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back for a wire-to-wire win ahead of
Gregory (Yam) and Kevin McCarthy
(Yam).
Tony Graves had his ups and downs
during the evening, but came away
with two moto wins in his two-class
quest. In the first I25cc B moto, it was
Graves (Herbs Cycle Hon) winning
ahead of a brutal battle between Californian Brad johnson (Kaw) and
Tim Wikes (Yam). The second til1)e
out Dana Anderson (Hon) looked to
improve his dismal first-moto eighth
and took the holeshot, while johnson rallied to second and Graves
settled into third, where they would
finish. Graves got the nod for the
overall with a 1-3 to beat the 5-2 of
Johnson and Dan Mathis (Yam), who
went 4-4. In the 250cc B motos, Graves
won the first moto with johnson
(Kaw) and Dave Fox (Kaw) in the top
three. Moto two was topped by Procaliber KTM rider Brian Hall. johnson again took a second over Graves,
Fox and Clay Light (SUI), who rounded out the top five in the moto. johnson won the overall via his 2-2 performances.
A huge pack of Minis ran combined, but was marred by a horrible
crash between Team Green's jeff Daily
and fellow Expert Paul Winn which
put Daily out of action and Winn
way out front on theO'NeaIlYamahasupported YZSO. In Daily's demise, it
was all too easy for Winn to card a
perfect I-I tally ahead of the fine performance turned in by B winner
Danny Ulven (Ulven Forging-Kaw),
who took a I-I in his class over jeU
Searles (Hon) and Chuckie Standeford
(Hon). In the C class, Bobby Eyman
(Yam) took a I-I to the trophy presentation, putting the stops on local
Roby Leach (Kaw), who had a 3-2 to
beat Roseburg Yamaha's Travis Berry,
who went 2-4 for third.
By far the best races of the 20° evening were the Professional classes
that took the spectators minds of£ the
miserable weather. The 250cc and
Open Pro classes fell to Tyler (Yam),
who took the evening's top payo£f. In
the 250<:c Pro class, national number
35 Eric Hall (KTM) pushed Tyler to
the checkers, but Tyler held on for
the win. Moto two had Tyler again
holeshot and lead to the finish with
Canadian john Evoy (Hon) second
and Hall a third. In the Open Pro
ranks, Tyler led local Richard Earle
(Hon)on lap one and' set upaduel for
two laps until Earle dropped back to
finish fourth behind Tyler, Evoy and
AXO rider john FoeckJer (Hon). Moto
two was all Tyler's, pressured by
Earle, who went on to finish in
secon'd over Evoy.
Dyck ran fourth in the first l25cc
Pro moto on the R&M Motocross/
Yamaha of Canada YZ, but quickly
carved through traffil: to nab early
leader Oren Bray (O'Neal/Kaw) and
Hall (Hon). Hall and Bray put on a
sensational battle behind Dyck, who
enjoyed a huge lead to the checkers to
win moto one going away while Brny
did a marvelous job of holding back
Hall for a second. In moto two it was
Dyck leading local Kenny Olsen
(Kaw), john Woodley (Kaw)and Hall.
Hall picked o£f both Olsen and Woodley and was soon joined by Bray for
another duel for second that went
Hall's way. Bray took third and third
overall ahead of Olsen, who went 4-4
and Gray Beyer (Kaw), who went 5-5
for fifth.
Results
OPEN PRO: 1 Scot1 Tyler (Yam); 2. John Evoy
.
IHon); 3. Richard Earla IHon).
250 PRO: 1. Scott Tyler (Yam); 2. John Evoy
(Han); 3. Eric Hall (KTMI.
125 PRO: 1. Allan Dyck IYaml; 2. Eric Hall (Han);
3. Oren Bray IKawl.
OPEN C: 1. Robert Cecil (Hus); 2. Bill JankslHanl;
3. Tony Cabodi (Yam).
250 B: 1. Brad Johnson (Kaw); 2. Tony Graves
(Han); 3. Brian Hall (KIM).
260 C: 1. Donny Herron (Yam); 2. Dan Gregory
(Yam); 3. Kevin McCarthy (Yam).
125 B: 1. Tony Gr.... (Han);..2. Brad Johnoon
IK_t. 3. Dan Methia (Yam).
125C: 1. Chad Egge(Suz);2. Dan Gregory(Yaml;
3. Tom KUKhnik (~I.
BO EX; 1. Paul Winn (Yam); 2. Jeff Daily IKawl.
BO B: 1. Danny Ulven (K-I; 2. Jeff Earles (Han);
3. Chuck S..ndelord (Han).
BO C; 1. Bobby EylNln (Yam); 2. Roby Leach
(~); 3. Travis Berry (Yam).
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By Michael Ross
For
PHOENIX, AZ, DEC. I
Round four of the Arizona State
Championship Firebird MX
saw Dennis Parker power his
AXOIOakley/Yamaha Worldsponsored YZ to decisive wins in both
nine-lap Expert motos Sunday at
Canyon Raceway. But it wasn't easy
- Parker mounted a charge in mow
one that carried him from last to first
in seven laps.
Chappy Blose hol~shot the first
moto on his Young Cycle Supplysponsored Suzuki, but aryan Hayes
(Hon) passed Blose on lap two as
Parker, who got stuck behind the
starting gate, began to pick off riders.
On lap three the order was Hayes,
Blose, Scott Davis and Rob Olson,
with Parker already up to fifth.
The next time around Parker passed
Davis as Blose began to fade. Lap five
saw Parker challenge Hayes for the
lead, but Hayes held him off for two
laps. The order on lap six was Hayes,
Parker, Davis, and Blose, with Bobby
White moving up after crashing on
Insanity Ridge. Parker put Hayes
away on lap seven and started to pull
away from the pack. White was desperate and got around Blose and
Davis on lap eight, making the order
Parker, Hayes, White and Davis.
When the white £lag came out, White
stuHed his Honda into second place.
Parker crossed the finish line first
with White in second and Davis and
Blose rounding out the top four.
When the gate dropped on moto
two, Hayes was first on his United
Motorsports/Bel Ray/Factory Ridersponsored Honda with Blose and
White right behind. Parke!" saw daylight around White and took over
third before the end of lap one. Parker then went underneath Blose and
Hayes on lap two and by lap four
Parker, Blose and White were pulling
away from the pack. Hayes lost the
leaders when he ran of{ the track to
dodge a spectator.
White wanted first place and gassed
it up on lap seven to pass Blose. As
Parker looked over his shoulder to see
White coming up he picked up "the
pace to hold him off. White tried a
mid-air pass off Suicide Hill and
nearly landed on Parker's rear fender
on lap eight. When the white £lag
came out, Parker and White had
pulled away from Blose. White had
to settle for second at the checkered
£lag, with Blose getting third and
Hayes finishing fourth.
The I25cc Amateur race saw Billy
-Carlson's Young Cycle Supply Honda
take an early lead and never look back.
Carlson went on to win moto one
with a huge lead over second place
Curtis Culbert's Trans-Am Cyclesponsored Suzuki. Wes Parker took
third after trying several times to take
second from Culbert.
'In mow two Chris Rogers jumped
into an early lead ahead of Culbert
and Parker. Rogers led for three laps,
but Culbert stuf£ed his Roger's Gear/
AMC/Scoll/Bell Road Kawasakisponsored KX in a tighCright-hander.
Carlson was charging up from fifth
and took command on lap four after
fighting tooth-and-nail with Parker's
YZ. On lap five Parker got first place
back leaving Carlson in second. Culbert crashed hard, giving third to
Rogers some !listance back. Parker.
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ROUND z,sPANISH
ROUND 3-GEIlMAN
ROUND A.fTALlAN
ROUND 5-AUSTRIAN
ROUND 6-YUGOSLAVIAN
ROUND 7.1)UTCH
ROUND 8-8ElGIAN
ROUND 9.fIlENCH
ROUND lC>-1ll1T1SH
ROUND n-5WED!SH
ROUND 12·SAN MARINO
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