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Da na Bell took f irst place in t he
Women 's Expert div ision .
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a nd waved a t me, tell in g me to slow
down." Br ey said.
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Overall , Ch ristman fini sh ed fifth ;
Gorgone Claimed eigh th a nd Bradl ey
took 10th . Filling o u t the top 10 fin ishers were O pen Expe rt riders Randy
Rodri guez (sixth O pen Expert, seventh overa ll ), a nd Ma rk Zoller (seventh Open Expert, ninth ove ra ll ).
Dana Bell of Long Beach . Califor ni a won th e Women 's Expert co m petiti on o n a Hu sq varna 400WR X.
much to th e chagrin o f last year's
winner . J oann a Brownell o f Ca nyon
Country. Ca lifornia .
" 1 ha ve no idea where I took th e
lead; ho pe fu ll y a t the sta rt," Bell
said. "The WRX pulls lik e a train.
You just sta rt the bi ke and ho ld o n . I
can ' t beli eve I finished first in the
Women 's class - I'm an end uro
rider.
" T he last section of the co urse wa s
a ll rockv.just lik e a n end u ro course. I
felt at h ome, " said Bell. " 1messed up
th e bik e a little bit. I went down th ree
times reall y good."
Brownell loo ked d iscouraged after
th e race, thanks to a [lat tire tha t
turned her earlv lead in to a seco nd
p lace fin ish.
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"The [lat cost me the race," she
sa id. "1 wa s 20 m inu tes a head, th en I
was in th e pits 30 mi nu tes fix ing th e .
[lat . It happen ed before the seco nd
gas (stop)."
O th er win ners in cluded J im Fishback in th e O pe n Expert Ve terans
class (he finis hed l l th overa ll) ; Bob
Ash craft in the O pen Expert Seniors
class (19th o vera ll ); Duane Summers
in th e 175cc Expert class (23rd overa ll ); Bill y Smit h in the 250cc Expert
Veterans class (25th overa ll ); Mall
Schwe itzer in the O pen In ter med iat e
class; T om Brad sha w in the 250cc
Intermedi at e cla ss; Larry Gordon in
th e 175cc Expert Sen iors class; Troy
Ra yno r in the O pen No vice class ;
Steven Mit ch ell in th e O pen Intermedi a te Vetera ns class; Hans Giese
in th e 175cc Intermed iat e class; La uren T uo h ino in the 250cc Expert
Senior s class; Ren e Reese in the 250cc
Intermediat e Veteran s class; Rand y
Ca rles in th e O pen Interm edi at e Sen iors class; Art h u r Mor e in the 250cc
Interm edi at e Se n io rs class; Da vid
Garner in the 250cc No vice class;
Geoff Hamilton in the O pen No vice
Veteran s class; Bryan Sha n no n in th e
Open Novi ce Sen ior cla ss; Edw ard
Larosch e in the 175cc Nov ice class;
Tom Marshall in th e 250cc Vet Novice
class; Denise de Vin es in the Women's
In termed ia te cla ss; Robert Nelson in
th e 250cc Novi ce Sen iors ; Fred T ervet
in th e I75cc In term edi ate Sen io r class
and Joseph Harris in the I75cc Novice
Senior division .
(R esu lts in R esults Sec tion )
Andy Saum earned top Expert honors at Central Arizona Trials, Inc.'s
Roper's Raunch Observed Trial in Phoenix.
Saum styles at
Roper's Raunch
By Daryl D. Drake
PHOENIX. AZ. DEC. I
Yamaha rider Andy Saurn domina ted th e Experts at Central
Arizona Trials, Inc.'s Roper's
Raunch Observed Trial after
p icking up on ly 31 marks in three
circu its over the II tri cky sections .
His determined style showed in th e
Expert -only section. wh ere he o n ly
dabbed o n ce while mo st of hi s com petition flailed . Also taking just one
ma rk th ere was series points lead er
Greg J ones (Ya m ). who finished seco nd with 69 marks. Lone H onda
rider Bob Penningt on was thi rd with
73 marks.
No o the r Expert broke 100. Eric
Sche rtz (Ya m ) took fourth wi th 121
ma rk s. wh ile Ron Sa u m (Ya m) ha d a
bad first loo p to fini sh fifth with 132
mar ks. J erry Bridges (Beta) rea lly
attacked each section. bu t finesse, n o t
fo rce. counts in tria ls. a nd he en ded
u p with 139 marks.
Advanced rid ers had close scores.
with Steve Dickson (Ya m) ea rn in g
th e wi n with a score of 46. Ma rk Earl
(Beta) was next with a 55. Greg Pa sca l a n d Bob T ill. bo th o n Yamahas,
tied a t 59. bu t Pa scal took thi rd wit h
seven clea ns to Till's six.
At 69 were two mor e Yamaha rid ers. Mik e Ca rlto n a nd Bru ce Swarnor,
with Ca rlton gelli ng fifth with eigh t
cleans.
In Sen ior tria ling, J oe Crook (Ya m )
held orr J oe Ige (Yam ) for th e Ad van ced win . whil e Robert Reese
(SWM) too k th e Intermedi at e win
ove r Gordon Un derwood (Ma n) a nd
Mike Klatt (SWM). Sen ior Nov ice
actio n sa w Jim Ba rcus l Yam ) p u t
away Erro l Montgomery with a 43mark edge.
In th e Intermedi a te class. J err y
T at e (Yam) was first with 31 mark s.
Sh an e Weckerl y (Man ) seco nd with
40 marks a n d Dav e Montgom er y
(Yam ) third with 47. At 58 marks.
Don Gard (Fan ) was fourt h .
Ten Novices finished o u t th e tri cky
la you t. Doug Gesh ell (Ya m) was fir st
with 23 marks. Mar k Konietzka (Yam )
second with26and Will Terrick (Hon )
third with 27. Only two Beg in ners
made a ll their loops, a nd T roy Reimer (Ya m ) beat Tim Wattier (Ya m)
with a 34 to 40 sco re. In th e Junior
cla ss. Dav id Klatt put a way h is co mpe tition with a 20-mark margin.
Resu lts
EX: 1. Andy Saurn (Yam); 2. Greg Jones (Yam); 3 .
Bob Penn ington (Hon ).
INT: 1. Jerry Tate (Yam); 2. Sha ne Weckerly
(M on); 3. Dave M on tgom ery (Yam).
A DV: 1. Steve Dickson (Yam); 2. M ark Eart (Beta );
3 . Gr eg Pascal (Yam).
NOV : 1. Doug Geshell (Yam ); 2 . Mark Kon ielzka
(Yam); 3 . Will Terrick (Hon).
SR AD : I . Joe Crook (Yam); 2. Joe Ige (Yam).
SA NOV: 1. J i m Barcus (Yam ); 2. Errol M on tgomery(Mon).
JR : 1. David Kla n(Yam); 2. Lee Pennington (Yam );
3. Kennv Bri dge s (Yam) .
SR INT: 1. Robert Reese (SW M ); 2. Gor don
Und erwood (M on); 3. M ike Klatt (SW M) .
BEG: 'l , Troy Reimer (Yam); 2. Tim W att ier (Yam) .
Glover goes at
CMC Carlsbad
By Kathy Nemecek
CA R LS BAD. CA. NO V. 29
Yamaha-sponsored Brae Gl over
LOok top overall Pro honors at
th e Contin ental Motorsports
Club race a t Carlsbad Racewa y.
Durin g the first moro's actio n. Gl o ver
eas ily nabbed the hol eshot and avoided a pi le-up at th e first turn ca used by
th e co n fusio n of ru n n ing th e track
backwards. Fo llow in g Gl over were
fellow Yama ha riders Bill y Fra n k
a nd Ra y Som ma. The three remain ed
bunched up a n d ra n away from the
rest o f the com pctitio n. On th e fif th
lap. G lover started a ga me o r ca t-a ndmouse a nd let Som ma a n d Frank by
o n the Ca rlsbad uphill . Du rin g th e
res t o r th e moro , the th ree d iced a nd
traded pl aces unril th e 10th la p . w hen
G lover pa ssed the two to tak e the
chec kers, with Somm a fini shin g
seco nd a n d Frank ro u ndi n g out the
to p three.
It was clea r sa iling for G lover in th e
second moto, wh en heagain g ra bbed
th e h ol esh ot a nd pulled o u t a ll the
SlOpS 10 tak e the che ckered flag 45
seco nds ahead of th e rest o r the pack
for first o vera ll in th e Pro ranks. The
rea l bailie. ho wever . was fought Ior
seco n d pl a ce between Frank and
Somma . The two di ced th e ent ire
1110 10 bUI Somma managed 10 hold
o rr the - hard -cha rg in g Franks a nd
wound up with seco nd overa ll. Frank
held o n for third pl ace in th e o vera ll
Pro class .
Min i class action saw Yam a ha mounted J eff Grafton from EI Cajon
take ho lesho ts in both mot os a nd
lead fro m wire 10 wire 10 tak e the
overall Min i tro phy. Beh ind G rafto n , Kawa saki-mounted Ryan Addison . H on da rider T y Baber and Ri chie
Pa rren t o n a Kawa sak i ba ttl ed fo r to p
honors in the Min i J un ior cla ss.
Add ison com p leted the day with I-I
finishes for first overa ll in th e Min i
J u nior class. Parrent and Baber traded
finishing pla ces with Baber bein g
rewarded wi th a second p lace overa l]
a nd Parr ent ro u ndi ng o ut th e top
th ree.
It was a H onda cakewa lk as Deron
Mill er cap tured to p honor s in th e
I25cc Beginner class. After a bad sta rt
in the first moto , Miller fought hi s
way through the pack to cha lle nge
J am ie Well s a nd James O sowski for
first p lace. A seventh- lap pass by
Mill er secu red h im the Iirst- rnoto victory, with Wells and Os owski behi nd .
Miller gra bbed first pl ace from th e
sta rt of the second mot o , even th ough
rain h ad made th e track slip pery. for
I-I mota finishes a nd first place overall . Wclls secured seco n d overall by
virtue o f 3-2 fin ish es whil e Osowski
fin ished th ird with 2-3.
Victor Friedke. mounted on his
ATK, won in th e Vet Intermed iat e
cl as s. with Honda-m ounted Ro y
Wescott grabbing second and Kawa sa ki-rider Mil es Kuhn III edging in
for third o vera ll.
Results
500 PRO: 1. Bill y Frank (Yam ); 2. Jerry Jirkovsky
(Hon); 3. Scott Larson (Yam).
250 PRO: 1. Broc Glover (Yam); 2. Ed Arnet(Yam l;
3 . Bry an Paqu ette (Suz).
125 PRO: 1. Ray Somma (Yam); 2. John Conney
(Kaw); 3. Tim RUlherford (Kaw ).
500 INT: 1. MIke Hooker (Hon); 2. Ma rc Peters
(Hon ); 3. Bob Watson (Kaw) .
250 INT: 1. Lee Bacon (SUl); 2. M ike Black (Kaw);
J . Loren Poch irowski (Kaw).
125 INT : 1. Kevin Maret (Hon ); 2 . Br ian Bi lew
(Kaw); 3. Brett Manley (Hon).
500 JR : 1. Tim Brow n (Hon); 2 . Randy Schmidt
(Hon); 3. Ron Douvas (Hon).
250 JR : 1. M ichael Brown (Yam); 2. Lyle Ewo sben (Kawl: 3. J im Sian (YamI.
125 JR : 1. Shaw n Slayton (Kaw); 2. Jim Bacon
(Hon); 3. Lu is Tirado (Han ).
500 BEG: 1. Ian Deff ebach (Yam); 2. Shawn Craig
(Kaw ).
250 BEG: 1. M ike O'Der (Han); 2. Gary M elnik
(SUl ); 3 . David Rivas (Hon).
125 BEG: 1. Deron M iller (Han ); 2. Jamie Wells
(Hon); 3 . James Osowski (Hon).
M STRS: 1. Ala n Olso n (Yam): 2. Jody Weisel
(SUl ); 3 . Ken Diederiet (Hon).
VET INT: 1. Victory Fr iedke (ATK): 2. Roy W escott
(Hon ); 3 . Mil es Ku hn III (Kaw) .
VET J R: 1. Dick Parrent (Hon); 2. Carl Ellert (Kaw) .
M INI INT: 1. J eff Grafton (Yam).
M INI JR : 1. Ryan Addi son (Kaw); 2 . Ty Babe r
(Ha n); 3 . Richie Parrent IKa w) .
M INI BEG : 1. J eff Griffin (Han ); 2. Jonas Dunn
(Yam); 3 . Jarrett Aust in (Kaw) .
Olson flies high at
Edwards CRC MX
By BobAlloy
PALMDALE. CA. DEC. I
Master Marvin Ol son dominated a field of 36 Old Timer's
MXAssociation riders tod ayat
th e California Ra cing Club's
mot ocros s held a t th e rain -soaked
sandy track at Edwards Air Force Base.
Ya maha -m ounted Ol son won bo th
mo tos, fin ish in g with a half-track
lead o n Ro n Way. who dominat ed
the second spot with a 2-2 for seco nd
o vera ll .
Expert Ro land Thompson sta rted
midpa ck, but. by th e th ird lap.
Thompson shot into the lea d 10 win
mot a o ne . George Sparing gOI o rr 10 a
bad sta rt. bu t recovered to ga s hi s
H usky into the second spot. Asker
La ankj aer holeshot to lead th e moto
for o ne lap . but fini sh ed th ird.
Mo to two sa w Buzz Moell er blast
into th e lead for tw o laps. then
T ho m ps on took o ver for th e next two
laps. Sparing took th e wi n a t the
chec kered £la g by powering o ver th e
last sa ndy jump and pa ssingThompson. wh o took seco nd. Moller took
th ird .
In the first Amateur moto, Wendell
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