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southern Californ ia MX sce ne, eas ily romped
away with bot h mot a wi ns in the 40+ Expert
class aboa rd a Kawa sa ki KX250. O lson took
command of both legs in the ea rly stages and
went on unchallenged throughout the eight-lap
motos. Run ne r up in bo th mo tos was helm et
painter George Kohler, who was able to ou tdistance Pro Valve's Nick Cos tello and White Bros.'
Tom Whi te, wh o battl ed over th ird. White go t
the nod over Costello in the first mota, but after
tweak ing on his sus pensio n in between motes,
Costello was able to find the extra edge needed
to top White and eam third overall.
The younger Olson , meanwhile, made quick
work of th e 125cc Ju n io r class. Th e Suzu kimount ed speed ster ripped into the lead ear ly in
the fi rs t mot a and a fte r a brief battle wi th
Ho nda-mou n ted Mann y Arias, cruised ac ross
the finish line wit h the w in. Th e second moto
saw a star t-to-finish romp by Olson, as he took
the lead on the first lap and was never serio usly
challenged. John Nelson stayed withi n striking
distance, but was forced to settle fa r secon d at
the checkered flag. Eberly Surfboards-sponsored
Colin Eberly earned second overa ll with consistent 3-3 mota finishes. Eberly looked hot in the
second moto, bu t a low side in front of the main
grand stand s in the second moto took the wind
out of his sails.
Results
HO: I . Brand on Ha mlett [Kaw},
125 BEG : 1. Jeff H ai n ( Ka w ); 2. Sco tt Rou sSl.' (Ya m) ; 3.
au
Bt'CkyKu kla (K.1W); 1 . Juhn Mo ren o (H un); 5. An Hay ahhi (Suz ).
125 JR: I . Tim O lson (Su z ); 2. Co lin Ebt-rly (Hun); 3. [ohn Nel'OIln (Hu n); 4. Brad Wh it" (K.-.w);5. Mdnny Ari .l!' (H on ).
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125 PRO: 1. Ty Kad y (5u7 ); 2. JOl Tuttt'born-' (I-Ion ); 3. AnJ;l"
Ingra nd e (Hu n) .
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250 BEG : 1. M..u ro Monmo (Kaw); 2. Nid Kellbdu~h (H on );
3. TyJt.r PiI~l'T (Yam); 4. M..uk Ht' i"lt (Hom ); 5. a ll' B.lChm. m (Kaw) .
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250 JR: 1. Donn Maed a (H un); 2. Jim Nat');lt-' (Kaw ); 3. Dari n
Nishim u ra (Yam); 4. Forresr H .lya.Jii (Suz); S. Ron Stl-bt-(Yam).
250 Il\'T : t .Laece Jomrn;o.JIl (Y.m); 2. L.u Riih im.tl,j (Ka wi.
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250 PRO: 1. Tuny Am arad io (Ka w ).
+25 BEG: 1. Bob M.lf"al~ (KoiI ); 2. N ick Kefl". u j.; (Ho n); 3.
w
h
Dolvt' R.lftl (K.-.w ).
VET BEG: 1. Patrick MarlrJwm (Yam ); 2. Rob M b io CtedF.lI
dt'l1 (Han); 3. james M)'"'SOIl (Yam); 4. Rockey Gooddl (Htlfll; 5
MArt' Zwi lhngt-'r (Y am).
VET JR: 1. Jim Nok'gll' (KoI ); 2. Ch ns Jackson (Hon); 3. Jdf
w
Van Ca mp (Yam); 4. Jtoff G ray CHon); 5. Fra nk F.mer.lOn (l..."M).
VET I"''T : 1. Ty Sw a.rtz (H(JIl); 2. Bria n Sch m udle (H on); 3.
Rich Boil,'au (Han): 4. Rob W ilshino (Hon); 5. Jdm l'S Dt'R iddl' r
(yAm).
V ET PRO: 1. W ill y Mu grillVe ( Hon); 2. Vin cent D,' L uc a
(Hon).
+40 EX: 1. Alan O lsu n (Kaw ]: 2. Georg!' Kehle r (KTM) ; 3.
Nick Cost etlo (HtJn); 4 . Tom Wh itl' (Kaw ); 5. Jod y Wt"iso.ol (Yam) .
+50 EX: I. Bengt Joha nsson (Yam); 2. Ste ve Bu ~>jl (Uun); 3.
Ho rse Lt'i tnt-'T (HIm); 4 . Ch ua. Md nt ·n (Hun I.
OT tNT. I. Dennis Mid d lt't on (Hon); 2. Cdry So.:utt (Ho n); 3.
Frank. HAm lctt (Hnn); 4_vern BUWill.l (Y.l m); 5. Tom fhtorl y (Han) .
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(Top) Tony Amaradio was the cream of the
crop in the Pro class at Carlsbad Raceway.
(Above) Michae l Pichon (101) made his
debut at Perris Raceway a successfu l one
by winning the 125cc Pro class .
Pichon captures Perris MX
By Tony Al essi
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PERRIS. CA. DEC. 3
Onl y thr ee d ay s a ft e r Fre nch ma n Mi cha el
Pich on ca me to Am erica, he sco re d his fi rs t
American race victory during round five of the
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GFI Dealers MX Series at Per ris Racewa y.
"He (Pichon) is ove rrated," sa id five-time
Wo rl d 500cc MX Cham pio n Roger DeC os ter
d uring the morning practice. "A lot of people
are compa ring h im to Ba yle, but he is a long
way fr.om that speed."
DeCoster, who came with his son, Kitch, a
125cc beg i~ ner racer, ma y h a ve changed his
mind after viewing the first 125/ 250cc Pro race.
Pichon start ed the first Pro moto in about seventh place behind many top local pros, includ ing
Greg Schnell. Mike Cha mberlain and moto leader
Don Upton. Pichon picked off riders one at a time
unti l there were no ne left to pass. Once into the
lead, Pichon pulled away to a nine-second advantage, then went on to the checkered flag to the
de light of his dad Allen and girlfriend Stephanie.
The next rid er to cross th e finis h lin e was
Chambe rlain with Schnell and Up ton rounding
the top four .
The second moto saw Cham berlain ou t fron t
for the first two laps before Pichon cut under him
to take the lead . Like the first moto, Pichon put
distan ce betwt..'Cn him self and his pu rsuers at the
. rate of one second per lap u ntil he was well out
of sight. Pichon rod e with a smoothnes s compa rable to forme r supercross 9tampion Jean-Michel
Bayle en route to ano ther Pro class victory.
O nce again, Chamberla in wa s runn er-u p
wh ile Schnell, Upto n and Lin ko'gle comp leted
the top five.
Spee dway racer Ran dy Skin ne r took time
out to do some cross-trai ning on his motocross
machin e and topped the Vet Interm ed iate class.
Skinner mi xed it up w it h Ton y .Spear , Dave
Ivory and Carl Gazaly during both motos, but in
the end, Skinner found himself well ou t in front
for a doubl e moto swee p of the class.
Results
50 FIT: I . Chrislop ht-'r Meltze r (Yam); 2.J:.stin CoI!o(,n (YoI m).""
50 (4-6 ) STK: 1. M ike AI~5i (Yam); 2. Jd f Ait"S (Yam ); J.
!>1
Co le St't' ly (KTM); 4 . Bryan Mi nie r (KTM ); 5. Patri ck P.. nnin~ttl"
(ItJ)·
50 (7·S)STK: 1. Holli s Lu~k (ItJ); 2. Ryan P lattoni (Y.1m).
50 OI'EN: 1. Beody Boll in g (Yam ).
60 BEG : 1. Ju stin Muny on [Ka w]: 2. J"ff A ll"lsi (Kaw); 3 .
•Urad..n L,lrsll n (K.1W); 4 . Bru c Wi lkin Sl ln (K.1W).
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W); 2. JOt· H ami lto n (K.1W); 3 .
60 NOV : 1. Broc k Bolling (K.1
Nic holas Wt'ils (K.l""") 4. Mikt-'AlesHi (K.1W).
;
60 O PEN : 1. Calc w all ace (Kawl; 2. N id, Alva n·z (K.1W); 3.
Davi d Su llt'tls (K.1W 4. DOl ton Bea vers (Ka w).
);
SO BEG : 1. Dav id Su llin s (Ydm ); 2. Brdnd lln St,ldd ,m (SUZI; 3 .
Derek G ib!lOl1 (yolm ); 4. Kan e Th om pson (Ya m ); 5. Taylor NE'!!o(1n
(Y;lm ).
80 NOV: I. Ch ri!'o Rog~ (Suz ); 2. Dyl an Lord (Hun ); 3. JoltIOn
CWrleUa S. CO"-'Y Da ly (Yam ).
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SOlNT: 1. Slo Hamblin (yam); 2. Du..tin Ry ll-')'(Ydm) .
an
125 BEG : Ryan Orr (Ka w ); 2. Kt-'vin St ri kwerda (Ka w ); 3.
Ma rk Ht'l1dt-' lIOn (Kaw ); 4 , Justin l.toeds (y a m ): 5. Bry.l n Ad di'lOl1
r
(Hon).
115 NOV: 1.Jd!iOl1 Mt-"di.rlm.ln (Ya m ); 3. Mar l
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Allt-'I1 (Kaw); 4. M if.t-'Battis ta (Suz ); 5. Jo·.h Borg,'S (Yam) .
125, PRO: 1, Mim..4 Pichon (Ka w); 2. G rq; Schndl (Sul' ); 3.
Oon Uplon (Suz );1 . Jt-.ff Tilton (Hon ); 5. E.I. WriKh t (H un ).
>rkms (Ydm ); 2. Tom Wo odhum (Suz );
250 BEG: 1. Nd tholn PL
J. M.utin Zo ldano (Suz); 4. David Glynn (Hon).
250 NOV: 1. Pete RoIt-'5 (Su z ); 2.·Kylt-'8dird (Suz).·
250 INT : 1. Travis Roberson (lion); 2. Davi d McCo wn (Hon); •
3 . J.ll' Merriam (Hun); -I. Ddrm Grn-n (K.-.",,').
250 PRO: 1. Mik r- Cholmbt- r la in ( "-'w); 2. L u ry linko gh'
(Hon).
25+ BEG : 1. Da rin Murdoch (Hon ); 2. Ja~ Chism (Sul ).
25+ NOV; 1. Stt-'vt" Co rdero (Suz ); 2. C raig Boy n ton (Suz).
30+ NOV: 1. Gary Harada (Yam); 2. O\arlt-'S Falk (Yam ); J.
Sco tt Hi gh land (SlU); 4. Hnuy ~ (Hon); 5. M.. tt Nd!\OT1
Abbott rocks Rocky Point H&H
CARLSBAD, CA. DEC.17
The father -and-son duo of Alan and Tim Olson
wra p ped up the Racin g En terpri ses Ca rlsbad
MX season in winning fashion. as the pair won '
every moto in which they competed.
The eld er Olson, a long-tim e fixture in the
By Harvey Mus hman
SAN ANTONIO, IX. NOV. 20
Mike Patterson d idn 't let a minor setback • ncarIy burning his Hon d a CR125 Elsino re to the
gro und - hinder him from copping the AH RMA
So ut h weste rn Regional Cha mpionsh ip in the
30+ Nov ice class d uring the final race of the fall
series at Good times MX Park.
Nu me rous titles were on the line an d the
battles went down to the final motos. Mark Raybon looked as though he wo uld wra p up the 30+
Novice title when his arch rival and point leader
Pat terson 's Ho nda caug ht fire on the star ting
line w h ile waiti ng fo r the gate to d rop . The
machine blazed for at least 30 seconds, as everyone scat tered fearing for their lives. The sta rter
held up the event while Patterson d umped two
squa re ya rds of d irt on the bike . Altho ugh he
DNFed the first moto, Pallerson raced the slightly charned Hond a to a second-place finish in the
final moto and earned enough pointe; to take the
title.
The 40+ Novice class had Lawrence Lucia
and Bobby Guilbeau tied on points with Lucia
getting the overall based on more first-place finishes. Terry Gerber took six wins in six tries to
win the wom en 's title.
Th e 250cc Expert and 30+ Expert classes
wen t down to a last-more face-off bet ween Paul
Burnett and Rick Humphreys. Burnell won both
fir st motes, wh ich le ft th e titl e chase tied .
Whomever won the seco nd mot os would win
both titles. Humphreys du g deep to ward off the
pa in from last week's crash wounds and used
his Vin tage Husky-p repped 250CR to holeshot
both starts and lead wire to wire to wi n both
titles.
Res ~ - 125 NOV: I. B G ilbo:au (lion); 2. R. Dihre U (Kaw ); J. M. Pattl'non (H u n).
125 1NI' : I. P. BdlN (Ho n); 2. D .Cartt-'r( H on ).
125 EX: 1. P. Bu m e'!t (H o n ).
250 N OV : 1. B. Dibrell (Hun): 2. L Luci a (CZl; 3. P. Gru n dy
(Mon).
(Hon).
30+ EX: 1. R. Hum phn'Ys (H us ); 2. r . Burnett [Hon].
40 + NOV: 1. L . Luera (C Z) ; 2 . B. G uilbea u ( Hus ); 3 . P.
G ru ndy.
40+ INT : 1. G. wtlmore (CZ ); 2. B. Davi s (Yam );". R. Norris
(Su z) .
GP :.l . J. Ott (H on ).
WMN EX: 1. T. Gt:'rbl:r (Kaw ).
Fin al Stan di n /;S
125 NOV: I. B. G ui lht> u (Ho n ); 2. M. Patt ..rson (Hu n ); 3. M.
a
Undt-'rwood (Hun).
125 lNI': 1. P. BO!ird (Hun); 2. G . Slt'inbt-ck (H on ); 3. D. Cartl'r
(H o n) .
125 EX: 1. P. BUIIldt (Ht.lI'l).
2SO NOV: 1. L L.ucia (CZ); 2. P . Gru nd y (Mon ); 3. B. KoauC\'
(lion ).
250 1!'Io'T: 1. R. Mu rnoon (Pt'Tl); 2. P. Baird (Ya ml; 3. R. Norris
(SuL1
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2SOEX: 1. R. Hum ph n.')' s (H UlO);2. P. 8ulnt'rt (H nn ).
500 NOV: 1. D. J.trvis (Ka w); 2. K. McGfto (H u~); J. Q. Britt
(H us) .
sao lI'I.'T 1. G . Wi lmore. (CZ); 2. R. N om!>(Stu); J . S. U gon
:
(Hus).
0 /31.) l'o:OV : 1. M. PAltt-'nOn (H on); 2. M. Raybon (Pf'rl); 3. T.
Forgue CHon
).
0 /30 1l\'T : 1. R. Mu RllOl'1 (Pl'I1).
0 / 40 NOV; 1. L. Lu ci a (CZ); 2. B. Gui l~au (H us ); 3 . C.
Adams (Hus ).
0 / 40 Il\'T: 1. G . Wilmure (CZ ); 2. G . Stt'inbt-'ck (H an); 3 . J.
Taylor (Hon).
C P : 1. J. Ott (H o n ); 2 . R. Humph reys ( H u~ ); 3. M . lagaza
(H~ ~
By Seymour Bettys
Patterson blazes to
AHRMA Regional title
250 INT : 1. P. Bea rd (Yam).
250 EX: 1. R. H umph "-'Y~ (H us ); 2. P. Bum,'tt (H o n).
500 NOV: 1. D . J.lrv is (Su z); 2. Q. Brift (H us) .
SOO INT : 1. G. wilmore (CZ).
30+ N O V: I. R. Dibrell : 2. M . Raybon (p~n ); 3 . T . Porg ue
30+ BEG : 1. Victo r Ma yt"R!Z (Hun); 2. Jim BI.mlo.l-nship (Hon );
3. M.mny Dominquez III (Su.l); -I. Mi ke Felten (Ho n); 5. Tom Sid ·
d .l l (Suz) .
30+ J1'I'T: 1. Lol"l"fl Poch irowski (Hun); 2. Da vid Ivo ry (Hon);
3. Will y Haney (Suz).
35+ NOV : 1. Ty La r50n (Ho n ); 2. Cht1 Mollilo (H un ); 3. Gnos
Pd~l'I1 ( Hlln).
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3S+ (NT : 1. R.mdy Ski nne r (Suz ); 2. Carl Ga zafy (Hon ); J .
Ton y Pdr'Slll1S (Ka w) ; 4. Da v id Ivo ry ; 5. G.uy Dnm'!t (Hu n ).
40+ OPEN: I. Bnont Walli ng!lford (Ka w) ; 2. Randy Mi n ter
(Su z) ; J. Car l G.ll:a fy (H o n ); 4 . Bill Ca rr (Yam); 5. Ga ry Do AA
t'tt
(Hon).
Olson duo dominates
Carlsbad Motocross
S / S R: 1. Dam-II CaleS; 2. Gary jen se n (KTM ); 3. Don Bull
(Kaw ); J Prosser ()" M); 5. Dal Lan gham.
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WMN: 1. Kelly Y.lI naoy .
IJ\'T: 1. Tay lo r Y.lIn
ct·y (KlM); 2. N t'l l Cooddl (Hon); 3. Tim
Hoban (Hon); 4. Richolrd MilkoT (H on); 5. Bob Knapik (Kaw).
N O V: 1. Carlo uY.ll (Ka w) ; 2. Jim Co nnolly (KTM) ; J . Jim
Vestt·nl.tl (Hon); 4. Sam Robi nson (K.tw ); 5. Ct.lig 1WI1 (KolW).
SPTSM.\I : 1. John Birkett; 2. Dan ~amsnydt!r. 3. Robbie John§()f\Jr . (H on); 4. Tt.>n')' Fritz,
BEG: 1. Da vid Odom (Han) ; 2. D.1Vid McDonald; 3. Doug
McIJon.lld; 4 . Davi d l)a N>n.~ S. Ca rl Blodr. (Ya m) .
(M .l i).
WM.\1 EX I. T. Ge rber (Ka w ).
:
Brown, Fisher storm
Vancouver Short Track
By Clay Light
0 / A : I. Dt'!'itry Abbott (K;lW); 2. G wi n n Vaughn (Hon) ; 3 .
Todd Davi5 (Kaw); 4 . Matt Mu r p h y (H o n ); 5. Bry a n Brun i n ~
(Yam) .
PRO: 1. Dt-'stry Abbott (Kaw ); 2 Todd Da vi!l (Kaw); 3. Brya n
Bruning (Yam ); 4. Ga ry Wd b (Ho n).
EX: 1. Matt Mu rp hy (H o n ); 2. G ift H ag a n (Hon); 3 . Pa rri sh
TrAWl't"k;4 . Steve Richard.. (Ka w); 5. John Wol Il.'r (KTM) .
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SR PRO: I. G w in Va ugh n ; 2. W ill Munday ; 3 . Jim Ml;I()fe
(Hun).
SR EX.: 1. Kt"I1t N ichols (KTM); 2. Tom Sch m id (Hon); 3. Ba rt
JCe.1I~(KTM).
SR:1. Bob Cunnin gham; 2. Terry M l'lJ; J. Dav is Ma n ia; 4. JOt-'
Kohlbn.-chc.-r
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VANCO
UVER, WA, DEC. 11
Oregonians Beau Brown and Rex Fisher stormed
to impressive w ins in their classe s during the
sho rt tra ck ra cin g insid e th e confine s of the
Clark County Fairgrounds.
Bro wn, the winningest rider in the North·
we st of late, w on the 80 and 125cc A mains,
while Fish er flew to a win in th e Open Pro
finale.
With th e larg est tu rnout of riders in th e
series to date, qu alifiers were need ed to trim
seve ral classes to 10 for their respecti ve ma in
events, Such was the case in 80cc action. Brown
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