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Fiscel began to pull away from the swarm as
many riders swapped spots in each tum. Early
runner-up Bland saw his position slip to third
on lap thJl'O as Blythe got by on the inside down
the front stretch. Fike and Jim Forington
swapped fourth and fifth for six laps until Fike
took control. When the flag fell on the final lap,
it was Fiscel first followed by Blythe, Bland, Fike
and Jim Forington.
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"It was incredible out there," Fike said later.
"No one was giving an inch. 1 held down every
position out there at one time or another except
first."
'Results
250 AM: 1. Bob Snydet'i 2. Randy Hale; 3. Roy Haines; 4. Bill
Cuinn;5. Peter Henry.
600 AM: I. lac Donald; 2. Roy
H.j~;
J. J.e. Clark; 4. Rip
Raygor; 5. Mike Zbrozek.
OPEN TW AM: 1. Doug Stewart; 2. Ron Stone; 3. Mike
Zbrozek; 4. Fred Schritt; S. Tom Laird.
600 PRO: 1. Bill Huff, 2. Bill Anderson; 3. Johnny Isaacs; 4.
John Fike; 5. Robin Russell.
OPEN PRO TW: I. Ricky rlscel; 2. Mickey Blythe; 3. Eric
Bland; 4. John Fike; S. Jim Foringlon.
MSTR PRO: l,]ohn Fike; 2.]ohn Varbel; 3. Bill Burr; 4. Gerald
Jess.up.
SR: 1. Bill Snyder; 2. Doug Stewart; 3.].C. Clark; 4,. Tommy
Key; 5. Duane PelCT8CT\,
250 PRO: 1. Bill Snyder; 2. David 191ey; 3. Eddie Baldizan.
Forsberg flies at Argyll MX
By Mike Vancil
DIXON, CA, SEPT. 8
Robb Forsberg wasted no time demonstrating
dominance of the Vet Pro class at Argyll Cycle
Park.
The Honda-mounted rider turned impressive tap times from early-morning practice
through his final lap in the second moto. Starting in front of the gate assured the Vet Pros of
minimal handlebar tangles in the race for the
first tum. On the white-flag lap of the second
moto, Forsberg could not restrain his enuthusiasm and almost pulled off a full heel-clicker in
front of a bleacher full of race fans. Emmet
Ramirez kept after him in every lap, but he
seemingly could do nothing to catch up and
ended up with a pair of close runner-up
finishes.
The Vet Novices were he.ld at the line until
the Pros were well under way. When they did
finally start, the action was spectacular and the
winner was not decided until the last lap of the
second moto. Great dicing between CR-mounted
Phil Rose and KTM rider Tim Weberling was
worth the price of admission.
Rose came from third place in moto one to
take the lead and hung on for the full nine laps
on the very demanding course. Finishing behind
him were two KTM riders having a war of their
own. Weberling finally bested fellow Oakley,
California, rider Mike Taylor at the flag.
In the second Moto, Rose could not put
together any of the magic of his first ride, and
Weberling motored away to win by a big margin,
over John Moore on a KX. Moore looked the
worse for wear, as he had been roosted to the
point that he and his machine looked like little
more than a big mud ball. Taylor's third-place
finish in mota two earned him third overall,
while the win in moto two vaulted Webeding to
the overall victory. The struggling Rose finished
a lowly fifth in moto two and this dropped him
to fourth place overall.
Moore was unoffidally the iron man of the
day in that he rode two classes in 9O-degree-plus
weather and each mota was a nine-lap event.
His efforts in the 2SOcc Novice class were somewhat overshadowed by runaway winner Mark
Woolsey on his YZ, but Moore was able to keep
his KX right behind in both motos for a clear-rut
second place in the class.
The deep berms and tricky wet spots add
greatly to the difficulty in riding corppetitively
for 36 total laps on a course that is approximately a mile and a half per lap. Moore went away
tired., but carried his two seond-ptace trophies
very high.
Results
P/W 50: 1. Aaren Makinen (KTM); 2. J.D. Moore (KTM); 3.
Garrett Hector (Yam); 4. Mary Anna Ayers (Yam); 5. Carrett
Adams (KTM).
MIN.I 60: 1, Mike Stone (Kaw); 2. Greg Walther (Kaw); 3, Kyle
Mickelson (!