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ENORTIERN DATELINE ~ Sixteen 250cc Juniors started . and 14 finished a wild set of mo tos that sent the mud flying. Larry Van Hoof, on a Parker Yamaha , aced Kurt White a nd Doug Wood for a first mota win. then blew away Wood, Greg Wiley and Gary Winger for another first . Ricky Combs (Ya m ). Steve Welch (Yam) and Monty Price (KTM) filled the other trophy slots. ';) t 00 I:' 0') ~ Skeet Hise won the O pen class, le ading both motos from sta rt to finish. Randy Wing was a solid second and Wendell Diltz. back to motocross after an absence. was third. Three elderly gents were run with the Open class and as usu al, Elmer Reimer went home with the trophy after finishi~g ahead of some of t\le; O pe n class nders. i Resul ts in Results Section. The young shall lead them at CrossupMX By Action OZ BEN D, O R . FEB. 5 Seven -year -old Torrie Mitch ell , in her first race ever. won d ie Mini Mini class at Crossu p Raceway. Mark this date and you Hard-charg in' Howard Anderson put a good ride together in the Old Timers challe nge, takin g the overall Masters w in. Old Timers still challenging O lympic Whiz (Yam) just turned on the gas while 25 Open Pros played their own game of catch-up. Results in Results Section. By Sue Sykes PUYALLUP, WA , FEB . 12 Half the fun of watching the Old Timers is to catch that grim , Old Tuner Trademark. But the riders do mean business and especially 26 on Lincoln's Birthday when Puyallup Raceway ran a W ashington - Oregon Challenge between the two clubs. In the Old Timers. all four classes ran toget her but each r ider has an individual rating. and is scored accordingly. Mota one was a chase-about with Mast er Bill McCandless (Mai) out in th e lead from the start. Next time out Bill got the gu n but hard chargin' Howard Anderson (Yam) pulled a "gotcha" on lap three to come up with the mota win and Master overall. KT'Mvmounted Richa rd Zeiler aced the Expert class for the overall win . rig ht on the heels of th e Masters. He even bea t Anderson in mo ta one! The Pacific Northwest is p roud of their Old Timers and we wish them well at the Old Timers National. Pro Pat Jacobson (Suz) did well on his birthday, winning both 125cc and 250cc classes , finishing first in all four motos. Not bad for an old man of 17. Tom Poage did it againl The Clarks Branch Mud-o-cross By Lynne Diltz MYRTLE CREEK. OR, FEB. 5 Clarks Branch had over three inches of ra in the week prior to Sunday. and the motocross was run under overcast skies with a cold wind blowing in light ra in . Going on Oregonian's theory tha t a little rain (a nd mud) never hurt anyone , the re was another large showing of riders for the day's events . In the 100cc Kids cla ss, Brian Mode slipped to second place in po int stand ings after the January 22 race. and came back with hopes of regaining those lost tabs . His old Suzuki gave u p after two practice laps and Dad made a quick decis ion and a q uicker trip to Tom's Cycle and picked up a shiny new RMI00 . W ith that bike , right off the showroom floor , Brian finished the day 1·1 to put him in the season lead by a slim 100 po ints over Mike Hayes, who finish ed fourth behind Mark Slipp . Vince Eifert sloshed his way to second. Ou t of 25 125cc J uni ors, only 11 riders finished the second set of A and B division motos . Low Cost Cycle's Vic Lilya (KTM) earned an A division place and wa lked away with both motos. This daily first was Lilya's third in a row . Next race will see him in the Expert class. John Harvey (Suz) and Steve Hunt (Ya m) were consta ntly lead -ch a ngi ng . Hunt fin ish ed 5-2 . Harvey 2·5 , giving Hunt the second overall . Da vid McAlister (Suz) came fr om behind for fourth and Ross Hauzer , sp onsored b y Honda of Arcata a nd riding a Yam a ha , took fifth. Only fou r of the 11 entries fin ished th e B division and earned the four trophies scheduled to be given . The 125cc Experts handled the mud well. Rick Smith traded places with Rick Huffman and a last ~to first gave him top Expert money. In the 250cc Experts , high point leader Rick Yates, who rides for Tom's Cycle , was "on loa n" to Kawasa ki of Roseburg to try their new 250cc motocr osser. Yates gave the l1ike a thoroug h workout for third overall. There was no getting ar ound Big Y Yamaha's David Reim e r and the Screamin' Demon, Skeet Hise (Valley Cycle Yam). Hise took a quick lead in the first mota but a determined Reimer passed. Second mota action saw H ise hold the lead for three laps but couldn't stop Reimer's drive to another first . California motocross girls had better start shaking in your Hi-Points . Torrie had a determined Corey Pace (Han) chase her around. but he had to settle for a second place. Mike Thompson (H an) was very consistent on his ride to third overall. J Ken Jackson (Yam) led from th e start in both motes and never let off for the overall award in the Mini Intermediate class. Leslie Link (Suz) wrestled his way to second overall with a tight 2-2 . Tony Eget (Yam) held it for a 5-5 and third overall . The I OOcc Junior class came off the line with a short wheelie fro m John Cooper who rod e to a 1-2 for the day on his Yammie, good enough for the overall. J ames Neff (Yam) did a 2-5 number a nd got second. Bob H aynes (Suz) tickled the track in the first mota for a sixth, then came back for a first in the second and third overall. A large 125cc Junior field saw Mike Daniel (Yam) stretch out to a very consistent 1· 1. Lyle Klenski (Yam) was a few seconds off the pace both motes , picking up second overall. Lynn Graves (Ya m) got th e th ird place hardware. Edd Price (Suz) flew his yellow machine arou nd the Crossup course to get first o ve r all in the 125cc Interm ed ia tes. Kelly Whelchel (Suz) got a fift h and a first for second. W ill Perkins pu lled th rees twice for thi rd . The 250cc Juniors rolled to t he line and Tom Grastald (Yam) blasted off and never looked back. H e won twice for the overall and Dick Coffin (Suz) went 2·2 for second. Philip Bidwell was thi rd overall . ~ Dan Hartsfield (Yam) hung in th ere in th e 125cc Pro class with a cons istent enough 3·2 for first overall . Jim DeRusa (Suz) had a 2·3 for second and Mike McCormick, after winning th e first mota , had to settle for a fourth in th e second sho w. Mike pic ked up third plac e money . Rod Kentner (Yam) blas ted to a 1·1 and top Open Pro money . Treve McReynolds (Suz) was right there all the way in both motos but could not pull Kentner on th e str aigh ts. Treve managed the second spot for the da y. Results in Results Sect ion. •