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Square Deal Riders p resented trophies and ja c kets to class champions at
the annual awards banq uet in Binghampton. New York.
• WOMEN: 1. J oanna Brow nell 2. Vicki Scott 3.
Dana Bell .
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OPEN AM : 1. Brent Daily 2. Steve Kirk Jr . 3. S.
Garner .
VET OPEN AM : 1. D. Burson 2. P. Medine 3. B.
Adam s.
OPEN NOV: 1. A . Bauma n 2. J . M ill er .
VET OPEN NOV: 1. C. Carlson 2. M . Kiel.
OPEN BEG: 1. B. Seitz 2. D. Todd.
250 AM: 1. D. Kennedy 2. Brian Str atham 3. Jeff
Jackson.
V ET 250 A M : 1. L W rig ht 2. J. Fu ll er 3. R. Reese.
250 NOV: 1. K. Pate 2. D. Persin ger 3. Cory
Down s.
250 BEG: 1. A. Cook 2. D. Harmann.
175 AM : 1. M . Heyl or 2 . C. Jen.en 3 . Ray
COME RACING WITH US
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175 NOV: 1. M . Konc ur 2. G. M ercer.
175 -BEG: 1. M . Str ope 2. Van Bojado• .
WOMEN NOV: 1. Jadtie Ventzter .
Motorcycle Week '86
Crozier dominates
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OPEN A : 1. Erni e M ill an (Han): 2. Robert Godfr ey
(Yam).
OPEN B: 1. Todd Lancaster IM . S); 2. M ichael
Sw ipes IYam) ; 3 . Van McOowel (Yam ).
OPEN : 1. M ark Crozier (Han); 2. Roger Moore
(Han).
SR: 1. Ern ie Millan (Han ); 2. Robert Godfr ey
(Yam); 3. M ark Key (KTM).
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Ho nda and H onda Mo tor Man-sponsored Crozier is just gelling bac k on
th e race tra ck after severa l m onths
vacation due to a severe leg inj ury
in cu rred during a Na tion al in California. Croz ier said, " I' m not back
100%, bu t I'm wo rk in g on it, I train
dail y, gelling ' ready for Na tio na ls
th at stan next wee k."Crozier wasn 't
ex pec ted to be back on the race circuit
till early Ma rch, but doctors feel h e
ca n ha ndle it, H e loo ked 150% as he
wo n 125cc a nd 250cc Ex pert and took
home th e gold in the Open Money
class . Cro zier easily cleared th e da redevi l doubl e jumps mos t Expert riders
wou ldn 't even try.
The Amateur riders bravi ng the
wet, co ld morni ng were doi ng a good
job thernsel ves as raci ng progressed ,
T he Mini Novice class saw weather
co ndi tions improvi ng wit h d rier
wea the r, bu t temperatures dropping
set the p ace for most of the moLOS.
J ohn Gentilcore, out of Gai nesville.
Florida , led th e first rnoto on h is
Kawa saki , being hustled by Mike
Work, out of J acksonvill e, Florida
a lso o n a green machine. H olding in
th ird was Jason Norris fro m Evans,
G eorgia a n d fourth place saw Bria n
Poggie, another Florid a rider on yet
another Kawasaki. Kawasak i seemed
LO be th e dominating factor in this
class. Work p u t in a serio us bid for
the lead and came o u t on top the
seco nd lap, putting Gentilcore in
second , Work p ut a respectful dis tance
bet ween him and second and went on
to wi n , Gemilcore still second, Norris th ird , and Poggie fourth .
In th e second rno to, Work, feeling
confident, took immedia te cha rge as
he decided to double h is fun, with
Gemilcore second , Peggi e th ird , and
th e only lady rider, Patty Mill a n, on
th e o n ly Honda , fourth. As th e race
ended it was sti ll Work, Ge n rilco re,
No rri s p assed Mi llan and Poggie for
thi rd a nd Millan fin ished fourth.
T he I25cc Amateu r class proved to
be a favorit e, the largest and most
exci ting of th e day. It was a surprise
to everyone when Larry Perr y j u mped
LO th e lead o n his Ka wasak i. Perry,
fro m Lake City, Florida , just gave up
his mi ni bike to ride in the big bike
- class , not even sure of h is decision.
With ela ted parent s loo king on , Perry
blitzed the rest of the field o f rnoto crossers. Ya maha rid er Stan ley Co le
was out LO tak e first away fro m Perry
and h e drafted in the seco nd spot. O n
a Honda in th ird was Mark Rackley,
and Mike Co leman, on a H usky, was
in fourt h . The th ree Georgia boys
were p uttin g pressur e on the Florida
leader as th e Am at eu r class covered
th e clay su rface looki ng for every
edge to mak e th eir move. Co lema n
fou nd h is cha nce o n lap two a n d
docked Rackl ey down a n ot ch , Co lema n con tin ued to ha ve some problems as Tracey Lee, fro m Talla hassee, Florida , on a Yama ha , a lso di splaced him. Lee's g lory was very
short-Jived: by th e next lap h e was
down to nimh' a nd n ow pl a yin g the
tough ga me o f ca tch -u p . Rackley wa s _
once again in th e top four. Perry co n ti n ued to ho ld noth in g back as he
romped th e Georgi a soi l. Co le, keeping Perr y in sig h t, was in purs u it,
Coleman th ird, bu t n ow Brad J imison 's Yama ha , out of Atla nta , ro u nd ed o ut the LOp four. Wi th th e las t lap
endi ng, positions held .
The last rno to was once agai n
Perr y and Co le dueling, Co leman
an d Rackley third and fo urth . On the
third lap, Rackley was agai n dis p laced by J im ison. H alfway through
th e race Col em an and J im ison bo th
got around Col e as h e a ppeared tired
out. Cole, suffering from th e flu , rode
well, despite being sick. O verall gold
wen t LO Perr y, a j u bi la n t yo u ng m an,
seco nd LO Colem an , thi rd Co le and
fourth J imison. Rackley fini shed fifth
despite his up-and-down da y.
Dea l Rid ers Association's a n nual
a wards ba nquet, he ld a t the Bull's
H ead Resta ur an t. Master of Cere monies Larry McBrid e h ighlighted th e
acco mplis hments of th e 1985 raci ng
season, th en presen ted certi fica tes of
a p precia tion a nd p laq ues to severa l
outstandi ng mem bers, and prizes a nd
troph ies LO top riders.
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J ackets and troph ies were awa rded
LO class wi n ners, with ru n ners-u p
eac h receivin g trophies, Nabinger
ca me o u t o n top o f th e 125cc class
a fter a seaso n- lo ng duel wit h Eri c
Wickizer, who was awarded th e secondp lace trophy. Nabinger 's cha m pionship in th e 500cc class was wo n over
Jerry O 'Brien an d Boots Oakley.
Wickizer fared better in th e 250cc
competi tion, grabbi ng to p honors
over Christy Scheffer.
J oel Nabinger was given the h ighest co mpeti tion award - T rac k
Cha m p io n. J oel was also firs t Senior
Mini.
First year Pro Crai g Estelle h eaded
the Expert class, a nd th e Mud and
Sn ow title went to Randy Gardner.
Bev a nd Bill Roe no tch ed top h onors
for Road Rid er and Passen ger , wh ile
Charley Chapman was named top
En duro rider. T he Speedway award
was presented LO Tuff McBride, with
Mik e Buman th e runner-up. Stephen
Eck top ped the Junior Mini di vision,
Past pres ident Boots Oakley presented a special clock p laq ue to Lee
Thomas for h is co n ti n ued dedi ca tion
to th e Sq uare Dea l. The Family Award
was given LO Ira , Lil a nd Junior
Waterman for th eir su p port to th e
club as a famil y.
T h e cere mony wa s co n cl uded wi th
th e m ost pr estigi ous club award, th e
Presiden t' s Awa rd , bein g given to
Denn is T oespern for the hundreds of
hours of work devot ed LO making
1985 a successful seaso n for th e Square
. Deal Riders.
Irwin wins D-36
Cross-Country
By Bill Spencer
COULTE RV ILLE, CA , J AN . 26
R id in g o u t o f th e Dogtown
a rea of the Stanislaus National
Forest in th e Sierra Mountains,
J eff Irwin rode his Sun R iver
Cycle/Interlink/Hi-Poim Husky LO
the overall AMA D-36, F-Troop M.C.
~ross Country win , in in spired Iash IOn ,
Results
M INI A; 1. Ernie M illan (Han ): 2. Tony Young
(Kaw): 3. Ezra Lusk (Kaw) .
M INI B: 1. Ryan Fen n (Kawj; 2. Chria Umstead
(Yam); 3. Br ian Turner (Kaw).
M INI C: 1. M ike Wo rk (Kaw); 2. Jo hn Gent ilcor e
(Kaw ); 3. Ja.on Norr ia (Kaw ).
AUTO : I , Phillip Pecan! (Yam).
100: 1. Ern ie Millan (Han).
WOMEN'S : 1. Petty M illan (Han).
125 A: 1. Mark Crozier (Han ); 2. Jay Flaahar
(Yam); 3. Paul Willis (Han ).
125 8 : 1. J.aon CoI.men; 2. M ich ••1 Weller
(Kaw ); 3. Kaith Jones.
125 C: 1. Lar ry Parry (Kaw); 2. M lka Coleman
(Hust 3. Stanley Cole (Yam).
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250 A: 1. Mark Crozier (Han); 2. R _ Moore .
(KTMt 3. Eugene Mulders (Han).
250 B: 1. Jaon Coleman (Kawt 2. Keith Bla..
(Suzl; 3. A1ten _
(Yam).
250 C: 1. Brad J imi - . (Yamt 2. Fan-. Rumble
(Su¢ 3. Mite Houatan (Kaw).
Winn in g is a ny th in g but sim p le
for NorCaI cross co u n try riders a nd
Irw in had hi s hands full of th e li kes
o f n u m ber o ne card ca rrier Ken MeKenzie on th e G ene's Automotive/ HiPo int RM Suzu ki and new Husky
support rider a nd former P ro rno tocrosser J eff Wa tlS, who fini shed less
than a minute beh ind in th e two a nd
a half h o ur ma rath on ,
Irw in was fifth th rough the first of
six , 23-mi nute laps, ch asing the fourstroke of J o h n H aaker and a slew of
250s w hi le McKe nzie a n d D uke
Dowell tra d ed o ff positio ns j u st
beh ind, Dowell being off-tu ne al rea dy
