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endi ng Yamamoto's chances of netting a win
in the clas s in his clas s debut. This placed
Nickerson into the lead ahead of Marsh and
Yamaha 750-mounted Shane, which was th e
fin al fin ishing order.
Myers, McElroy roost
Marysville Motocross
By Nuklear Neukam
Results
MARYSVILLE, CA, JULY7
O PEN TW : I. G len Nickerson (T ri ); 2. Law rence Marsh
IT ri); 3. Denny Sha ne (Yam); 4. j oey Kopp (H· D); 5. Ronnie
Yamam oto (T ri).
600 PR O: I. Joey Kopp ( Koiw ); 2. Sine U~r1Y (Ha n );
3. Keith Jamn (Yam).
600 AM l. Jay Osborne (Hon ); 2. Tom Rowland (KTM);
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5. Bill Sugden ( Ka w ); 4. Mark Scarpe lli ! Bul); 5. Lo ren
Robi nett (Yam).
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2SOPR O: I. Kevin Wakefield (Hoo );2. Lo nnie Kopp (Xaw) ;
S. K~ith J amn (Yam ).
250 AM: I. Ja son Klu b ben (Ka w) ; 2. Keith Ras hko [H o n]:
3. Allm Walker ( Ka w ).
80: 1. Strw' Sm ith ( Kaw); 2. Travis Shan e (Ka w).
~: l. Nick Snyder (Yam); 2. S I~"(' Raschke (h j ).
Marysville's Riverfron t Park was the sit e of
th e com b ined 1990 FMF/Suzuk i Super
Sum mer Ser ies and th e Fairfield Kawasak i
Summer Seri es, as nearl y 300 rid ers turned o ut
for the CMC Saturday n ight MX ra ces.
Stea li ng the spotlight were Pro racers Scott
Myers. who took th e 250cc class win , and Sco u
McElroy, who won the 125cc div isi on.
H onda -m ounted Dav e Cou pe took th e
hol eshot in the first 250cc Pro rnoto and
stre tched it out until th e lat e stages of the race
wh en Myers closed in. On the last lap, Myers
mad e his move and slipped by th e leader.
Myers held on during th e la st few turns a nd
took th e win, wh ile Co upe sett led for seco nd.
jason Johnso n finished th ird.
In th e seco nd rnot o, Myers o utd ueled Coupe
throu gh th e first turn. Myers surged into the
lead and was never headed, as he new to the
checkered nag for a perfect I-I moto scor e.
Sh aun Wooten , who fini shed fourth in th e
first moto, worked his way up from midpack
a nd sli p ped into second by the end of th e mot o,
giving th e Yam ah a rid er third overall. Coupe.
wh o fin ished fourth in the seco nd mot o,
wound up taking second overall.
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McElroy won both 125cc Pro motos af ter
Myers hol eshot the first. Myers was later for ced
to retire with mechanical problems. Steve
Nelson finished second both times out after
some hot battles with Yamaha-mounted j oe
Bru ce and Greg Tirheimer, Tirheimer placed
third in both motos.
.Graves, Devries, Batty bang
Hillsboro Supercross
By Don Schneider
HIWBORO, OR,JULY 4
Tony Graves (219) and Brett Devries battled in both 250cc Pro mOIOS at Hillsboro.
Devries won the first moto but fell in race two, giving Graves an easy win.
Bills tops at Dade City MX
By Scott Shepherd
DADE crrr, FL. JULY7
The openin g round of the 1990 Dad e City
R a cewa y Summer Ser ies, sponsore d by
Kawasaki-Su zuk i of Lake Wal es, Florida. saw
169 riders competing o n the Supercr oss-style
Sa turday night race co urse. Kawasak i rider
Ken Bill s used 3-1 moto fini sh es 10 ta ke top
points in th e I 25cc C class.
Bill s holesh ot th e first mot o but fought
fellow Kawasak i rid er Ga ry Brennan a ll th e
wa y through th e first tum. While Bill s cn a
Brennan were di cing, Suzuki man T erry Little
mad e his move to the front. Li tt le held that
pos itions for two laps with Bill s ban ging on
his back door. Brennan dro pped back to fift h
spo t o ut of contentio n for th e lead .
Honda rider Ant hony Pocorobba was bac k
in th e pack but mad e a qu ick move o n Vin ny
Hopper's Yam ah a to tak e over third pl ace by
th e th ird lap . Poco robb a bn egan his charge
to th e front after co ming from 12th off th e
line.
Bills inherited the lead just befor e th e
halfway po int of the race when Li ttle fell.
Bill s. Honda rider Alex Cic ireni. and Pocorobba esta blished a lead group an d pulled
away from the field. Ciciretti mastered hi s wa y
to the front o ver Bill s o n the fifth la p of th e
six-lap rnoro , Pocor obba followed th e pattern
of Cieireui a nd set Bill s back one mo re notch
o n th e last lap of the race, passing him on
th e wh ooped back stra igh t section. At th e
chec kered n ag, Ciciretti crossed the fin ish lin e
firs t with Pocor obba, Bill s. Brennan and
Hopper behind him . Hopper was in the fourth
spot, bu t fell o n th e last tabletop jump before
the fron t str aigh t. all owin g Brennan to slip
up one posit ion.
During the second rnoto, Bill s shot off th e
line first but was battling Honda rider jason
Warrington and jacob Kielty's Kawasaki to
the first turn. Pocorobba tied 'u p with an
unidentified rider in the first turn and did
not resume the race due to injuries.
Two maj or battles developed in therace,
Bills, Hopper, Kawasaki rider Billy Brooks,
and Cicireui were dicing in the lead group.
Warrington was leading the second group of
riders that were back 100 yards from the leaders
with Brennan, T rever Cain. and Patrick
Kreush dieing for position.
Bills led the race from wire-tn-wire to win
with a 3O-yard cu shion at the finish. Hoppez.
Brooks, Cieiretti and Warrington rounded out
the top five.
llesults
P/W: I. Chaz North~ (Yam) ; 2. Jamn St~a n (Yam) :
3. Paul Sm ilh (Yam); 4. Jmhua Faullina (Yam); 5. Erica
BLanyar (Yam ).
60: 1. R.oben Fult on (Xaw); 2. Ja50n Wright ( Ka w ).
100 SlMINl: 1. Mike Hallal (Han) .
80 B: I. Mike H all ..l (Hon); 2. Mike Morton (Kaw ); 3.
Anlh on y Pocorobba (Ho n).
80 C: J, Oan T~on (Xaw) ; 2. Soou Lamb (Han); 3. Joshua
Kielty (Yam ); 4. JoeyBmn~ (Ha n); S. Nau Smith (Yam ).
80 BEG: 1. David Sh~ (Xa w); 2. Frank Carvn (Hon );
S. Man Bulin (Yam ); 4. Jooy Gill (Suz); 5. Jason Dodds
(Xaw).
125 A: I. Ricky Hamp&hire (Yam).
125 B: 1. Dean Smcluer (Yam ); 2. David Sandnson (Ha n);
.5 Patri ck Stojack ; 4. T im Evtthart (Ha n).
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125C: 1. Krn Bills (KawO; 2. Ala; Cicirett i(Hon); S. Vinn y
Hoppn (Yam) ; 4. Bm Broou (lUw); 5. Cary Brennan (Xaw).
125 BEC D-I : 1. Roy' McGowm 11 2. Brian Harum (Ha n );
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S. Ru uell DrmllOn ( Ka w ); 4. Ryan Neilan (Hon ); 5. Judy
Adams (Ka w ).
125 BEG D-2: l. Olaunuy Flannery (Yam); 2. Ra y Olanon
(Yam ); .5 Cary Shil (SUI): 4. Danny Culliso n (Suz); S. Steve
.
Ric~l11Ond.
250 8 : I. Glenn Somerville (Ha n ); 2. Scott Sean (Hon);
S. Jay Tay lo r (Ho n ).
~50 C: 1. Jeff Voell (Ho n ); 2. Nate Wing (Ha n); .5. John
Whrdn (Ka w ); 4. Roy Routh (SLU); 5. Eddie Sanderson
(H on).
250 BEG: l. Mac Olastai n (Yam); 2. Kirk St ub (Yam);
S. Rob KUlll (Ha n); 4. Alo Prt ven (Hon); 5. Rob Wood
n
(Ko w ).
25+: l. Jamo Stewart (Kaw); 2. Jo hn Coleman (Ha n ); .5
.
Sam Plu mb (Han); 1. Dave Fatino (SUI ); 5. Ph illi p Rosl;.
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50+: 1. Roger Adam s (Ka w); 2. J ohn Whf:'t'rr (Ka w ); 3.
John Cokman (Han): -t Soon &an (Hon ); 5. Maxie Bnry.
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SJSR: l. J ohn Eaton (Yam): 2. Phi l Hadeu (Han ); 3.
Olarln Lehmg (Han ); 4. Ted Dorm an ( Koiw) ; 5. Bob Pon eleit
(Han).
O PEN AM: L Ricky Ham pshi re (Yam); 2. Ti m Everha rt
• (Ho n); .5 David Sanderson (Han); -t. Na te Win K (Hon): 5.
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Eddie Sanderson (Hon ).
O PE N NOV: l , Willi am Hobson; 2. JoeGrrma na (Ha n);
.5 Keith Walsh (Han ); 4. T om Zepp (Han ); 5. Jelf~ FOIT('$I
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(Ho n).
· Yamamoto, Nickerson split
Idaho Short Track wins
· By Clay Light
ST
ATEUNE,!D, JULY 7
Experts Ron Yamamoto and Gl en Nic kerson.
both ridin!; 750cc T riumphs, sp li t wins in th e
Open Twm class durin g 1/5th -mil e sho rt
track ra cing a t Derrel Triber 's Sta teli ne
Speedway at Sta teline.
Despite Yam amot o's do min ace of two of
three of the class' races, which ar e ru n in mo ta
style. Nick erson , a local rider, wo n the overall
by virtue of hi s win in the third a nd final
race , much tha nks to a DNF-in du ced final
effort of Yamamot o.
Yamamoto 's prema tu re dem ise spelled
relief for Ni cker son, a llowi ng Nickerson to
joi n th e other seven class win ners a t the trophy
pr esentation.
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Honda rider Kevin Wakefield ou t rode the
competition in th e combined 250cc Pro-Am
class. Wakefield today beat Kawasaki mounted newcomer L onn ie Kopp and
Yamaha rider Keith james.
The surprise, however, came in th e Amateur
portion, as j ason Klubben, riding a Kawasaki
125, scored the win after three impressive rides.
Klubben held off late-race flurries from Honda
pilot Keith Raschko to take a well-deserved
win. while Allen Walker, Mark Scarpelli and
Guy Richardson filled out the top five.
Kawasaki rider J.oey Kopp won th e 600cc
Pro class, which I1ke in 250cc action, ran in
Pro-Am configuration. Kopp made a clean
sweep of the class by virtue of a 1-1-1 sweep.
It wasn't quite that easy. though. for the
Washington speedster, as junior Pro Sieve
Liberty, riding a Honda, loomed in Kopp's
shadow, placing 2-2-2 for second place. james
came back to round out the lOp three with
hi s 3-3-3 showings.
jay Osborne held of Tom Rowland's
·advances to take a win in the Amateur portion
of the class . Osborne used a trio of first place
finishes to take the overall while Rowland,
Bill Sugden, Mark Scarpelli and Loren
Robinett filled the top five.
The best action of the day came during the
Open Twin class . Yamamoto breezed to wins
in the first two motos. holding down huge
leads, which would carry the diminutive
speedster to the checkered nag well out front
of crafty veteren Nickerson and Lawrence
Marsh.
The third and final race saw a similar scene
- Yamamoto jumped into the lead and began
pulling away from the contestants, only to
have his borrowed Triumph call it quits,
The Fourth of july started with a bang a t
th e Hillsboro Su pe rcro ss put o n by Gary and
Tracy Roe of Hillsboro Honda-Suzuki. T he 125cc Pros screamed out of th e launch
pad with T on y G raves o ut fron t. As Graves
sla m med th e o utside of turn one, Brett Devries
and Mik e Bell sn uck by. Graves was quick
to retalia te as on lap three Graves took the
ins ide lin e from Bell to move into second.
Grayson Hart hammered behind Bell the
en tire moto, o nly to settle for fourth. Devries
devas tated the crowd, winning over local
favorite Graves by three seco nds as Bell hung
on to third.
The 250cc Pro action saw Graves again gateperfect, thi s time holding th e ins ide groove
ahead of Devries , Bell and Terry Hamness.
By lap eigh t, Graves got caught up in traffic
with th e 250cc Intermediate class. Graves,
trying to get around the lappers, got caught
on the outside as Devries' stormed down the
in side of th e whoops to take the lead Graves
dogged Devrie s to th e checkers to no avail,
Bell a nd Harnness fin ished a distant third and
fourth . respectively.
Devries pulled th e holeshot in rnoto two
followed by Graves. Bell and Hamness. Graves
sta yed within a bike length of Devries the
whole moto, Pressuring Devries after the triple
j um p o n lap eight. Graves tried the inside
only to hav e the door shut. In the very next
co m er, though. Graves pressured Devries and
Devries caug h t a gr oov e and went down.
Devries remounted fast but couldn't close the
ga p o n Graves. Graves' 2-1 finishes netted him
the overa ll win, with Devrie s' 1-2 good for
second. Bell (3-3) and Hamness (4-4) settled
for third and fourth, respectively.
The second 125cc Pro moto was all Graves'
early o n. Hart, in second, stayed ah ead of Bell
a nd Devri es. On lap two, Devries made a pass
o n Bell in the sharp right-hander before th e
whoops. G raves stayed well ah ead of Hart
until lap four when Graves slammed a righthander after the triple an d went down.
Struggling underr hi s machine, G raves saw
Hart, Devries and Bell go hy before he could
get going aga in .
By lap eig h t, Devri es had worked on Hart
long eno ugh, taking th e inside line away from
Hart aft er the triples. With Devries now in
the lead. it was clear flying ahead. Hart hung
o n to seco nd despite the efforts of Bell and
Graves. Devries I-I finishes were good for the
o verall with Harts' 4-2 good for second Bell
(3-3) and Graves (2-4) claimed third and
fourth.
Results
W/PIW: 1. Grqory Blackw('11 (Yam);12. Mkhad Todd
(Yam ); 3. Erin Hucke (Yam).
WMN : l. Carol Younce (Kaw ),
60 6-8: I. Grqary Blackwell (Kaw); 2. Andy FisheT (Ho o );
.5 Xdvin Sch()('r (lCaw) .
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60 9-11: I. Knio ullin (Kaw) ; 2. Dus ty Lenaber (Kaw);
.5. ROOttI Holtgrew (lCaw).
80 BEG , I. J'''''' B.aJ1 (Kaw); 2. Jody Clark IHon); 5. Brock
O ark (Suz).
125 BEG: l. Tim Hannon (¥aw); 2. Brad Sn('then (Hon);
5./05qlh Munafo (Yam).
25 JR: l. Donald Hucke (Yam l; 2. Ford Tannock (Suz) ;
S. Steve Lewis ( Ka w).
12S PRO: I. Brt'll Ikvrin (Han); 2. Crayson HAn (Xaw );
.5 Mik(' Bdl (Sw:); 1. Tony Grav ('S(Suz).
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125 INT: J. Mike Hamnns (Xaw );2 . FOrTe5lTran sue {J{aw);
S. Dane Batt y (Ha n).
250 BEG 0. 1, I. Ronald Park (H on); 2. G....,.,. Harmon
(Hon); 3. Dale Murff (Hon).
250 BEG 0-2 : I. Pal Murray ( Kaw); 2. Mich3('1Nova (KTId);
.5. Paul Mwaling (Ha n).
~ i~~,:.
~n (Kaw); 2. Darrin Currier (Yam); 3.
2!)l,) I~: I. Ed Jnum (Han ); 2. Dana Batty (Hon); .5
.
Eric Cummings (lCaw ).
~ PRO: I. Tony Grava (Suz); 2. Brnt Dntrin, (Ha n);
3. Mike Bell (Sut);