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125 PRO: 1. Tom Cemp (Yem).
MINI A: 1. Scott Martin (Suz); 2. Jon Waher
(Kew): 3. Seen Hebenhi.r (K.w).
MINI B: 1. S••n McGery(Kew}: 2. O.rr.n Kolben
(Yem): 3. J.son Wegn.r (Yem).
200 B: ,. S.en Hebenhi.r (Han); 2. Joe Weh.r
(Yem): 3. Scon Adorns (Yem).
2oo/0PEN: 1. Todd Suth.rlend (Suz); 2. Merk
K....I.r (C-A); 3. Ty Beumgerdn.r (Yem).
Strong's 750
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wins again In
Bellingham
By Clay Ught and
Fred Boettner
BELLINGHAM, WA, JULY 16
Hannegan Speedway's threeeighlhs-mile flat track again
shook with the tremors of Kirk
Strong's Seattle Honda/Simpson XR750 Harley-Davidson. Strong
moked the Open Expert main event,
but that was after 15-year-0Id Randy
Roose motored away with the 250cc
main event on his Panther Frames/
Yamaha Northwest/Olson AULD
body/Sound Advice Yamaha YZ250.
, Roose and Honda rider Lance
Strong were heat winners and the
battle continued well into the main.
The Strong brothers, Kirk and Lance,
put themselves inLO the lead at the
green light in the 250cc main event,
with Roose holding down third on
.tbeopening lap. john Lira and Randy
Patterson Caught over fourth after
I?atterson worked up from the back of
the field since having the unfortunate luck of Larting on the penalty
line due to jumping the gun.
Kirk Strong continued to lead the
race, with Roose and Lance Strong
fighting it out for econd. Roose got
around Lance LO move into second
and rode like a mad man to catch up
to leader Strong. Lance Strong and
}i>atterson ballled for third which was
to be taken by AMA Novice Strong,
who got a distant view of Roose getting by brother Kirk LO surprise the
AMA Expert by going inside and taking the lead on the I 1th lap of the
12-lap main for the win. Lance Strong
Jinished third, holding back Pallerson, Lira and KTM-mounted Dennis
,Armstrong.
Kirk Strong has been a crowd favori.te the last few weeks at Hannegan,
since pUlling his 500 Honda in the
garage and bringing his 750 out.
Strong shook the facilities with a
sonic boom and rallied to lead the
Open main event, with fellow Expert
lUndy Paller on (500 KTM) and AMA
junior Mike Kearney and Steve Pruzinski following. The LOp five riders
provided teeth-jarring racing as the
fans went wild watching Strong pull
away at an incredible rate of speed,
clocking in a 17.07-second lap on the
well-groomed course.
Results
OPEN: ,. Kirk Strong (H-D); 2. Rendy Pen.rson
IICTM); 3. Mi.k Kearney (Yem); 4. Steve Pruczinski
(Yem); 5. Rendy Roose (Yem); 6. Mik. Young (Tri); 7.
Bob Me>< (Kew).
125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Trov Muse (Han); 2. Deye
Werner (Yem); 3. Dey. Anderson (Han).
125 NOV DIV 2: ,. John Willerd (Suz); 2. Denny
Allen (Han); 3. Rick Heyes (Suz).
125 tNT: 1. Metthew Gibb (Kew); 2. Dennv Bessett (Han); 3. Ron Allen (Han).
125 EX: 1. Rodney Herriger (Yam); 2. Frenk
Sigrist (Kew).
250 NOV DIV 1; 1. Howerd Gordon (Hon); 2.
Keyin Coldwell (Hon); 3. Mike Nichols (Yam).
250 NOV DIV 2; 1. Ste.. Varnum (Suz); 2. Ste..n
Crewford (Han); 3. Mike Nichols (Yem).
250 INT: ,. Deye Hendershot (Suz); 2. Merty
Cunninghem (Han); 3. Dennis Redding (Yem).
250 EX: 1. Bred Bruns(Sud; 2. Rich Mythu(Yam};
3. John McCepes (Hon).
OPEN NOV: ,. Bill Perkins Jr. (Suz); 2. Scan Hessebrock (Suz); 3. Monte Miller (Suz).
OPEN tNT: ,. Merk Sterling (Han); 2. Terry Lucker
(Mai); 3. Jim Rolewicz (HanI.
OPEN EX: 1. llIrry Deshiel (Mai); 2, Jim Inglebright (Han).
Henson, Reynolds
show the way at
Boise ST
By Marty Gregory
BOISE, 10, JULY 12
Rickey Henson and Rod Reynolds shared Expert class wins
at the Owyhee Motorcycle
Club's short track tonight while
joel Huskey showed the other riders
in both the 250cc and Open B classes
how to get around the track.
Reynolds took the 250cc race aboard
his Carl's Cycle Sales-sponsored
Kawasaki with Henson and john
Colton in tow. In Open Expert action,
Henson stroked his CUSLOm Yamaha
thumper, sponsored by Atkinson's
Mirror & Glass and AlumaGlass, to
the win, leaving Reynolds and Randy
Lee to ballie for second and third
among the big motors.
In the B races, it was all joel Huskey and his Suzukis. Huskey, riding
out of Boise's Huskey AuLO Electric &
Suzuki, was fast and smooth on the
new one-eighth-mile track at Peaceful Cove as he scarfed both 250 and
Open wins. In the 250cc division,
Huskey had LO hold 0[£ determined
charges by Terry Anderson while
Larry Cowles had his own battle
goi ng with the rest of the pack for
third.
One of the beller contests of the
evening took place in the Micro class
and was intensified in the Mini B's.
james Cyr and Richie Reynolds (Rod's
lillIe brother) were wringing every
bit of available powerform their 60cc
machines as they dueled in the first
race. Reynolds came away with the
win in that one, but fell during the
second race to leave the class win to
Cyr.
Both racers then lined up for the
Mini B, Cyr aboard a bigger Kawasaki and Reynolds borrowing Troy
orris' trick Honda track racer. Reynolds looked impressive, but slid out
of contention. Cyr, as it ended up, ran
second to Kawasaki-mounted Chad
Case.
Results
PEE WEE: ,. Joson Smith (Yem): 2. Leslie Cook
(Yem); 3. Deyid Keiser (Yem).
MICRO: ,. Jem.s Cyr (Kew); 2. Ben Jorden
(Kew); 3. Richie Revnolds (Yem).
MINI B: 1, Ched Cese (Kew); 2. J.m.s Cyr (Kew);
3. Jason Brumpton (Suzl.
MINI EX; 1. Toby Ashley (Han); 2. Ritch Thurston
(Kew); 3. Cor.y Berton (Kew).
125 B: 1. Hans Kerschner (Kaw); 2. Tony Markle
(Kew).
125 EX: 1. Ritch Thurston ,1Kew); 2. Rod Reynolds
(Han); 3. Corey Benon (Kew).
250 B: ,. Joel Huskey (Suz); 2. Terry Anderson
(Suz); 3. llIrry Cowles (Yem).
250 EX: 1. Rod Revnolds(Kew); 2. Rickey Henson
(Yem); 3. John Cotton (Kew).
OPEN B: 1. Joel Husk.y(Suz); 2. B.G. Greff (Han);
3. Gerv Bonny (Hus).
OPEN EX: 1. Ricke.y Henson (Yem); 2, Rod Reynolds (Han); 3. Rendy Lee (Hus).
Green edges Hurst
at Castle Rock"
By Clay Ught
CASTLE ROCK, WA, JULY 16
Rookie Expert Randy Green
put his Panther Frames/Simpson/American Honda across the
line for the Expert main event
win at Castle Rock, beating National
number 20 Brad Hurst by a nose.
Hurst set a new track record on his
KRW/Woodland Honda/Out Front/
Triumph with a lap time of 22.37
seconds, breaking the record he set
three weeks ago. Danny Bennett sped
away and topped the Junior main
event on his Megacycle CamslWheelsport Honda and Robert Horban
(Grants Pass Suzuki/Auto Mania/
Light Racing Products) did the same
LO win the Novice main.
Jeff Harsha and Bennett were calm
and collected in the junior main and
watched 10 riders jump the gun at the
first attempt at gelling off the line.
Take two saw Seattle Honda's Chris
Fitzhugh grab the lead over Bennett,
Duane Gerrard and Otto jorgenson.
Harsha quickly overtook three riders
Jeff Harsha at Castle Rock.
to move inLO second behind Bennett
which set up another of a series of
exciting races between the two. Harsha has yet to win a main this season,
but did it to Bennett in their heat
with a last-corner pass, and the 2000
spectators figured he could do the
same in the main.
Harsha pushed Bennett for 10 laps
until Gerrard made a pass on the TT
jump. Gerrard then batled with Bennett and Harsha was left LO fend 0[£
Fitzhugh and semi-winner Don Wilson. Bennett held on [or the wi n over
Gerrard, Harsha, Fitzhugh and
Wilson.
The skies got incredibly dark before
the tart of the Expert main and once
again it was rain versus racing. Luckily it held off long enough for Green
to grab the lead over jeff Campbell,
Charlie Barkman and Mike ullivan.
Green and Campbell were having it
out in a battle royale but Green's
National experience has paid off as of
late and LOnight he was looking for
his first win this season at Castle
Rock. With Mickey Fay not in attendance, it was nice to see a new face in
the winner's circle, but those who
watched Hurst come from last to
second, wondered who would it be?
Hur t and Green fought tooth and
nail for two laps and it looked like
time would run out for Hurst. Hurst
got a good drive out oC the final turn to
make his move, but Green took the
win by inches. Campbell took a third,
a long. way ahead of Barkman, jeff
McDaniel, Sullivan and Thomas McCullough, the latter working from
II th to finish seventh after fighting
ofC Scott Miler and Dana Hansen.
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Results
EX: 1. Rendy Green (Han); 2. Bred Hurst (Tn); 3.
Jeffrey Cempbell (C-A); 4. Brett Berkmen (C-A); 5.
J.ff McQeniel (C-A); 6. Mike SulliY.n (Han); 7.
Tha (Hus); 4. Chris Fitzhugh (Han);
5. Don Wilson (Yem); 6. Trayis Bebcock (Han); 7.
Herry Thomes (Tri); B. Del Schnitzer (Hon); 9. Otto
Jorgenson (BSA); 10. Jeff Herden (Han); 11. Ken
Grey (Yem); 12. Brien Brown (Yem).
NOV: 1. Robert Horben (Suz); 2. Mike Lowrence
(Han); 3. V.rl Smith (Yem); 4. Ed Byers (Yem); 5.
Denny McDonnell (Han); 6. Men Holm (Han); 7.
Billy Hoggmen (Kew); B. Todd Heggmen (Kew); 9.
BobWehers(Kewl; 10. RonWeters(Kew); I1.John
Bred/ield (Bul); 12. Frank Crene (Yem).
Dlaz bags
Buckhom enduro
win
By Jim Bowman
OAK RUN, CA, JUNE 26
Eddie Diaz charged through the
dusty summer enduro clouds to
win the District 36 Buckhorn
enduro by seconds today, despite
the efforts of three of the top 20 National AA riders. Open A class winner
Diaz, sponsored by Cycle Gear and
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