loa my soil , th e all -natural terrain and long lap
times. The format was a split program. offering
Amateur classes in the morning and lntermediate an d Pro action in the afternoon. TIle morning
temperatures delayed the da y. wi th the grou nd
lef t virtually fro zen . However, o nce th e riders
took to the trac k, the surface ca rved up nicely,
with many lines for passing.
Results
50 (.... ~ 1. Rudy
flO (7~t:
Fi~
1. RrlyH.ldcIl: 1CNd~
6OnOoIn l. CJ . M.onn.
!l(l BEG: I. Chri:I Sic&;2..Cody ~ J . M.oltttcw Fvnvthe;
4. jUJI.Iln}onw; S. ar-t WiI1enbof-g.
110 (7-111': 1 Ch.od Gi... ","
"
It) (12-13J' 1. Bnlnclun Fultoo.
NJ t14-IM: 1. J\latIn Snuth; 2..Ronnx: a.1tcT.
tIO orE."Ij: 1. Justm SmIth; 2. Bnndon Fulton; 3. ChnI s.e,; 4
fln.an S1a~!I . Jtntin J~
125 BfG. I. M i...· W. h.h . 2. H ulb StUArt_,). Toby Dunn;....
j.amn II ,U.S. MichM:I ~unn1cy _
125 NOV: 1. Bill y Dt>n Coxwy; 2. Robbit"~ J . Marl< Iuy;
4 Danny In._; 5 Rn.n W.I Ir.""
125 OrEN , I. o..w~. Z. JoImny M.uky; 3. Bryan rirdli;
4. Shawn Smith>5. MarIo:.ArY.
125 tNT: I. CN.. R.....t z. Johnny M.1r~; 3. Sh.iwn Smith ; 4.
f1ryiln Ptrelll; 5. M..rk 0110.')'
125 PR 1. R
O.
",bbM ~rd; 2..jue')' rr.It, ,). Rt_ DMyn; 4
'
Grayson Hart
won t he 125cc .
250cc and Over
30 classes In
vintage racing
at Woodland MX
Park In
Washington
state.
DaviJ c.Mda; S. UN n a.c. U
.
•
2S+ J\,;OV I, Cn~ Cord..; 2. Brml Na lley ; 3. Van Shul.-r; 4.
:
Milo:.e Fry; 5. joey FlIrrorn
25+ INT; 1.
D,.rr~· n
Ilrolw n; 2. O olvid Ch .. n dle r: J, Tud d
Ua- flll>bC'1'gl·n; " . Dan MdUnk y .
25-+- EX: I. D~' n ma Hawthurne; 2 . D .L. Wo od; J . Sp ri nl
HaY"";" o..v id Cu.ad ..; 5, kny Joint'!'.
)0. NOV ; 1. Brian c.rl..... 2. J{ll'y Morcom; 3. Mike Fry; 4,
n.
Brad M ilb ; S. Rtd H.cic .
JO+ INT: I. Dav id ClI.l nd ler; 2. JIm Cllm pbe ll; J. Dan McKin1 4 . TOtld HtTfflsbrTgt-"n
.,..;
30+ EX: 1. Dt-nnil' H a w th orn C' 2. k r ry Joi n.. r; 3. Mark
;
IWk.-lttraw; 4. Todd W..bon .
4()+ : I. B.Uy Srm lh; 2. Curt Philli~ ). wry St.lm.-.; ... k>M
T..lhot;!I Rocky Mil'"
250 IlEG , 1. r "tri elr.OU"'jthty ; 2. j ......p h Q.bo~ J. OuuS Hill;
... Oydt· PlIllon ; S. RoyCooper.
2SO NOV : I. BnIIn W..lker, 2..lWnl N.illey; 3. Bnan Hiltz;".
Jot-
AdlI1n~: 5. Danny
~
25(l
1. Aubr.-y C undy(Yam );". ~·8.AlndIY.am).
bOO MO D PROD: 1. H.lI m ld Win kles (Y.un) ; Z. Br:w.n Paniott
tHo ); J . Brv.lln Kovarid, tHon); ... JOick Pf,>i '!' (Hon) ; 5. KI"l\J\l'th
k
Ch.o
crt Sgarlx",1IolI (Ho n); 5. Kurt Andrew3
(Due').
BOT H/ W : I. Da vi d Perez (Du d; 2. CraIg Coo k ( Due:); J .
P-.. RobbiN (Dud;" 1\Alt: R~'nsgli (Due) ; 5, Jeff Pt"f'inl:(Due).
SOli SC':L: I . L.ury Cu , 'hr and Open Almost Vintage Expe rt c1as!>t,>S,
a Uwi th 1-I SW I."t."PS. Hart did likew ise in his 125,
25Oc
c.and Owr 30 E x~rt rampag ~ in ~u~rb
Novembt>r cond itions.
Ha r t ' s day st arted off w ith him ha ndily
thra shing the combi ned 125cc class - at 22 rid ers ,
s
the da y's lar gest class . Firs t, though , he had to
get around opening-lap 'lead e r Mickey Fay .
Once out fron t, Hart built up a huge, untouchable lead, leaving Joe Ca sey to fend off both Fay
and Bryan Clevenger in a seco nd -place squabble
. which went Casey's way.
Fay also ran ou t fron t in the second moto,
bu t the scenario WMi mu ch the sa me a'" in mom
one. Hart took the lead late on the open ing lap
and handily sped aw ay. Fa y and Ca sey battled
ba ck and forth throu gh out the majority of th e
moto, with Ca se y collecting ru nn er- up la urel s,
good for se cond ove ra ll w ith a 2-2 sco re. Fay
(with 4-3) , Clev enger (with 3-4) a nd Jeff Pugh
(w it h 5-5>filled ou t the top five in the Expe rt
division .
legarra's first overall win ca me in the 17ride r Ove r 40 Vintage d elss. Ridmg a 360cc Bultaro, Legarra' led forme r 1970s Pro Bob Rus h an d
Can-Am rid er Ch ris Cast1~'S, who rounded ou t
the top thret:' in the Expert portion in both mot as
ahead of the top Intermedia te rider, KI.'Il Brynn,
who used a 3- 1 tall y to top moto-one w inner
Ra.ndy Jungwirth.
Monty Prio;o thumpt.-'d to a win in the FuurStro ke Almost Vintage c1a s~ aboard a Yamaha
rrsoo. The lone Expert rid ...'!' in the field outdistan ct"d In te r m t'd ia tt>s Mark Stu dt>ba kt>r a nd
LaFaye McCarver and Amateur ",inner Kenny
McCann to net: the win .
A lengthy, injury-induced layoff d idn't ham·
per Debbie Wellt,>r's p erCorm ances in the
Women's cL1ss. Whi le Weller d id trai l intermed iate luanne Swisht."l", she rea t th e re;t of the
field to top the Amateur class .
Resuhs
XR75: I. John TrutkMl;2. Rob R.;w NciIxn; 3. Ala SuM
1 AM: I. Rory ~ (Stu); 2. W-'ynt> ~ ev.ml; 3.
R.lNly Frrg..... (Sur);'" c:w.. FinlW'rin CC-A); 5. Colby Camph-D
....1.
125 l!'.i: 1. Rich SoN' Jr. CS\>.-l' ); 2. Scott FUhcr (HonJ; 3. kif
AndeAOfl(C-A ); ... Stt~ .... uthNn (Hon); S. H.nv T.lIvn (Han).
125 EX: 1 Gnlyvon H.1n (Hon ); 2. joP C.-y (tlon); 3. Midry
FAy(}Lll\l, ... Bryrr (Yom ).
o rEN (NT : 1. K~ Brynn (CZ ): 2. ChrU Ja mes (Yotk- (C-A ).
WMN AM : I. lkbb~ Welk'!' tPuc); 2. Av;a Co:lSol.")' (Hon); J .
Nicol e SrraKue {Bu ll; 4, Cathy Brown (yam ); 5. V..len. Ulver
(' ml .
''~
WMN l:-.rr; I. LUolnnSwWw-r(Hon) .
rRl:·' 7D: I. ~ Ik>rl't (Tri); 2. Skye' Sprague (BuO; J . K<-n
Bur nmKh.lm (BSAI ; 4. O\>. Ne"ttan (BSA); 5. t:om McFarl.1nd
ln
(!lull.
250 AV AM; I. 'un Stu..rt (Hur1l; 2. J...k RUd n ln,l.
.... TKKAV EX: 1. Monty l"r1n'(YamlS
6G+- AM . I. I.MTy Lmok (YoUn); Z. Gnm Finna-an (C-A); 3.
o.n McCaorthy tH ...I.
til).. EX; i. H.IT)' T.. ytor l.Hon.I.
5tl+ A ~ ·I . Tom CIo, a nd Pri m al
Impul se /Suz uki team rid er Robbie Reynard
!>how.....t the Pros around the co urse en route to
winning the 125 and 250cc Pro classes .
Commen ts from the riders 'a bo u t the track
wt"n· full o f prai ~ e rt"gard in g the excell t"n t,
TUlARE. CA. NOV. 2
Cha rles Ditm ore of ~vcrmore. California, barely
bea t ou t fellow Spo rtsma n 500cc Nov ice racers
David Starr and San Diegan Idf O'Brien to take
top h onors at th e in au gural Gerald Rogers
Memor-ia ! Vinta ge- Motocro ss, run at Tula re
Raceway by Triple-M Racing . To get the overall
win, Ditm ore pul togethe-r two first-pla ce finishes aboard his race-weary CZ 400 to just ed ge
Starr's. immaculate Yamaha 5C5OOan d O'Brien's
truly vintage CZ 400.
In mut o one, Dilmore got the holeshot but
wa s followed clo sely th roughout the race by a
cz tha t O' Brien had bo rruwed from Tedm Pet·
ros plOOeonly mom en t.. before the race when his
w.:uall y re liable Bultaco bro ke. The Cuxh bik~
of Ditmo re and O' Brien were whee l to wheel for
the durati on of moto one, with O' Brien looking
for roo m a ro u nd Ditmore th e whole race . But
Dit mo re, on ly 25, root' wit h savvy beyond his
yt"a rs a nd kept the more ex perienced O'Brien
behind him. Starr too k third.
Things got even toul';her in mot o tw o. Starr,
from Alameda, California, jumped to the lead
ovt,>r hi!. Bay Arl;'d neighbor, Ditmore, whit t'
O'Brien held down thi rd . On la p two , the- clutch
in O 'Brien 's Pe t ro s p lod e CZ suffe red a
"pe tTO ~ p lo ~ io n ." and ht" wa~ (oreN to limp
along , trying to maintain th ird . Up fro nt . Starr
and Ditmore wert" engaged in the two- wheeled
version of mortal com bat. Starr's SC500 St.'t:'med
to ha ve th e horsepow e r edge s o c rucia l on
Tulare's smoot h, high·spccd track,'but Ditmore
had tht,> bra l ing advantage, and as th e ra c~
unfolded. it wa s clea r Ditmore was zeroing in
for a block-pass. In th e fmal tum of the Lb.t lap ,
iess than 20 yards from the duxkcrcd fLJg. Ditmore dived low , ca tchi ng Starr as he went high
on the benn. DItmore took overall hon ors , and
Starr!> 3-2 garn ered ~nd . O'Brien took third
with 2·3 finishes.
Under pictur.....perfect ski~, the day and the
com pt'tition wt>re madt'" all the mon" rnt>IT\orable
as the racing was dl.-dicated to longtime sportsman m ot orcyclist Gerald Rogers, who pas~
a wa y recently aft er a lengthy ba ttle with brain
ca n ce r . Roge rs had been ac t ive in A HRMA
mot~tl for rTt.lny yea rs, a nd seeing him race
aboard a n AJS or Matchle5S 650 twin wi th his
brother David or good friend Eddie Crowt>lIwas
a co m mon sight at the Tul ar e trac k. However,
stt"d mort" than jus t rid ing time in
ROg@'N; in vt"
vinbgl.' radng . Ht,> was ins tru mental in gctti ng
tht> Tu lare R.-lCt"way up to sn u ff a nd was a ron·
sta nt helper a nd volunteer on many signi ficant
const ruc tio n pr o jt. . Even w, he always had
·cts
