Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

KIrk clobbers Woodland Scrambles By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND, WA, JAN. IS Na tional Ama te u r Cham p ion Dan Kirk claimed th e overall win in th e Four-Stro ke Open cla ss of the scra mbles held a t th e Woodlan d Mot ocr oss Par k. In mot o one everyone was a bi t too anx io us and had to be lined u p twice before a good sta n finall y happened. Taking the lead was Kirk foll ow ed by Kevin Bass. Aaro n Wag· go ner. Floyd Beisel . Dick Stidham a nd Mike Todd. Bass and Wagg on er battled too th and nail with .Wa ggoner fina lly geu ing th e nod . Beisel cam e up o n Bass and they began a fierce baule rig ht to the checkered flag. At th e end it was Kirk . Wagg on er. Bass and th e ot hers . fn th e final m ot o Kirk led Waggon er. Bass. Beisel. Stid ha m and T odd. O n lap th ree Bass fought his wa y by Wa ggoner a nd Kirk contin ued to increase his lead. At th e chec kered flag th e order rema ined th e same. In the hotly-con tested 250cc class Dean Autrey go t the ear ly lead ahead of Craig Bowman . Scou G ri mm. Denny Fennell . Darrell Gray. Ken Ru sh to n and Ga ry Bren . Gri m m a nd Fennell litera lly blew by th e initial leaders and wen t o ut to a mote- long ba ttle. Lap after lap Fen nell held th e upper hand and a t th e end the o rde r was unchanged. In mo to two Au trey and Grim m go t a litt le too j umpy a nd wound u p o n th e back ro w. Fennell grabbed th e lead over Bowman and the others and im media tely began to build a huge lead . On lap two G ra y went into second and Gri mm moved right u p on Bowman. They ran su pe r dose for two laps and th en Grimm go t by Bowman and went afte r Gray. A la p la ter Gr imm pas sed Gray as the laps were ru n ning o u t. Meanwhile Fen nell was loo kin g good with a 40-yard lead . G ri mm was unreal o n the last lap as he caught Fennell in the last tum. At th e chec kered fla g it was Fennell by less th an a bike len gthover G rimm. th en Gra y. Bow m an. Aut re y. Bren a nd Rushton . :-:::~:.::~:.~.:~:T.;:-1\~;:'/:-):~':~:-~':(.~.:/~::.~:< /~:~~~~~~/~?~{X:~~~./:/:). ~.~::.:.:~.:'-::::.' X ~ : ': .: t ,',...:"..:':,,'.,:. . "':.".::"''..::::'..,:.'.'. ':'"''.:'.'.::. :':.. '.,",,",'.' ,.". .,,',,.";-""'":,..,..;:"" :.:":. e. - here• " . .. :.,.:: . / '11 er ..-: :;: ::;;:..".. : :.;::';.. . ., yo ' . :... ....., ... , , ... , ' : .. , ~ , ,~ .. , .. , , ,,,,, : ,,,, :,, ~, , :,",~ ~ , , : ' , .. ' 250 : 1. Denn y Fennell; 2. Scott Grimm . 2·WHL OPEN: t . Floyd Beise l. 4-STRK OPEN: t . Dan Kirk; 2. Kevin Bass. Fisher doubles at Clark Co. ST , .. , .. ,.., .. , , .. I"" -~ " '" , .., ... ~~~::~x:~:::~\~~~~~x:~~<,~r:~~:::~':~-;-::~'::~:u ::' :'" '::::::".:::':II :'::'::'" ::":' h ,.., . ,.. .. . ~:. . . . . ':.'" ,.. I' ~ IS Did you make it? Were.they sold out? Couldn't make it? .> .. : ~:~ .• ~ ~ :.. . ~~:~ ~::. . ..',~ :" ': ~' ,;:. , .. .. .. ... .. ..... .. ...... , "" ..... :.. , ," . .:. , :.; , . . " Official even t T-shirts fro m p remier 1988 race events. The original design, official event shirts produced by the ori gi nal vendor. T -shirts are ._ short sleeve, 100%cotton, made -ij in the USA and feature bright,;' fluorescent 6 color silk screened designs. "::~ :"" ..... . .'.~, ~ :,. ; ... :,:' -, . lar 50: 1. J osh Pau lus; 2. Cory Dickinson; 3. Br ian Cates; 4 . Kati Ash; 5 . Tony Kautz:. 60 : , . Beau Man ley; 2. J osh Curr ey. • BO: " Rich W oollet ; 2 . Jo sh W elsh; 3 . Nate Bourl and . 125: ' .J.P. Simon sen; 2. Terry Roach. 250 B: , . Tony Thom ; 2 . Dan Bushnell; 3 . Earl Frank. 250A: 1. Ryan A nderson; 2 . Denny Fennell ; 3 . Dan Eich el. 250 PRO: 1. Rex Fisher ; 2 . Speedy Kell; 3. Oon Paul; 4 . Jeff A nnen. JOt-B: 1. G. M itchell; 2 . Greg Phelps . JOt-A: , . Art Boustead; 2 . Rich Cates; 3 . Steve Herreid. 40+ B: , . Dale Parks; 2. Doug Phelps. 40+ A: 1. Son ny Bur res; 2 . Dan Kirk; 3 . Chu ck Hodson. OPEN B: 1. Br ian Krist ; 2. Brian Baldwi n; 3 . Jeff Anderson. OPENA: 1 . Dave Wei lander; 2. Dain Eich el; 3. TonvThom . OPEN PRO; 1. Rex Fisher; 2. Marty Zirbel; 3. Speedy Kell: 4. Kevin Bass; 5. Dan Paul. MO MS RACE; 1. J eni Ash; 2. Marilyn W aggoner; 3 . Bett y Thompson, DADS RACE: 1. Chris Mo nge; 2. Ed Kautz; 3. Dan Dickinson; 4 . Duane Ash; 5. Richard Cates; 6. AI Paulus. ' t. t-r. ...~: I . . . ·-..', . s-ItrIer_~ IE C)de .... ~ " ~k_ ~: ~ ...... CA lIOIOJ Z."-FAXtrlerIlM CZJ3}fZ7.fti1S 114 !iOOcc 1911 UoitotlS_G... PriI ' • .~: H_.CaliIonilI ~ • ', ~ Men ':i sitts S, M. L. XL. sho n ll~ $1t.00 each By Derryl Anderson R IDG EFI EL D. WA. JAN. I Kn igh t Fr a m e/Dav e Bird/ ShoeilMaxim a · backed Rex Fisher scored a doub le win in th e 250cc and Open Pro classes at th e Clark .County Fa irgro und's short track. A lar ge tu rn out of riders and spectators showed up for th e Ne w Year's nigh t race. In th e 250cc heal race Speedy Kell go t the early lead fo llowed by Fishe r, Jeff An nen and Don Paul. Fisher was all o ver Kell and by lap two he loo k o ver the lead by maki ng an inside pa ss. Kell y chased Fisher righ t down to th e checkered fla g while Pa ul and An nen co nti nued to tra de positions. At th e finish it was Fisher , Kel l, Annen and Pau l. In th e ma in event Fisher go t to turn one first with Kell , Annen and Paul in to w. Fisher rode smooth a nd right o n the ins ide line, keeping Kell at bay th e entire race. wh ile Pa ul and Annen co nti n ued th ei r du el. At th e checkered flag it was Fishe r. Kell , Ann en a nd ' Pa ul a ll very clos e: T welve riders jammed the lin e in the Open Pro main even t, They got off to a cle n start a with Kell beati ng everyo ne to the co mer. O n two H yson . J im Servo a nd Tricia Lyon s a l jammed u p in turns th ree a nd fou r. Kell . . co ming ar o und in th e lead. ran into H yson a nd then grazed Servo. Marty Zirbel a nd Fisher came o nto th e mess bu t sn uck by o n the lo w side to in herit th e first two pos itio ns. Fish er was righ t o n Zirbel 's rear tir e la p after lap. Finally a t the ha lfway poi nt Fisher slid under Zirbel for the -lead as th ey contin ua lly laid i t intothe com ers while draggi ng th e cases. Mean wh ile Kell got th ro ugh the hu ge mess a nd tri ed 10 reel in Fish er an d Zirbel to no avail. Al the chec kered fla il it was Fisher, followed by Zirbel . Kell , Kevin Bass, Pau l and H iatt . In th e I25cc class J.P. Sim onsen dominated the hea l race and th e main even t whi le ho lding off Terry ' Roach . Suzan ne Falkner, Kelly McMa hon a nd Ed Bushne. Results , . r : :; : : -::; .. t . Mike Todd: 2. Evan Da ley; 3 . Dal e A inslie. 60 : 1. J osh Currey; 2. Danny Howell. 80: 1. Jo sh We lsh ; 2. J ere mia h Porter . 125 : t . Ryan Anderson; 2. Dusty Kirk. .. ' ..' .. ' .. 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