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OPEN EX: 1. Danny Hart (Yam); 2. FrankOsbome (Suz).
VET NOV: 1. Grrs Weeks (Yam); 2. Chuck Sheets (Mail; 3.
Robert Sampilu~ (Hon).
O/TNOV: 1. WarrmShubin{Suz); 2. Tony Failt. (lvW).
Lenaburg, Leach land
Albany Supercross wins
By Clay light
ALBANY, OR, MAR. 8
Local professional riders Du ty Lenaburg and
Ryan Leach clicked off some pretty impressive
laps en route to tne 125 and 250cc Pro-class wins
at the outdoor opener of the Albany Supercross,
which waS the next-te-Iast round of the Winter
Series.
The 125cc Pro class had Kawasaki rider
Lenaburg fending off all of KTM-mounted Cary
Beyer's advances in both motos, with the best of
the two motos
coming~ in
a second-moto
shaotout. Beyer did his best to hold off the upand-coming Lenaburg, bul in the end the KX
jockey relegated Beyer to second place. Beyer
netted second overall with his consistency,
while Yamaha rider Russell Chace, who ran
strikingly close to the front-running duo, took
home the third-place paycheck after 3-3 rides.
Local rider David Germain and Central Oregon's Justin Homan took fourth and fifth overall.
Suzuki-mounted Leach rode uncontested to
the overall win in the 250cc Pro class, besting the
field each time out. Homan, also riding a Suzuki, placeil second overall to Leach, while veteran
Don Bisceglia placed his Honda into third overall after Kawasaki rider Robert Holtgrew
unloaded late in the second moto.
In the Over 40 Money class, another of the
many closely contested races featured bar-tobar action between Yamaha rider Don Schneider and KTM-mounted Clynn Higgins. In the
second moto, Higgins pushed Schneider for
the entire contest - a contest which Schneider
barely won, netting the just-turned-4o-year-old
the overall win. Higgins took home second
overall, while Honda rider Jim Lamkin, Milt
Harden and Dave MerkJin rounded out the top
five.
. A crash-marred 80cc Beginner class had
Kawasaki rider Ross Johnson posting a win in
the large class, ahead of Joe Loiselle in the first
moto. which also saw class points leader Tim
Ricketts Jr. involved in a.crash. He eventually
recovered to finish sixth and salvage the champion hip honors. In moto two, Johnson crashed,
handing the lead to Loiselle, who in turn
crashed. Cody Sprague was on the move and
assumed the lead all the way to the checkers
from there. Sprague's 3-1 earned him the overall
win.
Results
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