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= ~ " u n ~ 31 1 2 3 91011121314151617 2324 25 2627 28 29 30 i987 AVON TYRE CALENDAR The infamous AVON calendar is now available from HAP JONES. Send check or money order for 89.95 to: HAP JONES DIST. CO. • P:O. Boa 32368 San .Joee. CA 96152 or Me your motorcycle , • dee.. ~ cJ"&~~/~';J"cI'~~ • • • • Byrd best at Firebird RR JIICC~~,\ V • Yamaha-mounted Kelly Byrd claimed the ··Best of the West" Challenge Race at Firebird Raceway in Chandler. Arizona. I le1 By Michael Ross CHANDLER, AZ, JAN. 4 Kelly Byrd flew to a decisive win during the Annual "Best of the West" Challenge Race at Firebird Raceway. The Chal- sales • service • parts Husqvarna MotorcycleslChainsaws and full line of Power Equip. Cagiva-Ducati Motorcycles PARTS-IN STOCK-IN A HURRY Technical Assistance Complete Machine Shop & Welding 1 (312) 495-2273 0/ M.C.C. 1015 E. 51. Charles Rd. Lombard, IL 60148 U1'S 1loiIJ.l • UiIo • A.. COl) ~ e.. • Diotributo... or DMIe... c.l1 for product (213) 946-3581 CYCLE SERVICE ltD Husqvarna ~ TIRED? Of seizin.ll your '85-'86 500 Husky? Cycle Service has· the cure to g.....ntee e bett8r running Huskyl CARl MANIFOLD KIT $J49.95 1503 S. Pacific. San Pedro. California (213) 548-6874 . Serving The "EutCoaat Gear ~ KMX Dlstrlbutlnc (412) 846 8354 Rt.1l6. Box 236, s._ Fell., PA 1601 0 lenge Race is open to any club and this ye.ar representatives from Colorado, Utah, Florida, Nevada, Ohio and New Mexico participated. Byrd lapped the 14-turn Firebird track at or near the track record all day, but couldn't quite break it. Byrd got the holeshot in the Challenge Race with Kye Gunn and Deiter Lane in hot pursuit. Byrd proceeded to pull away at about one second per lap. By the end of the 10 lap sprint Byrd was over 10 seconds ahead of Lane. Gunn took third with Craig Martin all alone in fourth. Nevadan Dale Kieffer took fifth place on his brand new Suzuki. Laird White, Steve Rupp and Michael Pettiford battled for the six, seven and eigh t spots. Rupp charged up from eighth to take over the sixth position during the closing laps while White edged Pettiford for seventh. Earlier in the day John SCOtt's vintage Triumph blew away the combined Vintage and Novice race. Bill Slawson took the Novice win with a distant second overall. The Production class race saw Kiefer dice with Rupp for the overall. Kieffer pulled out a five second advantage over Rupp on lap four and cruised home for the win. The Stock C class win went to third overall finisher Andy Deatherage on his Yamaha FJ-600. Carlo Rao pulled off a last lap pass on John Knox to take second in C stock. Byrd starred in the Superbike Band D race. Byrd flat ran away from Craig Martin and Rob Leatham and when Byrd pitted after the race his punctured rear tire was completely flat. Tim Bergstrom scored the Superbike D win with an impressive third overall. White led every lap of the Superbike A and C race for the class A title. Stu Morrison looked like a shoo-in for second overall, but slid out on the last lap in sight of the finish line. Kieffer took the Superbike C class win with a fourth overall finish. Scott Willock finished second in Superbike C with his 350 Yamaha after a dead last start. Lane's Formula class holeshotlasted for one turn before Byrd was off and running. Byrd led until lap four when Scott Willock's Yamaha went into a vicious tank slapper that sent him over the bars. Willock's bike a;so collected Tom Dahl sending him to the hospital. Dahl was later released, a little shaken up but unhurt. Byrd pulled away to victory at the restart and took his third victory of the day. Rob Leatham raced to the Formula Two class win with Bergstrom getting the Formula Three crown. Results NOV: 1. Bill Slawson (Suzl; 2. Dan Brown (Varni; 3. Bill Seigelen (Kawl. VINTAGE 1: 1. John SCOll (Tril; 2. Stave Barnard (Hon); 3. Phillip Stevens (Lav). VINTAGE 2: 1. Kavin Elliot (Yam); 2. Mika Lagris (Vam); 3. Andrew Adamick (Kawl. STK A: 1. Dala Kiaffer (Suz); 2. Steve Rupp (Suzl; 3. Jeff Anderson (Vam). STK C: 1. An"., Deatharage (Vam); 2. Carlo Rao (Vam); 3. John Knox (Vam). SUPERBIKE A: 1. Laird White (Suz); 2. Steve Rupp (Suz); 3. Michael Pett~ord (SUl). SUPERBIKE B: 1. Kelly Byrd (Vam); 2. Craig Martin (Vern); 3. Rob Leatham (Sul). SUPERBIKE C: 1. Dele Kieffer (Vam); 2. Scott Willock (Yam); 3. James Cox (Vam). SUPERBIKE 0: 1. Tim Bergstrom (Vam); 2. Marc Shaffer (Vam); 3. Scon Christansen (Yaml. F-l: 1. Kelly Byrd (yam); 2. Deiter Lane (Vam); 3. Kyo Gunn (Suz). F-2: 1. Rob Laatham (SUl); 2. John Knox (Vam); 3. Carlo RIO (Yam). F-3: 1. Tim Bergstrom (Yam); 2. Mark Moreno (Hon); 3. Marc Shaffer (Yam). AlR COOLED 0: 1. Tom Dahl (Hon); 2. Stave Pierce (Hon); 3. Andrew Adamick (BSA). F-9: 1. Monte Rock (Kaw); 2. Andy Adami<:k (Kawl; 3. Dave Chrone (Benl. CHALLENGE RACE: 1. Kelly Byrd (Vam); 2. Deitar Lane (Vam); 3. Kye Gunn (Vam). Canoy snags Perris MX win By David A. Procida PERRIS, CA. JAN. 4 A light rain greeted everyone today at Perris Raceway for CRC's kick-off of the 1987 season. The rain didn't prevem a good-sized turnollt as Craig Canoy topped the field of 125cc Pros. In the first Pro class moLO O'Neal sponsored Canoy, on a borrowed bike, led the field into the first turn followed closely by the Suzuki of Murry Shackelford and Jon Thomas also on a Honda. Canoy was briefly chal- lenged by Shackelford, but could not hold Canoy's race and at the end of one lap Canoy held a comfortable lead. On lap three the distance between first and second was 18 seconds. Thomas had passed Shackelford for second and Dave Foltz was closing the distance on third. Midway through the moto Canoy's lap times were steady I :45's. As the first moLO came LO a close Canoy had a large lead over Jon Miller and Foltz. In moLO two Thomas holeshot the class and led up to the second corner where Canoy slipped under him for the lead, and started pulling away. Challenging for the second place position was Shackel ford and a lap later he passed Thomas who later DNF. Canoy pulled away £rom the pack again LO score a set of 1-1 finishes for first overall with Shadelford and Foltz in tow. In the Beginner class Mike Kelsey led the Suzuki 125s of Mike Otwell and his brother Anthony. At the end of lap one Kelsey was sandwiched between the Otwell brothers. Chris Walker moved up to third pushing Antl)ony back to fifth as the Kawasaki of Daniel Knapp slipped by for fourth. At the end of moto one it was Mike Otwell's Suzuki in first, Kelsey in second and rounding out the LOp three was Daniel Knapp. In moLO two Mike Otwell repeated h is first moLO performance for first overall. Kelsey carded a fourth and combined with his first moLO second place he took second overall. Stephen Johnson finished sixth in moto one and took second place honors in moLO twO clinching t!Jird place overall. In the Women's class Angie Sellers took an early lead, only LO be passed in the second corner by FMF-Shoeisponsored Lori Hedstrom. Two laps later Ruthann Renaux, on a 125 KTM, also passed Sellers for second place and held second to the finish. Out front Hedstrom had pushed her Yamaha LO a·sizeable lead. Moto two ~ p~oduced the same results and the overalls. In Vet Beginner class Jerry Woodard on a Kawasaki KX250 started the new season off with a I-I day for the overall with Steve Larsen taking second place honors. Vet Novice Richard Roberts put his Yamaha in the winner's circle in moLO one over the Kawasaki of David Procida and Rich Heil's Yamaha. In moLO twO Procida put a charge on Roberts and the twO Novices were gOIng for the gold in every corner until Sinasalo-backed Procida overshot a corner, handing the win to ' Roberts. Procida held on for second overall over Heil's Yamaha_ Barry Porter won both motos in the Expert class with Mark Heller claiming a pair of seconds. Results PEE WEE A: 1. Robby Hammond. PEE WEE B: 1. Jerry Aleman; 2. Tony Catalde: 3. Matthew Pickering. 125 PRO: 1. Craig Canoy; 2. Jon Thomas. 250 PRO: 1. Murry Shackleford. .500 PRO: 1. Dave Foltz. 250 INT: 1. Todd Broussard; 2. John Singletary. 1251NT: ,. Rich Banton; 2. Scott Murphy; 3. Jon Levey. 500 BEG: 1. Ed Cavarauss; 2. Ron Kellman. 250 BEG: 1. John Campbell; 2. Tom Rocket; 3. Jim Hammond. 125 BEG: 1. Mike Otwell; 2. Mike Kelsey; 3. Staphen Johnson. 80 BEG: 1. Russ Anderson. 80 MOD: 1. Eric Wright. 60 0-8 VRS: 1. Robby Hammond; 2. Matthew Pickering; 3. Tony Catalde. 60 9-11: 1. Russ Anderson; 2. Jemes (B.J.) Otwell. 801NT: 1. Allan Brehm. VET BEG: 1. Jerry Woodard; 2. Steve Larsen. VET NOV: 1. Richard Roberts; 2. David Procida; 3. Rich Heil. VET EX: 1. Barry Poner; 2. Mark Heller. WOMEN NOV: 1. Lori Hedstrom; 2. Ruthann Renaux; 3. Angie Sellers. 125 NOV: 1. Randy Danylo. 250 NOV: 1. Dennis Urban; 2. Steve Peterson; 3. Bill Carlson. 500 NOV: 1. Brad Morrison; 2. Mart< Shuck; 3. Charlie Strong.