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Arena best at Saylands MX By Mike Va ncil FRE MONT, CA, AUG. 7 Matt Arena turned his firs t ride on a Honda into a victo ry in the P ro class tonig ht a t Baylands Racewa y Park. After a get-off in the first mot o, Arena cam e back to win the second a nd claim the overall. In the first rn o to the leader was G a ry Rabe a nd he was smooth throughout the race a nd never once over-extended h i m sel f. Are na, aboard his ' new H onda ca me o u t tryi ng perhaps a tad too hard. A quart er way through th e moto Arena fell and was o u t of posit io n 10 catch Rabe, trai li ng by a considerable di stance to ge t a seco nd pl ace finish . In th e seco n d m o to Arena did nothing wrong. H e finish ed well ahead of Rabe and hi s 2-1 fin ish was better then th e 1-2 accom plis h men t of Rab e. It was no t long af ter the seco nd Expert/ Professional class moto th at a power fail ure took half of the Baylan ds' li ghting. Repair s co uld no t be accomplished at tha t ho ur so all classes o the r than th e P ro class were scored o n th e basis of the first mo ta result. Phil Dougl as took two first p laces as a result, o ne in th e Intermediat e class a nd th e o ther in the Vet Master class . Results 80 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Ja son Labare (Yam); 2. Garr en Gora (Han); 3. Ja mes Ptarcin ski (y am); 4. Albert Iniguez (Kaw); 5. Dave Kipe ls (Kaw). BO BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Bill Sayre (Yam); 2. Mar k Gilben (Yam ); 3. Pet er Urfer (Hon); 4 . Gar y Ott er st edt (Hon); 5 . J on Pet ers (Yam). 80 J R: 1. SCOIl Shade (Yam); 2. Jeff Gladieux (Han); 3. Tom Hastings (Hon); .4. Kenny Spenc e (Yam); 5 . Ricky Alves (Vam). BO INT: 1. Danny Nelson (Kaw ). 125 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Mark Fitzsimmons (Suz); 2. Du an e Anderson (Hon ); 3 . Paul Symmons (Ho n); 4 . Shane Wright (Han); 5. Dan Kenison (Han). 125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Gary Armstrong (Kaw); 2. Jason Sha de (yam ); 3. W ill iam Barr agan (Yam); 4 . Sam Kulp (Yam); 5. G len n Tan ner (Yam ). 125 J R; 1. Tom Costella (Kaw ); 2. Pat Gomm (Han); 3. Chris Still e (Han); 4 . Bill Bloom field (Han); S. Tom Hamala in en (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. M ike Ospri n g (Han); 2. Ken Schro eder (Suz); 3. Jimm Tipton (Yam); 4 . Don M at h eso n (Hon); 5 . Jamie Steyd in g (Kaw ). 25 0 JR: 1. Marc Penni ngs (Han); 2. Bill Bloom · fie ld (Han); 3. Jam es Perry (Han); 4 . Dave Zollo (Han); S. Don Me ndenha ll (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Jeff Powell (Han); 2. J erry Dixon (Han); 3. Doug Silva (ya m); 4. Ma rk McN un (Han); 5. Dean May (Yam). OPEN J R: 1. J on Nicolaus (Yam); 2. Niclas Granlund (Kaw l; 3. Shawn Reed (Kaw); 4. Richard Wilson (Han). ALL INT: 1. Phil Dougl as (KTM ); 2. SCa Jo rdan li (y am); 3. Bill Ger ber (Vam); 4 . Kurt Kuhn (Kaw ); 5. Paul Midson (Han). ALL PRO: 1. Mall Ar ena (Han); 2. Gary Rabe (Kaw). VET JR : 1. Bill Mal oney (Han); 2. M ike Ospr in g (Han); 3. Ric Russell ( H o n ~· 4 . St eve LaBare (Han); 5. Paul Fusco (Han). VET INT: 1. Gary Jaehne (Kaw); 2. Ma rk Anhur (Han). OT JR: 1. Don M atheson (Hon); 2. Lewis Fast (Vam). VET MSTR: 1. Phil Douglas (KTM); 2. Duane Hugh es (Hon); 3. J erry Castill o (Han); 4. Larry Baker (Han); 5. Gaorflrey Fox (Han). UaSa wins Can./Am. Speedway Challenge By Todd Kruh G R EENE, NY, AUG. 8 The northern neighbor s fro m Ca nada inva ded Actio n Park Eas t Speedway for th e An n ua l Canadi a n Am eri can (Ca n .!Am.) Chall en ge, but th e hometown Yan kees got the best of th em during a ni ght which included bl own en gines, broken bones, a nd close raci ng. Before the cha lle nge got underway the weekly H a ndicap ra ces were run and there was a noticeable absen ce of Warren Diem , the Eas t's mos t dom inating ri der. Diem was slated to be captain of the US team a nd a favorite for the H andicap win, but du ring a pre-race warmup of his Godden machine th e mo tor let go . J oel Mo nell, cana dian Len Dillon, J ohn Lewis and Pat Cliff took wins in the hea t races. T he first semi was bad news for Bru ce "The Mongoose" Nelson w hen Mo nell dropped it in turn four and left Lewis and Nelson no cha nce to lay it down. Nel son en de d th e night wit h a bro ken foot. Canada's J ohn Kehoe beat Mike Cortese and Lewi s 10 th e fin ish after the resta rt. The second semi va ulted Tom .Burge, Lance Darso w and Dillon 10 th e main . Co rtese took the lead in th e main event bu t was hugged tightly by Darsow. " The Col orado Cowboy" dropped Cortese 10 second o n la p three. Mea nw hile Dill on, the Ca nad ia n National Champi on, quietl y m o ved into th ird p lace. Da rso w appeared to have the lead in hand un til the whi te flag lap whe n Dillon surged from thi rd 10 first a nd Di llon had to sett le for seco nd . The Can-Am challenge allowed each mem ber of th e 10 rid er teams to ride fo ur tim es. Scoring was do ne on a 3-2-1-0 basis for eac h race. The Ca nadians looked good after two heats as Keh oe took race one a nd Ca lifornian Walt Farnum , su bstitu tin g o n th e Canad ian team for Fred LeGau lt who cou ldn 't ma ke the trek fro m Can ada , took race two. Dill on ca p tured heat th ree to keep th e score tied, a nd Pat Cli ff brok e the ice for th e Americans in the fourth hea l. In th e fina l race of the first segment Dam ien Cornwell and Cortese pro - . vided the o ne-two p u nch th at pu t th e America ns o n top 18-1 2. Keh oe ripped off anoth er victor y in race six wit h Lewis taki ng one for the hom e team durin g th e sevent h race . Dillon, who was on a ho t streak, grabbed race eig ht, whi le Darsow a nd Cornwell scored five po ints in race nin e. After J o h n Dmytrow added th ree points for th e Ma pl e Leafs by toppi ng race ten th e score stood 36-23 a t th e halfwa y point. Darso w, Lewis a nd Burge helped w;den that lead by winning three of the next five heats, leaving the other two to Dill on a nd Farnum. With five races to go the U A had for all p urpos es put it o ut of reach as they led 53-36, and in the fin al ro u nd o n ly Farnum co u ld muster a win for Canad a. T om Burge spoiled Dillo n 's pe rfect night whi le Mark Edwards , Cliff and Darsow fini sh ed off the program. T he fin al was USA 72, Canada 47. Results . USA 72 : 1. (TIE) Tom Burge/ Lance Darsow l John Lew is (10); 2. Pat Cliff (9); 3. Mark Edwards (B); 4 . Damien Corn we ll (7); 5. J oel Mo nell (6). CANADA 47 : 1. Len Dillon Ill); 2. Walt Farn um (9); 3. John Kehoe (B); 4 . John Dmytrow (7); 5. Guetan Carigan (4 ). HDCP: t , Len Dillon (Gdnl; 2. Lance Darsow (Ja w); 3. Joh n Lewis (Wes); 4 . Tom Bur ge (Gdn); 5. MI ke Conese IGdn). 0 -2: 1. Floyd Clark (Jaw); 2.Charlie Jacobs (Ja w); 3.Chr is Load (Jaw); 4. Kyle Dixson (Gdn). Glenn glides , at Jones Creek Trial By Chuck Steahly JO NES CREE K, O R , AU G. 2 Gary Gl enn took th e overall and 250cc Expert class wi n a t th e Mike Stewart Reli abilit y T rial. D & S Cycl e-spo nsored Gl enn and his H usky zeroed th e course chec ks and bea t O p en Expert w i n ner Tom Young by a total of 55 seco nds in th e two tight woods special tests. The co urse, la yed o u t by observed trials riders Dan Logan and Barret Brown , lSDE veteran, was 107 mi les a nd a t least seven hours of very tight go ing. Deep ru ts, la rge logs, rocky creeks, and virgin woods were some of the hi gh lights. Most of th e expe rts though t it great fun. " I go t my money's worth ," claimed G lenn, " bu t a t least we had pl enty of time at the chec ks to catch o ur breath." It was a good thing, th e hot weather a nd the long hOUTS in the saddle took its tol l. The fun tooka down swing when so me course markings were accidently removed in the last section. Ma ny ri ders got lost a nd th e last check was thrown o ut as a result. Dean Autrey (61 AI finished second behind Jim Perry in the Pro-Am main event at the Castle Rock TT. A close battl e in Cl ass 30 Expert 'en ded whe n Ma rk Rupl e edged Chuck Steah ly by three seconds. Al Feter ly was in the hunt until taking a th o usa nd poi n t p enalt y after miss i ng t he special tes t in th e co n tro versia l last se ction . T erry Ben nett wo n the 200cc Expert class with Daren Burt netting an amazing second on a borrowed stock XT200 d ua l purpose bike aft er hi s IT's trann y dumped th e week before. J erry Van Loo was the fastest amateur a nd took the Open class wi th test tim es 10 put most experts 10 sha me. Bill Toman had Class'50 nailed sh u t until he rode into a check 13 minutes ea rly. Bob Krch of Christ ian Dirt Riders ended up th e ViCIOr. Res ul ts OPEN EX: 1. Tom Voung; 2. Vulcan McC lellan ; 3. Dale Demar is. 250 EX: 1. Gary Glenn ; 2. Larry Smith; 3. Wes An derson . 200 EX: 1. Terry Ben nett. 2. Daren Surt ; 3. George Seli nger. 40 EX: 1. Jim M cClellan 30 EX: 1. Mark Ruple; 2. Chuck Steahly; 3. AI Fetterly . OPEN AM : 1. Jerr y VanLoo; 2. J eff Haw aII; 3. Bob Galaway . 250 AM : 1. Dave Lett ; 2. M ike Smith; 3. Rick Husar i. 200 AM: 1. Steve Carscallen; 2. J ason Syphers. 12 5 AM : 1. Tim Rodda; 2. Paul Stevens. 30 AM : 1. Mark Rainey; 2. Earl Putn am . CLASS 50: 1. Bou Krch ; 2. Ben Bassett ; 3. Bill Toman . 4 ·STRK AM : 1. Raef Parmel ee; 2. Don Douglas; 3 . Tom Coy. SPTMN : 1. Dan Neese; 2. Kerry Blankenb iller. Sadler shines in Castle Rock TT By Derryl Anderson CAST LE ROCK, WA, AUG. I Former 1950s and '60s AMA Pro dirt t ra c k sta n do u t R ic h a rd "S l ug " Sad ler returned to TT racing IOn i~ht at Cas tle Rock Fairgrounds, win ning th e Over 40 class . Sad ler rode a single ra ther th a n th e 750 cc H arl eyDavidson most o ld timers remem ber h im aboard. J im Perry rode 10 a smooth 1-1 finish as he handled th e P ro -Am cla ss ahead of Dea n Autrey, T ony Dickinson and T roy Yeo. Dan Kirk got the scra tch in th e Over 40 hea t ra ce whi le Sad ler was getti ng u sed to the tra ck . L ee T hom pson followed close beh ind, but it di dn 't take long for Sad ler to begin pres suri ng Kirk. Their battle soo n put 40 yards o n Tho mpson. Sadler was wi thin 10 yards of Kirk wh en the chec kered flag came ou t, a nd Thom pson too k third. In the main event, Sadler go t the scratch followed by Kirk, Thompson a nd Doug Phelps. Sad ler logked good, but Kirk started 10 mo ve o n th e ex-Ha rley rider. Lap-after- lap Kirk wo u ld pu ll up on the outside o f Sadler en tering turn o ne but Sad ler co nt in ued to use the inside 10 pull ahead while entering th e dogleg and headi ng o ver the jump. Just when it looked as if Kirk had th e pass, Sad ler would power away. At the checkered flag , Kirk was rig ht th ere o n the o utside but Sad ler wo n by half a wh eel. T ho mpson took third a nd P helps fini shed fourt h. In th e Pro -Am heat race, Autrey took th e ea rly lead a head of Dan Co rdell. Perr y, Yeo a nd Paul New- ' man . Berry moved into seco nd o n lap two a nd with a su per o u tside-toins ide move th rough turns three and four he took Autrey for th e lead . At the flag it was Perry, Au trey a nd Yeo. T he second heat race was co ntroll ed wire-to-wire b y Speedy Carv er, who was follow ed at the chec kered by T ony Dicki nso n, T odd Da vies, Aaro n Sh ard elm a n a n d Brian Bal dwin . In the main event , Woodl and' s Autrey o nce aga in go t the holeshot followed by Dicki nso n , Perry, Carver and Shardelman. Corning into turn two , Dickinso n dropped back, leaving Perry loo kin g rig ht a t Aut rey. T he twoso me battled back and forth for severa l la ps befo re Perry sl id by. Meanwhile Dickinso n a nd Carver were o n the move . Dickinso n had his hands full hol ding off Yeo once he got into third. Perry had six yards on Autrey as the wh ite flag came ou t. Yeo started a su pe r drive ou t in the cus hio n thro ugh three and four as th e checkered flag was wavi ng' for winner Perry a nd ru nner-up Autrey." Yeo jus t edged ou t Dickinson for th ird as th ey crossed th e lin e. Behind them, in order, was: Shardelman, Da vies, Carve r, New ma n a n d Baldwin. Results so: 1. J oshua Cur rey; 2. James Kirkman; 3. Tyler Manl ey; 4. Ryan Daley; 5. Jessica Kirk man. 80: 1. Ryan And erson; 2. Noah Kirkman . 125 J.P. Simo nsen; 2. Tom Crews . 250 PRO·AM JR/EX: 1. Todd Hagmann; 2. Chris Stal ey. • 250 AM C: 1. Dan Bushn ell. 250 AM B: 1. Kavin Bass; 2. Ty Kadou n; 3. J eff Bearc raft . 250 AM A : 1. Jeff Kirkland; 2. J.P. Sim on sen; 3. Ed Beyers; 4 . Jay Cola. 30>: 1. Man Holm ; 2. St eve Hyson; 3. Jim Roseth , PRO·AM: 1. J im Perry; 2. Dean Autrey; 3. Troy Yeo; 4 . Tony Dickinson. OPEN B; 1. Becky Schneider; 2. Rick laVoy. OPENA: 1. Andy M ill er; 2. Ken Wh eaton; 3. Clark Taylor. 40+: 1. Richard Sadler; 2. Dan Kirk. J R/ EX: t . Del Schnitzer; 2. Ryan Fisher; 3. Ron Adams. 45 .

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