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Winner Brian Manley leads Mike Baker (45), Terry Fowler (23), Larry Roeseler (behind Fowler) and Bob Russell (48) on the pavement. Larry Roeseler rode his 1987 water-cooled, four-stroke, Cross Country Husky to a second overall in Class 22 (Open) racing. I ~ ""'~ . ?".~ . - .. 1 , "'-g . '-" Scott Mapes (26) topped the Class 21 (250cc) division, while Doug O'Donnell (12) claimed the Class 20 (125cc) victory at seventh overall. 14th Annual SCORE Off·RQad World Championships Manley motors at Riverside Raceway By Matt Hilgenberg RIVERSIDE. CA, AUG. 16 Honda CR500R-mounted Brian Manley took his third consecutive SCORE Off-Road World Championship today at Riverside InternationalRaceway, taking the Class 22 (Open) and overall motorcycle win. Second overall and first Class 21 (250cc) rider was Kawasaki-mounted Terry Fowler. Class 20 (l25cc) fell 10 Pro Circuit/ Answer/Scoll USA-sponsored Doug O'Donnell, while Ken Ehlers and Richard Jackson won Class 30 and 38, resp"Clively; each rider won bOlh of their IO-Iap motos. The L5-mile off-road course used at Riverside each year at the World Championships is desig'ned to represent a lillie of everything' encountered in a Baja desen evenl, including' pavement, jumps, whoops and a high-speed off-camber straightaway dubbed Thompson's Ridge. All five motorcycle classes were combined in a mass stan in each moto. When the pack hit the pavement section for the first time in mOLOone. Mike Baker had his YZ490 a good distance ahead of Larry RoeseJer. Fowler. Manley and O'Donnell; KTM rider Todt! Campbell was in the- LOp 10 and on the move. Fowler passed Roeseler in the switchbacks, then Manley put the four-stroke rider back to founh in the lower section of the track. AI the begi.nning of lap IWO, Baker, Fowler and Manley were tightly grouped, a shon distance ahead of Roeseler and Campbell. Heading into the first turn of the switchbacks, Manley missed his brake pedal and rammed Fowler, taking them both down. Only Campbell was able to pass before Manley and Fowler rejoined Ihe race in thiJ'd and fourth; Roeseler ran fifth, third in Class 22. Kawasaki rider SCOIl Mapes was sixth (Ihird in Class 21), with I25cc leader O'Donnell seventh overall. Campbell took his turn at leading when he passed Baker on the pavement at Ihe Slan of lap three, and he was in front until tfie leaders hit the top pan of the track at the end of Ihe lap. Manlcy and Baker bOlh passed Campbell, and at Ihal point, Ihe winner was all but decided. While Manley led the remaining' seven laps, Baker faded slowly back with a flat rear tire: he was fourth overall behind the 250s of Fow"'r and Campbell on lap [our, then was passed by Roeseler on lap five. Baker eventually finishedl Oth overall. fourth in Class 22; he moved up one position when Marty Tripes, who finished Ihird in class, was disqualified for running the improper number. The 1,,;1 half of moto one saw Manley running alone in front while Fowler and Campbell chased from second and third, approximately 20 seconds ahead of Roeseler. Camp.bell slowed his charge on Ihe closing laps, gi 'ing Fowler a lillle breathing room. Roeseler came in fourth, with Mapes, Tripes and O'Donnell 5-7. Manley, Roeseler, Randy Norman and Baker filled Ihe top four in Class 22; the first-moto winner for Class 21 was Fowler, who was trailed by Campbell, Mapes and Husky rider Dan Ashcraft. In the slim J 25ccclass, O'Donnell finished well ahead of Duane Summers, the only other rider on the lead lap. Class 30 (riders 30+ years old) had Ehlers and Kawasaki KDX200 rider Craig Spurney finish first and second, while Class 38 (riders 38+) saw Jackson and George Erl at the top. Moto two was a lot less eventful, as Malcolm Smith Products/Mid-City Honda/Dallas Baker Products-sponsored Manley went wire-to-wire for the win. Baker was second on the opening' lap, but was dropped to fourth by Fowler and Campbell who gOI off LO a slow sian - on lap two. AI the beginning of lap three, . Man ley had a seven-second lead over Fowler. who was being pressured hard by Campbell; Baker, Roeseler, Norman, Tripes, Mapes and O'Donnell trailed. Tripes and Mapes worked