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• j ~ In a: w o z <{ "THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS" ..J > a: a: INSIST ON HI-POINT A LPINESTARS MOTOCROSS ENDURO BOOTS w o > III o b :I: e, 125 B: 1. Richard Jacobs (Han) ; 2. David Browning (Hon); 3. Eddie Gerrish (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Shawn Colangelo {Kawl; 2. Jeremy Skokan (Kawl; 3 . Terry Bla nd (Suz). 260 PRO: t , Larr y Ward (Kawl; 2. Tracy Bethel IKaw l. 260 A; 1. Ton y Grave s IHon); 2. Sean Dodge IVam). 250 B: t . Randy Skiver (Han); 2. Br ian Hall (KTM ); 3 . Mike Kates (Suz). 250 1. Georg e Fortin (Hon); 2. Jerry Hamness (Han); 3. Kev in McCarthy (Yam ). . OPEN B: 1. ScOll W illiams (y am); 2. Bi ll Bailey (Kaw) ; 3. Paul SlUen (Han). OPEN C; 1. Brad Thompson IKaw); 2. Mike All (KTM) ; 3. SCOll Smith IKaw). OTH A : 1. Randy Sk iver (Han I; 2. Mick Ku lp (Han); 3. Daryl Staples (Yam) . . OTH B: 1. J im Glad ish IKTM); 2. M ike All (KTM ); 3 . Keith Bow man (Hon) . OTH C: 1. Arn ie Wayenger (Hus). OT A: 1. J im Lamk in (Han) ; 2. Do nald Reynolds (Kaw ); 3. Roger Knight (Yam ). OT B: 1. Larry Kopp (Han); 2. Richard Shepard (Hu s). OT C: 1. Ed Parsons (Yaml; 2. Tom Harman (Vam l. c: Nelson scores Baylands double By Mike Vancil FREMONT. CA. AP R. 9 J on Nelson rocke ted to ' four straight moto wins aboard hi s Sa nta Cruz-based CRI 25 and CR250 Hondas while compet- See your Hi- Point Racing Prod uct s dealer today and ch eck out the comp lete fine-up of Hi- Point Boots for '8 6. From MX to di rt track to tr ail. he has qua l ity Hi- Poi nt boo ts to fit your needs: HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS 3709 W . Er ie A ve., Lorain, OH 44053 (216)244-41 0 1 2650H M erca ntile Dr.. Rancho Cordova . CA95670 - (9 16) 63 5· 21 4 1 1986 YZsON SALE Oster awesome at ' - Woodland We" Beat Any Price AI 1986 Yamahas ON SALE CALL FOR PRICES By Derryl Anderson WOODLAN D. WA. 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RACING FUELr-~';:""::"""-:""'''l;1 ~ U.S. 800/858-4327 TX 800/692-4045 GA 404/923-5232 Jim Lankin (401 and his Honda CR600R captured the Old Timers A clan win at Woodland motocron. Donald Reynolds took second. cross held at Woodland. Washington. Weather and track conditions were excellent. and the promoters wanted to do somethi ng differen t. so they ran the tra ck backwards. In the first moto Os ter got the scratch followed closely by Jeff Sowards. J on Davidson . Larry Ward. Scott Steffy and the other Pros. On the - second right-hander. Davidson went down and everyone sta rted stacking up in the na rro w turn . On the second lap. Ward (Team Green ). Steffy (Malcolm Smith) a nd David Bai ley moved into secon d. third and fourth respectively. Meanwhile O ster built up a 20-yard lead on the others. For five la p s there was little change in positions. By lap eig h t. Oster had a 60-yard ad va n tage over Ward . wh o had 90 ya rds on Steffy and th e others. Bailey wa s looking very stylis h when a ll a t o nce he got his Yamaha ultra side -ways over th e big jump a nd barel y sa ved it. By now everyone was stru ng o u t a nd nothing changed . At th e checkered flag it was O ster . Ward , Steffy, Bailey, Larry Visco a nd th e o the rs. Ba iley go t the hol esh ot in th e fin al moto ahe-ad of Sowards, Davidson, John Sowards. Oren Bra y, Oster, Steffy, Ward a nd Da vid Thompson. On lap two. Oster had moved clear up to third while Ward went past Steffy. Ward moved up two more positions in th e n ext two laps and O ster went in to second behind Bailey. At the white flag Ward a n d Steffy were in th ird a n d fourth . Oster was looking super ou t front as h e too k the ch eckered flag ahead of Bailey, Ward , Steffy and the others. In th e 'first moto of th e 250cc Pro class, O ster holesh ot ahead o f Ward. Larry Visco , Tra cy Bethel and Mike Williams. On lap two Ward wa s leadi ng Vi sco. Beth el a n d Williams. O ster 's bik e blew th e transmission, wh ich put h im o u t of the rn oto . Nothing changed until lap eigh t, when Visco had a problem and he also retired. At the flag it was Ward. Williams and Beth el. In mdro two, O ster came to the line on a frien d 's Yamaha and we nt right into the lead ahe-ad of Ward. Willi ams and Bethel. For several laps Oster led Ward. who was all over him. Finally on lap fou r, Ward got by O ster and W illiams dropped o ut. Ward and O ster kept pushing each other until they had 100 yards on Bethel. O ster ran within 10 feet of Ward the rest of the rnoto. At the fin ish it was Ward, Oster and Bethel. In rnoto o ne of ihe I25cc B class I t was Troy Ba n gs on the Beaverton H onda lead ing David Bro wn in g and his H onda, R ichard Jacobs and his Co lum bia R iver H onda . Eddie Ge rrish and h is Ka wasak i a nd th e o thers. Enteri ng the seco nd right-hander. Gerrish sn uc k under the three lea ders and temporarily took the lead. which they wasted no time in getting back . After all of the passing sett led down G errish was in third. Jay Vice of Country Yamaha-Kawasaki moved up a co up le of positions but at th e finish he was mi ssing from the group. T aking th e checkered in order was Bangs; Browning, J acobs, Gerrish an d th e others. In th e second and fin al rn oto th ere had to be o ne restart. After everyo ne got read y aga in it was ex- BMX star Eddie J en sen (H o nda) leading J acobs. Browning , Bangs. Gerrish and th e o the rs. J ensen looked good but a fte r two la p s Jacobs was a ble to get by. Jacobs, Jenson and Browning ran ultra close for th e rest of the race but their positions remained the same. Behind the trio at the ch eckered flag was G errish . Biok estol , Crader. Ban gs and Ohris Dineen . Results W EE PEE WE E: 1. Robert Holtr ew (Yam ); 2. Ben ji Radach (Vam l; 3. Joshua Curr ey (Hon l. PEE WE E SR: 1. Rya n Huffma n (Kaw); 2. Robert Dod ge (Kawl; 3. Rya n A nderson IKawl. PEE WEE JR : 1. Stewa rt Lind (Kaw); 2. Brandon Radac h (Han); 3 . Todd Wa ltmire (Han ). PEE WEE P P: t . Leslie McManus (Han) . M INI A: 1. Brett DeVries (I(aw); 2. Tart Harr ison (Kawl; 3. Rod Tapia . MINI B: 1. Ryan Huffman (Vam); 2. Do n Ulve n (Kawt 3 . Ada m West (Yamt MINI C: i . Rob Dodge (Kaw) ; 2. Tony Duvall (Vam); 3 . Danny Wilcox (Kaw) . . 125 PRO, 1. Steve Ost er ~Kaw); 2. Larry Ward ' IKaw ); 3. David Bailey (Yam). 126 A : 1. Tony Graves (Han ); 2. Lance Smail (Kaw l; 3. Troy Daly (Kaw) . ing against a large field o f Pro riders in each class at Ba ylands Raceway Park Motocross. Early leader Jack H u lse and h is KX Kawasa ki faded to fourth by the en d of the first 125cc Pro mota. Pressure by Nelson allowed a decisive pass midway through the first lap bu t it took Michael Minjares. also on Kawa saki, a nd J o n King , aboard a Honda , th ree la ps before they co u ld find the right line around H u lse. In the second 125cc moto Nelson got the holesh ot and never looked back. It was in th is moto that Jack H u lse got his revenge by gunning past Kin g in the la te laps. O n the 250cc Pro scene Matt Arena grabbed th e e-arly lead aboard h is San J ose-based R M Suzu ki but j ust as he did in the l 25cc class. Nelson powered by in the first lap . For the duration of the moto Ne lson seemed to co nce ntrate on styling off the ma ssive tab letop Bayla n ds j ump. Each lap he gave a different mid-ai r pose for the severa l camera enth us iasts on ha nd. Coming in second bu t then retiring for the eveni ng was T ony R ichard s. A flying sto ne cut h is lip deeply and he h ad to he-ad for a nearby hospital and possi ble sut ures. In the seco nd rnoto it was Nelson o u t of th e gate firs t and being chased hard by last year's Ba ylands' season c ha m p io n, Eric Mashbir riding Honda again th is year. Mashbir put his Oakland-based CR into second in th e moto and it was good for a second ove rall, much to th e pl easure of sponsor Ni ck Deffeo Racin g Prod ucts. The 10 250cc and seven 125cc Pros when adde d to th e seven Open Pro ent rants co ns titued th e largest professional ent ry for a ni ght mot ocross in recent northern California motocro ss history. In th e " Sta rs of Tomorrow " 80cc j unior class. supe r-q u ick Ken n ie McGrath emulated Jon Nelsons' double-m ota victories as he took his Castro Valley based KX Kawasaki to twin victories. His su ccess was captured on video tape and wi ll more than likely become a good trai ning a nd /or entertainment factor in the rema ining sea so n. McGraths' chief comperition in each moto was Christopher McCallie, a San Jose Yamaha sta r, who is much improved over last year. PJ I and Shine On Sh irts are McCa llie sponsors in 1986. Results BO M IN I NOV: 1. Saul San Fil ipp o (Vam); 2. Steve Mandella (kaw). BO MINI JR : 1. Kennie McGrath (Kawl: 2. Chris McCallie (Yam) . BO MINIINT: 1. J erom e Smith (Suzl. BO MI NI EX; 1. Chris Neal (Vam). 126 NOV ; 1. Rich M ussma n (Suz); 2. M Ichael Perez (Yam ); 3 . Ste ve Sooter (Hen). 125 J R: 1. Greg Fox (Han); 2. George Kosovilka

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