Brian Myerscough
turned in two flawless rides.
pulling
BWII'(
from the 125cc pack in both motos.
Kent Howerton. here leading Warren Reid. took his second win of the yeer.
AMA 125/250cc National Champi
Team Suzuki con
charge at Saddleb
By Dale Brown and Mark Kariya .
Photos by Mike Klinger and Kariya
ORANGE, CA, MAR. 30
Team Suzuki continued to roll over the opposition with wins in both the 125 and 250cc segments of the Coors/Yamaha National Championship Motocross races at Saddleback Park.
Fonner minicycle champ Brian
Myerscough won both 125cc
motos by a clear-cut margin
while teammate Kent Howenon
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came from back in the pack to win the
first 250cc moto, then finished two
lengths behind Yamaha's Marty Tripes
in the second race.
Surprisingly, Howerton said he didn't
care too much for the track which used
parts of different Saddleback motocross
tracks, including the infamous Banzai
Hill. "There's nothing really tricky
about it," he said, "There's just a lot of
jumps. It seems like a big stadium
track. The only thing that's natural is
the hills."
Myerscough, originally from southern California, said he didn't mind the
track. ''I'm used to it; I've ridden here
a lot," were his comments after winning.
Preliminaries
The first 125cc qualifier saw Chappy
Blose on the factory Kawasaki water·
pumper in front wire· to-wire as he did
the previous week at Hangtown. Yama·
ha's Donnie Cantaloupi got second.
Suzuki support rider Scott Burn·
worth got the jump on qualifier number
two. He led for two laps before being
displaced by Kawasaki teamster Jeff
Ward with Yamaha·mounted Rick
Maki a fairly close third.
The consolation event went to LOP
Yamaha rider Mark Gregson followed
by Phillip Larson on a Hi Point Racing·
sponsored Yamaha.
Another LOP rider, Mark Lawrence,
took the first 250cc qualifier. Team·
mate Kippy Pierce made it on LOP
one· two with his second place finish.
Local favorite Scott Gillman on a
Yamaha won the second qualifier with
another Saddleback regular, Tony
Wanket on a Moto·X Fox·sponsored
Yamaha, a close second.
Derek Wedding, aboard an Anaheim
Husqvarna. raced to the 250cc conso·
