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eEVENTS lead on lap two by doubling past. Myers locked onto th e draft of Craig with Deegan and Brooks close beh ind in third an d fourt h , respecti vely. On lap five, the or de r remained the sam e with Nau mec movin g to fo urt h , di splacing Deegan. Smail and Lewis were a lso moving th ro ugh traffic in an a tte m p t to make it into th e top five. In the closing laps Cra ig left no doubt in the minds of the riders as he sliced and d iced through th e lapped rider s without any tr oubl e, Enzo Raci ng / T ea m Green /O 'Nea I/D un lo p/Pro Circuit-backed Cra ig scored the win, wh ile finis hi ng a close second was Brooks. Myers, Lewis and Naumec rounded o u t the top five. CN m R esults 250: I. Mike Craig (Ka w ]: 2. Larry Brooks (Yam); 3. See n Myers (Ka w) ; 4. Kyle Lewi s (Yam); 5. Ceue Nau mec ( Ka w): 6. Lan ce Smai l (Yam): 7. Denni s Hawth o rn e ( Ka w]: 8. Lowell Thomson (Yam): 9. J ason Krempi n (Hon); 10. J aMUl Edwa rd s { Ka w ): 11. Bria n Deegan (Kaw); 12. Roy Schellenberger (Ka w); 13. Jeff Fine {He n ): 14. Ryan Carlisle {Ka w): 15. Ro bert Naber (Su<): 16. j oe Ben vak ( Ka w): 17. John Roberg (Yam): 18. Dan Fresh (Yam); 19. Breu Stu bbs (Kaw): 20. Jay Alhey (Hon). 250 POINT STANDINGS: I. Mike Craig (279): 2. Kyle Lewis (253); 3. Larry Brooks (249); 4. Cene Naumec (207); 5. Low ell Thom son (153 ); 6. Ryan C arlisl e (97): 7. LanceSmail (89); 8. Sco n Myers (SO): 9. Shawn Wynne (46); 10. Jim Holley (40 ); II. Tommy Clowers(36); 12. Roy Crumb (31): 13. Jason Edwards (25); 14. Ru ss Wageman (20); 15. Pal G o n n (17): 16. Dennis Hawthorne (17); 17. Ryan HuHman (17 ): 18. Brian Deegan (16): 19. Brian Wahen (14) : 20. Jason Kremp in (13). Michael Ra y Craig scored the Texas Stadium Ultraaoss main event win. Shawn Roberti won five classes in the rain at Portl and International Ra cewa y. --- ' ~- J ~ . -: World Championship Trials Series: Round I Ahvala on top in Spain BERGA, SPAIN, MAR. 29 o m m i Ahva la do mi na ted th e opening round o f th e World Champions hi p Tria ls Series as he recorded the best scores in th e two-loop event held in th e mou ntains near Barcelona. Ahvala, from Finland, fin ished th e day- long ride, consisti ng of two laps th ro ugh 20 sectio ns, six points ahead of Italian Diego Bosis. Ahvala had a th ree-point lead at th e end of th e first loop, and also had th e best score in the second loop by five points. The factory Aprilia pi lo t's winning margin was reduced as he was also assessed an additiona l five po ints for taki ng too much tim e to comp lete th e tri al s. Of the 48 wh o started th e event , 39 fini shed and only eight ri ders avo ided finish ing late. Many riders considered th e long course to be very demanding, as the mountainous terrain had the competitors climbin g rock y hillsides, nego tia ting a quarry and fo rd ing streams. Defending World Champion J ordi Tarres, ridi ng - under the scrutiny of thousands of adoring home fans , could o n ly manage a third overall fin ish on h is factory Beta. The Spaniard was six th a t the comp letio n of the first loop but hi s seco nd-best score in loop two pro pelled him to hi s final finish ing positio n. Tarres nearl y crashe d o nce and collected a quick maximum score of five in o ne sectio n, then later in the first loop he spu n hi s Beta Zero on a nasty rock step cli mb and bounced it into the woods. Ahva la o nly recorded two scores of five througho u t the 40 sectio ns. at T Mickey Thompson Off·Road ChampionshipGP Series: Round 4 Craig conquers Texas Ultracross By Lynn Nickerson P hoto by David Goodspeed 1RVING, TX, APR. 4 efending Ultracross Champion Mike Craig, fought 0 (( challenges from Scott My ers and L arry Brooks to win the fourth stop of the 1992 Mickey Thompson Off- Road Grand Prix Series. " I go t a good start and sta yed out front to win . The win felt good in front of th e Dallas crowd," said Craig. The fir st heat rac e saw Dennis Hawthorne and Ro y Schellenberger use their front row starts to move in to th e lead o n the fir st lap. ' Lowell Thompson passed Sch ellenberger for second and as lap three started, mo ved past Hawthorne for .th e lead. Brooks and Cra ig started towards the back of the pack, but by th e third lap they were D 36 all in the top three, Lance Smail and Hawthorne foll owing. At the finish it was Thompson in th e number one spot with Broo ks in the run ne r-up spot. Crai g ro u nded out the top three. Sm ai l pas sed H aw th orne on lap four for fourth spot and held it to th e chec kers. H eat two's front-ro w sta rte rs were J ason Krempin and J ason Edwards. Ed wards passed Krempin for the lead o n lap two a nd proceeded to lea d for th e next several laps, whi le Kyle Lewi s sta lked hi s every move. The last two laps sa w Lewi s double th e last two jumps o n th e back stra ig ht to set up what would be th e upcom in g lead cha nge. Wh en th e wh ite £lag came o u t, Lewis was pressuring Edwa rds in eve ry turn. L ewis d oubl ed hi s way into the lead by jumping all th e . way to th e co rner an d u sin g a small berm o n th e hydro barrier to kn ife ins ide Edw ard s to tak e the lead fo r good. Gen e Naumec finis hed thi rd and Ryan Carl isle ra lli ed to fo urth. Grabbing the holesho t in the main event was Brian Deegan, with J eff Fin e in hot pu rsu it. Craig vaulted into th e Results 0 / A II: WORLD CHAMPtONSHtP TRIALS SERtES POINT STANDINGS: I. To mmi Ahvala (Apr) 20; 2. Diego Bosis (Fan) 17; 3. Jonli Tarres (Bet) IS;4. Amos Bilbao (G-G) 13; 5. Bruno Camoui (Fan) 11; 6. Th ierry Girard (G-G) 10; 7. Donato Migli o (Ap r) 9; 8. Marc Co lom e (Mon) 8; 9. Steve Colley (Bet) 7: 10. Robert Crawlord (Mon) 6; I I. Ta kumi Narita (Bet) 5; 12. Philipp" Berlatier (GG) 4: 13.Thierry Michaud (Apr) 3: 14. Juan Pons (Bel) 2; 15. Sieve Saunders (Apr) I. Roberti reigns in the rain at PIR Road Race By R uss Cazier PORll.AND. OR,APR. 5 Shawn Rober ti won a ll five classes th at he entered a t the Oregon Motorcycl e Roa d Ra cin g Association's firs t mee t of 1992. held a t Po nJ and Imemational Race way. The weath er was all too normal for early Apri l and most races were run on a wet track , b UI Rob er ti seemed 10 have the traction prob lem closely figured. Man y ot hers never di d solve it and a lot of races were decided by cras hes a t th e fron t of th e pad , especially so for Robert Wright, who cras hed while lead ing O pen Superbike a nd O pen Productio ,:, classes, making Roberti 's task all the easier. Wri ght did score the wi n in 750cc Su per bi ke class against a stro ng field of local rid ers , and put in his best ride of th e da y in 750cc Production class, comi ng (rom dead last on th e sta rt ing gri d to fin ish a distant second beh ind Roberti. Kevin Norm et a lso PUI in a strong showing in the wet. winnin g the 450cc Production and 450cc Superbike classes. The Production win was earned by a last lap, la st 10m pas s in heavy tra ffic, Another last lap pass for a win was put o n by Cl iH Bak er tn th e Ultra lig ht Superbike class. " Dwa in Trurnmert had j umped to a big lead , but th en he slo wed down a bit, We were all mixed up with bi kes from o ther classes and I ma na ged to sneak up on him . Ni pped him right at th e nag," Baker said. "The best two- ma n race of the day may have been be tween Rober ti and Canadian Jason Scraba in th e 600cc Superbike class . There were severa l lead changes, and a close finish , bUI Rober ti was in fro nt when it counted. Resull5 O PEN PR O D: I. Shawn Robmi (Sw); 2. Doug Rmfrow (5 uz); S. 'Krith Pinksta ff (Suz). 750 PROD: 1. Shawn Robn"t i (Suz); 2. Robc-rt Wri g ht (Suz); 5. Mikt Sulli van (Sw). 600 PROD: 1. Sh.oIwnRobem (H(M1,); 2. Simon adl (H on ); S. J;uon Scra ba ( Hon ~ -45 PR O D: 1. l. t'\'in Nomw1 (Yam); 2. Mark Smith (YMD); ' .Pa ul Lud wig (Yam). O PE.~ SlBK:: I. Sha wn Robttti (5 w); 2. Mith Pinbuff ("75(l~I ~~~~~(~uz); 2. Krith Pinhla!f ClUw); S. OUll> C.Ua n (5uz). 600 SlBK: 1. Shawn Robnti (Hon): 2..Jnon Sa;tb;a (Hon); S. Simon Bell (Hon). 450 S1BK: I. Krn n Notmtt (Yam); 2.. Del Knysh ( Kaw); S. Tykr G raM C w). lU MIW SIB K: l. Rid Gunderson (Yam); 2. Ktvin Normrt (Yam); 3. Snn Dohmy (Yam) . L/W S/ BK: I. Bryn Pmdrrgut (Ya m ); 2. Richar d Huffman (V;k Mau hrwi (Hun ): 2. Karl Ga ines (Hon); 3. Pat rick j ohnson (BSA): 500 VINT: 1. Karl Gai nci (Hoo ); 2. Ch ris Kerber (Aer); 3. Lory /ohnwn (85 A). 250 V NT: 1. Mid :.Rivc lIi (Due ); 2. Antho ny Rivclli (Due ); 3. San FromhoJd tHon ). NOV: I. Erik Ericson (Yam ); 2. C.nri .h Eddie [Hon]; 4.Antho ny Manciu (Ho n). Dotson hauls at Huron MX By Mickey Wood HURON, CA, MAR. 15 Kawasaki-m ounted David Dotson com bined a pair of perfect rnotos to top the Plus 30 Inter medi at e class at rou nd o ne of th e American H istoric Ra cin g Motor cycle Asso cia tion 's Western Regi on a l MX Series . 122 en tr ies co m pe ted o n th e Ron Clawsondesigned tra ck that looked lik e it came straight ou t of the I970s. . While Dotson 's '74 KX250 led th e way, BSA B50 rider Mike Atk ins led th e rest of the paclr. , fin ish ing seco nd in both ro unds. Third overall fell to Hugh Blaclr.a wh o ma naged a pair of fourths. Fourth in th e l5-rider field went to Bill Cl em. It was Dotson again in th e 250cc Intermediate di vision , Ibis tim eoutdistancing Bultaco Pu rsang pilot John L undgren and Brad OeH or e, wh o was riding a Yamaha VZ25O. J ohn Draguesku foll owed J ohn Gulliford across th e fin ish li ne in th e opening Plus 50 Novice rnot o , but th e Mai co rider turned that -intc an overall victory by winning moto IW O, wh ile Gulliford dr opped ba ck to fourth , which ga ve him third overall behind Riclr.man T ri um ph rid er Mike Lightfoo t, The new Premi er 500 II class made its debut on the "" esl Coast, and in the Intermediate d ivision, it was Doyle Cook o n a BSA B44powered Ri ckman sco ri ng th e da y's top homos ahea d of Virgi l Eling's Du cati 450RT and Phil And erson ab oard a G reeves ch assisl T ri um ph engine hybrid co mmo nly kn own as a " G rump h." Resul ts 12S NOV; 1. OUf Cook (H o n): 2. TOOl DragutV.u (Ya m): 5. R W«11 Hrc" (H Wo); 4. John G ulli on! (Ric); 5. errs: 1C=drid. (Bu l). 12S 1ST: l. Scou Da vis ; 2. Bi.I1 Ckm (H on); 3. Brya n Davi a (H on); 4. Stao lry Fran'" (Ho n); 5. Rod Kirkbri dt (Hon).

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