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13/ 2Ideans; 4. Lyn n Boyer (Gre) 18; 5. Ed Meagor (Gre)
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PREM UW EX: I. Lee Dodge (G re) 44; 2. Allen
Wenzel (Gre ) 58.
PREM HIW RIGID NOV: I. Rob Iverson. 10.
PREM HIW RIGID EX: I. Stev e Martin (BSA) I; 2.
Ken Dodge (Mat) 6PREM HIW NOV: I. Mark Julian (Ma t) 8; 2. Ross
Poitras (Mat) 14.
PREM HIW INT: I . Fred Mark (R-E) 16PREM HIW EX: I. Steve Darrow (A)S) 3; 2. Matt
Hi lge nberg (ArI) 4; 3. Mik e Atkins (No r) 17; 4. Dick
Mann (Mat ) 21.
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WMN: I . Barbara Don Carl os (Yam) 18JR NOV: I . Nathan Kroeker, 4; 2. Jared Pew. 16.
BRIT CLSC EX: I. Ken Burningham (Gre) 3.
SP'fSMN INT: I . Jim Cameron (BSA) 17.
MORN BlICENOV: I. Randy Lewis (Mon ) 16.
MOTOCKOSS
PAST MST1lS: I. Brad Leckey (Mai); 2. Doug Grant
(AJS); 3. Ga ry Baile y: 4. Buck Murphy (Yam); 5. Jell
Sm ith (BSA).
125 NOV : I. Matt Morando (Ho n); 2. John Gulliford
(Ric· Zu n); 3. Mike Folena (Ric:·Zun); 4. Joel Hanson
(Yam); 5. John Lee (D KW).
125 INT: I . John Ziska (Hon ); 2. smHenry (Han); 3.
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Pa ul DuChene (Yam); 4. Bm Clem (Han); 5. Lee FA
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(Lett) Ken Lusk (49V) leads a pack of
Sport sman 500cc Novice riders . Lusk
finished second. (Above) Steve Darrow,
winner of th e Prem ier Heavyweight trials
division, picks hlB way down a bank.
TRIAL
slippery oak leaves, and the continuous
Section 6/7 was a long, but not-toosteep climb up a gulley. Seventy-five
riders competed.
Moore and his friend Steve Muscatell
rode a pair of very early four -speed Bultaco Sherpa Ts, but still man aged to finish 1-2 in Modem Classic Expert ahead
of the 1974 Sherpa T of Paul Olliges. The
three riders were each separated by single po int . Three marks back was Sandhill class w inner Tony Sigala, riding a
Yamaha TY25O.
The largest class of the day was Modem Clas sic No vice, where Jon Stillman
came away with just four points and the
first-place award. Kawasaki KT rid er
Scott Chapman finished with six, just one
clear of Wayne Sumner's Yamaha.
In Premier Ughtweight Intermediate,
Doug Shepherd's Greeves took top honors with a score of 11, compared to 13
each for Mark Roler, on a BSA C15, and
Ron McCabe , on a Triumph Tiger Cub.
Roler won the tie-breaker by carding
three more cleans, to earn the runner-up
spot
At the debut Hollister trial last year,
park rangers asked that the sections be
limited basically to one long wash area
just over the hill from the MX course.
With last year's success and rider coop"
eration, rangers allowed Starman's Mike
Fenner to spread this year's British Bike
magazine-sponsored event out in to the
hills a bit more, giving riders som e
"loo p time." Of the nine sections, two
crisscrossed a medium-sized ra in rut,
one featured tight turning, four sections
had tums complicated by a thick bed of
The Vintage lron-sponsored program
started with a memorial lap for former
Greeves importer Nick Nicholson, who
passed awa y in September. The lap was
headed by Gary Bailey, and includ ed
nearly all the Greeves machines at the
event, plus Nick's son Keith Nicholson,
who later had some great races in his
first-ev er AHRMA ride aboa rd Kenny
Sykes' 360cc Challenger. After the memorial lap, the Greeves contin gent lined up
By Matt Hilge n berg
. HOlUSTER, CA, OCT. 22-23
oh n Moore and Mike Brumit were
victorious after some tough competition at the American Historic Racing
Motorcycle Association's National Tr ials/Motocross doubleheader. Moore
claimed the Modem Classic Expert win
at Saturday's trial, while Brumit topped
the one d ivision each in the 30+ and
500cc Intermediate MX classes.
For the second tim e this season, an
AHRMA doubleheader was held on the
West Coast As in April at Sandhill, Starman Productions laid out the trial, but
this time, Santa Clara Riders Unlimited
was the MX promoter. Weather conditions were nearly perfect both days, and
there was a large spectator attendance.
The two events, combined with a Friday
motocross school by Ga ry Bailey, and
swap meet/bike show on Saturday, have
turned into one of the most popular vintage competition weekends anywhere.
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under the array of national flags in the
circuit's infield, while Rob Poole san g the
national anthem.
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At halftime, the Past Masters race took
place, with seven riders compe ting in the
five-lap d uel. Brad Lackey, in his firs t
motorcycle ride in thr ee years, took an
uncontested win over Doug Grant's AJS.
Bailey was third, after endu ring pressure
from Yamaha MXI25 rider Buck MUrphy.
Mike Brumit was one of just a few
double-dass winners. He entered two of
the biggest classes - both of them large
enough to warran t two divisions in order
to accomodate all the riders, In the SOOcc
Intermediate A race, Brumit stormed to
the wi n in bot h motes, w hile second
overall fell to New York's Bill Morando,
wit h a 4-2 score. Oregon 's Doug Eckelman had a cons istent 3-3 da y for third.
The 500cc Intermediate B d ivision was
won by Loral Lake Racing's Rod Lake,
aboard a Honda XL35O.
Brumit had it tougher in the 30+
Intermediate B event, as Nicholson won
the first moto and led the entire second
moto until the final turn. With jus t a
handful of bike lengths to go to the finish line, Brumit pushed Nicholson off
line enoughto squeak pa st and w in .
Ossa-mounted Keith Lynas won the A
division over Lake.
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Lynas entered two other classes, also,
easily winning the Premier Ughtweight
II Intermediates, and finishing third in
250cc Intermediate division B.
Husqvarna r ide r Joe McCoy was
another three-class entrant w ho had
good r esults, his a ll coming a t the
Novice level. In addition to winning the
Premier 500cc II and 250cc cl asses,
McCoy earned a fourth in 500cc Novice
behind winner Dante Sorrenti, Arizona's
Ken Lusk and Rokon-mounted Joe
Tama ska.
The Expert standout was Dall as
Nyblod, who won the 30+, then had a
littl e first -turn luck in the 125s to win,
before finishing second in the 250cc
Expert division.
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125 EX: I. Dallas N yblod (Ho n); 2. Chris Radzinsld
(Kaw); 3. Rory Mwcatell (Ho n); 4. Scott Davis (Hon); 5.
Michael Owens (H us ).
2SO NOV: I . Joe McCo y (H us); 2. Dav id Kuns (Mai);
3. Ed Hau smann (Bul); 4. Steve Sagely (Yam ); 5. Don
Beese(H o n).
2SO INT D-A: I . Jon Mell o (Ho n); 2. Enc Roseme
(Bul); 3. Ken Gera rd (Hon); 4. John Old (H on ); 5. Loyal
Gibbons (Hon).
2SO INT 0-.8: 1. Brian Shiv es (Ho n); 2. Jeff Shives
(Han); 3. Keith Lynas (Ossa); 4. Ronald Harrison (Hon);
5. Paul Miller (Hon ).
2SO EX: I. John Greenwa y (Hon); 2. Dallas Nyblod
(Yam): 3. Randy Lewis (Ossa); 4. Da vid Fisher (Ossa); 5.
Ron Mellon (Ossa).
500 NOV: I . Dante Sorrenti (Mai); 2. Ken Lusk (CZ);
3. Joe Ta maska (Ro k); 4. Joe McCo y (H us); 5. Reese
Dengler (CZ) .
SOO IN T P·A: 1. Mik e Brum it (H us); 2. Do ug
Eckelman (e Z); 3. Rich Sm ith ( M<1Ii); 4. Sha n non
Hwnphreys (Suz); 5. Mark Henry (Bul ).
500 INT D-B: I. Rod Lake (Ho n); 2. Dir k Murphy
(Hus); 3. Larry Hipp (Ma i); 4. Randi Perkins (Mai); 5.
Kenneth Corpe rrn).
500 EX: I .
Nash (H us); 2. Allen Wenzel ((he.
BSA); 3. John Shi ves (CZ); 4. Rand y Halsell (Yam); 5. Lee
Shepherd (Hus).
OPEN TWIN NOV: I . DeNs Van Gundy (Rio-Tn);
2. Jim McEuin (Ric-Tn).
OPEN TWIN INT : I . Petri' Rollins rrn); 2. Rodney
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Hen ni nge r (Ric-Tri); 3. To ny McDow ell (Ric-Tri) ; 4.
Terry Pratt rrn ); 5. Mike Van Lienden rrri).
OPEN TWIN EX: I . Rick Doug hty (Rio-Tn) ; 2. Scott
Du nla v ey (C he-Tri); 3. Bill Kni gh t (No r); 4 . John
Lundgren (Rk-Tri).
WMN NOV: \. Ch ris ty Einboden (Ho n); 2. Debora h
Pool e (CZ).
WMN tNT: 1. Deb bie Kane (Ric-Mon); 2. Cand y
Ha teley (pen); 3. Nic ki Parry (Suz) .
30+ NOV: I . Mark Sumner (Suz ); 2. Ken Lusk (CZ);
3. Dante Sorrenti (Mai); 4. Joe Tama ska (Rok ); 5. RLsese
Dengler (CZ).
30+ INT D-A : \. Keith Lyna s (Ossa); 2. Rod Lake
(Hon); 3. Neil Glertsen (Mai ); 4. Ma rk Rcler (BSA); 5.
Jon Mello (H us).
30+ INT 0 ·8: 1. Mik e Brum it (H us) ; 2. Keit h
Nicholson (Gre); 3. Scott Bowman (Hon); 4. John Old
(Hus); 5. Paul Miller (Hnn ).
30+ EX: I. Dal las Nyblod (Yam); 2. Scott Dunlavey
(Che- Tri); 3. David Fisher (Os sa) ; 4. John G reenway
(Hon); 5. Randy Batsell (Yam).
40+ NOV : I , John Gulliford (Moo) ; 2. John Phillips
(Rok); 3. John Hains (Ho n); 4. Ho ward Johnston (BSA);
5. Mike Folena (Hon).
46+ INT D-A: \. Robe rt Dora n (Mai); 2. Rich Smith
(Ma i); 3. Ton y Luka uwski (Mai); 4. Ken Gera rd (Hon) ;
5. John M

