back, not
enjoying the mud . Jacobson had a
good lead at the halfway po int, but
again it was Burgett and his Yamaha
on the move . With onl y three minutes
to go , Jacobson went down and
Burgett slipped by for the lead. It
looked like Rick had the win until ,
with only two laps to go, he slowed and
Chuck Sun (Hus) got by . Rick
explained, " I got dirt in my eyes and
just couldn't see. " Goggles seemed to
be worthless since they were constantly
being caked with mud.
The number of riders in the second
moto was down as the conditions were
taking their toll . Jacobson and Burgett
exchanged the lead twice, until Pat
dropped his Suzuki at the bottom of
'the downhill section. Letting Burgett
and Chuck Sun by. Burgett got the
win with Sun second and Jacobson
third.
By Gary Morris
WASHOUGAL, WA , SEPT. 4
Rick Burgett. riding a Yamaha
Motor Corp. YZ, won the 250cc ,
class and took second in the 125cc
class at the Colt Malt Liquor
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motocross. Burgett scored a 2-1 in the
two 30 -minute motes against an
outstanding field of riders and more
importantly, against track conditions
that were responsible for a high rate of
attrition.
No one was thinking of the Western
drought as the fall rains started a
month early. The excess of water '
turned Washougal's outstanding
natural terrain track into something
closer to a swamp. Morning practice
gave everyone more than a taste of
what' was to come as the rain
continued. . The mud was soon to
separate the unlucky from the better
riders.
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David Van Epps (Suz) took th e lead
in the first moto followed by John
Savitski (Suz) . Their hold on the lead
was short-lived as' Burgett and Ma rk
Gregson (Suz) began to mo ve. By the
half way point it was Burgett in front
with Gregson second. Burgett held the
lead for the moto win, but was the on ly
rider who had been scored every lap.
The other mud-covered riders had not
made their identity known each time
they passed the scorers. A four-lap
moto was run to determine second
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place on.
The second moto holeshot went to
Pat Jacobson aboard a Suzuki. Not far
behind was Burgett and Ron Pomeroy
(Yam). Jacobson and Burgett began
lapping riders by the third lap. Rick
was really putting the pressure on as he
closed the gap to three seconds. The
ig n i tio n in Jacobson 's bike was
drowned as he slowed to ha ve his
num ber plate ' hosed off, let ti ng
Burgett by for the win. But the win
was sho rt-lived since an overeager fan
had given him a push on the u phill
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By the time the open class went, the
spectators were really getting into the
races. Many were getting as muddy as
the riders.
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Darrell Schultz (Bul) , after getting a
bad start, won the first moto by
lapping everyone but Skeet Hise (Ya m)
who was second. Schultz was literally
flying as the mud didn't seem to slow
him at all. Ron Sun rode a Husky
Automatic to third place. Sun said,
"the auto is great because you don't
have to shift in this mud, and if you
fall . the engine keeps running. It's a
little tricky on the downhill , but once
you get on to it, it 's easy."
Hise took his Yamaha to the lead of
the second moto. Itwas short-lived as
Schultz got his Bultaco running
straight and blew by everyone. A lap
later he went down and dropped back
to eighth: Hise had the lead until lap
three when he slipped, letting Joe
Sangathe by for the win . Schultz
managed a fourth with a fried clu tch.
Hise held on to second while Bill Cook
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(Mai ) took third .
The first race in the Northwest
Challenge did show one very
im port a nt 'thing - what motocross is'
rea lly all about. T he Washougal
motocross people di d an outstand ing
job of putting on a race in less than
ide al co nditions. They worked hard,
but more im p o rta n t ly, work ed
together . And th e riders - they were
grea t. They showed the drive and
determination it ta kes to compete in
motocross, even when you have mud in
your eyes a nd waterupto the cases.' •
Results in Resu lts Section .
'Bell, Turner take
CMC NW Challenge
round two
By' Jan Newman
MACMINNVILLE, OR, SEPT. 5 -
The second race of the CMC
Northwest Challenge was blessed
by perfect weather. The riders,
who only 24 hours before were
wallowing in mud, encountered ,a
moderate quantity of dust by day's
end. Moral: If you don't like the
weather in Oregon - wait a few
m inutes.
When the first 125 moto snaked
through the first few turns John
Savitski was blazing the trail for Ron
Dimeo, Doug Nicol, Pat Jacobson,
T im Michlitsch, Rick Burgett and
Ron Turner. Turner wasted no time in
his charge to the front. By the fourth
lap he mo ved up behind Dimeo and on
the next loop , both went by Savitski.
Turner took the lead and held it. On
the next lap, Dimeo became one of the
first to succumb to the left -over effects
of Sunday's race. A lot of machinery
had swallowed a lot of water and mud
which proved to be undigestable in the
heat of Monday's combat. FollowingTurner at the flag were Savitski and
John Tessitore who had zapped half
the pack to earn third .
Sunday's big winner, Kevin Lane,
was first around in moto two but the
glory spot was soon taken again by
Turner, riding flawlessly all the way
again . Saviiski was anchored in second
while Jacobson picked his way up from
10th to challenge and conquer him.
Savitski was back and hot in the 250
class with some of the same faces plus a
few new ones , including Yamaha's
Mike Bell . Burgett led the first race
until he pulled a typical Burgett trick
- he fell in the th ird lap. Savitski
gladly took the lead. Dimeo was right
behind him until his bike quit . Turner
