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FL 333 34 34 800 /32 1 -6354 e .305 /565 -8377 a n ce. Graves: aboard his H onda C R250 rode combined wi th the 250cc In term ed ia te class, easi ly dominating both motos. Medford 's Ro n Mi lligan rode two brilliant motos to take th e Intermedi at e portion, beating Mik e Harwood and Dennis Rotherham. Hardwood 's 2-2 performance ea rned th e Kawasaki pilot seco nd a nd Rotherharn 's 4-3 tallies were good for third overal l. H onda -mounted Larry L a cey whipped th e 30-40 Interm edi at e! Juni or class, to stand a mo ng 18 overa ll wi n ners a t th e co m p letio n of th e progra m. La cey beat Rob ert s a nd H usqvarn a rid er Fritz Martin for th e Intermed ia te win while Dan Gi lkiso n topped th e Jun ior porti on a head o f Ryan Tay lo r an d J oe Brumbeck , bo th aboard Hondas. th rough a turn, g ivm g Grasso the lead. Ashton was in fourth with one lap to th e chec kered flag behi nd G rasso, H erb st a nd Kell y J ohnson. Honda rid er Steve Gi lla nd was in fifth with th e white flag ou t an d turned o n th e gas to pass Ashton, J ohnson and Herb st a ll within th e fin al lap to ta ke seco nd , Grasso an d Gilland didn 't waste a ny time in moto two , gra bb ing th e top two spots th rough turn o ne. The two front runn ers h eld th ei r p o sition s throu ghout th e fiv e la p m ota. Grasso, held a 13 seco nd lead at th e ch ecker. Ri ck Merhar rode hi s Mai co to th e double m oto win in th e high ly co m pe titive 250cc B class. Chri s Browne took hi s Husky to th e lead through turn one with T om T im ch ek and Merhar gi vi ng chase . Midway through th e m ot a , Merhar dispen sed of Timch ek and set h is 'sigh ts o n Browne. The two rider s rode tir e to tir e through th e final lap with Merhar routing into th e lead within th e fin al half a lap. Wh en th e ga te dropped to start th e seco nd mot a , Merhar was chased th rough th e fir st turn by Dean Pi eronek a nd J ohn Hill. The three riders held th eir positions th roughout th e rac e with Pieronek m oving within two seco nds o f Merhar a t th e fini sh . Results 50: 1. Anthony Vickers (Yam); 2. Je sse Finley (Yaml; 3. Mark Gallagher (Yam); 4 . Larry Rust (Yam). 80 7· t 1; 1. Bryan Bellinger (Kaw) . 80 12 -13: 1. Jeff Wooledg e (Han); 2. Jos eph Geider s (Han); 3. John Bodo (Han); 4 . Joh n Grasso (KTM); 5. David Bodo (Han). 80 14 -15 : 1. M ike How ell (Han); 2. Jason Balas (Han); 3. Jim Conti (Kaw); 4 . Gene Kell ey (Han); 5. John Gerdes Jr . (Yam). 125 SCHBY: 1. Bryan Jon es (Kaw); 2. SIeve Gilland (Han); 3. Kevin Swe eney (Kaw); 4 . Steve Wool edge (Han); 5. Ja son Balas (Suz). 125 B: 1. Bryan Jon es (Kawl; 2. David Speigle (Han): 3. Billy Pen ick (Yam); 4. Steve Woo ledge (Han); 5. Kevin Sweeney (Kaw) . . 125 A: 1. Joe Maurer (Han); 2. Bar ney Barnett (Han); 3. Greg Whee ler (Han); 4. Chuck Nicholson (Han); 5. Rob Yenu lon is (Han). 125 C: 1. Chris Grasso (KTM); 2. Steve Gilland (Han): 3. Bob Herbst (Kaw); 4. Tim Lut es (Han); 5. Jam Ashton (Han). 25 D/ OPEN A: 1. David Hand (Han); 2. Greg Whe ele r (Han); 3. Steve Gardiner (Han); 4 . Rick Ham mond (Han); 5. Ken Frankenbery (Han). . 250 B: 1. Rick M erhar (Mai) ; 2. Dean Pieronek (Han); 3. John Hill (Han); 4. Chr is Browne (Hus); 5. Tom Timcheck (Han). 2 50 C: 1. Ken Frank (Han); 2. W ilma W ilmington (Kaw); 3. Mike W illi am s (Yam); 4 . Shane Smith (Suz); 5. Ed Smith (Yam): OPEN B: 1. J erry Boyd (Han); 2. Ja y Smith (Yam); 3. Tom Cempel (Han); 4 . Georg e Stef ek (Han); 5. Scott Talbott (Kaw l. SR 1: 1. Ken Frankenbery (Han); 2. Thomas Klo use {Honl ; 3. Harold Darring er (Kaw ); 4. Blain e Duecaster (Kawl; 5. Jay Smi t h (Yam ). SR 2: 1. Larry Myers (Kaw ); 2. Thom as Knapp (Han); 3. Bruce Steinfurth (Han). EXTRA : 1. David Hand (Hon); 2. Tony Boyas(Hon); 3. Rick Me rhar (Mai);' 4 . Dean Pieronek (Han ); 5. Chri s Grasso ( KJ M ) ~ Nelson, Huffman nab Roseburg MX wins By Clay Light ROSEB URG , OR, NOV. 8 Ka wasaki jockey Steve Nelson a nd Yamah a -m ounted Ryan Huffm an were a mo ng th e day 's bi g winn ers a t th e first round of th e Motocross Northwest sanc tio ned Winter Series a t Clar ks Branch Ra ceway. Nelson won th e lar gest cla ss of th e da y, th e 250cc Junior class; Huffmantopped th e co m b ine d 80cc Intermediate! Junio r clas s. Huffman rode to easy-kill in gs in th e 80cc class aboard th e Yamaha! H onda o f Ros eburg-sponsored YZ, beating a good-sized bunch of Inter mediates. The clo sest co mpetition Huffman was faced with were Joi e DeP ew and Chuckie Standeford r , both a boar d Hondas. Neither co u ld reel in Gold Cup Champion Huffman , o ne o f th e dominant forces in 80cc co m pe titio n. DeP ew 's 2-2 rid es were good for second while Standeford n etted third - aft er 3-3 performances. In th e Junior portion, Hondamounted Travis Berry, also Yamaha H onda o f Ros eburg s p o ns o re d , tar geted th e class with I-I rides. Kawa saki rid ers Jason Mathews and S h a w n Highland traded sec o n d p lace fini sh es with Mathews getting th e n od for seco nd aft er pr evailing in mot o two. T h ird wa s High land (2-3), Nel son , wh o spe n t severa l sea so ns dominatin g th e Intermedi at e class an d a seaso n in th e Pros, made .a co mebac k aft er a len gth y la yo ff a n d co m p letely dominat ed both rnotos in th e 250cc Junior class. Onl y H onda rider Don Schneid er gave Nelson any co m pe t i tio n . In th e first mota, Nel son jumped out ,front followed by Schneider and Ri ck Roberts, whi ch was th e event ua l finishing o rder. Mota two was much th e sam e; Nelson sa iled a way in sea rch of th e chec kered flag while Schneid er a nd Rob erts battled for second, which we n t Sc h n ei de r 's wa y, good for runn er -up o vera ll. R oberts, J o e m G isholt a nd See Lewi s fill ed th e to p five overa ll. Tony Graves, fresh o ff th e Yamaha Go ld Cup Se r ie s in whi ch th e Yamaha/Honda o f Ro seburg rider pl aced seco nd overall in th e l25cc Pro class, was on hand but was th e o n ly professiona l rider in a tte nd- 250 INT: 1, Ron Mi lligan (Han); 2. Mike Harwood (Kaw); 3. Den ni s Aoth erh am (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Si eve Nelson (Kaw ]: 2. Don Schneider (Han); 3. Rick Roberts (Yam). 125 JR : 1. John WillIams (Han): 2. Dalt on J eremiah (Kaw ): 3. Chad Berry (Hen]. 125 PRO/I NT; 1. Tony Graves (Han ): 2. Manry Spalding (Han): 3. Doug EckeJman (Yam). . 80 INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 2. Jete DePew (Han): 3. Chuck ie Stand eford (Han). 80 JA : 1. Travis Berry (Han); 2. J ason M athews (Kaw ); 3. Shawn Highland (Kaw) . 60 J R: 1. M att Wi liiams(Kaw); 2. Joe Don Ireland (Kaw ); 3. Eric Moak (Kaw) . 330-40 INT: 1. Larry Lacey (Han); 2. Rick Robert s (Yam); 3. Frit z Martin (Hus). 30 -40 JR: 1. Dan Gilk ison (Han): 2. Ryan Taylor (Han); 3. Joe Br umbeck ( Hon) ~ 250 BEG: 1. A lan McComb (Han); 2. M att Barn hardt (Kaw) ; 3. Joe Br umbeck (Han), 125 BEG: 1. Ward Bouslough (Kaw): 2. Brian Sen n (Kaw): 3. Don Russell (Suz). 80 BEG: 1. Jamie Cook (Han ); 2. Aaron Valicin o (Yam); 3. Rusty Bohal (Han ). OT INT: 1. Chuck Standeford (Han): 2. Gary Highland (Han). 60 INT: 1. loch Rund (Kaw ). Walker wins Plaster City Desert Sprint By Bob Bell PLASTER CITY, CA, OCT. 25 Open Honda-mounted Steve Walk er ran aw ay from th e co m pe titio n at th e AMA District 38 FRT Desert Sprint. Walker combined a good start with aggressive rid ing to tak e his · fifth overa ll win of th e season. As th e ra cers lin ed up for the start th ere wa s a struggle to stay as far to th e rig h t as possible. The course went west down Coy ot e Wash , but chec k one was du e north. With the rule "any wa y to chec k on e on th e first lap , " th e rea son b ecam e o bvio us. As soo n as th e green flag dropped it was time to turn right. Nailing down th e hol eshot was Open KTM-m ounted Tom Moen . Mark Vans court had hi s 2.~O c c Honda right in Moen's dust , whi le Jeff Martinez did his h om ework well ~ lI d put hi s 125cc Honda in to third. Walker. Bru ce Lerud (500cc Honda ) a nd 250cc Yamaha rid er Rob Nolin were a ll runnin g just behind the lead trio. . By th e time th ey reach ed chec k on e, Wal ker had ta ken co m ma nd. H e proceeded to. pull out a 10-seco n d lead at th e en d o f th e first lap. Moen held down seco nd but was bein g pr essured by Lerud. Rand y "Stormin ' " Norman m oved his Honda int o fourth , making for a n Open bik e swee p of th e top four. Vans court led th e 250s a t fifth overall with Nolin right behind. Martinez was makin g su re hi s best start of th e year didn 't go to waste. He was running his 125 wid e open a nd maintain ing just over o ne m in u te o n Bruce Tay lor in seco nd. Points lead er Mik e Rhu srorfer wa s well o u t in fron t of th e Vet class a t 12th overall. J ohn Bilk ey led th e Sen iors in 17th overa ll. As th e n ext two o f th e four 20-mi le . loops co n tin ued Walker was still charg in g ou t from. Lerud, putt in g in hi s best ever performance. battl ed clo sely with Moen . Then , as they came through home chec k at th e end o f lap three, Lerud in ch ed ahea d o f Moen . Norman pulled -o u t 0 11 lap

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