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presents Kalas remoun ted in 26th. Meanwhi le, Walters turned up the wick and zapped Naughton and Healey for third . Myers fell back in fro n t of Washougal Motocross Park Washougal, WashIngton Rasults: August 17, 1997 (Round 8 018) ~Idul ........ ~ASRQC7JDr , .~ . Second Annual AMA CaliFornia State Motocro!i!i Chal11pion!ihip October BWomficldf~suth.Harnn~,Gwnre and Koehn ha d larson. BinckIey, Shank and Drew in pursuit. Heal ey motored past Naughton on lap three, and the battle was definitely . n, with Myers wai ting in the wings. By then, Smail had put some d istance on faylor an d wo uld not be stopped. Wa lters again mounted an imp resive charge to catch Taylor on lap eight. As th e y rounded the flag a rea, th ey appeaned to be going flat out. Carving to the inside, Walters made an a ttempt to get under Taylor in the next Ieft-hander, Wa lters went high, then ducked .down th e inside for the ne xt straightaway., Taylor tried to stay to the inside, bu t Walters al ready ha d it pinned for the outside berm. Walt ers railed the berm an d powered past Taylor for the number-two spot. Taylor backed it d own a notch. as Walters never let up for a seco nd . Walters ke pt up his momentum a n d th um p ed away to a five-secon d ad vantage. With three la ps to go, Sma i! w as cruising in the lead . Walters was pushing to try to catch him, and Taylor was putting in a great showing for the BBR race team as he ran third. Naughton displaced Healey for fourth. Kalos was turning so me good la p times of his own. but Smail would corne a round a n d lap him by mo to' s en d . Kalos ended up the day with a disappointing 17th in moto two. . With two laps remaining. Myers also had some bad luck as his transmission failed, an d he pulled into the pits. The checkers flew for Smail, with Walters second, followed by Taylor. Naughton held off the advances of Healey. Bloomfield took his APECbacked K1M 620LC4 to sixth place and garnered seventh overall in the series. Gu rn ee crossed the line seventh, arguably not ba d for his first ride of the season. Hamness, too, rode to his best finish of the series, wi th an eighth. Drew w orked through the pack aboard his N orth County Yamaha / XM-Xole enba cked LC4 to nail ninth, which will a lso be hi s Nationa l n umber for n ext year. Hart took his Cliff's Cycle Center• backed K1M to 10th in mo to two, wpich netted him 11th overall on the day. 01 J AVA YAMAHA te; LAST CHANCE QUAUFIER SEPTEMBER 2 1, Ii. 19th. 1997 1 9 9 7~LEN HELEN RACEWAY, 909-880-3090 Win the prestigi.,us ~ 1991 A~A ~a~f?rnia . ... 7. . state.C pm ham n #1 Plate . C~~ON ,' ArM Ca/iforni. Everyone who raced t he qualifiers wi ll be eligib le for the 1997 AMA State Championship , which includes Championship Jackets, Trophies and Prizes over- $10,OOO!!!! "'... . . . . ~ - Qualifying Races for- the AMA Califor-nia State Motocross Champions hip Awards Laguna Seca Raceway April 19 & 20. 19 9 7 Hangtown Raceway May 3 . 19 9 7 Glen Helen Raceway May 9 & 10. 19 9 7 PI'O Purse 100% Payback 20"/0 Trophies PeeWee 1 0 0% Gle n He le n Raceway Sept . 2 1 , 1 9i 7 ~ 9~ Tro ph ies W in ne r recieves 2 t ickets to t he All Classes! 1998 AMA · . 50Occ, 250cc, 125cc, SOcc, 60cc, Vets , Seniors, Wome n. State . 12 5/ 2 5 0 N ationals Evolution , Vintage, PeeWee -, I I . =)1 '\,',\ '. ~' ·,v , :'\,' .\' \"\ I ~ ~.I\~ IIII'I -'-" ~ I ;"l't~~@J $ 10 per pe rson per day or $Gate Fees 1 5 for two days children 12 & under free Racers Entr-y Fees Pre- Entry: $50 for 2 days [po st marked by 10/3/971 P os t -Entry: $70 for 2 days P eeW ees: $ 1 5 per day .... --. OFF ICIAL MOTEL , AMA Membership req uired. All riders must race a q ualif ier 1 be eligible to race the AMA Ca lifornia 0 \Fil Stale Championship, October 18 & 19, 1997. at WMotcls Gl en H elen Raceway. 4-mol o race format. Riders must race bot h days to be eligible for prizes. ' 9 0 9 - 88 8- 48 27 M O T O t : u.nno Sm.U (KTM); 2. Shilun K . I~ (Hbg); 3. Rich Tark.- CHbK) 4. Sp ud W.Ilt"f1l (Hon), S. ; Sco tt Myu s (ATX); 6. Mi"k Ht'ak-y (Hon.); 7. Robert Naughton (Hbg) ; 8. Billy 8inckky (Kl"M); 9. Camr GW"I'IC."e' (Hbg); 10. Ben Shank (Hon); 11. Mike H.amncss (}ion); 12. Jason Norton (Hon); 13. Dustin Bloomfield (KThl); 14. HArt (KTM~ 15. Ileal &ron (Han~ 16. Mikel Larson (Hbg); 17. Chris DiMen CHon); 18. l ohn Ileal (Hoo); 19. Jim Heon (Hbg); 2ll. To'- Mwphy e.-'Y"'" (Han). MOTO 2: I. Uno. 5aWI (KTM); 2. Spud WAlton (H~); 3. R.k:h Tayloe (Han); (. Robert ~udlton (Hbg); 5. M;k Healey (Hoo); .. Duotin B1D<>- (JCT'M); 12. Billy Binck.Iry (lCTM); 13. ~aI Baron 14. Muk Kodm

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