WMN B: 1. C. Tuma.
OPEN C: 1. D. Froman; 2. J . Blankesler; 3. S. Trouper .
250 C; 1. R. Cavanah; 2. K. Si ew art; 3. M . HeC1or .
200 C; 1. R. Malson; 2. P. Gr iesshaber; 3. R. Catsour .
VET C: 1. S. McClelland; 2. P. Sciabicaa; 3. S. A ll en.
SR C: 1. F. Carwick; 2. R. Garcia; 3 . O. Mart inson.
S/ SR C: 1. P. Perecral.
4-STRK C: 1. R. Farri S; 2. B. Jo hnk; 3. E. Spurl ock .
Ritchie top Vet at Perris MX
By David Procida
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Plus 25 class w inner Steve Genter (4 3) leads runner-up Craig Collie
(14 7) and Roger Lineberger in a moto at Montrose SEMX.
a cou ple of laps left in the mo to , Gi bso n
st ret ch ed 0111 his lead o ver J amison a nd
Procto r lO tale the chec kered nag first.
111 the seco nd mot o Pr eva t te look th e
hol esh o t followed hy Jim Neese, J ohnson and
Gib~()n. On th e first lap Neese overt oo k the
leade, as he was fo llowed by Gibson a nd
Johnso n. Nt'eSt' Gibson and Johnson led Ihe
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wa y an()~ ~ th (' fin ish lin e.
u 't" Coomes o n a Yamaha garnered th e
holesho l in both molos of the 125cc Ama teur
cla ss. In the first round he- was foll o wed by
Violent Brow n , St eve Genter a nd Kt"tlt
Roger !'l on . Brow n look over the lead whe n
Coomes weill do wn a nd dropped back to
fOJ.1 r1h p lace, h ut Brown en doed and lost t~e
lead . Although he recovered. he was back In
fifth place. Rogerson look over and . WO~ as
Ge nter finis hed seco nd wi th Coomes 10 l1urd.
In,he second molO Bro wn foll o wed Coo mes
agai n, Ihen Genler a nd Rogerson . They held
th eir position s o n th e first la p wllh Brown
turn i ng u p th e burner o n Coomes a nd
Rogerso n kept th e pressure o n Gent er. On the
fina l lap Bro wn overtook Coomo . a nd ~l1 ter
fini shl'd third. The overall Will went lO
uM,mcs foll owed by Genler. Ro gerso n , Brown
and Ch arl es T odd .
The Plus 2.'; class PUI o n a good show wi,h
Stc Genter pulling th e hol e50hot in th e firs t
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mOl<> foll ow l-d by Craig Collie, Ch arl es Todd
and Roger Lineber ger. Lineber ger fell and was
se l ba ck a co u p le o f p o sit ion s. Gente r
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co nti nued w lead wi th Co lliea nd Todd r... i llg
for pu~itio ll behi nd h im. Todd o vertook
Col lie a nd was runni ng s("Cond o n lh e white
n ag I:lp :md , h< were foll ow ed ho me by
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S'U:l" En!;lish a nd Chuck P:lrr ish.
In the .!o("("ond molO Gen ter had it hi s wa y
ago in. He was followed by Collie, Lin eberger
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a nd R u sty Allison. L in ebe rger
d0 '.Vn,
a llowing Todd to move up 10 llll rd bdllll,d
Gelll er and Co llie. These th ree held ,h eIT
positio ns for the d ura tio n of lht' m otD. T he
·o ver:t1 1was t:lken by Gemer over Co ll ie, Todd,
E n~ lis h and Parrish.
At the start of th e first mow of the 125("c
Nov ice cla ss Steve G iley cmergt'll wit h ll~ e
hobhOl fo llowed by Wes Ca ve a nd fhvld
Hill. Ca w: took over,. . the lead fo llowed , b}
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D:lvid Hill, Dale Hill and John Hainlin e.
Cave ,ook ,he ch eckered first foll o wed by
H:l in lirl<', David H ill a nd Giley.
In the seco nd moto Sam Mitchim:r lO tht·
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h o lt~sh ot foll owed by Cave a nd Darr ell Sto ne.
Cave lOok th e le:ld dropping Mil chiner '0
second, SlOne h un g o n 10 third. followed by
Hain lirw. •
Results
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JR MI NI: 1. Chuck Shi rley (!(awl: 2, Patr ick Greer (!to. Try as he m!'y,
Pickard was no t ab le to fin d the necessary line
to get by th e Honda rider a nd Ritch ie went
on to tak e the wi n and th e o vera ll victory.
Pickard 's pair o f seco nds ear ned him second
o vera ll with Saul laying clai m 10 thi rd.
Vet Intermed ia te action wi tnessed Steve
Don o van taking his CR J25 to the o vera ll win
a hea d of Scott Freeman. Freema n won th e first
mote . but co u ld o n ly manage a thi rd in mot a
two behind Donova n a nd Todd Peterso n.
Peterson 's 1-2 was good en ough .lor third.
whil e Mark Gra nberg with a 3-5 and Marc
Crosby via a 7-4 rounded o ut the top five.
Val T amietti smo ked to a pair of moto win s
10 o vera ll the Vel Expert class. Alan Ol son
took second o vera ll via a pair of seco nds and
Geo rge Koh ler went 4·3 for third. ATK rid er
Scali Wall en berg with a 3~4 a nd Gr eg Berg
wo rked thei r wa y int o th e top five.
Resu lts
M INI BEG: 1. Jimmy Lavorc i (Yam); 2. Craig Lal hnng er
(Han); 3 . Snaen Fort ier (Yam).
125 BEG: 1. Charles V~ (Hon); 2. Jeff Graham (Kaw);
3. Ma rk Eaglel on (! Sta le.F~r!;r oun~ s.
Ret urn ing fro m lh e Flonda Mmt Ol ympICS
a~ the Bro nze Boot Award winner. Gr eg Ra nd
rema int-d u nsto p pa ble as he dominaled the
ro,·c (7-11) a nd th e 80cc (7-11) cla sses in bo th
da y of racing action. Kawasaki Team ~reen
rider Ha yden Richards was a lso a do m ma m
force in the 8Ge ( 14- 15) cl",", :IS he gra bbed
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a p.... ir o f firsts.
D:lle Spangler cOlllro lled Ihe firsl 125cc Pro
d a ~'i qua lif ier aft er ear ly lead er Bryan H Unl
and Fred Andrews went do wn. Andrt·ws was
back u nder way bUI sett led for ,hird behind
Sh:lne Sho lher.
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Tht" seco nd qua lifi er saw Ken ny Klll.ar 10
co mplete con tro l. tak in g th e win foll owed .by
Oavld Hand, Mark Mus.:-.el man and Dernck
Roc,
The final saw Kil1.a r Sh OOI off the ga le
taki ng th e lea d fo llowed by c~ n so l a ti o n
win ner Joe Evener and Roe. Hy the fO\f n h
lap Rue mad e a mov e a ll Evener to go mto
M'cond, G rt"K Bowen worked hi s way. through
lh e p.. ck to d ose in on Roe. The pan ba ltled
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o ver a j ump a nd Roe endoed. Kill"r held o n
10 la ke lh e win whil e Bowen claimed !loef:und
and Buehl third.
Andrews won tlte first 250<:( Pro qualifier
fo llo wed by Mike Bro wn :lnd Roe.
T he second qualifier saw Troy Bradsha w
the ('".nly leader with David Hand in pursuit.
Hand sq ueezed by BT:ldsha w ta ke Ihe wi n.
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The fin al q ualifier sa w Tom Ca rso n ta ke
cha rge for th e win foll o wed by G reg Bowen
and James Eickel.
MIke Brown stormed into the lead in the
final but ran int o some ha y ba les and 10Sl
firs t to Andrews. Ca rso n worked hi s way to
second wh ile And rews pu lled away for th e
win.
Results
SATUROAY- 12 5 PRO: 1. Kenny Kizzar (Yam); 2. Greg
Bowen (Hon); 3 . Je rem y Bueh l (Kaw); 4 . Fred Andrews
(Han); 5. Kerth Bowen (Kawl .
125 C: 1. Matt Powers (Suzt 2. Brian Cook (Kaw); . 3 .
Kenneth Gambill (Hon); 4 . Glenn Keal on (Hon); 6 . Mike
Fo~fY,~i'~oy
Bradshaw (Hon); 2. PhIlip Alderton (Han);
3. Scott Paul (Hon); 4 . Sieve J udge (Hon); 5. Bryan Moose
(Kew).
80 (7·1 1): 1. Greg ~ and (Yam); 2. Josh ua Ryan Swea l
(Hont 3. Tomm y Coll ier (Kaw~ 4 . Nell Atwood (Kawt 5.
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Patr K:k McPherson (Kawl.
80 (12· 13): 1. Robbie Sl u rge ll l K.aw ~ 2. Christopher Brad
Str unk (Suzr, 3. Glenn Delong (Kaw ); 4. Heath Bennett
(Kaw); 5. John Grasso (KTM ). oil
250 B: 1. Billy Silvarole (Kawt 2. Rob Black (Hon); 3.
George Mol nar ( Kaw~ 4. Richard Robinson (Hon); 5. Bob
Hearel h (Kaw).
OPEN B: 1. Jeff Hill is ( Hon~ 2. Mart Kelley (Yam); 3.
Bill Hoover (Hon); 4 . Dean Allen (Hon); 5. Brian Kohl (KTM I.
250 PRO: 1. Fred Andrews (Hon); 2. Tom Carson (Han);
3. Kenny Kizzar (Yam); 4. Jeff Gla ss (Hont 5. Mark
Musselman (KTM).
PIW: 1. Chris Considine (Yam); 2. Mart Burkhart (Yam);
3. J ason Juskae (Yam); 4. M ichael tvers (Yam); 5. Scott
McM illan (Yam). oil
SR: 1. Philip Alderton IHon); 2. Kenny Reif (Suz); 3. Scott
Sampson (Hon); 4. Gerry Benn ett (Honl; 5. Ric;kOxley (Kaw l.
250 C: 1. Dean Ross (Yam); 2. Shane SmIth (Suz); 3.
J ay EaSl man (Yam); 4, Jac k Sl eele (Han); 5. Shawn Verner
(K~5ICc:
1. Greg Rand (Kaw); 2. Patr ick McPherso n (Kaw);
3. Karl Scott (Kaw ); 4. Ju st In Blake (Kaw ); 5. Rusty Hann ing
(Kawl.
SO (14 ·1 6): 1. Hayden Richards (Kawl ; 2. Shane lawson
(Hon); 3. Brad Sich ting IKaw); 4 . Joe Woodfork (Kaw t 5.
Tim Conl i (Han).
125 B: 1. Shane lawso n (Hon l; 2. Billy Silvarole (!(aw);
3. Carl W ill iams (Kaw); 4 . Peter Malyj (Suz); 6 . John
Gallaghan (Suzl.
SUNDA Y
80 (14 .151 1. Hayden Rich ards (Kaw l; 2. Shane Lawso n
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(Han); 3. Joe Woodf ork (Kawl ; 4 . Shawn Ehehan (Suz); 5.
J ust in Phelps (Han).
125 B: 1. Billy Silvaro le (Kawl .
125 C: 1. Kevin Hildebrand (Suz); 2. Ja mes Siaughi er
(Han); 3. Todd Hatzo (Kawt 4. Roy Randle" (Suz); 5. Jerry
~5J"pa; :
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1. Kellh Bowen; 2. Fred Andr ews (Hon l; 3.
Ron Ounf ree (KTM); 4 . Jeff Glass (Hon); 5. M ike Brown
(Kaw l.
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80 (7-11 ): 1. Greg Rand (Yam); 2. JC?hn Kidd (Kaw); 3 .
Pal rtck McPherson IKaw); 4 . J .D. Colli ns (Kaw ); 5. Joey
St epl et cn (Kaw ).
80 (12 ·13) : 1. Chrislopher Brad Sirunk ISuz:; 2. Jo hn
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Grasso n (KTM ); 3. Robbie Siu rgell (Kaw); 4. J ason Flint
(Yam); 5. Jeffry Decker (Sull. PIW: 1. Ch,. s ConsidIne (Yam); 2. Mart Burk hart (Yam);
3 . Mtchael tvers {Yam ~ 4. Scon Mc M ulan (Yam); 5. Jeff
Gibson (Yam».
250 C: 1. Kevin Kuhn (Kaw): 2. Shane Sm ll h (Suz); 3.
Randy ThibaUl IKawt 4 . Jay Eastman (Yam); 5. Shawn
Verner (Kawl (Kawl.
65 (7.11 ): 1. Greg Rand (Kaw); 2. Patr ick McPherson
(Kaw ); 3. Rusty Hann ing (Kaw); 4 . J. D. Collins (Kawl: 5.
Nale Bar nhart (Kaw) .
SR: 1. Phili p Aktert on (Han); 2. Kenny Reif (Suzl; 3.• John
McConnell (Yam); 4 . Rick Oxley (Kaw ); S . Karl SchIndler
(HTI~
PRO: 1. Derr ick Roe (Kaw); 2. Greg Bowen (Hon);
3. David Hand (Han); 4. M ike Brown (Kew ); 5. Keith Bowen
(Kawl .
250 B: 1. Bill y Silvarole IKaw); 2. George Molnar (Kaw);
3. M ike Cain (Yam); 4 . Coby Robb (Han); 5. Scan Cre means
(Kb~~N
Bo 1. Matt Kalle. (Yaml ; 2. Bill Hccve r (Hont 3.
Randy Pel in (Kaw): 4 . Eric Wans {Yam~; 5. Cra ig Coon (KTM ).
+2 5: 1. Troy Bradshaw (Hon); 2. Phil ip Alderyton (Hon); 3.
Bryan Moo se; 4 . Si eve J usge (Honl .
Hart, Beyer tackle
soupy Albany .5X
By Clay light
ALBANY, OR, DEC. II
Grayson Han. ridi ng a Hon da , and Kawasaki
jockey Ga ry Beyer ove rcame Ihe seaso n's mosl
m iserable co nd il ions to lOp ,h e 125 a nd 250cc
Pro cla sses ,d u ri ng Mot ocross Northwest sa nc tio ne d Supercross raci ng a t Alba n y
Supercross. Desp.ile the swinga rm-deep m~d ,
Hart rode to impressive 1-) win s, despIte
pressure fro m T o ny Graves, to win the 125cc
Pro class. the da y's bot rdcing ac tio n.
O nl y four pros wer!' on hand in the 12!!cc
ra nks , so th e inl ermedlates were added to Spice
up the actio n. In th e first mo ta it was Hart.
riding th e Hillsbo ro Honda·sponsored CR.
jumping OUI from a l Ihe drop o f Ihe gale
f<;>lIowed closely by Graves, riding a Suz~ki .
local favorile Gary Beyer :lnd Yamaha Tlder
David Brown ing , as well as a hoard of
Intermediate rid ers un leashed in separate
waves, led by Jeff D:1i1y.
Up front it was Hart posting on e of his
fi nes t performan ces dunn g \\-'in ter Series
actio n .. holding a good-si7ed lead , while
Graves trailed in tlte number Iwo spot a head
of Beyer a nd Bro wn in g. Dail y work ed h is way
up to join ,h e pros in Iheir bailie. Han held
o n to tak e lh e win wh ile Graves. Beyer .
Brownin g a nd Dail y rounded out the top [h'e
a l lhe end. Dai ly car ded ,h e Int erm ed ia le cla ss
win wi,h Marsh:lll Favre a nd Ch ad Berry
fill in g Ihe to p ,hree.
Action was hot in th e seco nd co nte st as
G raves gO l the holeshOi o nly to lose th e lead
to Han o n th e oJX'nin Klap. T he d uo swapped
the lead repea ted ly unti l Gr aves slid o ut in
the s.loppy soil , giving !-IaTl ,he adva ntage to
the fIm sh to nel a I-I W ill fo r to p cash payoff.
Second went G rave::;,' way via 2-2 sho wi ngs
while Ikyer cla imed ,h ird with a 3-3: Dail y
demo lished the Inrenne(h at e class aga m wuh
his I- I rampage to b e-ci t Fa vr~' s 2-2 a nd the
3·4 showings of Berr y. Roundi ng <;> u.' ,he lOp
five were Dan ny Ulven and Dan Km lOn.
Soupy co nd itio ns too k thei r toll o n th e
250ec Pro class. whic h was a lso co mbi ned with
the Inr crmed ia tes, but still saw some incredibl e racing action as two of th e state's top
mud riders, Beyer :lnd Kenn y O lsen , were on
han d. Bever gOi the nod in the first molO with
O lsen taki ng seco nd a ' th e finish ahead o f
