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Blough, Maxwell, and Myerscough
took the win in the Vet Senior Expe rt
Am at eur division, foll owed b y lone
rider Doug Yarnell. Third place went to
the team known as the "Tu rkey Jerky
Boys," Ste ve Dalton , Brinn Ren shaw,
and Ron Clement, The lronman division
win we nt to Steve Anderson.
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Resul ts
EX AM : 1. Eric J, Wrisht/Donald Upton (So<); 2.
Brian Vargas I Andrew Ellis /Johnny Alexander (Yam l
Ka w); 3. Steve An derson (Hus); 4. John Belisle / Ma rk
Vand er Du ssen (H o n ); 5 . Paul Herman /Paul
Pitzonka/Tim Sharp(Hon/Suz).
VET SR EX AM : 1. Br ian My er scough /C had
Blough /B ob Maxwell (Su z /Hon ); 2. Doug Yarnell
(Ya m ); 3. Brian Renshaw /Ron Oeme nt /Steve Dal ton
(Ka w / H o n ); 4. Eri c Wolf /Errol Ru sty Cla rke /Ken
Tapert (Ka w ): 5. Tim McC urdle/ Rod Robertson (Hon).
NOV BEG: 1. Robert Stall cup/Cary Brown (Kaw ):
2 Mark Fishb urn / Mike Sandoval/Danny Port er (Yam);
3. Da vid Boyd /Pat Boyd (Hon); 4. Johnn y Jackson /
Brya n Ja r amill o /Greg La n ders (Ka w ); 5 . Sh awn
Howard / Tom Hayes (Kaw / Ho n).
VET SR N O V BEG : 1. Rick Pe te rso n yje ff
Bragia/Jeff Tes dahl (Yam); 2. Don Hutch inson /Paul
Bu rual / Colin Ryan (Su z) ; 3. C. }. Mau gen /Da nny
Smith /Brian Maugen (Kaw); 4. Ma rk Glcc k l/ Bria n
Allen /Mark Granberg (Kaw ); 5. Jim Edmiston /Jeff
Cru mp (Yam) .
BUS I N ES S : 1. T eam Le Bu s (Ho n/ Yam )'; 2.
Barnum's x -Country in Victorville (Han); 3. Pass Spo rts
Therapy (Kaw); 4. John Pindard /Kcnn y Miller /Mike
Ulrich (Hon); 5. David Rees /John Griffin / Ron Dug an
(5uz ).
FAM ILY: 1. Jason TrubeylDal Trubey /Dal Trubey
Jr. (Ka w); 2 Vincent Poblano/Robert Poblan o (Hon ); 3.
Anna Cody-Segale / AndySegale/Quinn Cody(Kaw); 4.
Larry Johnso n / Ma rk Savage (Yam); 5. Dan Creed /Jeff
Creed (H un) .
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(Left) John Thomson nabbed seco nd
overall In the Intermediate B class at the
VOTE OJ Trial . (Abo ve) Donald Upto n
(106) teamed with Eric Wright to wi n the
Six Hours of Glen Helen off -road race,
Wright, Upton
top Glen Helen
six-hour GP
By Robe rt Van Damme
SAN BERNARDINO, CA, APR. 9
r ie Wright and Donald Upton
teamed up together to take the overall win at the second annual Six
Hours of Glen Helen Grand Prix Team
Race at the Glen Helen OHV Park .
Approximately 90 teams participated
on a four -mile, wide-open course which
included both the motocross and vintage tracks. The Andrew Ellis/Brian
Vargas/Johnny Alexander team were
first away from the dead-engine, straddle-the-front-tire start and led down the
front straightaway. But it was a sho rtlived lead as Wright, who took the first
shift, passed Ellis within the first 10
minu tes of the race. Ellis was able to
keep Wright in sight on the next couple
of laps with ye t another formidable
team lur king not far behind .
Sta rting from th e second row and
entered in the Vet Senior expert amateur
class was defending champion Brian
Myerscoug h, who had tea med u p with
Chad Bloug h and Bob Maxwell. Myerscough was using his familiarity of the
course to make up significa nt gro un d on
the two leaders. Then when Wright and
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Ellis got caught up with lapped traffic,
Myerscough was able to.use that distrac tion to take over the lead at abou t
the 25-minute mark. Teams were usin g
different strategies on how long each
member would ride and wh en the first
set of rider changes were complete.
Upton retook the ov erall lead for the
next hour and a half.
High winds made it necessary to take
the first water break at the two -hour
'mark; at that time all riders were to line
up in rows of five at the end of the pit
row . When the watering was complete,
each row was waved back on to the
cou rse in five-second interva ls. Up ton
was still in the overall lead while Vargus had moved up to the second spot.
The FMF/Shock Therap y / MSR/ Bieffe /
Silkolene / Ora nge County Suzuki-sponsored Upton was having a difficult time
keeping a steady pace while trying to
get arou nd slower traffic. At the twohour and 45-minu te mark, a hard charging Mike Healey picked his way from
about the eigh th row, caught and passed
Vargus. On the next lap, Healey was
able to get by Upton . That woke up
Up ton because even though Healey's
team - which was running in the Business class - was down a coupl e of laps to
the leaders, Healey forced Upton to pick
up the pace and keep up.
"I wasn' t sure wh ere Healey was in
the standings," said Upton . "But it mad e
me faster when he did pass me, and
made me more aware of wh at kind of
spee ds I would have to maintain to win
this event."
The next lap saw Upt on sha do w ing
Healey in every turn, but he was not
able to get around Healey until Healey
pulled into the pits . After the final water
break, which came at about th e fourh ou r and IS- minu te mark, the Skip
Fordyce/ Axo /Pro Circuit/ Shaklee/
PJI-sponsored Wrigh t rode the final leg
to the finish line for the overall win .
The busi ness team division had a litli e d ra ma with a comeback for the
In la nd Wheel Ce n ter / LeBu s team of
Healey, Bryan Copyak, and Joe Zanetti
taking the win . They rallied from being
one lap d own at the second wat er break
to beat the team of Dave Manriquez,
Robert Barnum, and Terrance Malan·.
IRONMAN: 1. St ev e Anderson (H us); 2. Doug
Yarnell (Ya m); 3. Matt McBr id e (Ya m ); 4. Din a
Catuogno (Han ); 5. Kevin McAllister (Ka w) .
Anders wins OJ Trial
By Don n Maeda
SPA.'IlGLER HILLS, CA. APRIL 4
Fresh off a win at the previous month's Tecat e
Cup T ria l. Sa n Diego Trials Rid ers' Wayne
Anders kept his hot st reak goi ng by scoring a
solid win in the Intermediate B class at the Valley Ob serv ed Trials Enthusia st s-prom oted OJ
Trial, held in the Span gler OHV Area , just northeast of Mojave.
A sho rt fou r- mile lo op connected th e 10
well-laid-out secti on s, and most rid ers agreed
that the difficul ty levels were up to class. Rocks
wer e the orde r of the da y, as the desert locale
offered plenty of obs tacles for the 7S riders on
hand to entertain them selves on. like the slabs
in th e ever -p opular Lucerne Valle y area, the
rocks in Spangler Hills offered load s of traction.
Pantie-moun ted And ers star ted off his first
loop with several cleans, and had qu ite <1 la p
going un til he fived section six. He di dn't let his
mistake get to him, though, and recovered well
eno ug h to take on ly a han d ful of ones in the
remaining sections. Rick Cavataio wen t five-less
through his first loop, and en ded lap one tied
wi th Anders . Both riders had accumu lated a
me re 11 points. Bultaco Pa rts Obsolete's john
Thomson was close behind with 15, and may
hav e been even closer had it not been for a case
of the first-loop jitters.
Anders broke a wa y from Cavataio on the
second loop with a low class score of 10. Once
again, Anders fell victim to the sixth secti on,
giv ing awa y maximum points. Cavataio also
five d sec tio n six and ended th e lo op with a
who pping 22 po ints, but Thomson, meanwhile,
was ab le to prance thro ug h the tr icky section
with only a sing le dab. The Gas Gas jT35 rid er
accumu Jated o n ly 12 po in ts, a n d took over
second-place ,
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A tall, lanky rider, Anders' strength lies in
his ability to tum in cons isten t scores. Anders '
Ll-point final loop secured his second-consecutive win, while Thomson was close behind with
a 13-point loop. Anders' marg in of victory ove r
Thomso n was eigh t poin ts, 32-40. Cavataio was
third with SO,
Observed Tria ls Products' jared Malmquis t
was the only Expert class ride r on hand a t the
event, but that d idn 't stop him from giving each
section his very best . The de fending American
Trials Association Champion was impressiv e as
he scored 16 cleans and gave up only 27 points
while negotiating the most difficult sections of
the da y.
Results
NOV A: 1. Art Hall (24 po inlsl17 cll"l\n!!); 2. Gil Balliltor e
(2bIt 7).
NOV B: 1. R<1 n dy Moo re (30 poi nts/17 clt·..n !!); 2. JOt
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C.l1vataio (55 19); 3. Buck H("w:IOn ((f} 16); 4. P("
I("B.1brock (78 12); 5.
Jeff PI'U!Ia (9413).
SPTSMN A : 1. Georgl' P{'fU\ing lon ( 14 poi n ts l24 cleans) ; 2.
Jon .alh an Cr.ah