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however, only needed a 12th to join Robbie Engstrom 125cc class o champ, and Jeff Sorensen, Open a: 0.. clas s winner, atop th e seaso n ' o sta nd ings. R iley jump to an early lead in the first moto with Hughes pulling into > al seco nd. Hughes went down before o the co second lap, 5 losing mp letion of theNi emi passed many positions. :r: 0.. Dave H en ry when Henry dumped it. Ni emi held on to seco nd while Riley cruised out front. In th e lat er laps Ni emi's bik e began sp u tterin g a fter suc king du st. Only on th e last lap .......t did he let Sco tt and Henry get b y. .......t Gary Bronikowski took fifth . ' $-l Sco tt burst from the lin e to lead IU the way in the second rnot o with ..0 Niemi holding second. Bronikowski roo sted by Ni emi to tak e second on th e th ird lap but trailed Scott by a IU co ns ide ra ble margin. Three laps o later he reeled h im in a nd made th e p a ss a fte r closing throu gh th e' whoops. Scott followed him in a nd . took the overall. Henry, Riley, a nd Niem i trail ed a t the checkered. Scott's performan ce combined with Hughes tough day wrapped up second in the . point standings for the year. ! Rob En gstrom motored o u t front : in th e first I25cc Expert mo to to tak e I Willy Musgrave finished second in the 250cc Pro class at the final round the win with Greg Nel son a nd Tim of the Western USA Championship Series at DeAnza Cycle Park. Bartylla in pursuit. In the seco nd rnot o , he led again by the second lap a n d began to pull a way for an OPEN JR:: 1. Steve Stewan '(Yam); 2. Anthony series start to the closing rnot o with eventua l win. Nel son took seco nd Giammanco (Vam); 3. John Pack (Vam); 4 . Jim Mark Dennis cons tan tly ri ding in after deal ing with Bartylla, and T ait McCaner (Vam); 5. Gary Vinc elet (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Danny Moore (Han); 2. Dan Cahoon Miller's shadow. moved up for third. (Rtx); 3. Steve Mayfield (RIX); 4 . Craig Johnson In the Vet N ov ice . ra n ks ' Carl (Rtx); 5. P .~ . Sanchez (RIX). Results Sh ockley a nd Bob Sull iva n d iced for VET: 1. Jeck Cook (Hus); 2. Joe Kamm (Vam); MINI P/W: 1. Jim Povolny Jr.; 2. Craig Cun 3. Tom DiSalvo (Yam); 4. An Stillwell (Han); 5. John rider superiority in the class with ningham; 3. Robbie McDowell. Dawson (Yam). MINI JR: 1. Jim Povolny. Jr .; 2. Craig CunSh ockl ey building a sma ll cus hio n ningh am; 3. Robbie McDowell. of points when Sull ivan missed MINI SR. 1. Brandon Backes; 2. Pat Donaho; 3. ERic Metzg er. . Danylo hot round three. The battle for third YTH: 1. Chad Cunningham; 2. l ee Erickson ; 3. came down to th e last round with Craig Lynch . SR B: 1. Fred Fredrickson; 2. Doug Muellner; Anthony Procida taking th e final 3. Mark Igoe. By David Procida round over Ken Feulner. Pro cida SR EX: 1. Craig Rutschow; 2. Jerry Schu lze; 3. holeshot moto two but couldn 't hold Paul Holland. SU NNY MEAD, CA, OCT. 18 . OVER 40 : 1. Raben Adams; 2. Jerry Becker; 3. o ff the cha rge s of Sh ockley a nd SMX hosted th e final round of th e Walter Knight. • Sullivan. When th e point tally was 125 B 0 -1: 1. Raben Eyolfson ; 2. Troy Johnson; Western USA Championship Series 3. Lee Cemensky . added up Feulner had out-scored at th e well -p rep pe d De An za Cycle 125 B 0 -2 : 1. James Wakefield; 2. Wayne Pr ocida by a few points a nd took Park track and the 125cc class wa s Wieberdink; 3. Aldo Cirelli. 125 INT; 1. Chris Laipple; 2. Chad Cunningham; .third overall in the seri es. th e fir st to leave th e starting line. 3. Asko Nani . . The top th ree rider s were all 125 EX: 1. Robbie Engstrom; 2. Greg Nelson ; Results 3. David Tait . . . wit h in range of the number one VET BEG: 1. LA. Miller (Kaw); 2. Mark Dennis 250 B: 1. Jeff Bosek 2. Jason Todaro; 3. John (Han); 3. Randy Paul Wysock i (Kaw). position and in di visi on one "Wild" Matslanki. VET NOV : 1. Carl Shockley (Kaw); 2. Bob Sullivan Willy Lawton piloted his Suzuki to ~ 250 INT: 1. Mike Anderson; 2. Jack Pearson; (Han); 3. Anthony Procida (Han). 3. jim Szykulski . '. VET INT: 1. Lee Amaradio Jr . (Vam); 2. Earl a pair o f seconds, thus putting the 250 EX: 1. J im Scan . Jr.; 2. Pat Riley; 3. Dave Shuler (Yam). pressure on Seth Boldman and Tiger Henry . . VET EX: 1. Glen Page (Han); 2. An Oliver (Han); OPEN B: 1. Alan Gulbrandson; 2. Dan Walters; 3. Vic Cuni (Vam). G arcia who were in the seco nd 3. Earl Kinsey . BOSTK BEG: 1. A aron Wenstrup (Vam); 2. Donald di vi son of the 125cc Beginner s. OPEN INT: 1. Miek Prudhomme; 2. Brad Konsor; Upton (Kew); 3. Tim Enoch (Kaw). 3. M ike McNeil. . Gar cia needed to place within the top BO STK NOV : 1. Chuck Kinne (Kaw); 2. Kevin OPEN EX; 1. Jeff Sorensen; 2. Brian Carney; 3. Shafer (Kaw); 3. David Casada (Suz). two slots to clinch the series overall lonnie Bredeson . BOSTK INT: 1. Ray Hensley (Yam). but could only manage a third today, BOMOD NOV: 1. Kavika Shibuya (Suz}; 2. Edward Jay (Suz); 3. Travis Fleming (Han). . dropping him to the number three BOMOD INT: 1. Ray Hens ley (Vam). Johnson jams' slo t. Boldman, who was leading the 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Chris Holland (Han); 2. W illiam Lawton (Suz); 3. GAry Butcher (Vam). . class going into the race, had an even win 125 BEG 0-2: 1. Kirk Page (Kaw); 2. Kraig wo rse da y and fin ished seventh and Clement (Kaw); 3. Tiger Garcia (Han). By Mike Vancil had to settle in the runner-up posi125 NOV : 1. Marc Matson (Han); 2. Louie Ramo (Vam); 3. Jeff Griffin (Han). MONTEREY,CA, OCT. JO tion, as Lawton's second overall 125 INT: 1. Randy Danylo (Kaw); 2. Jon Levey Rot ax-rnounted Craig Johnson was today pushed his points total into (Han); 3. Mike Chamberla in (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Yam); 2. Andy Nonhrup victorious in the500cc Expert class th e Championship Seri es win. In the (Han). a t th e first round of the five race 250cc Intermediate cla ss th e series 250 BEG: 1. Chris Jackson (Han); 2. Scot Bennen (Kaw); 3. M ike Jensen (Han). H igh-P oint Series o f th e events point lead er Peter Buggie rode a 250 NOV: 1. . Bobby Penalosa (Yam); 2. Jim conservative race to tak e the series promoted by R&D Enterprises a t Wagoner (Kaw); 3. Earl Waners (Kaw). Mo nterey County Fairgrounds. win over J im Hawkins, who pushed 250 INT: 1. Richard Geraghty (Vam); 2. Masa Shibuya (Kaw); 3 . Jim Hawkins (Han). h is Honda to a second moto win and The formula he used in the 10-lap 250 PRO: 1. Craig Davis (Yam); 2. WillyMusgrave beat Buggie in th e day 's racing but he at race al so worked in th e 12-lap (Kaw); 3. Mark Decker (Kaw). 500 BEG; 1. Many Westerman (Kaw); 2. Ron main event; in both he had th e lead had to sett le for a very respectable Sheldon (Han); 3. David Gold (Han). by th e tim e the pack reach ed th e exit seco nd in th e series. 500 NOV : 1. Greg Keirn (Han); 2. Bryan Ricahrd · • son (Yam). . of tu rn ' two on th e first lap. His Intermediate (I 25cc) rider Mike 500 INT: 1. Ken Erb (Han). nearest com pe titor in both th e heat Chamberlain went into th e final race with a very comfortable point lead and th e fin al was Steven Mayfield o n a nd o nly needed to "finish to win th e Niemi nabs title, an other o f the Rot ax rigs. It seeme d ser ies overa ll. He su ffered a first th a t it was o nly J ohnson who was wins corner sp ill that left him in last pl a ce will ing to div e into th e corners hard By Rolfe Ottern ess and show the bottom of th e cases to on th e first lap, Mike remou nted a nd th ose spec ta ting in turns o ne a nd MORA, MN , OCT. II p u t on a charge th a t carried him into J ohn Niem i wrapped up the only three. The track, an a pprox imat e fourt h by the- en d of th e mot o. H e und ecid ed MX cha mpio ns h ip in one-eight h mil e, was a tad slick but backed this u p wi th a second mot o District 23 a nd took the 250cc Expert it was a ll finesse for J ohnson and seco nd p lace finish wh ich was good class with a steady ride to a fourth no o ne else could mat ch it. Mayfield for third overall a nd a 80-plus point overa ll at the Iin al ra ce of the yea r ca me from fourth 'at th e start of th e lead o n seco n d p lace J eff Fine. at Ber m Benders' raceway. J im Scott mai n to grab seco nd pl ace by mid race Toda y' s overall wi nner R andy J r.. was the overa ll win ner. Fo ur bu t he cou ld no t gai n a n in ch o n Danylo boosted hi s poi nt total up riders theor etically had sho ts at the J oh nson . eno ugh to clai m third in th e series. n umber one p late - N iem i, Ch ris In o ther class ac tio n it was the In the Vet classes Larry Mill er H ughes, Scott a nd Pat Riley. Niem i: Fa ltersack bro th ers taking home first head ed th e Vet Begi nners from th e is u ~ .. S > Z at DeAnzaMX Monterey ST Scott 28 at Mora MX to and second place trophies in the Veteran class. Fred Faltersack was'an overwhelming favorite going into the fin al as he had handily won his . h eat ra ce. The cha llen ge wa s ex pec ted to come from J oe Kamm. At th e gr een light start of th e main it was· Fred Faltersack , Kamm an d Gary Faltersack. By th e third lap Gary Faltersack had slipped under Kamrn's Yamaha and latched onto th e trail blazed by his brother. Tliey fini shed with Fr ed Faltersack in first, Gary Faltersack second a nd Kamm third. Results .if . PIW: 1. Craig Gonzales (yam); 2. Paul Gonzal. . (Yam); 3. Junior Alvernaz (Yam); 4 . M ichae l Hann•• (Suz); 5. Jessee Dawson (Vam). • 60 NOV: 1. Johnny Murphree (Kaw); 2. Don Hen (Kaw); 3. Halder Alvernas (Kaw); 4 . Robert Stevenson (Yam); 5. Curt is Peebles (Kaw). 60 JR: 1. Gary Ferravanti Jr. (Kaw ); 2. Brian Sgheiza (Kaw); 3. Jeff Gabhan (Kaw). BO NOV: 1. Dan Han (Vam); 2. Raben Stevenson (Vam); 3. Johnny Murphree (Kaw); 4. Timmy Alv ernaz (Yam); 5. Jeremy lawrence (Yam). BO JR: 1. Gary Ferravanti Jr. (Kaw); 2. William Luker (Kaw); 3. Jeff Gabhan (Kaw). 250 NOV 0 -1: 1. Tracy Dawson (Vam~ 2. Hie Steve ns (Kaw); 3. Greg Sowle (Han); 4 . Lonnie Pauley (Han); 5. Bob Pack (Vam). 250 NOV 0 -2 : 1. J ohn Dawson (Vam); 2. Armando Alvernaz (Kaw) ; 3 . Perry lang (Yam); 4 . Dan Argan o (Han); 5. Michelle DiSalvo (Yam). 250JR: 1. Greg Soderer (Han)); 2. Clay Chambers (Han); 3. James Luker (Kaw ); 4. Joe Kamm (Yam). 500 NOV 0-1 : 1. Tony A lexander (Han); 2. Dave Drew (Han); 3. Rick Coleman (Vam); 4. Karl Thoeni (Vam); 5. John Dawson (Yam). 500 NOV 0 -2 : 1. David Freeze (Yam); 2. Elmira Alvernaz (Yam); 3. Tracy Dawson (Vam); 4. Perry Lang (Yam); 5. Raben J ones (Hus). OPEN NOV : 1. David Freeze (Yam); 2. DanArgano (Han); 3. Rick Coleman (Yam); 4 . Tom Lacy (Vam); 5. Lonnie Lacy Jr. (Vam). 500 KR 0-1 : 1. Jimmy Higuera (Rtx); 2. John Pack (Vam); 3. Melvin Elias (Yam); 4 . Steve Grier (Vam); 5. Fred Faltersack (Han). 500 JR 0 -2: 1. Gary Perreventt Sr. (RIX); 2 . Anthony Giammanco (Yam); 3 . Manin Thoeni (Vam); 4. Greg Soder er (Han); 5. Jim McCaner (Vam). . OPEN JR : 1. Anthony Giammanco (Yam); 2. Jim McCaner (Yam); 3. John Pack (Vam); 4 . Jimmy Higuera (RIX) 5. Sam Freeze (Vam). ; VET: 1. Fred Faltersack (Han); 2. Gary Faltersack (Han); 3. Joe Kamm (Vam); 4. Tom DiSalvo (Tri); 5. Reach Helmka (Kaw). 500 EX: 1. Craig Johnson (Rtx); 2. Steven Mayf ield (RIX) 3. Danny Cahoon (Rtx); 4. Randy ; Beraman (Yam). Huffman, Hart hot at Washougal MX By Cla y Light WASHOUGAL, WA, OCT. 18 Ryan Huffman, fresh off a double class win at th e Gold Cup finale, cam e to Washougal Motocross Park for th e fin al race of th e season, the WahougaI Championship race and won th e 80cc Intermediate and lO5cc classes with 2-1 and 1-1 performances, respectively. Grayson Hart, this year's Motocross Northwest Number One Professional, rode his Honda CR500 to ,1-1 wins in th e Open Pro cla ss and took second to Tony Graves in th e 125cc Pros. _ Huffman battled it out in both' 80cc Intermediate motos with Kawasaki-mounted Jason McCormick , who is rapidly becoming a force to be reckoned with. McCormick won the first moto, but Huf- · fman ca me ba ck to dominate the second , beating McCormick and Shane West, who was third after postin g consist ent 373 performan ces. McCormick, new to the J05cc clas s, couldn 't do much to put the clamps on Huffman, winner of both motos. Third went the way of Kawasaki jockey Cory Blumberg. The Championship's largest cla ss was ' th e 125cc Juniors. H ondamounted Jeremy Skokam won both motos while no one else in the field ' matched hi s spee d or cons istency. Seco nd in th e overa lls went to Mik e Crader a fter 4-2 rides wh ile Steve Pantich , Casey Cad e and Dan Hanson fill ed th e top five overa ll. Mi ke Will iams' co ns istency pa id off in th e 250cc Intermediate class whe n he took th e o vera ll wi n with 2-2 s how i ngs. H onda -m ounted Richie Lee won th e fir st mot o , but a seco nd rnot o third behind Bobb y Steiner a nd Will iams gave the overall to Willia ms. Lee's 1-3 a nd Steiner 's

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