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.-.-... 0.. -< .. Gary Beyer (4 2) and John Wood ley bump elbows during t he 125cc Pro race at Eugen MX. Beyer wound up ta ki ng t he w in. w ith Wood ley secon d . Davis, Daily dazzle Eugene MX By Clay light EUG EN E, O R, AP R. 13 Troy Davis (Hon) a nd ]eff Daily (Ka w) wer e among the d~y ' s big wi n ners at the completion of the 15th a nd final ra ce of th e O regon AMA Winter/Spring Series held this week at T erritorial Raceway, just o u tside of Eugene in Cheshire, Davis dem olished th e larges t cl ass of th e day, which was th e 125cc C cla ss, whi le Dail y dazzled th e excelle n t tur.nout of specta lOrs enr6utetoa I-I bli tz o f th e 80cc A/ B class. The 125cc C class has co ns isten tly bee n th e la rgest cla ss throughout ~h e series a nd 17 rider s gated for the first m o to on th e Roger Campbell-desig ned 2.2-mi le co urse. which is Orego n's longest track. Sale!TI 's Joh n Gregso n (T aylo r Kaw asa ki ) took th.e holes ho t in the first co nt est a nd dornina ted th e first rnoto. Davis na bbed th e num ber two spo t on his Dav is Constructi on H o nda after a len gth y duel while third fell to a no the r ser ies front runner Bryan Summerl in (Alban y Stih llKawasak i) a head o f Medford 's Todd Alter (H onda) a nd Sal em 's Aaron Boe h m er (H o nda). Gregso n and Davis dueled throughout th e second rnoto a n d took th e en tire 20mi nute rno to 10 decide th e o u tco me . In the en d it went Davis ' wa y via hi s 2-1 rid es over Gregs on's 1-2, Alter's 4-3, Boeh mer'S-4 a nd consistent Da vid Holm 's 6-6. Da ily (PJ - I / Sco tt / Tea m Green / Ka wa sa k i) and l l-yca r-old R ya n H uffman (Yama ha- Honda o f Roseburg/ Yam a ha ) .have had in~red ibl e ba tt les in th e 80cc' class dun ng th e series wi th the duo excha ng ing rnoto wins severa l ti mes. Da ily a nd H u ffman duel ed in mo to on e with Da ily ta ki ng th e lead fo r good la te in th e m o to for th e A pon ion win a head of B winner Huffm an a n d A rider Brett DeVr ies (Oa k H arbo r Ka wa sa k i). Dan n y Ulven (Kawasaki) and Hon da m ounted Ch uckie Sta ndeford fill ed th e top five a t th e co m p letion. Ro u nd two h ad Da il y lead off the lin e o nl y until turn two . Tha t's when H u ffman cut in side of O regon's fastest 80cc Expert 10 nab th e lead a nd set u p a three-lap battl e for th e lead u ntil H u ffma n bailed o ff. De v ries mov ed int o seco nd in Hu ffman 's demi se. wh ere he would fin ish with 2-2 laurels behind Da ily's I-I rides . Ulven used Huffman' s mi sfortune 10 nab top B brass with a 2-1 score. Ka wasa ki rid er David Grad y pulled o ff th e su rprise fini sh o f the da y with h is banzai m idair pa ss to overta ke Don Schneid er (H on) 10 win th e overa ll in th e 250cc C class . ch ne ide r to p ped rnot o o ne with G rad y seco nd a nd Keith Peter son (H o nda) gra bbin g third, Sch neider pulled a way in moto two on lv to hav e Grad y mount a n in credible' cha rge a nd close th e ga p with just a few laps to go, G r!Idy never ga ve up a nd th e d uo ro de .sldebv-side co m in g through the serres o f whoop-de-d oos h eadin g 10 th e checkered flag , Grady gassed it o ~f the fin ish lin e jump, ca tap u lting over Schneid er, for a 2-1 o verall win 10 bea t a stu n ned Schneider. wh o was relegat ed 10 runner-up with 1-2 rid es. T h ird o vera ll went 10 David Er ickso n (Eastside Ka wasaki ), who posted 6-3 rides 10 reverse a ti e with Peterson (3-6), wh o was fo urt h a nd beat co nsistent Wa yne Borland (Kaw), wh o went 5-5. Bob Leach (Alban y SX/ KTM) wo n th e first 30-40 Pro Ol d Timers co n test. but th at was o n ly after Mike H olbro ok ran out 'o f gas wh ile leadin g the co ntest. H o lbro o k's bad lu ck spelled relief for Leach and D ~n Su m merli n (H on ), wh o cashed III wi th first an d seco nd p laces, whi le Holbrook pushed across th e lin e 10 nab th ird , M OIO two had Holbro ok p u ll o u t front o f th e pack, w h ich wh en joined by Leach . set up th e da y's prem ier ba ttl e, Holbrook a nd Leach traded leads until th e finish wh en Holbrook overtook Lea ch o ff th e fin ish line jump for th e mo ta win , but th e o vera ll went Leach 's wa v via ' hi s 1-2 rid es. Chuck Sta ndeford (Honda ) went I-Ito win th e Old Timers contest a nd R usty G arrison (Kawasa ki) did th e sam e on hi s KX125 10 ta ke top 30-40 brass. Results 125 PRO: 1. Gary Beyer (Han); 2. John W oodl ey (Kaw ); 3 . Ti mmy Wa lker (Kaw) . . 30-4 0 PRO: 1. Bob Leach (KTM) : 2. Mike Ho l brook (Han); 3 . Dan Summer l in (Han) . OPEN 8 : 1. Mi ke W est (Han ); 2. Mark Kristoff (Han); 3. M ike M arkham (Yam ). . 250 8 : 1. Tony Graves (Hon) ; 2. Dan M at h,s (Vam): 3. M ike Nott (Kaw ). 12 5 B: 1. To ny Gravas (Han): 2. Kelly W helchel (Kaw); 3 . Ted Perre ard (Hen). • 80 B: 1. Dan ny Ulven IKaw); 2 . Ryan ,Huffman (Yam); 3 . Ch uckie Sta ndeford (HanI. 60 B: 1. Ryan Hu ff man (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Leach (Han); 3 . M ike Utven (Kaw ). Who did how? 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