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.. I:I: .. ~ ~ Cl ::::; ~ Dowell wins Holliste,. r- u > m g a :I: Q. 00 00 0') ........ Grayson Hart won the 125 and 250cc Pro classes in Albany. Vet Expert winner James Hanson (23V) led Ken Ehlers (9) and Vet Novice John Downey (1 1 9 ) during motocross action at Per ris Raceway. Musg,.ave on move at Pe,.,.is MX By 'David Procida 52 Brown as Chris Paterson finished second. PERRIS, CA, FEB. 20 Willy Musgrave put in a pair of impressive motos to win the Pro class today at Perris Raceway. Musgrave put his Tri-City Honda into the lead in the early stages of moto one after passing SCR/JT Racing's Tony Spear. Once past the Suzuki pilot Musgrave immediately began to open up some breathing room while behind him things were . warming up for Spear. Both Ulf Johansson and Japanese rider Hisao . Takeda were closing the gap on Spear, and as the moto came to a close Musgrave took a comfortable win. Second through fourth went to a tightly bunched Spear, Johansson and Takeda, respectively. In moto two Spear again jetted out to an early lead and hel d on for four laps before Musgrave slipped by for the lead . Takeda followed J ohansso n for a couple of ' laps before finding an opening and pushed by in to third. The Yamaha rider set h is sights 01] Spear and was soon knocking on his back door. The pair stayed together with Takeda pulling alongside Spear on more than one occassion, but Spear defended his position for the entire moto and finished second behind Musgrave. Musgrave's perfect I-I netted him the overall in front of Spear, who went 2-2. Takeda 's 4-3 kept him in front of Johansson , who finished fourth overall. In the 250cc Beginner class Bobby Hubbard put his Pro-Circuit/ O'Neal Honda in the winner's circle after moto one winner, Rich ard Vargo, could only muster a third in the second moto. Hubbard, who"hit the gate and had to p lay catch-up the entire mota found himself in the lead on la p 10after passing Kawasaki jockey William Scott. Scott's first moto fifth place finis h kept him from taking second overall as Vargo backed up his first moto win with a third place finish to give him second overall. In Vet class action J .S. Hanson had to fight tooth and nail to win mota one after swapping the lead several times with Ken Ehlers. The two riders were never more than a bike length apart the entire moto before Hanson took the checkered flag. Ehlers did not show up for moto two, but Frank Steiner attempted to make Hanson's wire-to-wire win a bit more difficult. Steiner's 5-2 rnoto finishes gave him second overall, with third going to Ehlers. In Vet Intermediate action Hondamounted Rudy Chavez and Kawasaki rider Dave Simmotis swapped moto wins with Simmons taking the second moto win for the overall. Third went to Greg .Green via a 43 showing. Tony Feldhaus .grabbed the lead in the first Vet Novice moto and held on until la te in the moto when Tom Baguley came soaring by over the jumps. Baguley established a comfortable lead as he made his way to the checkered flag. Feldhaus held onto second with Bob Zimmon in third. In mo to two Bagu ley ran away from the en tire class, leaving Mike Labadie in second and Feldhaus third. When the to tals were added up, it was Baguley, Feldhaus and Labadie in the top three slots. Results VET EX: 1. J. S. Hanson (Hon); 2. Frank Steiner (Hon); 3. Ken Ehlers (Hon). VET INT: 1. Dave Sim mons (Kaw); 2. Rudy Chavez (Hon); 3. Greg Green (Hon) . VET NOV : 1. Tom Bagu ley (Hon); 2. Ton y Feldhaus (Hon); 3 . M icha el Labadie (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Willy Musgrave (Hon); 2. Tony Spear (sull: 3 . Hisao Takeda (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. John POSCH (Kawt 2. Rodger McCabe (KTM). 250 INT: 1. Luc DeLey (Hon); 2. Steven Sibell (Yamt 3. Jon Va ndall (Suz). 500 INT: 1. Brian Davy (Kaw); 2. Steve Monison (Hon); 3 . Ken Ehlers (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Randy Danylo (Kaw); 2. Jason Campbell (Vam); 3 . Roben Shipman (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Bruce Kamis (Yam); 2. Bill Sauro (Hon); 3. Ralph Blanc hard (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Greg Keim (Hon); 2. Ron Nonhrup (Hon); 3 .Brad Bomhoff (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Eric Guy Casas (Kaw); 2. Brian Beach (Han); 3. Tobia s Birgersson. 250 BEG: 1. Bobby Hubbard (Hon); 2. Richard Vargo (Hon); 3. Williams Scott (Kaw) . OPEN BEG: 1. Jim Alexan der (Hon); 2. Max St utz (KTM ); 3. Todd Van (Hon ). 12 5 BEG: 1. Ryan Jo hn son (Hon); 2. Roben Naber (Kaw); 3 . Mike M ou nt (Hon). MINI NOV:·I . Jac k Cox (Kaw ); 2. Tim Olson (Suzl . MI NI BEG: 1. Nath an Ell enon (Vam). Han doubles atAlbany5X By Clay Light ALBANY , O R, FEB. 21 Grayson H art made his presence known at Albany Supercross by virtue of his two-class domination during Motocross Northwest san ctioned Supercross. Hart won the 125 and 250cc Pro classes. The first Pro class to test the sandlined course were the 125cc Pros. Kenny Olsen led Hart on the first lap wi th Dana Anderson, Darren Rogers and Gary Beyer in the top five. Ol sen r od ean incredible moto and held H art , riding a borrowed Honda, at bay for the duration. Hart, Rogers, Beyer and Anderson filled the top five at the moto's end. An derson and Hart were first and second in rnoto two on the first of 10 laps of heated competition. Anderson did a magnificent job of holding off Hart's advances, but by the fourth lap he lost the lead to an on -the-move Hart. Anderson held on to second while Olsen, who got a miserable start, moved to third after a swapfest with Rogers. Hart went on to a 10-second win and the overall victory. O lsen (1-3), Anderson (5-2), Rogers (3-4) and Beyer (4-5) filled the top five overall. Honda-mounted Lance R u dge posted two consistent mo to finishes to bag a win in the 125cc Intermediate class . Ru dge got a lucky break in mota one when Jeff Dai ly broke a shock bolt. Rudge, Rodney Keller, Ed Jensen and Ernie Roberts took the top spots. Dail y came back to trounce mo to two and made a ki lling in the mo to. R udge and Keller were left to swap it ou t for second p lace, both well behind Dail y. R udge held off Keller's challenges to take the overall win with 1-2 performances. Keller's 2-3 postings were good for second and Daily carded third after 6-1 rides . Honda CR500-mounted Doug Lange took the lead at the start of the first 25Occ/Open Pro contest, but his lead was short-lived as Hart picked him off and left the lone Open rider to fend off Don Bisceglia. Hart" opened up a large lead to take th e win with Bisceglia finishing seco nd. Lange's hard ride came to an end after breaking a countershaft sprocket. Hart came back to wallop rnoto two for the win, his second of the day . Bisceg l ia and Dennis Sweeten followed in the mote and overall column. Danny Ulven, riding a Kawasaki KX80, rode th e 125cc Junior class and was faced with some heavy competition from Ty Birdwell and J oel Howard, both aboard Hondas. Howard held off U lven to win moto one, but was still in the pit area when the gate dropped for th e second . mo to. Ulve n ran second to Birdwell ' in moto two, good for a 2-2 overall win over Birdwell's 5-1 scores. Jeff Payne (4-3), Troy Fu ller (3-4) and Howard (1-11 ) rounded out the top five. Jason McCormick took both 80cc Intermediate/Junior motos with hard-fought wins over Ulven and Howard. Top Junior rider was Chad C,.oss Count,.y By Bill Spencer HOLLISTER, CA, FEB. 14 Northern California's top cross country rider Duke Dowell became the fifth different winner in the 1988 District 36 Cross Countrv Series topping the Valentine Day;s P & J Racing-spo nsored event at Hollister Hills. Riding a Honda CR250R, Dowell dueled with Jerome Heiberger's KTM throughout the six lap, sevenmile course that also saw entries from National enduro rider Dave Bertram, on a'Suzuki, and former Pro motocrosser Billy " Suga r Bear" Grossi. Race one saw Vet Novice Larry Broberg to the front over Terry Dunworth, who held second for two laps when Mike Fraley whizzed through the finish check in second with Todd Ha llmeyer in close tow . Dunworth slipped to fourth overall and then go t passed by Ralph Davis who appeared to have the overa ll in hand unti l the last lap . Bob Brumit recorded fif th place overall and tops in the 125cc Novice portion over Chris Fitz and Bob Grenier, wh ile Brian Caveney barely held off Ken Breneisen for the 200cc Novice class win. Chuck Elderton took the Senior Novice portion (16th 0 1A) over Ro n Harkov and Steve Hicks. Mike Long and Bob Kosovilka were fourth and fifth and the only Seniors to make the five laps. George McCall was the only Super Senior (over 50), to make five laps with Jon King and Tom Sherping getting four for second and third spots. Race two combined the 250cc and Open Novice classes for th e big turnout of the day at over 100 riders. Darrell Dunley took 17 minutes and 34 seconds for his first la p and held a good distance over Kevin Weimer a nd Rick Bachman w ith Tracy Folkman trail ing another m inute behind. Dunley started his second lap wi th nearly a two minute lead over Keltner and Bachman b ut J oe Newman . moved fro m fifth to fourt h as Fol kman began a backward slide. New man moved to second two laps later, but it was a no go for a last lap charge as Dunley took the overall with a wide margin of victory. Jess Pro haska took the top 250cc spot after regis tering a 15th on the first go'ro und. Bruce Miller was second 250 but fifth overall behind Weltner. Dowe ll said, "We ran acro ss a couple of Vets in one section that had gotten off line, and I had to work around them, and that let J erome get close, so we derbied for awhile. But I got away pretty clean and it was good racing after that." Heiberger was content with his second overall and first Open Expert. Ken McKenzie rode his KX250 to third overall over Ed Marchini. Results OVERALL: 1. Duke Dowell; 2. Jerome Heiber ger; 3 . Ken McKenzie; 4. Ed M arch in i; 5. Dean Joyn er; 6. Lance McPhee; 7. Dave Bertra m; 8. J on King; 9, Phi l Dou g las; 10 . J err y Schockm el. 125 NOV : 1. Roben Bru m it ; 2. Chr is Fitz; 3 . Bob Greni er; 4. Dave Sand ers. 200 NOV : 1. Br ian Cavan a.,.; 2. Ken Breneisen; 3 . Bob Cun n ingto n. 250 NOV: 1. J ess Prohaska; 2. Bru ce Miller; 3 . M ike J ord an; 4.8re t Eckert; 5 . Jo hn Damele. OPEN NOV: 1. Darr ell Dunley; 2. Jo e Newman; 3: Rick Bachm an; 4. Kevin W eltn er; 5. Logan Burns. VET NOV : 1. Larr y Brobert 2. Mike Fra ley; 3. Todd Hallm eyer; 4 .Ski p Quin; 5. Ken St ewart . SR NOV: 1. Ch uck Eldert on; 2 . Ron Harkcv . 3: Stephe n Hicks ; 4. Michael Long . S/SR NOV: 1. George Mc Call; 2. Jon King; 3 . Tom Sharpin g. 12 5 J R: 1. Mike Br um it. 250 J R: 1. Sam Soracco ; 2. Greg Bail ey; 3 . Randy Bort h; 4. James Dickey . OPEN J R: 1. John May. VET JR : 1. J on Schl eer; 2. Terry Heat h; 3 . Dave Wol den .