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(Above) Billy Schroeder s neaks a peek at t he compet it ion en route to his win In t he 125cc
Expert class at Nebraska's Wh ite sands Raceway.
(Right ) Dallas Nyblod (2) had a good day, winning the 250cc Expert, Over 30 Ex pert and
Grand Prix classes at the Vintage Motocross held in McC leary, Washington.
JO+ C: I. David Tudr.ft' (Suz): 2. Muir. Hu n~~er &al; J .
Ron.ld W~'Yt'1' IV.ml; 4. Troy Bunl"h (S" d ; 5. c... y 8oIifld",
r
IKTM).
35+ ; I. lod Nicky B.r.....r (Su,z); 2. StrvlMl Ww''' (Yam): J.
Thom.. Pnkl'" tSuz l; .. c...,. M.do:. Jr. ( Han); S. Car! JftlIuns
t50W.
010+ 1. Strvrn '--1lI (Yam); 2. C"'...uy B.I~ (KTM l; 3.J..hnny
:
Gib.un Oion);" Carl ~kiM d la te in the mo to. Th i!l allowt'd Fa y, who
wa s nf.."Vcr far be hi nd , to ta ke the lead a nd the
125cc win, a head of Nyb lod., who recov ered to
salvage ~nd overall 0 -2) ahead of Pu gh . Fish
netted the Open win ahead of Husky rider Dirk
Murphy.
Ny blod capturOO both of the 250« Expe rt
mo to s , w h ich ran co m bi n t>d wit h the Open
Am.1teu rs , beating Fa y' s 1975 Husqvama and
tht!o Y.u naha YZ of Jim Nob le for the honor. Fay
and NOble spent most of both mot os battling for
second to Nyblod, whi ch wen t to Fay in both
mot os as he grabbed second overall.
C2-mounted Kenn y Brynn took the measure
of t he Ope-n Am a teur cla s'i. Brynn, howE-ve r,
mi ssed the st a rt o f th e fir st moto bu t fo rged
through tra ffic to m.tke up for wha t was nearly a
half-a-Iap d eficit , tak in g second beh in d Ken
McCorkle. Brynn bt:sted the fieJd of Amatcun in
moto tw o after a much-improved. sta rt for hi s
first of Cwo overall wimi . (He later cam e back to
win the Over 40 Amateur cia. "-)
Maico rider Dale Hod son was ...."inner of th e
Op!n ~ t Vinta gl" class, wh k h was open to
mac h ine ry from 1975 through 1980 . Hodson
won both rnoCus, holding undt."T incred.ibJe pre;.su re fro m Yamaha TfSOO rider Tom Shea rd ,
who was second overa ll with 2·2 s how in gs .
Sheard beat LaFaye McCa rver and his mon."Iter
500cc Hond.1-powen"li machine, who end ed u p
third overall. Jona than Stuart and Randy Bro wn
were winners of the 250 and 125cc Alm os t Vintage classe>, I"\$ptc'ctively.
N yblod capped off a tri ple class decima tion
after hi s w in in th e final race of th e da y - the
Gra nd Prix, where he bea t Sheard , Chris topher
James and CZ rider Neil Giertsen.
Resu lts
125 AM : I. HarT}' Taykw; 2. MArt< I.-tft; 3. Colby Cam~
.. )rff AnlWno; ""
125 EX: I . Macky Fay; 2. DIIllM NybIod; 3. kff Pup.
250 Mt 1. lYndy Brown; 2. TudJ B.adh.un; 3. ~ Row;".
CCldy Murphy . •
250 EX: I . o.n.. Nybllld .2. Mid•...,. Fay; 3. 1Im N.oblr
.
:IH-: 1. ~ ~ 2. Jdf I'\I~ 3. Tod d a.dham; ...
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300. EX: I . DaIlaa N~ 2. Ron Ad\; 3. Neil Cinuen.
..n.. ,.W.1. Ko-nny !Ifytm; 2. Krn
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M<.CDl"
klr.
EX: I. Dirk Mu.tphy.
50+ AM. 1. o.w Row ; 2. Ron~.
50+ EX: I . Jon NobW
.
600.AM: 1. fIob Smith,; 2. T I· Undo125 " ·VlNT: I. Rand y &n.wn.2. Mik T..ylur .
2SOA-VINT : 1.}onStuart; 2. ptWip Krnabon; 3. Bud Robcrb.
OPEl'\; A-VlNT: I . Oaloe H~ 2. Tom ~ J. l..U'a~
~ "Tmr""'R>&.
.... T1l.K A·VI!'I. .: I. L.F.~ McCtn't't".
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OI'EN AM. I . Knlny Brynn; 2. ~ Row ; 3. Tom Siwud; 4.
0f"L"" EX.: 1.lon.
~- FWI; 2. Dtn. Murphy
.... TRK EX: 1 . ("
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PRE UNTT: I. Alan ~ 2. Ron
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J. Myron John-
rRE-1 1OAM: I. &tk Giornwft
rR.E-11OEX: 1. Au .. M.IlQ'; 2.C,"" Burr-e.
GP: I. o.u.. Nybl ud . 2. Tom Sktu'd; 3. ChriatophtT J,1rneJ; 4.
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though , loo king for a 'way a round the speed y
Schroeder. Watts' pa tience paid off on lap four,
when Schroeder stalled his Suzuki in a tight , ruttoo left-handed tum.
" I ca n ' t be li eve I s tal le d it, " Sc h roeder
e xclaimed. "I covered the insi de like you're-su pposed to a nd a mental error cost m e the race.
That' s rating, I guess."
Wa tts rod e fla wl essly to the end, winning
th e m oto, bu t SChroeder was a ble to remoun t
a nd h o ld o n to se con d , ahea d o f Del oz ier .
Schroeder's 1-2 gave him th e overall wi n , followed by Delozier (2·3). Watts wound up third
with a DNF·1, w h ile Bill Ho ld in g ( ~) and
Bra ndo n Swa d ley (5-5) rounded out th e to p
five.
Results
50 (U): 1. """" Mo...... (lCT
Ml; 2- Iltt hn"l Kli.... OCT'M>; J
Riky Brod.ont-.. ( ICTM).
50 (7-3): I. Ricky Dr. pn (KTM); 2. J _ Stftyc 1l.cD'l1; 3.
Karia TW'J"tt ( KTM).
flO: 1. en« Royw (Kaw ): 2. TIm a~ (Kaw); 3. Andffw
1.ongCke.r.. fm; t, follo wed by
Delozier. A late pa ss .by Pa ul's Yamaha /Shift ~
s pon so red Tod.d Ramsey e arn~d h im third,
a head of a fad ing Ferrin. .
Moto tw o sa w a near ~at of the moto-one
hol eshot, b ut th is lime Sc hrOt"dE'r ca m e o u l
ahead of his friend ly rival Watts. The pai r set a
m uc h fas ter pa ce than in the pr ev iou s malo ,
quickly getting away fro m the pa ck. This time it
w a s Wa tt s who was doing the follo w ing ,
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hot (Sou).
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125 EX: 1. Billy ~hl'\>l..J" (Su,z); 2. N ick O,·luzM.'T ()(aw); 3.
Gra n t Wa lm (Yam ); 4 . Bill Jlold ln R (Suz) ; 5. Bra ndon SWlodlt' y
OIon).
2.'iO NOV : 1. J.11 r..tch m (Suz); 2. J~ 1l.-nJ.or:. .. (HUlll; 3.
.
StC"V-e Mo rt ........ n IKaw) ; ... J..hn Andenon (Suz ); S. Earl J u~tus
(s.u).
.
250 INT : 1. Oon Bolt.. (IC.w); 2 . R.-ndy Toy (Ho n ); 3 . Jun
Hum: a-tun).
250/OrEN AM: 1. BNn r au bm Ulon); 2. Randy Toy Q-Ion);
J . Jdl Pald.. n (Suzl; 4. !:ri c ~~ (Koa S. Mont.. [)or,('hn
w);
IH.. n l.
2SO EX: I . N itir. OPkvifor Uc..wl ; 2. J..tf Frnin (Ka w );.1 . Brandun Sw..JI,." Oiun).
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O PEN O UTLA W: 1. Ni dI. Dt·lo.z;C"I" ( K.a w); 2. Jeft FC'TIi
( tc.w); 3. C r...,1 Wa n. (Yarn); 4. Bill y Schro«ift'" Kawa sa ki. More
than 675 riders from 10 states. Brazil and Panama com prled on this very hot d ay of racing in
the Rorida sun for Suzuki a nd Yamaha con tin-
gencies.
In the finlt Pro-divisl0n mot o, Jason Thoma ~
led the l3-rid er field into tum one, with Jarrett
Tipping, Ronni ", R.en ner, Carmichael an d Rud y
n
Waller followin g. By the en d of the ope ing circuit, Ca rm ichae l had m oved int o the lead a nd
begun to pull away. Adam Rake passed Wa Der
on the second lap for fifth as Carmichael continued. to pull away . Ca rmichael held o n for th e
win, with Th omas, Tip pi ng, Ren ner a nd Rake
rou nding out the top five.
Moto tw o sa w CarmichaeJ pick up where he
left off in th e firat m er, wi th Thomas, Tipping,
Rake and Brazilian pi lot Davi d Sted ile in pursuit. Ca rmicha e 1 onoo again chec ked ou t fro m
th e co m pe tition a n d ea sHy w on t h e m o to .
Thomas, Tipping, Rake and Darren McElhatten,
who made a late charge up to fifth. rounded ou t
the top five .
Ca rmichael later returned to win both 125cc
A m o tos, over T homa s , Ti ppi ng, And rew
D6pain and Strdile_
Som e o f the day' s best ra cing w as in the
12Sec Youth class, with Matt Walk er , Aaron
Lindsey, Tyson Ha dsell and ).B. Ballard battling
heavily in both metes - with Walk~r winning
both. In the opening mot e, Walker led hom start
to finish. Race tw o sa w Walker start about sixth
a nd work his wa y in to the lead on the fina l lap,
pas sing Lindsey. Hond a of Tro y's Wal ker was
th e only one in his c1As.':"1 jumping the elevator
jump.
Earl Ma y a nd Rya n Davis we re the other
d ou ble class wi n ners. Tea m Green's Ma y won
the Over 25 a nd Over JO d ivisions, whil e Davis,
backed by HSKS of Ocala, won the 85cc 04-15l
and Super Mini clas ses .
Res u lts
P/W (oWl): I . 8nod 8"lhn .u, (Cob); 2. Althri)' Vom (Co b); J
C" llull ~t.y",. rd (Cubl; 4. Jdf F.n:M- (Cubl;5. JIIl\hOI,II.r (Cubl.
.
P/W (7-t1 1. T.I. Rhondli It -ob); 2. Kyle Kcyino (Cob); 3.
):
RIcky R""""", (Act); 4. Don Sol ley (Cob); 5. M,k.- Niro b m (Cob l.
w); 2. Molrt GoeT ~ (Kaw l; J.
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60 (7-1 n: 1. Davl MiIIiMl'5 (K.o
Bry n Ju h n..un (K.twl; 4 . Kyw C hi..htolm ( K..wl ; 5. Jimm y Kry..
..
(J(,awl.
tIO (7-111; 1. Ja mo.'ll
(K.aw); 2. o..n Truman (K,awl ; J .
Sha .... tuoJe (Y..m); 4. Ma rt Gon-k.. (!Cllw ); 5. Davt Millli:.lJ'" ; 3 Torn
r _ _ (K..w); 4, r ..ul Rdly (Y/lm};S . ~ Bntawt a lonl.
2SOA : 1. J.uon n-.- lK,., ); 2. Adri.an Cankl'o (f-kxo ); 3.
w
JU'f'ftt TlppanK ~; 4. Ronntt! R40nM"l' ( KTMJ; 5. John Fr..J....
t50W.
2'lO iii. I. ~ Budrr Uk.,); 2. Md.... umpr (Suz); J. )-...
Finl (JC",w); 4, Cory Wilky (K.a_ ); S. Sww Dwnond (Y- l .
250 C : 1. Uln s..n..UiunJ; 2. Brad Go.untWy ( "'-1; 3. Cu m.
eo..-rl O'..m ); " s.:on Skmrw (Hon); So Dmnis Kdly (Hon).
zs...: 1. uri M.." ( K.aw); 2. M-.r" BN"," " "w); J. M Mno..
I'ftiftn) (Suz); 4. Jdf Urnpc' <5w:1;S. Tun IIiAIta'aion> .
300.: I. WI M.1ytK.tw); 2. Nly Wood (Yaml;3. M.artt. ..........
IK.ow); " Tim f~ l!ourJ; 5. 1.ft Mdlv.ur. (Yam) .
1"i+ I. Rd . f\ony (Yam); 2. j ,m F~ (Sui); 3. Wilm. en.....
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lSuz); " . Flip P.. ~ (Y.am); S. krnny KNtinf; OC.aw l.
oil).+.: I . Eric tLtrYf'Y (Y.l m); 2.}t-ff H ~ Uu.w); J. ~ 0- ..~ lKaw ): 4. Tom llragg (Hutl;5. Doug lUrwy (Yam).
5(H. : I. Tum 8nIMOiual, 2. Tum Fug (Y-.); 3. John R. Wrt..... UI".d; 4.
t..e.on (Mai); RIlfw, SaII&t ((7).
500 ","OV: 1_ lhv id ltud " lI:Inl ( Hon); 2. Jo h.n GiIl" p' ",
(Hon,; 3. ~ P.........IKliw); 4 , M.ft ~n "Yow ): 5. Tom St:Ntfnn'
(Hon l.
rRO 1. Ricky Ca rmichad (J(,aw); 2. Juon Thom.DIK. wl; J.
Jarml Tippins lSuz); 4. Adoun KaU ( Hun); ~ MdlhatkTI
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