Jemie Tucker; 3. Scott HMfieldlTim Merkin.
OPEN AM: ,. Robert Towne/ Bryon Hart; 2. Mike
F"'lIO/Jeff Ptourd; 3. Frenk end Tom Ilea•.
OPEN NOV: 1. Steve Bohennen/Den Johnston;
2. Ken Beeuregerd/Steven Williems.
250 EX; 1. Todd Kennedy/Bill Lyons; 2. Mett
Hope/Don Methews; 3. Rick Kryger/ Jimmy Wright.
250 AM: 1. Doug Hogen/Andy Wetzel; 2. Brett
Nelson/Scott Smith; 3. Stven Plourd/Rheynerd
Morgen.
250 NOV: ,. Gery Kepple/DeYe Skoglund; 2. Rick
Pickering.
125 EX: 1. Ed end Jeff Folend; 2. Bob Bell/Kirk
Hest",; 3. John Bird/Ron Desrosillt"S.
125 AM: 1. Mike McCoy/Den Desrosiers; 2. Joey
lJInelTony Derr; 3. Tim Hosking.
125 NOV: ,. Keith Shermen/Richerd Hensley; 2.
Den .nd Devid Tubbs; 3. Steve Ruil/Ben Gelindo.
VET EX; 1. Ed Mundy/Brett Cushing; 2. Bob lJIr·
son/CI.ude M.yn.rd; 3. Steve Reynolds/Mort
Meynerd.
VET AM: 1. Tom G.mble/Bry.n Benson; 2. Bob
Hufl/Fr.nk Sherfy.
VET NOV: ,. Floyd HudsonlThom.s St. Pet.r; 2.
Hat Drew/Dennis Deses (Han).
125 INT: 1. Cliff Austin (Han); 2. Eric Sandstrom
(Han I; 3. Don MeGr.th (ltew).
250 INT; I. Steve D.na.
OPEN tNT: 1. Jim D.ne; 2. Bill Perkins.
80 NOV: 1. Brett H.milton (Kawl; 2. Don.ld
Pembo (Kew); 3. Mark Alv1Irel (Kaw).
80 INT: 1. J.mie Wooten.
80 PRO: 1. Tony MeGr.th IKaw); 2. Shawn
Wooten (Kawl.
125 NOV #1: 1. Scott Stone; 2. Eric McMurtrie
(V.m); 3. J.J. Taylor (Yam).
125 NOV #2; I. J.J. T.y1orIYaml; 2. Eric McMurtrie IY.ml; 3. Ted Sterk (K.wl·
250 NOV: I. Mark Fortin (Han); 2. Tim Haagstadt
(Sull; 3. Steve V.mum (SUl).
OPEN NOV: 1. Shennon McM.nus (Honl; 2. Scott
H....lbrock (Suz); 3. Pete Fegley (Mai).
VErNOV: 1. Tom Strllllon(Sull; 2. 0 .... Mathews
(Honl; 3. D..id V.nMeter (Honl.
Wells' fair go a
success in Reno
By Rob Hardy
RENO, NV, SEPT. 8-9
The Nevada State Fair had a
special attraction as motorcycle
jumper Gary Wells combined
his own daredevil stunts with a
racing show of short track motorcycles, three-wheelers and micromidget cars.
Saturday's schedule had heat races,
alternating between the short trackers
and the cars, with the three-wheelers
doing a "fun to watch" exhibition.
When the short track final was run
it was Perry Pruette edging out local
rider Branden Carnahan for the win.
To climax the Saturday program,
Wells performed one of his more
complex stunts. He rode his CR500
a£( a ramp four sLOries in the air and
onto a IO-wheel trai ler bed angled 45°
up to serve as a landing ramp. Wells
then gassed it hard to gain speed up
the ensuing launcfiing ramp,jumped
and landed hard on level ground. He
locked up both brakes and slid up to
the retaining wall, barely bumping
the haybales.
The jump was a success, and the
only glitch was that Wells' crew would
Gary Wells leaps off a scaffold as part of his jump/land/jump again stunt
atthe Nevada State Fair,
have to repair the landing ramp,
since Wells punched a hole in it with
his rear tire.
Sunday's program started 0(£ the
same as Saturday's, with heat races
alternating between the bikes, threewheelers and cars. The big difference
was that Wells performed his jump
before the short track final. The reason was that he wanted to-race his
CR500 MXer against the short trackprepped bikes to see how he' would
do.
This time Wells £lew further off the
jumpand upon landing, had so much
speed built up he went into the haybales lined up in front of the fence. It
was a very controlled crash, however,
as Wells immediately jumped off the
bike when it hit. Wells gave the
thumbs-up sign to the crowd, which
responded with cheers and applause.
In the short track final Wells started
at the back of the pack, with a Carlisle dirt track tire on the back of his
CRSOO and a standard knobby on the
front. Wells was pressuring the leaders from the start, but after a few laps
as he tried to pass another rider, they
tangled and the rider went down.
Wells stopped on the next lap to
check on the rider's condition, and
while the rider signaled OK, Yamaha
rider Dave Ryan went on to win the
final over Pruette.
lechien mean
machine at
Answer/Dunes MX
By Lee Taylor
VALENCIA, CA, SEPT. 8
Honda's Ron Lechien went four
for four to win the 250cc and
Open Pro classes, rid.ing on a
revised Shadow Glen circuit in
the Answer Products Saturday MX
Series at Indian Dunes.
In the first 250cc Pro contest, Lechien took control in the back section
o[ the track and soon left the field far
behind. One of the best battles of the
day was the one for second between
Honda rider A.J. Whiting and Yama·
ha pilot Jim Holley. They traded the
position back and forth like a hot
spark plug, until Holley retired to
the pits with mechanical ills. Behind
Whiting a dice involving Gary Bowman, Russ Wageman, Tracy Oswell,
Larry Brooks and Erik Kehoe was
shaping up.
At the end of the race Lechien and
Bowman held their positions firmly,
with Oswell advancing LO third in
front of Bowman and Kehoe.
As the second moto got underway
Lechien shifted from sixth LO hyperdrive, and only t1ie cinematic Doppler
effects were missing as he disappeared
from view. Oswell was an initial
second ahead of Kehoe, but Kehoe
advanced to the runner-up slot and
held it. Whiting finished the moto in
third, but heand Kehoe reversed their
mota finishes to wind up second and
third overall, respectively. Bowman
and Oswell were fourth and fifth.
In the Open Pro class, Lechien
again wreaked havoc on thecompetition, riding a 1985 pre-production
water-pumper ~ . Gary DePillo
and Gary Jones finished 2-3.
After placing third in the 2505,
Kehoe toppled the 125cc Pro class
with a pair of wins. Second went to
top AMA I25cc National MX privateer Mike Beier (Yam), with Honda
rider Larry Brooks third.
Fresh from wins in Ponca City and
Hurricane Mills, Kal-Gard Honda
rider Willie Surratt topped the 125cc
Intermediate contest. In the first mota
the main competition was from Jim
Spotts as the two pulled away from
the pack and ran it to the wire, where
Surratt took the win. Dave Heary,
Gary Sailors and Craig White finished 3-4-5.
The second mota belonged to Bob
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