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f-j . a ~ WINNERS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BEST AND ALL THE REST. Daytona Beach, FL March 12, 1989 JOHN ASHMEAD Wins "Daytona 200" With Bel-Ray SV4 Congratulations, John! Roger Uneberger (11) leads Gregory Lykens (99) in the Plus-25 class at Montrose Motocross in Raeford. North Carolina. . 2 50 INT: 1. Doug Gra vel le (~wt 2 . rrever Lev itt (Yam): 3 . Shllwn Lauer CHon) . 60 (6-81: 1. J ohn Hardy (~w); 2. J ason Hansen lKawt 3. John Palmer (Yam). 609-11 : 1. Do ug McKuhnlKaw); 2. TravisWebbe r lKaw): 3. Matt Willllim s (Kaw) . 80 JNT 1. ForrestTremu lKaw). ; Caplinger captures Missouri HS Series By Bruce A. Clark RIVER MO NT. MO . MAR. 4 Chris Capli nger took on bo th the elements and some 01 the best har e scrambles co m pe titors in the Mid west to top the field in th e first race of the Missoun Ha re Scra mbles Series. The two-hour even t was ru n on a tight. rock y. lO·mile circuit in th e foothills of th e Ozarks. The tou gh trail s were well la id o u t. as th e cold wea th er. wi th wind-ch ill s close to zero degr ees. co u p led wit h ra in the da y befo re a nd sl eet d u r ing th e event would h a ve produced im pa ssable trails in most o ther terrain. T o p Regio nal and Na tio nal riders in cludin g Tim Ne well. Pat Smith. G r"l? Su rd yke. . Leigh Le tellier and Ron Ribol zl provided nip-and-tuck competition for Ca p linger. He took the lead from Newell j ust before th e fin ish of th e seco nd loop a nd was never headed. The race for second changed severa l times. wit h less tha n five mi nu tes separating th e top th ree finis hers. Ne well th rew a chain during th e th ird loo p. but sti ll proved a strong threat throughout me event, Results 0 1 A: 1. Chris Cap linger; 2 . PI1 Sm it n: 3 . Tim Newe ll; 4 . Gr eg Surdytce; 5 . Le igh Let.llter. 125: 1. V. Throc:lunorton; 2 . R. Cavine ss; 3 . G. Ostoff. 200: 1. K. O'Brien ; 2. R. Thorpe; 3 . M . Boc:k . 250: 1. C. Cannon; 2. S. Manin; 3 . F. AuL OPEN: 1. O. Agnew; 2 . M . Turpi n; 3 . J . W ill iams.. 4-STRK: 1 . S . W iedan; 2 . B. S e rgea nt; 3 . A. Bla de..... JR : 1. S. Tayl or; 2 . S . Mem tt; 3 . D. Wilfong . SR: 1. G. 18wson; 2. B. Duffner. 3 . R. LeRen e. 51SR; 1. L Hayes.; 2. J . Lete llier; 3 . B. Hanen. BEG: 1 . G . We st ho ff; 2. K. Hum mrteh; 3. J . Rich ard son . VlN T: 1. L Scahlman; 2. J . Rade adc er; 3. J . Laswell. Rogerson roosts Montrose SEMX By Hurley &. Dot Short RAEFORD. NC . MAR . 5 Ken t Ro gerson . o n hi s Yamaha sponsored by Yam ah a of Lumberton . outclassed the 250cc Ama teur cla ss at Mo ntrose this week. In the fir sI mota , Steve Hi ghto wer look the hoJeshot foll o wed by Dun Schmid t. Steve Starnes , Vincent Brow n and Kent Rogerson . On the Iirsr lap there wer e im mediate cha nges as Sch m idt tuo k th e lead foll o wed by Sta rne s. Brown and Ro gerson . Schmidt hit the dirt. a llowi ng Rogerson to ta ke th e lead. Rogerson held on stro ng for th e finish in th e firs t moto. In th e seco nd mo tu. Darr ell Bell took the holeshot fo llowed by Addi ngton, Starnes and R0l;erson . O n the first la p. Addington moved to h rst and put BeIl back 1 seco nd. Rogerson 0 began to cha llenge Add ington for the lead. whi ch he took o ver. dro pp ing Addin!;:ton back to second. Sta rnes held on to hi s th ird p lace. Roge rson mo ved out and away fro m th e field and leh Addi ngton. Starnes and Schmidt l O race for ~sitions. Follo wing Rogerson across the fin ish li ne were Schmidt. Add in gton. Bro wn and Bell. Overall wen t to Roger son. Sch m idt. Add in gt on. Brow n and Bell. In th e l25cc Am at eu r class Mo to J oe charged o ut fro nt fol lowed by Craig Enis. Vincent Brown and Rogerson. J oe held on to the lead, but EIIis began pu ttin~ p ressu re o n him . The top four were running close. waiti ng for th e leader to Ialter, Rogerson went down and Sch m id t moved into foun h. On the whi te nag lap. Joe was still holding th e lead foIl owed by Ellis. Bro w n a n d Sc h mid t. Schmi d t mo ved in to second a nd EIIis Iell a ll the way back to fourth. Joe crossed the line first. followed by Sch mid t. Brown and Ellis. In th e seco nd mot o it was Ellis off th e lin e ahead of T ommy Li nville. J oe and Rogerson. On th e fin al lap Ell is. Linvill e. J oe and Roger son crossed the finish lin e in th at order. Wh en the Junior Mini class came off th e lin e in the first mot a , it was Patrick Gr eer leadin!;: Kevin Simpson and Jason Baldw in . Baldw in moved into first. Si mpso n held o nt o second as Ch ris Carlso n moved in to fourth. G reer retook first gi ving Baldw in seco nd. O n th e white flag lap it was Greer. Sim pson a nd Bald win . but at th e ch eckered flag it was Gr eer. Baldwin an d Simpson. In th e seco nd rnoto , G reer gra bbed th e hol eshot again as Ch ris Carlso n and Baldwin foll o wed. Greer stre tched ou t his lead over th e field and took th e checkered flag foIl owed by Ca rlson. Baldwin. Cha d Newton and Kevin Sim pso n. Mike Pri vette grabbed th e hol esh ot in th e first mot o of th e Pro class with Kevin Wa lker and J im Neese in hot pursu it. Walker q uickl y dropped Pri vet te back to thi rd. Van G ibson moved up to th ird. but went down. a Ilowi ng G reg Cas ler to move into th ird. Gibson recovered bu t was unable to regain his p lace near the Iro nt, Walk er and Neese moved way out in from, Brad Proctor moved up to third. At th e finish, it was Wa lker. Neese. Brad Proct or. Cas ler and Gi bson. Privette was off the line first again in mo to two foIlo wed by Proct or and Casl er. Again. Walker moved out front. leavi ng th e co m petition behind. Walker. Neese. Proc tor . Casl er a nd Johnson cro ssed th e fin ish line in order . Resu lts What's happening? CALlIDAB H OIUHE A OH PPAREl: TXlOP" b -by Smiulo _ _'12U5 TXlOI",.,.b SmiuIo _ _ '21.95 , TXlOloob·If.1ft 1.11'1f __' 159.9 5 TXlO Cl ·bySittiu _ _ '2U5 lo TXlO H 1-6,..' ' 20U 5 HONDA. 10NDAUIE PIODOm: _ '15.95 Tn 2501 "10011,_ _ _'11.95 5 Til 250. s,ort .... e..t _ '12.9 Til 250.1I.... CnlIIIr _ _ '21.95 m 2501 AIo• • C"b "'_ _ '21.95 m 250116-11 ,......._ Rtih~ mIDIMANt:[ PlODOCTS: Clo1l. (36 III MMI _ '1I9.95 IPM Itttl CI,. '19.95 bllust Systems ' 159.95 A llo,Si encm l as9 .95 PIW: 1. G ~n Cary (Kaw); 2. Kevi n Bean (Kawi. JR M INI: 1. Pat rick Greer (Kaw l; 2. Jason Baldwin evamt 3 . Chr is Carlson ISur); 4. Kevin Simpson IKawl; 5 . Chad Newton (Suzl . SR MINI: 1. Pat rick Greer IKa w); 2 . Jaso n Baktwin (Yam ); 3. Bill Char les I Kawl;". Chr is Carlson (Suz;' 5 . John Sharpe (Honl. SCH BY: 1. Ji m Neese (Kaw) ; 2 . J ason Morgart lkaw) ; 3 . Patrick Gr eer (Ka w l; 4 . David Broadhurst (Yaml. 25": t . Gregory Lykens (Honl ; 2. Roger Li ne ber ger (Ho n); 3 . Darrell Bell (Ho nl ; 4. M oto Jo e ISul); 5. Steve Star nes {Kaw} . .. 35 ..: 1. Roger Lineberg er (Ho n); 2.1ra Lup low IKT MI ; 3 . Bill y Pnvette (Hon l; 4 . Vi cki Reynol ds (Yam); 5. Robert Overby {Kaw i. 1 25 NOV : 1. W es Cave (Hon); 2 . Darr ell SCo (Kawl; ne 3 . Jason M org art (Kaw); 4 . Stev ie Gi ll ey (Yam); 5 . Ton y McGu ir e (Kaw ! 125 A M : 1. Mo to Joe {Ho nl; 2. Craig Ell iS(Ya m); 3 . Tom my Linville {Sur); 4 Don Schmidt (Kaw) ; 5 . Ken t Rog er so n (Yaml . 25 0 NOV: 1. M ark Kis er (Hon); 2 . Bi ll y Reel (Suzl ; 3. Cha rles Parr ish IKawl; 4 . Lee M art in (Yam l; 5. Dav id Russe ll (Hon) . 250 A M : 1. Kent Roger son (Yam l; 2. Don Schmidt (Ho i; 3. Steve Addington (Hon); 4 . Vincenc Brown (Yam); 5 . Darr ell Bell (Hon) . PRO: 1. Kevin W alker (Yam ); 2 . J im Neese (!(.aw l; 3 . Brad Proctor (Yam ); 4 . Greg easier (Hon ); 5. Kirk Johnson (Yaml. CllMPU11MACHIHE SHOp· oCyi. Portin, oC loria, fI. - Cr M. I ftMlilima: a -M W ud on. Come ride withus. 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