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Wh itl ock 's fat her Steve was a mere fi ve feet beh ind o n an 1I00cc Yam ah a. Peterso n was six th aboard h is cro wd -p leasi n g , 150 0cc, n itro.inj ected H arl ey-Da vidso n. His firs t run was a near disaster when he tried to wh eeli e the Harley over a ledge after th e start. T he rear whee l spu n inst ead of liftin g the wheel , and the 500-p lus pound projectile slam med into the face of the h ill , throwing Peterso n onto the handleba r. After the normal hillclimb act ivit y, th e top 10 rid ers in each exhibition class faced off in th e Rain ier Beer Shoot-Out. Each rider took o ne run on the Open Exhibition hi ll for a prize of SI000 winner ta ke a ll. T he Shoot-O ut went off in a raging downpour with T ravi s Whitlock a nd Peterso n choosing to run th eir 500s. Bo th riders ended up throwi ng their bi kes on to p of a cliff o ver. 1000 feet ' up th e hill to better th e o ther 18 riders . Peterson was measured the winner by one inch . Peterson too k a chec k for $500 to the trophy p resen tatio n a nd presented it to Whitlock. He said an inch was too close to call wi th the measurin g system used in hillclimbs. Peterson 's gift was a notabl e sign of sportmansh ip, but spo rtsmanship was appa ren t in all th e racing. Riders are not allo wed to ride or wa lk th e hill before compe titio n at th e ris k of being di squalified. Obv iou sly, Kim ball and Whitlock knew every inch of th e lan es, having don e th e con structio n wi th th eir ow n h ands. Nobody co mplained. It was obvious the two are good enough riders to tum in th e results they did. Motocro sser Brian Myerscough turned o ut to ride th e 500cc Expert Kenny Kimball rode his YZ490 1070 feet up a treacherous Utah incline to win the annual Widowmaker Hillclimb. class (ru n with rubber rear tires on a different hi ll , rather than th e steel or rubber paddle tires used in Exhibition ), and the 700cc Exhib ition class . He had trouble keeping th e bike in the la ne in th e Exhibition class and finished mid-pack. In the Expert class, Myerscough fini shed second with an 856.5-foo t run behind Mon tan a' s Doug Beer a t 950 feet. Both riders were aboard Kawasa ki KX500s. Patrick Faddis finished third wit h 825 feet and Karel Kram er was fourth at 652 feet o n a H onda borro wed from Peterson. Oregon trial s rider J ay P. T erry wound up fifth wi th a brilliant ride o n a KTM 500MXC with short suspe nsion and a stoc k swi ngarm . Terry went up 627 feet. Peterson 's son Robbie too k th e win in th e Mini class over Kris Kroeger a nd J oe B. Moak. Keith Ehnes came all th e way fro m South Dakota to win th e Sports ma n Open class with nearl y double the d istan ce o f seco n d p lace Da ve J or gensen. Results 700 EXHIB: 1. Kenny Kimball (Yam); 2. M ar k E. Cox (Hon); 3 . Br ian Pierson (Kaw) ; 4 . Raben Horban (Han) 5 . LeRoy K. Ebeling (Han) . OPEN EXHIB: 1. Ken ny Kimball (Han); 2. Tom Elmore (Kaw); 3 . Mel Kimball Jr. (Han); 4. Travis Whitlock (Han); 5. St eve Wh itlock (Yam ). " Th e total -show is quick, hard -hitting, non -stop racing action that leaves the involved spectator exhausted. It's like watching a Rambo movie set on fast forward. " ••• " Th e crowd of more than 67,000 cheered during the entire Ultracross main event. " That's the way Cycle News' Joe Colombero saw the Mickey Thompson Off-Road Championship Gran Prix at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on May 2 nd, And now, it' s yo ur chance to experience Ultracross for yourself . Find out what a ll the excitement's about I See the real th ing live and In person at the Seattle Kingdom~ on June 20th and the Los Angeles Co liseum on July 25th. FOR ENTRY INFORMATION CALL(818) 359-5117 , M-F , 10 AM -4 PM PDT OR WR ITE: MTEG , 53 WOODLYN LANE, BRADBURY, CA 91010 Fea1uring: * GRAN DTRUCKS L NATIONA SPORT * SUPER 1600 s UNLI MITED * UltraS to cks * ProATVs * ODYSSEYS * IMONSTER T RUCKS 250 EX: 1. J eff rey Dinsdal e (Hon l; 2. Rod Jo rg ensen (Hon ); 3 . David French (Kaw ); 4. Brend a Pierson (Kaw); 5 . Kelly Peters en (Han). . 500 EX: 1. Doug Beer (Kaw) ; 2. Brian Myerscough (Kaw); 3 . Rick M . Fadd is (Han); 4. Karel Kramer (Han); 5. Jay P. Tarry (KTM ). OPEN EX; 1. J eff Fisher (Han); 2. Larry Sm it h (KTM); 3 . How ard Jo h nso n (Han ); 4. Don Beer (Yam ); 5. Gale Maycock (Mai ). . MIN I: 1. Robbie Peterson (Hon ); 2. Chris Kroeger (Kaw); 3 . J oe B. Moa k (Sul l; 4. Randy Hall (Yam); 5 . Ryan W illiams (Han). 500 OM : 1. Louis Lachn ey (Ma i); 2. Don G. David (Vam); 3. A dr ian Nebeker (Han); 4. George Sau er (Han); 5. Rodne y Eggen (Yam). OPEN OM : 1. Ronald Edie (Yam ); 2. Derrell Johnson (Hon). PP: 1. Danyel Killpack (Yam). 370 SPTMN: 1. Devon Wh eeler (Han); 2. Shaw n M . Dav is (Hon); 3. Drake F. Rooks (Yam ); 4. Steve Jorgensen (Hon ); 5. J oh n C. Reed (Yam) . OPEN SPTM N; 1. Keith M . Ehnes (Han); 2. Dave Jorgen sen (Hon); 3 . M ark Frankl in (Hon ); 4 . Troy M . Toone (Yam ); 5. Ed T. Mo ltz (Yam ).