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125 EX: 1. Randy Bloir; 2. J eff Clout ier; 3. Freddy Bercier. 80 NOV: 1. J .T. Tayler; 2. Mika Pascarela; 3. Terry l Bostard. 80 J R: 1. Shoun Whoot.n. 80 EX: 1. Tyson Vohlond. 250 NOV: 1. Robert Tull; 2. Phil Deller; 3. Bin Burmatn. 250 J R: 1. Mike Stirling; 2. Keith Myers ; 3. Jim Dallora. 250 EX; 1. Rodney Smith; 2. J im Ellis; 3. Brian Jodry. OPEN NOV: 1. Jeff Herndon; 2. John Powers ; 3. Paul Swinney. OPEN JR: 1. Tom Sweeney; 2. Colin MecOonald; 3. - o Scon Johnson. ~ . . OPEN EX: 1. Jerome Heiberger; 2. Randy Lash; 3. Jim Ell s. i Demaris destroys frosty Oregon desert race By Larry Ulrich BEN D, OR, FEB. 7 '. Da le Dem aris took the overall at the High Desert 100 on his 250 Husky. Brad Turnidge raced to win the aMRA team race with Glenn Wiensz. The next day, he picked up second overall at the High Desert 100. 125 AM : 1. Bob Cesena; 2. Bradle y Allen; 3. Har ry Reed . 200 AM : 1. Curt Mas.rude; 2 . Jim Servo ; 3. Joe Ueuallen. 260 AM : 1. Jim Harris; 2. John Holland; 3. Lyle Klenski. OPEN AM: 1. Barr en Brown; 2. Jerry Denle y; 3. Howard Larson. OT AM : 1. Ch uck Sch aibe l; 2. Bob Wruble; 3. Ed Full er. 125 EX: 1. W ill i s Taylo r; 2. Terr y Brya n; 3 . Ste ve Hen ry . 200 EX: 1. Brett Kindall ; 2. Ross Brinton; 3 . SCon Allen. 250 EX: 1. Dele Oemeris; 2. Alan Holly; 3. Buzz Farrell. . OPEN EX: 1. Brad Turn idge ; 2. Bill Dowers; 3. Rick McUne. OT EX: 1. Denny Olson; 2. Jim Hogan: 3. Roger Neale . OVER 50 : 1. Bill Ansenberger. 2. R. Chr istner; 3. Harley Malkson. Blair, Smith, Heiberger haul at Prairie City MX • By Sue Ellis SACRAMENTO, CA , FEB. 14 DeMello Moto-X Productions held their first race this Valentine's Day , and it was a muddy one. It rained just about 50 all da y. but the races went on . The Prairie City OHV Park tra ck was great to begin with but got muddy fast. In the 125cc Expert class, Randy Blair was first into the first turn followed by Robbie Hadlock on a Yamaha. By the second turn. Hadlock passed Blair and in th ird was Mike Preston. Hadlock was out by the second lap , and Blair held first till the end of the mota. Spoof Pena held second for a few laps, but the mud took its toll on his bike,and·hewuoutdthe race.' Dana Waxham ended up with the second after catching up from a poor start. The second mota, Hadlock was the man to beat as he holeshot and took off to win the mota unchallenged. Jeff Cloutier took second place riding a Kawasaki ,and third went to Blair . In the 250cc Expert class. Ken McKenzie got the holeshot followed by Jim Ellis. By the second lap Ellis took the lead and held it till the checkered. Rodney Smith on a Suzuki took second with Scott Rebuck rounding out the top three. Rebuck holeshot the second mota followed by Smith then Brian Jordry. Smith stretched his lead while Ellis caught up to third and battled with Rebuck. At the halfway mark, Ellis ' passed for second, with Rebuck third. Jordry held out for fourth place. For the Open Expert class, Ellis holeshot mota one . followed by Bob Shafer on a Maico and jerome Heiberger . Heiberger soon overtook Shafer and caught up to Ellis. Ellis slipped out in a muddy' turn in the back section. and Heiberger took off and never looked ba ck. Ellis finished second . and th ird place went to Randy Lash . The second mota, Ellis got the holeshot again as th e mota was a repeat of first . Heib erger caught up to Ellis. and they battled for a couple of laps . Ellis slid out on a slippery offcamber turn. and Lash got by. putting Ellis in third . Results -_ OT EX; 1. Jeoae 0-.. OT JR: 1. Aug il Aja. VETS 1•....., ~ : 125 NOV: 1. Robb~; 2. r"" Undormon; 3. Scon Roin. 125 JR: 1. Chrlo Heyrna1; 2. Glenn R_ ; 3. .. . At 10 a. m . 91 hardy so u ls lin ed up for 100 miles of central O r egon desert racing. The groun d was fro zen solid an d go t a bout a half inc h d usting of snow a tu rd a y night. Some areas offered normal tractio n whi le so me spots were very slic k. The sa me co urse as Saturday's team race was used wit h 10 miles a dded to th e eas tern en d . just to keep everyone honest , a d iffer ent sta rt ing line wa s used tod ay. T he Expert s got off without a h itch an d as soon as th e Am at eurs got a starti n g ch eck on th eir helm ets, th ey gave chase to th e Experts. No d us t toda y. but plenty of sn ow got kick ed up into th e a ir. Mik e Ritchie o f Medford wa s first to th e " sm okebomb" o n ly to drop to 13th at the end of lap one th en cra sh in a rock pile. Mike is at home recovering with so me type of nerve problems in his arms. At th e end o f lap o ne, 250 Husk y rider Dale Demaris h ad th e lead with Brad Turn idge hot on hi s tail. At th e en d o f lap two , i t look ed like T urnidge's 495 KTM migh t outru n Demaris on this fast co u rse, but a broken rear brake backing plate kept it in the pits a whil e, giving Demaris a four-minute lead. At th e fini sh it was Demaris with a 3D-second lead ove r Turnidge. People can specu la te as to wha t may have been had th e KTM not broken . Dem aris has had h is share of breakage o ver th e last yea r. and that 's desert racing. Demaris didn 't br eak this time. That's how Demaris won the number one plate for 'BI. When he didn 't break. h e won. Several rookie Experts were in the hunt this race. Barrett Brown, number o ne Open Amateur for 'BI, rode hi s IT 465 to sixth overall and third Open Expert . Mik e Howard (wh o teamed u p with Lyle Klen ski Saturday for six th overall ) was running in the top five until a flat rear tir e destroyed hi s rear wheel. He limped int o the p it s an d his dad. assisted by Steve Doane, used dad 's wh eel from hi s 390 but had to a lso ch ange sp ro ckets. It took a wh ile, but th ey got h im back into th e race. although out of contention. He en ded up a respectable 35th overall a n d ei gh th 250cc Expert for so me OMRA points, though. First yea r 125cc Expert Bob Cese na got 15th overa ll and seco nd in cl ass. joe Li euallen, another rookie Expert, go t third in the 200cc Expert class. Several 125 riders h ad to ride th e 200cc class because of lack of riders. Steve McCall sh owed th at a wat erpum per 125 is hard to beat by ta kin g first a t ni nth overall. Rick Mc Une repeated Saturday's win by taking third overall and fir st Over The Hill Gang Expert. This year . OMRA is starting a new oints 5 stem with all classes receiv- ing th e same number of points regard less of th e number o f riders. Also , if a rider rid es a ll I I events, th e p oints stewa rd will th row out th e wor st two events . T his sho u ld make for a very in terest ing seaso n. Res ult s OVERA LL: 1. Dale Demaris (Hus); 2. Bra d Tur nidge (KTMI; 3. Rick M cU na (Hust 4 . Ron Dillon (Yam); 5. Dan Mull er (M ai); 6. Barrett BrOWl (Yam); 7. Cliff Humbard (Yam); B. Bill Dowe rs (Hu s); 9. Steve McCall (Yam); 10. Jerry Josten (Hus). BEG: 1. Rod Wurl (Yo m); 2. Man Brennan (Yom); 3. Craig McCoun (Hon ). Turnidge/Wiensz tackle Oregon team race By Larry Ul rich BEND, OR, FEB . 6 February 6 a nd 7 marked th e first points race of the 1982 season for Oregon cross-country ra cers. I say cr o ss-c o u n try ins tea d of desert . because this year's events will be a ll over Oregon. Eight events wi ll be desert a n d three will be west o f the Cascades in th e woods. These two events were sanctioned by th e Oregon Motorcycl e Riders Association a nd sponsored by th e Cascade M.C. of Bend. This two-da y event has become a tradition. a nd th e team rac e is the favorite, as indicated by th e number o f riders. Seventy-six teams (152 riders ) rode Satureday with 91 riders Sunday. One man from each team lined up for a normal desert start, Experts first followed by Am at eurs soon a fter. They rode once around a 22·mile course then had to swap with their teammate. The cou rse was fast but different than last year - more turns. more roc k p iles, more whoops and 10 miles furt her. Each team m ember rode two laps making a total of BB miles. The h igh desert of central Oregon was recovering from a heav y snow fall but wa s free of snow except for a bo u t a quarter of a mile. The ground wa s frozen , however , and made for hard . bone-jarring riding. The su n ca me o u teno ug h to make some mud, and th e temperature was just about right for riding, though a little chill y for pit crews. KTM was th e big winner today. Young Brad Turnidge and desert vet Glenn Wiensz (both past High Desert 100 winners) teamed up to take first overall and first Heavyweight Expert. Not far behind was the Husky team of Dal e Demaris and Tom Lillis fol lowed by Alan Holl y and Grant Hudkins. riding a 250 Honda and a 390 Husky, respectively. In fourth overall ina new clas s was Rick McUne a n d Vogt Lyons in the Over The Hill Gang (o ver 30 years ). This class had a dry run at th e High Desert 100 and wa s so well received that it was made a permanent class for 'B2 with an Expert a n d Am at eur division. Both days this class proved to be very popular. First Am ateur riders were Chris Wood and Stuart MacAskill in 12th overa ll . These riders probabl y sh o uld be rid ing in th e Expert class. In 22nd overall was the team of Scott Zettle a n d Craig Bu chea tak ing first Lightweight Amat eur honors. Results TEAM RACE 1. Brad Tumidge/Gtenn W~n.z : 2. Dale Demeris/Tom Lilli. (Hw Ext 3. (Hw Ex); Ala n Holly/Gra nt Hudk in. (Hw Ext 4 . Rick McUne/ Vogt Lyons (OTHG Ext 5. Jerry Josten/Ken Ma.h. (Hw Ex); 6. Lyl. KI.nalti /Mike Howard (Hw Ext 7. Phil Norstrom /M.lcolm Bullamor (OTHG Ex); B. Lennie H.wkin./S.... Lvnn IHw Ext 9. Tim Leehl/ Brett Kindall IL w Ex); 10. Ste.. McC. II/ Bili Hollm. n ILw Ex).