fro m th e pack, as H yde p ressed Mo lder
strongly from seco nd and Bicek stayed
ri ght w ith th em a few bikelengths
back in th ird. Three la ps into the
race, L ynn H yde got h is opport u ni ty
wh en Mol der wen t w ide in a tight
corner , a nd th e H o nda pi lot stuffed
h imself inside Mo lder to take ov er th e
lead . Lynn H yde's reign was sho rt lived , th ough, as a lap later Molder
sa iled o ver the infield j u m ps right by
H yde a nd back o u t front. L yn n H yde
rem ained o n Molder 's rea r end, but
never managed to ge t back by wh en
th e checkers ca me o u t. Molder went
home with th e m ot o a nd overa ll wins
with H yde seco nd. Bicek's third in
th e mo to ea rned h im th e sa me spot
o vera ll, as U lr ich slipped past Bendigo in th e la st two laps for fourth in
the moto, but Bendigo took the fo urth
ov erall spot due to hi s first-more
third.
Dannv Hanson ca me o u t a nd dominated th e 250cc B ca tegory , winning
bo th motos a nd movin g closer to a
spot in th e P ro class, whi le G en e
Montgomer y sta yed i n the p oints
hu nt wi th a 2-3 seco nd o vera ll ride.
G len Goodell g ra bbed the 125cc B
o vera ll win by p u ttinga seco nd-moto
win wit h h is Iirsr-mot o fourth . Brent
Sharkey wo n the first mota bu t su ffered a terrible sta n in m oto two , and
spent the who le mot a worki ng ba ck
up to fo u rt h a nd thi rd overa ll behi nd
Ma rk Na ugle. Kim Elm es went 3- 1
fo r the 125cc C ov erall a fter first m o to winner Dan Feldhaus fell and
broke h is shou lder. Dal e Montgome ry took seco nd o vera ll w ith a 2-3
tall y to top Scott Mann 's 1-2 a fte rnoon .
Res u lt s
125 A : 1. LeeVe rn Ber ry (Kaw); 2. Joel Henry
(Han); 3. Ma rl
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ENDURO: 1. DeW ayne Man (Kaw); 2. J oe Spot OLD IRON: 1. George Gehre ls (Ma i).
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Ka w a sa k i - m ou n ted Wa yn e
Dix son wo n both mo tos of th e
250cc B class a t th e seco nd
ro u n d of the H i-P oint/ Sco t!
US A/ Ans wer H ig h Point Challenge
Seri es held a t Thu rston County O R V
Park. Dixson 's (Cycles Conr inemuf/
Cycle Serve/Enumclaw Kaw asak i )
w in toda y, along with h is first -round
victory, gives hi m a com ma nding
lea d in th e series, as well as o ne of th e
top poi nt positio ns in th e C ha llenge.
T he hi ghest moto poi nts scored by
a n y class rider in th e series w ill w in
co nti ngenc ies fro m th e series spon so rs,
Eddie Gerr ish ( Ka w) won th e first
80cc B mo to a n d led th e start of th e
second round . A midmot o fla t tire
slo wed h im d own th ough , a llowing
Bill y Radcl iff to take th e lead as well
as th e overall victo ry, Ger rish dropped
to fourth in th e mot o , but sti ll finish ed seco nd ove ra ll.
" J a m m in ' J effer y:' Chapman pu t
in two spectacu lar rides for th e 250cc
Pro w in ; h e now has a co m ma nd ing
series lead in th e cl ass. The o n lv
500cc rider , R o bert H ansen , wa s th t,
o n ly rider to give C hapma n a ny cha llen ge.
In 125cc A ac tio n , Larrv Kueb ler
J r. a nd Troy Dor y swap pe d m ot o
wi ns , wi th Kuebl er ge tti ng th e importa n t seco nd-round victory to claim
overa ll honors.
" Rocke t Rex " Bel sh aw too k the
o vera ll vic rorv in the 125cc B class
o ver series da~s leader Lance Sma il.
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Resu lts
60 B: t . Billy Radcliff (Kaw) ; 2. Eddie Gerrish
(Kaw) .
80 A : 1. Tara Harr ison (Kaw) .
125 A: 1. Larry Kuebler J r . (HanI; 2. Troy Doty
(Han); 3. Derek Hughes (Han).
125 B: 1. Rex Belshaw (Yam); 2. Lance Smail
(Kaw ).
250 A : I . Aaron Shardl eman (Kawl.
250 B: 1. Way ne Dixson (Kawl.
250 PRO: 1. Jeff Chapman .
500 PRO: 1. Robert Hanse n.
OT-OTH; 'l . Buck Murphy (Han)
Moen/Clark team
for D-38 night
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race wIn
By Bob Bell
SU P ERST IT IO N MTS. , CA,
AUG . 24
Im p erial Valley Cycl e Center's
Yamaha-mounted Tom Mo en
team ed with Stev e Cl a rk
(H on da ATC250 ) to ca p tu re
the overa ll victo ry a t the th ird an n ua l
D-38's Ma lcolm Smi th / Fu dpuc ke r
Racing T eam 2.5 H our Night Team
Race. "The dust was bad, I go t lo st a
co u ple o f times, o therw ise we h ad a
smooth ride," sta ted Moen. Second
o vera ll went 10 th e 125cc team of Kirk.
H est er (Kaw) and Craig Corda (T g r)
af ter leadin g ha lf th e race.
District 38's President, Fud, has
kicked off th e seco nd half of th e
desert season for the ' las t th ree years
by holdi ng a tea m race wi th a twista motorcycl e m ust team w ith a th reewh eel er or Quad . Th e race starts a t
7:00 p .rn. , a nd th e teams a re scored by
how th ey fini sh in th e m otorcycl es
disp lacem ent class.
The stan found riders stradd ling
th eir trikes ' fro nt fend er s fa cin g
backward. As th e flag d ropped , it wa s
Tiger 500 -mo u nted Corda (H P S)
lea ding th e way to check o ne, fol lowed by Cla rk and Les lie Smi th
(i\l ugen). At the en d of the first eig ht m ile loop, Corda ha nded a n o ver
two -minute lead to 125cc partner
Hester (S.D. Ka wasaki West/Lubrad yn e). H ester rode th e wh eels o ff hi s
bike, rea lizi ng his li tt le 125 would be
no mat ch fo r the big bi kes o n th is fas t
co u rse.
For six laps, th e H ester/ Corda team
led th e race until th ey mad e a fat a l
m istake. "I ca me into home check
a nd Corda wasn't ready to go; Moe n
ca me in ri ght beh in d m e a nd Cl ark
got go ing a head of Corda ," H est er
sa id . After th is p o int , i t was smooth
sai ling for Moen a nd C lar k as they
pulled o u t to a three-minute lead a t
the fini sh . H ester a n d Corda main ta in ed a so lid second taking th e 125cc
cl as s win .
T he battl e for th e remaining top
five pl aces wasn 't deci ded until th e
fini sh . For five la ps, th e Open tea m
of Bruce Smi th (Yam ) a nd brothe r
Lesl ie (M uge n ) h eld dow n third until
th ey were pa ssed by th e 250cc team o f
J d f Bennett (Ya m) a nd Ma rk Brown
(Suzu ki Quad ). On th e six th lap,
a n ot her 250ccclass tea m , J ohn Mark-
ing (KT M) an d Bobby N ybo (H o n),
went by th e Smiths for fourth. For th e
n ext si x laps , th ese three team s
remai ned within seco nds of each
o th er, co nstan tly cha ng ing posi tions .
W ith o n ly a co up le of lap s remai ni ng,
th e Bennett/Brown team began to
p u ll away for th e 250cc wi n, wi th th e
Sm it h tea m sett li ng into a co mforta ble fo u rt h overa ll, seco nd Open a nd
Marking/Nybo fifth overa ll , seco nd
250cc bike.
An inspiri ng ride was p u t in by
H o n d a- m ounted J oey La n e (Ca l
Comm/ ] T Racin g ) when hi s p artner
fail ed to sho w up by th e sta rt o f th e
ra ce. It looked as th ough h e was in for
a lo ng night o f swi tch ing bac k a n d
forth from hi s bike 10 h is threewheeler , but o n lap three h e fou nd
partner All en Fox ( Honda ATC250 )
.wa i ring fo r h im in th e exchange area .
From this point, th ey charged th rough
the pack 10 fin ish six th overall , seco nd
I25cc bike.
Res ults
OPEN EX: 1. Tom Moen /Steve Clark; 2. Bruce
Sm ith /leslie Smith; 3. Scon Hatf ield /Ray Schooley .
250 EX: I . J eff Bennen / M ark Brown; 2. John
Marking/ Bobby Nybo / 3 . John Bird /Steve Fen ton .
125 EX: 1. Kirk Heste r/Craig Corda ; 2. Joey
Lane / A lle n Fox; 3. Dan Morgan / unknown.
VET EX: 1. Claude M aynard/ Rey Frank; 2. Rick
Fryger -First Ironman; 3. Brett Cushing /Robin
Davis.
SR EX; 1. Roger Adsll/ BollAds it; 2. Chuck Nelson /
Hal Drew .
OPEN A M : 1. Chr is McDad e/Gary Farra r; 2.
Scott Smit h /Her shel Deck; 3. Bob Towne/ Nigel
Kaise r.
250 AM : 1. Doug Hogan /Rusty Batza; 2. Rhevnard M organ /Robert Grace: 3. Denny McC lintock/
Scott McClintock.
125 A M : 1. Don Wilso n/ Scan Voung; 2. Tim
Funk /Man Sampl e; 3. Robert Bird/Jeff Enz.
VET A M : 1. Floyd Hudson/ John Wellnitz.
SR A M : 1. Dave Sm ith /Mart in KamBry ; 2. Dick
Dennison / Dave Krider .
OPEN NOV: 1. John Wagner/La rry Kussler; 2.
Ric ha rd Ran sde ll /Ro n n ie Cheatham; 3 . La rry
Ornes" Mi ke Kresim.
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250 NOV ; 1. Robert McCart er / Coy Brigman; 2.
Daron M ills /Ed Ho uston ; 3 . J im Walker / Dal e
Ma lzahn .
125 NOV : 1. Henry CassiJlaslTim Abba s.
VET NOV : 1. fred Haves/Joh n Disano: 2. Howard
Clark /Brian Wilson .
BEG: 1. Bobby Chalfa /R ich Minga.
Nelson, Mashbir
Baylands Pro
winners
By Mike Vancil
FREMO NT, CA , AUG . 28
J o n Ne lso n a nd Eric Mas h bir
took wins in th e 125 and 250cc
P ro classes to night at Ba ylands
Racewa y Pa rk. Nel son won
both 125cc P ro motos, while Mashbir
took th e 250cc class with a 3- 1 perform a nce.
Ne lson (Hon) went in to th e lead
ea rl v in each 125cc mOIO a nd the n
h ad 'lO co nc ent ra te ha rd for seven laps
in keepin g hard-ch arging T erry Bosta rd (Ka w) beh ind him . Alth ough
succes sfu l in keepin g Bostard seco nd,
it wa s a p pa rent to a ll tha t g iven just a
few m or e laps , Bostard , spons ored by
Concord Kaw as aki , Malco lm Smith
P rod ucts, Sco tt USA, Dirt R id ers' Deter gent, Fl ying Mach in e Factory and
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