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Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-( II===~FULLERTon Well, the rest is history. The disc brake locked, and T yrr ell went down. When someone teased him a bo u t his overall time, th e longest of the da y, Tyrrell exclaim ed, " I wa s pulling 360 pounds of iron out of a rut!' Results OVERAll.; 1. Oove Rion, (6:25 1 2. Deve Cossette ; 16:2 61; 3. Robon Leftridge (6 :28). UPHill CHAMPION; 1. Gory W ilks 12:28). OOWNHILl CHA M PlON: 1. (TIEl 0 0ve Riont/Oove Cossette 13:49). MINI : 1. Sha n Hon 1 7:1 2. Robbie Welker (7:36 t 3. Mike Munden 18:23 ). 125: 1. n eve Riont (6:251. 200: 1. Rondy Jollnson (6 :46); 2. Gorden Su ndby (8:011. 250 STROKE: I . Mork Mattheisen 16:3 51: 2. Fritz Monin 16:38); 3. Trocy Gofonh (6:53 ). 2 50 FOUR- STROKE: 1. Tom 80bb (7:40). OPEN TWO -STROKE: 1. Roben Leftridge (6:28); 2. Gory Wilks (6:301; 3. Joe SlOgg (6:32). OPEN FOUR-STROKE: 1. Oono Hensen 16:30 t 2. Cun Hu n' er (6:33); 3. Tom 80bb (6:43 ). MA STERS: 1. Tyrrell Hart (6:31); 2. Fred Porioni 16:46) ; 3. George Flenogon 17:14) . PRE· 19 7 5: i . Oove Cossette 16:26); 2. Dave Rain, 16;541 3. Oa. id Reed (7:02) . ; n McCormick masters muddy Eugene MX By Clay Light EUGENE. OR. MAR. 28 Despi te threa teni ng dark ski es, neither sleet , snow, mud and pouring rain toda y a t.Te rri torial Raceway would stop Mike McCo rmick (Fred 's Cycle City Suz)o f Crovallis from taking th e 125cc Pro class, which he swep t with a " cl ea n " 1-l.1t was definitel y sp ring in Oregon as eac h particular class wa s hampered with one variet y of foul wea ther or another. First race out to brave a so lid downpour WdS th e Mini Intermediates, at nine riders stro ng. Anthon y Vensua la (Yam of Springfi eld) led the pack through the soup over Randy Wiens ( Wa lly's Chevron/Kaw ) and Bill y Borosek (Va lle y Cycle Yam ). Vensuala pulled away from the others after a few laps of dicing with Wie ns and Borosek, who both collided in a muddy comer. Wie ns remounted first to pursue Vensua la whi le Mall Ra mey (Dad/Yam ) and Jeff Da ily (Yam support) gave chase, but to no avail. Vensuala motored on through th e slop to take the first rnoto win over Weins , who wa s in hi s first Interm ed ia te race, a nd Ramey. Moto two had Ramey slosh to th e head of th e thinned out pa ck over Borosekand Vensuala. Ra mey logged eno ug h time o n two wheels 10 di splace th e pack a n d take th e win o ver Borosek , who had to fight off Vensua la for seco n d. Ramey's 3-1 wa s good for th e o vera ll over Ven sual a who went 1-3 a nd Wiens (2-4). Nex t in a series of snowy/ sleethampered ra ces wa s th e 125cc Intermediates, started behind th e 30-40 class who were on Open bikes. The 30-40s were turned loose first a nd led by Clem Kramer (Freedom Yam ). Charlie Standeford (Mai) and Charles Harter (Mai) gave chase only to lose sight of the former flat tracker . It didn 't take lo ng for the 125cc Intermediates 10 swoop up th e 30-40 riders, and when they did, th ey all did it at once. The first 125cc rider to get by th e 30-40s wa s J eff Toedterneir (Eugene Suz). T oedtemier tackled the tough, muddy course a nd made the seco nd fa stest l 25cc time oftheday as he embarrassed th e Open bikes and riders. Rick Gunderson (Eugene Yam) held second throughout the moto with new Interm ed ia te rider Larry Bru m well (Herb's Cycles Yam) giving chase a ll the wa y to the flag . The 30-40 class rno to win went 10 Kramer with Sta n deford in second. Second rnoto th er e was once again no stop p in g the 125cc riders. Th e rain was coming down in buckets, as expec ted . Standeford led the parade bri efl y for a lap until Gunderson put hi s YZ past th e "old man " as di d Toedterni er a nd Brumwell. The pa ck was more m ixed th an la st time. The other 125cc Intermediates followed th e 30-40 rid ers, but up front , Gunderson a nd T oedtemier were clipping bars fighting for th e lead and th e overall as wel l. Gunderso n hooked up hi s rear tire to hold fir st through th e fina l wa ter-lin ed whoops 10 ta ke the win and th e overall with a 2-\. Toedtern ier was close in seco nd and seco nd o vera ll ( J -2) with Brumwell (3-3) third . The older guys were left humil iat ed with a whipping by th e 125cc Intermed iat es. They shou ldn ' t feel badl y. The 125cc Intermediates h ave blown th e Pros into th e weeds more than once here at T erritorial Racewa y, The fin al race o f th e day in eac h set o f mo to s WdS th e 125cc Pro s, 125cc Novi ces and all th e O pen bikes. a ll co m bine d so th at we cou ld a ll get th e yo u -k now-wha t o ut of here ea rly . First o u t o f the gate wa s the I25cc Pro class. Cla y Light (L O P/ Su per Seer Yam ) got the jump o n the pack bu t only to th e firs t co rner, w he n tea m m ate Ri ch ard Earle (L O P/S uper Seer/Hon su pport ) took o ver. Earle th en m ade co ntact w ith Wa yn e Church (Ea stside Kaw ), nearly sendin g both down in th e so u p. That p ut Mike McCo rmick (Fred 's Cycl e Cit y Su z) into th e lead, making for a fourth lead ch an ge by th e time th e Pros hit tum two. McCormick began to pull away, but th e Pros were not going 10 give up eas ily. Earle held down second a n d wa s closing. Church slid out putting Light in third , but it wa s Light's turn 10 bail off when a boot-saver got caught in th e chain/sprocket combo. Church motored aro und in third, caught up with Earle but cou ldn 't get by th e new ly signed LO P rider. McCormick , by th e way , took the win. Th e I25cc Novices never did mas ter th e track. One rider, who wa s docked a lap for starting with the Pros, sti ll managed 10 come up with a seco nd behind Regan Cummings (Yam) . MOIO two had McCormick light off th e field over Earle, Church a nd Ligh t. Church got by McCormick a nd Earle in one cl ean swoop to lead for a lap, onl y to go DNF ea rly in th e race as did Li ght. lea vin g McCormick a nd Earl e to fight it o u t. The weather changed aga in, th is time to snow a nd a ch illy wind. McCormick sla ughtered th e pa ck for th e win a nd th e o vera ll foll owed by Earle (2-2). In th e Open cla sses Derek Lou vring (Ya m ) took a stra ng lehold for fir st ( I- I) over Dave Beck (Ya m) and Kent Chapman (Yam). wh o went 2-2 a n d 3-3. respectivel y. The 125cc Novice class was tak en by Alan Fisher (Eu ge ne Suz ), who had a fifth in rnoto on e. but th e overall went to Cummins with a 1-2 ta lly. We keep praying for a weather change; maybe next time. Results PRO: 'l • M ike M cCorm ick ISUl); 2. Richard Earle (LOPI; 3. 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