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pass a ttem p ts o f Md;rath for the wi n with th ejohnson s ta king third and fourth. M OL two gav e McGrath a cha nce to sho w D ho w he ea rn ed th e "S ho wtirne" ni ckname. T he 17-yea r-o ld rocketed o ut of the ga te with Yo u ng in ho t pursu it fo llowed b y Sco u a n d then Mar k J oh nson. McGrath was o n th e gas a nd Yo u ng ne ver let h im gel too far a hea d . hut this was to be th e best he co u ld do as McG ra th was o n h is ~a y to a wi re-to -w ire win . T aking the checkered and th e overa ll was McG ra lh with Young. Scou J oh n so n a nd Mark j o h nson behind. Eric Brown go t into the wi nn er 's circle with a pair of wi ns, defeat ing B.J. Mill sp augh for the 125cc Pro class wi n . KTM·moullled Edd ie Hi cks rod e a pair of flawl ess m ot o s to win the O pen Pro class. Hicks had to defea t fellow KT M rider Ro bbi e Lovas. Ex pert Vet ac tio n saw Yam aha-m ounted Alan Ol son win both mows in typ ica l fash io n ,' defeating Ro bert Sheldon. R ich ard Anaya claimed th e Vet Interm edia te class ove ra ll victory with a pa ir of moto w ins. Runn er-up h o n ors went to Tod d Peter son via a 3·2 sco re over T on y Feld haus ' 93 National Titles With P J 1 Goldfire Pro Oil No special trick formula here! No Joke! No Stroke! Just right off your dealer's shelf is where you can get YO,urs! That's fact! Don't settle for second best. Make the switch in time for '89 to PJ 1 A special THANK YOU to Team Yamaha Motorsports & Crew, Kenny Roberts, Bud Asklend, Randy Mamola, Broc Glover, Jim Holley, AI Baker and to all of our PJ1 Factory Pilots nationwide for your continued support of PJ1 Oils & Lubricants. 2-1. Vet N o v ice cla ss racing saw Suzuki mou n ted Randy Skin ne r ru n a wa y wi th both moLOS, while behind hi m Rick Cri tell i used a 4~2 set o f mOlOS to claim second o verall . Third place wen t to Tim Wi ll iams via a pa ir of 3rd p lace fin ishes. Results 80 BEG: 1. Er ic J on Wr ight ( Kaw~ 2. Scott J oh nson (Suz); 3 . Ja mes Otwe ll (Suzl. 80 NOV: 1. Steve Hengeveld (Kaw ). 80 EX: 1. Steve A ndric h (Suz). \ 12 6 BEG: 1. Donald Upton (Han); 2. Bri an Staden (Hon); 3 . Andr ew Van Rooy (Hon ). 125 NOV; 1. Chr is Kefalas (Han); 2. Rusty Somers (Kaw ); 3. Todd Davis (Cag). . 125 INT: 1'. Scott Bristol (Han); 2. Derek Natvig (Kaw); 3. Duan e Benne r (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Eric Brown e (Suz); 2. B.J. M ill spaugh (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Al ex Garof alo (Yaml; 2. Ma rk Field s (Yam); 3 . Chris Flanigan (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Bill Sauro (Honl ; 2. Bryan O' Neill (Yam); 3 . Jo seph Crouch (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. TracYMonteron e {Yam); 2. Scott Bristol (Han); 3. J eff Fine (Honl. 250 PRO: 1. Jeremy McGrath (Han); 2. M ike Young (Cag); 3. Scott J ohn son (Yam). • OPEN NOV: 1. Greg Keim (Han); 2. Ron Nort hrup (Han); 3 . Mik e W. Carr (Honl. OPEN PRO: 1. Eddie Hicks (KTM ); 2. Robbie Lovas (KTM). VeT NOV: 1. Randy Skin ner (Suz); 2. Rick Crite ll i (Han): 3. Tim Wi lliams (Kaw) . VET INT: 1. Rich ard A naya (Kaw); 2. Todd Peterson (Yam); 3 . Tony Feldhaus (Hon,. VET EX: 1. A lan Olson (Yam); 2. Raben Sh eldon (Yam). . Anderson super at Clark Co. ST By Derryl Anderson RID G EFI EL D, WA, DEC, 3 Fly i n ' R ya n Ande rso n took h is Ele c tro Ra cing /Lon gvi ew H onda /B lend za ll / Ara i Honda to th e ove ra ll win in th e 250cc cIass a t the Cl a rk Cou n ty Fa irgrounds in door short track. Aft er one rest a rt h eal one was led by Ander son. Behind him in order was G reg Bisso n, Denny Fen ne ll, j ack CaIlinsky, Mike Marshall and La urie Co ughtry. Fennell came from th e back row in a hu rry but didn't have eno ugh laps to get by Bisson . Meanwhile Anderson was well o u t front. Heat two was led by J.P. Sim onse n. Behind him was Richard Holmes, j erry Halverson, Da n Bush nell , G reg Sheard and Doug Ferry . Holmes went down and a t the finish it was Sim onsen a n d Halver son. Anderso n go t the hol eshot in the main even t follow ed by Simo nsen. Hal verson, Bisso n, Fennell and the o thers. Sim o nsen was a ll over Anderson for two laps th en Anderson began to stre tch o u t a lead on the pa ck. O n lap th ree Fen ne ll passed Bisson a nd Haverson o n the fro nt straigh ta wa y. T he three front-ru nners rema in ed evenly spaced righ t to th e end. At th e chec kered na g it was Anderson, Simonse n . Fen nell , Bisso n, H al verson , Ca ll insky, Bushnell and Marshall . . The O pen Pro cIass a lso required two hea t races. Rex Fish er go t the scra tch in hea t o ne foll ow ed by Kevin Bass, Jeff H ia tt a nd Pa t Munyon . The order sta yed th e same right to . the end. In heat two Marty Zirbel took his Lo u Kinnish /George Adams/Mario's Fram e Shop Ro ta x to th e wi n a head of Steve H yson , Brian Baldwin , Speedy Kell an d jim Serve. In th e T rophy Dash H yson got a super start and we nt a ll th e wa y to th e last co rn er whe re Zirbel wen t a ro und hi m th e lon g way an d gra bbed all th e mo ney by inches. Fis her got the scratch in th e m a in eve n t ahea d of Zirbel, Bass, H yso n , H iatt, Serve and Kell. Fish er was layin g it down to the cases wh ile Zirb el had troub le with severa l ruts tha t develo ped. Severa l times Zirbel came into turns one and two airborn e. Mea n wh ile Kell, who ex cells o n rough tra ck s; was coming 0 11 fast. Fisher contin ued to loo k ultra smooth as he too k the chec kered nag ah ead of Zirbel , Bass, Kell , H yson, Hiatt and th e o the rs. Results . 60 : 1. Tom Sheard; 2. J osh Paulas. 60 : 1. Beau Manley; 2. J osh Curray. 80: 1. Noa h Kirk land: 2. Nate Bourlanek; 3 . Rich WooHet. 125 : 1. J.P. Simon sen; 2. Suzann e Falkner . 250 PRO: 1. Rex Fisher; 2. Matt Holden. 250 AM A : 1. Ryan Anderson; 2. J.P. Simonsen; 3. Den ny Fen nell . . 3Ot-A: 1. Buck Mu rphy; 2. A rt Bonstead; 3 . Ric h Holmes: 4 . Tim Fellows. . 40+ : 1. Dan Kirk; 2. Ray Carro ll ; 3. Jack McCoy. OPEN A M : 1. Buck Mu rphy; 2. Dave Wellander; 3. Aar on Wag goner . OPEN PRO: 1. Rex Fisher; 2. Marty Zirbel ; 3. Kevin Bass; 4 . Speedy K.II. HAPPY HOLIDA YSI JOHN KOCINSKI HAPPY NEWYEARI BROCGLOVER AMA 250cc Grand Prix Nat'l Champion CHAD PEDERSON ROBBIE REYNARD 1988 Los Angeles Supercross W inner 1251250cc Int Ten Nat'l Titles 85cc 7·11 Eleven Nat'l Tit les BRIAN SWINK 85cc 14-1 5 Exp Eight Nat'l Titles DAMON BRADSHAW Desert Class 30 Vet Nine Nat'l Tit les RICKY CARMICHAEL JEFF DEMENT LARRY PEGRAM KENNY PARRY 50 /6Occ Youth Six Nat'l Titl es 85cc 12-13 Six Nat'l Titles ERIC McLEAR JEROMY BUEHL 1251250cc Pro Seven Nat'l Tit les -EZRA LUSK 250/500cc Am /Pro-Am Four Nat'! Titles 85cc 12-131nt Seven Nat'l Titles DENNY STEPHENSON 1251250cc A Four Nat'l Tit les TIM HODES 125cc Youth Three Nat'l Titles 125cc B Youth Three Nat'l Titles 85 /125cc Two Nat'l Tit les JACK RICKS JJ. 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