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(Eastl3709 W~st Erie A ve .• Lorain , OH 44 053
(West) 2650 H M ercan t ile Dr "
Rancho Cord ova. CA 956 70
Phil Larso n dominated t he Open Pro c lass at Boise; brother M ike Larson
won t he 125cc Pros . J oe Wright took the go ld in t he 250cc Pros ,
.
served notice early on th at h e was th e
man to beat as the Salinas H -D rider
put his " new rule" 500 to the immediate front of hi s heat race and stayed
there, Local hope John Colton (Hon )
snagged a transfer with a good lookin' win in his heat. And Tricia Lyons
(Yam ) struck a Novice blow for liberation with a transfer-worth y third
spot in her heat.
The Junior heats were hotl y contested with Bugsy Booth a n d Randy
Roose (H -D ) transferring out of the
first one, Terry Wahl (H-D) and
Boise guy Ricky Henson (Ya m) making it in the seco nd one. and Rod
Reynolds and Mark lilian scooting
in on heat three. The fo urt h Junior
heat pitted eventual winner Robert
Horban (C-A) against Marty Zirbel
on a de-tweaked Triumph , Zirbel slid
into second and mad e th e program.
Randy Gr een breezed to an easy
fir st Expert h eat win but the real
dr ama happened in Expert heat two .
Caught with chalk on th e tir es, John
Win cewicz (H on), Scott Pears on and
Frank Word were condemned to th e
p en alt y line wh er e Word's KTM
stro ker got a little too much o f a roiling re-start an d Word was sen t to th e.
pits to await a Last Chance Qual ifer.
Wincewi cz grabbed a n ea rly lead on ly
to ge t zap ped by Pearson , th en Mik e
Sullivan (T ri) a nd Frank Crane, With
three transfers from each h eat , it
look ed lik e Win cew icz was go ing to
.
ride th e Semi.
Th e third Ex pert hea t sa w Mickey
Fay in act io n aboard hi s H onda
thumper rather th an h is " tra ilbike"
mount of Friday n ight. Fay blazed
aro u n d wi th Ron Yamamo to - o n
th e sa me Honda 500 two-stroke he
used to win last year's ra ce wi th - in
second. The third transfer spo t was a
dogfight between North Idaho rid ers
Kirk Strong a nd Arney Wick wi th
Strong eme rgi n g victorious,
Rick Albee (Ro tax) snagged o ne
Junior semi a nd Dean J ames looked
good in th e o ther bu t it wa s the
Expe rt semi that really got folks to
th eir feet up on Sunbu rn H ill. Arn ey
Wick, rid ing h is C R500 half -miler
with a brak e on it, had no do ubt in
hi s mind th at h e was goi ng to mak e
th e pro gram. Wick go t th e lead and
hel d it wh ile Wor d blasted h is way
into seco nd , Wincewicz brok e a n axle
and skittered o ff th e track 10 rn d his
day, Sh ort track winn er J eff H a rsh a
(Yam ) go t lost in the shuffle a nd
started packin '.
Foll owin g su ndry ceremonial stuff,
th e trophy dashes gOI underway wi th
la st-m inu te contingencies and b uc khol as being co nt rib uted by the cro wd ,
P.]. Sa nchez surprised no one by
goin g wire-to-wire with his dash fo r
th e cas h while Rod Reyno lds took
ad va nt age of Rick Albee's fall -down
to cop his bucks for four la ps. The
Experts' fastest four lined up with
Fay , Green and Sullivan joined by
Larry Legarra (Tri). Green and Fay
raced side-by-side for most of th e first
two laps unti l Green made the smallest of mistakes, slid more sid eways
than forward for an instant and .. .
there went Fay!
More ceremonial stuff, another beer,
smear on some more suntan lotion
on the 80" hillside.and it's time for
the main events. Novice comer Sanchez already had made believers of
the crowd and proved his point once
again with fellow Californian Bruce
Johnson (Ro ta x) the only man who
could stay with him. Shawn Hart
(Hem ) rode a steady 12 laps to finish
third .
On the line with the Juniors were
the hopes of the Owyhee Club with
last yea r's Junior Champ Rod Reynolds and a 1985 Indoor Champ
Ri ck y Henson (Yam ) in the even t.
But it was Robert Horban (C-A) into
the first corner in front with Reynolds and Ra n dy Roose (H -D) pulling into the second a nd third spots,
and settling into th e pace for th e 15lap main. And that 's how th ey finish ed , Albe e moved up to cha llenge
but co u ld n' t get there. Marty Zirbel ,
bent Triumph, bent body a nd all ,
d idn't make it a nd wa s rel eg at ed to
the back o f th e pa ck this yea r. Bugsy
Booth (H- D) sa t o n th e pol e but
didn 't get th e start he needed a nd
event ua lly slid O U I in th e dogleg
while trying to ca tch th e H orban /
Reynolds/Roose freight train,
Finall y, aft er th ree a n d threequarter days of racing, th e 20 laps
we'd a ll come to see: th e 3 1st Annual
Boise 'IT Expert main. On th e fir st
row sat Fa y, Green , Ben Zakarian
(Ro tax) , Sullivan , Yamamoto and
Pear son. Word, Strong a nd com pany
were on the second row .
Green ca me o u t sm okin ' a long
with Zakarian a nd Fay. U nfort una tely
th e light hadn 't quite chan ged and
a ll three went to th e back to try again ,
G etting a clean sta rt o n th e seoc nd
try, it was Mik e Sullivan 's big twin in
front with Yamamoto screa m ing th e
two-stroke behind him a nd Word
slipp ing into a n ear ly third spo t.
Two laps into th e race, Arney Wick
a nd Zakarian wound-up in a tangl e
wh ich left Wick pinned ben eath h is
mac h ine and Zak ari an hold in g a wr ist.
Wick strai gh tened o u t bik e a nd body
eno ug h to get ba ck 10 th e line just
inside th e restart tim e limit - Zak arian didn ' t. Wh en th e race was lit o ff
again, it wa s Word brin ging 'em into
the firs t turn with Su ll iva n , Yamamoto, G reen , Fay an d Pearson all
wi thin striking d istance.
Su ll ivan struck first , nipping Word
with sh eer pow er o n lap two , Then,
on the third lap , Fay h appen ed.
Blowin g by Yamamoto's H onda at
th e en d o f th e stra ig ht, Fa y ca rved the
cla ssic line th at Owyh ee o ld timers
refe r to as " Sonn y Bu rres' line:" h igh
a nd hard into th e turn a nd low and
tight in to th e dogleg to ro ost Word
a n d Sulli van and eme rge in the lead.
Sulli van went down and out of con tention within a noth er lap or two
and Green moved past \Vord into
second. Yamamoto lost th e battle
with a rapidly-approaching Pearson ,
as did Word who settled back behind
the three Honda leaders to race for
fourth with Yamamoto,
Green hung so me five seconds behind Fay, Pearson was the same distance behind Green, and Word and
Yamamoio were at five-second intervals as the race rolled on, Yamamoto
moved up to ch allenge the.KTM of
Word but just didn 't have the power
to overtake th e Grants Pass, Oregon
Expert.
At the finish, it was Burien Honda/
J. Enderson /York Motors /Bell /
Knigh t/Hi-Point/McCoys/Bel-Raysponsored Fa y with a commanding
lead and the rest of the pack wondering where Fay went! Last man around
was Wi ck who had more ser ious
problems th an he had thought with
both bike and body. But it was the
colorful Fa y wheelieing around the
track with the checkered flag when
all was said and done. Another long
'IT weekend at Boise wound-down
with Mickey spraying the crowd with
champagne, collecting his money and
preparing to head for San Jose . . .by
way of wherever in Boise the biggest
party was going to be that night! •
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Results
ST
MICRO : 1. Br i a n A n derson (Kaw); 2. Scott
M cPherson (Hon~ 3. Jason Riel< (Kaw).
MINI BEG: 1. Rich ie Reyn olds (Kaw): 2. Rya n
Andar so n (Kaw): 3. Scon M cPh er so n (Han).
MINI EX: 1. James Cyr (Han): 2. Jaff Amen (Han) .
12 5 EX: 1. Robbie Bl agg (Vam); 2. Darr ell Devil
(S uz): 3 . J on Irby (Kaw).
250 BEG : 1. Rex Fisher (Yam): 2. SCon Chappell
(Han): 3. Dav id Ayers (Han) .
250 INT : 1. AI Ru ssell (Vam): 2. Pau l James (Su z).
250 EX: 1. Marty Zirbal (Vam): 2. Don Wilson
(Han); 3 . Troy Norris (Han).
OPEN tNT: 1. Denny Feizenspan (Ho n); 2 . Steve
Spoon er .tHan) : 3. Chad W aym en t (C-A) .
. OPEN EX: 1. Jeff Harsha (Vam): 2. Rodn ey Rey nold s (Han) : 3. Randy Green (Han ).
W O ME N: 1. Tr ic ia Lyons (Yam); 2. Deni se Alter
(Han): 3. Kale Hoyt.
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M ICRO : 1. Ryan Anderson (K aw); 2. SCali
McPh er so n (Hon); 3 . Ch ris Brandon (Kaw).
M INI BEG : 1. J .P. Sim onsen (Han); 2. J oe Bel shaw (Hon); 3 . Ma n Zirbel (Yam I.
MINI EX: 1. Jeff Anne n (Han); 2. James Cyr (Han).
125 EX: 1. Robb ie Blagg (Vam): 2. Darell Di vis
(Suz); 3 . Jon Irby (Kaw ).
250 BEG : 1. Chris Humphrey (Ha n); 2. Bob Still
(Vam) ; 3. Scott Chappell (Ha n).
250 INT : 1. Jeff Carson (Han ); 2. Billy Hagmann
(Kaw ); 3. AI Russell (Yam ).
250 EX : 1. Kirk Strong (Hon ); 2 . Ron Yamamoto
(Vam ); 3. Sean Han (yam).
OPEN BEG: 1. Chris Humphreys (Yam).
O PEN INT : 1. Tim Whitebread (Vam); 2. Chad
Waymenl (C-A); 3. Gary Bonney (Han).
OPEN EX: 1. Randy Green (Han); 2. Ron VamamolO (Yam ); 3. Miel