EVENTS
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CMC Pac-West N
ational MX Series, Rounds 3 &4, TrulsonM
XPark
dall pressed on and took the lead com ing d own the hill in to the woods on lap
two. Deitz trailed in second, wit h Peters,
Zack Storey and Hale in tow .
The bat tle for the win wen t down to
the wire, wit h Deitz wr estling the lead
away on the last lap . Cross ing the finish
in third was Ha ls, followed by Peters .
Ano ther full class of 125cc Beginners
rallied throu gh their q ualifiers to start a
3D-man gate for the main. Travis Rigert
led the field early on, over Ryan Sibley ,
N e il He is ta nd, Wa yne Mann in g a nd
Brand on Shepherd .
(Left) Pro rider Rick Ryan didn't let the
muddy conditions at Trulson MX Park in
Wash in gto n bother him one bit. as he left
$4000 r ich er afte r a bunch 01 wins.
(Bel o w) The 125cc Juni or clas s wrestles
th ro ug h the mud at Tru lso n.
(Su:,d; 3. RY Sih ley (SU7.); 4. Tra vis Rigert (Ya m); 5.
ein
c..uwtt DeVol (Ka w l.
125 Jll; 1. Jod y Deitz (J Nayes (Honj: 4. Larry Wolt
U .);
o-Inn); 5. Davi d Herron (Kawl,
250 JR: I. Stev e Sawyer (Ha n ); 2. Jo h n Mc us ling
(Suz l; 3. Kevin Schere r (Ho n l; 4, Steve EliL'I'S (Yam); 5.
Ryan Paull in (J<..lw) .
250 !N T: I. Brent Wu rz (Suz) ; 2. Travis Cage (5o z);
3. Pa u l Co n ne r (Yam); 4, Derek Mah one y (Su z); 5.
Wesle y Parke r (Suz.),
250 PR O : 1. Jim m y LaMastu s (Suz); 2. C h a u n
McA li st e r (Suz); 3. Shawn Wa r ing (Kaw): 4 . Brad
Hagseth (Yam ); 5. Rick Ryam (SUl. .
)
.);
UTH AM: 1. Tod d Hlud ers (SU7 2. Kurt Ca nno n
(Kaw); 3. SI"w Rt"Sktd (Kaw) ; 4. Phillip Taylor (Hon); 5.
Richa rd Stu nt> (J Inn).
UTlI fR O: 1. Rick Ryan (Suz l; 2 Da n Moore (Yam);
3. Cha u n McAlister (SuzJ ; 4. Mark Obcrding (Kaw); 5.
J.I<. Meuslm'g (Suz) .
VET JR : I. Joe Ma lich (Ha n); 2. Llo yd Swin ney
(H a n); 3. Brian Granberg (Kaw ); 4. Ron Pease (Suz); 5.
Mark Hoffman (Kaw ).
By Don Schneide r
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ONALASKA, WA,jUNE21-22
ick Rya n bla s ted thro u gh the
mud to win seve n of eigh t Proclass motos at rounds three and
four of the 12th annua l CMC Pac-West
National Motocross Series, held at Trulson MX Park in Washington .
"You know, it doesn't matter," Ryan
said of the wet condi tions. "Motocross is
run rain , snow, hail or, pre ferably, sunsh ine . Th e rid ers ha ve th eir choice to
race or not. There s hou ld be no complaining. "
The Pacific Northwest show ed its liquid suns hine as storms engu lfed the twoday weekend festivities with 3 1/2 inches
of rain . Promoters Ernie and [enelle Trul so n were certa inly s ha ken by Mother
Nature, but 435 riders still smiled as they
muscled their machines around the natura l hilly terrain.
On Saturday, the 250cc Pro class was
won by Suzuki-mounted Jimmy LaMasrus, Yet another Suzuki -mounted rider,
Chaun McAlist er , pull ed his pat ented
ho les h ot, and h e h eld the lead ove r
LaMastus, Brad Ha gseth, Sha wn Waring
and Ryan early on .
McAli st er lat er said, "Thi s is not a
spo rt for pansies. It's the tou gh est spo rt
in the wo rld . 1 despise those wh o have
compla in e d to the re fere e (M a r k
Straighten) and organizer (janice McAlister ) abo ut so me of the motos today.
We all are doing ou r best to keep on the
laid -out course, bu t sometimes you get
ou t of shape and have to divert a little as long as you d on't better your positio n, and re-ent er th e track as soon as
possible. They couldn' t do any better."
McAlist er was pa ss ed by LaMas tus
for the lead on lap two . LaM astus then
went u nscat hed , pulling a 10-plus-seco nd cushion a t th e finis h. McA lis ter
held th e runner-up spot comfortab ly,
w ith Warin g s urpassi ng Ha gseth fo r
th ird . Ryan had a ha rd go of it a nd
rounded out the top five.
Trulson Motocross Tra ck, bei ng the
newest of th e No r th wes t m otocr oss
tracks, was su rely a new experience for
Rvan - and he lea rned it well. He then
se t ou t to win si x m ot os in a r o w ,
includ ing the 12Scc, Over The Hill and
Vet Pro classes on Saturd ay.
Then he followe d those up with the
sa me scena rio, adding the 250cc Pr o on
Sun day. For a rider who had never ridde n the track before, it was like money
in the ban k: With the contingency from
Su z uki a n d the r egula r Pro p a yo u t,
Ryan pock eted a little more than $4000
for the two-d ay event .
The s tarts were v ery importan t th is
weeken d, and every rid er fought hard
for it, especially in the 125cc Junior class.
After the qualifiers were completed , the
class was read y for a main event. Series
overall leader Steve Sullivan gated perfectly, wi th Todd Blanchard, Tyson lindeman, Alan Peters, Andv Sandall and
Team Select Jody Deitz ali in close pursu it.
Peters was lookin g like the track con di tio n s s u ited him jus t fi ne, a s he
motored into the lead by half a lap after
Sullivan took a majo r soil sa mp le. Sulliva n's cha nces for the win we re evident
as he shook his head and rod e up to the
tower to awai t the finish .
After lap one, Blan chard held down
second , wi th Sandall, Deitz, Ben Hal s
and oh n Meuslin in the to five. San·
Sibley looked very strong and took
the lead on lap two. Manning was slippi ng ever so close, thou gh , as he looked
for good lines. Heistand held third , wi th
Rigert, Richard Sipp Jr. and Nick Wachler in the top five.
Garrett DeVol must have foun d som e
of th ose sim ilar faster lines , too. After
starting at mid pack, DeVol had worked
up to sixth halfway into lap three of the
four -lap race.
Manni ng took his Suzuki pa st Sibley
while heading in to lap three, a nd he
held tha t spo t to the checkers . Heis tand
also go t the better of Sibley on the last
lap for second place. Rigert crossed the
line just up on the freight trai n of DeVol,
Bria n Fitch, Wac hler, Brandon Sh epherd, Ken Lindhorat and Vic Griel.
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Trulson MX Park
Onalaska, Washinglon
Results: June 21-22,1997
5.ltu rd.ly
80 (7· 11t: 1. Brandon Layton (Yam); 2. Todd Nelson
(Su d ; 4. D. ITtli Stidh.m
(Hon ); 5. Kf"VI n BuTT (Hon).
2SO JR: 1. John Mf'u sling (Su z ); 2 Steve sawyer
(Ha n); 3. Kt-vi.n Sc:hcrer (Hon): 4. Iasce Cross ()(a w ); 5.
Chris Mulh nncy (Ka w ).
2SO !NT: I. Brent Wurz
