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9NomERNooEiiNE·"';ngron'.. ~ ~ -.:::t' -Ihanek McRae, SI - a t SHR t Ops again " I By Sally S "d e ll n e r BREN TWOOD , CA, AP R. 10 . h Doug M cRa e wrappe d up t e 250cc Pro class for th e s e cond week in a row a t th e S and Hill ;>. Ranch. Mike Holme s h eld a ' ''' ~ ~ h t Ie d in m t b I M R S or a I 00 o ne, u I C ae zipped by as the tw o h eld th eir o w n priva te race. Tim L ea r a nd Mall Ar ena were in volved in a good str ugg le thirty seconds beh ind th e leaders. A b iled d bl rena a t a n was n ever a e 10 ca tch L eal. Holmes aga in look th e lead o n th e uphill o f m ot o lWO but McRa e soon ove rtook h im a n d h eld th e lead for th e o vera ll. McRa e ca me ba ck in th e Open P ro cl ass 10 h ead Wayne Ar cher of Berk eley Yamaha. Archer wen t down in th e first turn a n d Mall Ar ena m ov ed 10 second , Bill L ionhea rt , running his first E xp e rt ra ce, held third for eigh t laps, th en sta lled it a t "Scorebooth Bend." Meanwhile, Arc he r held th e th rottle stea dy a n d picked th rough th e pack fo r a thi rd pla ce fi nis h. . Kim o Ca se y o f W alnul C ree k H onda wa s first o ff th e gale fo r th e 125 P , f II db Sh Cad cc ro s. 0 o we y awn y a n d All en Si l hanek. By la p th ree, Sil ha nek ovenook both positions for a ru naway ra ce, finishi ng 30 seconds a head of Cady , Sil hane k led Cady a Iiule easier in rnato lWO, b u t the d ueling was for th ird between Casey a nd . Chri hi d . C ra ig C hri rrsua n. rrs u an (t rr In m oto o ne) wanted third agai n a n d hung like g lue to Casey's rear fender fo r eight laps. Turn for turn they cut each o lher off, lhen , o n th e uphill , Caseysp u llereda n d p u ll edoff w itha se ized engi ne. C h r is lia n lo o k a well deserved third place o verall. Results . 2501NT: 1. George Hooper (Hon); 2. Gregg Pennington (Honl; 3. Vernon Forsyth (Vam). 125 PRO: Cady (Yom). 1. Allen Silhanek (Yaml; 2. Shawn OPEN PRO; 1. Doug M ae (Yam); 2. Wayne cR ArcherPRO: 1. D M 250 (Yom). oug cRae (Vam); 2. Mike Holmes (SUZ). am). MINIS: 1. Todd Hicks (Y MINIS NOV 1. Don Piantanida(Hon). ; Angle ascends Hi-Mountain Enduro 32 By Tod Rafferty POZO , CA, AP R. 10 You g alla lov e a n e n d u ro that starts in a pl a c e c a lled Turke y Fla ts . Especia lly when i t d oesn't r ain. ( N o t hi n g w o rt h th an trai ls covered w ith wet tu r keys.) Com pared 10 last year, the 33rd H iMou ntain was a smoolh eve nt. Of cou rse , by comparison Wilh lhe m on soon ru n in '82 , lhe Norma n dy in vas io n was a relalively slra igh lforward a ffai r. Despile some serious ru lS from lhe w inter Slorms, lhe lWO A loops d eveloped o nly a few boll le necks . Eve n Angle pUl h is Husk y 250 in firsl ov erall Wilh lhree points 10 Sl, fol lowed by Ma ico ace G rant Pal enske wh o d rop p ed fou r. H onda rider G eorg e H endrix lopped lhe O pen A cl a ss Wilh si x m arks, a n d Tim Crowder wa s lOp 250cc w ilh five lo st. R andy Daugheny (H us) m issed zeroing Open B b y j us l one p oint 10 win it. P aul C l ip per a n d Ken McAI li sler co m p leled lhe Husk y sweep in lhe 250 a nd 200cc B ra n ks, lo sin g four a nd lWO marks respecl ivel y. The fir sl Bloop (slow/ fas l/ we l/ fa sl/wel) sa w o n ly o ne h orrend ous crash: mi ne. Observers sav il was a conten der for " Endo o f lh e C ent u ry. " ho-u......... ka-Can .......... M y th anks 10 R and y of Sa n Dieg o for awai ti ng my re turn 10consciousness. T he Ca l Pol y Penguins, wi th ass ists from the Centra l Coast Mo to rcycle Association and th e G old Coasl4 W D cl ub, put on a nother sat isfving eve nt. T h H ' 'I . . .. e I-lV ountain s conu n umg popu larity is gratifyi ng in these pans, d ' I d II Id a n we re g a 10 see a you 0 desert rats from down sou th come up 10 ride. R I esu t s OVERALl; 1. Evert Angle; 2. Grant Palenske. OPEN A; 1. George Hendrix; 2. Vernon Gabbert. 250A: 1. Tim Crowder; 2. Mike Garret. 200 A: 1. William Decker; 2. Joe Bonnello; 3. Jeny Bailley. OPEN B: 1. Randy D aughertY; 2. Dave Sweeney; 3. Dan Waller. 250B: 1. PaulClipper; 2. Bill Keese;3.Jim Tripp. A;'~sB: 1. Ken McAllister; 2. Fred Cole; 3. Rusty Dowers dazzles West Butte 100 By Kathi Davis BE ND , OR, APR. 10 B ill D owers rode a v irt ua lly mi stake-fre e rac e to win th e Open Expert cla s s a n d the overa ll a t t he W est Butte 100. W ith the BLM closing M ill ica n Va ll ey to O R Vs for the spri ng a nd summer, K&S Ra cing was required 10 use j u st the north side of Highway 20. All of th e 135 riders knew that th e area had a 10 1 of rocks and therefore, flat ti res and crashes were so mething to worry about, R IC k Bozart h was I h I' quic kes t rid er ' . es t n 10 mount h is bi ke from the fron tw heel stradd le sIan and ShOl off the lin e Wilh lhe lea d . H e slill had lh e lea d al lhe smokebomb o n his 125 KTM wi lh Dal e Demaris, Bill Do w ers a nd Bra d T u rnidge right beh ind. Bo zarth kep I the b ig g er b ik es al bay for 20 m iles befo re h e gOI OU I of shape after h ill ing a rock. H e sl u mbled for J 'ust a second, ca using hi m sel f and Demaris, fo llow ing closely, 10 s h u t o ff. T ha I " 'a s a l l Dowers needed 10 .. g ra b th e lead, Al lhe e nd o f la p o ne Dowers wa s firsl o vera ll a nd lea d in g Boza nh by 45 seconds. Demaris wa s third o vera ll w ilhTu rni dgea nd Ed d P rice fo llowing, Tom Lill is wa s n eXl w ilh h is 50 0cc fo ur-sl roke H onda , a fter being o ne o f lh e la sl rid ers o ff lh e line. T he lOp 10 riders we re a ll w ilhin o ne 10 lWO mi nu les of each o lher. T he sl'cond lap h a d just as close raci ng as lh e first. Dowers came in sli ll lea d i n g wit h BOl.art h in second on hisdiminUlive KTM,even lhough h e was ridi ng Wilh lWO flal lires! Dem ar is was neXl into lhe pi lS, bUI T umidge beallhemou llo grabsccond overall. P rice had seized h is bi ke, opening lh e d oor fo r H u mba rd , w h o wa s fou rth o vera ll, second 250 , followed by Ken Ma a h s a nd lhen firsl C lass 30 Expert L yle Wollam . W ilh lWO of lhe lh ree la p s comp le led a nd a ll lhe riders in practica lly every class wit hi n m inutes o f each o lher, Ih e finish was bo und 10 be close. T urnidge p u lled OUI a ll lh e Slaps bUl coul d n o t calch Dowers w ho n ever choked und er Ih e pressure a n d wo n by lWO m inules. Dem is h el d o nlO lhird o vera ll, firsl 250cc Expert. j oe McCorm ick h ad a grea l rid e Ihe la slla p , m ov ing up to fo u n h o vera ll , fir st 125cc E x pe r!. Seco n d 125c c Expert was Willi s T a yl or a l eig hl h over l. Ri ck Bo zarth wa s Ihird , 131h .ll o vera ll, after cha ngi ng lh e flal lires. Results TOP 10 OVERALL: 1. Bill Dowers (Hus); 2. Brad Tur nidg e (KTM) ; 3 . Dale Demari s (KTM ); 4 . Joe McCormick lH on); 5 . cart Harpham (M ai); 6. Cli ff Humbard (Hu s); 7 . Ken Maahs (Hu s); 8. W illis Taylor (Kaw); 9 . Oavkl Morton (Yam); 10. Jerry Bennett m Col••m"-.......m ......o-O"•• (Husl. OPEN EX: 1. BillDowers lHust 2. Brad TurnKlge (KTMI; 3. cart Ha~am(Mai). 250 EX: 1. DaleDemarislKTM); 2.ClilfHumbard (Hus); 3. K Maahs (Hus). en 200EX; I.Joe McCorma lHent 2.Will;sTay\or (Kawt 3. Rick Bozarth (K TM). CLASS 30 EX: 1. L Wollam (Hust 2. Dave yle M er kli n IH on); 3. Phil Norstrom (Hus ~ . CLASS 40 EX: 1. Denny Howard IHust 2. Dave Gallaway(K TMI; 3. An Poindexter lHus). OPEN AM ; 1. Ben Johnson (Yaml; 2. Boyd Paine (Hus); 3. Bart U ding(M ai). 250 AM: 1. John White (Yamt 2. Jeny Stellflug (Husl; 3. Craig Forney (Yam). 2ooAM: 1.JerryJohnsonlHont 2.JerryBenson (Hen) 3. Bob Hamilton (Suz). ; 125 AM: 1. Rick Aldridge (Hus). CLASS 30 AM: 1. Joe Barrell (Yamt 2. Gary Sears (Hus); 3. Gary Forster (Hus). CLASS 40 AM: 1. Dave Riker (Kawt 2. Lenny Miller (Yam); 3. UoydWestby(Hon). CLASS 50: 1. Cliff Brecht(Yam); 2. JimNewman (H 3. Tom Uding(Hoo). oo); BEG; 1. Stephan Cross (Kaw); 2.JamesJackson (Vam); 3. lane Fencken (Hoo). IH:~~TROKE: 1. Gary Gump lHon); 2.Mark Recore WOMEN BEG; I.AnnFrisk(Hool;2.Shelly DaYis (K 3. Joene Ungce (Yam). awl; R.-e"kk.- racks MI-nl-s at Spillway B J" PI h y 1 m u ar SANTA MARIA, CA , APR. 10 S pi ll way Park was finally able to h old a r a c e today as constant rains h a d s h u t down the t rack since t hei r la st race in F ebruary. Because of the weather, th e track was not in prime s hape, but co nsidering th e fact that it took two weeks o f 'dozer work just to pers uade the Santa Maria river to qu it running across the entry road, it wasn't too bad. N ear Iy 50 n'd ers s h o w ed up to test t h e soggy track . The M ini Expendiv ision was won by Gary R iekki , Todd York took th e I n l e r m ed i al e class a n d j oaqu in j iminez, Fr eddy Phillips, and Brad Beaman fin ished 1-2-3 in the junior class. C h ris Mil chell was fir st for lhe day in lh e 250c c Pro class with Dave Mo ore , Thomas Ma cFarlane, a n d Chuck Walker winning th e lOp three p o s I't t i' n th e com b In ed 250 an d 'ons ' O pen Intermediale class. Terry H ampton ea si ly won lhe 125cc Pro cla ss a fte r his competition s u ffe re d m echan ical and balan ce p robl ems. In lhe l25cc Intermediate class Tony Toste took lap honors with ba ck-l o-back victories o ver Phil Butler a n d Mike Pryor. Event number four was a com b inalion o f 25 0cc a n d O pen juniors won by Bla ir Angl in. Second in th e event we nt 10 C layto n H all a n d lhird 10 Vic Scarbrough. T he fi na l eve nt o f th e da y sa w a fi ne fie ld of 125cc juniors led by j eff Sills, who wo n both events in his class 10 fini sh w ith a perfect twopo i nt lo ta l. S ha w n W ynn e a n d Fra n kie Lowers fi n ished seco n d a n d lh ird wi lh total s of four a n d six po ints respectivel y. Hadlock puts lock on Winnemucca MX By.W retched Racer WINN EM UCCA, NV , APR. 3 District 36 Blue Plate Expert Robbi e Hadlock found the Fl ying W 's '83 Spring Motocross S e ri es to be a moneym aker. Al lh is, lhe la sl event of the series , H adl ock decimaled lhe co m pe li tion in bolh lh eOpen Expenand 250cc Expen cl a sses a n d look home a I;ood c h u n k o f change. H e a lso rode h is Ca rson Yamaha to lh e se r ies overa ll viclOry in lhe 250c c Ex pen class. nWuh;ngron'..hnU....' Th is shou ld h a ve been n a m ed th e Fl ying W 's W int er Series. As a raci n g venue , Winnemucca is gelling a reputation fo r bad weather a n d this Sun day was a bout the wors t yet very cold a nd windy wit h gra velly d d u st storrns a n snowstorms a lter nating every 10 mi nutes. A rela tively II f 109 'd d sma tu rno u t 0 n ers a n no specta to rs b raved the ch il l. Th e technical rra ck o f th e la st race wa s r u n ba ck ward s this lim e , mean" ing th a t the tr icky lillie 120-degree dow n h ill h a irp in became a mea n Iittie 120-degree uph ill h a irpin. Nearly b Il b d h every m oto so me ody u be t e hill a n d e n ded u p push ing : eve n some o f th e Ex perts. T he M ini 's ~::~dr::t:1~ r~:~~. it a l a ll so th ey ' In th e bi g- gun O pen Ex pert cla ss, Dan Dossey m ana ged a second rnoto holeshot a n d hung o n to th e lead for a cou p le of laps; but otherwise Had lock h ad th e front spot 10 himself a ll d a y long . For th e series, th ough , Do ssey h ad ea rned enough points 10 ta ke h ome th a t cla ss' hum oungous tro p hy . In th e speedy 250cc Expert class, H adlock 's a rc h ri va l, j eff C lo u tie r, lh e eed dh lhh dH dlin k e fi rsht mhl o , eh id o ven t oug a oc gOI t e o les 01. Early on , H a dl o ck sudden ly drop ped ba ck 10 fourt h a nd o n lv made it back " u p 10 second by th e checkered. Second rnoto, from the first quiver o f th e gate 10 the las I flap of the flag, H adlock h a d it a ll h is ow n wa y. C lou tier made it home in second a nd Ty "The Fl y" Erquiaga came in third. T hese were a lso the overall ra n k ings. Some in leres ti ngentries lurned oul for the o ld-guy classes, Former Dislr ict 36 Ex p enj oe W ill iams (e n d ing a fiv e-year la yoff) fin ished th ird Vet/ Ex and R egg ie Mull (ending a twoyea r layoff) ran secon d . Former Dislrict26 Ex pert j eff Carson contin ued his thrash ing o f th e Vel jrs. R eal o ld west sh erriff Bob Del Carlo won Old Timer Nov ice withoul even us in g hi s l I'n sar a n d si' x -g u n , Ken L Ig hlh o use, t ' who rides a Husk y Au tomali c because h e h a s o ne wo od en leg , put i n a go od r ide 10 win th e secon d 01' N o v m olO to cl a im a th ird o vera ll. " Mo u n ta in Man " Elmer Ca nt lo n broughl hi s Mai co o u t o f th e h ill s 10 race the Ve L/N ov's. Finall y, a rema rkable performa nce was put in by Sean Mitchell. W ilh Kawa saki s, h e won bOlh lhe to u gh I25cc a n d 25 0cc Novice classes loda y p lU;S both lhose classes o vera ll fo r lhe senes. And Wilh lhal , anolher successfu l S p ri ng MX Series by lhe Fly ing W 's se ll led into lhe (s nowy) sunsel. The gang gather t.d at W innem ucca 's Win ' n er 's In n Casi no w here awards a nd conti ngencies w er e dispenst'd. Results OPEN EX: 1. R. Hadlock(V aml;2.D.D ossey(H ; en) 3. M. Mieras(Suz). 250EX: 1. R. Hadlock (Yom); 2. J. Cloutier(K aw); 3. T. Erquiaga (Hon). OPEN JR: 1. S.Brown(Hon); 2. M. Curtis(Mai);3. C. Plummer (Ho n). 250 JR: 1. R. Lighthouse (H 2. J. Hallahan . onl; (Suz); 3. T. Martin(Mail. 12~J R ; 1. C. Harjes(Hon);2. R. Maga (Suz); 3 . D. Haney (Yam). on); OPEN NOV: 1. M. Hamel(H 2.S.Furlin (Honl; 3. M. Walsh (Hon). 250N 1. S. Mitchell (K 2. C. Porter (Honl; OV: aw); 3. D. Childers(Vaml. 125 NOV:1. S.Mitchell(Kawl;2.T.Decker(Kaw); 3. B. Dundas (Honl. 80 EX: 1. R. Kay (Kawl; 2. C. Kay(Kawl. 8OJR: 1. P. Pecorilla (H ; 2. G. Kay (H 3. L on) on); . Moore (Sud. 80 NOV : 1. A. W ar ner (Kaw ): 2 . R. Johnson (Kawl; 3. L W egman (Kaw). VET EX: 1. R.Wyant (Hon); 2. R. Mull (Kaw); 3 . J. Williams (Ma i). VET JR: 1. J. Carson (Hon). VET NOV: 1. T. Gardner (Honl; 2. R. DelCarlo (Yam); 3. E Cantlon (Mail. . OT EX; l.J .Hathaway (Moil;2. R.Bogue(Mai);3. A. Bray(Mai). or NOV; 1. R. Delcarlo(Yaml 2. R. Kolbet (Yam); ; 3. K Lighthouse (Husl. .