Myerscough returned to rac ing at Rive rside to take home wins in both
Class 22 (500cc) motos and the class championships.
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Brian Myerscough (46) and Don Gr iewe (49) battled in t he second Class
22 m ot o at the SCORE Off-Road World Championships.
Br ian . Manley (25) took home his fourth SCORE Off-Road World
Championship w ith hi s double moto wins in Class 2 1 (2 50 cc) .
SCORE Off-Road World ChamRionship-s
Manley, Myerscough
dominate.Riverside
By Mike Larson
Photos by Jimmie O'Dell
RIVERSIDE, CA, AUG. 22
Brian Manley and Brian Myerscou gh took
home th e victories in the premier motorcycle
classes at the 15t h An n ual SCORE Off-Road
World Champions hips at Riverside International Raceway.
Yamaha -mounted Man ley .
claimed his fourth SCORE
title at Riverside with a victory
14
in Class 21 (250cc). The win marked
Manley's third Class 21 championship adding to the Class 22 (500cc)
title that he won last year. Man ley
had intended to ride the 500cc class
but switched. to the 250cc bike after
practice on Friday.
Myerscough returned from a fourmonth layoff from racing to win
both eight-lap motos and take his
first SCORE championship in Class
22 on a Honda.
Eri c Hallgath continued to be th e
top gun of the 125cc ranks, piloting
his Yam aha YZI25 to a top 10 overall
finish in both motos to take home
th e Class 20 championship.
In Class 30 (riders over 30 years
old) Ken Ehlers was the winner,
while Richard Jackson repeated his
performance of 1986 when he took
th e win in Class 38 (riders over 38).
This may have been the last
SCORt. Off-Road World Championships held at Riverside Int ern ational Raceway, due to the facility's
on-again, off-again closure.
Each motorcycle class ran two,
eight-lap motos on the 1.5-mile
course that was laid out in the area
around the "esses" of the regular
auto track. The track had a little of
everything, including pavement
sections, jumps and the wide-open,
off-camber "Ridge. "_
Class 22 champ Myerscough
turned in the fastest lap time of the
weekend with a blistering 1:52, faster
than the off-road trucks, buggies and
ATVs. The fastest time turned in by
the trucks was 2:05 and the only time
close to the bikes was turned in by
Class 24 ATV champ Rodney Gentry
at 2:03.
Myerscough had his Rapid Transit" Racing-backed 500cc Honda in
front of the motorcycle pack as they
blasted around the pavement section
in front of the grandstand at the start
of moto one. Kawasaki -mounted
Don Griewe, Class 21 leader Manley,
