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I promise to pay such T AL (t og ether with a ny other c harges d ue the reon ) subject to OT and in a c c o rdance with rne Agre e ment g overn ing the use of such c o rd . · PIease ma II to . ATV News P.O. Box 1030 Long Beach, CA 90801·1030 or call (213) 595-4753 c.......... Muic.ll ,.-I2JII etas 110. OdIor I.......... _il.bIt ..... ro~ 28 C1IIck & 11 0'" 0.... ...,.11Io ill U.s. IwIdL N ich olas Schmidt leads Mark Hildebrand (1) and James George at ADRA 's New Year's Grand Prix. finis hed th ree m inu tes back o n a no ther '85 YZ. "Pops o f th e regul ar desert racers, J ohn Irnbriale too k hi s 500 Kawasaki to th ird overa ll for th e Open Ex pert win at 2:02:56. Gar y Dircks brought hi s 250 H onda in two minutes la ter for fourth overa ll. Since th e 200s left 15 seconds before the 250s an d O pens. Ro bbie Naughton, 200cc Expert wi nner , led the race nea r ly two la ps. H is 125 H onda co uldn' t hold o rr th e big bikes on th e lon g stra ig h ts, but he kept th e wick O il ill the ro ug h . en d ing up fifth overa ll, last to ru n 15 laps. The 1985 ADRA number on e pla teholder Ma rk H ildebran d rode a COli serva rive race fir st time ou t on a new Husky 250 for eigh th overa ll. fourt h 250cc Expert. Ama teurs a nd Side hac ks raced wi th th e Experts a nd top Ama teur was Scott Kin dl er a nd h is Y7 .250. He ra n 14 laps in 2:03:5 1. R igh t behind hi m for th e O pen Ama teur win. Dale Cooley looked good on a 500 H onda. In 200 Ama teur. C hr is Wh ite a nd Wa yne Ba lcerzak fough t it o u t. Whi te comi ng ou t on to p by 26 seconds. T he Mike C ur tislTodd Redon do team on a n 860 Yam aha Sidehac k ra n stro n g with no troubl es. lapped a ll their competi tion but th e runner-u p tea m o fJ erry Huegl e a n d Ell io tt Cl evenge r. Ear lier that a fternoon . Sen iors a nd No vices went a t it for 90 minutes. Senior Experts took the top five spots. led by J err y J ohnston with 10 la ps in 1:26:59. Dennis Pr escot t wa s top 38+ Sen ior Vet a t six th overa ll with Chris J ordan to p 250cc No vice a t eig h th overa ll. Ba ttling over sevent h and eig h th Senior Expert. Mik e Roseborrogh an d Boyd Ab bott rode two very diff erent KTMs. a 560 fou r-s tro ke a nd a 250 two- strok e. respectively. T he big o ne ca me in o ne seco nd fa ster. Mack Ga rrison brou ght hom e th e Over-T heH ill -G an g win in 56th overa ll. In the morn in g th e Beginners. Din osa u rs a nd La dies O pen classes ran for o ne ho ur p lus one lap. The 200cc Beg in ners too k the top Iive bert hs with winner Pa ul Kell ogg finis hi ng wi th a 2:30 cu shion. Lo n nie Srned stad a nd Neil Goodell fo ught it OU I in O pen Beg inn ers. Smeds tad winn in g by seco nds . R ich H arm on ra n away in 250cc Beg inners a nd Robin Webster was the Ladi es O pen winner. Class ic Din o ('76- '80) went to Vince Thomas o n a n o ld Kaw a saki with Vintage (p re '76) go ing to Mike Waddi ng o n a 500 Yamaha. On Sa tu rday th e Minis ran for o ne hour, a nd Mini Novi ce James Crider stoo d o ut taking the overall from top Mini Ama teur J err Newcomb. Crider turned seven laps in I:05:33. Hi s bro the r. Andrew ca me down from th e little town o f St. Johns, Arizon a 100, a nd was top 60cc Min i. Results 200 EX: 1. Robb ie Naughton (Hon ); 2. J eff Dar•nd (Hon ); 3. Jon McNelis (KTM ). OPEN EX: 1. J ohn Imbria le IKa w) ; 2 . James George (Kaw) ; 3 . Ryan Armitage (KTM) . 200 AM : 1. Chr is Wh ite (Han l; 2. Wayne Balcer zak (Hon); 3 . Bob Henderson (Yam ). OPEN AM : 1. Dal e Cool ey (Hon ); 2 . J ohn Kelley (Hus ): 3. Clint St ephan (Hon) . 200 NOV : 1. Tomm y Car lisle (Hon ); 2. Todd Jordan (Cag); 3 . Lance Uh land (Honl · OPEN NOV : 1. Glen Raper Jr . (Hon ): 2. Dave Tan ton (Han); 3. Chr is Gar st (Ho n). 38+ SA VETS : 1. Dennis Prescott IHus); 2. Carl Doug las J r. (Yam); 3. Dick Young (Hus). 200 BEG: 1. Pau l Kell ogg (Honl; 2. Ji m Norton (Yam); 3. Randy Killma n (Kaw ). 250 EX: 1. Br ia n Hayes (Yam) ; 2 . Ron Wa tmore (Yam ); 3. Gary Dircks (Hon) . SR EX: 1. Jerry J ohn ston (Hon); 2. Stan Fost er (KTM) ; 3. Elmer Anson (Yam). 250 AM : 1. Scott Kindler (Yam): 2. Tim Leehe (KTM ): 3. James Scon (KTMI . SR AM : 1. Ed Deedler (KTM ); 2 . Jo n Heikk ila l Kaw) ; 3 . Gerard Freedman (Ha n). 250 NOV : 1. Chris Jordan (Ho n); 2. M ich aei llardo (KTM) ; 3 . Ron Pont i us (Yam). 30+ SR VETS : 1 . A I Hoski n s (Yam): 2. Robert Chadwick (Hon) : 3. Butc h Od om (Hu s). SR SPTSMN : 1. AI Cone (Hus): 2. Joe Crozier (Hus): 3. leRoy J ohnston (Hon). 250 BEG : 1. Rich Harmon (Hon): 2. Tom Hutchin son (Hust; 3. David Webster (Yam ). OPEN BEG : 1. Lonni Smedstad (Hon ); 2. Neil Goodell (Hon); 3 . Frank Kilogan (Hon) . DIN OSAUR· VINTAGE : 1. Mike Wadding (Yam): 2. Tom Rowland (Hon); 3 . Dav id Mace (Han I. MINI NOV : 1. James Crider (Vam); 2. Scott Frey muller (Kawl; 3 . Allen May (Yam). 60 MINI: 1. Andrew Crider (Kaw) ; 2. Jeff Kraus (Han); 3. Jason Noyce (Han). SIDE HACK EX: 1. Curtis/Redondo(Yam); 2. Huegle /Clevenger (Mail; 3. Neill lWilliams (Mai). DTHG : 1. Ma ck Garrison (Hus): 2. Lance Lindy (Cag); 3. Don Underwood (KTM ). • MINI AM : 1. Jeff Newcomb (Kaw); 2. Brook ie Jeffery (Kawl; 3. Denis Hi ldebrand (Yam ). MINI BEG : 1. Kris Tower (Kaw ); 2. K.C. Kirk (Hon) ; 3 . Chris J ohnson (Kaw). CLASSIC·DINO : 1. Vince Thomas (Kawl; 2 . Steve Dan ie ls (Yam); 3. Leon ard Synd er (Yam). Thurston County hosts Eric Fahlander benefit MX By M ike Bosn ick OLYMPIA. WA. JAN. 6 Eighty o pen -h ea rted motorcycl ists rode quality into the Thurston County Off Road Vehicle P ark on a gra y da y in J anuary to pay tr ibute to Eric Fahlander. Fahlander had passed awa y a nt> month prior as a result of injuries sus ta ine d wh ile raci ng a t Woodl and. Washington on Decem ber I. Man y o f the local sho ps had don ated prizes for a ben efit ra ffle, an d a handful o f loca l pros sh owed up to make racing interesting. All rac ers voted to d on at e 100% o f th e pa yback to the benefit fund . Ra cin g wa s h oli est in th e Open Expert class. with Rainier Honda manager Ri ck Weidman. who had not ridden in some months. taking th e overa ll victory a fter putting in back to back moto wins. In th e 125cc Intermediates. J ason Norton (Federa l Way Cycle Center ) ca me back from fou r months o rr to a lso sco re back-to-hack mot o win s to tak e (h e overa ll. Rod Sta n ley took two Kawa sak is to class win s in th e 60cc Expert a nd 80cc Expert classes. Du ring the half-time int ermission. a cha in o f streng th was led by promoter Mike Bo sni ck . Bosn ick wore a Lynwood Yam aha jacket -the former sponsor o f Fah land er. Fahl ander will long be rernem bered as an outstanding com pe tito r, friend a nd motorcycli st in th e tru est sense o f the word. - • Results 60 EX; 1. Rod Stanley (Kaw) : 2. Mike Hurst (Hon ); 3. Reed Stantey (Kaw). 60 INT; 1. Eric Belshaw (Kaw). 801NT: 1. Jason Crandell (502 1 2. Susan Chapman ; (Kaw); 3. Rod Stanley (Kawl. OT MASTER; 1. Gord.n Grahm (Hon) : 2. AI Anderson (Han) . OTH MASTER: 1. Don Sh ouw ei ler. 125 EX: 1. John Sowards (Hon) ; 2. Aaron Shardle · ma n (Kaw); 3. Scott Rose (Yaml . 250 Ex: 1. Tom Bevaan (Kawl; 2. Jo hn Koch er (Hon) . OP EN EX: 1. Rich Wiedman (Hon) ; 2 . Da n Stone (Hon) ; 3 . Rob Dovis Jr. (Kaw ). 1251NT: 1. Jason Norton (Kaw); 2. Wayne Dixon (Kaw ): 3. Derek Hug es (Hon) . 250 INT : 1. Russ Kimble (Yam); 2. Mike Tre sch (Hon); 3. Br ian Percy (Yam) . OPEN INT : 1. Pat Jordon(Hon); 2. Gordo n Grahm (Hon); 3. Mitch Cu lbenson (Su z). 125 PRO: 1. J eff Sowards (Han) : 2. Scott Steffy (Kaw); 3. Kenny Almquist (Kaw). 250: 1 . Kory Klaudt (Ya m ); 2 . Steve Oster (Yam /Suz).