(Lett) Rick Doughty won the Master
500cc class at the Albany, Oregon,
round of the Evolutjon of Motocross
58ries.
(Above) Roy Miller styles to victory
during the 250cc A main st the Trail-Way
Short Track In Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Miller also won the 600cc A main.
The usually close, competitive 8Scc class had
an unusual runaway as Chris Klinefelter put his
Honda in front of jared Mees, Bryan Douglas
and Ray Lied. Nter a few laps, the spacing
stayed at about five yards between each rider,
which is quite a bit for this class, which is usually much closer.
One of the closest fina1s of the night was the
250cc B final, where Corey Hormes and Raun
Wood put some distance on Dave Smith, Aaron
Humphries and Bruce Miller. By the third lap,
Smith had taken a lonely third, while Robert
McWhorter moved up to a close battle for
fourth. For more than half of the race, Wood
stayed right behind lformes' HSH/ Hormes
Trucking/Rabbi Racing-sponsored Honda, but
in the late laps, Wood bobbled slightly, giving
Hormes a larger margin of victory.
Results
Casey, Doughty score
at Albany Evolution MX
By Clay Light
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building this type of a track with a flat piece of
ground. We had a great time, but frankly I'm a
~it surprised with the slim turnout we had.
Maybe the idea of it being a National intimidat-
ed some riders."
ALBANY, OR, JUNE I
Round four of the Evolution of Motocross Series
made a stop at the Albany Supercross track, in
conjunction with the AMA Western National
Four-Stroke Motocross Series. Picking up wins
in the two displacement classes were Oregon's
joe Casey, in the 250cc ranks, and Californian
Rick Doughty, winner in 500cc action.
Casey, who for many years has ridden this
track as an Over 30 Pro rider, used his familiarity
with the sand-lined, whoop-filled track to post 11 wins aboard his 1979 Honda CR25O. But it was
with a lillIe luck on his side that the Portland,
Oregon, resident took the win in moto one.
Another notable Oregonian, Grayson Hart, was
well on his way to a victory in the first moto
when he took a nasty tumble, allowing Casey to
sell1e into a lead all to himself. In the combined
moto, Maico-mounted Doughty, who had ran a
steady third behind the local duo, moved up a
spot with Hart's demise. Hart remounted and
began a steady charge to the front of the pack, but
threw a chain late in the moto and called it quits.
"It looks like it could be a swingarm problem," said a dejected Hart, who for the past severa) weeks had spent countless tedious hours
preparing the machine for the event. Casey,
though. had his Honda (which is one year older
than Hart's 1980 modell dialed in, and rode to a
slim margin of victory, ahead of Doughty and
fellow Maico rider David Mayreis.
Moto two saw Doughty put on a spirited
charge to lead the field but, by the completion of
a lap, Casey had sprinted past and snapped up
the lead to cap off a 1-1 sw"*'p of the 250cc class.
Doughty finished second, and came away a winner of the SOld class, Evan Baer in the 5Scc 0iIInjected class, and john Davis in the 55cc 7- to Byear-old class. Nick Henderson won the 65cc
feature, while Chris Klinefelter took an unusually easy 8Scc win.
Miller was first off the line in the 250cc A
final, with Haas, Rich Mellinger and Damian
Kocovinos battling for second. joe Zydinsky
quickly replaced Kocovinos, and slipped by
Mellinger for third on the fourth lap. With
Miller pulling away, Zydinsky and Haas closely
battled for the second spot, with Zydinsky taking the position off the second tum on the seventh lap and Haas retaking it down the back
straight on the final lap to secure the spot.
Slade ("(am); 4. Mike Brabtan (Hon); 5. Louis Zerwitz (Suz).
600 PRO: 1. Phil Ubhart (Rtx).
150 A:. 1. Brian Eckhart (TrO; 2. NiICk Tayim' ("(am).
<0>, I. Mil« I«ane (Hbs).
Hofmeister cashes
in at OTHG Motocross
By Chris Sanchlrico
PERRIS, CA, JUNE 8
Craig Hofmeister went 2-1 to win the hotly cOntested Pro dass at the Over The Hill Gang
motocross held at Perris raceway in California.
More than 160 riders came out to race - and the
Pros were especially eager, shooting for the 300percent Pro payback provided by the club.
Pro moto-one action saw Steve Piatonni
grab the lead on his RM, followed by CRmounted Hofmeister, Mark johnson and jim
Henn. Piatonni was ·able to stretch out a comfortable lead early in the race, as Southland
Suzuki's johnson and Pro Valve-backed Henn
were entrenched in an awesome battle for
third. Piatonni went down in a corner and
remounted in last place, handing the lead to
Hofmeister. Henn then followed johnson off of
the large double to take over second place in
the next corner. Henn, who had the confidence
to consistently do the double jump, reeled in
Hofmeister to challenge him for the lead. Henn
and Hofmeister went back and forth during the
final two laps before Henn was able to jump
the double - and Hofmeister - to take the lead
for good on the last lap. It was Henn first to the
checkers, followed by Hofmeister, and a late
pass by David Sarian on johnson gave him
third place.
Hofmeister was able to elbow his way into
the lead of the second moto and pull aV!ay as a
war raged behind him. Sarian took control of
second on his KX and also went unchallenged to
the finish. johnson and Henn would meet again
in moto two, but first they had to get by a newcomer to the Pro class, Tony Rodriguez.
Rodriguez rode an incredible race, and was able
to hold off first-moto winner Henn for five laps.
On lap two, johnson made an aggressive pass
on Henn to claim fourth, and then passed
Rodriguez for third. Henn had his hands full
trying to pass Rodriguez, and knew that he
needed to catch the leaders to win the overall.
Henn eventually got around Rodriguez and set
out after johnson. As Henn made his move on
johnson, the two came together over the tabletop without incident, and Henn was able to
make the pass stick for third. Henn ran out of
time as the moto came to a dose, and had to settle for third behind Sarian and Hofmeister.
Results
PRO: 1. Cnig Hol:meister, 2. Jim Henn; 3. D.vuI Suiu; "MArk }ohn!oa.; 5. Tony Rodriguez..
38+ EX: 1. Guy Schedler; 2. ~ 1Cmt; 3. Rob Von Sc:hnetdau; 4. Greg Green; 5. Rich Winker:.
EX: 1. Brian Allen; 2. Murk Srandumier; 3. Scott Buser; 4.
Rose' Hays; S. MMk lohnoon.
38+ [NT: 1. Roland Bailey; 2. Xerl Tapert 3. Ride ~ 4.
Greg Whitfield; 5. Marty Westerman.
INT: 1. Phil Means; 2. Dennis Vomdnn.; 3. Dove Rodriguez;
4. David Pfeifer; 5. T'lm McEnk.oe
38+ NOV: 1. John CrashurTon; 2. David Stephens; 3. Rick
Carr; 4. Gary Joda; 5. Vince Gonzales.
NOV 1: 1. Jim Roth; 2. David Ward; 3. Steve Jacbon; 4. Cliff
Jmnings; 5. Blake Kaochcr.
NOV 2: 1. Mark Jones; 2. Roy Dinld; 3. Bruce Cradwell; 4.
Johnson Jackson; 5. David Alan.
38+ BEC: 1. Larry umpbell; 2. Doug Stephe.n.; 3. Tracy
Dean Townsend.
BEG: 1. Rob Dunlan; 2. Ray Valenzuela; 3.. Kirby Smith; 4.
Screeton; 4.
John Md:avroll; 5. Steve Latham.
SUP 1: 1. Brett Milan; 2. M.,rk JohMan 3; Phil Means; 4. Rob
Townky;5. Dave ~ez.
SUP 2: 1. Mike Gibson; 2. Broc Kmhenhjhl; 3. Gary Scheidler;
4. Jim Doret: 5. Kevin Banning.
Wood gets the
Big Boot Enduro win
By Tony Lucchesi
BIG LAGOON, CA, MAY 25
Vel-elass racer David Wood was the overall winner at the District 36 Big Boot Enduro. Woods
matched 250cc A-class rider Craig Wesner on
the day, but better scores on the tie breakers
gave Wood the win. Vet rider Dave Froman was
third overall, followed by Brian Butler and 200cc
A-class winner Sam Buffa.
The 120 riders who signed up were treated to
near-perfect conditions, with temperatures in the
mid~. Trail conditions ranged from deep loam
to the infamous Big Lagoon green-slime clay.
Riders who woke up ready to race were
rewarded with a 23.7-mile-long special test right
from the start that, for all intents and purposes,
would ultimately decide the outcome of the
event.
After a check-in at 32 miles that 10 A riders
. burned, the competitors were treated to a 6-mile
test on virgin trail through the dense trees. The
top four riders aU carded four-point scores at
check two, located at the 9.3-mile mark.
After a reset, the test continued with a mixture of tight trail and more open, high-eJevation
terrain. Check three, at 28.7 miles, was a tie
breaker, with Wood's 2:48 topping Wesner's
3:12; Froman's 3:13; and Butler's 3:14.
After an easy ride into a gas stop, the next
check to take poin ts from the top rid ers was
check six, with Wesner being the only one of the
top four riders to zero the check; the other three
dropped one point each.
This section was followed with two timekeeping checks. just when the riders may have
been thinking the fun was over, though, they
were treated to their second trip of the day
down the infamous "Ray and Rod" trail.
