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r.:----=:--=:::---=:-=:----;:::----=---------=--=--=--=====:::1'" w w ' e.? o [:l a: >a: a: w .; ::E >III w I- >III ~ a e le ~ e, ~ l1. Pat Poland (16) and Greg Richardson dice in the Vet class at Kincaid Park. Jeff Mabery flew to a pair bf firsts to wrap up the victory in the 250cc Pro class at L.A. County Raceway. 34 rider, Herbi e Callen, III, did a fantastic job of holding Wait off, but Wait managed to sq ueeze by h im comingout o f turn two on the last lap when' Callen went just a little too wide. Callen recovered to keep the th ird spot while they both chased after Zemke, who wasn't all that far ahead. Zemke held on to first at the finish followed by Wait in second, Callen in third, Freeman in fourth and Earnie Martin in fifth on a Kawasaki. There wer e two Pro-Am heats with Jose Aguilar grabbing the holeshot in the first o ne on his HarleyDavidson . Mark Key a lso on a Harley, sli d under Aguilar to tak e over the lead. H onda-mounted Bobby McDowell came all the wa y up from th e fifth spot to tak e over second behind Key, follow ed by Aguilar and Scott Chappell. In th e seco nd heat, H onda rider Adam Sabedra grabbed the hol esh o t with Bob Damron right behind him in second. ' It was soon evide n t, however. th at Sabedra had th e win. Damron held on to second while Randy Fish er sett led for third fol low ed by vet eran rider , George Cooper in fourth. In th e main event, Mark Key was off th e line like a rocket to grab th e lead position. Aguilar and Damron got cro ssed up and th ey both went down in turn two . Both rid er s were o kay an d were ready for a restart. Key aga in gr abbed th e h ol eshot, McDowell was in second with Damron in third, Sab edra in fourth and Fisher in fifth. At th e halfway point, Fish er got by Sab edra co m in g out of turn two for th e fourth spot and Sa bedra held on to fifth until th e finish. In the 500cc Expert main, Randy Fisher got th e pole position on his H arl ey followed by Damron in seco nd, McDowell in third, Sabedra in fourth an d Rot ax -rnounted Steve Ma yfield in th e fifth spot. On th e fourth lap, McDow ell got under Damron then by Fisher to take over first, wh ere he rem ained until th e finish. Damron went arou n d Fisher for second . Fi sher h eld on to . third followed by Mayfield in fourth and Rotax rider , Mich ael Art h u r in the fifth spot. Results PIW B: 1. Helder Alvernaz (Yam); 2. Aaron Findley (Yam); 3. Tony Souza. Jr. (Yam); 4. Aaron Gayle (Yam). PIW C: 1. Wade Garrison (Yam); 2. Jim Brown (Suz); 3. Lance Arnold (Yam); 4. Eddie Nishimoto (Han): 5. David Gibson (Yam). VET NOV I JR: 1. Dave Bostrom (Han); 2. Kenneth Peschel (RIX); 3. Gary Cordeiro (Han); 4 . An Mitchell (Rtx); 5. Richard Selby (Yam). VET EX: 1. Mark Butler (Yaml; 2. Aoy Fisher (AIX). 60 NOV I JA : 1. John Mitchell (Han); 2. Jeff Gabhan (Kaw); 3. Helder Alvernaz (Kaw); 4 . Eric Bostrom (Han); 5. SamlT'y Sabedra (Kaw) . BO NOV: 1. Steve LaFrenchi (Kaw); 2. Tory Bostrom (Hon): 3. Tim Alvernaz (Yam); 4. Dave Snow (Suz). 80 JR: 1. Manin Montes (Kaw); 2. Scan Bricker (Hon); 3. Ben Bostrom (Hon); 4 . Cory Yarrow (Yam); 5. Nathan Wait (Kaw) . . . BO EX: 1. Jake 2emke (Yaml; 2. Matthew Wait (Kaw); 3. Herbie Callen . III (Han); 4. Anthony Freeman (Hon); 5. Earnie Martin (Kaw) . 250 NOV: 1. H.P. Myatt (Yam); 2. Aobby Peichoto (Yam) ; 3 . Armando Alvernaz (Kaw); 4. John Navaree (Han): 5. Bill Holland. Jr . (Honl . 250 JA : 1. Tim Selby(C -AI ; 2. Bill Fagundis (Kawl; 3. Troy Watts (Yam); 4. Gary Milewski (Shl); 5. Aonald Knight (C-A) . 500 OPEN NOV: 1. Gerais Pestoni (Honl; 2. Ma rk Joiner (Yam): 3. Rick Gregory (Hon);' 4. Dwan e Francisco (Han); 5. Elm ira Alvernaz (Yaml . 500 OPEN JA :. 1. Dave Bostrom (Han); 2. Paul Polhemus (Atxl ; 3. Joseph Pineda (Han); 4. Steve Stewan (Yam); 5. Jeff Elgersma (Yam). 500 OPEN EX: 1. Bobby McDowell (Han); 2. Aoben Damron (AIX); 3. Aandy Fisher (H·D ); 4. ; Steve Mayfield (AIX) 5. M ichael Anhur (Atxl. PAO:AM: 1. Mark Key (HoD); 2. Bobby McDowell (Han); 3. Rebert Damron (A.x); 4. Ad am Sabedra (Han); 5. M icha el Anhur (Atxl. PP EXHIB: 1. Sharleen Garr ison. Mabery gets away with LACRMXcash By Terry Rezek PALMDALE, CA, AU G . 23 J eff Mab ery pi cked u p so me fast money with fast ridi ng tod ay a t L.A . County Raceway. Mabery wo n both motos to pi ck u p th e 250cc Pro victory. Ken Zahrt took a bi g hol eshot as th e m oto one ga te d ropped bu t Mab ery was soo n in second and moving up fast. Mab ery m oved into th e lead a t th e start o f lap two . Zahrt went down hard soon after and lost tw o laps recov er in g . J on Zahrt moved into second a fter hi s brother went down and stayed there wh il e Mabery pulled away for a decisive win. H e left no question abo u t wh o wa s in cha rge by takin g th e moto two holesh ot an d running away with th e win and top Pro money for th e day. J eff Reynolds put a new '88 Honda to good use by taking both mOlOS for first 500cc Pro. Mike Dunlap was ahead of Reynolds briefl y a t the start of mot o two bu t Revn olds soon had th e lead for good a'nd Dunlap had to sett le for a pa ir of seconds. Rich Truch in ski topped both motos of th e 125cc Pros to ea rn first money there. Jim Kuntz wa s in com ma n d of th e 250cc Intermedi at es. Kuntz went gate to flag in th e lead of both motos with so m e cha llen ge from T im Telford. T elford usuall y dominat es the class, but co u ld onl y manage a pair of deu ces today. J eff Barbacovi got a bad start in th e first 125cc Intermediate moto and rode hard to get out of fifth off the line. He fought his wa y up to second at th e ch eckered . Barbacovi took control of moto two ea rly on and won handil y, earning the overall. Hares snagged both motos and the overall 500cc Intermediate trophy. In th e Vet class, Randy Anderson too k fir st ov erall in the Novice division followed by Mark Lenke. Vet Intermediat e rider Bob Alvis took sec o n d toda y behind two -moto winner Joel Harriott. Results BO STK BEG: 1. Garet Anderson (Yam); 2. John Ramsey IKaw); 3 . James Carmak (Yam), BOSTK NOV: 1. Bill Dawson (Han); 2. Br ian Teets (Kaw); 3. Tony Sulek (Kaw) . BOSTK INT: 1. Aaymond Hensley (Yam); 2. Derek Natv ig (Kaw ); 3. Joel Tokarsky (Kaw) . EX: 1. Dust in Evans (Kaw) . VET BEG: 1. Steve Dunlap (Han); 2. Danny Gonzalez (Han); 3. Mark Dennis (Han). VET NOV; 1. Aandy Anderson (Yaml; 2. Mark Lenke (Yam); 3. Mike Aochester (Hon). VET INT: 1. Joel Harriolt (Kaw); 2. Bob Alvis (Husl ; 3 . Ken Dickson (Hon) . VET EX: 1. Bob Millner (Han). WMN NOV: 1. Sheila Moretz (Kaw); 2. Melanie Parkes (Yam) ; 3. ang ie Sellers (Hon) . WMN INT: 1. Lori Hedstrom; 2. K.O. Halfhill (Kaw l: 3 . Dana Evenson (Yam). . WMN EX: 1. Lis a Peter son (Hon); 2. Tami Rice (Suzl; 3. Mindy Smith (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Mike Finch (Kawl; 2. Mark Wilson (Yam); 3. Jamie Morgaridge (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. J erem y McGrath (Yam); 2. Aaymond Anthony (Han); 3. Scott Hoffman (Han). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Barbacov i (Yam); 2.. Duane Benner (Yam); 3 . Mark Easle y (Yam). '25 PRO: 1. Rich Truchinski (Hon); 2. Brian Sw eaney (Han); 3. Quint Smith (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Chuck Dempsey (Han); 2. Sean Hawonh (KTM ); 3. Harvey Bohman (Han). 25 0 NOV: 1. Jack Lawrence (Yam); 2. Denn is Urban (Kaw); 3. Aobbie Dunham (Yam). 250 INT: 1. J im Kuntz (Suz); 2. Tim Telford (Han); 3. Peter Bugle (Yam). 250 PAO: 1. Jeff M abery (Yam); 2. Jon Zahn (Yam); 3. Jerry Black (Han). 500 BEG: 1. Scott Pearson (Han); 2. Homer Ahoads (Han); 3. Jason Myron (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Chuck Bagwell (Han); 2. David Thayer (Honl ; 3. David Alosio (Han). 500 INT: 1. J eff Hares (Han); 2. David Bagwell (Han); 3. David Aasen (Honl. 500 PAO: 1. J eff Aeynold s (Han ); 2. Mi ke Dunlap (Han ). eo Munson dominates Alaska MX By M. R. Edge AN CHORAG E, AK, AU G . 23 Erik Munson took hi s Suzu ki Mot orcycle & Marin e backed Suzuki to victories in both the Pro and 250cc Expert classes a t th e Alask a Motorcycle Racin g Associa tio n's m o tocross. Record br eakin g hi gh tem perat u res we re n ' t eno u g h to slo w Munson on th e rough Kin caid Park circu it. Regular Kincaid Park ace Kevin Schaub had to take a back seat to Munson in the 250cc Expert class . Munson and Schaub diced in the beginning of the first moto but Sch aub eventually tired. By the end of the moto Kawasaki of Anchorage's Todd Haney passed Schaub to finish second behind Mun son. Moto two belonged en tirely to Munson as he led from sta rt to finish. Again -H a n ey took second over Schau b. Joe Good, cu rrent points leader in th e AMRA Championship Series for th e Pro an d l25 cc Expert classes, rode despite an injured kn ee. The SuzukiArtie Cat Mot orsports rider rode very slowly to maintain his points lead. Munson and Kawasaki of Anchorage sponsored Jim McClain had terrific battles at th e start of both Pro class mOlOS but Munson prevailed to ' take th e win. McClain finished seco nd but in th e 500cc Expert cla ss pl aced first overa ll. Results 50 NOV: 1. Luke Aambur (Yam); 2. Popoye . Gonzalez (Yaml; 3. Jose Alba (Vam). 60 NOV: 1. Marc Henderson (Kaw); 2. Cory Bauder (Kaw) ; 3. Casey Johnson (Kawl. BO NOV: 1. Chr is DeWinter (Kaw); 2. Scott DeWinter (Kaw); 3. Roger Lindstrom (Kawl. BO EX: 1. Matt Galbraith (Han); 2. Aron Niles (Hon); 3 . Trevor Stanley (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Aaron Poland (Kaw) ; 2. Leif Forsythe (Kawl ; 3. Chr is Lindstrom (KTM). . 125 EX: 1. Jason Anderson (Kaw); 2. James Armine (Suz); 3. Derrik Yelton (Kaw) . 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Hobson (KTM); 2. Norman Harris (Yam); 3. Mark Younkin (KTM). 250 EX: 1. Erik Munson (Suz); 2. Todd Haney (Kaw); 3. Kevin Schaub (Han). 500 NOV : 1. Alton Burns (Yam) ; 2. Mike Hutchens (Han); 3. Fred Allison (Kaw). 500 EX: 1. Jim McClain (Kaw) ; 2. Bruce Si"llley (Han); 3. Brad Bomhoff (Han). VET; 1. Les Kofoid (Han); 2. Mark Faeo (Yam); 3. Greg Richardson "(Yam) . . PAO: 1. Erik Munson(Suz); 2. Jim McClain (Kaw); 3. Aalph Blanchard (Kaw). Andris locks up win at Baylands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, AUG. 19 Kell y Andris took th e 250cc Pro class vi ctor y w ith 1-2 m oto finishes tonight at. Ba ylands Raceway Park. After winn ing th e first rnoto, Andris played it safe in the seco nd round to secu re th e overa ll win. In th e first mot o it wa s a three rider duel for th e lead in th e first corner between J eff Pestana, and Andris. Pestana gr abbed secon d pl a ce a nd seemed co nte nt to hold it. His-moves were more to keep Tim McClintock from pa ssing than th ey were in a n effort to ca tch Andri s. Coming into - the chec kers behind McClintock in third was fourth pl acer Craig Porter. P est an a s ' m ount so ured and h e p u lled off th e co urse by lap two for a DNF. In th e seco n d mo to sta rt it wa s J onn Nel son wh o took th e im me di at e lead a nd never rel inquished it. . His win 'in th is moto co u p led with hi s fifth in th e firs t ga ve h im seco nd overa ll. . And ris trailed Ne lso n th e wh ol e di stance, proba b ly with th e kn owledge th at a first a nd second co u ld not be topped by Nelson. And ri s took the ove ra ll in th e class with Nelson seco n d a nd McClintock, wi th two thirds in third overall. McClintock took hi s bi g bore YZ to two first pl ace victories in the Open Pro class. The first m oto battle between Clayton Blood a nd McClintock last ed nearly th e who le m oto a nd resu lted in severa l lead chan ges in th e six la p even t. The victo ry wa sn't clear until th e fin al right hand co rner a p p ro ac hi n g th e finish line. McClintock go t th e better drive o u t o f th e co rner an d led Blood over th e line by a length and a half. Gary Fargo fought sever ely with Matt Arena an d was able to tak e third pl ace by a sca nt few feet. The second O pen Pro moto saw McClintock and Gary Rabe battle for th e ea rly lead. By th e third turn Rabe

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