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Chr istensen; 4 . Joe E. Dowd; 5. Peter Kahn . OPEN B: 1. Ted Van Duln ; 2. Steve Emm ick; 3. Arnie Gundersen; 4 . Oave Sodergren; 4 . Tim Detschm an. SPTSMN: 1. Rick Dahl ; 2. Gary Sorem; 3 . Larry Sch iferl ; 4 . David Brandsrucf; 5. Brian Dahl. Cl C: 1, Dave loreng o; 2. Ken Oak land ; 3 . Scot Mclaughlin ; 4 . Danie l Derus ha; 5, Si eve latimer. OFF ROADSERIES . OPEN A: 1. Darren W illi ams; 2. Shane Kearn s; 3 . Tom Myers; 4 . Tim Mount 200 A:. 1. Jeff Odom; 2. WlI'f"e Keezer; 3 . Blaine Ostafin; 4 . Jay Burrell. SR: 1. Lyle Duronso; 2. Jim Wa lker ; 3. Je rry Davd; 4 . Tim Kennedy; 5. Tim Gate. . . OPEN B: 1. Steve Emm ick; 2. Perry Tonsgard; 3 . ARn ie Gundersen; .... Randy Stoneman; 5. Joe E. Oowd. 200 B: 1. Chuck Botton; 2. M ike Vail; 3. Man: Nason ; 4 . Greg Monee . . S/SR: t . Bruce Harrison; 2. Ron Morgenthale r; 3 . Tine ~Clr:Jc:~~e~=;' 2. Taft Matherly; 3. Sieve Latimer; 4 . Tory Briggs; 5. Cheryl Forsberg . Baf(er bombs I.ACR MX By Terry Rezek · The Over 30 class at the Zars Ranch Hare Scr-'mbles saw Jamie Garner top the 24-rider field OPEN: t . M ark Sherwood; 2 . Flip Jendre: 3 . Robin M iller; 4 . Oon Sombati ; 5. Gary Vallish. SR 30+ : 1. Jo hn Gallagher; 2. AI Chuppa ; 3. Dan M iller; 4 . Scott Braden; 6. Bud Wyatt. SR 40+: t . Herb lewelmeier; 2. Phil Andrews;.3. Greg Gu ••man ; 4 . John Buk. . . WDSMN: 1. Ti m Strickland; 2. Dan Wodick8 ; 3. Dw ight Clark.; 4 . Derek MUSljIfOW: 5. Larry Van Dyke . Howerton zaps Zars Ranch HS By Tom Tysl ' SAN ANTO NIO, TX, JAN. 14 _ Former Na tio nal 250 and 500cc MX Champion Kent H owerton cruised to the Pro class wi n at rou nd n ine of th e South Texas Wim er Ha re Scramble Series , hosted by the Dirt Bike Club of Sa n Anto nio a t lars Ran ch. Three m iles into the first la p Ho werton 's Ho nda CR250 had the 540 KTM of Dean Lanes for a shadow. bu t as Ho wer ton ent ered the scoring lane to start lap two he had a 60seco nd lead on second place Andy Bradshaw o n another C R250. The Kawasaki KX250 of Steve Cardwell was thi rd and Pete Sullivan's Ka wasaki KXI 25 fourth with La ne filth, but o n th e gas. At the start o l lap [our Lane was agai n seco nd ri ~hl behi nd Howert on but o nce aga in th e right Texas br ush loo k its toll and moved him back. " I made some mistakes ear ly a nd every lime it took seven o r eight good kicks to resta rt," sai d La ne. ·" It 's a lot tigh ter o u t there tha n I'm used. to a nd it took me tim e to adjust." Howerton co ntin ued o n cru ise co ntrol to an event ua l three minute lead o n seco nd place La ne at th e fini sh. Steve Cardwe ll was third and Charlie Martin fourth. The Over 30 class provided th e closest racing of th e day as 24 veterans left th e lin e togeth er and 20 minutes lat er a pack of four reent ered th e MX po rtio n of th e tra ck. Jamie Garner led o n a Kawasaki KX250 followed by H onda CR 500-mounted Mark Co le, P 'nut Baired o n a CR 250 a nd Eddi e Harrison o n a KX250. Harrison was first to dr op o ut o f th e foursom e o n lap three with a fractured fin ger . " I d id it o n th e first lap by punch in g a tree," said Harrison. " I tried to keep go mg but I cou ldn' t stay wi th the lead group. Guess I shou ld n 't have left my Bark BU SIers on the wor k be nch ." At th e o ne hour Mark Garner led Co le by j us t th ree seconds with Baired slippi ng almos t 60 seco nds back . Wit h two laps to go Co le ro lled through scori ng a hea d of G amer. " I cou ld mot or h im in the sand of the MX trac k a nd get in to scorin g Iirst but he was quicker in th e tight woods," said Cole . " Before th e MX section, th e laSi lap , I kn ew I had h im , just pull o ut and pa". but I got upside down in th e creek with th e bike acro.. my leg s. I had to have help to ge t o ut a nd by tha t time he was too far ahea d to catc h." Garner took the chec kered naK 90 seconds a hea d of Cole wi th Ba ird two m inu tes back in th ird . Results 40 PRO: 1. Kent Howertan (Hon); 2. Dean Lane (KTM); 3. St...,e C.rdwell (Kaw) . 0 / A:. 1. Bob Marino (Han). EX OPEN: 1. John Meskey (Han); 2. Rip Woodward (Hon); 3. J. MassengalelHonl. INT OPEN: , . Shaun Man in IYam}; 2. Rtchard Burgess IKTM); 3. Andy East (Honl. . INT 250: 1, Sam Knowlton (Han); 2. Frank Tutt le (Yam); 3. Oavid Osborn (Hen). ' INT 200: 1. Rodney Bart sch (Kaw); 2. Scott Mattison (KawO; 3. Hermon Goen z (Kaw l. INT 125 : 1. Carlos Gonzales (Han); 2. Randy Young (Han); 3. Ren Rosbury (Suz). OVER 30: 1. Ja mie Garner (Kaw); 2. Mark Cole (Han); 3. P'n ut Baird IHon). . OVER 40: 1, Andy Trott lKaw} ; 2. Jim Uttle (Yam); 3. Will Hendr ix (!Caw) . 4-STAIC: f . Johnny Johnson (Han); 2. Sa" " Teba,. (Hon); 3. M ike WilliamsIHon). WMN: 1. Cindy Hutchi nson (ICTM 2, Cynth ia Week s ); (Yam); 3. Christine Hudspeth (Honl. 80: 1. Spencer Traner (Yam); 2. Chr is Cole (Yam); 3. Brian Canion (K.awl. • 60: 1. Drew Dunbar (Yam); 2. Lance Smith IKaw); 3. Michael Lowery (Kaw). BEG: 1. James Moore (Hon); 2. Jim Bixby (Yam); 3. Kirk Nixon (Yam). . Fay fast at Clarf( Co. ST By Derryl Anderson . RIDGEFIELD, WA, JAN. 27 Garth Mulkey-spon sored Mickey Fay took his Honda to victo ry in the Open Pro class a t th e Cl ark Co unty Fairgro unds. In th e first heat race Fay came off the lin e ahea d of Baker Racin g's Speedy Kell , T ro y Rose, J.P. Simonsen, Pat Munyon a nd Brian Lowe. Kel! was all over Fay looki ng for a n o pe n ing th at Fa y d id n ' t allow. At th e checkered n ag the order rema in ed the same. The o the r heat race was contro lled by Marty Zirbe l aboard th e Lou Kin nish Ro tax, Rex Fish er was right o n Zirbel but he went down, o~ni ng th e doo r for Kevin Bass to chase Zirbel. At the end it was Zirbel. Bass, Grant Dish on , Del Sch nitzer and Fisher. In the main even I Fay a nd Zirbel fou~t all th e way throu~h turn s one and two WIth Fay finally squ eezing by to take th e lead. Kell was rig ht behind the duo and by lap three he got past Zir be l and headed for Fa y. Mean wh ile Fisher came fro m ' his back ro w start a nd was reelin g in the leaders. Kell co nti n ued to pus h Fay lap aher la p. On the wh ite n ag lap Kell went around Fay o n th e ou tside co mi ng o ut of turn two and p ulled a slig ht adva ntage, but Fay pushed h is front end under Kell co mi ng into turn th ree a nd went u p on th e ban kin g, barely stay ing o n the course to beat Kell at th e chec kered na g by inches. It was a fan tasti c move by Fay, wh o o nce aga in demo ns trated his ma ny years of short trac k experience. Behind Fay and Kell was Zirbe l, Fish er, Rose. Bass, Simo nsen , Lo we, Munyon. Sch nitzer and Dishon. In th e Open Am at eu r +30 class Steve McCauley took hi s Knight Rotax to hi s first indoor cla ss win at Clark Co unty. McCauley led Paul Pi eroli , All an Merrinville and th e o the rs Cram sta rt to fini sh in th at order. The Vintage Sin gle cia ss was a baili e of the Ducaris as Bob Eld er took the main event win over T om Stein and the ot hers . Results 50 8 : 1. Jacob Currey (Yaml; 2. Scooter Vemon (Yam); 3. Katie A5h (Yam); 4. Oint Bishop (Suzl. 50 A:. 1. Jimmy Ragsdale III (Yam); 2,·Brian eate s (Yam); 3. Dale Ainsl ie (Yaml;:• . Justin Ruth (Yam). 60: 1. Beau Manley (Kaw ); 2. Josh Currey (Hon). SO: 1. Beau Man lev(Yam); 2. Jaso n Nelson lHan ). 125: 1. Jason Ne'son (Yam). 250 AMB: t . Grog WoodalllHon ~ 2. AIMcCutchan IBuII. 250 AM A : 1, Jo hn McElheran (Hon); 2. Greg Bisson (Yam). 250 ..30: 1. Rob Ohge (Kaw); 2. John McElheran (Hon). OPEN AM B: 1. Steve McCau ley (Rtxt 2. Tom Simpson (RlXl. OPEN AM A: 1. Don Cookson (Hon ); 2. Cain 6chet (Yam); 3 . Ryan Anderson (Hon). OPEN ..3O B: 1. Tom SimpSO IRtx); 2. Dain Eiche l (Yam). n OPEN +30 A: 1. Steve McCau ley IRtx); 2. Paul P.irQli (Yam); 3. Allan Marinville (Hon). VINT SGL: 1. Bob Elder (Due); 2. Tom Siein (Due). V1NTTW: 1. Sonny Burres (Tri); 2. Chuck Hodson (T1i); 3. Ray Carroll (Tri), +40 B: 1. Richard Slusher (Hon). +4() A:. 1. Sonny Burr es (Tri); 2, Ray Carrol l (Tri); 3. Chuck Hodson (Tri). 250 PRO: 1. Mickey Fay (Han); 2. Speedy Ken (Han). OPEN PRO; 1. M ickey Fay (Han); 2. Speedy Kell (Rtx); 3. Marty Zirbel (Rtx); 4. Rex Ftsher (Rtx); 5. Troy Rose (Han). Canrad cool at Dade CityMX By Scott Shephard DADE CITY, FL . FEB. 3 Honda rider Chris Canrad held off the rest of the 250cc Begin ner cla .. for the overa ll win at Dade Ci ty Ra ceway 's Ni ght MX. In the first moto Suzuki rid er Nea l Connel grabbed a clean ho leshot to the firSi turn bu t was o ut~maneuvered o n the binders and lost hi s lead to Honda ride r J oe Ge rmara. Germara built a sizeable lead qu ickly in the first series of turns. By the seco nd lap Germ ara had built a 75-yard lead o n Connell . Can rad, cha rgi ng hard o n th e lead ers, tried some tri cky moves on Connell to take o ver second pl ace. He finally ,inherited it wh en Co n nell fell in a br oad horsesh oe turn o n th e th ird lap. Germara took the win. Again Connell was hot off th e lin e in moto two and held the lead for two lap s. David Bishop , riding a Honda and Conrad were on hi s rear tire. Kawasaki rider John Coleman was pr essuring th e leaders from fourth but fell in a tum o n th e second lap and dropped out of conten tio n. Connell and Canrad di ced for th e lead down the back stra ig hta wa y and swap ped th e number o ne spot two tim es. Then Co n ne ll aga in fell mi stakes that also knocked him OUL Canrad gassed it to a l5()" yard lead ove r Kawasaki rider G regory H in es and a Honda pair of Germara and J eff Voell C th e seco nd mota win. or Results '0 60 AM : 1. Trev;s Galbraith (K.lwl. PIW: 1. Jason VonFr idr.en (Yam); 2. Josh Wsttc (Yam); 3. Robert Hem ingway (Suzl; 4 . Paul Smith (Yam ); 5. Mark West (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. .Josh Kietty (Kaw); 2. Brian Rand (K.wl; 3. Mark Champa eu (Kaw t 4. .Jeremy Doctor (Kaw}; 5. Adam Crossbe IKawI. 80 C: 1. DayN:! Scott (Hont 2. Dan r IptOn (Kaw l; 3_M ike Halla. (!Ca w); 4 . M ike Morton lKawt 5. J acob Kielty lKow~ 80 8 : 1. Tony Pocorobbe (Hon) ; 2. Terry Unle (Suzl; 3. Brad Lultte:fSUZ) . 12 5 BEG: t . Georve Csanadi fHonl; 2. Chau nsey Flannery (Yam); 3. Bill Hockman (Yam); 4 . John Kay (Yam); 6 . Zsoh Cse nadi (Hon). 125 C: 1. Mark Lee (Hon); 2. Chri s Leonard (Kaw ). 125 B: t , Ian Mo llins (Kaw ); 2. Frank Campbell (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Chlis Canrad (Hon); 2. Joe Germa ra (Hon); 3, Gregory Hines (Kaw); 4 . Davtd Bishop lHunI ; 5. Jeff Voell (Hon). 250 c: 1, Shawn Mc Nary (Vam); 2. John Hudson; 3, ~,ne Dooley IKaw); 4 . J ohn Watson (Hon); 5: Todd Culbert 250 B: 1. Tockt Hensley; 2. Greg Dillow; 3, Tom Pantly (Honl. 250 A:. 1. Fred VanWagoner (Yam). OPEN NOV: " Dav;d Berger IHon); 2. Dwayn e J ent (Yam); 3. Rick Merritt; 4. Gary Rosse lSuz). OPEN AM : 1. Fred Van Wagoner (Yam); 2. Todd Hensly (Hon). S/SR: 1. George Singler (Han); 2, Char les l ehing IHon ); 3. Gerald Nucci o (KTM). 26+: 1. David Berger (Han); 2. Gregory Hin . s IKaw ). SR: 1. John Wh eeler (Kaw); 2. Duane Dooley (Kaw); 3. John Coleman (Kaw); 4 . Charles Lehing lHon ); 5. Larry Sterch i lHon) . Officers, riders recognized at Washington banquet By Paul Nielsen . BELLINGHAM, WA, JAN. 27 Northwest Mot or cycle Associa tio n officers, friends a nd fam ily ga the red at th e Everett Co nvention Center to pa y tribute and present a wa rds to th e end u ro a n d o ff-roa d com pe tito rs. Doria n Sleeper and Bob Dyer hosted th e di n ner-trophy event and did a gr eat job with a good blen d of humor a nd prattle, Dyer and Sleeper had a slide presentation ca lled " Dir t Bike Stuff" with slides of pa st events an d Iunctions cap turi ng some of the mem bers in less th an a (avorable sta nce. Wash in gt on ISDE medalists ) ohn Nielsen . Scoll Drafs, Sco tt La throp, Da VId Rh odes and Jeff Barl ow were recogn ized for their acco m plishments. Ron. a nd Elrae Morgenthal er implemen ted a pl an of action as 3 fund ra iser to hel p offse t ex penses for qualifyin g riders to go to th e ISDE in Sweden thi s year. Iris Rh od es prese nt ed All en a nd Karen Dra b and Pa ul an d J eanne Niel sen with a pl aque of ap precia tio n from her a nd th e boys Cram Washing ton for their help a t th e Six Days in German y l~ .. year. Danen Williams was the Enduro Series Ch ampion , Wayn e Keezer th e Off Road Series Gr and Ch ampion, Ted Van Dui n the overa ll B rider and Dave Lorengo the overall Crider. All four riders will keep the perpetual trophy for the year. Results ENDURO SERIES AA : , . Darren Williams; 2. J ohn Moody; 3. Blaine Ostaf in; 4 . lyle Duronso. 200: 1. Terry Bennett; 2. Jim W alker; 3. John Forsberg; 4 . J ay Burrell; 5. Jerry David.. 250: 1. Tom Myers; 2. AI Fetterly ; 3. Greg Toms; 4 , Jim Hess; 5. Jeff Barlow. • OPEN A:. 1. Tim Mou nt; 2. Damon Bee. SR: 1. Dave Bowers; 2. Errol Borsky. 3. Bruce Hamson; 4 . John Mee.ffie. S/SR: 1. Ron Morgenthaler; 2. Howard Emm ick.. . 00 B: 1. GerakS Armstrong; 2. Kenny E. Norn s; 3. 2 Michael Crosier; 4. Young Namkoong . 250 B: 1. Jeff S l e ~ n s.: 2. Tim Harrell ; 3 . Je rry PALMDALE, CA, JAN. 28 Lenny Baker took o n two classes and ca me close to topping both at LA. County Ra cewa y. Baker topped th e 250cc Beginner class and finished third in the Vet NOVIce cia ss, In moto on e of the 250cc Beginner cla ss, Baker was third of[ th e lin e and behind James Biko. The initial leader fell in the second turn and Baker was all over Biko after that. Baker took the lead in the middle of th e firs t lap bu t Biko wouldn't back off. H~ chased Baker for six laps and the two pulled about 10 seconds ahead of Mikey Davis in third. On the last lap, Baker a nd Biko collided an d went down. Davis slipped by for the win with Ba ker recovering for second . In moto two , Biko got th e holeshot and quickly built up wh at seem ed to be an unassailable lead . Baker mi ssed a gear a t th e start and came off the lin e abo ut 12th. H e bega n slicing th rough th e pack and had cut th e lead in half by th e end of lap two. The traffi c was more resistant after that . but Baker leaped to th e lead a t th e scori ng tower right a t th e end of lap four, He was riding a few seco nds fast er than Biko and took th e lead with o ne and a half laps to, go. That rnoto win earned him th e overall troph y. In th e Vet Nov ice cla ss, Baker go t a fifth pl ace stan in mot a o ne and quickl y moved up to seco nd. very close beh ind lead er C.R. Brunson. Baker took th e lead in lap six. then he a nd Brunson swap ped it severa l times in th e last two laps. Brunson had th e lead go in g into the last tu r n b u t Bak er put o n a spectacu lar last -second cha rge and took th e m o to wi n by ha lf a length . By th e time mota two came around. Baker had a lrea dy ridden three very inte nse mOlDS and he was tired. Burt Ul mer took the lead and held it for th e win. Baker tried hard but just burned o ut in the last three laps, letting Brunson by for second. Ulmer got th e overall. Brunson second and Baker third for the da y. . J ason Melt on looked lik e he was off to a good sta rt for the new seaso n. He was seco nd off th e lin e behind Scott Murphy in moto o ne of th e 125

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