(Above) Kolbe's Greg Robemon leads the 250cc Pros on his way to the
overall win. Randy"Lash (93) heeds up the pursuit. (Below) " Arrrgghl
There's steam in that mudhole:'
(Above) Open Pro Phil Hagen parts the water enroute to a fifth-place finish .
(Below) Sixth-place Open Pro Andy Jannings scrambles after a competitor.
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Robertson,Worth, Clark
clean up AME Mountain
HighMX
By Lee Taylor
FRESN O . CA . FEB . 26
Close to 100 of the top state and National Pros
met on Mountain High International in the
Sierras for American Motocross Enterprises'
$3 ,000 purse race. What they found was a
track rough an~ tough enough
for any rnountam man . Several
creeks honeycombed the trac k,
creating a challenging straight
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right after the first turn . laced with
m ud -covered whoop-de-docs . affection ately dubbed "Swamp Alley ." The
creeks co nti nued to wind throughout
the co urse . crea ting a m yriad of water
crossings. From creek beds to dusty
turns. a ski-j ump downhill to tig h t.
narr~ w co r 1"!e rs, Mounta in H igh
pro vid ed high c ha lle nge . Greg "
Robertson (C- A) wr apped u p th e
overall win in the 250 cc Pro class. T im
Worth (Suz) took the 125cc Pro win
with a consistent 2-2 ride a nd Terry
Clark , on a Mai co , domin a ted th e
O pen class for the win.
At the start of the 250c c Pro's first
moto, Rob ertso n . stradd ling a CanAm , and Rand y Losh on a Maico,
took on the first turn and m ade their
way through "Swa mp Alley" as t he
pack behind them pic ked th eir wa y u p
out of the m ud . Still side by sid e, th ey
made the ir tu rn u phill and Rob ert son
too k over. selli ng up the lead that he
was to hold througho u t th e 40 -m inute
moto. Mike Wi ckersham and Darrell
Shu ltz. both Mai co -mounted , dueled
hard for third. Another battle for fif th
was being staged by J ay H a routu nian
and Jim Lesniewski. Yamaha rider
Tony W a nket was flying and m ade a
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move into th ird that held througho ut
the mot o . Losh , in trouble . was
d rop ping back and Pa rry Klassen took
over second .
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As the moto drew to an end.
R obe rtson was still in command ,
Kla sse n was holding second and
Wanket reta ined third.
The second time around . Robertson
drew th e holesh ot with W ickersh am in
second and Kla ssen hold in g third .
Robertson pulled a strong lead a s
W ickersham a nd Klassen continued
their duel for second , with Jim Ellis
rid ing herd on both of th em . Klassen
kept the pressure on and by the
hal fway ma rk was solid in second .
Klassen set ou t after Rob ertson an'd
was only five seconds behind wh en he
