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held on for fourth and Kevin Marshall was fifth overall. Dan Helm turned in the surprise of the day finishing as first Open Novice at 18th overall. The first Junior class rider to cross the line was Bobby Martin in 20th overall. Results OVEFlAlL: 1, Duke Dowell; 2. Jay Heying; 3. Mic....1Harper; 4. Phil Douglaa; 5. Kevin MarSwlI; 6. DIMI Porter; 7. Scott Meyer; 8. Jerry Brown; 9. Bill Maxim; 10. Joel Ellis. INK TO Knox takes PRROgold POWER with the PATENTED By Michael Ross "0" Ring design .that seals in lubrication to outwear and outlast those that make similar but unsubstantiated claims. CHANDLER, AZ, MAR. 22 "I've fooled around long enough. It's time to get serious," said John Knox after battling his way to the Mid- 2-YEAR, 25,OOO·MI. WARRANTY SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER For ordering information. contact: • Kc"t.'" H !l 7900 DEERING AVE., CANOGA PARK. CA 91304 Duke Dowell takes the checkered flag after six. 18-mile loops in the Moon Rocks Hare Scramble in Sparks. Nevada; Jay Heying was second. YOUI ONLY . ©.Ml@1l\W~1 ~ Husqvarna ... DEALER IN SAN FERNANDO VAllEY '87 MODELS IN STOCK NOW Home Of:. '85, '86 125 Wortd MX Clulmpion Cagivll 125WMX '85. '86 King Of The OeArt Huoq· varna 430XC - 500XC Suzuki of Van Nuys 16141 Sherman waY~818) 994-2882 Van Nuys, CA ~ . UPS Parts Daily blistering 1:48 minute laps. D &: S Kawasaki of Arlington fielded the winning Lightweight Production bike, a new two-cylinder Kawasaki EX500, that took a respectable ninth place finish overall despite a crash halfway through the race. The team's bike seemed to suffer from the stock suspension fading as did another new Kawasaki. the Ninja 750 run by Team Tres Hombres to second-place in Heavyweight Production. The Lighrweight Superbike victory went to the Neverready Race Team on a Yamaha RZ350 and second went to Todd Livermore riding s610 the whole race also on a Yamaha, The Dirty White Boys earned third in the Lightweight Superhike ranks on the only Honda Ascot thumper in the race. Team Beemer launched the only twin, powering up 14 places in three hours with some imrpessive riding by young Jerome Russo and George Powell,. only to suffer a bent valve in the fourth hour. worked his way up to second and Kiley held on for third. In the second moto Palmer took advantage of crashes to move up into the lead and again take the moto victory. Kiley followed Palmer home for second and Joiner claimed third. Palmer took the overall with Kiley's 3-2 garnering him second and Joiner's 2-3 tally netted him third. Results 18181 999·3060 SPARKS, NV, MAR. 22 HVYWT SUPERBIKE: 1. Team Scream; 2. AML Racing; 3. R&F Racing. . HVYWET PROD: 1. Garland Suzulti; 2. Taam Tr"" Hombre.; 3. G. K. Cycle'•. MEDWT SUPERBIKE: 1. Weaern Sinlin'/8MH; 2. SQueaky nght; 3. Fubar Racing. MEDWT PROD: 1. Keene Racing; 2. Team Metz; 3. Team Banzai. LTWT SUPERBIICE: 1. The Neverready Race; 2. Livermore; 3. The Dirty White Boys. . LTWT PROD: 1. D & S Kawasaki; 2. Team Bark; 3. Team Taja•. Palmer scores at GatewayMJC By Diane Silcox MILTON, FL, MAR. 22 r - - - s.rnn, 1lIorfII •••• m U.$._. - - - , CYCLE SPORT/RV CENTERS OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT r..... G. . . C"",., Distributor For OMC • Suspenllion Concepti "[tv ~ '!J Parts· UPS Daily BBMili Plain Rd. Danbury. CT 0681 , (203)790-7589 ,,~ ~RFORMANCE ~:=~LDERS FOR THE MOTORCYCLEINDUSTRn 32 Clearwater, FL 33575 - 813/461·4897 Honda-mounted Ricky Palmer had a great day of racing at Gateway Raceway Sunday as he claimed the victory in the Pro class. In the first Pro moto Ed Kiley grabbed the holeshot' with Palmer not far behind in second and Keith English following in third. Palmer lost second to a charging Russell Grater when Grater was able to clear the set of doubles and leapt past Palmer into second place. Grater was bounced out of second quickl'y though as Palmer got back around him on the straightaway. Palmer worked his way past Kiley and into the lead shortly after that and never looked back. Jody Joiner Results 60: 1. John Jernigan (Kaw); 2. Joey Silcox (Kaw). MINI 8: 1. Phillip Oscerola (Kaw~ 2. Christa in Leul< (Kaw); 3. James 8roxIon (Hon). MINI A: 1. Kevin S~rd (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Chuck Herlestntith (Kaw); 2. Eddy Phanerplace (Hon); 3. Mart< Krupinski (Hon). 125 AM: 1. PJ Sore (Hon); 2. Greg Sorg (Hon); 3. Neal Thoma. (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Scott Grater (Kaw); 2. John WutsIte (Hon). 250 AM: 1. PJ Sorg (Hon); 2. Curti. Smith (Suz). ENDURO/SR: 1. Lamar Joiner (Hon); 2. Brad Gaine. (Hon); 3. Clay Dixon (Suz). PRO: 1. Ricky Palmer (Hon); 2. Ed Kiley (Yam); 3. Jody Joiner (Hon). Dowell wins Moon RockHS By Dana Boyer Duke Dowell piloted his Honda CR250R to the overall victory in the Moon Rocks Hare Scranible, bea,ting out Open Expert Jay Heying. Dowell said, "The course was great, there was no dust and the weather was excellent The course offered some of everything. It really wore me down, I'm just glad I didn't have to go another lap." When the riders came around in the early in lap one AMA District 36 Number One plate holder Lance McPhee had the lead, but Vet Expert Phil Douglas took the lead by the first check. Behind Douglas it was McPhee, Greg Searle and Dowell trailing. At the end of the first lap McPhee was back in the lead, followed by Searle, Dowell and Douglas. At the halfway point of the race Dowell had taken over the lead with Searle and Dave Porter close behind. As the race wore on Searle had jammed his wrist and McPhee was also having problems. Dowell took advantage of this and began to stretch out his lead. At the end of the six 18.5-mile loops Dowell took the checkered flag five minutes in front of Heying, who was the first Vet Expert. Third overall was Mike Harper, Douglas dleweight Superbike win Sunday at J:irebird Raceway. Knox took his self-tuned Yamaha FJ600 to the winner's circle after an exciting dice with Kawasakimounted Rick Williams. This win marks Knox's first victory in the Superbike class. Knox and Williams met again in the Supersport class with disappointing results. Williams led the first seven laps of the 10 lap sprint before Knox fought his way into second place. Knox was ri~ht on Williams' rear fender when Williams lost the front end of his Kawasaki Ninja and crashed, takin~ out Knox. "It flat happened qutck," said Williams after the accident Carlos. Rao inherited the lead on his Desert Cycle-sponsored Yamaha FJ600 and raced home to the Middleweight Supersport win. Kye Gunn took the overall win in the Stock Production race on his Suzuki of Tucson/Buds Out Backl Sparks Cycle-backed Suzuk GSX-R 750. Mike Williams raced to second overall on his Suzuki about 15 seconds ahead of third overall Scott Willock. Willock took the Middleweight crown on his Yamaha FZ600. Gunn came back later in the day to . claim the Heavyweight Supersport race, Bob Utley and Mike Williams went head-to-head in the Unlimited Superbike race. Utley led every lap but the one that counted, the last one. Williams got underneath Utley in the final turn to take the checkered flag first. Utley got his revenge in the Formula race. The Hughes Helicopter technician stayed out in front of Williams to claIm second behind overall winner Gunn. In addition to the regularly scheduled sprint races, PRRO also sponsored special vintage races which brought entrants from New Mexico, California, Colorado and of course Ariwna. Vintage I action saw Mick Frew's Star Cycle-sponsored m350 Yamaha lead Jim De Rosa's R5 across the finish line after a racelong battle. Kevin Elliot starred in the Vintage II class on his self-sponsored Yamaha. Elliot led second place Mike Legris across the finish line by 10 seconds after 10 laps of racing, The very fast Triumph of John Scott scored the Vintage IV victory after keeping Frew's Yamaha TD350 at bay. Scott had problems late in the race which slowed his pace enough to let Frew get around him, but Frew was later disqualified after a protest. First in Vintage III went to the BSA of Andii Adamick. Adamick finished sixth overall on hi& selfsponsored BSA B-50. Second in Vintage III was claimed by Dave Fiorelli riding a BSA Gold Star with Sidney England taking a well-

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