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,..--- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- -1 a: w ~ U (J) (J) :;) a: > '" ~ o :I: <1. Keith Pinkstaff powers his Yamaha en route to a win in the Open Production class; Pinkstaff also won the Superbike class. Pinkstaffs smoke 'em at Peoria VIN OPEN: 1. John Wesphol en (T,,): 2. Don Horn (Due); 3. John McDouga l (Nor). VIN 500: 1. Ian Watson (BSA); 2. John Ray(BSA); 3. Steve Gibl in (BSA). VIN 250: t . Chri Kerber (Aer); 2, Anthony Rivelli (Duel; 3. Mike Rivelli IDuc). By Russ Cazier PORTLAND , OR. J UN E 23 T he Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Associatio n's decision to fea ture vintage motorcycles apparently encouraged vintaged m ot or cycl ists as well. H owar d Pin ksta rr celebrated h is 64th bi rthday by winning th e O pen Sin g le G P . He d id it the hard way. finishi ng second in the fir st h eat th en co mi ng from th ird to first in the last th ree la ps o f the seco nd heat. The ot he r racing Pinkstaff, Kei th . also got inspi red and recovered th e title " Fastest of Them All " with a wi n in Superbike, on the Zlock Racin g Suzuki. posting best lap times o f the meet. Keith Pinksta ff a lso won Open Product ion on h is dad's Fj 1100 Ya maha after a long d ice wi th Cr aig Gottschalk. j eff Morrow's return to raci ng on his Honda Superbike promised a repea t o f the o ld Pinkstaff /Morro w d uels o f 1983. bu t Morro w's H onda is not qu ite up to par. " I sti ll need ca rbu reti on a nd bra kes," Mor ro w said. " A little more time and m on ey and we' ll be th ere. I lea rn ed so much ra cing Keith on big product ion bikes that I' d lik e to hav e th e eq u ipment to keep him in sig h t." Equipment was a lso th e wat ch word in 750cc Production. wi th Ge ne Brown winni ng on an RZ500 Yamaha. Mike j ohnson next o n a 500 Int erceptor and Quentin Hoga n thi rd riding . a 600 Ninja. In fact, o f 10 entries in 750cc Production, on ly o ne was a 750. Th e 750s, apparentl y a re ra p id ly co n verte d to su perbikes in the northwest. The Vintage race brought ou t a strong Canadian road show of Europea n mach in es. The sights and sounds of the big . unmuffled thumpers were app recia ted by th e ol der racers an d specta tors. if n ot by th e Northwest Neigh borhood Associat ion , wh ich has been brin ging h eat on PIR about excess noise a t racing even t . Results OPEN PROD: 1. Keith Pinkstaff (Yam): 2. Craig Gottschalk (Suz): 3. Mike Correll (Kaw). 750 PROD: 1. Gone Brown (vaml ; 2. M iko Jctmson (Hont 3. Quent in Hogan (kaw ). 600 PROD: 1. Quentin Hogan IKaw); 2. Stuart Hutchins (Yam); 3. Tom Marks (Hon). 450 PROD: 1. Michael Given {Yaml; 2. Sanford Brown (Yam) ; 3. Alan Schwen (Yaml. SUPERBIKE: 1. Keith Pinksta ff (Suz): 2. J off Mar ยท row (Han): 3. Dale Z10ck (Suz). 600 CAFE: 1. Mike Johnson (Han): 2. Gene Brown (Yam ); 3. Ou entin Hogan (Kaw). 450 CAFE : 1. Michael G iven (Yam) ; 2 . A lan Den is (yom): 3. Gary Crenshaw (Vam). F-l : 1. J off Morrow (Han): 2. Dolo Zlock (Suz); 3. Keith Pin kstaff (Yam) . Fa3 : 1. Warren Burton (M on ); ,2 . Pau l Bultan - SmIth (Han); 3. Mike Rivelli (Due). OPEN SGL: 1. Howard Pinksta ff (Yam): 2. Dan 34 Hansel (Yam ); 3 ",John Stephenson (Han). BOn: t , Tony Howard (Yam ); 2. Eric G inn (Due); 3. Ward Rodgers (BMW). Ascot MX goes to West By Chris Boice GARDENA. CA. JUNE 28 Yamaha-mounted Steve West took top honors in th e 250cc Intermediate class tonigh t a t Continental Motosport Club n ight m otocro ss. H onda rider David Potter charged o u t o f th e gate and led th e field for most o f the fir st lap . but h e sta lled h is bik e a n d let West . Craig Westergaard (Yam) a nd Chris Bo ice (H on ) slip by. O n th e next la p Westergaard a lso sta lled hi s machine in th e ro ckers. givi ng Bo ice th e opportu nity to move up to seco nd . Po tter was ho lding h is own in fo urth un ti l he tho ugh t h e saw th e ch eckered flag co me o u t. H e retired to th e p its and the n rea lized h is race was still runn ing. By the tim e h e go t back o u t o n th e track he was a la p down . West cro ssed the fin ish lin e wi th a comfort a ble lead. Boi ce was in second and Westergaard was th ird . In th e seco nd mo to Yama ha ride r Kenn y Maddux led the pa ck o u t o f the ga te and th rough th e first la p . West was breathin g down , Maddux 's neck a nd Potter was ru nn in g righ t beh in d West. O n th e seco nd lap West made h is m ove and got by Maddux for th e lead. By th e fo urth lap Bo ice had m oved up to pass Potter a nd p ushed hi m back to fou rth: Wes held hi s lea d to th e checkered flag wi th Maddux maintain in g h is position in seco nd place an d Bo ice comi ng in th ird . West took th e overall with his two wins . Bo ice was seco n d overa ll wi th 2-3 a nd Westergaard was th ird wi th 3-5. Fo rty-six rid ers showed u p to do battle in th e 125cc Beg inn er class. In th e thi rd division Bo b Tatom a nd h is Ka wasaki shot o u t o f th e ga te and into th e fi rst tu rn . O n e o f the fro nt ru n ners was apparently ridi nga james Bond signa tu re model a nd was pu tting o u t such a th ick smo ke screen th at th e rest o f th e riders beh ind h im co u ld n ' t see weIl eno ug h to pa ss. Ha lfway th rough th e first la p th e hike d ied a nd wh en th e sm o ke cleared Eri c j a sper (H on ) a n d Mar c La id ler , (Ka w) were in seco nd and th ird . O n th e seco nd la p Ta tom went do wn in th e slic k turn a t th e fini sh line a nd jasper too k th e lead . Laidler moved to seco nd an d beg an tak ing some heat fro m T onrod Rodriq ues (Yam) . Rod riq ues push ed Laid ler for two la ps before h e was a ble to get by and j aspe r h ad a leng th y lead a nd took th e flag all by himself. Rodriques was seco nd and Laidl er was third. In the second moto T atom was determined to ma ke up for his mi sta ke in th e first moto a nd he led from th e drop of th e ga te to the checkered flag. Rodriques cha llenged him on th e last la p but cou ldn't make th e pa ss. Third p lace was passed from Tim Cross (H o n) to Do ug la ss Brook (H on) . bu t when the flag came ou t it was Steve Fish er (Suz) who had man euvered into th ird . The overall was ta ken by Rodriq ues with two second p lace finishes . Tatom took second overa ll with a 6-1 whi le La idler was third 3-4. Asco t ace Todd Peterson led th e 500c Pro s o ff th e li ne and was o n h is way to an other victory when. o n th e fifth lap. h e fouled a plug and h ad to . push h is H onda back to the pits. Sha wn T ra cy (Hon) took over firs t whil e Mik e McM ill en (Ho n) a n d Cr ai g Hofmeister (Hon) had a very close racing going for seco nd . Tra cy took th e flag with McMiIlen edgi n g o u t Hofmeister for seco nd. McMillen took th e h ol eshot in th e seco nd moto , but by th e en d o f the first lap Peter son had overtaken him a n d built up a s u bsta ntia l lead. McMillen . in seco n d. and Tracy, in third. pl a yed wha t a m ou nted to four laps of " bu m per bik es." On th e wh ite flag la p th ey tangl ed a t th e fin ish lin e turn a nd both riders wen t down . Wh en they rem ounted they remained in the sa me p ositions an d finish ed th e race w ith McMillen sti ll barely ho ldi ng o n to seco nd a nd T racy in hot p u rsuit. McMillen ea rned th e overall wi th a 2-2. Tracy was seco nd with 1-3. a n d Peterson was third with a 5-1. Results 60: 1. Armondo Overland (Suz). BO BEG DIV 1: 1. Denn is Briggs (Vam); 2. Sean Turner (Kaw); 3 . Fred Lava llen IKaw). 80 BEG DIV 2: 1. Lylo Thompson (Vam): 2. Danny Fonteyn (Yam ); 3 , Damon Kemp (Kaw). 80 JR : 1. Br ia n G ipson (Kaw ); 2. Ch ad Siumsk ie (Kaw) ; 3 . Br ian Sanchez (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Robert Shipman (Suz): 2. Randy Moody (Han); 3. Kev in Bussey (Kaw ). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. St ovo Verch or (Kaw ): 2. Kit Somers (Kaw); 3. Dav id Dye (Han). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Mike Bograff (Cog); 2. Matt Blevins (Kaw ); 3. Charl ie Flippen (Han) . 125 BEG DIV 3: 1. Tonrod Rodriquos (Vam): 2. Bob Tatom (Kaw ); 3. Marc Laidler (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Rob Sosson (Cagt 2. M atteo Consentino (Cag); 3. Richard Hennis (Kaw). 125 1NT 1. Keith McMillon (Kaw); 2. Brian Bolow : (Kow): 3. Kenny Moddux (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Tim Rutherford (Kaw): 2. Duano Summers (Cag); 3 . Craig Canoy IKaw). 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. J im Bartoli (Han): 2. Cloy Collins (Vam): 3. Fronk Shiroma (va mi. 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Kelly Myers Jr . (Han); 2. Andrew Van Heuvenvan Staereling (Kaw); 3 . Steve Moos (Suz). 250 JR : 1. Travis Stake (Han ); 2 . Kev in Hopkins (Han): 3. Mattoo Cosentino (M -S). 250 INT: 1. Stovo Wost (Vam); 2. Chris Boice (Han ); 3 . Cra ig Westergaard (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Todd Petorson (Han ); 2. Dovo Graff (Han): 3. John Pasco (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Donald Wi lson (Han): 2. Jimmy Bartolf (Han): 3 . Curt is Olson (Han). 500 JR : 1. Robert Johnson (Han): 2. Brad Sloan (Vaml: 3_Scott Groham (Han). 500 INT: 1. Rogor Guard (Han): 2. Chris McGee (Kaw); 3. Don Postoll (Han). 500 PRO: 1. M iko McMillon (Hon I: 2. Shawn Trocv (Han): 3. Todd Peterson (Han). WOMEN: 1. Hope Broselow (Hon): 2. Jan Mu rroy (vaml: 3. Ap ril Hallmark (Suz). VETJR : 1. Sto.o Honderson(Honl; 2. Robert Fortier (Kaw): 3. Robert Joh nson (Han ). VET MASTER: 1. Chris Jackson (Han). OT MASTER : 1. Miko McMillon (Han). Molder takes two at Black Hills BRAMX By Brian George RAPID CI T Y. SD. J UN E 23 Round three of th e Bord erline R a cing As so ciati on' s 198 5 Cha m p ionship Motocro ss Series m o ved back to th e Weisz's Black Hi lls Speedway Sunday a nd ont o the tigh t. dem andin g stadi um type circu it revised si nce open ing race the previo us month. One hundred twen ty-five ride rs turned ou t for th e po ints -pa yin g event from a ll five sur- ro u nding sta tes. a nd were p leased to find a virtuall y du st-free track to co m pe te o n. Dave Molder took hi s Yamaha Shop YZ490 to th e overa ll win in the O pen Pro class for th e a fternoon , th en Iollow ed th at up with th e top overa ll spot in th e 250cc Pros . breaki ng Bill y Stork's virtual strangleho ld o n the division for on lv th e seco nd time th is yea r. Stork returned in the 125cc Pro ac tion to take his Budweiser/R ice Cycles H on da prepared by Rex Co n rad to the top overa ll posi tion over LeeVern Berr y. Mol der began his Open Pro dom ination from the start of th e first moto, goi ng out in to the lead quickl y as Tony Ulrich . Kim Bendigo . Perry Bicek a nd L yn n H yde tra iled . Mo lder soo n p u lled awa y from the pack a nd rode a n effo rt less ride in to th e chec kers . goi ng u nchalle n ged th e entire way. U lric h a nd Ben d igo h ad sett led into th e two-three spots. bu t Bicek was charging up from the back. Coming into a tight right hander, Bicek tried to stu ff h is CR ins ide of Bendi go . but Bendigo did not budge. Coming out of th e turn th e two collided hard , and Bendigo th en budged. right into th e ground. Both Bicek a nd H yde went by a nd the duo reeled in Ulrich within a lap. In the very sa me corner a lap later . Bicek again stuffed h is way ins ide in the turn and once agai n th e two riders co ll ided lea ving th e turn. The results were a lso th e sa me. but this time U lri ch lay on th e grou nd as both Bicek a nd H yde went th ro ugh. Wi th Molder well in co m mand. H yde a nd Bicek battled between the mselves for the remain ing laps. but it was Bicek coming in beh in d Molder for seco nd . Ben d igo went by U lrich for fou rt h an d Ul rich ma naged to fin ish fifth. At the sta rt of ro und two Molder agai n took o ff wi th the hol esh ot, bu t Bicek wa s left wtih a ga te tha t never dropped . As the pack ro de o ff. Bicek h ad to p low through h is ga te to cha se af ter the leaders. Molder again q u ickly took control and never went cha llenged while H yde had th e seco nd spot ahea d o f U lric h and Bend igo . Bicek began a h ard cha rge to th e front a nd by th e la te laps wa s by both Bendigo a n d Ulrich . bu t co u ld not reel in H yde in time. Molder flashed ac ros s th e line for th e m ot o a n d overa ll win as H yde took seco nd in both ca tegories . Bicek had to sett le for a dejected third whil e Ulrich fourth this time an d Bendigo nursing a sic k bike in for fifth. O penin g u p the first 250cc Pro rno to , Stork took h is Budweiser /Rice Cycles H onda into th e lead with Molder beh ind as well as Tony Ulrich. Curt H yde. Kevin Forrester a nd Brian G eorge. The leadi ng duo began to string a wa y from the pack as U lri ch an d H yde fought fiercel y for third. Although Molder stayed ri gh t with Stork. he cou ld not find a way aro u nd the leader for th e 10 laps o f th e race a nd Stork took the chec kered fla g fi rs t. Mo lde r ro Iled in a few seco nds beh ind whi le Ulrich wr estl ed the third spot away from H yde. Forrest er ro u nde d o u t the top five follow ed by Zuhr. In ro u n d two, Molder took th e h ol esh ot as Stork was pinned to th e o u tside p oll in th e corn er a nd sta rte d n ext to las t as the pa ck ro lled away. Ou t front Mol der wasted no time in p u Ili ng him self to a co mforta b le m ar gin as Hyde a nd U lrich resumed th eir ba tt le. thi s tim e for seco nd . Stork began a cha rge up from th e back o f th e back . Hy de go t th e better of U lrich this ro u nd a nd look ed to be on hi s wa y to a second in th e m ot o a nd overa ll, wh en a ll of a su dden Stork ca me flyin g th rough th e pack in th e lat e la ps. H eld up by Forrest er for a few la ps. Stork fina lly dispat ch ed h im a nd th en blew by bo th H yde a n d U lrich ri gh t before th e fini sh to ta ke