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.... II Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada -Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-. NORTHERN DATELINE . ~ E o 00 0') ~ Rick Burgett won both the 250cc and Open Pro races at Mt. View. Chris Carr skidded around Hills Ferry for the 100cc Ex. win. r 42 flat track racing at the Hills Ferry Speedway short track in the Central Valley of northern California. The many fine talents that come out of this area can be attributed to the excellent competition, like tonight's 250cc Expert main winner Alex Jorgensen and Open Expert winner Ted Davidson. I i all starts in the Mini ranks and the number one plate holder for the year, Chris Carr, showed his stuff by winning both 80cc and 100cc Expert events in fine style . The NO-sparked Jorgy's Suzuki performed flawlessly and only Kurt Chandler could find an opening on Carr, leading the 80cc class briefly but relinquishing the checkered to the "Cannonball Kid ." Winkie Freitas and Aaron Hill followed for the rest of the 80cc pay spots while Adam Sabedra, Jr. took the other 100cc paying spot. Troy Watts won the 80cc Novice class over Arnold Gepford while Scott Casey put Jason Paoli in second for the 80ccJunior class . Tiny Pettit took ·the Junior portion of the 125cc class while former Mini kid Brian Sansing beat out Bart Wilkins for the Novice brass. With a rule change allowing 12-yearaids to compete in the regular sportsman class, Vance Sherfield found himself on the winning end of the 250cc Novice class on the Yamaha Sport Center YZ while Mike Rosa did the following and Jamie Mason the chasing on his Modesto Harley. Chris Roejlk has made the Junior class and won it in a good dash over Mike Bird on the Bird Honda of Sonora with Kevin Fernandes taking third over Pete Murrayon the Champion Yamaha special. In the big buck race, it was Numero Uno leading out big brother on a pair ofJorgyCan-Am's. Kim Jorgensen had pretty much wiped out the troops the night before at Lodi and was ready to do it again but big brother Alex made that a short-lived proposition by passing him on the second lap. Rick Delacy chose some night to return to the racing scene after having been off for some time . Back at it for Boss frames , he led Doug Chandler around for three laps before the young whiz kid got tired of that and made a move that shows that this kid will really be something to watch. Just to show that passing Delacy isn't the easiest thing, in two more laps he was knocking on the number one plate holder's doors and just two laps from the end, he put a move on the low side going for tum one that was definitely brilliant. It was too late to try a run on Alex, but the 14-year-old speedster had already proven his Champion Kawasaki was fit for the competition. Alex took the win about two bikes in front of Chandler with Doug a goodly distance in front of Kim and Rick Delacy holding off Teddy Davidson's tired old . Bultaco. In the big-bore classes, Steve Mitchell won the Novice class over Stan Morris , riding a Jorgy 370. Steve Nunes and Hector Alcala traded off the Junior portions and Steve won the big brass in fine style . Ted Davidson was the Expert winner in a good battle with Dwayne McCaslin and Mike Delacy. Danny Moore rode his Champion Hon da to fourth over Craig Scroggins. Coming back for the King of the River bike breaker, Davidson rode his rear DT II off for the win over Scroggins and Delacy. Results 100 EX; 1. Chris Cere (Suz); 2. Adam Sabedra (Yam). 80 NOV : 1. Troy Wans (Vaml ; 2. Amold Gepford ISuzl . 80 JR : 1. Scan Casey (Suzl ; 2. Jason Paoli (Vam). 80 EX: 1. Chris carr (Suz); 2. Kurt Chandler IKaw); 3. Winkie Freitas lKaw). 125 NOV /JR: 1. nny Pettit (Yam); 2. Brian Sansing (Vaml ; 3. BartWilkins (Kawl . 250 NOV: 1. Vance Sherfield (Vaml ; 2. Mike Rosa (Vaml; 3. Jamie Mason (H-DI. 250 JR : 1. Chris Roejlk (Suz); 2. Mike Bird (Honl ; 3. Kevin Fernandes (Yam) . • 250 EX: 1. Ale. Jorgensen (C·AI; 2. Doug Chandler (Kaw);3. Kim Jorgensen(C·AI. 36()..5()() NOV : t . Steve Mitchell (C·A): 2. Stan Morris Iveml, 360 -500 JR : 1. Steve Nunes (Yam); 2. Hector Alcala (Vaml. 360·500 EX: 1. Ted Davidson (Vaml ; 2. Dwayne McCaslin (Vaml ; 3. Mike Delacy (Vaml . KING OF THE RIVER: 1. Ted Davidson. Double dose of Sun and Burgett at Mt. View opener By Jan Newman SANDY, OR, APR. ,13 Mt . View's summer season opener .b rought out lots of welcome sun, both the dust-making kind of 'su n and the racing kind of Sun. Honda's Ron Sun was on hand to dominate the 125cc Pro class. In the early laps of the first mota Tim Michlitseh (Yam) pushed his way to the lead momentarily but a brief mistake dropped him to fourth allowing Ron to regain the lead. From that point on , old number 37 led the lap sheets all day. Tim finished third but a twisted ankle kept him out of the second mota. Jim Anderson (Yam) stacked up the second place finishes. Alden Swendsen (Yam), who has been absent from racing for several years, put together a fifth and fourth for third-place money. In the 250cc and Open Pro classes, Yamaha's Rick Burgett looked as if he had finally overcome the shoulder injury suffered last summer at this last appearance here . Rick looked strong and fast as he lapped all but second place on his way to the first 250cc win . A tangle with the gate left Rick last off the line in the second mota as Steve Howland (Yam) led the way. By the second lap, Rick was in second and he polished Steve off on the third time around . Steve Williams (Yam) was consistently second while Howland's 4-3 gave him third. Monty Mitchell (Hus) led the first Open mota for one lap before Burgett took over, leaving the whole pack far behind by t he end of the mota. Chris Washburn (Ya m ) whittled his way through for second. Mota two found Chris in front while Rick worked up from a bad scratch. The two cat-andmoused up front for a while before Rick took over for the last half of the race . Chris took second overall followed by Phil Randall (Yam). Mitch Kirk 'patrick (Hus) rode at a third-place clip but pulled off the track at the wrong flag in the first mota. Bob Cicerchi (Yam) and Ron Long (KTM) have battled for years over who is the best Open Intermediate rider. It still isn't settled as once again they split the mota wins with Ron taking the final and top brass. Results PEE WEE: 1. Ralph Swanson (Vam);2. Troy Leichner (Suz); 3. Leland Hofenbredl (Suzl. MINI BEG: 1. Ben Brown (Suzl; 2. Eric Swanson (Han); 3. Ralph Swanson (Honl . MINI JR : 1. Dave Carlile (Yam); 2. Mike Ingebo {Vaml ; 3. Jeff Miles (Han). MINIINT: 1. Gary Piazza (Honl; 2. Rick Celorie (Yam); 3. Mike Hauskins (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Denny Fennell (Vaml . 100 JR : 1. Kevin Hofenbredl (Suz); 2. Mark Sather (Suzl; 3. Larry Hofenbredl (Yam). 100 INT : 1. Denny Fennell (Yam); 2. Ross Stanley (Yaml . 125 JR: 1. Dan Winkle (Yaml ; 2. Bruce Ferguson (Yaml ; 3. Arlie KibbieIVam). 125INT: 1. Steve Bye (Yaml ; 2 . Frank TJBden (Vam); 3. Marlin Hall (Suzl. 125 PRO: 1. Ron Sun (Honl ; 2 J im Anderson {Yam}; 3. Alden Swendsen (Yaml. 250 JR: 1. Rick France (Suzl; 2. Frank Bona (Han); 3. Buzz Graham (Vaml . 250 INT : 1. Wes Roberts (Han); 2. Ken Mersereau (Han); 3. Gary BoaIar (Husl . 250 PRO: 1. Rick Burgan (Yam); 2. Steve Wiliiams (Yam); 3 . Steve Howland (Yaml. OPEN JR : 1. Tony McCaulley (Vaml; 2. Alan Hinkley (Yam); 3. Don Marcoulier IVam) . OPEN INT: 1. Ron Long (KTMI; 2. Bob Cicerchi (Vam); 3 . Ron Stevenson (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Rick Burgan (Yam); 2. Chris Washburn (Vaml ; 3. Phil Randall (Yam). 30 TO 40 : 1. Ron Long (KTMI; 2. Don Marcoulier (Vaml; 3 . Michael Bracher (Suzl . OLD TIMERS: 1. Dick Burgan (Vam); 2. Jim Newman (Yam); 3. John Semmler (Yaml . . TURKEY: 1. Craig Albright (Han); 2. Ron Nelson (Vaml ; 3. Ron Meyers (KTMI. Triple for Larson in Washington MX By Richard Thompson OLYMPIA, W A, APR. 13 Phil Larson, riding for Hi-Point Racing Products, took the win ner's share of the 125, 250 and Open A classes at the ThurstonGrays Harbor ORV Park motocross to day. After driving all night on thei r re o turn trip from Calfiornia , the Larson family were still ready to race, with Mike winning the Mini A class con vincingly. Rob Manning gave Ph il a run for his money in the 125A group , but had mechanical problems. Larson took the win followed by Dave Henden and Randy Schweitzer. In the 250A , Larson and Manning put on an excellent show, but Manning had to settle for second. Third went to Ward Zeiler. The Open A was all Larson's. Kelly Davis aced the Mini B while Wes Clark took the 100A and Craig Willey won the 100B. In the 125B , it was Jeff Heath, Richard Bates and Don Fry. The 125C was won by Jan Wickerson. Don Fay topped the 250B and the Open B went to Bob Bellamy. Bill McCandliss continued his winning style in the Old Timers followed by Erv Thompson. Gordy Ochs, a former Pro. showed he still had it by winning the Over The Hill bash. •