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AMA Membership Required e Spark Arrestors & Gr. en Stickers Required! V.C.M.C. Info: (818) 707-3459 VENTU RA COUNTY M OTORCYCLE CLU B What's happen ing? C&LI DAB· Walk.er wins HangoverHS By Tim Weaver COLUMBUS. IN. JAN. I While many Americans nursed hangovers. Indiana and Illinois woods racers gathered to bring in 1989 in their own way at the Slo ney Lonesome MlC New Year's Day Hare Scrambles . won by Brian Walker. Two inches of snow covered the Stoney clubgrounds and a freezing rain fell . making the exi sting snow cover crusty and initially tracti on was in abundance. Suzuki RMI25 mounted Ben Breedlove grabbed the holeshot a t th e stan , but was passed during the first lap by Walker on a CRI25 Honda. Walker stretched his lead enough 10 stop and clean his seat with snow at the head checkpoint. but only the approaching Breedlove could ~ him remounted and back into the lead which he held for the remainder of the one-half hour race. Deteriorating conditions soon changed the race:in to a survival game for most competitors, as the crusty snow gave way to a layer of mud over frozen ground. eliminating' any remaining traction. Breedlo ve and Chris Hartlege sti ll had enough drive to give chase 10 Walker. with Hartlege eventually overcoming the fatiguing Breedlove for second at the finish. After the race Walker said, " It was a lot of fun. Afler I go t around Breedlove during the first lap I pushed pretty hard 10 stay ahead. I stopped after I got a lead built to clean my seal and change goggles, but Tom Buckles kept yelling at me 10 ~t going." Results 0 / A; 1. Brian W alker lHon). M INI: 1. Mike Sampson (Hon); 2. Andy Cregg IKaw ); 3. Brandon Freeman (Kaw) . 125 8 : 1. Da n Moor. (Yam); 2. Climon Moore (Yam); 3. Phillip England (1Caw) . . 125 A: 1. Brill n Walker IHon); 2. Ben BrMdlove ISuz); 3. Mike Unger (Cag) , 200 8: 1. Brett ChihiVOOd (Yam); 2. Loui. Thoma. (Kaw); 3 . 51... Colo (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Chri. Hartlege (Hon); 2. Richard Garrett (Hon); 3. Greg Mart in (Hus). 250 A:. 1. Bill Capahew (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Scott Rugenstein (Hus~ OPEN A; t . Neal Pett t (Hon); 2. Mike Forney (KT'M) ; 3. i Jan Werner (Hon). SR: 1. Rchard Stines CHon); 2. David Groves (SOl); 3. Harry Miller (Yem). S/SR : 1. Lon W..... (Kowt 2. ~nco ...... lAlK); 3. Cho'''' _ (e.g~ 4·STRK.: 1. Kevin Condon (Hon); 2. Gary Robinson (Hon ); 3. Rid< AI. . . . . . (Hon). PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE David Ba iley's Complete Tra ining Log and Calendar for Motocross is a deta iled 12 ·month calendar. Each month features a weekly. day-by-day log to enter tra in ing and racing data. monthly tips and photos of all the top pros in action. $1 0 .9 5 + $3 .00 shi ppin g. @f:~1::E: i -=- David Bailey eN. P.O. Box 126 Axton. VA 24054 ~ . (703) 650-3030 Dept. Olsen wins soggy Albany Supercross By Clay Light -- I\Vi.N . _ » )' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 111 2 13 14151617 18 19 2021 22 23 242526 2728 . , J • ~ • , . . .. .. I' 1989 AVON TYRE CALENDAR The infamous AVO N calendar ia now ava ila ble from HA P JONES . Send check or money order fo r .12.95 to : HAP JONES DI$T . CO. P.O . Bo. 3 2 3 6 8 Sen Jo.e. CA 95 152 or ••• your mo to rc yc le d. el. r • , . • ALBANY. OR. JAN. 8 Kawasaki -m ounted Kenny Ol sen conq uered misera ble conditions, incl uding pouring rain, mid -30 degree tem peratures and swi ngarrndeep mud, 10 take top laurels in Pro class ac uo n at Albany Supercross, The race:was o ne o r many Mot ocr oss Northwest -sanctioned Wint er Series races sched uled here. Nearl y 100 riders braved th e heavy rain throughout th e day, includinl: 'a small but talented Held of professional riders. Leading th e way in the Iirst moto was Olsen, riding the Cycle Sport Concepts KX, while Scott Grimm, also Kawasaki-mounted and Suzuki jockey Dana Anderson gave cha se. Neither co u ld catch O lsen who took the wi n. Moto two was m uch the same as Olsen used his mud riding prowess to lead th e field , which wa s thinned due to mud-marred DNFs. Grimm did all he cold 10 gel into the lead, but Ol sen once again pr evailed for a I-I o vera ll sweep. Second went Grimm's way via 2-2 showings. . Honda rider Ron Westlake was the only rider to win IWO classes, the popular Up The Hill and 250cc junior classes . Both came with I-I sweeps. Westlake's first task was winning the 250cc junior class, in which he did ra ther ha ndily' by beating Honda pilot Willie Phee and Mike Andreatta in the first moto. Westlake roosted the field in the second moto as well for the overa ll wi n while Phee collected second after 2-2 consistency. Andreana netted third after 2-2 showings. The Up The Hill ciass was among the day ', largest, Westlake's main competition came from IWO riders throughout both soupy motos. In the first moto it was Kawasaki rider TeJT) Bennett chasing Westlake to the finish with Dennis Sweeten, finishing in the number three spot ahead of Tom Warberg and Rob Egan. Westlake again shot int o the lead wher rnoto two was unleased and took control 0 the moto while Sweeten loomed in hi shadow. In the end Westl ake prevailed to taka two class domination after collecting tw. mota wins. Sweeten. Bennett. Warberg anI Egan filled the top five in the moto as wei as overal l. Results 250 PAO: 1. Kenny OIMn (!Cawt 2. Scan Grimm (""' 3. Dono Andonon tsuz). 30-40 PRO 1. G. ry ..._ IKowt 2. Bob l.eocI1 (e.g : 3. Doua Ecblman (Yam~ OPEN: 1. Frank McKuhn (Kawt 2. Chris Howell (Hon 3. Oevid Huota (Hon). UTH: 1. Aon Westlake (Hon); 2. Terry Bennett (Kaw); : Denni. Sweeten (Kaw). 250 JR: 1. Ron Westlake (Hon); 2. Willi. Phee (Hon 3. M ike Andreana (Yam). 12S BEG: 1. Moll BUmlli (Hont 2..JenImy Ho""""'" (Kow 3. Terry Bannan (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. Chad R... (lCaw ); 2. Justin Mason (Hon 3.Joah Tr ue (Kaw) . SO J R: 1. Monty Hanis IKaw); 2. Ryen Leach lKawt ~ Ru.. Post ma (Kaw). OT INT: 1. Austy Ga n iso n (Kaw); 2. Gary Forester (C8g 3. Vic Church (Kaw). 30-40 B: 1. J ack Coulter (Hon); 2. Ji m Harr is (Suz). 3()..4() C: 1. Ron Postma (Kaw); 2. D. ann a Holbrook (KTMI 80 INT: 1. Travis Berry IKaw ). 125 INT: 1. Chad Barry . Davis scrambles to Square Deal WIle win By Tom Blachek BELDEN H ILL, NY, JAN. 8 Glen Davis used the added traction of studded tires 10 claim victory in the Expert class at Square Deal Motorcycle Club's m ud and snow scrambles. This was the first time studded tires were allowed at a Square Deal Riders MlC event, Randy Gardner grabbed the holeshot with Craig Estelle and Davis close behind. The order remained the same until the third lap when Gardner and Estelle began losing screws from their tires , allowing Davis 10 grab the lead. Russ Baldwin turned in his best ride of the winter to finish second. Open class series point leader, Doug jenks. raced 10 the from of his class early . On the fourth lap, jenks began losing screws from his rear ure, jerry Cerio was then able to take the lead and the win. The biggest round of applause ar the trophy presentation was for thirteen-year-old Wayne Scott for . his win in the Mini class. Scott's high flying antics off th e jumps dazzled and amazed the spectators. Scott not only beat all of the mini riders, but all the Open class riders also. e Results 0 -100: 1. Wl1'(t1e Scott (Hon); 2. Bob Hani. IKaw); 3. Chr is B. lln (Hon); 4. Dan Bidwe ll (Hon). 101-200: 1. Scott Snyder (Kaw l: 2. Tim Gardner (Kaw l; 3. Steve Rynea.-.on (Hon); 4. Ja y M it rowi tz (Hus); 5 . Mlirk Holt (lCaw). . . 20 1-250: 1. Ty Botafon! ( KTM~ 2. Jim Congdon (KTMt 3. Tod Bok.. (Hon~ ' . Jeff Congdon (C·A t 5. M. rl

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