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Cycleland Handicap action catches Dan Fowler (17) and David Nakao (63)
goin' at it.
start as his Suzuki ca rried hi m to the
200cc J un ior main win over Bob
Boe ller (Yam) . Mike Egbert finished
third . This was the first trophy of the
season for Boe ller , who was last year's
Crcleland 200cc Novice High Point
wmner .
Jim Bru b aker and Phil Ba ckerick
were too sharp for Dan Duerr, who
fini~hed third in the 250cc J un ior
rnam ,
John Heemsbergen (Hon ) notched
his third straight win in the ~60cc
Junior main. Leon Fowler (Yam) was
second.
Results
80cc MINI NOV: 1. Kim Atkinson (Sull ; 2. Joey
Gresham (Yam) 3. Walt Bevens {Yaml .
l00cc MINI JRlEX: Mike Cagle ISuz l .
125ct: NOV : 1. Oon Raben. IVam! : 2. Mike Sn ider
IHonl; 3. larry Barkhouse IVaml.
250cc EX: 1. Ken Gray IBull; 2. John P. SudbenV
lYam!; 3. Bob Gibson lBuII .
250cc NOV ; 1. Bill Scan lYam!; 2. Oirck Sauer IVaml;
3. George Cummins (Yam).
. 200cc JR : 1. Terry Atkinson (5uzt ; 2. Bob Boetler
(Yam).
J250cc J R; 1. Jim Brubaker IBull; 2. Phil Backerick
(Tril; 3. Dan Duerr (Bull.
360cc JR: 1. Joh n Heemsbergen C
Hon); 2. Leon
F~er{Ya ml .
250cc HAN DICA P: 1. John P. Sudberry. 35 yrd. Hcp.
(Yam); 2. Chuck Atkinson, 15 yrd. Hcp. IYam); 3. Dirck
Sauer, no Hcp. IYaml.
Some people get all
the breaks
By Jan Newman
PORT LA N D , OR , MA Y 18
Everybody has had bad da ys. but
did you ever have one of those bad
days? Ever know anyone who has
more than their share of that?
Steve Phillips is turning out to be that
kind of guy.
'Twas less than a year ago. June 2~.
when Steve got the holeshot in the
second moto of the 250cc Pros at Delta
Park. As he hit the first berm it gave
way and he went down with his leg
under his bike. There were all those
other guys behind him, and when it
was all over Steve came out with a
compound fractu re of the leg. It was
one of those break s which promp ts the
big
m ed ic a l
men
to
almost
a utomatica lly a nnou nce t hat "you
may lose the leg ."
In the insult to injury department,
after finally co nvincing the hosp ital
crew not to cut off his b ran d new
leathers. a nd going th rou gh the ago ny
of having them removed over the
badly d a maged leg . the lea thers
mys te riously disappeared. never to be
see n again.
Steve's leg slowly mended albeit a
lit tle bent. He looked forward to a
summer of loca l racing in prepa ra tion
for hitting the trail in the Trans·AMA
support class. After that he would go
for some corrective su rgery on the leg .
He had ridden a co uple of times at
other tracks. b ut Thursday was his
first time back out at Delta Park. one
of his favorite tracks.
In the first 250cc Pro m oto he was
not in the front of the pack. but riding
steady when the last lap flag came out.
On the back of the course there was a
rider down in the bog.
As Steve tried to motor around him ,
Dave Didier came at him from the
side. Steve recalled his front wheel
washing out a little. then finding
himself and his bike outside the fence
with a big blank in the mi ddle. He did
note, however . a seve re burning
sensation in his leg. He re broke the
same leg in t he sa me place. T he
corrective su rgery will come a lot
sooner than pl anned . Next week . as a
m atter of fact. If you've got a spare
card or word of enc ouragement . m ail
it to Steve at 5428 S. W . 65 th,
Po rt land . O re . 97221.
Meanwhile . the ot her 17 250 cc Pros
put on a real show for the la rger than
normal cr owd on a balm y evening.
Jerry Pillar (Yam) won the first moto
after p assing Reid Goldmann (Hon) in
t he early laps. Ba rney Newman (Mon)
and C lay Azar (Ya m) st a cked up
behind Reid . looking for a ho le which
never came. Clay did find a spot to get
around Ba rney in the fin al turn. Moto
two was a parade of Tim Michlitsch ,
Newman and Pillar all the way.
Jim Anderson (Suz) led all the way
in the first I25cc Pro moto. Cla y Azar
(Ya m) worked up through the troops
to wind up second. Jim took the lea d
from Sco tt Isbell (Suz) for the second
win while Clay was trying to repeat his
performance behind him. With two
laps to go . Clay and Kevin Lane got in
a ta ngle over second place and both
lost ou t.
Clay's ~ras h p ut h im out of the
250cc an d Open classes also . In the
first Open race he had given Ba rn ey
Newm an (Mo n) a wire- to ·wire run for
t he lead. W ith Clay out. Newm a n had
an easier run for the second win .
Mo ntey Mitch ell (Mai) pulled out a
second when Ron Su n (H us) found one
of th ose nigh ts when he couldn't do
anyt h ing right.
Results
MINI J R: 1. M;ke Hauskins lYamJ M arty Zirbel ISuz;
;2.
3. Terry Krause lSuzl.
MINI INT: 1. Richa