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James and Tim Pilg were first and
second in the 250cc Juniors. Bill
Throckmorton LOpped the Open Imermediate, [ollowed by Ron Beardsley.
TheOver-The-Hill-Gang, for riders
30 year of age and older. was the
day's final evenl. The ovice division was won by "Rocket" Rodney
Truman, Don Maynard won the Imermediate class, "Philthy" Phil Komenchuk was the Amateur winner and
"Putt-Putt" Peter Dill LOpped the
Expert class.
run-off for second between Don Wilson and Jef[rey Harsha. Mickey Fay
again blew the lid off the Expert
main event, motoring away from
Charlie Barkman. Novice aoion wa
similar to many past races as Mike
Lawrence dominated theentire night
on his Honda. Castle Rock was also
blessed with sunny weather LO end
the miserable rain streak that cancelled last night'S Clackamas TT and
five of six previous races at Castle
Rock.
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With all the jumping going on at
the start of the Junior main the two
favorites for the win sat in the penalty
grid. Harsha and Don Bennett got a
decent view of the race in the early
sta~es, seeing Dan Cordell, Gerrard
and Ellis Cookman shoot off the line
at the green light. Bennett rode in
fifth on the opening lap, then moved
to second, but his ride didn't last [or
long. Just as soon as Bennett got by
Gerrard for the lead, he did a nasty
nose dive off the TT jump and was
destined for spectator status for the
rest of the evening. Gerard was having a field day up front on his 7S0
while Harsha's SOO revved it's heart
out in search of a faster line, still
holding back a Wilson/Harry Thomas/Cordell trio umil the white flag
came out and the Husqvarna U.S.A.
motor started to sour, putting Wilson
within striking range coming out of
turn five and into home when Wilson
made an across-the-line move to finish second ahead of Harsha. Thomas
was fo'urth, Cordell fifth and OttO
Jorgenson sixth.
Two thousand spectators were well
primed for the start of the IS-lap
Expert main event that saw Jeff
Campbell put a 600cc Can-Am into
the lead over Tom McCullough and
Fay. Campbell and McCullough
tangled, leaving th door open for
Fay to put his Honda SOO into the
lead with Charlie Barkman in second
followed by one of the mOSt spectacular displays of riding yet in the season
- a Mike Sullivan/JeH McDaniel
duel. Frank Word motored alone in
fifth, contolling the position ahead
of Rookie Expert Scott Miller, who
had his hands full with veterans Eric
Swanson and Dana Hansen. Fay took
his lead and stretched it out to a
record distance, once again proving
his domination of northwest TT
action is 1"\0 fluke. Barkman held
down second all alone with Sullivan
and McDaniel swapping it out in a
battle that went to the wire_ Fay and
Barkman had first and second well
wrapped up with Sullivan settling
the argument for third in another of
the many finish-line shootouts. McDaniel, Word and Miller rounded
out the top ·six.
Casey, Christain
capture SHR
nightMX
By Sally Sideliner
BRENTWOOD, CA, JULY 8
It was a track that demanded
motocross and flat-track ability
and to everyone's surprise the
new night track at Sand Hill
Ranch was just that - new and
exciting!
Kimo Casey of Walnut Creek
Honda led the 12Scc Pros through
lap one, jumped the triple jumps and
landed in the puddle instead of over
the puddle. Craig Christain of Cycle
Gear blitzed by as Casey' quickly
remounted and worked back up to
second. The distance slowly cl6sed
but Casey couldn't make the pass
until Christain stalled in a tricky,
tight tum. He restarted just as Caey
came by but the momentum of the
"Sky Jump" gave Casey the lead to
the finish three laps later.
Christain led moto two and Casey
tried an inside pass on the first turn.
The twO were side by side over the
first hugh jump, but Casey soon
broke to a three-second lead. Halfway
through the race, Christain slid out
on the sweeper, helping Casey to
increase the distance and take the
overall.
Terry Bostard's Kawasaki led the
Minis around the track with a I minute, 21.6 second-lap. That was just
five seconds slower than the Open
Pros! Bostard was flying too - on
lap one he led Joel Sitts from Oregon
until he hit the triple jumps and flew
over the bars. But he worked his way
back to second by the finish.
In moto two Bastard took immediate command and the first overall.
Some of the competition has returned
from last summer. Obie and Ian LeU
and Doug Delay had their Minis out
for the first time. Ian Leff took home
a trophy for first Mini Jr. and Don
Piantenida for second.
Larry Dashie1's Maico led the 250ccI
Open Pro class until Craig Christain
came on the scene in lap nine. Christain wem on for the win and Rich
Mythen took third. David Rodriquez
set quite a pace in moto two, but
Christain was able to pick up a few
seconds every lap and finally made
the pass on lap 10, and went on to
take the overall. My then had a
seventh-place start and worked up to
second by the checker.
Results
EX: 1. Micl