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.. ~ ~ >- I~ . W ...J Cl z :3 >a: a: :3 ., ti") 00 0') ........ ........ ........ .... (l) ..0 8 (l) ...., ... 0. (l) v: Team Husqvarna 's Dan Smith rides back to the pits after winn ing Saturday's Open Experts over Dan Ashcraf t ; Sm ith f inished_second on Sunday. AltA 0.37 Viewfinders If.C. EuroR!!.an Scrambles Howell posts double wins By Larry Langley BAR ST OW. CA, AUG. 24-25 Answer P rod u cts/ Ka wasaki-sp o n sored Brett H o well powered his KX 125 to two : 175~c Expert class wins in two da ys of racmg In torrid h ea t to highlight the Viewfinders M.e. AMA D-37 European Scrambl es. Howell do m in ated his three-lap, 45-minute races from start to finis h each da y. T emperatures were in th e 1110 range which mad e for uncom fortabl e racing co ndi tio ns . But desert racers ada pt , a nd ins tead of gas slOPS, water SlOpS were co m mo n with a 101 of wat er po ured o nto jerseys ra th er than being co nsumed. R iders prai sed th e t wo co u rses, wh ich were not the us ua l fla t-ou t-to p gear typ e, but tigh ter a nd more chal len ging a n d co n ta in ing rocks, whi ch th e Ba rstow area is fam o us for. Sa turday' s 250cc Am at eu r/Expert ra ce co n ta i n ed a s u r p rise . Tea m . Hu sky's Dan Ash craft m ounted up to cha lle nge 250cc class cha m p, Eric H all ga th (Ma lcol m Smi th / Ans wer Producr/ Sil kol ine). " I just th ought il would be fu n to ra ce in the 250cc class. Eric needs some competit ion," sa id Ashcraft. And co m petitio n he gave him as Ashcraft upset H a!lga lh . Hallgath fin ished the race wit h the ai rbo x unattach ed to h is bik e 's carburetor. Pro-Cycles' Phil G orgo ne (KT M) fin ished third. Ash craft didn 't fare as well in th e Open Expe rt ra ce - teamm ate Dan Smi th (H u sk y- H i-Poi n t/ Bel-Ra y) won, but Ashcraft fini sh ed second for a Hu sky swee p. Yamaha 's Ted Hun ni cu u (AXO / Du ra lu be ) had a good lead, bu t a fla t rear lire a llowed th e two H us q var nas to ge t by. " I was a lillie luc ky," sa id Sm ith . "Ted was rea ll y ridi n g good a nd with th e du ~ tl do n 't th in k I co u ld ha ve caught hi m without th e bad luck o f h is fla t tire." ATK-spons or ed Chr is C r and all thumped hi s wa y in to fourth . Invaders M.e. member AI Guzman won th e 250cc Sen ior class aga i n o n h is Suzu ki whi le new Expe rt Bob Ashcra ft p o wer ed h is Husky .to the Senior 'O pen Expert class victory. Mike Six bery (Ya m) en gaged in yet a nothe r duel with Mike Fitzgera ld (SUl ) and came out on top whil e Wes Anderso n J r. to o k hi s Ka wa saki KX500 to th e O pen Expert Vet win. Su nday 's ra cing had J o an na Bro wn ell (H us) ba ck int o the winner's circle wit h a win in th e Women 's race beating Vicki Sco tt. T he Vet ra ce was agai n betw een Si x bery a nd Fit zgerald, but on ly after Fitzgerald overca me a dead -la st start to fin ish seco nd overall. H e wa s sitti ng on th e sta rti ng !in e j ust before th e start wh e!"! he rea It zed h e had lost a glove on h is way to the sta rt a rea . H e ro de back 10 cam p and got a new pa ir a nd whe n h e got back to the sta rting lin e. th e ban ner was up. W~en it dropr:d. Fi tzg~r~l d took ' three kick s to ge t h ISSuz u ki fired a nd h ad to fight h is way through th e pack in th e d u st. H e was unhappy a bo ut th e start. bu t th e club ga ve him a n extra co u p le of minutes whe n th ey sa w him go back 10 ca m p . Wa yn e Carlton (Eric 's Motorcycl e/M -Sta r) took a well- earned third overa ll. District stewa rd Ron Pap ro ski h i t a ro ck in th e d ust a nd we nt do wn hard. Pa p rosk i pi cked up h is Honda XR500 a nd finished , sh ook-up but not serio us ly injured. The Open Expert/Amateur ra ce Brett How ell posted a double wi n in the 1 7 5 cc Expert c lass at t he Viewfi nd er s M.e. European Scrambles; John Braasch was second each d ay. was a ll Hu n n icu tt 's. H e ha d a new tire moun ted a nd wanted to ma ke up for hi s bad luck Saturday, and whe n th e banner dropped. he rocke ted to the lead past Smith a n d Crandall. T h e co urse fo llowed a ch a lle ngin g uphill a nd Cra nda ll co u ld be seen taking a line to th e left to try a nd get by Smith , but Smith kept seco nd while H unnicu tt stretched h is lead, open ing u p a big lead an d carrying it 10 th e fini sh ove r Smi th a nd Crandall wi th Ash craft fini shing fo u rt h . Mike Johnson beat Steve Otis fo r first Amateur. The 250cc Expert/Amat eur ra ce was th e last race o f th e da y a nd th e h eat apparent ly kep t a lot o f riders away. Less th an 10 riders started and H all ga th powered his Ma lco lm Smi th H usky to a h uge lead o n lap o ne. Ken ny Parr y (Ya m ) tried to keep H allgath in sig h t. bu t Hallgath moto~ed a way. H allgarh's H usky was runnmg ra ll y when he ca me 'in to the f~nish ch ute; ru n ning wit hou t the ai rbox o n Saturd ay a p pa rently damaged t.he engine. Pa rry came home sec~ll1d w ~th Charl ie Morris Jr. (H us) takin g thi rd overa ll. K. Ga u ther took th e 250cc Amateu r wi n for the seco nd straigh t day. It wa s good to see Cagiva rider Du an e Summers o ut spectati ng in a rather ela bo ra te neck a nd ba ck brace after a specta cular get -off a t th e SCO RE ra ce a t R iverside the week before. Summer s just go t o u t o f th e h o sp i tal a nd wa s bored. so h is dad drove h i m out to spectate. T h e docto rs say h e will be out for three m onths but Su m mers predicts a much • shoner reco ver y. Unofficial Re sults SATURDAV OPEN EX SR: 1. Bob Ashc raft (Husl; 2. #01 84 ; 3. Dick Myer (Honl . 250 EX SR: 1. AI Guz m an (Suzl : 2 . Richard Hansi ng; 3. Wendell Rapp. ' 7 5 AM SR: 1. Norm Fishe r; 2. Ken M ete r; 3. #041c. 17 5 EX SR: 1. Lan ce Gorden ; 2. ne e Kier strin g; 3. Ed Ogden. . . 250 AM SR: 1. Gary Bn ck; 2. St eve Bigler ; 3 . Dennis W il son . OPEN BEG SR: 1. #0205. OPEN NOV SR: 1. Tom M artin : 2 . Pau l Fr eund; 3. Raben Hanna . OPEN AM SR: 1. Emil Hunt er; 2. AI Wilk erson; 3. Charles Sims. SUPER SR OPEN EX: 1. S3; 2. S14; 3. S204. SUPER SR 250 EX: 1. SBOX . 250 VET EX: 1. M ike Sixbery (Vaml: 2. M ike Fitz· gerald (Suz); 3. St eve Spragle. OPEN EX VET: 1. Wes And erson Jr. (Kawl; 2. Tim Johnson. 3 . J im Robin son . WOMEN AM : 1. Den ise Devin es. W OM EN EX: 1. Vicki Scott ; 2. D. Jen kins; 3. Debbie Hopk in s. VET NOV 250: 1. V 125 x; 2. V152x; 3. Tom M arshall. VET BEG OPEN: 1. V294; 2. V296. VET 250 BEG: 1. Tom Ayers. VET NOVO PEN: 1. David J ensen; 2. Gret Bottrell ; 3. M ike Condit. OPEN NOV : 'l . M an Schw eitzer; 2. Craig Waver ; 3. Chr is Torgerson. . OPEN BEG: 1.47 3; 2. 45B 250 NOV: 1. 27,.; 2. 372 ><; 3. 31Bx. 250 BEG: 1. 382x; 2. Marty Smith ; 3. John Burken. 25 0 AM VET: 1. Vl 49 ><; 2. Eddie McKenzie; 3. V1 57x. OPEN AM VET: 1. Jeff M ill er; 2. V2B7; 3. Gtenn Lyles. OPEN EX: 1. Dan Smit h (Hus); 2. Dan Ashcraft tHu s); 3. Ted Hu nn icun (Yam) . OPEN AM : 1. Peter M iller; 2. Steve Kirk; 3. J eff Bouchillon (Hon). . 17 5 EX: 1. Brett Howell (Kaw); 2. J oh n Br aasc h Jr. (Kaw l: 3. Sean Bradley (Honl. 17 5 AM : 1. Den n is Creason; 2. Bob Kraft; 3. Robert Baehr (Yam) . 17 5 NOV: 1. 202x; 2. 3 1c; 3. 19Oc. 250 EX: 1. Dan Ashcraft (Hus); 2. Eric Hallg at h (Hus); 3. Phil Gorgone (KTM). . . 250 AM : 1. K. Gauthier; 2. JodI e Partain; 3. Den nis Torgerson . SUNDAV WOMEN EX: 1. Joanna Br ownell (Hus ); 2. Vic ki Scott 3 . D. Jenkins. OPEN VET NOV: 1. David J en sen; 2. Gren Bot · tr ell ; 3. John Marsh. 220 VET NOV: 1. ThomasJuno; 2. V165x: 3. Tom Marshal l. 250 NOV: 1. 271 x; 2. 245 x; 3. 318x . 250 BEG: 1. 382x ; 2. 377x; 3. Chr is U nd o SR OPEN EX: 1. 0 184; 2. Bob Ashcraft: 3. Dick Post m a. SUPER SR EX: 1. 523 ; 2. S14; 3. S23 . 250 AM : 1. Dennis Wilson. 250 EX SR: 1. AI Guzman (Suz); 2. Wendell Rapp. OPEN AM SR: 1. Richard Hughes . 175 EX: 1. 8rett Howe ll (Kawt 2. John Braasc h Jr. (Kawl: 3. Sean Bradley (Han). 175 AM : 1. Jessie El l ico III; 2. Robert Baeh r. 175 NOV: 201 x: 2. 19Oc; 3. 20 2c. 175 BEG: 1. 20Bc; 2. 206c ; 3. 187c . 250 EX: 1. Eric Hallgath (Hu s); 2. Kenny Parry (Vaml; 3. Charlie Morris Jr . (Husl. 250 A M : 1. K. Gauth ier; 2. Jodie Parta in ; 3. Mike Horne. OPEN NOV : 1. 454; 2. Tony Perr y; 3. Man Schweitzer. OPEN BEG: 1. 427, 2SOVET EX: 1. Mi ke Sixbe ry(Yam); 2. M ike Fitzgerald (Su z); 3. Wayne Car lton (M-S). VET OPEN AM : 1. Robert Johnson ; 2. Jell M iller . VET 250 AM : 1. Eddie McKenzie. OPEN EX: 1. Ted Hunnicu tt (Yam ); 2. Dan Sm it h (Husl; 3. Chr is Crandall (ATK). OPEN AM : 1. M ike Jo hn son; 2. Steve Ot is . 47 ..