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BO INT: 1. Mike Bitner (Vam); 2. John Culwell
(Kaw).
125 NOV: 1. Kenneth To.e (SUl); 2. Terry Isbell
(Han); 3. Bob Dial (Han).
125 JR: 1. Doug Belcher (SUl); 2. Brian Peoples
(Kawl; 3. Aaron Ginn (Kaw).
125 INT: 1. Steve Lucente (Yam); 2. Alan Pierce
(Kawl; 3. Dallen McKenney (Han).
250 NOV; 1. Lee Wilson (Han); 2. Ben Saville
(HanI: 3. Gilbert Kwolek (Han I.
250JR: 1. Darin Vanderpool (Kaw); 2. Cris Cock·
rum (HOn); 3. Emory Cate (Suli.
OPEN JR: 1. Carl Cox (Vam); 2. Randy Piepkorn
(Honl; 3. Mike Hulsey.
OPEN INT: 1. Darin Layton (Han); 2. Aaron Pipes
(Honl.
VET SPT:.1. Greg Grouleff (Honl; 2. Vic Hager
(Honl; 3. Relnal de la Cerda (Han).
OT SPT: 1. Ron Clawson (SUl); 2. Lee Drewry
(Mai); 3. Bob Kosovilka (Vam).
125 PRO: 1. Tony Toste; 2. Dennis Hannel (Han);
3. Kimo Casey (Kaw).
250 PRO: 1. Tim Worth (Han); 2. Jon Nelson
(Han); 3. Welsey Furrh (Han).
OPEN PRO: 1. Tim Worth (Han); 2. Greg Torgerson (Yam); 3. Tim Dial (Han).
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Harriger hot at
Sacramento MX
By "Nuclear" Neukam
SACRAMENTO, CA, MAY 18
Rodney "Hare Ball" Harriger
~ad a Ii t~le difficul ty. breathing
10 the pItS at the Fnday night
Stadium MX races at Sacra-
at Huron Cycle Park in round two of
the CMC San Joaquin Valley eries.
Wds~>n, a 250cc Novice, was not only
gammg on, but passing everal J unior cla rider before lap two. He
walked away with first overall for the
day on a Honda, with Ben Saville and
Gilbert Kwolek of Hanford coming
in second and third, also on Hondas.
The 80cc Junior class has proven
to be one of the most exci ting to
watch, with the excellent performances by Kawasaki-mounted Lance
G~man and Kevin Peoples, both
hailmg from Bakersfield. Goodman
finished first overall and leads the
series, with Peoples in second and
James Tate of Mojave in third.
125cc Intermediate Jeff Reynolds
of Bakersfield pulled a good lead in
his first moLO. Choosing to accept the
challenge of the triple jump instead
of comfortably completing th race,
he crashed and was unable to compete the rest of the day. Taking first
in the class was Steve Lucente of
Fresno on Yamaha, with Alan Pierce
of Bakersfield following in se ond
and Dallen McKenney in third.
mento Raceway, but after the gate
dropped m the 125cc Pro class it was
his competition that was breathless
after chasing the Hi-Point/Kawasaki-mounted Harriger LO the checkered in both moLOS.
Hi-PointiKawasaki-mounted Tim
Aston and RCSuzuki- ponsored Kenny Klein began the first moLO battle.
Then, Harriger swooped the lead and
held on for the win, while A LOn held
his Team Green machine WFO and
was still forced to ettle for se~ond.
Klein was third while Cory Cantaloupi - who till forced to settle for
second. Klein was third while Cory
Cantaloupl - who was sporting
chopper-style forks attributed to a
broken steering head - held 0[£ Jed
Green for fourth.
Moto two went to the "Hare" again
as Klein battled Aston for second and
cameouton top. Harriger, Klein and
~ston also were 1-2-3 overall, respectively.
Kenny Klein was flawless as he
roosted his RC uzuki to the win in
both 250cc Pro motos for the overall.
Chip Vanderford put his Honda inLO
second the first moto and third the
second time out for second overall.
Third overall went LO Dave Wood,
who scored a 3-4 for th iI'd overa II. Joe
Wnght rode the wheels off his HiPoint/Honda of a ramenLO-SUpported CR250 for second in the second
mode, but a D IF in moto one kept
him out of contention for the overall.
Jimmy Robertson pu hed hi coot
to fifth both time out, for fourth
overall.
Gary Pash put his Mike' Cycle
Kawa aki In the top overall position
by conng a second the first 250cc
Novice moLO and winning the second.
Suzuki-mounted Steve Palfy was second overall with a 1-3 score while
third overall went to C.D. Hool as he
".no-handed" his way to fourth the
fIrst moto, and rode to a wild second
that had the crowd screaming in
moto two.
Jamie ~ooten's 3-1 tally in the
80cc oVlce class was just what it
took to walk away with the overall
while Kawasaki-mounted Grant Mi:
chael on u ed consisten y in his 2-2
grading for second overall. Joe Joe
Joerger smoked the first moto in his
typi al Yamaha-style, but problems
beset the youngster in moLO two and
he was relegated to fourth, and third
overall.
Results
Results
60: 1. Brian Gouveia (Kaw); 2. Zak Crabb(Vam); 3.
Tonv Crabb (Vam).
BO NOV; 1. BillV Woods (Kaw); 2. Clifford Wright
(Kaw); 3. Murphey Heinsohn (Kaw),
80 JR; 1. Lance Goodman (Kaw): 2. Kevin Pea·
pIes (Kawl; 3. James Tate (Vern).
60: 1. Karl Butler (Kaw); 2. Gary Robinson (Kawl'
3, Erica Lutz (SUl).
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80 NOV 1: 1. Jamie Wooten (Han); 2. Grant
MIchaelson (Kawl.
BO NOV 2; 1. Grant Michaelson (Kaw); 2. Pat Lutz
(Han I.
Jeffrey Fine (7G) jumps to an early lead at the start of the Mini Beginner
class at DeAnza. Jeb Brock (7) was the eventual winner.
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to beat John McManus (Suz). who
had a fifth in the first moto becau e of
a poor start, but came back to smoke
everyone in the second moto.
Critser grabbed the holeshot in the
firs~ moto followed closely by Tom
mlth (Yam) and Dave Daniels (Hon).
McManus was a distant seventh off
the start, but worked his way to a
strong fourth by the second lap. Honda-"'!ountedKen Carlson had passed
DanIels on the first lap and was givmg SmIth some serious pressure. On
lap six mith bobbled and Carlson
slipped by, but had no chan e of
catching Crit er, who was a good 20
second out in fronl. So, the order at
the checkers was Critser, Carlson
Smith, and Honda rider Todd Schaer:
fer who made a daring last lap pass
for fourth over McManus.
In the. second moLO, McManus
tuffed hiS RM250 thl"Ough the first
turn m front ofCntser, Mike Michelli
(Hon) and Carlson. Yamaha-mounted
Howard Keeling passed Carlson and
set his sights on Michetti. Unfortunately, Keeling passed Michelli while
he was laying on the ground after
crashmg out of contention. M Manus continued to lead with Critser
about 10 econds back. Keeling held
off Carlson for the remainder of the
moto making the order McManu'
C~itser, Keeling, Carlson, and Scot;
Rippens (Yam). Critser's 1-2 edged
out McManu ' 5-1 for first, while
Carlson's 2-4 put him in third over
Keeling's 6-3.
In Pee Wee Mission Yamaha's Robert Allen Cole roosted his YZinger
to a well earned 1-2 tally, which was
enough to put him in first overall
over Sunwest Yamaha's Troy Halmg. Redlands Imports' Jon Pauls
landed third with a 2-3.
Results
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PEE WEE: 1. Robert Allen Cole (Vam); 2. TroV
Haling (Vam); 3. Jon Pauls (Vam).
DIV 111: 1. Jason Lentz (Han); 2. Jimmy Williams
(Kaw); 3. Chris Comer (Kaw).
MINI BEG: 1. Jab Brock (Yam); 2. Dante Herrero
(Yam); 3. Oerie Garcia (Kaw).
MINI NOV: 1. Allan Brehm (Vam); 2. Oennis
Urban (Vam); 3, larry Lave (Vam).
125 BEG: 1. Brent Bessert (Hon); 2. Craig Crowder
(SUl); 3. Scott Thomson (Suz).
125 NOV: 1. HenervVilloch (Han); 2. Don Marrolli
(SUl); 3. Jeff Bua (SUl).
1251NT: 1. Scott Mapes (Kaw); 2. Johnny Bonacci
(SUl); 3. Brian Maver (SUl).
250BEG; 1, DannVCritser (Yam); 2.John McMa·
nus (Suz); 3. Ken Carlson (Hon).
250 NOV: 1. Bob Watson (Kaw); 2. Curt Bingham
(Suli.
250 INT; 1. Kit Palmer (SUl); 2. Mike Carlo (Han)'
3. Kevin Nash (KTM).
.
250 PRO; 1. Greg Nash (Han I; 2, Tonv Spear
(Sull; 3. SCon WIlkInson (Han).
OPEN BEG; 1. Rick Sliger (Kaw); 2. Bill Stroup
(Han).
OPEN NOV: 1. Paul Doebereine (Honl; 2. Ron
Shuler (Vam).
OPEN INT: 1. Jeff FahvIHon); 2. Jim Caspio (SUl);
3. Roy Burton (SUl).
OPEN PRO: 1. Dan Paulson (Han); 2. David Clement{Hon).
VETS BEG: 1. Craig Comer (Yam); 2. Steve Carter
(Honl.
VETS INT: 1. Earl Shuler (Vam).
VETS SR: 1. RoV Burton (SUl); 2. Ed Micheni
(Hon); 3. Larry Lowen (Suz).
Wilson's racket at
Huron MX
By Laura Elmore
HURON, CA, MAY 20
An exhibition of performance
riding was given by Lee Wilson Jr. in a two-wave tart of
250cc Novice and 250cc Juniors
80 INT; 1. Mark Fain (Kaw).
80 EX; 1, J,J. Tavlor (Kaw); 2. Tonv McGrath
(Kawl.
125 NOV 1: 1. Gary Pash (Kawl; 2. Don McGrath
(Han I.
. 125 NOV 2: 1. David Cordoba (Honl; 2. Ron
Picken (Han),
125 PRO; 1. Rod Harriger (Kaw); 2. Kennv Klein
(SUl).
250 NOV: 1. Garv Pash (Kaw); 2, Steve Paltry
(SUl).
.250 INT: 1. Dennis Redding (Han I; 2. MickeV
Shaugnnessv (SUl),
250 PRO: 1. Kennv Klein (SUl); 2. Chip Vander·
ford (Han).
. OPEN NOV: 1. Tim Hausmann (Yam); 2. Bill Per·
k,ns (Han).
VET NOV; 1. RoV Crowder (Han); 2. Clint Schel·
bert (SUl).
VET INT: 1. Monte Miller (Suli.
OT NOV: 1. George Buttles (Kaw); 2. Vern Wood
(Han).
OT INT; 1. Ralph Thomure (Kaw).
OT EX: 1. Mike Heiberger (Han); 2. Dennis Haus·
mann (Mai).
FOUR·STROKE: 1. David Robinson (Han); 2. Ste·
fan Karnapp (Varni.
PP: 1. Caron Thompson (Honl.
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Green great at
Sidewinders
TTopener
By Clay Ught
CLACKAMAS, OR, MAY 18
National number 24 Randy
Green flew his Honda across
the line for a win in a crashmarred Expert main event win
at Sidewinders/AMA Pro TT opener
in Clackamas. Green took the lead
aIter e.arly leader Mickey Fay's demise
on hiS Wood-Rotax. Ryan Fi her
(Sil"!Jpson/Garner Yamaha) won an
excltmg JunIOr main event after a
12-lap battle with Chris Fitzhugh.
~ ashington riders packed a 1-2 punch
ill the
ovice main with Mark Illian
yielding to tricky Randy Roose in the
last turn for Roose to pick up his fir t
AMA Pro win.
Time trials started off the program
on the slick course with Fay's Rotax
bli~tering toa 15.15-second lap, qualIfymg fastesl. Second was Jeff Campbell's Can-Am. Campbell clocked in
at 15.20, followed by Green (15.22)
and Charlie Barkman (KTM), who
posted a 15.25 to finalize the trophy
dash for the Experts. Top Junior
qualifyerwasFi herona500Yamaha
at 15.37, followed by the 15.45 of
ROlaX rider Brian McGonigal.
. Expert heat races were superb, pittmg countless numbers of Nationally-ranked riders. From each heat, the
top three LOok direct tickets to the
main. The best heat race came in the
third, five-lap slugfe t which was to
be a sneak preview of the main.
Thomas McCullough (Lou Kinish
Tnumph) and Green led coming
down the hill, until he got around
McCullough for the win, with NatIonal number 74 Mike ullivan third.
The rest of the field came from a single, eight-rider semi. which took the
top three and put Campbell, Brad
Hurst (Tri), and Washington's Duane
Gerrard in the final.
Gone are the days of the 250cc twostroke in AMA Professional TT racing in the Northwest. ovices are
now eligible to ride 500cc four-strokes;
and eleven of twelve were on similar
machinery. The ovice main, which
opened up the 1984 Pro dirt track
season, Mark lilian and nemisis Randy Roose (BBRP/Kleen Taps/Nymo
Plates/Olson Auto Body) shot into
the lead at the green. They put a conSIderable margin on third place, the
lone 250cc rider, Bill Taylor of California. Taylor fended off a pack consisting of Kenny Wheaton, Matt
Holm and Marty Zirbel - to finish a
fine third. The real surprise was a
finish line pass that Roo e put on
IIIJan to snag the win by a wheellength t the checkered flag.
!,"isher and Fitzhugh had a good
thl':lggomgwhtle leading the Junior
m.am event, until a massive pile-up
nixed action. Once things settled
