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Batton got the holeshot and-pulled
away for the win.
Results
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By Gary Crider
FAYETTEVIL LE, NC', OCT . 10-11
T h e inaugural So u theas tern · MX
Associa tion Championship at Montrose MX saw Yamah a 's Dam o n
.Bradshaw take wins in the first two
motos of a- th ree-moto format to
claim the to p prize in 0-500cc Pro
acti on. H onda rider Cra ig Casler
cam e out on top in fierce I25cc'
Ama teu r racing wh ile Dean H errin
too k
th e
Open
Amate ur
champ io nshi p .
Eac h class ra n one mo to o n Saturday an d two o n Sunday. Overall
scores were determined by a rider's
two best fin ish es.
In Satur day's open ing 0-500cc Pro
moto, Brad shaw overca me a first lap
sp ill and gearbox pr obl em s to eventua lly pass Scott McClain and leader
Tim my Barnes for the win. During
the final laps, Barnes was slowed by
mech anical problem s and finished
fifth wh ile McClain fini sh second.
Suzuki's Ronnie Tichenor was o n
hand for Sunday's action but the start
of moto two found Tichenor flounderi ng at th e b ack o f the pack .
Tichen or went down twice before the
moto was over, bu t he still ma naged
a fourth place finish .
, " It' s been a lon g time. since I've
ri dden o n a sa nd track," sa id
T ich enor, " and I was running o n
hard- track type tires. I was havi ng
a .lot of tro uble o ut there."
~ Bradshaw had started third but a
second lap sp ill dropped him to fifth
behind Tichenor. Bradshaw wicked
up
h is
Fox / PJ - l/Bo yessensponsored ma chine and was soo n
past Tichenor, McN eil and Barnes.
At a bo u t th e halfway mark , Bradshaw jumped pa st McClain on th e
uphill section and held on for th e
win to claim the championship and
the $500 prize. .
.
S c ot t l Dun 10 p i Ar ai - b a c k ed
T ichenor got his tire s and suspen sion sorted out for th e fin al moto and
by th e fou rth lap he had dispat ched
Barnes and MaCl ain to tak e th e win,
netting third overall. McClain 's bike
was di sabled in a .spill but hi s pair
of seconds in the first two mo tos was
.good for ru nner-up honors. Barnes
posted 5-3-2 for fourth overa ll.
. The first Open Amateur mo to saw
Dea n Herrin grab th e holeshot whil e
Rober t Curtain gave chase. H errin
quickly ope ned up hi s lead but on
the third lap he drop ped off th e pa ce.
Lap four saw Curtain tak e over the
lead whi le Herrin faded to a di stant
second ahead of David Ell er. With
two l aps remaining, however , Curtain cra shed and DNF. Herrin
cruised to the win over Eller.
. " T hat was a lucky win for me,"
said H erri n, " My arms wer e so
pumped up that I co uld hardly hold
on to the bike."
Herr in got another lucky break on
Sunday as Den nis Medsker . was on
hand and ga ve H errin treatment for
his arms.
Damon Bradshaw .st yles to the
Pro win at Montrose.
" I don 't understand everythi ng he
did," H errin said of the chiropra ctor,
" bu t I didn 't have any mo re trouble
wit h m y arms . I go t the holeshot and
. kep t p ulling awa y."
Elle r p osted 2-2- 1 fi n ish es for
runner-up honors over Keith Gle nn.
T he 125cc Ama teur division saw
three mot os of very close raci ng as
Cas ler, Ch ad Lough, Grayson Goodma n a nd Lonnie Taylor all took
turns at th e lead. Cas ler came o ut
on to p with 1-2-2 finishes over
Lough's 3-10-1 tally. Good man was
third and return ed to win the 250cc
Amateur class .
Results
65 MINI : 1. Chris Carl son (Kaw); 2. J effrey
Donaldson (Kaw); 3. Glenn Carey (Kaw).
JR MINI : 1. 2ach Brads haw (Yam); 2. Chri s
Carlson (Suz); 3. Brad Boyd (Yam); 4. J effrey
Donald son (Kaw); 5. Ja son Baldwin (Han).
SR MINI : 1. Chad Lough (Suz); 2. Rusty Colem an
(Yam); 3. Patr ick Slata (Yam); 4. Dabne y Bow en
(Kaw ); 5. Jami e Hackin g (Kaw).
S/MINI : 1. Rusty Coleman (Yam); 2. Chad Lough
(Suz); 3. Patrick Slate (Yam); 4 . Dabn ey Bowen
(Kaw ); 5. David Cantr ell (Han).
0 · 500 NOV: 1. J im Lewi s (Kaw); 2. How ard
M usic (Yam); 3. Craig W alter (Han); 4 . Mike Howard
(Han); 5. Todd Marshall (Han).
125 AM : 1. Craig Casler (Han ); 2. Chad Lough
(Suz); 3. Gr ayson Good man (Yam); 4. Lonn ie Taylor
(Yam); 5. Brad Proto r (Yam ).
250 AM : 1. Gray son Goodman (Yam); 2. Jimmy
Johnson (Kaw); 3. Al an Lave re (Ha n); 4 . Kevin
Bowles (Hon l; 5. Charl es Todd (Yam).
OPEN AM : 1. Dean Herr in (Han); 2. David Eller
(Kaw ); 3. Keith Gl enn (Han); 4. J un ior Bryant (Yam);
5 . J ames M at hews (Han ).
SR: 1. Perry St eph ens (Kaw ); 2. Doug Hight owe r
(Han); 3. Bob M aner (Han); 4 . Vicki Reynolds (Yam);
5. Cra ig Gagner (Kaw) .
0 -500 PRO: 1. Dam on Brads haw (Y ; 2. Scan
aml
Mc Clai n (Han); 3. Ron n ie Tichenor (Suz); 4. Tim my
Barn es (Yam); 5. Kirk John son (Suzl.
Douglas victorious
at .Shannonville RR
By Colin Fraser
ONTARIO, CANADA, O CT. 4
Rising Canadian roa d racing star
T ommy Douglas cl inc hed the
Motoplan-Castrol Eastern Canada
Ch all en ge Series overall titl e with a
close feature race victory in the Shoei
H elmets Final e, the n inth and final
round of the On tario-Quebec Cham pionships. Riding hi s Gord Hubbel
built, Pirelli /P ol ysportlShoei l
Drospo /Wi seco /Yam ah a Motor
Canada-backed FZR750 Su perb ike,
Douglas passed early leader Norm
Murphy at the halfway point, and
then held Murphy off in a tense battle
fo r th e remainder of th e race. Dougl as was on ly seven bik e lengths
. ahead of Murphy at the checkered
flag .
BelI evi li e
Ka wa saki -b acked
Murphy needed a m iracle to grab th e
Superb ike titl e since Douglas had
only to p lace in the top n ine to finish
first overall. But Murphy gave it all
h e h ad , pushing Dou glas h ard
thro ughou t the race with th e Ninja
Superbike. With the Regional titl e,
Douglas ' h as n o w cemented hi s
record as second best road racer in
Canada; since he placed second
Norm Murphy leads Tom Douglas early in the Pro 750 Superbike feature
at Sharinonville. Douglas got by and won the race.
b ehind Michel Mercie r i n th e
Nationa l Seri es as well.
. Wh ile the Douglas/ Mu rphy duo
disputed the -lead, Suzuki RG500
Ga mma Superb ike-mounted Eddy
Bru net he ld a lonely thi rd, a bout two
seconds behi n d t he leader s.
Alt ho ugh Brunet wo und up safe in
third, fourth turned into a wa r
betw een stoc k H onda Interceptormounted J ean Paqu et, stock
GSXR750 Suzuki-mo unte d Derrick
Medagl ia and th e Yama ha FZ750
Superbike of Miguel DuHam el.
Med aglia he ld seco n d 'on the
open ing lap, but settled into a ba ttle
for fou rt h wi th Paquet as the race
progressed. But DuHamel ca ught
this pair, and the pa ce p icked up ,
as did th e act io n. On th e last lap;
Paquet ran wide comi ng off the back
straight of the 15 turn, 2.4 m ile track,
an d th is gave Meda glia some breath in g room. The final positi on s were.
Medaglia in fourth, DuHam el inches
beh in d in fifth and a frustra ted
Paq uet sixth.
T he Pro O pen class p roduced
similar results, with Dougl as holding off Mu rphy for the wm . Medaglia did well to stay right with the
leaders o n h is stocker to get thi rd ,
whi le DuH a m el just held o ff
Brunet's rough runni ng two-stroke
for fourth.
In Pro Production action, Brunet
used his stock Suzuki Gamma to
battle with Paquet 's Honda H urri ca ne for the lead . Brunet event ually
scored a n extremely- narrow win
which al so gave him th e Pro 600
P rodu ction titl e. Walter Di rno trovski snuck by Al Royer o n th e last
lap to grab th ird.
.
Paquet used th e su perior horsepower of hi s 750 Interceptor to hold
off Brunet 's 500 in another clo se
battle during 750cc Production; with
Medaglia pl acing third.
Pro Open Production saw Brunet
with a sur prise win after yet ano ther
ra ce-lon g battle with second pl aced
Medaglia and third finisher .Paquet.
Dominant in Ama teu r Formula II
this seaso n, Dan Stott made th e j ump
to Pro earlyand promp tly ra n away
from the Pro F-2 pack. Peter Trevitt
rode for the first tim e in two years
to wind up seco n d whil e Keith
J ackson nursed his converted H onda
motocrosser into th ird.
Amateur 125 sta r Mike Bu sb y
mad e a su ccessful jumpto a Yamaha
TZ250 by winning the Amateur F2 fin al, beating the four-strok e Ro tax
flat tracker of James Struke by a large
margin.
Amateur star of the weekend was
Stephen Mox ey, who won 750cc
Prod uction , 750cc Superbike and
Open on hi s Honda 750 Interceptor.
J ean- Francois Lecl er c was cl o se '
behind Moxey to ge t second in th e
Open and 750cc Production . Benoit
Pilon'was second in 750cc Superbi ke,
cli nching th at cha m pionshi p.
Results
AMATEUR
125 GP: 1. John Vito (Han); 2. Mike Busby (Yam);
3. Wa yna Ire land (Han).
.
F-2 : 1. M ike Busby (Yam); 2. James Struke (RIx );
_ Gary Sway ze (Yem).
3.
600 BaTT: 1. Doug West (Kaw); 2. Don Empey
(Han); 3. Martin Smhh (Duc).
OPEN BOTT: 1. Garth Kn ight (Yam); 2. Br ian
Kenyon (Nor); 3. Dave Herr ing (Yam ).
400 PROD: 1. Denis Royer (Han); 2. Dave Klassen
(Yam); 3. Robert 2arbisias (Han).
600 PROD: 1. Beno it Pilon (Suz); 2. Gh islain
Gingras (Suz); 3. Deni s Royer (Suz).
750 PROD: 1. Stephen Maxey (Han); 2. J .F.
Leclerc (Suz); 3. Benoit Pilon (Suz).
750 S/BK: 1. Stephen Max ey (Han); 2. Benoit
Pilon (Suz); 3. J.F. Leclerc (Suz).
OPEN: 1. Stephen Maxey (Hon); 2. J ean -Francois
Leclerc (Suz); 3. Mike MacN eil (Suz).
VINT 250: 1. Andy Beresfo rd (Duc); 2. Stan
Nicho lson (Gre); 3. Mary M cCaw (Ducl.
VINT 350: 1. Jim Wood (Duc); 2. Gary McCaw
(Duc); 3. Brian Wood (Due).
VINT 500: 1. Frank Mraz ek (Han); 2. Charles
Schaa f (Nor); 3. Tom Saudners (Han).
VINT OPEN: 1. Frank Mraz ak (Han).
SIVINT: 1. Paul Bowyer (Duc); 2. Ricky Sales
(Han); 3. Dave Herr ing (Yam).
SDCAR: 1. Kevin Gale /Mike Hart el (Yam); 2.
M ike/Greta Orcha rd (Kaw); 3. Stephen/Phi l Gale
(Kaw ).
PRO
125 GP, 1. Ma rk ' Whita (Han); 2. AI Fergeson
(Han); 3. Fred Bakker (Han).
F· 2: 1. Dan Stan (C-A ); 2. Petar Trevitt (C· A );
3. Keit h J ackson (Han).
BoTT: 1. Fran k Mrazek (Han); 2. Larry Strung
(BM W I; 3. Pat Barn es (Kavv).
600 PROD: 1. Eddy Brun et (Suz); 2. J ean Paquet
(Han); 3. Wa lter Dim it rovski (Suz).
750 PROD: 1. J ean Paquet (Han); 2. Eddy Brun et
(Suz); 3. Derr ick M edagl ia (Suz).
OPEN PROD: 1. Eddy Brun et (Suz); 2. Derrick
M edaglia (Suz); 3. Jean Paquet (Han).
OPEN (F-1 ): 1. Tom Douglas (Yam); 2. Nor m
Murphy (Kaw~ 3. Derr ick Meda glia (Suz).
750 S/ BK: 1. Tom Douglas (Yam); 2. Norm
Murphy (Kaw); 3. Eddy Brun et (Suz); 4. Derr ick
Medaglia «Suz); 5. Migeul DuHamel (Yam).
Hollien wins Cayuta
Trials
By George Brinkwart
CAYUTA, NY, OCT. II
Expert rider Cecil H oll ien edge d out
the competitio n with a narrow 3
poi nt margin giving him the pr emier
spot in Bryan Bengamin's Trials
event at Cayuta. Hollien was th e only
rider to score a clean in sectio n six ,
and was one of on ly two riders who
made it through all day. Later riders
turned this section into an impassive
grease pit. Advanced rider David
Karst had hi s "knarly root" skills
well adjusted givi ng him first place
with 127 points. Intermediate J oe
Shavelier 's persistence I paid off in
section two securing first p lace wi th
102 points for th e day. LaVern
Bowen collected -yet ano ther first
place in th e Senior A class with only
93 points. Senior B rider Don Allis
bested a field of eigh t rid ers to ta ke
first with 58 poin ts.
Novice rider Fred Wood demonstrated some consistent riding whi ch
enabled him to clinch th e number
one spo t. Secti on number eigh t gave
woo d quite a cha lle nge, tossing him
over th e handlebars at least once.
This section consisted of a large rock
pile on the side of a steep hi ll. This
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