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ond moto, but it was Dubac h who took
the lead after the second comer.
"I th ou gh t I was besid e Kehoe a nd
then I hit third gear and everybody disappea red, " said Dubach.
Keh oe had a nother so-so start, a nd
was ru nn ing 10 th as th ey ca me dow n
Anim al Lea p . M usgrave's chances at a
podi u m fin ish we re dashed as he go t
turned around at the base of the hill.
"I go t slowed by Ca rson, and th en
Manl ey, who had nowhere to go, hit me
fro m be h ind ," said Mu sgra ve, w ho
restarted in last.
Ma nley came down the hill in third,
w it h Fow ler in fou rth. Carson, not yet
comfortable with the pace a nd mak in g
_mistakes, had pressure com ing fro m
Manley as they headed to the north sectio n. When they appea red from Bud's
Creek, a favo rite passing spot, Manley
was in second.
Du bach held the lead at the com pletion of lap one, foUowed by Manley, Carson , Fo w ler, Mur r ay, Gilbert, Ward,
Telford and [onnie Deremo. At the scoring sec tio n, jon Za hr t went d own a nd
sucked up Rick Dittus. At the same time,
up ahead in front of the bleachers, Dererno washed ou t in the com e r before th e
tabletop and Rober t go t tangled up with
Dererno's fallen KIM.
"I s p u n th e tir e o n the s ta rt," sai d
Robert, "a nd then I crashed on the first
lap, so I had to wo rk throu gh mid pack ."
Thi s enabled Keh oe, Carl Hyde and
john Merw in to ge t aro u nd a head of
Robert.
"Ad rian and I had our own battle, and
in two laps we passed each other th ree
times," said Keh oe.
After getti ng a better driv e o ff the
bowl tum in the canyon, Fowler went by
Carson for third. Kehoe worked around
Ward on the downhill and then passed a
slowing Mu rray two turns later.
Du bach, meanwhil e, h ad already
ope ned up a six-second lead on Manley
owed by
by the end of the second lap, foU
Fowler, Ca rs on, Gilbert, Kehoe, Ward
a nd Telfo rd. Af ter his ear lie r mi s hap,
Robert got by Merwin and Hyd e to take
over nin th. Gilbert once again let Kehoe
get a wheel on the inside of the hard leftthat leads to the uphill. Kehoe set up Carson by being on the outside of the lefthand U-t urn af ter the scoring section .
Then, as the two came toward the bleachers, Kehoe wa s on the right side of Carson and controlled the inside of the next
corner and took over fourth.
Robert outjumped Ward going down
the hill for seventh. On the next circuit,
Kehoe caug ht up wit h Fowler and tried
the same move he used on Carson. However , as they entered the Ll-turn, Fowler
went from the ins ide to the ou tsid e to
take Kehoe's line away. Kehoe foun d a
smoo ther line throu gh the sand pi t and
finally disposed of Fowl er. Robert was
stUl making progress and passed Gilbert
for sixth.
During the next two laps, the leaders
remained the same, but both Kehoe an d
Rob ert were still riding s tro ng, w hile
Dubach enjoyed a healthy lead . Carson
settled into a good pace a nd bega n
putting pressure on Fowler , while Kehoe
caught up with Manley on the eighth
lap . Kehoe made the move on Manl ey at
the start straightaway an d, by the time
they came down Ani mal Leap, Keh oe
had ta ken second, 15 seconds behind
Dubach.
Robe rt also moved up the field, get ting a better drive on the uphill to pass
Carson for fifth. Luck would not be Mth
Manley on th e white-flag la p , a s his
Kawasaki died on the top of the hill, the
result of an empty fuel tank.
Dub ach rode to the second-moto win,
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(Above) Costa Rica's Adrian Robert was third overall alter holding
off Keho e In mo to on e an d t hen recovering from a crash in t he
second mot o t o finish fourth.
(Right) Willy Musgrave (44) leads Kehoe (1) in the first mota. Kehoe
made the pass to finish third. with Mu sg rave fourth.
with Kehoe ru nner-up and wit h Fowler
just hold ing off Robert for third. Carson
w as able to hold on for fifth . Gilber t,
Intermediate-class winner last yea r, finished sixth. Seventh belonged to the hardcharging Musgra ve, who passed 22 riders
to earn the spot. Mar k Flesia, Ward and
Greg Young ruunded out the top 10.
Ron Turn er, who in his yout hful days
was called "Radical Ron," literally threw
cau tion to the wind a nd came away with
the win in Saturday and Sunday's Over
40 Exp erts. Gusty w ind s on Saturda y
w e re making so me riders tak e cau tion
when jumping. Nevertheless, Turner - on
a number of occasions - jum ped farther
than anyone, using this to catch the competition.
"It wa s wind y, bu t it didn't seem to
effect me on the jumps, except for when
some of the ride rs - l ike jones an d jorgensen - would jump short. I was afraid I
would land on them ," said Turner.
Tu rner pu lled the holesh ot for Sunday's first moto, followed by Chu ck Sun,
former IT and dirt track racer Alex jorg ens e n , Rich Eierst edt a n d Brent
Wallingsford. Bob Maxwell, who scored a
fifth overall in Saturday' s race, went over
the sid e of the ber m comi ng out of the
canyon; which drop s d own about 25 feet.
"I overjumped the double o ut of the
canyon, and then the rider in front of me
turn ed early into the co rner," Ma xw ell
said. "1 had to avoid him and I went over
the berm and ended up on the other side
of the track, but I didn't fall down."
jorgensen got around Sun coming ou t
of the north section to tak e over second.
Soon after, Sun lost control in a mud pudd le and the Russ Fletcher-tuned Husaberg shot out from und er him.
After that, th e pos itions stayed the
same for the next three laps , with Turner
taking the win, followed by jorgensen,
Eiersted!, Wallingsford and Mike Webb.
Af ter ru nning a slow as 16th, Zoli
Berenyi jr. worked his way back to seventh.
Turner pulled the early lead again for
the seco nd moto, followed by Su n a nd
jorgen sen. Berenyi and Eiers tedt ca me
from midpack starts and both passed two
riders going up the hill. They then went
by Ga ry j ones and Cla rk jones go ing
down the hill.
Su n, who ad m itted th a t he doesn 't
race m otocro ss that much th es e days,
s ta r ted to fa de ba ck . Berenyi q uickly
moved by both jorgensen and Sun within
two comers. Eiersted t moved around jorge nsen in the sa nd pi t for fourth. jorgensen; w ho kept try ing to find a way
around Sun only to be passed by someone else, got by for fourth.
T urne r's lea d over Bere n yi was
reduced to thr ee bike lengths when Turner lost his sea t in front of the bleachers.
Eierstedt lost a little ground to first and
second wi th his Roll-offs malfunctioning
and now had a pretty, clear streamer following him. Bcrenyi tried to pass Turner
on the insid e left-hander that leads to the
uphill, but bobbled . Bere nyi wo uld not
be denied, ho wever, and as thev came
out of Bud's Creek , he got a bett~r dri ve
and went by Turner. Turner knew that
he could let Berenyi go and get the overall.
Back in the pack, Bob Casper moved '
past Gary jones to take over fifth, while
Webb worked past Wallingsford for seventh.
Berenyi took the moto win , wit h Turner in second taking his 77l st overall win,
followed by Eierstedt, jorgensen, Casper,
jones and Webb.
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Gten Helen Raceway
San Bernardino, Cal ifornia
Results: November 1-2, 1997
S<1Iturd<1lY
3O-t- PRO: 1. Willy Musgra ve (Hon); 2. Adrian Robert
(Hon); 3. Bryan Curti'! ( Ka w ); 4. John MC'IW1n (Hon); 5.
Zoh Bt..'I'C11)'i Jr. (Yam).
30+ tNT: I. kff Scott (K.1w ); 2.. Rand y Hocker (Yam);
3. Karl Ada ms IHon): 4. Ste ve Stew art (Ka w ); 5. Randv
D.mylo (K.aw).
30+ NOV 0-1: I. Ca!Otc'v McKinn t.'V (Hon); 2. Marl
G ranbt> (Suz) ; 3. Mich ael Ma rri n (Yam); 4. Rod rigo
rj;
Bcr ges tcrreabta (yarn); 5. Rocky Hash (Hon ).
30..- NOV 0-2: 1. Henry Ko~ki. (Hon); 2. David.
Pink-man (Ho n); 3. Ca w Trudeau (K.1w); 4. J Tavlor
eff
(Yam); 5. Chris ~ (Yam).
.
3O+ WM N: 1 _ Dol wn ~ (Yam).
35+ EX: I. Rid .. Ndgk' (Tcaw); 2. Tim Phi llis (Kdw); 3.
Andy Tu dor (KTM); 4 . Ch.td Blo ugh (H on): 5. RdnJy
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