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LOCAL EVENTS R CMC Pac-West Nationals: Final rounds Bell takes title at Washougal Floryfastest again at Road America By Don Schneider W ASHOUGA WA, JUNE 23-24 L, • o re than 450 racers turned o ut for the final two rounds of the CMC Pac-West Natio na ls at Washou gal , and it was Mike Bell, Mike Carso n , Ri ck Simmer and Lowell Thom son stealing the spotlight both days. { On Saturday, the start of the first 125cc Pro moto saw Suzuki-mou nted Steve 'Friesen nail the holeshot and Simmet overtake the lead soon after. Larson, who was runnin g third, took over second when Friesen go t stuck in a mud bog and lost valuable positio ns. During the second lap , Larson flew by Simmet through the whoops, and by the fifth lap, Friesen moved back up and settled into fourth. At the same time Sirnmet was slowed in the mud bog , letting Thom son by. T hen, as the race approached the checkered flag, Larson got a flat tire and eventually dropped to third , giving Thomson the lead with Simm er seco nd. At the finish it was Thomson, Simmer, Larson and Friesen. ~ Simmet blew into the early lead at the start of the second moto and led for most of the race. After a third pla ce start , .Larson began pressuring the leader late in the race. Lar son eventua lly found an opening and slipped by Simmet taking 'o ver the lead and even tual moto win and overall. Third went to Thomson . b In the 250cc Pro bout, Larson led from start to fini sh in the first moto over .Friesen, Mike Bell, Larry Jackson an d Mark Hall. 'fT Round two saw Bell jam into the early lead foll owed by David Bailey and J..arson. Larson, however, opened up the throttle an d charged by both Bailey and Bell for the lead. La rson took comma nd of the race, as he cru ised out in front for the win . . Bell held off Bailey for .second. On Sunday , the final .round of the series, Bell clinched the 125 and 250cc Pro class titles, despite Thomson and Hall winning the 125 and 250cc Pro classes on the day. Bell finished fifth in the 125cc class and second in the 250cc division . The Mike's Suzu ki/Bell Hel mets/ Answer Products/ Scott USA-spo nsored Bell , fro m Cottage Grove, Orego n , deth ro ned last year's cha m p T ony Graves. On the victory pod ium , Bell said, " Without help from American Suzuki, I would really be in the doghou se. Thanks, Suzuki." (;N M SA TURDAY 125 PRO: I. M ike Larson (H on ); 2. R ick Sim me r (Suz); 3. La nce Tho m son (Yam) ; 4:. Steve Fri esen (SU1.); I 5, Mike Bell (So2). INT: I. j ason McCormiek (li on); 2. Ryan V 125 Huff man (Hen): 3. Darren Paul sen (Kaw ). 250 PRO: I. Mike Larson (lion); 2. Mike Bell (Suz): 3. David Bailey (Yam); 4. Mark lIall (lion); S. La rry j ackson (Ka w ). 250 INT: I. Ryan Huffma n (lion);2. Darren Paulsen (Ka w): 3. Chad Brown (on). • VETPRO: I. Reid Goldmann (lio n); 2. Dan Mathis (So2); 3. Don Schneider (Suz); 4. Rick Hew ard (Suz); S. Ron Hatch (Suz) . OPEN PRO: I. Willy Musgra ve (ATK); 2: Soon Williams (lio n); 3. Dan Beespflug (Kaw); 4. Ted 11011 (lio n); 5. Kelly BUller (Yam). SUNDAY 125 PRO: I. Lowell Thomason (Yam); 2. Rick Simmer (Suz); 3. Mike La rson (lion); 4. Grayson Hall (Kaw); S. Clruun McAlisleZ (Suz) . 125 INT: I. j ason McCormiek (lion); 2. Ryan Huffman (Hon ); 3. Darren Paulsen (Ka w). 250 PRO: I. Mark lIall (li on); 2. Chaun McAlister (Suz); 3. Grayson Hart (Kaw); 4. David Bailey (Yam); S. Gary Beyer (K TM). 250 INT: I. Ryan Hufman (lion); 2. Darren Pau lsen (Kaw); 3. Kenny Almquist (Suz). VET PRO: I. Reid Goldman (lion); 2. Don Sch n ieder (SUI ); 3. Dan Mathis (Sur ): 4. R ick Howard (So2); 5. Ron Hatch (Suz). . OPEN PRO: I. Willy Musgrave (ATK); 2. Howard (Kaw); 3. Ted 1I01t (li on); 4. Ron We> ake Joel (KTM). e AHRMA Historic Cup Road RaceSeries: Round 4 By Matt Benson Photo by Werner Fritz ELK HART LAKE, W JULY 1 I, ro n Flory of San J ose, Ca liforn ia , has virt uall y owned the America n Hi storic Ra cin g Motor cycle Associatio n's (AH R MA) 750cc Spo rtsma n cla ss so far th is year, and the most recent round of the Histor ic Cup Road Race Series a t Road America was no excep tio n. To date, Flor y, who rides a CC P rodu ct s/Ro sa 's Carpet C lean ers/ Metzeler-sponsored 1972 BMW R75/ 5, has tak en three class win s an d pl aced seco nd once. Flo ry extended hi s po ints lead over defend ing 750cc Spo rtsma n Champion Mik e Eila nd with a win at Road America. T ra iling Flory across the line was th e T riu mp h T I40 of Ely Sch iess and the Yamah a XS650 of Eila nd. P at Moron ey is a n o th er rid er involved in a points battle with Flory, th is time in th e 750cc Grand Pri x class. Aboard a '72 Harley-Dav idson XR750, . th e Moron ey's H -D /Bell / Sp ect ro/ Avon/KK-sponsor ed New Yorker kept just ahead of Flory's BMW on th e track and in the point sta nding s. Schi ess, Eiland and Jesse Mo rr is ro unded out th e top five. With T eam Obs ol ete's Dave Roper absent, the Premier 500 and 350cc Grand Prix classes had different faces in the win ner' s circl e. One of them was Co lorado's T ho ma s Marquardt , wh o . gui ded hi s '62 Honda CBn to the 350cc G P chec ke red fla g a hea d o f Don Fromm 's '68 Du cat i and J oe Lac h niet's Yam ah a T DI C. T hough Ro per has wo n th ree of fo ur 350cc GP events, Marquardt 's steady perfor mances have kept hi m easily wi thi n sig ht of Ro per in th e po in t standings. Marq uard t a lso rode his Ho nd a to third pl ace in P remier 500 behin d two well -known vintage and mod ern bik e racer s - Pete J o h n so n a nd Kurt Liebman n. Befor e winning the Pr emier class on his Fast By Ferracci/ Ts ubak i ' 69 H o nda 450, Jo h ns o n cap tu red second in the AMA's Pro T wi ns G P2 feat ure; Liebmann tall ied fifth in the Pro T wins GPI div ision . O ne no ta b le wi n ne r wa s Ru sty Lowry, who rode the oldest bike at the meeti ng - a '34 In dian SCOUI - to the win in the Pre-1940 division. £N E O regon's Mike Bell (648) used consistency as jhe key to success in th e CMC Pac-West Nationals. Bell clinched th e series champions hip at Was hou gal MX. Donal d Ge orger wa s the Two-Stroke GP winner at the American Historic R acin g Motorcycle Association's Historic Cup road races at Road America. Results 750 G P: I. Pa t Mor oney (H · D); 2. Ero n Flo ry (BMW); 3. EI)' Schles s (T ri); 4. Mi chael Eiland (Ya m); 5. Jesse Mo rri s (Tri ]. 7SO SPTSMN: I. Eron Flory(BMW); 2. ElySchiess (T ri): 3. Michael Ei la nd (Ya m) ; 4. Jo se Morris {T ri]: 5. David Bradfor d (Nor). 500 PR EM: I. Pet e J oh nson (Ho n ): 2. Kur t Li ebm an n (H un ); 3. T ho mas Mar q uard t (Ho n ): 4. C h ris Hell and (D ue): 5. Geo ff Ryan . 500 SPTSMN: I. Chris Hellan d (Due); 2. Randy Illig {Ho n): 3. Geo ff R yan ; 4. Rob Bu lm er (BSA); 5. Tho mas Ro ber tson (T n ). 350 GP: I. T ho mas Marquardt (B on); 2. J oe Lach ni et (Ya m ); 3. Do n From m (Due ): 4. Mike Milchell (Duc:): 5. Pa ul Wat kin s (Due). 250 GP: I. T om Kei ster: 2. Pau l Wa lkins (Due). 200 GP: I. Erich BIt')' (Bu l); 2. Robert Sh ud ick (Due). 2·STRK GP; I. Donald Georger (Yam); 2. j erry Casciero ( Yam ); 3. J ohn Louck (J ML) ; 4. John T u rn er (S Ul) ; 5 . Lo ury Va nc il (Bri). CLSSC 60s: I. Bob Bulmer (BSA); 2. Beno Rodi (BSA). PRE -1940: 1. R usty Lowry (l nd ); 2. O ll ie' Auer (BMW); 3. AI Knapp (II· D); 4. Ben o Rodi (Nor); 5. Sieve lAX' (H -O). Boggia cleans up at OIR MX By Peggy Adamic RAVENNA, OH,jUNE 17 Andrews H o nda/Suzuk i/Pro Acti on /jB Ra ce Prod-backed Mike Boggi a took the double rnoto wins in th e co mbined 125/250cc Expert cl a ss at O hi o In terna tio n a l Ra cewa y in Ra ven na th is weekend Boggi a mounted his RM a nd took th e lim mow win, as he led lro m the dr op of th e ga te to th e chec kered n ag. Pr ofessional mo tocros ser Da vid H and returned to local race ' action after an inju ry suffered a few weeks earlier in th e Ca nada Su percross. Hand trail ed Bo ggi a th ro ug h turn o ne a nd th e entire eigh t lap rnot o, li nishi ng less th an a bik e lengt h behind. In mot o two, Suz uki -mo unted Steve G ar diner took the lead 011 the lin e foll o wed by Marcu s Sella rds and Barn ey Barne tt. G ar diner, hav in g jumped th e gate was unaware th at he had been docked a lap, co nti n ued to ride arou nd th e tra ck in fir st place. By th e beginning 01 lap two, Boggia ha d ro uted in to thud a hea d of Barnett and Joined Sellards and Gard in er in a four man battle for first pla ce. Boggi a co n tin ued hi s move forward as h e . pa ssed Sellards a lap lat er and th en d ispensed of Gardin er shortly a fter . By rnidrace, Boggia held a sli m three second lead on G ardi ner. Sellards held th ird ahea d 01Barnett and Gr egg Wheeler. Hand had moved through th e pack of Expert riders into sixth place. Wh eeler and hand passed tkarneu with one lap to th e checker. Boggia held th e lead and wah a hall lap to the linish lin e, Ha nd showed the crowd of on lookers wha t it ta kes to remain in th e pro sta ndi ngs as he blasted hi s Honda from lifth p lace int o seco nd befor e th e checkered nag. Ga rdi ner held th ird followed by Sella rds an d Wheeler. • Bil l Kol en o ro ut ed h is Penton-back ed Honda to th e overa ll win in th e 250cc B class scori ng 2· 1 mot o fini sh es. Kolen o holeshot moto o ne with Brun sw ick Suzu ki- mou n ted Shane Smith and No n Rid ge Yamah a 's Alle n Beech tra il in g. The three from-runner s left th e ba lance 01 th e pack of rid ers in th eir dust as they set a fast-pa ced moto . By midmoto, Koleno held a on e second lead on Smith with Beech still within striki ng di stance. joel Ecks tine and Bruce Stei nlurth were battling lor lo ur th, live seconds beh ind Beech. Smith moved in o n Kol en o a nd the two riders ~n dicing fo r th e lead . Kolen o held the lead gomg into th e wooded sectio n 01 th e track, but it was Sm ith that emerged from the woods as the leader. Smith held o n to tak e the checkered a head of Kol eno, Beech , Eckstine and Steinfurth. Beech too k th e lead off the lin e to begin moto two wi th Koleno, Eckstine and Smith trailing. T he fir st hall of the moto was action less a s the four riders held their positi ons until Sm ith routed into third. Beech 27

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