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The Min'i Junior class featured a
bailie' between Atkinson and Aaron
Carlson. They traded moto finishes
with Atkinson's 2-1 leaving him on
top of the standings. Casey Staige's
3-4 tally gave him third.
Schmit's Team Green-supported
Kawasaki carried him to an early lead
in the 125 c Expert class. Brandon
Hopkins gave chase but oon 10 t
sight of him. Robbie Engstrom and
Bryan Schiltz trailed Hopkins to the
flag.
The second molO saw a repeat performance by the top three riders.
David Taittook fourth after chasing
Engstrom for the entire molO.
Jeff Olden berg won the first 250cc
moto after an early dice with Iowan
Bryan Hunt. Tim Bernloehr held on
for third with Rick Munson in fOllrth.
The second molO saw Hunt hoot
Out fronrwith J6hn Niemi and cott
Ruegg in pursuit. Olden berg moved
up after a dismal start 10 finish a closing second to Hunt at the £Jag. Bernloehr and Ruegg rou nded ou t the top
four.
Results
MINI PEE WEE; 1. Miek Atkinson (Kaw); 2. Craig
Cunningham (Kaw); 3. Alan Dekeyrel (Han).
MINI JR: 1. Mike Atkinson (Kaw); 2. Aeron Carl·
son (Kaw); 3. Casey Staige (Vam).
MINI 12·13: 1. Pat Donaho (Han); 2. Brandon
Backes (Kaw); 3. Chad Cunningham (Kaw).
MINI 14·15; 1. Robbie Engstrom (Kaw); 2. Mike
Wagner (Kaw); 3. Jimmy Burns (Kaw).
SR B: 1. Jerry Schulze (Yam); 2. Aida Pezzi (Suz);
3. Jerry Bumgardn.... (Kaw).
SR A; 1. Rick Munson (Kaw); 2. John Tieden
(Han); 3. Gary Walkowski (Kaw).
OVER 40; 1. Richard Peterson (Hus); 2. Darrell
Nolden (Mai).
125 A: 1. Tre>y Dollansky (Han); 2. Jay Pavlovec
(Kaw); 3. Clint Skoglund (Han).
125 EX: 1. Donny Schmit (Kaw); 2. Brandon Hop·
kins (Kaw); 3. Robbie Engstrom (Kaw).
250 B; 1. Chris Bense (Vam); 2. Doug Troupe
(Yam); 3. Rodney Hynes (Han).
250 A; 1. Jay Hoenk (Han); 2. Mark Jeche (Kaw);
3. John Tieden (Han).
250 EX:·I. Bryan Hunt (Suz); 2. Jeff Oldenberg
(Yam); 3. TIm Bernleohr (Hon).
OPEN B: 1. David Becker (Yam); 2. Jerry Schulze
(Yam); 3. Glen Novotny (Han).
OPEN A: 1. AI Novotny (Han); 2. Bruce Brainard
(Han); 3. Rolfe Chterness (Han).
OPEN EX: 1. Jeff Sorensen (Han); 2. Kirk Ander·
son (M·S); 3. Lee Irvine (Han).
Jernigan tops Minis
at Milton MX "\
By Diane Silcox
MILTON, FL, SEPT. 28
It was a hot and dusty day for
the riders at Gateway Raceway
today, but this did not bother
Yamaha-mounted John Watson
Jernigan as he won the 60cc class.
During the first moto of the 60cc
class Jim Ballard took the holeshOl
with Joey Silcox coming out in second. Billy Buterbaugh came out of
the gate third, but passed Silcox on
the inside berm to take over second
place. Silcox was now down to third
with Jernigan trailing him. On the
backstretch, Jernigan caught Silcox
moving up to third with Silcox falling
to fourth. Jernigan began to move up
behind Buterbaugh, but never caught
him as Jernigan went down in a berm
putting Silcox back up to third; Jernigan, however, didn't give upand was
soon back on Silcox as a battle broke
out between the young riders.
Jernigan got past Silcox on the
horseshoe putting him in second.
Ballard took the win followed by
Jernigan. Meanwhile, Silcox and
Buterbaugh tangled at the corner
jump with Buterbaugh recovering
first taking third; Silcox took fourth.
During the second moto, Buterbaugh came out with the holeshot
followed by Ballard, who took over
the lead in the first berm. Jernigan
started in third and Silcox in fourth.
Jernigan didn't waste any time as he
passed Buterbaugh 10 take over second. Jernigan was after the first place
spot as he gained and took over the
lead when he passed Ballard on' the
backstretch. Buterbaugh and Silcox
passed Ballard as he crashed in the
whoops. Buterbaugh held second,
with Silcox in third. Jernigan had a
huge lead over the other racers and
Ballard never recovered his spot. J ernigan took ·first for the day followed
by Buterbaugh in second and Silcox
third.
Results
60: 1. John Jernigan (Yamk 2. Bily Buterbaugh
(Hon).
OPEN AM; 1. Doug Webb (Vam); 2. Honan Brown
(Han); 3. Russell Grater (Kaw).
PRO: 1. Keith English (Kaw); 2. Tony Ashe (Kaw).
MINI B: 1. Brian Grantham (Han); 2. Randy Sims
(Kaw).
125 NOV; 1. Jimmy White (Han); 2. David Poole
(Kaw).
250 NOV: 1. Tony Vitale (Suz); 2.• Chuck Bell
(Hon).125 AM; 1. Ricky Grimes (Han); 2. William
Townly (Kaw).
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Repman rolls at
Delta Park MX
By Derryl Anderson
PORTLAND, OR, SEPT. 18
Honda-mounted Ty Repman
went 3-1 to edge out Chris
Clark's 2-2 and claim the overall win in the 250cc C class tonight at Delta Park.
In the first moto, Repman got the
holeshot followed by Jeremy Skokan
Clark, David Risner, Kelly Harness,
Ken Morrow and Mike Baumgardner.
By lap two Skokan took over the lead
with Clark right on his tail. 'Repman
dropped to fourth for a lap and then
came back into third on lap three.
Baumgardner moved up a notch also.
At the checkered nag it was Skokan,
Clark, Repman, Risner, Harness,
Baumgardner and Morrow.
In the second and final moto, Repman got the scratch and went wire-towire with Clark right behind him.
Behind them in order off the line
were David Lorenz who missed the
first moto, then Harness, Baumgardner, Skokan, and Risner. On lap
three Harness slipped to eighth and
Repman continued to look good out
front with Clark chasing him but unable 10 get by. At the finish the order
was Repman, Clark, Baumgardner,
Skokan, Lorenz, Risner and Harness.
Results
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WEE PEE WEE: 1. Kevin Eakin (Han); 2. Robert
Holtgraw (Vam); 3. Andy Maulding (Vam).
PEE WEE SR; 1 Coby Porter (Kaw).
PEE WEE JR: 1. Eric Burkinshaw (Kaw); 2. Aeric
Staples (Kaw); 3. Kevin Eakin (Han).
MINI C: 1. Rian Gant (Vam); 2. Forrest Transue
(Yam); 3. Darby Batchelor (Han).
MINI B; 1. Travi. Markell (Vam); 2. Adem West
(Vam); 3. Richard Browning (Kaw).
125 C: 1. Larry Winters (Suz); 2. Tim Sell. (Suz);
3. Ken Fuller (Kaw).
125 B: 1. Nick Blasdell (Kaw); 2. Ed Jensen (Han);
3. Bobby Steiner (Kaw).
250 C: 1. Ty Repman (Han); 2. Chris Clark (Vam);
3. Jeremy Skoken (Han).
250 B: 1. Nick Blasdell (Kaw); 2. Dave Eakin
(Han); 3. Kurt Stevens (Hon).
OPEN C: 1. Charles Nelson (Hon); 2. Mike Langacher (Hon); 3. Hugh Fitzgerald (Yam).
OPEN B: 1. Pat Jordan (Hon); 2. Mike Crandall
(Hont 3. Tony Martin (Han).
OTH A; 1. Dave Eakin (Han); 2. Bob Laach (Suz); 3.
Jim Perks (Hon).
OTH B: 1. Miit Hsrden (Suz).
OTH C: 1. Roger Be...n (Yam).
OT A; 1. Jim La"'in (Han); 2. Roger Knight (Yam).
OT B: 1. Jim Denevan (Han).
125 PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (Kaw); 2. Richie Lee
(Hon).
250 PRO: 1. ScOll Tyler (Vsm); 2. Jere Meeker
(Honk 3. Mike Ch_ (Han).
OPEN PRO: 1. Grayson Hart(Vam); 2. Scali Willi·
ams (Yam).
Pinkstaff smokes
'em at S.I.R. RR
By Bruce Scholten
KENT, WA, SEPT. 21
Zlock Racing's Keith Pinkstaff
took advantage of great racing
conditions to blast out nearrecord lap times and probably
wrap up two Can-Am championships
in the bargain. This is the third year
the Washingon Motorcycle Road
Racing Association has joined with
the Oregon and British Columbian
Grayson Hart flies his Kawasaki en route to winning the 125cc Pro class at
Delta· Park in Portland. Oregon.
clubs to host t\1e regional championship series.
In the Formula One qualifier (in
which Pinkstaff entered both
WMRRA and Can-Am competitions)
Pinkstaff dropped an early lead to
qualify second, sandwiched by Vancouver Suzuki racers Tom Walther
and former Australian champion
Steve Trinder. But when it came to
the afternoon final, Pinkstaff took
his Suzuki to an early led which he
held all eight laps to the checkered
flag. Behind him there was plenty of
action for second place. Allied Honda's
Steve Dick, running on the new
D.O.T.-approved "K-Compound"
Metzeler tires got past Trinder and
Walther.
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Pinkstaff swept the simultaneously
run WMRRA and Can-Am Superbike
races as well. Again Steve Trinder
had the pole position. Pinkstaff gridded between him and Bellevue Suzuki's Joe Pittman. Pinkstaff could not
be denied in the final, leading every
lap, while Trinder took a solid second
and Claude Hislop garnered third in
Can-Am points. Although Dale Zlock
was entered only for club points, he
was actually third overall to the checkered flag, recovering well from an
early season crash. At day's end an
enthusiastic Pinkstaff gave plenty of
credit to Dan and Dale Zlock, saying,
"it shows how good they are that they
can build me a National-caliber
superbike - with stock pistons, earbs
and crank'"
Stephen Sipes rode a Brothers Honda/BMW and RPM House-sponsored
special 20 lap 600cc Production race
and he walked away with it. Sipes
went from the pole to an early lead,
but FZ600-mounted Mark Haskins
was right there, scoring first on laps
three and five. Meanwhile, Scott Hieronymus had a tussle with Joe Davis
who eventually rode a tired GS550 to
a fourth place ahead of Patrice D~
Coster's Ninja. But after Haskins'
early challenge, Sipes rode on to a
convincing win, with lap rimes down
to one minute 39 seconds. Suspecting
Sipe's Interceptor was running a total
loss system, runners-up Haskins and
Hieronymus protested but it was
found to be "bone stock."
Results
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CAN-AM F-l: 1. Kaith Pinkstaff (Suz); 2. Steve
Dick (Hon); 3. Tm Walthe,. (Suz).
CLUB F-l: 1. Keith Pinksteff (Suz); 2. Steve Dick
(Hon); 3. Tom Walthers (Suz).
CAN-AM 58: 1. Keith Pinkatatl (Suz); 2. Steve
Trinder (Suz); 3. Claude Hislop ISuz).
CLUB SB: 1. Keith Pinks