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NORTHERN DATELINE Motocrossers met the mud at Washougal and occasionally they lost. Mud, mire, mini mother at Washougal MX By Jan Newman WASHOUGAL. W A, AUG . 20 WEBCO ffiOIORCYCLE ACCESSORIES BOX 421· VENICE . CALIF . 90291 -9- . Husqvarna Sales. Service, Parts 250CR, OR 390 OR Now In Stock We have one of the most complete lines of Husky parts and accessories in the country T&OYamaha 24020 Narbonne Ave. /Torrance/Redondo area) Lomita. CA 90717 213-534-2311 U.S. NORSTAR THE "BOOT FOR CHAMPIONS" Trans Am Model MotocrollS or ISD.TSole ---'- Sizes 4 tO~13'h NORSTAR· MUNARI _ L ' " _ "'/ Irripo"er & Distributor ~/ GALAXY WHOLESALE 1010 N. Olive Anaheim. CA 92801 714-991-9642 Is CHt'oIt" fh' be"er fila. , ..... ., 'n' SEND 25¢ FOR INFORMATION 44,. . P.O. Box 5023 ·.'N" . Santa Barbata. Calif. 931DB It was one of those days where conditions were so rotten that the course was altered drastically, the rules were bent as far as possible to aid struggling participants and a sort of sadistic good humor prevailed. The good humor spread even to the riders but not while they were participating, for the most part. It surfaced only after they'd had time 10 wipe the top layers of mud out of their eyes and catch a second wind . The Open Pros started the day . Barney Newman (Man) got the holes hot and at the end of the first lap was the only rider not totally brown. He stayed that way until Skeet Hise (Yam) splashed by midway through the mota . The second mota looked like a rerun but as Skeet started to make his move just ahead of the one lap flag . Barney gassed it and Skeet was simultaneously spla ttered from head to toe and stu ck - not mudly but mechanically. The com bi ned Open Juniors and Intermediates rode second , or tri ed to. The big hill became a great problem for them in the first moto , If th ey'd given . trophies for toral m ileage traveled up and down in the at tempt to get over the lOp rather than how many t imes you went b y the lap counters the results ma y ha ve been much different. Matt Waldron (Bu l) became the onl y survi ving Intermed iate and John Semmler (Ya m) was the top Junior . These guys proved one thing in their first mota, the big hill was impassable. Mantey Mitchell (Ma i) and Skeet Hise (Yam) took turns leading, falling down .a nd battling with Jeff Howard (SUl ) through both motos of th e 250cc Pros . The leaders of the first 125cc Pro mota really had lousy luck . Clay Alar (Yam) led for a couple of laps but was last seen lrying numerous unsuccessful stabs at the only remaining hill in the course . Jim DeRosa (SUl) took over and grabbed an incredible lead while J im Anderson (SUl) was off in the woods doing an environmental impact sll r,vey, .Aa d e rs o a . 2 0 10 .back . up . 10 • •••••••••••• •• r ••••••••••••• second but stood no chance of catching DeRosa. No chance, that is, until DeRosa's bike stopped dead with two laps left. One lap later Chris Seines (SUl ) suffered some tense moments when his bike ran out of gas. He managed to prime it through to fin ish second. Anderson dominated the second race. One m in i mother deserved the trophy more than her offspring. Sean Leichner (Yam) was prepared with the best help a Mini rider could hope to have today. His mother followed the entire course helping him pick up his mud -laden' bike each time he fell . After two motes , Mrs . Leichner was totall y covered with slime, having fallen herself in the slippery goo, but Sean took home a first place trophy. Results MINI JR: 1. Darren Monen ISUl); 2. Tom Bush"" (Hon); 3. Troy Dempsey ISUl). . MINI INT: 1. SEan L";chnor (Yaml; 2. Bob Cameron ISuz): 3. 'J ay Vice (Yaml. MINI EX; 1. Craig Lambert (Yaml. l00JR: 1. Jeff BoglelYaml; 2. Brad Turnidge(Yaml. 100 INT: 1. Vietor Perrish (Yaml; 2. Kelly JonesISu.l: 3. Keith Foidel !Yam). 125 JR: 1. Larry Hoffman (Yam): 2. Peter Parker ISUl); 3. Ron Wylder !Yam). 125INT: 1. Dan Bee (Yaml ; 2. Steve Smith (Su.) ; 3. ke Randy Crisman lSuzl. 125 PRO: 1. Jim And ..son (Sun; 2. Chris Solnes (Sun ; 3. Clay Ughl (SUlI . 250 JR: 1. Mark Hitechew IBull; 2. Dove Wab .. (Hon); 3. Gary Fraser ISUlI. 250 INT: 1. Perry Scan (Honl; 2. David Tobia IHonl ; 3. Ron Stevenson (Hon). • 250 PRO: 1. Montey M rtchell IM ai); 2. Skeet Hise !Yam); 3. Jeff Howao-d ISUl). OPEN JR: 1. John Semml.. (Yam); 2. Re. Maughom (Mail; 3. Stan W all ers IMai). OPEN INT: I . M an Waldo-on IBull . OPEN PRO: t . Barney Newman IM on); 2. Skeet Hise (Yam ); 3. Jerry Pillar (Yaml. OVER THE HilL: 1. Jim Lamkin (M aj); 2. Malcol m Bullemor (Yam); 3. Chai ley Hart.. (Mai). OLD TIMER: t . John Semm l.. !Yam). Schlag edges Johnson at SHR nightMX By P. Stroski BRENTWOOD , CA , SEP T . 1 Can Joey Schlag be beat? If Gary Johnson keeps going as fast as he did tonight. he will soon be knocking Joey out of the winner's circle. In the final mota at Sand Hill Ranch, these two young riders rode side by side. You never knew who would lake the checkered flag until the last and final lap when Joey , riding for Cycle Town in San Rafael , was the winner of the 250cc Experts. In the 100cc class , Bill Harrison rod e his fi~t nig~l ~~c: . an,d, w<,>~ both motos, then came back to Win the Trophy Dash. The 125cc Novice class gets hairy every week with Dave Rodriquez, Mike Mythen, and Dallas Hamilton dueling it out hot and heavy. Tonight's winner in the first d ivision was Dave Rodriquez , after a fierce ride trying to pass Junior Glen Reinberg. Glen won the final mota , but was out of the trophy as he had 10 win both motos, Division two of the 125s saw Kent Allen pushing hard to pass Ernie Sanchez. Allen made a mistake and bit the dirt. Andy Taylor, lurking back in third . took advantage of the crash and went by Allen for the overall win. John Looney won the first mota but couldn't keep the pace and had to settle for fourth . The 250cc Novice class came up with a new winner . Mike Wyatt, riding for Livermore Cycle Supply, had his Suzuki all dialed in for a 1·2 finish. Mike got off in the second mota and came from behind, passing all but John Silva who gave Mike all the competition he could handle tonight. The Open class saw. Big Ken Morgan on his Yamaha TT500 completely run away with room to spare in the first mota. In the final mota Ken was in about fifth place as he went into the tree corner, he hit a slick spot and crashed hard . Larry Steinwandt's 5·1 finish was good for the overall win . Bill Edwards rode consistently for second. The next Sand Hill Ranch Sunday motocross will be Sept. 17. Remember riders, we now have Livermore Cycle Supply at every race to help you with those broken or forgotten parts. Results MINI BONOV: 1. Bill Mosemol !Yam). 100 NOV: 1. Bill Harrison (SUlI. 125 NOV DIV I: 1. David Rodriquez ISUl I; 2. Mike Mythen !Yam); 3. Dallas Homihon (SUlI . 125 NOV DIY II: 1. Andy Taylor (SUl); 2. Emie Sanchez (Suz); 3. John Loonev !Yam). VETSNOV: 1. John Weltz !Yam); VETSEX: 1. Jim _ !Yom). 250 nov; 1. Mike Wvan (SUl); 2. John Silva !Yam); 3. Doug Turpen !Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. laRRY SI";nwandt (Han); 2. Bin Edward. !Yam). 250 EX:1. Joey Schlag (Yam). u;) Chew scores .o fourth win in AFM r Sears Point RR By Karl Okamoto J SONOMA, CA , SEPT. 5 Tom Chew led every lap of . 600cc Superstreet en route to winning his third AFM race in a row at Sears Point . Chew (Srnokamoto Prod. Yam 550 ), who won his fourth race this season , commented, "T oo bad Danny (points leader Danny Coe) wasn 't there. It would have been a better race. 1 fixed my front brake -it didn't go away after the rrst three laps like before . " Gennady Liubimsky (Harry Hunt RD575) was a good distance behind in second place, and third -place Fred Koren (South Cit y Honda 550) passed Greg Sachs (Sachs Bros . Han 550) in the last turn after Greg's bike began to puke. Kerry \ Bryant (Yoshimura /Goodyear Kaw z· I) won Open Superstreet, with Leroy Gerke (Kawasaki West KZ650) returning from the past to finish second , and Jeff Wise was third . In 250cc GP action, Glen Shopher (Shoei /Farm House Rest. TZ250) sprinted 10 an early lead. with Gennady Liubimsky (Hunt TZ250) loitering in second. Five laps later Shop her smashed his knee on a persuader in the turn 7 hairpin and retired in pain , and Liubimsky took