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NORTIERN DATELINE (A bov e) Rick Burgett rockets - literally - off the.Fox Hollow start. Jeff Howard (151). Mark Sun (10). Bill Cook (L4) and Richard Earle (7m) follow. (Below) Mark Grayson chasses Burgett in the 250 Pros. THE r '-1':1' .-j'-rJ r . ~.l~~ TI tY!J i):b J -\ ~-[:J 0'1'--( NW Challenge MX round five: That was the week that was HARE SCRAMBLES! OCTOBER 9, 1977 100 MILES Mail Entry $16.00 Post Entry . . .•.. . .$25.00 Use any AMA Entry Blank By Jan Newman WOODBURN , OR, SEPT. 10 Fox Hollow was the site of the fifth and final race of the $10 ,000 NW Challenge of MX Co lt 45 Pro Series . Rick Bu rgett was the big send to: DESERT BUMS MI C P.O. BOX L SPARKS, NV 89431 or Can: (702) 359-6611 (702) 329·9264 reps who, . like most people , knew nothing about MX when they first took a cha nce on it. T hey stood ou t in the mud, dust or whatever to watch every race of the series, became ent h usiastic fans , and are looking forward to nex t yea r. Their suds are good, too (no bull). Back to the action . When the 125 Pro class roared into the firs t tu rn Ma rk Gregson led the wedge, with Bill J oyce hooked to his back fender . Gr egson dum ped it for an ins ta nt a nd Joyce whipped to the lea d . Gr egson was ba ck By J an Newman up to ha unt · him to th e flag , but PORTLAND, OR , SEPT. 8 • could n't pass . Ron Dim eo ca me in third . Portland International Raceway The 'second 125 mota was one of hosted round four of the CMC thos e for which the phrase "white Northwest Challenge of MX at knuckler" was invented. Out of the Delta Pa rk and fans got more of first tum Bill Joyce, Ron Turner , Rick the super action they've come to Burgett, Mark Gregson , and 'Ron except in the last few days. Dimeo charged away into a moto long Some of the .racers are becoming battle and only Dimeo gave an inch by recognized by name and number as the checkered flag. Delta Park has they go around the track, Many were been sho rtened by the removal of one int rod uced at a banquet hosted by the switch back loop , and these guys were Colt 45 Malt Liquor folks who cocutt ing laps in 38 seconds through an spo nsor the series. array of other riders of varying speeds The MX people wer e absolutely and abilit ies, yet everyone came out del ighted to partake of free gru b to unscathed and positions weren't lost in exp ress their gratitude to the Colt 45 th e traffic. NW Challenge MX round four: If it's Thursday, this rilustbe Delta e:U LER I. ti A f t;. LONG TRAVEL FORK KITS FOR ALL MADE OF 80 80 rT6 AllOY mARZQ(CHI FORKS AVAILABLE IN 9 -10 - 11 - 12" Call 513-372-760 7 COMPEnTION '~E':.:~TH ACCESSORIES INC. Honda :JOE. ~\a'tk E.H Triumph M oto rcycles ' Try u s f or 'Dil"Lm p h oa-rs . 30 BMW UPS same da y 2509 Broadway Sacrament o . CA 9 58 18 9 16-452·5491 Mota guzz i Joyce yielded to Turner in the third lap and Burgett squeaked by in the ninth lap. At the flag Turner and Burgett were fender to fender and only two lengths back Joyce and Gregson ended their fight j ust as close. joyce's 3-1 record took the win. Mark Gregson led the first 250 moto but Burgett kept poking at him until he got by. Da vid Taylor was running a close third unt il he went down . winding up fifth . Jeff Jennings took over the third place finish . It 'wa s Burgett out front with Gregson chasing as they pulled awa y in the second moto , Ron Turner followed in third all th e wa y. Jeff Jennings moved by Taylor halfway through to fin ish fourt h. Burgett owned the Open class ou tri ght fro m th e out set. Phil Oveland motored around in seco nd a ll night with a 1971 CZ (1969 Frame). Barney Newman worked up from a 10th place scratch to finish third in the first ro und . With a better scra tch in the second round he was in a position to challenge Oveland . He got too greedy and went over a berm , yielding to both Clay Azar and Rick Benek, who held him off to the flag . Burgett was out front far enough to give the crowd a one man show of wheelies , cross -ups , etc. . • Results in Results Section. mon ey winner , taking nea rly 20% of t he $10 ,00.0 purse , while a lot of other riders earned a lit tle cash along the way. T here was a lot of go od racing, new friends were made , and a' few ideas fo r m aking next yea r's event even - bet ter were stumbled upon . . The most serious accident of the week occurred when our bewhiskered announcer, Rob Tice, was headed for Delta Pa rk's even t. He pushed his luck and - bike too far , losing both and crashing. A shattered collar bone and messed up finger kept him at homefor the last two races. Bob (Action Oz) . Osb orne filled in a ll the quiet spots almost like a real a nno u nc er. T he 125 Pros were led into the firs-t , tu rn by Ron Dimeo, Mark Gregson, Mark Su n and Rick Burgett. Soon Gregson was in fro nt and pulling away . T hat's when he go t in trouble. There is one section of t he track where four humps make it look like the riders are on pogo sti cks . Gregson decided to try to take th e second and third jumps' in one leap. It didn't quite work. By the time he reached the final jump he and his b ike both bounced and rolled over and over, while three-fourths of the pack went by. He bravely returned to the fray but soon retired with blown shocks. That pogo section doomed Bill Joyce , also . During practice an alternate line around the whoops was used by many of the riders. Nothing was spelled out in the riders meeting and he thought it was a legal line until he was docked a lap for "cou rse cutting." The detour dropped him from third to .fifteent h . Burgett went