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The Mot orcycle R id ers' Associati on wo uld lik e to gi ve special th anks
to DeW ayn e Culbertson for th e use of
hi s road grader in preparing J ackson
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Racers cl imb uphill and coast
downhill to beat the clock at
Jackson Creek in Oregon .
Del Schnitzer (73) grabbed the holeshot to win the second 500cc Pro heat
at the short track held at Oakwood Arena in Roy. Washington.
ern was load ed in th is race. G ree n
didn 't let th em down as he blew by
Roo se a nd went o n to clea r sai ling
u n til Ase ltin e pa ssed Roose a nd sta rt ed pressurin g him. Back in th e middl e, Strong sw itche d p laces with Gerra rd, who was ridi ng a n u ltra-clean
Ca n -Am. Green took th e checkered
n ag , wi th Aseltine in tow a nd bo th
h eaded for th e A ma in. The rest of the
pack was desti ned for a sem i.
Roo se and Stoc ks took th e two
tra n sfers in the first semi but not
wi th out heavy pressure from Ayers
(Aa rn ro Tools). In the second semi
Clay to n a nd Gerrard cla im ed the
tra n sfer positions .
It took one restart a nd lois of
pa tience to get two rows of P ro s ready
for th e A main. Push in g a ll the way
thro ugh the east turns was Green, in
front of Davis, Sullivan. Schnitzer ,
Aselti ne, Roose. Strong and G errard.
Sulliva n fell in turn two whil e Schnitzer and Aseltin e moved ahead of
Davis. Davis pushed his way back hy
Aselrine to seul e in 10 third . ;\'ext
W ilson mov ed bv Asel rine as did Gerrard . U p Iro nt, Green strung ou t his
lea d to ahout a straightaway as th e
n ag fina lly ca rne OUI. Finishing in
order beh in d Green was Schni tzer,
Da vis, Gerra rd, Wil son , Aseltin e,
Roo se, Stocks , Sull ivan and C layton,
In the third h ea t o f th e 250cc P ro
class. Strong came o ut smoki n' 10
lead Bri an Ha ycock , Green . Asel tine ,
M ike Felt a nd Roose. Co m ing o u t o f
turn two a nd headi ng down the back
straightaway , Green blew by Strong
a nd H aycock lik e he was shot out of a
ca nnon. Mean wh ile , Ase lti ne slid
un der Strong and Roose got by Fell.
Aselti ne wen t on 10 p ick off H aycock
and head for Green. W it h a lap to go.
G ree n coas ted to a stop o n the ba ckstretch. Apparent ly. h e spun th e valve
stem off the tube. Taking th e w in was
a very happy Aseltine, followed by
Strong, H aycoc k, Roose and Felt.
Green was forced to ride th e B
mai n , which transferred two to th e A
main. Gelli ng th e scratch wa s Bel ling ham's R oose, who led :\1ike Bud schat , H aycock, Green, J o h n C layto n. Aaron Waggoner, Felt and C aro
Si lva. Green wen t arou nd Budschat
a nd H a ycock in turns three and four.
the n he picked o ff Roose o n th e backstretch . With o ne lap to go, Green
bega n lap p ing slower ride rs . At the
n ag it wa s Green a nd Roose h eading
10 a hack -row start in the A main:
In th e sta rt of the 250cc P ro A
m ain , R oose and Auburn 's M ickey
Fa y got tang led badl y o n the f ron t
straigh taway. U n fortuna tely, Nati on a l n u m ber 13 Mi ckey Fay was too
shaken to cont inue. It was totally
wi ld tr yin g to get all o f th e a nxious
P ro s lined up wi thout a nyone crossin g th e lin e. At the second res ta rt it
was Mark R oo ks. o ut of a th ree-year
retirement, ta ki ng th lead aboard
th e fast Roger Sta n ley H o nd a . In th e
first turn Mscich owski cras he d, and
so did Aseltine a nd Ayers. After th e
track was clea red, they lined up for
th e third res ta rt. Ta ki ng th e hol esh ot
wa s S trong , fo llo we d by Wil son ,
Green , Roo ks. Da vis, Mscich o wski ,
RtXISe, Ayers and Aseltine. G reen
moved hy W ilson a nd immedia tely
started to pressu re Stro ng. Twice
G reen went to St rong 's o u tside but
co u ld n't quite ge t by. G reen went to
th e ins ide bu t Strong ha d th e doo r
sh ut th ere a lso . G reen continued 10
push o n th e in sid e until he finall y
j ust fo rced St ro ng over enough 10 slip
by. At th e n ag Green had a 30-foot
lead over Strong, Rooks. Wilson,
Da vis and Roo se.
Results
WEE PEEW EE: 1. Darr in Belco un (Yam): 2. M ,tch
Falkner (Yam ).
PEE WEE : 1. Troy Donald (Han): 2. Ryan Barclay
(Kaw ); 3 . Kevin Belcourt (Kaw ).
M INI : 1. Tom Eddington IKaw) ; 2. Ed Gerrish
IKaw) ; 3 . Jeff Anne n IHon) .
125 A : 1. Darren Anderson (Yam); 2. Speedy
Carver (Hon): 3 . Bi ll y Hagmann (Kaw ).
125 B: 1. Eddie Gerrish (Kaw); 2. John Mroczek;
3. Suzanne Falkner.
125 PRO: 1. M ike Rau te nberg; 2. Matt Hold en; 3 .
David A nderson .
OPEN A : t . Chri s St aley (Yam); 2. Tracy You ng
(Hon); 3. Joh n Wh itmore (Mai).
OLD TIMER S: 1. Charles Hiatt : 2. S.L. McCa ulel:
3. Freeman Pri utt .
A M AI N
25 0 A : 1. David And er son ; 2 . Matt Holde n; 3 .
Ch uck Hiatt (Hon).
250 B: 1. Rick Holmes (Yam ); 2. Jason Dahn er s
(Han); 3. John Fogo (Han).
25 0 PRO: 1. Randy Gr een (Han); 2. Kirk Str on g
(Han); 3 . Mark Rooks (Han).
500 PRO: 1. Rand y Gr een (Hon); 2. Del Schnitzer
(Han); 3 . Dar ell Davis (H-D).
OPEN A : 1. Chr is Staley (Yam ); 2. Tracy You ng
(Hon); 3 . John Wh itmore (Ma i).
OPEN 8 : 1. Kyl e Davi s; 2 . Jim Ol iphant (Yam); 3 .
Paul Newman (Han).
BMAIN
2 50 A : 1. Darr en Ander son (Yam); 2. Jeff Hiatt
(Yam); 3 . Mark Turner (Yam ).
2508: 1. Ted Abernathy (Han ); 2. Russel Norman
(Hon ); 3. Steve Mc Cauley
250 PRO: 1. Brian Haycock; 2. M ike Budschal: 3.
John Clayto n (Bul).
500 PRO: 1. John Pett er (Han) ; 2. Ra nce 8 arclay
(Yam); 3 . Don Paul (Han).
OPEN B: 1. Mark Medca~ (Han); 2. Darr in Wie mer (Suz); 3. Ma rk Wr~ht (Yam ).
C MAIN
250 B: 'l , Ron Phillips; 2. Ray A ll estad (Han); 3 .
M ar k Wright (Yam).
Brunelle wins
Texas scrambles
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Hu sqva rn a-rn o u nt ed St ev e
Brunell e LOok advanta ge o f
excellent track co nd itio ns LO
lak e th e Expert class win for
round tw o o f th e So ut h Te xas
Scra m ble Seri es. T he nine-m ile co u rse
consisted of tight wood s, fast stra ig h ts
and big berms in sa ndy field s.
H o nda rider Cody Lipps j um ped
in to th e ear lv lead . hut it was short li ved . Brun eil e a nd h is 250cc Husky
motored in to th e to p spot before th e
la p was co m p leted . From th en o n ,
Brunell e was in complete co n trol as
he forged . ~h_eil d 10 a th ree-m in ut e
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Meanwh ile, Yamaha pi lot Bryan
Tay lor was in ching hi s way into
seco nd after pas sing L ipps. Once
T a ylo r took o ver seco nd , p ositions
remained much th e sa me with Brun ell e tak ing th e win fo llowed by Taylor, Lipps, Mark L yn ch a nd C harlie
Marlin .
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