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r--- -- - - - - - -- - --, a: w w '" w :; z - '" o >- THE ABC'S OF EXPERT PRODUCTION RACING :I: METZELER WI NS WE RA GNF OPEN, 750, 600 EXPERT & 600 NOVICE o c, Danny Harte f inished third 250cc Expert in the High Desert 100. Once Lo we fad ed , Keen ma in tain ed his sli m lead wh ile Lo we held off a hard-ch arg in g Knox to cla im first in cla ss and seco nd o vera ll. In the large and compeu rive 250cc B cla ss, Patrick Wal die pi lo ted his Honda 10 a narro w vi c to ry o ver Co m peti tio n Accessories sponso red Eric Boroff and hi s Ya mah a. O ver 20 Sen ior and Su per Seni o r riders accepted the three-hour cha llenge with J erry Hu ver a nd David Clever in ga , J r., prevai ling in their respective catego ries, Results METZELER NATIONAL CHAMPION · KURT HALL WERA OPEN EXPERT A PRODUCTION MmELER NATIONAL CHAMPION · KURT HALL WERA 75000 EXPERT B PRODUCTION METZELER CONGRATULATES THE NEWLY CROWNED 1989 WERA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS , All ye a , the battles were waged o n race t racks acro ss America. But in the Final analysis METZElER ove r-the c ount e r ti re s won the Production War. MmELER NATIONAL CHAMPION · STEVIE PATTERSON WERA 60000 EXPERT C PRODUCTION METZELER NATIONAL CHAMPION LARRY MARTIN WERA 60000 NOVICE C PRODUCTION METZELER ~ FEEL THE DIFFERENCE '\!!Y 4520 107th Street S.W.• Everett. WA 98204 • (2061348-4000. 0 / A: 1. el don Keen lKTM). NOV: 1. Erie Wa llace IC·A); 2. Jason Creech (Hon~ 3. J ohn Black (Kaw) . 12 6 · 200 C: t . David Bie le<:(yam l; 2. Oan ",1Ruegseqger (Kaw) ; 3 . Robel1 Kem p lKa w) . VlNT : t . M ark Becker tCZl: 2. Thom as Sha uli s (Ke w); 3 . Jason Ross lKaw). 4 ·S TFlK: 1. M K;haelBree nn an (A TK); 2 . Dennis $unbera (Hon ,; 3 . Oal. Hodg e (Hon). 35 +: 1. Je rry Huver ISul); 2 . Clair Par lin (Yam ); 3 . Ken EddyIH onl. 45+: 1. David Clevermva Jr . (Hon); 2. Wi llard Root (ATK); 3 . Raben Vollmar (Hua•. 86 -125: 1. Brad .Lowe ltcawl ; 2. Marit Knox (Hon); J . James Sm ith (KTMI. 2S t ·OPEN A : 1. Rid Kent IHus); 2. Brett McCoy (Han); 3 . Kirk. Tolley (ATX). 201 ·2 50 B: 1. Patr ick WaldIe (Han); 2. ErIC Boroff (ya m); 3 . Gene Huntoon (Kaw) . L/W TEAM: 1. Willard Carr oll /Chuck Hardy (Han); 2. Gregory Schaib-l / Ch udl. A ustin (Han); 3 . Torn McK im my/ e Ji m McKimmy (SOl). Bozarth bombs High Desert 100 in Oregon By Da n Meeker BEN D, O R, OCT. 28·29 Mor e than 200 riders from fO UT western sla tes asce nded to the Deschutes Natio na l For est 20 mil es eas t of Bend . Orego n for the 20th An n ua l runn i n g o f t he Hi gh Desert 100 Cha mp ions hip. T he sing le 50 m ile loop riders were co rn pr ised DCent ran ts in th e Spo rtsma n clas s fo r a ll ages. th e Tra ilrider class. and a class for ride r over 50 years of ag e. Fo TU of the top five finishers a mo ng the sing le-loo p riders came fro m the 50-Plus class, show ing the im porta nce th a t experience plays in desert ra cin g. Ho nda rider, J im ~lcClellam led the way . foll o wed by Spo rtsma n clas s wi nn er, Kla us Ho hman. Due lO the lack of entrants , me th ree wome n co mpetitors were forced to ride in th e Spo rtsman class tota lli ng 37 rid ers. H usq va m a of Gr esha m rider , Estelle Sha n ks, put in a n im pressive ride o n her Cagiva and F hed second in th e class. inis H usq vam a-K'Thl of G resham -bac ked Rick Bozart had taken the early lead aboard h is 500 KTM . pursu ed closely by points lead er , J oe McCormick, o n hi s ATK, and Bill Bisho p. Fo r th e fi rst se ve ra l m i les th e leaders excha nged th e lead nu merous times as eac h took their tum at keeping track of th e co urse. At a p proximately the 12·mile po int, Bozarth and McCorm ick bega n to pu ll a way fro m Bisho p in a long, tigh t. winding sectio n. The two fro n t-ru n ners .spa rred for an add itiona l th ree m iles or mo re until BO zarth took the lead for l(ood and bega n lO pu ll away from McCo rm ick on a long ci nder road. Beh in d McCorm ick , KTM rider Da le Dem aris had caugh t Bishop and th e lWO became em broiled in a bail ie fo r third. Ap pro xima tel y 30 mi les from the sta rt. Demaris passed Bishop to ta ke o ver the thi rd position. Bozarth 's lead gradua lly increased over McCormick. When Bozarth emerged fro m the woo ds ne r th e end of th e firs t loo p th e a specta to rs co u ld see that he was a lo ne a nd it a ppea red th at the Open Expe rt rider was on Ins way to a no the r victory. Bozarth had carr ied the number o ne p la te the past two consecu tive seaso ns a nd had co me in to th e Cha mp io ns hi p 100 trai li ng McCo rmICk by a slim margin in th e poi n ts. As Bozar th en tered th e mOIOCTOS::. section in fro nt of th e spectato rs, ju st ahea d of "gas a lley", it appea red tha t h is lead over McCor· m ick exceeded th a t two- m in u te critica l facto r. Then, sudde nly, his bike ra n o ut of fuel . Bozart h fra ntica lly p ushed hi s bik e ar ound a not he r co rne r a nd his p it cre w rushed 4 Slicks '500c c World Championship, 250Cc World Championship, 125cc World Championship, AMA Superbike National Championship, WERA Formula USA National Championship, .Japanese Formula 1 Championship, AMA ICCS National Endurance Championship, AMA Pro Twins Modified Championship. Japanese Formula 3 Championship, Suzuki Nat iona l Cup series 750cc Championship, AMA/CCS 750 Supersport National Championship. 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