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uskey Pirates ack Derby crambles win y Ironman Mike MMETT. !D, ocr. 12 i-Point/Smith/Huskey A-E uzuki's Daniel Huskey stole he Pro class victory from Rich aylorat the last moment when aylor's Yamaha VZ ran out of gas ess than a half mile from the finish [Black Derby Racing's 4th Emmell crambles. . HRP/Smith/Team S ream rider teve Johnson pulled an ama'Zing oleshot over former World and 'ational Champion Danny LaPorte, aylor, Jim Baugh, Mike Harris, uskey and Ron Dillion, to lead the ros around the first lap. However, Porte stormed past Taylor and ohnson to take the lead. Huskey was. Iso busy, forcing by Harris, Baugh, aylor and Johnson in pursuit of earn Scream's LaPorte. LaPorte had "hat seemed to be an in 'urmountable ead; over one minUTe' by the end of e [irst6.2-m-i-le lap. Unfortunately, anny's silencer fell off on the secondap, allowing him to climb some of he steeper'hills only in first gear n a KTM 500MX<;:1 LaPorte came in for repairs while uskey took over the lead - but only or a while, as Taylor slipped past on e closing laps. Rich stretched out a ommanding lead over Daniel and ohnson, until his YZ ran. dry just. arely one-third of a mi.le from the its. Huskey and Johnson rode by ich to take first and second. Huskey arne back and gave Rich gas, so Rich ulJed off a third over Dillon, Baugh, arris, and LaPorte, who finished wo laps down. Ross Boyd nailed the Open Expert oleshot, and rode brill.iantly TO take e win over Tyler Eckard, Curt Dice, 'lIon Racing Team's Clint Murray nd Rick Meredith, who ran well until his chain broke. Ryan Dean smoked the 250cc Experts, passing almost all of the big bores enroute to his class win over Bob Carlberg and Joe Wood. Huskey A-E Suzuki's Mike Kelly battled his way past Dillon Racing's Bill Ballard and Maier/I04+/Honda of Caldwell's Rick Dooms to puJl off the 125cc Expert class win. Team Scream's Roger Dubree'sliced past a surprised Howard Dean and Tom Lantbert to capture the Vet· Expert win. Hook Taylor thrashed his way up' through the pack for founh over Phil White, while Jim Hopkins fought off the determined attacks of Jammin' Jim Lyngar for sixth. The Senior Expert class witnessed Kevin Mag~nis stretching an early lead. But Whiz McNeal's strong riding carried him to the win over Magenis and Tom Harris. WHILE OTHERS WERE TRASHING ENGINES, BENDING PIPES, FRACTURING FRAMES, AND BREAKING WHEELS ... WE CHANGED 1 AIR FILTER ENROUTE TO A CLASS 20 BAJA 1000 VICTORY! , The Baja 1000 has always and John Rudder -- took everything the Baja could dish been a notorious bike buster. This year was no exception. out and finished on top of the When the dust finally cleared, 125cc Class 20 by an the course was littered with embarrassingly (for the mangled equipment and .competition) wide margin. But that's not all. Cagiva's spunky dashed hopes ... a real nightmare for riders, - 125 also took the measure of mechanics, and support crews many 250 and SOOcc bikes, who rebuilt countless machines finishing 6th overall among the over a 24 hour period. more than 70 motorcycle entries, and an impressive 18th Meanwhile, Cagiva's 125 overall in a total field of 200+ WMX team -- Charles entries. Halcomb, Duane Summers, Cagiva's latest Baja conquest is one more reason why these rugged, low maintenance, high performance machines from Italy are capturing the imagination of American oftreaders. Put a 125 WMX to your toughest test at a Cagiva dealer ... today. ~ METZELER • Q . • -' CAG.VA ll'IObOOd by CIgi>o Nor1h Amorica, Inc. .. Results PRo: 1. Daniel Huskey (5uz); 2. Steve Johnson (Suz); 3. Rich Taylor (Yam). OPEN EX; 1. Ross Boyd (Kaw); 2. Tyler Eckard (Kaw); 3. Clint Murray (Vam). 250 EX; 1. Ryan Dean (Hon); 2. Bob Carlberg (Kaw); 3. Joe Wood (Vam). 200 EX; 1. Mike Kelly (Suz); 2. Rick Dooms (Hon); 3. Bill Ballard (Vam). SR EX; 1. Whiz McNeal (KTM); 2. Kevin Magenis (Kaw); 3. Tom Harris (Hon). VET EX; 1. Roger Dubree (KTM); 2. Tom Lambert (KTM); 3. Howard Dean (KTM). WOMEN EX; 1. Kathy Climer (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. Bill Dougherty (Hon); 2. JW. Frasier (Kaw); 3. Rick Henson (Vam). 250 INT; 1. Mike Dougherty (Hon); 2. Mike Jardine (Vam); 3. Mike Hornberger (Vam). 200 INT: 1. Shane Meredith (Kaw); 2. Larry eli· mer (Kawl; 3. Brad Niles (Hon). SR INT: 1. Chuck Wright (Hon); 2. Dana Thomas (Suz); 3. Curt Eames (KTM). WOMEN INT: 1. Elizabeth Elwood; 2. Debbie Woods; 3. Christine Linscott. BEG: 1. Tony Murkle (Yam); 2. Soon Kaskel (Hon); 3. John Zuck. MINI EX; 1. Scon White (Kew); 2. Jimmy Page IKTM); 3. Robin Trower (Vam). MINI BEG: 1. 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