.-.... EVENTS
Chamness chopped at
Washougal Motocross
By Pat Dougherty
W
ASHOUGAL. WA.SEPT. 2ll
In between races on a fabu lous last race day at
Washouga l, a season-long challenge ended up
leaving Ron Cha m ne from l yle. Wash ingt on .
ss
w it h a shaved hea d . Chamness los t a bet
bet ween h im self. Ark Cool from Dallesport,
Washington . and Terry Chamness from San d y,
Oregon . The w orst finisher in thei r class at the
end of the season at Washou gal would have his
bead sha ved. at the last event. and that's exactly
w hat happened >right in the ann ouncing tow er!
Out o n the track, Ryan Terlecki looked great
aboa rd his Suzu ki as he brought home the over all in the 250cc A clas s. Ryan Huffman. in his
last non -factor y rid e. won the first moto bu t
experienced probl ems in the seco nd mot u. Mike
Cord er fr om Rainier, O regon, rea lly looked
goo d ahea d of a ll 125cc B riders. and Justin
Homan ha ndl ed TIm Bolas in the 250cc B class .
Dan Reude put his Honda ou t in front all day
with multiple holeshots in the Supermini and
maki ng it a three-rider battle for the lead. Marcus came out on top and started pulling away.
All bets wer e o n Marcu s taking the win until,
with a Lap remaining. a fan dropped him back to
nin th place. Wclchha~ and Urban fought over
the to p spo t on th e final lap, wi th WeJchha nce
taki ng the close win .
Welch ha nce, Mar cu s and Urban formed a
tig ht- kni t pack for the lea d within a lap of the
ga le d rop ping for moto two . Urba n went down
ha rd off a jum p on the back straight and ended
up at the back of the pack, while Marcus outbra ked Welchh.lncc goi ng into a corner to grab
the lead on lap three.
At this poi nt, the race for the lead was OVCT..
as Mar cu s d ominated the second half of the
mo to for the wi n. WeJchhance and his runnerup position came und er fire from John Murray
(Right) Ric h
Bartlett wo n
the 250CC
Beginner cl ass
wi th a 1-1 at
the fina l round
o/the CRC
Saturday ni ght
Motocross
series, held at
Los A n gele s
County
Raceway In
Palmdale,
california.
(Left) 125cc A-class w inner Josh Dem uth
(48) works his way past Chuck Reed (449).
Demuth won the 125cc A clas s at the final
round of th e Buckeye State Motoc ro ss
Champ io nship Series In Sugar Grove.
Oh io.
80cc Intermedia te c1aSSf..'S.
jesse Allen won both of h is metes on h is
Kawasaki by a huge margin in the 250cc C class.
After im pro ving all seaso n long , he loo ks to be
in shape to do well in the B class in the futu re.
Da ve Schmid t bested all co me rs in th e Vet B
mot es wit h o ne ho leshot and a se co nd-pla ce
sta rt in the other moto. Chri s Miller from Dufur..
Oregon. wa tched fro m behind to tak e second
overall.
j o sh H ill d estro yed t he 60 cc cl a s s, and
Michael Busch rod e h i~ KTM to a wi n in the 50cc
class.
Rand was all business in the 125ee A class, as
he ra n off with both mo tos ove r Demuth.
Dem ut h was struggli ng wit h a borrowed. Honda
but looked incredibly fast non etheless .
Mi ke Mo r g a n slashed his Sport Cycles
Yamaha to wins in the Over 25 and 30 A classes.
while posting a respectable eighth overall in the
250cc Expert division . Fellow Spo rt Cycles racer
Willy Brow nin g was equally impressive, cruising to the ove rall wins in th e Min i Senior an d
Min i Extra classes on his Bill-Bro wn ing tuned
Results
so (4-t1 I. b d w ry M _ IY..m ); 2. ~ito Cool IY..m l; J .
1:
FoImW'I' cr ..1ft)
50 17-8)01. MKboId 8uKh CKTM); 2. Jdf~ ~ OCThO; 3.
St.n FittgcraJd (lCTM); 4. Cody CoKN (Cob): 5. }enid Southard
¥Z8O.
~
Resutts
(Lnnl.
eo (7-3 ): 1. Je-hu.ll Hill IlC.Iwt; 2. Shawn f-Llbrrkrl IK.iwl; 3.
L-r lK.iw); 4. Kn.totfpr Hom nu w t; 5 Snn Mt7g'ra1d
I"," wl .
60 (9-1 I); I. T"h: Major
lSud; 4.T""Y H..",~ (K.w); 5. ~ K.....u IKlM).
2SO D: 1. lulOtin t--IornoI... (lion); %. Tam HolM tSuz); 3. TrllVD
Murphy {S\Iz.); 4. Tim Mt.Yl:t (Hon); 5. Scott Shc1n- Ul Hon) .
'
250 C: I. ' _ Allrn IK.lw): Z. Ty O'BMtl (K.iw ): J . Chna Boonrwtt ("r.",l; 4. unySml lh (H...n); 5, ROOAldrid V (](olw).
150 D. I. N k" Wiwm r Ihm) ; J. StI.'W'
Sm ith lo;...z
).
30. Do I. Dn id Schmid (S ud; 2. Chris Millo:r (K,ww ); 3.
Mid\M:t ~ (Kawl: 4. Sto:v.:n Hill:< (Ho n); 5. 5tt-v<'S dby (5u:. ).
30+ C: I. tk- U SmIth ( Ka w); 1. Pm SkwN (Ho nl: J . Mik.
F.",," ( Ka w); 4, Sha wn W..ry (Suz); 5 And ~ w..l1~ (Hon ).
40.. A: I . M ~ ro:ny ~); 2. G.I")' b t""'wl: 1. Tim SuIbv..n (f ibs); 4. o.~ Mo:rkIin lSuz); 5. G I'Cf: Rodlt-=" Ilion).
40 .. B: 1. Mi... Sc:hW01f2.Wr llUow); 2.
MiIlt.'I' (l'a w ): J.
~li..
Robrn I-Lmi!ll" lHunl.
'
'my
40 .. C; 1. w . yrW' ChtiIot -"'-" Ut. If1); 2. o..n M"'kt>r (Hun); 3.
'
BrialSwu..on (Y.m); 4. Md~C' Bw1chI","w).
8TH : 1. JU
.hn Ho m"n (Hon ,; 2. Ry.. n And«Mtn (Stul; J.
c",ryTmcdi ( Hon): 4 , }ad y Drttz (!C.I ); 5. [)amoI FanM'l' (Ho:wI.).
w
orEN RIC: 1. Mik H.om..-(H.wd; 2. £Mvid 5mrnid oImd
....".
lI'IG-11}: I . Ky.n R"ybool: (f--It If1);1. Anlbnny B..rbKuvi (y .. rn);
3. BLo~ M..q;hftm (Yam ); 4. o.vo: CIrtn (Klw ); 5. T"'1TIII~
( lion).
....
1IIJ 112-I J r. 1. Sa>tl ~ (y....,); 2. ~ ~ 1'5uzJ
.
80 114-16): 1. Johnn F..u lknft (H un) ; 1. Miu SdIuno:tn.ln
B/W; 1. M.m.o:t Wntlin& IK.wl; 2. [)w.tin &..,iky (Klw).
125 BEG: I. Bill Dil~ C
Hon ); 2. amt Ewin5 (SuzJ; 3.
o.VId iIokM.o-. f1(>1'i (Y. ml . J.
,,*,... StL'J'hcN (Hon>;4, OI"nrull W.. ~ CHon); 5. Shy Moshc
~ NOV: 1. Bntd Thorn; 2. Chm K~ ("'"w ); J . M k't\oI01l
""""
.....,. tSu d .
250 L
"JT: I. M. tt Brylltl (Y..... ); Z. r.ul GWnartm lHon) .
Z5UPKO:1. Tony
(K" w ).
500 NO V: 1. T)'IIOI\ nttIL'mit.'I' CHon); 1. Norm Schirl (Hun ).
' R VET BFC: 1. Stt"VO:' WitlioI... Ilion ); 2. Shy M~ tSuzI; )
swn.
Cn'llt ht'lf1BLolo: 11«un}.4. on.n Ht.tun ('(.un).
JR VET NO V: 1. Williolm Wf'lchh.l~ (l Ion) ; 1. Br..J Pietro
(Sw:):3. John MUITlIY(Yarn); 4 Drnn i. Urto.l (5u:.);5. GI'l bi Ab.y'
n
ou lHon l.
""V'r'
VET BEG: 1. o..y WiUlI.;.n; 1.
John-m ( lion): 3 .
C.III.. lItln t H ,... ); 4 . IWy Rib'J.... IK. w); S. Andy F1urn (Yam).
l
R.lpta
VET NOV : I. Chud Abbutt Qion): 2. Ouftll SAndo.'ft(Y am);
) . JACi: Min.... (V.. rnl; 4 Joo.n Mum y lY.. rn) ; S, Joo n M.-rn firid
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VErt","": 1. AippoTrippoQ-bl.
VET EX-PKO 1.}on bhrt I"",,wl .
SR. AM: I. 1t'4f
M~ l
OwI& Curnoo(Y..rn).
n ..In ); z. Jam
WfttIins muth wen t insi de a nd then outside through
the pi l~ide' jump 5t'dion to take m'et fou rt h from
Rand. and then we nt by Reed and Collier to take
ove r second , Tho ugh Belmont was ridi ng fast
and smoo th, Demu th was able to d isp lace him
for the lead on lap two. Rand jammed up to sec~
and by the checkers.. while H ond a of Troy's
Jason Frecker rode hard to an incredible thi rd .
Hrlmont finisht'CI fourth , Ret"d look fifth and Collier finished sixth in the 14-rider field .
The seco nd 250ee mota saw Frecker take a
nice hok-shot away from Dem uth - but Demuth
wasn' t a bo u t to tak ... it. and he quickly put a
mov e on Frecker for the lead . Rand was flying
an d passed &olmont and Collier to take over
third.. but Frccker was charging hard in second.
tryin g to keep sight of Dt.>muth . Frec ke r was
even tu all y able to rrel in Demuth as htc" was
slo wed by a flat tire, bu t, incred ibly, Demuth
still he ld on to firs t pla ce and the llw rall "i ctory.
Frecker..Rand , Comer an d Belmo nt round ed out
the top five.
J.lIOI\
on.
w ..to: (Sud; 3.
Sro lt Kuchkr lHOllI; 4. ColVin GrlCy k ("'" wi : 5. Iu. tin Wriln
l)(.aw).
125 A:. I. ~ lUnd ; 4. Jury BrI -...1 {Sud; 5. Mi.... E. BL. r lSu.r.l.
l
i
125 8: I. Ja~ Mc:DonaJd (Sud; Z. !iNun KucNer (Hon); 3.
Sron IC~ (Hon); 4. MI... lvftR cram); 5. Juon WU (Suz l.
125 C: 1. M.n ~ lSu%); 2. Clvil: S. RichoI d S. Robin-on
r
(Hunl.
.
25.. B: I. Jeff Aor. (Suz); 2. Lowo:lI M• ....n l Y. m l; 3. O llir
Story lHon l; 4, Mil tty 8t-rbrridI ( lion): 5. o..~ GiUi~ 1Suz.!.
JO+ A: 1. Mike' Morgan ("ram!; 2..Ior' Schmitz (Stu); 3, Srott
W.llo.i..... llUw); 4. Rid ....nJ B. Rubin..... f1 (lit...); 5. TIm Shrplwrd
.
1
IY. m).
30... 8 : 1. CrewwY SrnJlh I","wl; 2. M.trty 8o!rbL'ridI lHon): 3.
Jo BI'o:'Wft (Y.m); 4 CIIir Story lHon): 5. Ron ~hmert tSuz.l.
40+ : 1.l.MTy Sh Unwku QIon);:z. Gary 8o:nnrtt (1t...u:3. lindridl.Gm ilion); 4. 100: Colli", tKTM 5. ~ Owo:ns (I-Ion).
);
on:N 8: 1. Chna f . Kuhn (Ki w); 2.Dmrl ~ ~ (Hon);
3. s--.n Tyrone- (Hon l; 4 Clad Roy (Hon); 5. urry Shu .,.......,.
IHun) .
Misiaszek mauls Castaic MX
By Pau l Kellen
CASTAle. CA. 5EI'T. 21
Tdtl:' Mi!>ia!>ze k Wd!> the big winner in the 6Ck.'C
dass at the opening round of the second annual
Pit Pro / Spy Factory Sponsorship Serit!"S.
Ridm were faced with a com pletely new and
more challenging course.. and Spy e \'en rolled
out thar new .. bright ora nge support ~i-truck
for the ra~. But it was Misi.lszek who really put
on tht> show in c;ome of the c10'i0t"St racing of thr."
day.
In m ot o o ne , it w as Ryan Mahlr."rbt' who
gra bbt.od the holeshot, ahead of Misia szek and
Scott Dt<"ost e . Mi!ioiaszek wa~ted little ti me,
however.. and quickly moved up to the rear
fender of Ma hler be . O n lap two, Misiaszek
dived to the inside of MahIerbe, but a slight miscalculation put both rid ers down on thr." grou nd.
Dt<:oste took adva ntage of the m ishap, pa ssin~
bo th riders as they struggled to remount. Misi-
sse
