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and, ahead of Carter, Chase and a disappointed Hurst.
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(Left) Randy
Wing (7) topped
the Over 40 Pro
class., wh ile Dan
Filch (67)
topped the Over
40 Amateur
class both days
at the CMC PacWest Series
round at Yakima
Meadows
Motorplex In
Washingto n.
(Below) Corey
Bauder (120)
topped
Saturday's
125cc Pro bo ut.
By Don Schneider
YAKL\IA, WA,JUNE28-29
fter two full days of racing, Dan
Fitch rode his Suz u ki RM250 to
three out of four mota wins to
ga rner both days' ove ra lls in
the Over 40 Ama teur class at the CMC
Pac-W est MX Series, which made it s
stop at Yakima Mead ows Motorplex.
More than 500 rid ers turned out for
rounds five a nd six of th e Pac -W est
Series, but it was Fitch w ho was one of
the more success ful riders of the weekend .
In moto o ne o n Saturday, Fitch
grabbed the ea rly lea d ahead of Tom
Jesme r, Osca r Shee ts and Steve Mahre.
However, Fitch' s lead di d not last long,
as Jesmer ja m m e d into the lead
halfway into lap two and held off Fitch
to the chec kers. David Overacker battled up to third on lap two, motoring
ahead of Ma hre and Sheets to the finish line.
Mot o two was a ru n-a nd -h ide win
for Fitch and, as a result, he was rewarded with the overall victory. Mean while,
fir st -m ota wi nner Jesmer co u ld n ot
repe at his first-moto ride but d id take
second, crossing the finish line some 10
seconds back . He was all alone in the
second -p lace p osit ion, as he fin ished
w ell ahead of Overacker, Sheet s, Dean
Biddle, J.R. Meuslin g and Dan Trammell, a group o f r ide rs that b a tt led
fiercely throu ghout the mota .
The Over 40 Master class wa s blitzed
by Randy Wing. He went unscathed and
took fou r ru naway mota wins on both
days aboard his KX25O.
On Saturday, Wing exited the turnone ro ll er a few feet ahea d of Mike
Perry, Chet Malito, Gary Doggett, Tim
Sullivan and Bob Meadows. Then Wing
turned up the wick and completely d evas tated the field by cro ssing the checkers some 15 second s ahea d of the competition.
Malito fought hard and passed Perry
on lap two for second, which he held to
the checke rs.
The real figh t was fo r fo u rt h,
bet ween Sullivan and Doggett. They
waged war and passed each other four
times durin g the five-lap race, with Sullivan prevailing.
In moto two, it was a familiar sight
as the pack exited tu rn one. Wing had
h is bike raging ou t in front agai n ,
while Perry held second with Sulli van ,
Doggett an d Meadows in tow. Wing
d id his disappearing ac t one mor e time
and , by lap three and despite goin g off
the track, no one could close the gap
o n him - not ev en Perry . Th e moto
drew to a close wi th riders fend ing off
cha llenges to thei r res pective po sitions.
Eri c Willia ms rod e hi s Kawasaki
KX125 to the 12Sec Intermediate-class
wins on both days after pu ttin g togeth er
four perfect motos.
Th e sta r t of mot o one belonged to
Russell Chase. He was followed closely
b y Mik e St orm, Derek Mah on ey ,
W ill iams a n d Micha el Lan kh a ar.
Williams set his sights on the lead posilion and p icked off the fro nt-ru nners
one by one; by the halfway point, he
was leading the field .
Travis Gage, who ha d sla rted ou t of
the top 10, freight-trained it up to sec ond , and the spe ed ing d uo of Williams
a n d Gage p ulled clear of the battles
going on behind them.
Jesse Hurst, who started in sixth, had
moved up to challenge Storm for third
and eventually passed him. Hurst made
that pass stick on lap four and held it to
the finish.
At the checkers, it was Williams and
Gage crossing the finis h line 1-2, followed by Hurst, Storm and Mike Corder.
In mota tw o, Ch ase na iled a clea n
h olesh ot. Williams tu ck ed in beh ind
h im , foll ow ed by Corder, H u rst a nd
Lankhaa r. Williams moved in for th e
kill o n la p three and took the le ad
fro m Hu rst , who th en fo llowed
Williams.
Chase, meanwhile, had a toug h time
holdi ng off Ga rhett Ca r te r, w ho had
moved in to fourth. Ca rter soo n got his
wa y and claimed th ird all to hi mself,
with Chase settling for fourth.
Mahoney was also on the prowl and
had worked up from an ei ghth-place
start to hold fifth by the white-flag lap .
On th e last la p, th ing s go t a little
crazy for Hu rst, who was holding down
second p lace. He had ma d e a bobble
tha t caused a bottleneck and, as he sorte d h im self ou t, h e w atch ed Carter,
Chase and Mahoney motor past. At the
checkers, it was Williams all alone for
the win. Mahoney made a last-lap, allor-nothing charge and moved int o sec-
Yakima Meadows Motorplex
Yakima, Wash ington
Results: June 28-29
PIW (4-6) : 1. Ca m e ro n Smith (Cob); 2. Mich ..",,1
Schmeck (KTM); 3. Chri~ Ho lwrth ( KT M) ; ... Nid.
Schmidt ( Lrm).
PIW STK 17-8): 1. Ray Valdez Jr. (KTM I; Z. 8ftrie
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