GLOCAL EVENTS
The Beginner 's class firs t mota wasa th riller
as J ohn Nobles led from the sta rt o nl y 10 fall •
o n th e last la p. Nobles rem o u n ted a nd
managed to hold for the win in a close fini sh
over Van And erson , Kevin Ayers and Steve
Seay,
Nob les took the lead agai n at th e sta rt o f
mo ta two but Seay soo n moved u p for a
cha lle nge. Seal' even tua lly went by for the.win
whi le Nobl es narrow ly held orr Anderson to
fini sh in second. Nobl es' 1-2 wa s good for top
go ld over Seay's 4-1 and Anderson 's 2-3.
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Results .
50: l. J onathan Price (Va m); 2. Ada m La skows ki (Yam t;
Ch ri:lol0ph~r McCorkel (Va m) ; 'I. Michaf'1 Towm (Y:tm );
Robb in s (Ya m ).
60: I. j .n, Morrow (Kaw ); 2. J ona thon Price (Kaw); 3. Tim
Freeman (K. w); 'I. Troy TraVIS (X.aw ): 3. Adam La:o;ko w!oki
a
(Kaw).
SR MI NI : L Brian Su ll ivan ( Kaw); 2. Miek 8di l~y (H u n ):,
j . Sha ne Sherma n (Su t ); 'I . Kr-ilh Kro l/;"h (VOlm ): 50. J ~ Besse
3.
.s. T .).
[ Ka w).
REG : I. Jo hn Nobles (Hu n ): 2. Steve Seay (Ha n); 3. Van
And<'T!>!'lO {Ho n): 1. Kevin Ayron (Xaw); 3. Jndy Thompson
(Vam ).
12, ) C: I. Dwayne Da le (H un ); 2. Kyle Kl:!Iy (XT M ); 3.
1
Buddy BraJ:J: (WSUI.); 1. Sf'o tl Fislt"r (VOl in ); 5. Andy Woud
(Ho n ).
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250 C: I. Ra ndy H yde (Hou ): 2. Stan Hi ght ower (Kaw ):
3. T u mm y j on es (SUI); 4. Pau l Bowden (Ho n): 3. Andy
Mc-K nr-y ( K.Jw ).
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125 Al B: 1. Sean Du kes (Hon ); 2. Chri s T ho mas (Honu 3. Kd ly Den ni s ( K4t w); 'I. Kevin T(T(y (K..wO; 5. Ca rl
Higgenbotham (H o n ).
2.I)U AlB: 1. Sea n Ou kn. (Hu n l: 2. R ick Lindell (Yam );
3. Michad Hend erso n [Ho n ]: 'I. Ch ris Tho ma s (Ha n ): 5.
R ulo1 YTU('k" (H u n).
5O+ /[N D R: I. Stan H ij;thtowr-r (Kaw); 2. G a ry Cruw("
(KT M ): 3. Chuck Rail t")' (Ho n ); 'I. T o mmy J on es (Suz): 5.
Rcllldy T omli nso n [ Ka w} ,
Kyle Kelly (211) led overall winner Dwayn e Da le (2) and Scott Fisler (338) th ro ugh Whi tesb urg Raceway's first tu m.
A cras h cost Billy Liles (left) the win at th e seaso n-ope n ing Belgi an National.
to a vo id the cartwhee li ng j oel Srnets
o n the first lap of race two after th e
two tea mmat es holeshot,
jacky Ma rtens, a gritty runner-up o n
t he fou r-s tro ke Hu sq varn a in th e
second m oto, had ea rly cras hes even
befor e th e go ing go t hecti c in th e o the r
mo tos, wh ile Kurt Ni coll had been
forced o u t o f race two whe n he went
down in a coll ision a nd the ex ha us t
was brok en off th e factor y KTM by a
following rider.
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Results
Iwasa scores at Dreaded Dam Trial
By Don Willia m s
~10TO 1: I. Rill )' Li les (Bon) ; 2. Ro nn y Wl' UU \ten raed ( Ka w ): 3. J o Ma rtens (Ho n]: 4. Ma ru ica
Bervoet s (Ya m); 5. J ut'! Sm eis ( H o n); 6. j o han
Boon cu [Kaw]: 7. Rud i Van Leeuw en (Ha n); 8. Dirk
Geu ken s (Ho n ): 9. Peter Nijs (Yam) ; 10. Kurt Nicoll
(KT M ).
!\tO T O 2: I. w ensr enraed. 2. j ack Marten s (H us) ;
3. Li les: 4. Bcrvoc ts: 5. Oe u kcns : 6. j acobs: 7. Boo nen :
8. Nij s: 9. J imm y Verbugh (5 U1); 10. T heybers.
~I OTO 3: I. Jo Ma rte ns : 2. Bervoet s: 3. V
Sean Du kes gassed hi s pair o f Hondas to wins
in th e 125 a nd 250cc A div ision s at Whitebu rg
SX whi le Sta n Hi gh tower to p ped th e Plus 30
ro n lest and ret urned for runner-up hon or s in
250<:c C raci ng .
TI,e Whitesburg trac k, closed for th e past
two years: was reopened this mo n th by former
racer Mi ke Bo wen . "This tra ck has been
runn in g , o ff a nd on, since 1972," sa id Bo wen ,
so it 's p robably th e o ldest motocr oss track in
Georgia !"
Rick Lindell was second behind Du kes in
250cc A action and he returned to co ntest the
Pl us 30 division. Lindell won the fir st mo to
o ver Michae l Henderson and was lead in g
rno to two whe n he DNF with a flat rear tir e.
H enderso n was also o u t o f con ten tio n , havin g
suffered a hard sp ill a t th e sta rt.
The overall was finall y determined in a
wi n ner-ta ke-a ll second moto batt le be tween
Gar y Crowe a nd Sta n Hi gh tow er. H igh tow er
pa ssed Crow e o n th e last lap to win , nett in g
top honors over Cro we.
In 250<:c C racing , H ighto wer loo ked like
he was or~ hi s way to a per fect score , b ut wit h
tw o la ps remain in g i n th e fi na l moto,
H ightwoe r fell back to fourth spot. Randy
H yde took ·o ver th e win and the o vera ll wi th
a 2- 1 scon·. Hi !;lht ow er charged back to a
seco nd place finIs h for seco nd o verall a head
o f T o mm y J on es.
Dwa yne Oak seemed u nbeatable in the
125cc C class as he passed race lead er Kyle
Kelly for the fir st molO wi n a nd di d the sam e
to Rud dy Bragg in mow two fo r a pe rfect sco re,
Kelly nened ru n ner-u p go ld o ver Bragg.
J on al hon Pri ce do m inat ed th e 50cc action
wilh It conv i n ri n ~ pair of wi ns wh ile Ada m
La s ko w ~k i came back from a ~eco n d moto
spi ll to claim the ~eco nd p lace trorh}' o ver
Chris McCo rkel.
J.R. MOTTow no tch oo runaway mot o win s
in the 60cc clas s wh ile Pr ice, a ne wco me r to
60cc actio n, earned runner-u p hon o rs in a
ha rd ~ fou g h l , tied scor e over T im Freeman.
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LITTLEROCK, CA, MAR 1
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After build ing up a command ing eight-point
lead afte r two loo ps, Co lin Iwa sa survi ved a
nea rly disastro us hna lloo p to take the Sen io r
Nov ice win o ver Beta Zero rid er Mark G ra vitt
a t th e Vall ey O bserved T ria ls En thus ias ts'
Dread ed Dam Trial.
Iwasa , on a Yamaha , led by th ree dabs after
th e first loop and ex tended th at lead wit h th e
o nly single-dig it scoreca rd in h is divis ion o n
the m iddl e loo p .
w ith Gravi u a nd Ian Griffin lyin g in wa it.
lwasa dropped 15 po ints o n the last lap wh ile
th e traili ng pa ir each touc hed down o nly seven
tim es. Griffin, who ha d sta rte d the th ird loo p
in sixth , co u ld o nly mo ve u p to th ird, bUI
G rav itt ca ugh t Iwasa. ",'h en th e tie-break in g
" clea n " sco res were tallied , Iwasa had a
com forta ble 11-7 lead to ta ke th e wi n.
Clea ns were a lso needed to decid e th e
win ner between bro thers in th e Int ermedi ate
class .
Brad McCl ell an spoued h is brother Craig
five po ints o n the firs t go-rou nd an d spent
th e rest o f the day pla ying ca tch-u p.
After two loops, Cra ig led Brad by two
marks and th ey had ident ical d ean cou nts .
Brad mad e up the two poi nts o n th e last loop,
8·6 , but was o u t-clea ned 5-4 by Craig. givi ng
Cra ig th e victory o n to tal cleans.
Round four o f the American Trials Associa tio n Champ ion shi p Seri es was held u nder
mos t su n ny skies wit h temperatures ho vering
in th e 60s through out th e day.
With th e pits in th e stag ing 'area a t the
mou t h ' o f Sa ntiago Ca nyo n, rider s rod e
ups tr eam for six sectio ns . T he upstream
po rt io n of the loop included eigh t serio us
water cro ssings, includi ng a treache ro us crosscu rren t crossi ng for access to th e en try to
sectio n £
our.
Mercedes Go nza lez su b me rged her a ircoo led Gas-Gas o n her second cross ing . After
dehum idif yin g the d rown ed b ike, sh e was abl e
to co nti n ue to finis h fourth No vice beh ind
. win ne r Ga ry Wri ght, Derek Nat vig and Dave
Guth rie.
wrigh t had th e lo west o vera ll Novice score
with 32 poi n ts.
Five-time co nsec u tive and reigning AT A
Ch ampion T om H am ann rod e h is Beta Zero
to any easy wi n. Hi s 43-point score ha lved
the thr ee sco reca rds turned in by runner-up
Faruic K-R oo -mounted Rick Daffern.
Resu lts
CSHI P: I. Tum Ha mann (1 ~ ) ; 2. Rick Dart"" (86); !I.
Mark O ldar (89): 'I. Ja roo Malm qu i ~1 ( lOl l; 5. Sen I1 Annand
(to' 1
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SPTSMN: I. Da vid Py ll: (391; 2. David 1Rf' (52): 3. Ro bert
Madd en (62): 4. T o m Lasater (61); S. Jack H emin wav (8 1).
SR (30+) SPTSMN : I. Peee C m ff (3.1); 2. Clivf' Ha nnon
(!"t 1 3. Ken! Gr.l ham (65).
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S/ SR (40+ ) SPTSM:"J: 1. An Wl:bM (72).
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INT: I. Cr.li K Me-Clell an (37/ 13); 2. 8md Me-el d lan (371
12); 3. .1.0 . Mill l"- (50); 'I. J im C(J ll i ll ~ (65).
S R I!'. : I. David ReetUl (36): 2. Larry Varn e ll (38); ~ .
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Chari if' Ro wletl (H); ·!. RflKt'r Gua rd (46); 5. Ku rt Roll (64).
S/SR 1!'oT: I. J ohn Bflurd t'i1u ( ~ 6) ; 2. Bill Ha n nnn (59};
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3. Stl'V fk c k (7-1).
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I'riOV : I. C
",HY Wri /otll t (32); 2. IXr r-k N ;H V i ~ (37); 3. Dilvt'
G Ulhri e (,to): 'I. Mer c('d Mo Gu n/.aI(·1 (18 ); 3. Tilk ;l~ hi T o ki1la
(511.
SR r-;O V : l. Co li n IWiJ!h1 (37/ 11); 2. Mar k r. r;tviu (37 1
7): 3. Ian G d Hin (4.5); 1. Jt·rTy f'l~ol ~n all (52); 5. yn &-irr-rl
(53 ;.
S/ SR :o.:OV: l. Ri(k T ru hu"If'k (15); 2. Ala n Malmflui!01
(46 ); 3. & 0 Cilprtill u (18 ); .1. J u hn C llim (51 ): 5. J uh n
.n
Tho m!>!'JIl (69).
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VET (50+) NO \ ' : I. Rub G rllvr- (33 ); 2. Davt' Slim ley (51):
3. Rill :\.1a rkh am (52); 1. lkl H.utm d (72 ); 5. ROil Do /i f'r
(9 1). •
REG : I. D;tvid Maw , 14): 2. Du n Ed war d (17): 3. ROil
Ca va taio (18); 'I. Ri rh .Hd Zimman (19); 5. Michael Eb... ( 38~
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SR BEG : I. T Nt Zim ma nn (l 3J: 2. GII:P; Corwin (17); 3 .
Pal Williams (20): 4. SU'v(' G I;l:m ma n (23): 5. Davr-Baa l (791.
