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;. .. ~ .• ". ..... ' . •. ... ". . . . ' . .... ' a .. " " ....... some he w as' rid ing with ro de u ltra ' close for several laps. On la p five. T im Crews a nd Frius both fell down , bu t were soon up and runn in g . Severa l of th e ot her riders had p rob lem s also; Scheibel fell o n a rig h t-h ander a n d just a s h e was gelling up Schouweil er slid into him. The d uo up front were la ppi ng so me o f the o th ers a n d with o n ly a few laps to go , Tom Cr ew s sp u n ou t a nd ended up in last. Fr itts inherited seco nd and began chasi ng mith. The t w o o f th em wer e. reall y fl ying off o f th e j u m p just before entering th e woods. Tim Crews ha d so m uch m ud o n him , that h e pu lled over by a friend a nd go t rid of hi s goggles and wiped off hi s face. Th e o rd er a t th e finish lin e was Smi th, Fri u s, Tim Crews. J ohnsen , Sch o uw eil er, Schrei ber, Sche i bel and T om Crew s. ...... ..... ..... 0.. -< David Tisler (4 2 6 ) and another rider sl ither around a turn i n the Four St ro ke class during a scrambles in Grand Mound. Wash i ngton . Smith, Gross grab Mud Slingers' win By D erryl Anderson G R AN D MO U ND , \VA, MA R. 23 Kawasak i-mounted R udy Smith a n d Chuck Gross came to th e rough sc ra m b les a t Grand Mound, WA, to go I-I a n d win 30 ~ th e overall in th eir respe cti ve classes. Unfort u na tely th is was th e last race of the yea r for o u r n ew fo u nd track next to 1-5 a nd fo ur miles north of Centralia. T he 80cc class was load ed wi th riders an d sp lit into two h ea t races. T he first th ree finishe rs in each heat transferred 10 the A main wi th the rema inder going to th e B main . In th e first h eat it wa s Chuck G ross co mi ng off th e line in fro n t. Beh ind hirri in orde r wa s Darr ell Norman . J eff Mi lbo urn , Ed R ichards, Kenny Revel and Guy Gil l. It di d n 't ta ke long for G ro ss 10 start stretch ing h is lead over th e othe rs . O n lap three. R ichards h ad m ech a n ica l pro bl e ms a nd dropped o ut of the race. Norma n wa s gell in g good ai r a s he rode i n between G ro ss a nd Milbourn . By now G ross had a 50-ya rd lead o n the p ack. On la p four G ill passed Revel , bu t noth ing cha nged from th a t poi nt on. Comi ng aroun d for th e checkered fla g Gross got ma ssive air over th e bi g no rth j ump a n d landed o ut on . th e fla t. Taking th e flag in order was G ro ss, Norma n . Milbourn, Gill and Revel. In th e seco nd h eat race it was Bru ce Ro u n d y' gelli ng the scra tch ah ead of Dan H an sen . R ya n Anderson . Chris Ba iley. J .R . Neuman a n d J ason H o ug ht al ing . Ba iley was o n the move a n d he soon ca ug h t and passed An derson and H an sen . Durin g th e second la p Anderson got sidewa ys a nd lost it; he wa s up a nd runni ng shortl y a fter , but in la st pl ace. Earlier ra ins m ade th e track soupy a nd slick which ca u sed problem s for most riders throughout th e da y. O n lap fo ur Neuma n cras hed in th e sweeper righ t by th e tower. H e was up a nd r u n ni ng aga in without losing a position . Anderso n was ga in in g o n H ough ta ling when h e cras hed again right where Neuman had . but h e 100 was up a nd going short ly after. Bailey put a mo ve on R o u nd y 10 take co ntrol of fir st wh ile H ansen also started 10 push Ro u nd y. It too k a lap, but H a nsen finally got by for -second. Hansen slipped o n o n e of the jumps bu t he was goi ng fast enough to stay a head of Roundy. At the fla g it was Ba iley. H an sen . Round y. Neuman.. An derso n and Houghta ling. In th e A main G ro ss got th e hol e- shot a nd never looked back. Beh in d him were H ansen , Ba iley. Norma n . R oundy a nd Mi lbo urn . For fo ur laps n ot h ing ch anged a nd th en Ba iley got bv H ansen . T h e trio o ut fro nt wa s ru n ni ng so close you -co u ld co ver the m with a blanket; no thi ng cha nged to the flag wh ere th e order we nt Gro ss. Bailey. H an sen . Norma n . Ro u nd v a nd Mil bourn. In th e B m ain Beav ert on Honda and Country Yam ah a -Kawa sak isponsored An derson got th e h ol esh ot ahead of R ichard s. Neuman . Revel and H ough ta lin g . Going by the fa rm field a nd headin g towards th e woods. Neuman fell bu t wa s going agai n with ou t losin g m uc h grou nd. Anderson was o u t to a 40-yar d lead wh en he slid out j ust before comi ng o ut of the woods. T he order was now: Ne uman , R ich ards, H ough tal in g , Revel , and Anderson . On the next lap R icha rds got by Neuman for the lead a nd Anderson d ropped o ut , a victim of a p inch ed finger from h is fa ll. Com ing pas t th e tower with a la p to go. Neuman fell on the right ha nd er, bu t j ust as H o ug h ta lin g was gell in g close to hi m h e go t restarted a nd took o ff. sti ll in seco nd . Th e pa ck wa s sprea d o u t all around th e track a s a lmost everyo ne fell a t least o nce. Ta king the checkered flag in order were Ri ch ards, Neu man, Hough taling and Revel. Eight riders lin ed u p for th e 125cc fir st rnoto . Ge lli ng the h ol esh ot was Rudy Sm ith fo llowed by Tom Crews , SCOll Fr itts, T im Crews , Bob J o hnsen, Brett Schrei ber, Pa t Schou wei ler a nd J a son Sch eibel. T h e rid ers strung o ut as the so u py mud co vered everyo ne bu t the leader. T he mud here doesn 't get 100 deep. due 10 th e a mou nt o f sa nd , rocks and gravel. but it su re makes it hard to pass and n u m ber plates hard 10 read . The o rder remained th e same for two laps. but th e th ird lap Johnsen moved up o n e pos iti on and Schonwei ler did likewis e. H a lfway through the fourth la p Crew s repassed Schouweiler. Mea nwhi le, out from, Smith an d Tom Crews enjoyed an 80-yard lead o n th e ot hers. Smi th rode a pe rfect race never giving Crew s a n openi ng 10 ge t by . A la p la ter Tim Crews a nd Schou wei ler both m oved by John sen an d the fin ish ing o rder wa s set. At th e flag it wa s Smi th , Tom Crews righ t on h is rear wh eel , Frius, T im Cr ews, Schou weiler, Joh nsen , Sch reiber and Scheibel. In the seco nd a nd final mot o Sm ith go t th e scra tch wi th Tom Crew s aga in a ll over him . Beh ind th e d uo was Schouweil er, Fritts, T im Cr ew s, J ohnsen . Schreiber a n d Schei be l. Smith and Crews wa sted n o' time in building a 35-ya rd lea d o ver th e rest o f th e pack. For th ree la p s th ere wa s no cha n ge in p ositi ons. On lap fo u r Frill ' mo n 'd up a not ch a s th e th ree- Results 60 A: t . Ryan Ander son (Kaw ); 2. Just in Rone r (Yam). 80 A : 1. Ch uck Gross (Kaw) ; 2 . Chr is Bai ley (Suz); 3. Dan Hanse n (Kaw) . 80 B: 1. Ed Rich ard sI Hon ); 2. J .R. Neuman(Vam!; 3 . J ason Houghta ling (Suz). 12 5 : 1. Rudy Sm it h (Kaw) ; 2. Scott Pritts (Kaw! ; 3 . Tim Crews (Han ). 250: 1. Joe Gre en wood; 2. David W ell ander: 3 . Alan Evan s. 4 -STRK; 1. Del Schnitzer (Ha n); 2. Al an Evans IHon! ; 3. Ken Vett er (Han! . OPEN : 1. Rick W eid man (Yam); 2. J er ry Asb jorn sen (Han); 3 . Dalla s Nyblod (Han). a T: 1. M ike Hug hes (Honl: 2. Don Schouweil er (Han); 3. Dale Fra iser (Yam). FRA Tinhorn goes to Mesecher By Kay Hopkins STO DDAR D VAL L EY. CA. MAR . 23 Ro bb Mesech er rode hi s 400cc Husq varna Cross Country to a fi rst overa ll win in F RA 's (Fa m ily Racing Associatio n ) Tinho rn Enduro. Los in g . j ust .59. Answer P roducts/ Du ra l u be-spo n sored Mesecher was foll o wed by O pen class Husky rider Ri ck Dan iel with 1.38. T h e ba It le- for seco nd o verall was a close o ne w ith Tony Casaga a t 1.-17 ta king third righ t behi nd Dan iel. T hey had so m e close co m pe ririo n from Don G oc u ling 1.67. Steve Bebeck 1-.86. a nd Do ug Du bach 1. 9~ . lJ EA's M ik e Cha m berlain wa s way o u t in from of th e o ne- loopers a nd took Iirst overa ll o n hi s Yamaha 80 wi th a score of . 5~ . Appro xima tel y ~OO riders a nd th ei r fa m ilies a nd frie n ds were treat ed 10 a perfect-wea th er wee kend in Stoddard Va lley. The pi t area was a bout a m ile beh ind the Slash X. 10 m iles ou t o f Ba rstow off Hi gh way 2~ 7. The firs t chec k o n the first loo p was a t th e three-mile mark. T he o bserva tio n check a t six mi les ca ug h t q uite a few riders sleep ing. mak in g th em ea rlv in to th e next ch eck at m ile seve n and' the start of the firs t specia l test, Th e check-o ut was at mile 10 over a tight ca n yo n wi th som e deep whoops in it. th en over some free terri tory acro ss th e vaIIey. So me riders go t o ff the course in th e ro ller h ills beca u se rh ev fo llowed each o th er ins tead o f Ih e ribbon. Ch eck -in to the seco nd specia l test was at 25.,1 a nd ra n for fo ur a nd a ha lf miles at 30 mph . Then th ere wa s the check-o u t. a reset, a nd back across the vall ey a t 2-1 m p h , a sa nd was h, a nd into th e fi n ish OI l a ho u l35 m iles. T he co urse wa s cha llengin g in pla ces a nd a good loop fo r everyo ne. T he seco nd loop started o ff head ing ea st o ut of the p its th rou g h so me verv u n used a rea s. At about fo u r '11iles th ere was a vir gi n cact u s pa tch a nd th e first ch eck wa s at ·1.9. After tha i. it we nt across th e ro lli n g hill s, across tod dard Well s Road . in to a min ing secti on wit h som e virgi n terril on-a nd o n somc \,en' scen ic, un used Ira ils a cross I I" ba ck o f Stoddard \'all l'Y · . .. ~ .4 • r ... - ~~ J '; .' ~ " •• •• ~ " , • • T -he spec ia l test 'Crep t up at -abo ut 15 m iles a nd th e check-o ut wa s a t 17 after a downh ill th a t proved 10 be very interesti ng . Fro m th ere th e co urse went across H od g e Road nex t 10 th e f reewa y and h ead ed back through th e va llev o n some new tra ils. T he final specia l test wa s at 36 mph across th e rid ges a nd dropped into. th e val ley wh ere th e Peace Marchers were cam ped . From th ere it wa s 30 mph to th e fini sh. Check eig h t had 10 be thrown o ut d ue to a mi leage error. T he cou rse ga ve riders a cha nce to rid e so me new , different and very interesting terrai n. Rider co m men ts were favora ble. ine lud ing R ick Dan iel, who finis hed the second loop wi th h is fro n t ri m co mpletely broken in hal f. R ick 's fa ther. Bill Daniel, said i t was o ne of th e best co urses he'd ever ridden a nd he was impressed w ith th e stra teg ic local ion of t lu - o bserva tio n chec k o n th e first loop . Sa turday's Pok er R un gave th e 106 e n tra n ts a fu n l O-m ilc ride p lus th e bonus of a I ick et good for a free so ft d rin k or d raf t beer a t th e Slas h X. H igh h and Went 10 Do n Andrew s. O the r winners were Cliff Cook, Nik ie O de ue, Dav id Figg,' a nd fo ur-yearold Justin Bin an o . Bill Ma ilman from Lakewood H onda dona ted a H onda EX650 generator and th e lu cky winner in th e drawin g fo r th e ge nera to r wa s Chris Road y. • Res ult s OVERALL: 1. Rob b M esecher (Han); 2. Rick Daniel (Hust: 3 . Ton y C8saga (Yam). AA VET OPEN; 1. Randy Liebig (KTM ). VET 250; 1. Ron Woods (Kawl; 2. Loga n Casteel (KTM); 3. Marl< Cool< (Han). S SR; 1. Tom Getzf nd (Hon ); 2 . Ed Mazenko (H on ~ 3 . Gordon Didlson (Hus). SR OPEN: 1. Dav id Sweeney IH us);. 2. Lyle R. Taylor (Han ). SR 250: 1. John Bai nbndge (Yam ); 2. Harry Keasl IC-A); 3 . Dona ld C. McNamee IHus). OPEN : 1. Robb Mesecher (Han); 2. Rick Dan iel IHu s); 3 . Steve Smit h (Ma il . 4 ·STRK OPEN: 1. Larry Sebast ,an (Han ). 4 ·STRK 250 : 1. Fred Hayes IKaw ). 250: 1. Bill Ful mer J r. (KTM); 2 . Grant Palenske (Han). 200: 1. Jo h n E. Ja cobsen (Kaw) ; 2 . John Porno (Kaw l. A W OM EN: 1. Dana Bell (Vam! ; 2. Shauna Hopki ns (Kaw ). VET OPEN: 1. Joh n M aur, IHon ); 2. Sam Bell IM ' t); 3. M ichael J . Hoeh l (Hus). VET 250 : 1. Steve Bebec k (Vam ); 2 . Dean McCoy (KTM ); 3 . J oe Wilson (Vam !. S SR: 1. Gu s Paull (Hus ). SR OPEN: 1. Bill DanieI IHu s); 2. Tom Cole (Vam !; 3. Richard Claypoo le (Han). SR 2 50 : 1. M ervyn M urray (Yam); 2. Tom Br i stol (Vam! ; 3. Gregg Turk (Vam). OPEN: 1. Chip Hanrick (Han); 2 . Jack M . Sim merman (Yam ); 3. Joh n Uhe rn (KTM ). 4 · STRK OPEN: 1. Bob Farr (Hon ); 2. Randy Brow n (Han!; 3 . Gary Zweifel (ATK!. 4 ·STRK 25 0 : 1. M art in L Blais IHon); 2. Randy Bustamante (Han). 250: 1. J err y RusseII IVam ); 2. Ronald Silva ISuz). A 25 0 : 1. Bob Carpe nter IKTM !. 200: 1. Ton y Casa ga (Yam); 2. Sco tt Stnn ig (Hon ); 3 . Han s Gas sin G iese (Yam) . MI NI: 1. Mike Chamberla in J r. (Vam ). B WO M EN: 1. M ichelle Howard IKaw !; 2. Dia ne Bai nbr idge (Han ). VET OPEN: 1. Joe Sim merman (Yam ); 2. Ch uck Wheat (Han); 3. Dave John son (Hu s). VET 250: 1. Gary Bec k (KTM); 2. Robert C. Kell er (Yam ); 3. Ron W . Nunnaly (Yam I. S SR: 1. Robe rt O. Benson (H us). SR OPEN: 1. Bill Bailey (Han); 2. Dan Kurtzwell (Hus ). SR 250: 1. Bill Roger s (KTM); 2. Dir k McClella n (Vam) . O PEN: 1. Tim Beall IHon ); 2 . KeIth Kubachka (M ai): 3 . Bob Seitz (KTM ). 4 ~STR K OPEN: 1. Terry Huffma n; 2. Ed Wemmer (Ha n); 3 . Ray Lawrence (Han). 4 · STRK 2 50 : 1.. M .ek Ba umann (Han ); 2. Guy Kibbe (Han). 250: 1. Steve J . Falk (Han); 2. CraIg Ste nberg (Vam): 3. J im Wi llia m s (KTM ). 200: 1. Don Goelliing IKaw !; 2 . Rob Peters (Kaw ); 3 . Kenneth W arne r (Kaw) . C WOME N : 1. Lori Bcrtree (Yam); 2. J em ie Lyn n Saturn (Yam ); 3. Diane Olson (Yam ) VET OPEN: 1. Neil Egge nspe rge r (Hus); 2. Doug Krau sm an (Han); 3 . Larry Harris {Han }. VET 2 50 : 1. Dave Hagan (Yam ); 2 . Eric Davies (Yam ); J . Jerry Sear les (Yam ). S SR: 1. Art M cNam ee IKTM ). SR OPEN: 1. M ike Gai nes (Han); 2. .hm Welton (Husl ; 3 . Barr y D. Show (Han ). SR 250: 1. Bill Swan (Hus); 2 . Gar y Cawth on (Yam ): 3 , Ken Wi nkl er (Kaw ). . OPEN: 1. Willi e Ar kei lpane (KTM ); 2 . Lon M ilka (Yam ); 3 . Steve A ndrews (Han ). 4 ·ST RK OPEN: 1. Bill Haskell (Han ); 2. Ted Kaln as (Ho n); 3 . M Ike Remoso (Hon ). 4 -STRK 250: 1. John M cKoane (Han ); 2. Tom Hart (Suz l; 3 . William Kanaya n (Han). 250: 1. Doug Duba ch (Han); 2. Chad G. Cannon (Yam ); 3. David Va n Hulzen (Yam ). C 250: 1. M ichael Qu ezamb ra (Yam); 2. Dennis !\Quis IVam ); 3 . Robert Goeltllng IKaw). 200: 1. Er ic Hovo re (Yam); 2. Den nis AqUis (Yam); 3 . Robert Goe llilng (Kaw) . MI N I: 1. Ryan Sten berg (Yam l; 2. Chri s Anderson (Kaw ); J. Br ia n Davis (Yam).

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