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MXSUPPORT 1'~- - HONDA KAWASAKI Fastest Growin g D ealer . In Th e USA • ....- ..... .... .-c TEAM vi GREEN Support O••ler 0.. ~ Dealer LET US HELP YOU • Cut Dow n On You r Racing Expenses • S upe r Disco un ts On New Hon da a nd Kawasa ki MX Mode ls • S upe r Discounts on Pa rts a nd Accessories Mike S ixbery (Yamaha) was first Vet Open Expert; seventh overall . - EASY FINANCING . If you Don 't Hav e Any Cred it, Try Us • ZERO DOW N OAC. • Low Intere st Rate s OAC. Da n Ashcraft (Hus) finishe d th ird after s u rrendering second pla c e to Garth Sweetland in the late stages of the race. Team J ~rseys . Help At l o cal Races National H 'n' H ( Con tin u ed fro m pa g e 16) low Insurance Rates ~ Sign Up TODA Y . And See Why We're The Fastest Growing Dealer In The USA 'VatIu.f - HONDA KAWASAKI 958 North Maclay, San Fe rnando ; CA (8 18) 365-6827 Got an opinion? Write a le tte r t o the ed it or! ''THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS" IN SI ST ON HI- POINT AlPINESTAR S M OTOCROSS END URO BOOTS See yo ur Hi-Point Racing Products deal er toda y and c he ck ou t th e com ple te l in e- up of Hi -Point Boot s for "86. Fro m M X todirt t rack to trai l. he has Quality Hi -Point boots to fit you r nee ds . HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS 34 3709 W . Erie Ave.• Lorain . OH 44053(216) 244-4101 2650H M ercantil e Dr.. Rancho Cordova . CA 95670 - (9 16) 635 -2141 and first in th e 250cc class, was Morri s, tak in g hi s seco nd win in th e cha m pi onshi p seri es. " I go t a prett y bad start and just started catch ing everyone u p a fter th at ," he sa id a t th e fini sh . "I j us t followed Smith. lwas seco nd for a whil e, then Ashcraft got by me an d Garth Sweetl and got by me. I foll owed the m o u t th ere on th e seco nd loo p and got lost too. " The So . Cal. M.C. rider sa id th e co u rse was o ne o f th e best h e's ridden in a whi le. "Th e whol e co urse wa s fu n." he said . " I! wa s li ke a big grand pr ix . Th ere were a ll th ese lillie ro lle rs and san dwa shes - a nd it was rea l fast. " Morris' top co m petitio n , fell ow 250cc ace Krause, wa s n ext o ver th e lin e in fifth overa ll. " It was wa y too Ias t." said Krause, "A nd th ere were a lot o f big d itch es th at weren 't ma rked at a ll. O ne of th ose ca used me to land o n my head." Krau se, who thanked sponsors U.S. Suzu ki. All ied Suzuki. O 'N eal , Neal Enter p rises an d IMS, was still su ffering from so re ri bs and a sore tail bon e a fter goi ng over th e ha nd leba rs in Ro u nd Three of th e championsh ip serie s over a mont h ago. " O n the first loo p I too k a good sho t up the back go ing ove r a bum p an d it's been hurtin g ever sin ce," h e sa id. "Rid in g will be a lot mo re fu n wh en a ll this stops ach ing." Th e first Vet to tak e th e checkered flag was Sixbery (Graydo n, An swer , SCOll, Gra nd Sport Tires, Gaern e an d C ircle ) in sixth overal l. In usual " Sizzlin ' Six" style, Sixbery smoked th e co mpetit io n to tak e his fourth win in th e Na tional Hare a nd H ound series Vet class . " I go t lost a co u p le of times," h e said . " We mad e a lo t of direct lefts a nd cu tbacks - th in gs like th at , that were har d to foll ow. It wa s rea lly fast too." T he nex t bikes h om e were th e Open -class H o nd as o f San Diego 's Steve Wa lker in sevent h overa ll, and fourth in th e Open class , a nd Distri ct38 champion Moen in eigh th overall. "I th ou gh t it was very interesting, and I rea lly enjoyed the course," said Walker. " T h e o n ly thing I didn 't like were a ll th e 90 0 turns . They mak e it tough to sta y on th e co urse." Moen , who wa s racing o n hi s home ground, said th e course was not well m arked for th e faster riders . " It wasn't m arked for fast ," he said. " I! wa s marked for p eople that wer en 't go in g anywhere near th e speed we were , and th e way they had it , when you overshot th e course there were always big piles of rocks or something there. I live right he re in the valley a n d usua ll v rhev mark the courses for fast - but 'today it j ust wasn't. " Ron P ur vin es was nex t across th e finis h line to ta ke sixth in th e O pen Expert class a nd was followe d by . Nevada Open Expert rider Ant hony Pasqual o tto . " I ha d a two - or threeki ck start and it wa s worki ng m y way up th e whole wa y arou nd ," said Pasq ua lotto (Hon da) . " And it wa s too fast for m e. I'm from Nevad a so I'm used to ro cks .- I lik e it a bit slo wer than this." Th e first Senior hom e crosse d th e line in I Ith overall and sa id he had lost abo ut three p laces in th e las t 10 miles. " Wha t a bummer," said Husqvarna-mounted Rich ard J ackson . " I came over a hill and everyo ne was sta lled . I got m y bike bound up, too. a nd everyone got awa y. I was fift h at the bomb a nd slowly worked my way ba ck th e wh ole race!" The first Ama teur rider to take the -, checkered flag was Distr ict-38's Tim Fun , who came in 13th overa ll on his Honda and described the co urse as "proba bl y th e best th ey've had out h ere so far." Racin g in the 125cc class p ro vided some surprises. with the " Kin g ofthe C class " Du an e Su m mers missi ng o u t in h is bid to make it four-in -a-ro w in the Nat iona l Ha re a nd H ound Series. In th e ea rly ru n n ing, Su m mers too k h is usu al p lace a t the front of th e 125cc pack a n d h eld it go ing o u t on loop two . Bu t w hen th e rid ers h it th e p its a t th e end of th e seco nd loop , th e lea d was in th e ha nd s o f Sa n Diego 's Tay lor in 16th overa ll, wi th Sum mers trail in g by three m in u tes, back in 28th overall. Tay lor h eld onto th e lead in loo p three an d too k the win in th e C class in 15th overall. " I though t it was grea t," he said. ''I' m h ap p y to beat Du ane. T hat guy is rea lly good - I cha sed h im for mi les! I got past h im in a rough sectio n." Tay lor, wh o sa id he thought the co urse was great , descri bed himself a s new in town . " I on ly just started racing down h ere," h e said. "So far it's goi ng gr eat. " T op marks for racer support go to T aylor 's mother, for en th usias m despite the rain , and for managing to keep tra ck of every rider through th e pits a nd th eir tim es despite th e han dica p of soggy paper. Summers, wh o finished 23rd overa ll to take second in th e C class, said he had lost th e lead because of a fla t tir e. " I was just cruisi ng ." said Summers. " I was following h im (Taylor) to see how fast I had to rid e. In a ll that dust I didn ' t want to race too fast beca use I was tired from racing yesterda y (in th e SC O RE Great Mojave 250) wi th a ll th e dust from the cars. T he n I got a fla t j us t a fter th e p its at th e end of the first loop a nd tha t was it. I guess I shou ld've raced a ll th e wa y." Su m me rs, who is sti ll wa y o ut in front in the Nationa l Hare and Hound Series C class points wit h three firs ts a nd a seco nd, was tea med with Brian Fo lks in th e SCO RE race a t Lucerne . " We ran ou t of gas wi th a n eigh tminute lead th ere ," h esaid. "I've h ad a rotten weekend - I'm go ing home! " Third in th e 125cc class went to Kevin Case, who took th e class hon ors in th e Great Mojave 250. " T h is is the same bike I won on vesterdav. ' h e said. " I cleaned th e a ir' filter and that was it. This was like a d us ty road race - rea l fast. It co u ld' ve been a bit rougher for me." Specia l th a nks go to Harry Bra ttin of the T an k Slappers for h is help in scoring the race; th e co m bination of District-38 n u m bers, special n u m bers a ssigned to " o u t of town ers" for the race a nd the odd SC O RE number proved fairly confusing. Tha n ks are a lso d ue to the Los Ex p loradores Search and Rescue sq uad - who come co mplete with a pla ne to pat rol the co urse, a nd di d a grea t job of lookin g a fter the riders. • Unofficial Results OVERALL : 1. Can S mith (Husl; 2 . Gart h Sw eet lan d (Hus) ; 3 . Dan Ashcrah (Hus) ; 4 . Charl ie Morris Jr. (Hu s); 5. Pau l Krause (Su z); 6. M ike Sixbe ry (Yam l; 7 . Steve Wa lker (Hon l;S. Tom Mo en (Hon ); 9 . Ron Purv in es (Hon ); 1O. Tonv Pasqu alo tto (Han); 11. Richard J ackson (Hus); 12 . Rhe ynard Morgan {Yam ); 13. Tim Fun k (Hon) : 14 . Ed M orr i s (Husl; 15. Sr uc e Taylor (Hon) ; 16 . #7 6T; 17 . Carry l Folks (Hu s): 1S. Ja mes Tucker (Hen ): 19 . Dar in Aldridge IHu sl. OPEN EX: 1. Can Sm it h (Hus); 2. Garth Sweet land (Hu sl; 3. Can Ashcraft (Hus) . 250 EX: 1. Charl ie Morr is J r. (Hus); 2. Pau l Kra use (Suz); 3 . Rheyn ard Morgan (Yam ). VET OPEN EX: 1. M ike Sixbe ry (Yam). - ' 75 EX: 1. Br uce Taylor (Hon); 2. Duane Summers (Cag); 3. Kev in case (Yam ). SR EX: 1. Richard Jackson (Husl. 250 AM : 1. TIm Funk (Hon). at

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