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athern Nevada- Southern Cali
Vegas. NV . T his was th e second event
and a few hundred Mini and
motorcycle racers joined in on the
action a t In dian Dunes.
Every event in th is seri es leads up to
t he once a yea r biggie which is the
Grand National Cltampionship race to
_ held at Pon ca City. OK. on August
be
6-10 .
Mo use McCoy of Yamaha and Mike
Healey battled the whole day . McCoy
made the Yamaha YZ50 famous and
then Yamaha made him famous too .
Together they captured the Junior
Cycle Stock In term edia te 9-11 race
wit h honors. Healey go t even with .t he
fast Mou se in the Modified class
though. Hea ley too k two firsts and
won the big trophy which was just
about as big as h e was .
Todd Campbell entered several
classes but h is most successful run of
the day was in the 83cc Modified
In termediate ove r 12 race. He went
back to his home in Anaheim with a
firs t pla ce trophy for his effo rt, Don
Sigrist a nd Paul Den is ra n nearly as
'
fast in second and thi rd .
Like m any of ' these riders Kurt
Hen ricksen from El T oro entered sever al d ifferent ra ces. He was at his very
best in the 83cc Stock Intermediate
over 12 class and he won overall. This
gave promoter Ron Henricksen an
opportunity to give a trophy to
someone in his own fam ily for a
change. Kurt took two firsts wh ich
gave him the overall ahead of Thor
Bjorn estad and Chris Taylor.
The full scale motocross racing was
really excellent . Troy Denham is quite
a 100cc class racer and he proved this
by smoking both the 100cc Stock and
Modified Novice cla sses.
The most well known racer who was
on hand today was Rick J ohnson who
was a former Mini ace . Now he is one
of the very best l25cc Experts in
SoCal. Rick took both the Stock and
Modified classes. looking especially
good in the Modified class where he
had a trick water-cooled set up on his
Yamaha.
Results
PEE W EE STK: 1. King Richard lid; 2. Bobby Dlugos
IItl : 3. Dustin Evans (Id.
PEE W EE MOD : 1. Bobby Dlu gos (1tJ; 2. Jamie
Conney ISuzJ;3. Jo seph Lane Ud.
JR CYC STK &-8: 1. King Richard (Yam l; 2. Taylor
Martin (Yam); 3. Jamie Conney (Suz).
J R CYC STK NOV 9-11: 1. Shane Sheffield (Yam); 2.
Shane Trittler(Yam); 3. Chris Lara ISuz).
J R CYC STK (NT 9-11: 1. M ouse McC oy (Yam); 2,
Marty RicklKd (ltsl; 3, Edd ie Hicks lVam) ,
J R CYC MOD NOV 9-11: 1. Shane Trittler (Yaml; 2.
Doog FISherlVa m); 3, Chris laraISuz),
M OD INT 9-11: 1. M ike Healey ISuzJ: 2.
JR
Eddie Hicks (Yaml : 3. Marty Rickard (1tJ.
B3 STK NOV 9-11: 1. Chris W allis (Yam); 2. Gary
Salter l!