ent ry owned seventh.
Taking the white flag , the racers hit
the goo one mo re time. crested the
hill, crossed the flat , ho oked it down
the sandwash , along the straight , up
the hill to th e crowd pleasing sectio n ,
and int o th e fini sh . Grea t ride, well
don e Br ad McLeod , winner of the 250
Amateur race .
250 Experts
(A bove) Larry Roese ler rubs elbows with the crowd. (Below) Cherry
Stockton had this decoration on her leathers.
(Above I Susie Clark 11051 is about
to be lapped by Sue Fish. (Below)
John McCown rode two events
with Little Kookie.
126-200cc Combination
Bu tch Da rling (a n ex -desert racer)
had th e right gearing for this race as
he totally do mi na ted the co ntest wire to -wire. John Lawson go t what he
tho ugh t was a luck y kiss for a win and
wou nd up doing the firs t swan di ve
into th e mud . Mike Goo dw in was right
behin d Eric Datto la when he tried the
breas t sto ke in th e goo.
The laps roll ed by and Darl in g . sans
goggles, ne ver seem ed to slac k up on
his su pe r ·fast pace . Ron Holst held
l Orh , Bill Holmes (H us) was seco nd
novice at n inth. At eig ht h spot was th e
firs t amateur Dave Wasd en (Yam ).
Kevin Schofield (Ya m) was th e nex t
rider , holding down first novice also .
Sixth was James Vinc ent . fifth Darren
Kelsey (who managed to m iss th e
mudhol e entirely and la nd in th e reeds
out in th e pond). James O'Neal (Suz)
held fourth . third was Mark Cook
(Ya m ). Doug Ni col ( Ya m) see med
sa tisfie d to fini sh second to Butch
Darling.
250 Novice
Most of the races funneled down to
a respectable cluster just before the
fi rst turn ; great for a ct io n photos
right? Wrongl When th e novi ce horde
came to the lefthander, the only th in g
that stopped them from heading for
San Clemente was th e huge di tch . the
fence at the top of th e ridge , and m e .
Eddie Kissell (Yam) took t he lead
foll owed by Tom Flanagan ( Bu l),
Cooki e Monster (Suz) . Mik e Ha ir
(Yam) . a nd Kent Wil son (Suz) . Hen ry
Taylor (Bu l) an d Den n y Vo rnd ran
(Yam) traded n inth an d 10th spot
several times before Taylor fina lly held
it to the finish. As th e ra ce drew to a
close . Jeff Carr (Suz) had first place in '
the bag. Mike Hair ra n a good second .
Pa t Gr een (Hon) thi rd . Gr egg Brown ,
the onl y KTM do-gooder so far today,
fini shed seventh.
Unofficial Results
100 COMBO : 1. Craig Eg",man-ex. IHon!. 2. Charlie
Hamil, Jr .-Ex. IH.T.V.). 3. J oe Lockhart-Ex. ILT.VJ. 4 .
John Rudder-Nov. (XR75). 5. Greg Hamitton-Nov.
(Suz). 6 . Zuba-Am. (Yam). 7. Dale Holcomb-Am. (Suzl.
8. Stev e W ebb--Ex. ILT .S J . 9 . J ohn Langh ammer-Nov.
IVaml. 10 . Don Lvc n-Ex. (Suz).
125 NOVICE: 1. Danny W est",gaard ISuzl . 2. Brad
Nevins (Vam). 3. Gerald Fasold . 7.
Casey Stein", (Varni. 8. Phil Gorgone (SuzJ. 9. Bill
Bove- (SuzJ. 10. Rick DavislVaml.
125 EXPERT: 1. Gregg Toyama ISuz l. 2. Jeff WallS
IHusl. 3. Bill Barlow IVam). 4 . Soott Carnahan lVaml. 5.
Sue Fish IVaml. 6. Larry Roesel'" IHusl. 7. Kin Bates
lVaml . B. George Luth'" lVa ml . 9 . Dan Dobbins (Han).
10 . Bob Rutt en lVaml.
SIDEHACKS : 1. John Palfreyman & Joe Gardner-&.
(Nor). 2 . Duane McPowell & Richard L .fx. ITrij. 3. Bart
Crandell & Ron Swart-Ex. mrl. 4. Rob L Sanner &
Charley Sanner-Ex. IHonl. 5. Bruce Butterfield & Phil
Zemke-B<. IDuel. 6. Ron Hall & Ken Meat"'-&. IGre). 7 .
Mike Bums & Mike Bums, Jr.-Ex. lVam!. B. Ken Maler
& Randy Langosh.fx. lVam) . 9. Glen Mitchell & Ron
Sevdel-Ex. IHan I. 10 . Ralph Whitney & Bob Go1IedgeEx. (Not). 11. Rao,Tnond Suzon & Rick Clark-&. IHonl.
200 COMBO: 1. But ch Darti"9-Ex. IHon) . 2. Doug
Nicol-Ex. lVaml . 3. Mark Cook-Ex . lVa m). 4 . James
O'Neal-&. (SuzJ. 5. Darren Kelsey-Ex. lVam!. 6. James
Vincent-Ex. (Hus l. 7 . Kevin S<:oIieI#.Iov. lVaml. B.
David Wasden-Jr. lVaml. 9. Bill Holmes-Nov. lHusl. 10.
Ron HoISl-Ex.(KTMI.
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250 NOVICE: 1. J eff Karr (suzJ . 2. Michael Hair
lVam). 3. Pat Green (Hon!. 4. Tommy Flanagan IBuIl. 5.
Jeff Vaughn. 6. John Mittendorf IS uzJ. 7. Gregory J .
Brown (KTM). 8. Eddy Kissell lVam). 9. Henry Taylor
IBull. 10 . Denny Vorndran lVa m).
250 AMATEUR: 1. Brad Mcleod IBul). 2. Brad
Anderson IHus!. 3. George Robbins IVaml. 4. Kirk
Harris lVam). 5. Skip Smith 1
0ssaJ. 6. Rodney Zetiff
I'YZOI. 7. Curt Jensen lCan-AmI . B. Larry Thompson
lVaml. 9. Mark Dandoy lVaml . 10 . Rick RoeIla IHusl.
250 EXPERT: 1. Danny Sanchez IKTMI. 2. Bob
Rutt en IH·DI. 3. Larry Watkins (Suz l. 4 . Tim Welker
IRMC).5. Fred Griego lVaml . 6. Steve Bebeck ISuzJ. 1.
Bruce Ogilvie (li- DI. B. Bill Tarling (KTMI. 9. Jeff
Springman mOl. 10 . Br'an Wr ight tHusl .
Sunday
Breker wins $5,000
Pro race, Mann bags
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apa,r
By Dale Brown
T RABUCO CYN . . CA . N OV. 6
G
oat Breker kept J~is
Norstar-sponsored Husky in front of the
inspired pursuit of
Kenn y Zahrt ( Bu l) a nd Dann y
"Magoo" Chandler (KTM) to win th e
Coors $5 .000 Pro ra ce at Escape
At 2:44 p .m. , just pri or to this race .
Country/Racing World . Di ck " Bugsy"
the first smidgen of rain caught the
crowd off guard , making wet pizza ,
Ma nn came from northern California
to win the Dirt Diggers " Race of
wet programs. but determined ra cers.
Pion eers ." th en won th e Old T im ers
The bikes were pushed to th e line
cla ss a sho rt whil e later.
just as th e rain stopped. and soon the
Despite the Puyallup T rans-AMA
racers were on their way. Shooting out
of th e first turn was Mark Nation
being held the same weekend . the Dirt
Diggers managed to ob tai n an AMA
(Mai ) , Brad McLeod ( Bu l) . Kirk
professional motocross sanction for
Harris (Ya m). and Brad Anderson
(H us). By lap four , Nation dropped
·250cc machines. The Adolph Coors
ou t and McLeod made his Bul flat get
Company put up th e $5 .000 purse.
T wo 30-mi n u te motos were run , and
with the program . Georg e Robbins
Goat Breker too k the holeshot in th e
had his Yamaha moving real goo d at
first one . John Atwood (Yam) and
th ird, Rod Zeliff (YZD) was d oing real
~
":.e!l_~t si ~t~ : S:_ jensen , th e c;: ~~ . t\'!' . __ !3-0g<:r:. Jon ~s. followed Br eker as the
up
250 Amateur
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Even th ough rain was pouring down
in a steady d rool . th e spec t a tors
clu ster ed along the fence a nd a t th eir
favorite va nt age po ints anticip a ted a
very exc it ing race. Desp ite ground
wit h about a s muc h t ra ct ion as
bea ri ng grease , th ese guys pu t on a
race that will be talked ab out for quite
some time.
Taking th e holeshot , his first race in
five months . Danny Sa nchez (KTM)
led Larry Watkins (Suz). Fr ed Griego
(Ya m) . Jeff Spri ngm an (YZD) and
Larry
Roesel e r
(H us) .
Paul
Christens en (H us) mo ved in b eh in d
W atkins and when th ey started down
the section past the flat plateau .
Watkins and Christensen tangled .
Paul kissing third spot goo d bye as he
dis appeared over the side . into the
treetops.
Downhill Al exander got out of
shape in the back sect ion and he
centerpunched a tree . No harm done .
just lost po sit ion .
By lap three th e long uphill was so
snotty. Sanchez, Roeseler , Rutten and
Watkins were using the chain link
fence for a berm in order to navigate
the righ t hand turn at th e base of the
hill .
Brian W right managed to move up
four positions into 10th by lap six. Jeff
Springman (Ya m). James O 'N eal (Su z)
and Steve Bebeck (Su z) d idn't gain or
lose any position . j ust hung in there.
Bruce Ogilvi e (H · D) let his partner
Bob Rutten (H ·D) by in his quest for
first place. When Roeseler started his
charge he was almost a m inute down
on
Sanchez. The desert ace
methodically worked h is way through
the pack, mud packed on him from
Bell to boots. Just before the wh ite flag
lap . wh ile Roeseler was so close to
Sanchez he could have slapped him on
the back, Larry caught a deep rut and
it looked like ' h is b ike stopped
im m ed iately. Frustrated, knee twisted .
the young man headed for the pits as
Danny Sanchez chalked up the win .
Taking nothing away from Danny.
the way he rode th is race is really
amazing since you ng Sanchez suffered
a broken back at Saddleback in July.
This
is
h is
comeb a ck
race .
Congratulations . Danny.
In case the name Mike Goodwin
stuck in you r m ind as you read th is.
yu p , it's Mr. Superbowl himself doin'
it in th e d irt.
Sa turday night "Su per Hunky" Rick
Sieman o f Chall enge Pub lica tions
went to a ceremony a t the Dirt Diggers
.ca m p . A lady by th e name of Arlene
Rudder attended the ceremony and
whe n it was all over with she was " Mrs.
Super Hunky." Congratulations to
both of you.
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cou rse ran up a fast uphill fir eroad to
the back sect ion of th e track leading t
more roads and a sa nd wash . When
they emerged fro m th e back Breker
still h ad the lead , but Zahrt and
Chandler were in second and third
Atwood , Gary Denton (Suz), John
Hat eley
( KT M)
and
Lance
Moorewood (on a borrowed Ma ico)
com pleted the top seven .
As th e moto progressed , two th ings
were happening. One, Breker was
leaving the pack behind. Two . Magoo
was catching Zahrt . Shortly past th '
halfway point Magoo pulled even witli
Zahrt as they crested the top of the fast
uphill . . When th ey appeared in view
again. Chandler had the advantage.
On the way down the hill . Zahrt trie
an inside pass , got into some slick
ground . and after several cartwheels.
wound up on his wallet. Zahrt got
back up. still in third . but Chandle
was gone .
