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.~ r.n w z a: « '" z s a: '" >'" r.n e 0 0 I- lr:l I D- 00 C') ..- G(') ..- ..c: u l-I ~ ~ (Above) Br uce Barnes (828) leads the 250cc A main. (Bel ow) Todd Campbe ll (415) and Bader Manneh (17) prepare t o battle in the 125cc Experts. Manneh gets the signal that Campbell is near. The night before. Manneh came from beh ind and won the 1 25cc Pro -Am race. Thompson takes two at Seattle amateur SX By Brian Barn es SEATTLE, WA, F EB. 10 The 1985 Amat eur Supercross series m oved into Seattl e 's Kingdome today, foll owing two days of exci tin g professional 36 , racing. On hand were so me 400 riders from Washington, Oreg on, Idaho, Montana , Ala ska a n d Canada , participating in the activiti es. Bill West of SuperSports Promotions and Lynn Howla nd of Hi-Tee Motocross Productions put together a very smoo th and well -run ra ce program which this year gave a ma teu rs th e cha nce to run a ll day . Idah o 's " Li g h m ing " L owell Thompson em er ged as the o n ly double winner at Sea ttle, taking hi s Team Green/j.T.-sponsored Kawasakis to vic tory in both th e 80cc Expert a n d l 25cc B cl asses . Sever a l other riders , including J ason Pea rson (Hon ), Mike Jorgensen (H o n ), Chaun McCallister (Yam ) and Don Kn ob lauch (Kaw ) nearly pu lled off th e same feat, but only Th ompson e mer ged wit h a double wh en the smoke cleared . Ro d Stanley (Kaw) took the first win of the day wit h a 1-2 fi nish in th e 65cc A division for the overa ll. Behind him so m e great racing took pl ac e with P earson , Jason McCormick (Kaw ) a n d Mik e Hurst (H o n) following Stanley across th e line at th e end of the first round. Moto tw o was a different story as R yan Huffman (Ka w) piloted his gr een m achine to a wire-to-wire win , followed by S ta n ley. McCormi ck p a ssed Pea rson o n the fin a l la p to tak e second overa ll wi th a 3-3 finish , a nd P ea rson' s 2-4 wa s good en ough for third overa fl .Huffrnau '» ,7-1 s ore- r ea rned him fourth. T he 85cc A cl ass found the northwes t's best riders assem bled on th e lin e for th e first round. T eam Green's Larry Ward took th e hol eshot in front of teammate T hom pso n, T eam Yamaha/O 'Neal rider Paul Winn and Sinsa lo/ Ka wasa ki-m o u nted J eff Dail y of O regon . Ward kept the lead for tw o laps until Thompson flew p ast o n lap th ree. T hom pso n stayed up front fo r th e rem ainder to take th e win. Wa rd pl aced seco nd, a n d Winn , Dail y, a nd H on da rider Troy Doty rounded o u t th e to p five spo ts. Mot o tw o found Thompson up front from start to finish. but a great ra ce went on with Winn and Ward both taking turns in th e second spot. Wi nn spen t th e fin al lap in th e second position, a nd s uccessfu ll y held off Ward to take second in the moto and the overall. Ida ho rid er Brian Thompson (Ya m) a n d Dail y took th e fou rth and fifth sp o ts in th e moto wi th Daily's 4-5 tall y, taking fourth overall behind Ward. P earson to ok h is H onda to a welldes erved win in th e 85cc B class with a 3-2 finish. David Foster (H o n) and Paul Row land (K aw) both won m otos, bu t problems o f one so rt or another kept them from the ov er al l. Susan Chapman (Kaw ) was seco n d ov erall by virtue of her 4-3 score. A big fie ld o f 85cc C riders found . Bard McCa lli ster (Ka w) taki ng the m ain eve nt o ver fir st heat wi n ner J as on Hann on (Hon) a nd Yamahamounted Steve Dukes. J oe Belshaw (Ka w) was fourth in th e m ain after taking a runner-up during h eat two. In th e 125cc A cl ass, Corey Barton took hi s Kawasaki to victorv in bo th m ot o s. Barr on lo o ked e x t remely stro ng , running up front during every lap o f both races. Ca nada's Mike J orge nsen took hi s H onda to th e second o vera ll spot with a 5-2 fini sh , whil e J am ie Munson (Kaw), Pa u l Winn (Yam), Scou Steffey (Ka w), and Honda ri d er Larry Keubl er Jr., did some di cing to esta blis h the third through six th ove ra ll positi ons. Wi th so me 40 riders in the 125cc B class, T hom pson found hi s going a li tt le to ughe r. Both he a nd McCallister won th eir respective h eats, and w hen th e ga te dropped Thompson wa s lead i ng McCalli ster , David Ander son a nd Ton y Comstock (Hon ) on th e ho lesh ot, McCallister wasn't going to Rive in a s he passed Thompson a nd gai n ed the lead on la p two . But wh en Thompson p assed him ba ck, it wa s fo r g ood. Thompson took the o vera ll wi n with McCallis ter second, C u rt Sta naway third, Comstock fourth a nd Oregon' s Steve Jones fifth . Si x ty-s ix rider s did battle in th e l 25cc C cl a ss with Shaun Woods, Ed J en son (Hon) a n d Perry Berger sta king cl a im to th eir 'respective heat win s. In th e final J enson looked like he had it dialed for the win, but he crash ed . This left Montana 's Jack Gabelhausen to ta ke the victory wi th J enson recovering to take second, a lt ho ug h he had broken his co llarbone when he fell. Both Jorgensen and McCallister wer e rew arded with win s in the 250cc A and B classes , respectively , af ter taking ea rl ier runner-ups in th e 125cc A a n d B classes. Jorgense n 's 250cc A win ca me with rel a tive ease; af ter pa ssin g Honda -mounted Bru c e Barnes who hol esh otted , J o rg en sen led th e rest of the main wi th a n umber o f riders tryi ng to c1aim second. Fello w Canadian Da rr in Po ul so n , a lso a bo a rd 'a Honda, fina ll y wo und u p second with Wa shington 's Don Knobl auch (Kaw) third. Marshall Favre (Hon) ran second for th ree la p s bu t enco u nt ered problems and sett led for th e four th spo t w hile yet anoth er Canad ian, Danny Bullock, scored fifth a n d Barnes took sixth. McCallister's B class win ca m e over Ala ska's R a lp h Blanchard (Yam), while David Rhodes (Hus), Sean Akin (Ya m) a nd Lance Sponberg (H o n ) put on a n exce lle nt mote-long dice to ro u n d o u t th e top five. In th e 250cc round. KTM -mounted Charles Dr ake posted a well-deser ved w in wi th David Ing woo d taking seco nd in front of fellow H onda rider, Kri s Ovall a n d Id aho's J eff Murray • (!:I o n ).- .-_ _ -- -'::"':: :-:: ,- Kn oblauch was th e Open A victor a boa rd hi s KX500 w h ile Id a h o 's Rick H ol zer (Ka w) d id th e sa me to th e O pen B class. Fred Christian (H o n) beat Bri an Gj ern es (H o n) to take Open C. In th e Ov er The Hill (age 30 to 40 yea rs) wars Carl Marcham rode his Kawasak i to th e overall wi n o ver brothers Dave a nd Barry Roestel, both on Huskys. J eff C hikusa (Ka w) and Pat McCafferty (Ya m ) finished fourth and fifth respective ly. In the O ld T ime rs class i t was Gordon Ochs (H o n) taking the win with Ri ch Kelley (Suz ) second. Laurie Wes cott (Ya m) was third . Washington State MX Champions were cro w ned during special ex h ibition races during Pro inter m issio n Frida y a nd Saturda y nights. On Fri d a y, la st yea r 's Mini A champ Larry Ward successfully defended hi s tit le holding o ff P au l Winn in a grea t race while Kawasaki-mount ed Pa u l "Lucky" R ow la nd took a we ll-deserved Mi ni B Championship. O n Saturday the 125cc, 250cc, and Open Expert state finalists lined u p fo r bat- · ti e. After Mike Jorgensen a nd Bruce Barnes took their turns up front, John Kocher laid claim to the 250c c Sta te Championship w it h Jamie Munson taking the I 25cc crown a nd Honda-mounted Ro n Wallace tak· · ing his second consecutive Open class State Championship. . Results 65cc A: 1. Rod Stan ley (Kawl; 2. J ason McCo r · mick (Kaw); 3. Jason Pear son (Hen ). 65 0Cc B: 1. Dan Ul ven (Kaw); 2. Sh awn W arin g (Han); 3. Brian Jo nes (Kaw l. . 85 cc A : 1. Lowe ll Thompson (Kaw) ; 2. Paul Wi nn (Yam ); 3. Larry W ard (Kaw ). 85 cc B: 1. Jason Pearson (Hon); 2. Su san Chapman (Kaw l; 3. David Foste r (Han). B5cc C: 1. Bar t McC alli ster (Kaw); 2. Jason Han nan (Hen); 3 . St eve Dukes (Yam). 125 A : 1. Corey Banon (Kaw); 2. Mi ch ael .Jcrgens en (Han ); 3. Ja mie Munson (Kaw) . 12 5 B: 1. Lowell Thom pson (Kawl; 2. Chau n M cA li ster (Yam ); 3. Cu rt Stanaway . 12 5 C: 1. Jac k Gabelh au sen (Yam); 2. Ed Je nsen (Ho n); 3 . Den nis McC on nell (Kaw ). 250 A:. 1. M arsh all Favre (Han); 2. Darren Poulsen (Han); 3. David Rhodes (Hus). 250 C: 1. Cha rles Drak e (KTM): 2. David Ingwood (Han ); 3. Kr is Ovall (Han). OPEN A : 1. Don Knoblaugh (Kaw ); 2. Devin Wes ter (Hon); 3. Ron W all ace (Hon) . OPEN B; 1. Rick Holzer (Kaw) : 2. John Foeckle r (Suz); 3. Steve M ell on (Yam). OPEN C: 1. Fred Chr ist ian (Hon) ; 2 . Br ian Gj ernes (Han); 3. Dan W ise (Han). OVER THE HILL: 1. Carl M archem (Kaw) ; 2. David Roeste l(Hus); 3 . Barry Boestel (Hus). OLD TIM ERS: 1. Gordo n Ochs (Han); 2. Richa rd Kelley (Suz); 3. Laurie Wesc on (Yam). .J.o •

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