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EVENTS L,
(Left) t uan n Swisher wo n the
Wo men 's class at the Woodland.
Was h ington , Vintage Motocross
season opener,
Garrahan grabs
Flat River Grand Prix
By Fran k Lei van
PARK HIUS, ).I(), OCT. 5
.JO+ EX; 1. .Joe CH
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40+ AM' I , F.d rt'tc'r'< (Hu..l; 2. OIorn-ll Kilgon· (Y. m ); 3. Frt'OJ
lI a rbrr (Yam l.
tNT: 1. Kenny Sryton (CZ); 2. DnUll:rowell (CZl ; J, Chris
111"'" (Y.a ml .
4(h. EX: I. Man W.1dn"" (H Ob): 2. 8nb R....h (CZ> ; 3. CJ\r3
C.....d..'!o(C·A ).
,
WMS 11'Io'T/AM : 1. Lu. n" Swb he r (Hunl ; 2. A va C.wy
(H (IfI'; 3. V.k,"", U lv(-"I'(Y. m' ; 4. Am y l.l,.ht / BuI) ; 5. Uu Mort'I ra
lCI).
orsr... A V I!\.T I. Chm Jamn CYaml; 2.
.
Rua CHu l; 3.
n
stea l th e overa ll win . The In termed ia te ri d er s
'xp
wt"re combi ned wi lh t hE" E e r t rid e r!'!, a nd
Yamaha-m ou ntt..'d Mon ty Pric e too k the measure
o f thE' c1.1SS by virtut" of h i~ 2-1 pla cing~ to beat
John Ulvcr (3- 2) Jnd firs t-moto wi n ne r Bill
Jo nes .
Ca sey's d ouble class decimation was co mp lt.'t t"d aft...r his rundw a y pe rformanct"s in t he
Ove r 30 nnd 250cc Expert/Intermediate classes.
Th t' H o nd" rid er wa s uncat ch ablc as he led
Yama ha rider John Z igler, Bridn Swishe r, Jam es,
Jo hn Smi th a nd Marty We ltiar to the fin ish i.n
the first 2..
lil}ccm ntest. <:asPy tht'n capped off hiS
two- mo ta sw(.('p nit er leadi ng Ja mes, the Int er'
med ia te winner, to Ihe cht"Cker t"d flag in moto
tw o. Dscy also beat Swi sh er and Zigle r for a
wi n in lh e O ver 30 C115S.
Brynn w on the Open Intermed iate cl a ss,
beati ng fellu w CZ rid er Dou ~ Powell a nd Yama ha -m ounted James, and th e n did lik e wi se to
score a wi n in the Ov~r 40 Intermedia te clas s .
Bulta co ri der Steve Spragu e p laced second to
Brynn with his 2·2 placin ~, follow ed by Powell's 3-3 ~ h ov.'i ngs .
Yama ha rider Ke lly Sm ith won both 250cc
Amatf'Ur-cla~C1 motos , bu t it d id n't rome easil y,
as Maico r id er La r ry Log sdon m a d e thi ng s
tough for him . l..og-J' a nd Mike Ston e. Bult.1co-monnted Sean
Light, ~t kno w n for llli. dirt track prowess, led
mota tw o , bu t the 12-yea r-ol d lost his lea d to
Smith . Sw is her, w ho ea rlier h a d w on t he
Wo m e n ' !l cla!l!l, nt"tt tod C1econ d o vera ll (3-2)
ahea d of Logsd on (2-3).
Result s
XI05: I. Rob Roy NIftHn 0 ; 2. R.ichHI White.
rxly ~UMJn CSuz 3.
l;
125 AM . 1. ......Y""' E_ (Y. m l; 2. R.a
.
MolII R..-dl (IlonJ; " Av. C~ ( Hold; S. MicNri Tay1ort5uz).
125 I:'I.T; 1. Rick a.u ( Suz); 2. fUrry T. ylor
125 AV EX 1. C hr.. C. lln. IC- AI; 2. C r.ig F.rn..wmth
n
(11ott).
Z50 A V I"'T : I. KKirir:-r CY..m l.
4·STRK VINT I!'oi . I. Dnl\Newton rTri l.
4·STRK VINT EX: 1.C"
.n'Il."aUl'n' ITn ).
Claytor cashes in at
Worn Sprocket Enduro
By Jeff An thony
CHIWcornE,Oil, OCT.16
Loca l hotsh ot Kevi n Claytor powe red his KMA
Cy cle Kawasaki to a convi nci ng win in the Chillicot ht- End u ro Rid t"r s ASCI oci a ti o n ' s Wo r n
. .
Sprock l"t End uro .
8l' a u tifu l weather mad .. for an PIlth usldshC
tu rn o u t of m ore than 60 rid e rs . Tra il bosses
Shane Sims an d Pa t Pinkerto n la id out an e xcelk-nt ru n, com bining old and new tra il.
Cl.Jyto r drew row n um~r ont' and ~ta rted
off into a tou gh a nd chall enging section fro m the
get -go. Man y ri ders en countered tr ou ble o n a
Slippt"fy off~ m ht>r hillside- just miles fro m thesta rt . Caytor d ropped o ne po int in this section
to ed ge o ut everyon e exct"p t loca l Senior ri.d~r
Cle tu s Kuhn, who actually had the fa~t~t h me
of the da y.
The day ended up wi th four tough miles of
old ha re SO' loop
on which the top rid ers completed five la ps . The
first lap was slightly longer, due to the fact that
the race sta rted in town a nd ra n a .t-milc sec tion
uf trai l before con necting to the main loo p..
As the riders in the I S-m an AA class we re
pa rad ed d o wn ma in street behi nd th e p" cc ATV,
tw o earl y contenders for the wtn wert'> eh rrunat e d be fore th e ra ce ac tua lly got sta rt e d . C h ris
Thiele a nd loca l Brock Busenbark hoo ked ba rs
and we re sent to the pavement. Na rro w ly missing the carnage we rt' Yamaha riders Ken Youn t
a nd Steve Lcivan. You n t wa s able to back off of
th e gd!! and a voi d the co llis ion, w hile Leivan
whee lied over Busenba r k' s slid ing bike a n d
somehow ma nag ed tu stay in control. Busenba rk
re-en tered the race qu ickl y, bu t Thiele's Kawasaki suffered a bro ken throttle housing a nd he wa s
forced to return to the pits. He joined the race a
lap down an d tu rn ed in respecta ble la p times,
though not fast enough to ma ke u p for the lost
lap.
Chris Cepbnger wa s the first bike across the
river follo wed bv Brian Ga rrahan and Leivan,
Garr~han moved -into the lead after only a mi lf
o r so ... a nd Patrick G a rr a ha n m ove d a ro u n d
Lei va n and in to third. C ha d Busenbark he ld
co ntrol o f the fifth positio n. Pa tric k Ga rra han
soon moved around Caplinger an d set ou t aftt.'f
his brother. Leivan wa s the next rid B to ma kt" a
move o n Ca p linger, bu t had trou ble getting
around him .
Up front, the Ga rr aha n bo),s had sta rt ed to
p ull clwcly. Leivan fi!,aUy made his WdY in to
third but was una ble even to see a ny dust fro m
the lecl:der.;. Nca r the en d of the finot lap - it lap
th a t too k 50 m in u tt"5 for th e lead ers - Le ivan
dosed in on Patrick Garraha n and madt! his pa ss
o n tht- fa~ test po rtio n of the course to take o vt"r
th e runner- up pos ition . Bria n GarrahJn he ld a
lE"ad of .12 'W<"ond"l over Leivan a nd Pa trick C.:trra ha n .l fter lap o ne.
Pit stratt>gy began tn play a role early in tht'>
eve nt. Th e plan fo r most of the ra cer s was to
mdkt'> Iwo pit sto ps . Leivan chose to d o so a Her
lJ.ps o ne a nd three , while th e o ther co nte nd ers
c ho~e to sto p a fte r tw o a nd fou r . Thl:rdore,
while in the pits , Leivan su rr endered a spo t to
Patrick Ga rra han and lost eve n m ore tim e to the
It"ading Gilrr a ha n, Brian. Busenbark co mpl l'tt"d
.
the lap in f~u rt h, followed by Ken Yount.
Bot h Ga rra ha ns pi tted a fter the second ClrC'Uit, a nd Leiva n wa s abl e to pa ss Pa tri ck a nd
exit th e pit !> r i ~ ht o n Bri a n's rear tire. Bri a n
turned u p th e w ick a n d put s o m e d ist anc e
retwecn his KTM and U!1van, while Pa t mo \·ed
in an d made the pass on Leivan for second near
the m idpoin t of thL' loop. Busenbark rfo"t.>l~ i-n
Leivan a~ well and , after three laps, the-first fo ur
r id ers were s e p a ra te d by o nly 40 seco n d s .
Lt"ivan Wl"nt to the pi ts to refu tol for his fin al
stop, while the o the r three leaders co ntinued on .
Lap four pnw idt.--d on ly a sin gle-pa s.-" among
the fron t-runners, as Leivan reg ained third from
BU<;("f\oork. Tht' margin between th e It'ad ers was
u nc ha nged a fter la p four, a s wa s th e o rder: It
wa~ s till Bria n Garrahan, Pa trick G a rrah.m,
Leivan and Busenbark.. aU v.i thin .w seconds of
o ne a no ther. Again. Leiva n wa s a ble to mO\'e
a rou nd Pat Ga rra ha n in the pits, but wasn 't ab le
to move pas t Brian Ga rrahan.
Pa t Ga rra ha n moved ba c k up to th e re a r
fe n der of Le h'an but , d u e to the du st , wa s
una blt" to make a mo ve for s«ond . Mean w hile,
Leh·an had snea ked up to wi th in stri kin g di stan ce of Brian Ga rra ha n a t the 5-mile IlldrL; he
pa tiently waited fo r a n o pportu ni ty, a nd this
pL n a lmost worked . The tv.·o lead eD entered a
,
pu nc h che c k ne ar th e IO-m ile mark a n d th e
check cre w, se eing that tht' ga p betwel:n th e
front-ru nn ers wa s now very small, we nt int o a
chee rin g frellz y. Brian Ga rrahan looked ove r his
sho u lder a nd sa w tha t Leivan wa s there a nd
qUickly picked up the pace.
Th e bottom fell ou t of Leivan's pla n to make
a no ther ru n at Brian Garrahan only a few miles
later a s he hit the dec k hard. "Thecra sh a llowed
Pat Garrahan to close th e gap, and the battle for
the win seemed to be o ve r. It was no w a race for
second.
Leivan go t up and was able to hol d off Pat
Ga rrahan for a while . but Pat m ad e the final
pa~ of the day at mile marker 15 to take control
of second . In the rod , 22-yea r-old Bria n Garrahan claimed the win on his Fox/ Srott/LE Suspe nsi o n-ba cked KTM 250, ahead of his broth er
Pat Garrahan (w ho sha res the same spo nso rs).
Leivan held on to the final podium posi tion. and
Busenbark faded a little o n the final lap , but still
turn ed in a wry respectable fourth-place finish .
Ca pling er o verca me early proble
ms to comple
te
the top five.
Results
O / A·l . tm.n C"oItrr ..h.ln (K T\ f); 2. Parricl.
12S " , 1 W" Dun..Id!OOll (Hll~l; 2. SM wn Sitndt"f"< ( 1(" ... ); :\
AJdffi Wright &l1!'1, 4. An,J y t...pl.lnlf' (Y. m ); 5. TN L.pp CK.J,w).
:;!fill II; 1. M.,lt M.lIl nerin~ (Mwl; 2. J~~. F.. ubheh (""wI; 3.
R"be rt Armon l Kaw); 4 . DclUK Mdf"rd (K.tw l; S. 8 r"nd<>n
Fo,-
.....1•.,. fKAw ).
250 B. 1. Kt.-ith Kib,," (Y,l m); 2. Donnie M.>lhi.. 0 1",, ); 1 Tim
S.lk~.,. ( "" w); 4. ~ick Crawford (Yom ); S. Kevin 8ctb (""wi .
250 C: 1. Kurt SmIth (Yam); 2. Moltt w~....(Yam); J. IDol' Stru tm~ nn
(""wi; 4. o..·nny Turlin (Kew l; 5.JO!oh Wi1 ~h<.·r (Yam).
OrEN B. 1. Tum Prenger (K'ThtI; 2. J..hn N..,. wbr ny Olun); 3.
T('Im Huber (e RE); 4. Chri. SIoen (A11O;5. Bm SeusJe (H u..) .
4-STRK S , 1. RoM Logan (Hw; I; 2. Rrl KJn,,"u r (Su.zJ; 3.
.
Dou",01W."f(Ke w);4. :">1.... 1V. n.... ,..(Honl ; S. Clry rtbnt (Hon) .
VET, 1. 0 ..1...C u llry
(KJ,w l; 4. Jimmy Jont>Il (Kew l; S. Andy ~ (Suzl.
S/SR: 1. 8ub c.p1mg..r CA
TlO; 2. Joh n on..,. (Y. m); 3. Fr.nl
Lrivan (Y.m> 4. &b Joni'll ( Koiw ); S. Rid Carpcnlc:rc the season.
Th e 25fIc Beginner class had enou ~h riders to
be spli t in to sepa rate hea ts, with the top rid ers
~oin~ in to a final race . Rick Ask e y a nd Dave
Stupnick grabbed ea rly lro ds and ,,'o n their heat
r,J ~. Fmish ing !It'Clmd in tho~e ~at races were
Dt'c ker an d Jam es DeS., lvo.
Run W a~er took the holeshot in the !>t'COnd
250cc Beginn er mota, v.i th Stu p rock an d Dt. nnls
Moor dose be hind . Wa gner co ntinued to h~c1 d
w hile Deck er moVt"d int o fou rth be hind Moo r
and Stupnick. Wa gner too k the mo to win, while
Moor and St u p n ic k m<'Jde la st . lap m is takP s
w hich let o..'Cker move in to seco nd plaCt'. [).ocker took the ovt"ra ll win wi th a 2-2 sco re, w hile
Wa gnL'r wa s seco nd wi th a 4·1 moto score. Stupnick was third o w ra ll bv los ing the tiL' breaker
to Moor with a 1-4,
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Results
r /w : 1. Bra nd on Me ier (Cob); 2. ChoId Dunninll: (Co b); J.
Coh n Carm. n (Cob); 4 J" nhn G..'ms tl l Cob!; S. Mati Gwlfo il
(Coo )
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60: 1. Ry. n ~c K ..... oo ( Ka.w ). 2. Cody Du nning (Ka.); 1.
y
Be l"'id>oIe ("" wi; 4. MIke Sid (KoIwl; S. ChAd Dunni"5 (K. w ).
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MINI JR: 1. C.let> M lllt"r (K.lw l; 2. M.cn-I McBa.... {)(awl ; J.
" r" ndnn Kuhn (~u); . , 1\r.tu N ichol . (K.I ....) ; ~. CrPg C Ulll1l11
(l ion).
M INI ~ 1.)ooohCWo ('l·..m ); l. BobloySilvamko (""wl ;J. L ).
ranlow (Yam); • . lC,".. n Hall tSu,z ); S. o..n f'Ia,cfto. (~w ••
MIN I roM" I . J"",h CWO (YiIIJl): 2. C.Wb ~ IIJcor (!CoIw. ; 3.
L.J. r . rt lo w £' ..ml ; .
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(lIlXI).
Dr.rxltlfl Kuhn (5w.); 5. St..... n Edwuch
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SCH8Y : I , Jtrnrrty M.u..- \ Ka-); 2. Bobby Sdvuolor (Ka; l; 3
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)< C~I.. (Y.ml; 4 fRod <:.vbonf. CHon)
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125 SEC : 1. 0lTb SW>l {K.iwl; 2. kith MolfoltOlont; 3. Jc-Schw.. b {KoI wl; 4 Dan lkruc.k (!
