(y.m); 3, Chris Voung (y.m).
250 PRo: 1. Chris Heinrich (Kaw).
OPEN INT: 1. M.rt Moynor (V.m).
250 INT: 1. D.vid Foltz (K.w); 2. R.ndy Norieg.
(Suz).
125 INT: 1. P.ul VI.ch (Han); 2. DltVid Church
(K.w); 3. Mike Weise (Vam).
VET EX: 1. Ken Ehlers (Vam); 2. Keith Ehlers
(V.m); 3. George Kohler (Kew).
VET INT: ,. Raben Hedl.nd (V.m); 2. Ste..... CI.rt
(Han).
VET NOV: 1~Br.d Sioen (Han); 2. Jell MindsrhoUl
(Hont, 3. Ken Fuelner (Han).
OT EX: 1. Ron Way (Han); 2. Jo Brown (Han); 3.
D.n Senchez (V.ml.
OT INT: 1. John T....gli. (Hanl; 2. Kun Safk.
(Suz).
OT NOV: ,. R.lph Dickson (V.m); 2. Jim Hollon
(Suz); 3. Howerd Oberg (Suz).
250 NOV: 1. Will Dicl
P,O. Box 1030
Long Beach. CA 9080t-1 030
or call (213) 595-4753
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ing Organization's 100 Mile Endurance Race to win both heats on his
Sparks Cycle and Suzuki of Tucsonbacked Suzuki GSX-RIIOO. The
crash-plagued 100 miler, originally
scheduled for Decem ber 6, was run in
two heats with motocross scoring.
Gunn handily won the first heat and
held of[ the determined second heat
charge of Deiter Lane.
Heat one saw Gunn, Kelly Byrd
and Lane battling for the top spots.
Terrence O'Brien, Dale Kieffer and
Rick Williams rounded out the top
six. Tom Dahl was running up front
until a seized cylinder on his Yamaha
TZ-250 knocked him out of contention. Mike Ross crashed on lap five
while running in seventh place. Brian
Joder was also running up front
until his throttle stuck wide open in
turn three. Joder's Suzuki was completely destroyed and he suffered a
broken collarbone.
Williams and Kieffer battled back
and forth until late in the first heat
when Williams' Kawasaki 600 Ninja
coasted to a stop out of gas. Byrd ran
well until the closing laps when a
back marker tagged him and sent
Byrd to the-pits. Gunn finished the
heat in first ahead of Lane, O'Brien
and Kieffer.
Gunn and Lane continued to battle throughout heat two. Gunn's big
Suzuki pulled out an eight-second advantage, but Lane low-sided in turn
10 and DNF. Byrd was back up front
on Lance Baker's Honda VFR750,
but was knocked off for a second time
injuring the toes on his right foot.
Tim Bergstrom tried a daring pass on
Williams in turn three that almost
worked. Both riders went down at a
high speed. Bergstrom managed to
restart but Williams' beautiful Kawasaki was on the trailer for good.
Gunn collected the second heat win,
the overall win and the prize money.
The Superstreet B win went to
O'Brien. Kieffer took Superstreet C
honors with his Yamaha FJ-600.
Superstreet D went to Steve Barnard.
PRRO president Les Johnson had
his hands full at day's end with protests, yellow £lag violations, and scoring inaccuracies. Johnson and his
crew worked late Saturday night to
sort things out, but several class po~i
tions were still unresolved at press
time.
Results
SUPERBIKE A: 1. Kye Gunn (Suz); 2. Stu Morri·
son (Klw); 3. Mike Pettiford (Suz).
SUPERBIKE B: 1. Terrence O·Bri.n (Suz); 2.
Chud< Folley (Klw); 3. Cr.ig Sltinner ITri).
SUPERBIKE C: 1. D.le Kieffer (V.m); 2. Andy
De.therege (Yam); 3. Ceria Reo (V.m).
SUPERBIKE 0: 1. Ste..... Bern.rd (K.w); 2. Mert
MorenolTim Bergstrom (Hon); 3. Tad Golmer.c
(V.m).
Razor rips Hangover Marathon GP
By Janice Brignoli
BRENTWOOD, CA, JAN. I
New Year's Day 1987 dawned
with 400 riders ready for Tom
Anderson'sannual ewYear's
Day Hangover Marathon at
Sand Hill Ranch. The races began at
8 a.m. with 22 mini riders competing
for 45 minute. Danny Nelson got the
holeshot from a dead engine start.
Ten laps later, Nelson crossed the
finish line with an uncontested first
place. Matt Furman finished second_
The second race of the day began at
9; 15 with the 125 and 250ccs riding
the same track for 90 minutes. There
was some confusion at the first checkpoint, as each division had separate
chutes for scoring.
Rod Habaig led the I25cc class for
six laps, but had to pull out with a
£lat tire. Dale Razor took over the lead
and went on to a first place finish.
Stan Finney came from behind to
place second out of 45 riders. The
250cc division had 83 riders dicing it
out and the win went to Kelly Andris
over Jon King in second.
The first division of 500cc bikes
began with teammates Rodney Smith
and Danny Paladino taking the lead.
Smith and Paladino both DNF and
the win went to Shawn Reed with
Gary Fargo taking second. The second
division of 500cc bikes was won by
Kipp Classen followed by Jeff Irwin
in second.
The Vet-Old Timer class ended the
day with vets Jim Ashley taking first
and Ron Knarr second. Old Timer
winner Richard Christian beat Leon
Price to the checkered flag to end the
day on a winning note.
PRROnames
class champions
By Michael Ross
PHOENIX, AZ, JAN. 3
Racers filled the Pizza Inn at
Metro Center Saturday night
to honor the Phoenix Road
Racing Organization's 1986
Class Champions. Norm Benedum
took the coveted number one plate
with a string of first place finishes in
Stock D. The PRRO veteran scored a
perfect 160 point. The number two
plate went to PRRO president Le
Johnson. John on scored 144 point
and the Vintage 2 class championship.
Next in line was Tim Berg trom.
Bergstrom garnered th'e Formula
Three championship and collected
128 point. Michael Ross took the
number four plate with 124 points
and the Stock C championship.
Team Razor celebrated Craig Martin's number five plate and his Superbike B class title. Martin narrowly
beat Richard Kohn for the fifth spot.
Both riders scored 120 poims, but
Martin had two more first places.
Kohn raced his Kawasaki 900 Ninja
to the Superbike A title and the
number six spot.
Kevin Elliot finished seventh this
year on his Yamaha RD350 while
Yamaha RZ350 mounted Rick Williams took the number eight position.
Vintage I class champ Steve Bernard
will wear the number nine plate with
Kelly Byrd, the Formula One champ,
rounding out the top 10.
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