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must have been to his liking as he took the Class 22 (25Occ) win. Kent Pfieffer jumped into the lead at the start, but Sixberv swooped past the Team Honda rider as they came off the ultra-fast "Thompson's Ridge." Sixbery went unchallenged for the remaining laps. "I just bought this bike for this race," said an exuberent Sixbery after the race. "It's completely stock, right down to the front and rear tires. The engine only had five hours on it, so I wasn't even sure that it was broken in." Although Sixbery's ride in the final was relatively uneventful, his heat race on Saturday more than made up for it. "I almost went over the handl.ebars while dicing with Bill Boyer," SIXbery explained, "I went over a jump and when I landed, the front end dug in. I was way over the handlebars with my feet in the air. Then I hit something else that threw me back in the seat. I didn 'tthink about it afterwards, or else I would, have slowed down." Team Honda rider Boyer finished in second in the overall results and Tim Cauby, aboard a Yamaha was thlrd. A· Special Thanks From David Bailey ••• the Nation's First Motocross Triple Crown Winner! .... ~ ..c o .... u o Cless20 ~evin Hopkins didn't get the holeshbt in Class 20 (125cc), but by the time the pack had funneled through the "desert" portion of the course and jumped onto the short asphalt section, the Team Honda rider was in the lead and pulling away to the win. "It was a good race." said Hopkins afterwards, "I wasn't leading in the first comer, but after that, I didn't have any problems. The bike ran great; it's a box-stock CRl25 with the exception of taller gearing." Overall, Kevin Postel, Hopkin's teammate in long-distance off-road events, followed in second place, and Donnie Morrison, who won the Class 20 race last year, finished third. C~a.. 30 H;onda-mounted Ron Chrismer had a 'rather easy time of it in Class 30 (riders over 30 years of age) as he was , tHe only one entered in the class. ''I'm just glad that Gary (Jones) didn't enter the class," Chrismer joked after the race. "It was an easy day for me, but I tried my best; we all have a little competitive blood in us. I'm just disappointed that more people didn't enter." Cla.. 38 Forty-three-year-old Chuck "Feets" Minert, legendary for his exploits on BSAs, left his fleet of English bikes in the garage and rode a Lebard and Underwood Honda CR480 to the Class 38 win. Minert, who admits to owning 13 or I4 BSA's, took the lead at the start arid powered away from the other riders in the class. "Marvelous," was Minert's assessment of the race. "The course was well-prepared, it was almost like a TT course; it wasn't physically demanding like a motocross." When reporters asked his age after the race, Minert quipped back, "Forty-three, but you have to remember, I'm a little boy stuck in an old man's body." • Results ClASS 22: 1, Glry Jon.s (HuI); 2. D.n Asherlft (Hust. 3, Bryan B.....r (Han); 4, Chuctc Mill.r (Hon); 6, Bob Runen (Han); 6, Tom K.11y (Han), ClASS 21: 1, Mike Sbcbery !ylm); 2. Bill Boyer (Han); 3, TIm Ceuby !y.m); 4, Derren Sykes (Kawl; 5, Wlyne Sykes (Kaw); 6. K.nt Pfieffer (Han): 7, Larry Fif. (Han); 8, Scott Pfieffer (Han): 9, Doug Vlrn.1I (Hant. 10, Oren _ I I (Hue), CLASS 20: 1, K.vin Hopkins (Hon); 2. Pwter Postel (Han); 3. Donni. Morrison (Han); 4, Chris Ch.mbers !yam}; 6, Kurt Pfieffer (Han), ClASS 30: 1, Ran Christner (Han), ClASS 38: 1. Chuct Minen (Han); 2. HO'(! Statham rtalril: Loll ........ Pt....):- • ~'" '" • c • -3, "Can you believe it? I start the year out with a stadium win in Anaheim, and things were looking good. Now, one sprained ankle, one broken foot and 27 races later, I'm a triple crown winner. It still doesn't seem like reality, but I'm starting to accept it. It's what I wanted, more than anything else at this point in my life, and I did it. "lowe thanks to more people than I'll probably remember. My family has always been there when I needed them, and you can't imagine how much fan support does for my attitude. "The Wrangler Brand deserves more credit than I alone can give them. They invest large amounts of money in the sport I make my living at, and for that I say thank you. I'll help them out whenever the opportunity presents itself throughout 1984, when carrying the #1 Wrangler Super Series plate. "Team Honda put me where I am, no doubt abo'ut that. My tuner, Cliff White, gave 110 percent to make me a winner; my bike never let me down once throughout the entire season! Jeff Spencer, the team trainer, helped me through some really bad times, when injuries almost had me out of the points chase. Dave Arnold, the team manager, and Roger DeCoster were also instrumental in my success. "I wes well protected at every race by JT racing apparel and Scott goggles. Bel-Ray lubricants·and Champion spark plugs kept my machine capable, no matter what the conditions. "Well, that's about it. If I forgot anyone, I'm sorry. I'll be back for more in '84, so see ya then'" ... David Bailey HONDA. (SHOEI) SCOTT RA~ METHOD • Gary Bailey's MX School DUN.£OP And An Extra Special Thanks To All You Fans!