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Cycle News 1988 01 20

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finishing a strong third only 30 seconds back, pushing Simmons ' to fourth and Paley to fifth. "This is the kind of riding I like best; lots of good fun, " said Howerton after the event. "We sure had a good dice on lap five, but Howerton would pull me real bad on the fast 'parts of the course," said Harris. The I25cc class also provided some excellent racing. Chris Ryan on a .Cagiva, Donny O'Neal on a Suzuki, . Honda-mounted Cody Johnson and Mike Harmon were never more than a few yards apart for the first half of th e race. Ryan led the first three laps but on lap four O'Neal passed him for the lead with Harmon and Johnson seconds back . O 'Neal led laps five through eight while Ryan slipped to fourth and the H ar mo n/ j ohnso n duel for second continued. Harmon eventually broke free of Johnson and passed O'Neal forthe lead, and the win, leaving Johnson third and Ryan fourth. The Over 30 class proveded some surprises as Yamaha-mounted Rick Pitman , who led until lap eight; was assed by Arnold Brajewitz on his n-Am 406. . Pitman hung onto Brajewitz' rear fender, only three seconds behind on lap 10, but could not make the pass for the lead . "' Bru ce Smith on another Yamaha . as Closing on the leading pair and ipped the unsuspecting PItman at e finish line pushing him to third. b Lewallen finished fourth and en Schmidt fifth. N ults PRO: 1. Kent Howenon (Han): 2. Todd Harris Han); 3. Steve Cardwell (Kaw). EX: 1. Steve Kotara (Han): 2. Marcus Pepper Kaw); 3. Mark Taylor (Han). OPEN: 1. David Eller (Hont. 2. Eddie Haldeman Yam): 3. Gary An derson (Han). 250: 1. Cliff Goertz (Han); 2. Brian Wood (Han): · Steve Herre ra (Kaw). 1200 : 1. Steve Bridges (Hont, 2. Ray Ramirez Kaw); 3. Mike Davis IKaw). 125: 1. Mike Harmo n (Han); 2. Donny O'Neal Suzl; 3. Cody Johnson (Han). · OVER 30: 1. Ar nold Brej ew iU (C-A); 2. Bruce . mit h (Yam); 3. Rick Pit man (Yam). OVER 40 : 1. Bill Kasson (Yam); 2. Will Hendrix Yam); 3. Herb Fish (Han). BEG: 1. St eve Nunez (Kaw); 2. Brian F8tsc h KTM); 3. Richard Clar k (Han). WMN: 1. Liz Lundell (Suz); 2. Christine Hudspeth Han); 3. Barb Russell (Suzl . 80 : 1. Will iam Henk (KTM ); 2. Daniel Trott lKaw); • Scott Ryan (Kaw). 60: 1. Jason Mo ses (Kaw); 2. Brant Dickerson Kaw ). 50: 1. Lence Smit h (Suz); 2. Drew Dunbar (Yam); • Way lon McCullough (Suzl. acobsonjolts onroe Arenacross By Clay Light MONROE, WA, JAN. 3 eff Jacobson stormed to the overall in in the l25cc Intermediate class ontinuing his domination of the lass at Monroe's arenacross series. nother of the day's dominators was ichard Sather, winner of the Open unior and Over The Hill classes at the fifth of a seven round series at Monroe Fairgrounds. Jacobson, riding for Lynnwood Yamaha and O 'Neal, was clearly the 'r ea m of th e crop in the 125cc ntermediate class. Today Jacobson eld off challenges from Tara Harison in the first moto and Jamie ichardson in the second to take the verall win. Richardson and Harrion finished fourth in their other motos. Richardson's 4-2 performanes netted second overall with David MacLean finishing third with a 3tally. Rou nding out the top five ere Harrison and Jeff Bonet. Sather's first of two wins came in the Open Junior ' class which ran ombined with th e Open Pros and In termediates. Sather didn 't beat pro Da vid Rhodes or Intermediate winner Ken Workman, but he did soundly thrash his Junior comrades A GREAT SPORT DESERVES A " GREAT NEWSPAPER ------------------------------------------~~ ~.Jj~ Subscription Coupon I I I I I I I ~ Name - - - - - - - - - - - - - I I I I I I I I I o Th is is a renewal 0 Please bill me o Enclosed is check o r money order _ IPLEASE PRI NT CL£A!' LY) Charge my Address - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - City 0 Mastercard State - - Zip ---.,.... o every week for one year (50 issues) for $32.50 o every week for two years (100 issues) for $60.00 o six months second class (25 issues) for $17.00 L I 0 V isa Signature - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Credit Card Number _ Expiration Date ' _ . One year (60 issues), 2nd class Canada or Mexico and all other fore ign ccuntnes 861 .00 (U.S. funds). First class and airmail rates available upon req uest . Send to: Cycle News, Inc., p.o. Box 4 98. Long Beach. CA 90801-0498/ (213) 427-7433 ~ J Motorcycle World.with Larry Hu£~~~~ ---,tS!J~ This Sunday's Special Guest is: . ** DAVID BAILEY ** It co mes to you live, every Sunday n ig ht from 10 to' JJ p .m. -, KOLA 99.9 FM Los Angeles /Riverside Orange Co.lSan Bernardino KT IM 100.9 FM San Francisco/Oakland KSCO 1080 AM Santa Cruz Sponsored by XTRA "Extra Gold" 690 AM Strongest AM Station in Western U.S. $ -SUZUKI Right On S u zuk i 29

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