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250: 1. Bricky Hughea (Hon); 2, Roland King
(KTM); 3, Marty Hen"'" IC-A),
OPEN: 1. Mike McHale (Hue); 2, R.J, Fadeli (KTM~
3. Paul Norrie (Hus),
SR: 1. Gary Hatch (Yam); 2, Graham Kenan (Hue);
3, Bruce Triplett (Kewl.
SUP SR: 1. Bill Edmundaon (Hon); 2. SlOn Norrie
(Hus~ 3, Bricky Hughes (Kewl,
4-STRK: 1. David Newton (Hon); 2, Keith Cox
(Hen); 3, David Copley (Hon).
TRAlLRIDERS: 1. David Parks (Hen); 2. Mitchell
Hall (Hen); 3. David Olds (Cog),
Sipes fakes
WMRRA title
By Bruce Scholten
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KENT, WA, OCT. 19
With the WMRRA number one
plate on the line, Stephen Sipes
and Doug Renfrow raced hard
a 11 through the season finale at
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Doug Renfrow cranks his Yamaha en route to the 450cc Production class
win at Seattle Intemational Raceway in Kent, Washington.
MINIINT: 1, Spud Wahers (Yam); 2. Jason Gibson
(Hon); 3, Bart McAllister (Honl,
125 BEG: 1, John Wilsson (Sull; 2, Wenc.
Galindo (Kaw); 3, LJ",y Dennis (Hen),
125 JR: 1, Shad Echelberger (Yam); 2. Jim lohnertz IKow); 3, Mark Wyhlidko (Kaw),
125 INT: 1, Billy White (Kawl; 2, Tony Branson
(Yam); 3, Dwayne Scott (Kaw).
. 125 PRO: 1, Do"" Coupe' (Hon); 2. Brad Harrison
(Kaw); 3, (TIEl Dave McCombs (Hen)/Sean Conley
(Kaw),
250 BEG: 1..Greg Oxley (Hen); 2. Andrew loutrnelllHonl; 3, St....n Tlinte (Hon),
250JR: 1. Howard Gordon (Hon): 2, R.T. Bowling
(Hon); 3. Jeff Baldwin (yam),
250 INT: 1, Ron Allen (Kaw); 2. Gary Morris IHon);
3, Clint Fincher (Kaw),
250 PRO: 1, lorry Dashiell (Hon); 2. Allen Beruti
(Hon); 3, Kun Jorgensen (Hen).
OPEN BEG: 1, Daniel Helm (Hon); 2. John Van
Dyke (Hen); 3. Blain Dierksen (Hen),
OPEN JR: 1. Myk Brown (Henl; 2.Don Naytor
(Kaw); 3, Greg Vlahos (SUl),
OPEN INT: 1. John Haaker (Hus); 2. Scott Dorman
(Hon),
OPEN PRO: 1. Larry Dashiell (Hon); 2. Kelly
Andris (Hon); 3. Kun Jorgensen (Hen).
VET JR: 1. Doug (Mait 2. Rick Tipton (Mai); 3.
John Cook (Henl,
VET INT: 1. Jerry Bum (Suz); 2. Dan Jon..n
(Kew); 3, S _ Pa_ (Hon),
VET EX: 1. Dave Whita (Hon); 2. St.... Farroni
(yam); 3, John Haaker (Hus).
OT JR: 1, lAo Trombley lKew); 2. Jim Hobbs (Mai);
3. John Percival fA TK),
OT INT: 1, Mike Hieberger (Hus); 2, Frank Trier
(Hont 3. John To_ (Yaml,
OT EX: 1. Richanl Shilling (Honl; 2. Dick Mann
(Huet 3, Bill McOinton fATKI,
White fakes
Peninsula 100
By Rider Writer
NEWPORT, NEWS, VA, OCT. 12
David White repeated his performance of last year by capturing all the gold at the II th
Annual Peninsula 100 Classic
Hare Scrambles. The event was the
12th round of the Rocky/Bell/
Metzeler/Hallman/ScottiLubridyne/
Texaco/AXO-sponsored Virginia
Championship Hare Scrambles Series. White's only obstacle to becoming the eries Grand Champion for
the third consecutive year was Open
class Mark IV-sponsored R_J. Raddis
on a KTM. But Faddis fell off the
pace on the last lap to finish second
in class and fifth overall. Meanwhile,
White rode his Husky 250WR out
front to win the event hands down by
over two minutes. Coming in second
overall was the 1984 Peninsula overall winner Mike McHale, who rode
his Two Wheel World sponsoredHusky to the top of the Open class to'
give the competition a 1-2 Husky
punch.
Along with a clear sky and temperatures in the low 70s, the Peninsula
Trailriders Association gave the riders a course that was over 12 miles
long. Trackmaster Bobby Wilt gave
the riders four railroad track <.TOSSings, a lowf open and densely wooded
trails and. a touch of fast firt' roads.
The course waii. designed for wood
riders as White took approximately
three hours to complete the designated four laps. The event drew some
of the top riders in the east as racers
from as far as New York made the
long trek to compete.
In the 250cc class, Honda rider
Bricky Hughes finally got his first
taste of a Peninsula victory by completely laying waste to the re t of the
class. Hughes cakewalked for the
class win and third overall. Class
points leader Roland King managed
to stay within striking distance for
two laps, but had a disasterous third
lap to finish almost 10 minute 0((
the pace at the checkers. But fortunately for King, he was able to still
come in second as third place rider
Marty Hensley was uTtable to take
advantage after being plagued by
mechanical gremlins and falling to
third..
In the 200cc class, Ricky Hilton is
proving to be almost unstoppable
this season as he stayed on the gas
between the flags for the win., After
doing some first lap shuffling. Rick
Pi no on a Kawasaki and Yamahamounted Joel Burgess tried to put the
pressure on Hilton but ended theday
by stuffing the rest of the pack for the
next two spots. Burgess' finish moved
him from fifth 10 third in the series
points while Pino was able to pad his
second place in the standings.
In 125cc action, a tight battle developed early between Suzuki rider
Derek Kutcher, Honda rider Eric
Colson and series class ...champion
Jeff Taylor on a Kawasakil. At the
end of the first lap, Taylor held a
nine-second lead. But while Taylor
pitted for gas every lap, Kutcher and
Colson took a chance of every other
lap and slowly put di tance on Taylor as the laps ticked away to finish in
that order. Colson, who has attended
only a couple series events, had hi
best race of the season and caught the
attention of Kutcher and Taylor as
both were heard asking "Who was
that guy on the old Honda that was
going so fast?"
In the 1000c class, Billy Cox and
George Greer continued their yearlong baule at the front. Both riders
lUrned lap times on the small bores
that were competitive times in the
larger classes. Greer set the pace for
the first two laps, but settled into
second as Cox sizzled the last two
laps. They outdistanced the rest of
the field to become the only riders in
that class to go the full distance.
Results
100: 1, Billy Cox (Hon); 2. George Greor (lwn); 3.
Jason Gulley (Kewl,
125: 1, Derel< Kutcher ("Suz); 2. Eric Colaon (Hon);
Seattle International Raceway today.
Sipes led the points chase by 44
going into the contest and Team
B.A.D. Boys' Doug Renfrow borrowed
a bike from teammate and 1983
WMRRA champ Bruce Behall and
tried 10 bridge the gap.
Things weren't going Renfrow's
way during the four-lap morning
qualifiers (which determine grid
position for the 10-lap finals). First
Sipes' Interceptor won the 600cc
Production qualifier by 20 seconds.
And in the next heat bf combined
600cc and Open Cafe, Sipes' GSXR1100 won the Open while Renfrow's
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