LOCAL EVENTS
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!\nIl! fulchn ( Kc.w ); ...
lanK~lhJll (SIU ).
D..vid a .. bo.uKh (y ..m) : .5 Dan
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OPES SOY: 1. John fuunt ( KT M I; 2. C....r.,-l .rM ay (Hon);
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3. Pa ul He..rh ( KoIw); 1. Krvin Ro.~holf1 (ATK ): .5 Kirk Gillrn,
(Ka w) .
OPEl" AM: I. Flint \'f' br.qut'1 ( linn).
OPEN PRO: I. Jril M ~ ( ~''lll: 2. Dnrk Brown ( Koiw):
3. Ktvin Rrauc-h (H on)..
VET NOV ; L St<"W' H ill ( I\..olw ); 2. n.m Pat/:f' (Ya m ); 3.
Km l .aY«"\ ( Koiw); 4. John
pd PV'" ( ...... n ); ~ .
(S~:tT AM : 1. Don F.ckh•.,dl (Hon ); 2. T om
n..vid
a .nk
WillW' (Y;em) :
3. John n,\'i.. (Hun):1 . Ed Roy (Hon):.5. Ho wi r.Shcor1(Ya m) .
VET [ X: L Mikr IU pprinunn (Hun); 2. OwIRhl uc..Lmn
.5 RrUlT M t Grr w IIn~t1; -t. C ary \\'nhu n in K ( Uun );
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( Ylun (Ka w); 2. Vi(- l.innn (J~T:\():
3. B,.w n Wo lf (lio n ); -t C,;l1)' Sh ir.uni/u (V.. m ): 5.J uh l1
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Bt-.. V"'(lion).
SlSR : I. J im lung IV.. m ).
Adam Burris was a contender in the 60cc
Novice class at Thunder Valley MX.
Bettencourt blasts Canaan
USAShort Track
By Pet er D. Giammalv o
r.\ ;>OAA~.
James Stephens (24) leads Peter Wensloff (829) in the Formula Two class ~t Sears
Point Ra ceway in Sonoma, California. Wensloff passed Stephens for the WIn.
Biscelia had tak en over third and it became
obvi ous to a ll tha t he was n ' t Finis hed yet.
On th e very next lap a nd in th e sa me
downhill sect io n, Biscel ia powered hi s wa y
pa st Gam a nd set his sigh ts on H art. ~i sce.lia
gra d ual ly at e away at H a n 's lead until, with
(our laps remaining, th e two riders went 0 (£
the runnel jump side by.side, H art managed
10 fend him 0 ([ , but Biscelia co n u n ued 10
pr ess.
Wit h thr"" la p s left Biscelia got siq eways
al the finish co rner. Though he managed to
sa ve it . th e m ish ap provided Hart with a n
additional cushion. Biscelia co n tin ued to
drive hard a nd with two laps to go was right
back o n Han's rear fender. Biscd ia used th e
hills to make his mov e as he ca me o u t of th e
hole with th e lead. Han appeared ,ired from
the exert io n and Ga m sensed an opportunity.
Wi th o ne la p left. Can t tried the inside lin e
off th e tu n nd jump a nd the jump immediatdy
following. bu' H art was determi ned and he!d
him o ff. The twO riders went down ,he hIli
close together, but only Han em erged . Ga m
m a na~ to finish ~e moto in thi rd beh~nd
Bisceh a a nd Han. wllh Berry and Browmn g
rou nding out the top five.
T he seco nd moto bega n wit h Han o n a:
again taking the early lea d. This time Biscelia
stayed u p righ t in seco nd . Brownin g foll ow ed
Biscdia ' h rou gh th e first co rner. but. before
th e first lap h ad ·b"" n co m pleted Cant had
passed him to ta ke over third. Han a nd
Biscel ia began to p u ll away fro m the ot her
riders as th ey pr oceed ed 10 en tertai n the fa ns
with a nother malO-long baule.
O n th e founh lap'. Bisceli a made h is move
o n the st""p u phIll j ump in front o f the
gra ndstands . H e tk th e inside lin e away
from Ha rt a n d h eaded down th e center slraig:ht
in the lead. H an h it the berm in the left- ha nd
co rner a t th e end o f the strdigh t hard and
powered ba ck in lo lh e lea d. BisceJia was nOl
10 be den ied . however. and on the foll ow ing
la p repassed Han fo r a secood a nd final ,ime.
Cant repeated hi s third p lace fini sh a nd
Bro wn in g followed with Berry taki ng fifth.
In th e 250ec cla ss. Biscelia suffered his onl y
defeat of the da y in the first moto as T erry
H amness powered hi s Kawasaki to an impressive win. The seco nd ma lO was more to
Biscel ia 's liking as he and Han gave a deja
vu performa nce of th.e 125 race with. Ha!t
lead ing up until the fmal lap when Blsceh a
wen t by securing a moto win as well as h is
second o vera ll for the da y.
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W( PIW: I. 1\aX Daw wn (Vam ); 2. jUilin Ruth (Va m);
.1 Mich4tt='1 Todd (Kaw).
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60 6-8: I. j awlR Ha ru.on (Kawl.
609- 11: I. Robm H ohgnow ( Ka w) ; 2. U K Willu.ms.(Kaw).
80 BEG : 1. Bri ,m Ma n in ( li o n l: 2. Bill Moo"" (V.:.m ); .1.
Jrlr LonKi r ( lU w ).
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80 JR: I. john Will iam~ III (Kaw) ; 2. Kn m Pfr lft'f (Kaw):
3. T im H ol .n (Sull .
80 1ST: I. Vylam Nguym (Kaw ): 2. Col)' Fullrr (Kaw ).
I ~ BEG: I. R ich ..rd AJlhur (K.il w ); 2. Trohmn\"lc-h (H u n ); 2. Juhn M(" !'o lm Jl:
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(Hun ): 3. jim Sf'wrnan (Sw l.
iO+ EX: l. Bub l..rach ( KT MI: 2. Jim P;lrk l H n n); 3. JM'
Crf'"oIKrf I KT M I.
Hagan, Deveau, Ernst earn
Sears Point Road Race wins
By Laura Elvin (formerly English)
Photo by Nick Cedar
SOSOMA,CA, JUSE 1
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J eff Hagan. Dave Deveau aod J erry Ernst
dom in ated the action at Sears Point Ra cew a y
on a hot S u nda y afternoon.
Although th ere wer e three red flags for th e
da y. ,h e Am erican Federation o f Mot orcycl ists
. (AFM) was slil able to run its seco nd full raa:
da y of the seaso n.
The first tWO red n ags came in th e first two
races. J eff Hagan was overs ha do wing: lh e
co m p e t i tio n in Open Supersneet , when
a nothe r rider cra shed in the ha ybale ch ica ne
and brough' ou' the early end 'o f th e race.
More than h alf the sch ed u led la ps wer e
co m p leted. so th e race en ded there with H agan
tak ing the win .
Hagan went o n to win the Open C rand
Prix and Open Production classes",
Ernst opened Formula One racing in the
lead. Altho ug h Joe Brell Williams bec.am ~ a
th reat in the closing .la ps, Ernest held h Im
off to the checkered. Wl lhams took seco n d and
Peter Wen slo ff took th ird.
The 750cc Superst'''''t race sa w Ernst o~t
io ,he lead aga in. Actually, he was so fa r In
t he lead no o ne co u ld beli eve whe n he cra , hed
a ll by h im self in th e turn 12 ch ica ne. Strdigh t
fro m the horse's mo u th : •.] jusl ro lled it o n
much ."
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The cras h lOok its 1011 o n Erns t as an
a mb u lance was ca lled, a nd o n th e race as it
was red-flagged. Ernst turned o ut o~ay -: he
JUM had th e wind knocked out o f hIm. Sma:
th e ha lfway point had al re' dy been reach ed.
d
he also ended u p ta ki ng firs t p lace. C eep
T er ra nova was second when th e race wa s
ha lted . '\'ith Eric McDonnell in third.
Dav e Deveau, \ Vi Jlia m s, a n d Dw a yn e
Chung made the 600cc Superstreet contest
exci ting by trading the le~d. b.,ck an~ fo!'h
severa l times, Although \VlIh a ms was m rust
for mos, of ,h e bailIe. Deveau pulled o u t ,h e
sto ps on th e seco nd ·ta-Iast lap a nd h eld firs'
to the checkered. Williams ca me in ..-co nd .
with Chunli in third.
Deveau al so-won th e close 750cc Pr oduction
race - d os e mean ing six rid ers. shou lder-tOo
shou lder. heading inlo ha irpin (Iun li on the
o pe n ing la p . Although Haga n went down a nd
was out o f th e hunt. Deveau cha rged through,
mO\·in~ up fh 'e places o n th e first lap. H e
stayed 10 th e lead ' 0 the en d despi te a ha.iry
moment exiting th e ch ica ne wh en th e b ike
nearly pitched h im o fr. Dean Mizdal was
beh ind him for seco nd and Ma rk McD aOlel
took third; all Suzuki· mounted.
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2.~ PROD: I. KilL. H otp p nrr (Kaw ); 2. j n' H orppner
(Kawl; 3. M ich"d L.~l (K" w ): 1. J rll tlKKin (Kaw ): ~.
Fr..llk M..... r (Llw).
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'I ~ P R O O: I. S Oldn- A,::h..j a n i( VOlm);2. Tuny Bak r r (Y;tm );
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3. l i uKh Mar ch (Yam) ; -t J im R"wrr (V.lIn ); 5. J r (f I-{ , \("'hillr
(VOIm ).
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6OOPROO: I . Mic-h;Jt'1u rn("'\l( Y;tm) ;2. Oa v1' Ilrvr u (S u~ );
3.."ilr vt" P uUin (K;lw); i . Ow aynr O n lllK (H n n ): 5. O..vld
SI.;I n (Hnn) .
JIlu
7r,o P RO D: I. O;j...r fkvr :1\l (SUI); 2. (>ran Mi /d;a1 (SuI) ;
3. M;jrk M(O an id (SUI); 4. jim j ("pM (Sill ): 5. (;("("p
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T t"u; lIlll... (S ill).
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O P F.N P RO O : I. jMf ll;l,:: n (SUI ): 2. ~t.. ik Mc-O
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3. n-.Jrrrll C lin KMmOl Ii (Si ll ); - MiL.r Kryru llk (S UI) : 5. R .C
Ptriffl"t (SUI) .
2.~ S/ST: I. Kirk Hf)(·p pll t"'r (Ka w ): 2. R u~!'o Wdb (Su~);
3. j rff HIII'PIJlH"r ( Korw) : 4. f ro
m\.. MillllT (lU w): 5. Jrff l.l"KK lll
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I. Pa ul Ha n (Y.lln l: 2. :o.;oK!l"I AJ(h.ljOlll i IV" ml :
3. Pr ll'r .:uln in r (VOI m ): 1. G lnm Fil-.hi r (Vilm l: 5. T un )'
R.iL.rl (V..m ).
!1Oll S/ ST: I. ll ..\'r Drvra u (Y,lIn l: 2. J O( ' Will i,lIIn \ H OIl.';
3. O\o,·a .,-r'H'" C hu lIK (H u n ); ... P('lf'r WI'u d .. 1f (Ya lUl:.'i . ll av ld
SI.Jnt n n (B " n ).
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7SO S,'ST: I./ru\· EUl!'o1 , V..m l; 2. CofT)J T1'1r.JI1Il·;.a cl,u / l:
" . •~ r i, MeO...nr I ( S~ IIJ:". Chri.. \\"all r r IS' II ); 5.
LlIv ~n
n,m
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O P EN S/ST: I. J dl H aJl:'".an (S ill ); 2. OilJT Cl inJ.;f"rman
cll
(Va m ): ~ . Iknny Ooh(·rty (Vim l); 1. c, 't"KJI: ('..tva n (S UI'; 5.
n utl J,; K.:llnh
u!l (Yam ).
O PfN G P: I. jdl Hagan (SUI) ; 2. Oam·1I C ling rrm.. n
(Ya m ); 3. Dt,uK Kamh ol l (Ya ml : .1. " ill nll Hnwf' (SUI): 5.
Tim S,au lUk·u (S UI) .
F·I : 1. J I"tT)' F.rn~t ('i"a~ ); .2. J ur W ill iilm.\ (U u n ).; 3. Peter
Wrll !'o luff {Yam]: 4. Ila vlcl Sra n ro n (H o n ); 5. Ch Jl~ W.. llrr
(S~~:
I. Pc"' W(·I1
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(YlIlU): 2. J, lInn
Sll'pIK"ll~ (H u n );
3. W.l ( ltaw ).
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FT·6.~ I . F.,ic SWOfu fill:urr ( uw): 2. j Ort.a50 Eklund (K.aw);
3. [milr Lnnoinr (("..01,:; ); 1. AI~ n McKn u u (lio n ); 5. '-brlr.
RII.. (A.'If }.
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F T ·OPES : I. ('.ordnn Sti rn (Our ): 2. P.. u l OrLlndi (D uc) ;
3. ;\;i, k H. ( RSA):
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3. jlJhn :'\.1l1 i...tn (Ru l); 1. Slrph('n A hlll.ln (RSM: S. F.dward
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L!('.ru,... (D\I~ ).
Moore mows Thunder Valley MX
By Sheryl Chew
LAKEWOOD. CO, JUNE 17
Ra ndall Moo re .took adva n tage of pe rfecl
Father's Da y wea ther aod a S RAC-Thunder
Valley P romotions.· spon so red race to scn had
passed h im . Fit ch tu rned up the th rnule a n d
managed to regain h is position. cros~ing the
rini sh li ne fir st.
;>OH. jl';>oE9
The li rst -evrr Sideways Pr om oti on s di n track
a t till' Ca na a n USA Fa irg-rounds was a S U l·C~
despite the rlu eru o f wea ther. Da ve Be ttencou rt
sto le the sho w with w ins in the 25(kc Pr o
heat a nd Senior final.
Torre n tial ra ins 0 11 Fr iday a nd most of
Sa turday ma de the Ioreras; g loomy. bUI by
noo n o n Sa turday th e sun had com e out a nd
practice sl..
aned at 5:00 p.m, \ \' hl"' n the first
o f the 65 riders rume ou t o n the wide, ba n ked",
q uarter -m ile din oval for the hea t races , a
cou p le o f ru ts had developed in turns thr ee
and fou r.
Eve n with on ly (our riders in the 250cc
Expert class. they put on a heck uf a show.
\Vat ch in g rhe fo ur ride rs, you would never
kn ow th e dirrt'ren ff'~ in their agt"'. Kenny
Coolht-th . Jr. i, jU >l H . wh ile I>'$e Bellen cou rt is eligible (or lhe Sen ior rJa~~ a nd
:"lorm an La v iol eue rid t· ~ S u per Sen ior !
&U t'llCourt Ic-d lh e pack a tToSoS th e finish
when il cou med for a narro w heal ract' win.
Tht'" 600cc Pro d a s~ was a re- l lhriller wil h
d
And y Sega lin i 1 in g from S(;)rt 10 finish.
(';.ld
Local rid e" Mik e Wil son a nd Bob H enry
a ln n$" w ilh Roger Ourk('('" a ll lOok lu nls
ru bbmg: Segalin i's fendt"'r in a n eHort 10 pass.
The ra(:t'" (or Sl"'f'und lOok th e rid ers h ig h a nd
low , p."lssin ~ a nd repa ~, in K'" Al lh e finish il
wa ' Se".lim o v,'r Wi lson. Durkee aod H en ry.
This was the fina l fini shing o rdt'r a s lh t' final
was SlOp ped dw." to ra in .
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\\' h h thealening weath('r faM a p p rooc h ln g
the Supe r S('ni or m;:.in had (wo fabe sta~IS .
sending !\. ike M~ gonn back Iwi ~·e. The lh.lTd
f
sta rt was good with Magon n qUlddy mov mg
10 lh e hum, Mag(xJI1 lOok th t" win with
Gordon McKcnney st"( ·Ul IU a n d Ed Nt'lson
,h ird .
Bt'ut"'n(·o u n wok .ht· hu lt"'!\hot in th('" 250("('
P ro main . followed by J od y Phd I". OXJlbe , h
and Lavio lette", T u rn!'. Ih rt'{' and fou r had lw o
good lim's which !lad th e fil ' l llH"(",(, r ider s
swappin g pos il ions. (""' o m i ng illlo IUrn lh r.tt
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o n lh e final la p ", Ht"ltrt1nmrt "'t·1tt low whi le
Ph dI" aod Ox.lh,·,h wen ' high, a nd at th e
lin e n was Ph dp, firs' foll o w,-d by O x.lbe th
a nd Bt"ut"nc·oUrl .
\\'i th onl y two ri clrrs in lhe 750("(: class and
S:.?OO for lhe winner . Ileitllt'r ~dntl-d to fin ish
~n)J} d . J Ot"I I ) h e l p ~ ~O l lh e j ump, bUI ~ Iid
up hi gh ("om i n~ O Ul o f turn l ~(). a llowtng
Du rk c.-e 10 pa!lo"o. Ou rk t"f' made II look easy.
ru n ni nK u p h ig h and sidewap. lhrough th e
turn s wi lh Ph r l p~ 10 ft"t·( behllld a ll th e wa y
10 Ihe (J;:lg.
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MO: I. MUl",,"u l c.. .n.·lh f K...· I: 2. M~If L. ( ;u ", l n ( K..J• •J:
1.. '\.;lInll Cu-;lI n."I l li...,\o,·1.
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50: I. Chri~ Rr;ltKh (l in n I; 2. :'cobl! w"rr (YOImr.S. F
.d.·...rd
Bow("O( ~n (S Ul); 4. Timothy Vda'lfIUf"1 (\' OIm ); 5.
bnrl
Ik-nrvidrl (Vam ).
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60 S O \': I . Robrrl Fit ch (KOlw ): 2. Brandon P("l JVJJl(Kitw ):
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3. ~ ichol .. ~ Pt1rrMm (K.aw); 4. Sc-Ull Me,," (Ka \o,'); 5. SIt;J1'H'"
Ma Jl:l m (K.aw).
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2. J.L fWtkrll (K" w); 3.
fk n'k R.lllrw ( K.aw): 4. J'I III1Mo rJl:a n (K..J w ): 5. Br:KI Amk nion
( K~)A M:
I. Paul MOiKru m fKaw ): 2. Kirk Cn-i1 (K..w): 3.
Lolnr Sw ink (Kaw ): 1. Oud Sa nK" (Kaw ):!J . Sha lJr Rr n nt"tl
Mny~
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(K::;} X: I. Shaw n Mo rlf.1Il ( lU w ); 2. M jc-th
~ . K.C. (' (lok (K.aw ); 1. J('Jl'm y Hinril'h (Sill I: .1. r:lml Run
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I. Randall MC
.IT(' (Kaw ): 2. T r rr v M ill in J.::lUll
nuw ): 3. G..f)' ShOlfl'M' cK.oIW ): 4. j l'ff Juh n....n (l ln ll ); 5. j or l
11 1 ~llr ndnJ fM" (Sw).
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125 AM : I. Tra...i!> Ib,1l.'"11 (Hll n ): 2. CAJJbin f.( L.h;trdt
IKa w ); 3. j l"fr :\ 11("0, (Ko w ); -I. Smll H ,lIler y (Kawl : 5. Tun."
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~k\'ry (Kaw l, .
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12!I P RO : I. t..:ip Si.llIIlrll cV m J: ~. Andy :\ I1l. Ih!l (K;lw );
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3. Snlll Fu ll hrr (KOIw ): 1. Shawn M"' I('1fI ( Ka w l: !'I. j.1I("'(1
C u hun (I'~"'.,n.
2,'",OS O \ ': I.Slrv r Brf"flfl.lnC .. 1lII: 2. Ilul. .. tl ulf m.m CII, onl:
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1. R ' 'f.:c·1 J)ul1.I1· IR I·" ,
7~,n I'WO : I. K, '!ot,·, J)ml.c"l·1I 1·0 ,: :!. j,.·1 PI I(·II'" cll.lI l.
Cole caps Broome Tioga MX
By Ca rla Nelson
LISLE. ;>OY. j U;>OE 16·li
Tom Co lt, toppt'd th l' 0 1'(·11. B d ass o.f the \
Lo rella Lyn n '!\ Ama teur Nallona l Rt"glOna l
Qu al if ier h e ld a l Uroom("'-Tio g:a Sports
Cenll'r.
The wra th er was hot a nd h u m id ca u~ i l1g
man y ridt "'rs io tire qu.i(·kl y. P rmn Olt'r .J ~1C·k
Skutnik h ;:l l) l h~ Ira("k In t'x(·dletll ("( md ll lOn
havillK u!'ot't l a nt·w ....... «~fin g ~)'~t t"JII 10 kt"'t"'p
th e dU~1 do wn", ;\01;111 ) pan~ o( tht· track were
resu rfan 'tl wil h ':.Ind,
St'\'l'tltC'f'n OPt"11 R cl a~s ~i d l" r s l hu lt() ~n-c.J
inlo IUln Ont'. Allswt'rISJlkol t' n e/Smll h l
DYfioPorl -h;:lCkcd Dal t' G rJ;~ Clffit'" OUI Wilh
