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c ~ ~ eo 00 O"l ..... NORiHERitOATEUNE.. hlnlJlOn'd.hnU..h-AI.... ean.... N""hMn C.I"mnla-North.m N......-o.a..n-W••h'og"'nl"""nlhah-Ala 12 5 C DIV 1: 1. Er icWinters (Yaml : 2. Dou g Gra· viII (Yam ): 3 . Randa ll Klenke (Hon). 12 5 C DIV 2: 1. Kenny Olson (Vam): 2. Todd Lusk (Yam): 3. Del Lath am (Suz). 1251NT: 'l , Br uce Barnes (Hon) ; 2. Ford Tannock (Suz); 3 . Randy W ebber (Yam ). 12 5 PRO: 1. Robby Wa t ilo (Vam ): 2. Jim Ander · son (Yam): 3 . TIm M ich lit sch (Kaw) . 25 0 C DIV 1: t , Herb Gelow (Hon); 2. Rick Celo rie (Yam ); 3. Art M eisn er (Yam). 2 50 C DIV 2 : I . Vic Schu mach er (Hus ); 2. Terry Dav is (Hen); 3 . Br ian Bolnn (Han). 250 INT: t . M ike Cha se (Su z): 2. Kurt Stevens (Yam ~ 3. Da. id Fo. (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Jim A nde rso n (Vam); 2. Ti m M ich· litsch (Kaw) ; 3 . Robby Wa t Ho(Yam). OPEN J R: 1. Ma rcus Sayre ( H on ~ 2 . Bill Ring (M ai); 3. Tom Vielle (Hon ). OPEN INT: , . Scon Berg ren (Hon); 2. M ike Hick· ma n (Hon); 3 . Da.id Coner (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Richard Burgen (Yam); 2. Reid Go ldman (Yam ). OTH NOV: 1. Richard Duncan (Kaw); 2. St e.e Greset (Vam). OTH INT: 1. Wes Sotchelsr; 2. Jack Monteit h (Yam ); 3. John Foeckler. OTH EX: 1. M ike Hickman (Yam): 2 . Mark Ruple (Vam); 3. Jim Parks (Suz). OT NOV : 1. Lance Lusk (Hon ); 2. George Gardner (kaw ); 3 . Richard Abrams (Vam). OT EX: 1. Gary Bonds . Vohland, Ellis, Schlag top King of The Hill By Sue Ellis DIXON, CA. MAY 15 The King of th e Hill series final at Dixon proved to be a thriller. Ov er .$15,000 in cash and awards was given away. • 54 Sponsors included Hi-Point, Russ Darnell MX Schools , Rancho Cordov a Suzu ki, Mai co, Woodland Motorcycle Center , KTM Ameri ca. ProTrac trailer , B.P . Racing, a nd Parts in th e Pits. Sam Fries, a 250cc Nov ice took home a new Pro-Trac tra iler for taking th e overa ll victor ies for th e fo ur race series. Da ve Coupe an d T yson Vohland pro vid ed so me exci ting racin g in th e 125cc Expert class. Cou pe took th e lead in th e first m ot a and Vohland wa s h ot on hi s tail. Spoof Pen a held a third th roughout th e m ot a and Mik e Whal en ro u nded ou t th e top four. In th e second rnot o Vohland led to the first turn with Rick Cervantes a n d Mik e Johnson cl os e behind. Coupe m oved in to secon d, in third pl ace was Pen a. Th e to p two pl aces rem ained co nstant until th e fin ish . Steven Vlah os and Mike J ohnson fough t fo r thi rd with Vlahos ta ki ng it a t th e chec kered flag. Yam a ha Support/Sierra rider J im Ell is proved to be th e Kin g o f th e H ill in th e 250cc Expert class. Wh en the ga te dro p ped , Hon da-mounted Larry L en gn er wa s o ut front foll owed by J on Ne lso n an d Ell is. Ellis soon moved p ast Nelson and Len gn er and went u ncha lle nged with a 15-second lead at th e finish . Coupe m oved into seco n d, with Randy La sh ta ki ng th e th ird p lace posi tion, and J oey Schl age fo urth. Coupe go t o ut in front in th e seco n d rno to, with Ell is and Brett Ca hors in seco nd an d th ird . By lap three, Ellis swe p t past Coupe a nd to ok over th e lead. Schlag p assed Coupe a lso a nd took seco nd. The orde r rem ained th e same to th e finish. In th e Open Expert class ·Schlag got th e h oleshot with Coupe and Randy Pockrant in his dust . Coupe p assed Schlag for the lead an d Cahors moved into third. They stayed that wa y to th e chec kered flag . In th e seco nd Open moto Schl ag snagged th e lead with Coupe seco nd a n d Pockrant third. By the second lap Ellis had mov ed in to seco nd behind Schlag . By th e halfway point Ellis ace d o u t Sch la g for th e lead and the m ot o win. Schlag took seco nd in front o f Coupe and Cahors. Results 125 NOV : r . Ma tt he w Gibb; 2. Carl Li nde rmann: 3 . Kelly Andris. M INI NOV: t . Bruce W h ite ; 2. M ark Langner ; 3 . J ason Sm it h. 60 NOV : r . Agost in Philippe; 2. Shawn Youn t; 3 . John luckado. M INI JR : 1. Robby Her maner; 2. Lane Home r. M)NI EX: 1. Tommy Seide l. NON QUA L BO NOV: 1. Rick Brazil: 2. Chr is Wa rd . OT JR UN·QUA L: 1. Car l Tres ser: 2. Har old Hoell. OT EX: 1. Dick Mann; 2. Dua ne Spenc er. 125 NOV UN -Q UA L: 1. Scon Stan ley; 2 . Ron Day. EX VET: 1. Steve Ferrone; 2 . Du ane Spen cer . JR VET: 1. Ralph Lu idbug; 2. Doug Lin le. UN·QUAL JR VET: 1. Mark Mewus. UN·QUAL EX VET: 1. A I Baumann. PP NOV : 1. Joyce Ford . PP JR: 1. Nina Beu lag . PP EX: 1. Dorene Payne; 2 . Debb ie Jamerson. VET NOV : 1. Dave Burgess; 2 . Matt O'Hara; 3 . Ti m Dubato. 125 JR : 1. Savado Marcus; 2 . Gary Sm it h. 250 NOV UN·QUAL: 1. Wayne Bud ; 2. Ken Wolcott. 250 NOV : 1. Sam Fr ies ; 2. Shawn Fre izing; 3. John Woas ick. 125 EX: t . Tyson Vohland: 2 . Dave Coupe: 3 . Steve Vlahos. 250 JR: 1. Mark Andris; 2. AI Rolls . 250 JR UN·QUAL: 1. John Roit inger. 250 EX: 1. Jim Ellis: 2 . neve Coupe ; 3 . Joey Schlag. . OPEN NOV : 1. Weylin Thompson; 2 . Kurt Car bone; 3. John Wausick. OPEN JR : t . John Bennen; 2. John rraversen. OPEN JR UN -QUAL: 1. Jeff Maxwell; 2. John Wells. Barkman snakebites Sidewinder TT By Clay Ught CLACKAMAS, OR, MAY 13 National number 75 Brett Barkman broke the Friday th e 13th jinx by demolishing th e Expert main event at th e opening race of Sidew inders TT in Clacka mas on his York H onda/Simpsoni Out Front Number Pl at es/Bennett Lectr on Ca n -Am . Dan Bennett (ND/Bel-Ray/Mega cycle Cam s/KRW I Out Front Num ber Pl at es/Hen ) stole th e show in th e Junior ranks with hi s fir st Northwest Juni or win an d upa nd -co mi n g Novice Mik e Lawren ce did th e same on hi s Honda. Barkman posted th e fast -time honors of the even in g , putting in th e only timing in th e 14-second br acket with a 14.81, which is still a bit off th e 14.21 tr ack record set last sea so n by Don Dodge a nd tied by Brad Hurst. Fa st Junior time went to David Whitin g on th e D&V/ Ya ma ha Sp orts Cen ter /Buffal o Number Pl at es Yamaha 500 with a 15.20. Novi ces were stro ngest in force, signi ng in nearly 40, whi le th e Juni ors h ad 23 entrants a n d Ex pe rts n umbered 2 1. Novice h eat winners were Cal ifornian Dan McDonnell , Ver i Smi th, Can ad ian J ean-Mar ie Breau, Terry Wahl and George McBee. T he rest, as in a ll cases. wo u ld co me from a 1-2-3 pl a cing in th e sem i. Juni or hea t win ne rs h ad J eff Ha rsh a , Ch ri s Fitzhugh, a nd Bennett whi le Ba rkm an , Mick ey Fa y a n d To m McCullough set the fin al stage in Experts. La wre nce was o n a ro ll on hi s Bennett Lectron/Out Front Number Pl a tes Honda an d went immedi at el y into th e lead in No vice trophy dash action. taking it all th e wa y to home pl at e for th e win. Harsha h eld Bennett a t ba y for five exci tin g laps an d came up with th e Junior win a nd it was Fay all the wa y in the Expert da sh, holding off Barkman , Rich Word and Mik e Sullivan. A class line-up graced th e stagin g ar ea for th e Expert main event, eig h t of 12 wer e National numbers. Fa y pulled hi s T eam Honda 500 into the lead at th e gr een light an d led Bark man, Greg J ohnston an d Frank Word III. Word quickl y put hi s Men Lawwill-tuned XR 750 into third. but the 500cc bikes seemed to have th e advantage tonigh t as a Fay / Ba rkm an battle developed until Barkman nailed Fa y for the lead co m in g down the h ill. First-year Expert Ran dy Green a nd J eff Campbell (Ha n) were having a dice for fou rt h u n til Cam pbell went dow n ha rd and was injured. H u rst p u t h is Ca n -Am into the top five with three la ps to go but wou ld get no fart her as Bar km an took th e win over Fa y, Green , Word , Hurst, J ohn Wincewicz (T ri), Kirk Strong an d Tom McCullough . Results EX: 1. Charlie Barkmcn (C-A); 2. Mickey Fay (Hon): 3 . Randy Green(Hon); 4 . Frank Word III (H-D); 5. Brad Hurst (e -A); 6. John Wincewicz(Tri); 7. Kirk Strong (Hon) ; 8 . Thomas McCullough (Tri); 9 . Scon Miller (Tri); 10. Greg Johnston (Hon): 11 . Rich Word (Suz); 12. Jeffry CampbeIlIC-A). JR : 1. Danny Bennett (Honl; 2 . Chris Fitzhugh (Hon); 3 . Jeffry Harsha (Hus); 4 . Susan Word (H-D): 5 . Duane Gerrard (Vam); 6 . Ryan Fisher (C-A) ; 7 . Dan Cordell (Vam); 8 . Gary Trull (C-A); 9 . Jeff Hardan (Hon); 10. Mike Moritz (Tri). NOV : 1. Mike Lawrence (Hon); 2. Dan McDonnell (Han) ; 3 . Veri Smith (Yam); 4. Jim Anderson (Yam); 5 . Terry Wahl (Kaw); 6 . Ste.e Kendiz (Hus); 7. JeanMarie Breau (Hon); 8. Todd Hagman (Kaw); 9. John Clayton (Bul) ; 1D. George McBee (Vam). Word wins Boise with "secret weapon" By Marty Gregory BOISE, !D, MAY 14 Frank Word III powered his L ectro-sponsor ed Harle yDavidson to a first-place finish at the 29th running of the Northwest Regional TT Ch ampionship in Boi se. The tw ice-resch ed u led race was run for the first time ever o n a Saturd a y ni ght, a nd th e wi n was Word's first in many tri ps to th e Peaceful Cove track. But Word brou ght a " secret weapon " th is time in th e form of "con su lta n t" Mert on Lawwill. Mert is on a retainer to go a lo ng and see that "everyth in g works OK ." Word 's win didn 't co me eas ily. In th e m ain, Ron Yamamoto (Ya m (YZ490) put pr essure on Woody , aft er co mi ng through a terrific battle with Brad Hurst (Tri) in which Hurst's motor went a way a fter a bo u t a dozen laps. The two-stroke rider from Spokane brought th e crowd to its feet wi th h is slas h ing use-all- of-the-tra ck attempt to ca tch Word. But this was Frank Word's TT race a n d th e co n fiden t look on Men Lawwill 's face durin g th e last few laps told th e wh ol e story. A lot of folks th ought this would be Randy Green 's TT race; after hi s in cred ibl e performance at th e Caldwell shan tra ck last month. But Green was to be denied. He qualified fast, but hi s H onda and he parted co m pan y in a co rne r, lea ving Green holding an arm in pain. Mickey Fay cou ld have been anothe r logi cal pi ck for this year's winner. Fa y m ay ha ve sim p ly been down on pow er for th e co ndi tio ns at Bo ise this n ight. H e went fast, but th e uphill straight with th e wind blowing reall y co nspi res aga ins t sma ller motors. Fay put on a gr eat show with Green before Green crashed out a nd, though a long ways behind Word a nd Yamamoto , h e outrode the rest of the p ack to finish a popular (and moneypaying) third. Hotshoe riders like Fay, Green and Yamamoto ar e winning a lot of fans in Idaho, but hardcore Boise TT-ites come to sec their sentimental favorite, Mr. Lewis Burres. Sonny did wh at he does best ..,... go lik e hell but fail to transfer in his heat, get overanxious on the sta rt in g line for the semi , wi nd up on th e third ro w, get really mad and just ma ke th emain l It wouldn 't be a TT withou t him. Results EX: 1. Frank W . Word III (H- D); 2. RonaU A . Vamamoto (Vam); 3 . M ickey L Fay (Hon): 4 . Bren B. Barkm an (C-A); 5 . Kirk Strong (Hon): 6 . Jeff McDa nie l (C-A); 7 . Sal D. Hoffma n (H- D); 8 . M ike Sulli.an (Tri); 9. Son ny Burres (Tri); 10 . Rich Wo rd ( Suz~ 11 . Brad Hurst (Tri): 12. Randy Green (Hon). NOV : 1. M ic hael Arthur (Yam); 2 . Denn is Lee (Yam) ; 3. Lan ce Strong (Yam); 4. M ike Lawrence (Han); John Colton tKaw); 6. RK:k Henson (Kaw) ; 7 . Dan ie l McDonnell (Hon): 8 . Terry Wah l (Kaw ): 9 . Roger Cromwell tHon); 10. Fran k Crane (Yam l. JR : 1. Dan Bennett (Hon); 2. Dave Wh it ing (Yam); 3 . Rod Reynolds (Hon); 4 . Je ffrey Harsha (H us); 5. Tony Cruickshank (Hon ): 6 . Chris Fitzhugh ( H on~ 7. Don W ilson (Yam); 8. Harry Thomas II (Tri) ; 9. Mat· t hew Krau l (Hon): 10. Ryan Fisher (C-A ). ? Tapp, Cowles, Buffaloe winners at Boise TT, MX By Marty Gregory BOIS E,!D, MAY 13-14 Down on attendance and riders due to being rescheduled twice, the Sportsman TT and the motocross planned in conjunction with th e 29th annual Regional TT, had to draw o n local craz ies to produce th e acti on. Th ere was pl enty attheTT on Frida y th e 13th under th e lights, though l Mini Beginner Mark T app clawed hi s way through th e p ack to em erge in seco nd behind Brent DeLa y. Tapp played it cool and th en mad e hi s m ov e to ta ke th e fir st bi g win of hi s sti ll-you ng ca reer. ("Now do I get a n ew bike, Dad?" ) The 250cc B riders were even loo ser with " old g uy" Larry Cowles com ing from a third -row sta n to berserk th e field a nd wind up battling with Wa yne G ra y for th e lead. Cowles m ade a lot o f folks mutter " Wh o the h ell istha tcra zysumgun?" a s he cu t in, aro und a nd under everyo ne on the tra ck in hi s quest for th e win. Gra y hung in th ough , a n d Cowles had to sett le for th e ad m ira tio n of everyone who saw him , but not a fir st place trophy. The Sa tu rda y mot orcros s didn't draw th e same m admen who were here in April , but there were still. spills 'n thrills ap lenty. The even ts ra n smooth ly and efficient ly and were history by 4:00 p.m. - in ti me for a br eak before practice for th e big TT. One Bob Buffal oe from Puyallup wo n bo th th e 250cc a nd Open Expert classes. Buffal oe had to beat Rock Temple a nd J oe Wr ight in th e 250cc but h is O pen race was agains t himself in th e 125cc class . Seemed as though he h ad to ride two m ore rnot os 'cause he wa s th e on ly O pen Expe rt signed u p . So, he went around with th e 125s; ha vin g on ly to finish. Be n ice if it was a lways th at easy. Mark H all (Han) a n d Tom Fitzgera ld (Yam ) were 1-2 for th e sma llbore Ex perts. Results SPORTSMAN TT MICRO: 1. J .P. Si monsen; 2. James Cyr; 3. Rich ie Reynolds . MINI B: 1. Mark Tapp; 2. Brent De Loy; 3 . Jason Brumpton. 125 B : 1. Toby Ashley; 2. Ern ie Farr is; 3. Chad Wayment. 250 B: 1. Wayne Gray; 2 . Larry Cowles: 3 . Jim Brandon. OPEN B: 1. Jeff Carson; 2 . Tony Naclerio; 3. Bob Best . MINI X: 1. Toby Ashley; 2 . Troy Norrie: 3. Jeff Goodman. 125 X: 1. John Goodman; Roger Cromwell; 3. Troy Norrie 250 X: r . Rod Reynolds; 2. Dennis Lee; 3. Ricky Henson. OPEN X: 1. Jerry Moore; 2 . Jeff McDaniel; 3. Travis Babcock. MOTOCROSS MICRO : 1. Rich ie Reynolds; 2. Joe Winnen: 3. JamesCyr. MINI B: 1. Ricky Lettrell; 2. Br ian Hale; 3 . Troy Lank ford. MIN1INT: 1. Brent Delay; 2 . Hans Kirschner.