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~ ...J ~ .. J: ~ > IX: IX: I ... > 0 ... 0 W a:l l!") ... J: 00 Q") .~ so .... Q.) .0 8 Q.) ;;0 Z M ike Beier (sho wn) and Larry Brooks battled intensely during the. Fall Classic Series at DeAnza. Bei er barely won the duel. Ch ampi onship seri es. H oll ey rode flawlessly to th e o vera ll victory with J eff Clo u ti er, o n a Michael' s Cycle Works Suzu ki, co m ing in second . During the ' first mot a , Cl outier pressured H olley for .the l e~d until midrace, when Cl outier gamed the lead for three laps. Cloutier ga ve a gallant effort, but co u ld n' t hold ba ck Holley. wh o bl a sted a way to th e ch eckered flag. The seco n d mo ta saw Cloutier get th e holeshot, with Holle y ba ck in th e pack . By the end of the first lap, H olley h!1d.ma~e up for Ic;>st time a nd was agam m First, Cl outier h eld seco nd , followed by a very determined Butch Still mock , m ounted o n a Husky from Reno Kawasaki. The lineup remained th e sa me till th e finish . . In th e Open Pro class, Beau Hibdon reigned , with T im Dyer from Cycle Shack getti ng seco nd. Chester Martinmaa s (Nevada Motor cycl e Specialists) h ad problems during th e fir st mot a a nd wa s unable to mak e up for it in the seco n d mota. The 125cc Pro class was th e most ex citing ra ce of th e da y. Mark Nason, riding for Carson City Kawasaki , tried h ard to take th e series lead away from Rick De carl o (Mi cha el' s C ycl es). Nason dominated the first h alf of bo th m otos, with Decarlo mo ving into fir st pl ace at th e fin ish. In Vet Expert ac tio n, Ri ch T h orwaldson bl asted o ff th e sta rt with R o b N ich ol s o n th e ins ide. Duri ng th e co urse of th e race, Tho rw a ldson m anaged to bui ld u p a la rge lead . H is lea d narrowed quickly wh en h e la id i t down in a turn , but h e m anaged to get going again wi th out N icho l ~ p assing fo r the lead . At the end It was Tho rwa ld son fi rst, N ich o ls seco nd . In th e Old Timer Ex pert cla ss, Sta n Mill s got th e ho leshot in both rn oto s, but cou ld n 't sta y ahead o f Russ J ohnson , who ended up ta.k !ng h o m e the bra ss. The most exc mng d ice'came a t th e finish of th e seco nd moto with Scott Davis passing Mill s at th e checkered flag for second behind Johnson . Results OPEN PRO: 1. Beau Hibdon ; 2. Tim Oyer . OPEN J R: i . Bry ant Park er; 2. Er ic Tha h eld . OPEN NOV: t , M ike M etcalf ; 2. Kim Adam son ; 3 . Steve Riner. 25 0 PRO: 1. J im Holl ey; 2. Jeff Clout ier; 3 . But ch Stillmock. 250 J R: 1. Sh awn Sl it er; 2 . Jon King ; 3 . Mitch • Gallagher. 250 NOV : 1. Craig W ear ; 2. J im Yates; 3. Dave Rumbaugh. 125 PRO: 1. R,ck Decerlo. 125 J R: 1. Bri en Elder; 2. Jun Okazaki. 125 NOV: t . Sean Smith; 2. larry Moore; 3. Wad e Tiensvold. 80 EX: 1. Steve Lamson . 80 JR : 1. Brent Smith; 2. Ron Pahou lis. BO NOV: 1. Bret Kun kler; 2. Dar in Channel ; 3 . Broc Edwards. . VET EX: 1. Rich Thorwa ldson ; 2. Rob Nicho ls. VET JR : 1. Pete Crunenden; 2. Jim Th rasher. VET NOV : 1. Bill Holt; 2. Chr is Kell ey. OT EX: 1. Russ Johnson. OT JR : 1. Ray Marshall. OT NOV : 1. William Clements; 2. Gary Kidman. White shines at Supercross Spectacular By Daryl D . Drake PHOENIX , AZ, O CT. 6 Bobby White dominated th e first moto and ran a stro ng thi rd in th e seco n d to take th e 250cc Pro a nd Expert Sweepstakes at till" O ff Road & Supercros s Spectacula r sa nctioned by the Ameri can Off Road Ra cing- Associat ion a t Deer Vall ey Cych- Park . In th e fir st m ot o , Wh ite, spon sored bv S un n yslopc Honda, lost th e holeslio t in tlit, fir st co m b ined l 25 /250cc/ Open Expert bo ut to th e Open class Husqvarna o f Carl os Serrano. On th e seco n d lap, I25cc ac e Dennis Parker (Ya m) sn uc k around White to take over second and th e trio kept up a fr ant ic p a ce until th e fourth lap, wh en Serran o went down , ta king Park er w ith h im. Whitt, go t a round . th em and led for th e rema in der o f th e race, holding o ff stro ng cha llenges from Robert Naughton (Hon), Martin Vesely (Kaw) and Serran o , who cu me back 10 finish seco nd 10 win th e O pen class. In the seco nd mo to, 1\\'0 Open hikes wen' Iirs t OUI o f rh « galt' a nd firs t o u t of thl' race when they co llided in m id -air o ff th e Iirs rj ump. Serra no a nd Ri ck Na git' (I-Io n ) wrre o u r, d a zed hu t u n hurt. \\' h itt' had to slow 10 a vo id t ln - la ng lt" Il't lin g Naugh to n a nd Pa rker tak r Ihe lea d p os i t io ns . N au g lu o n and Pa rk er Io ught for t he lead , wh ile Wh ilt' rodl' in i hinl , two 10 rhn-e hikrh-ng ths beh in d . O ff th « last jump. 30 ft'('l from rh« finis h . rlu - It'adns tanglt'd when Park er madi- a last ditrh l'ffo rt 10 pass. bu t m-itlu-r Iell. and Naugh to n too k th e- wi n. Wh it t· finis hed th ird , bUI sero rul 250cc, which gave him th e o vera ll win o n points. J ames G l'orgl' ( K:IW) t ~lIne up the Open class winner. with NaughlO n a nd Vt'sdy serond and th ird 250s. Parker was rlu- IOIH' 12:)(c Pro , p icki ng u p rlu - p oi Ills a nd putting on 'l u i u- a sh o.\\,: . In Sideh urk rompcuuon . t lu: An lona S idl'h ack Assori .u ion sh owed up in foret, bUI ro u ldn't ho ld offrluons laug lu 0 1 Ih l' Pal fnym.m d fort from Ca lilo rni ». John Pal fn -ymnn a nti PelT} i\1t'1I i 10 Ic;ok Ihl'ir Cyrl « Am / KSI 'Dun lop Yam ah a Wasp 10 ih « lo p in t lu- firs l mo w with Phillip a nd "inCH Pal hcynuu: (a boon a Yama ha Was p ) runnin g st'co lHI a nd l\l lk l' C u n i-, Tod d Redondo th ird. In rl us,'c'Oll

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