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Travis, Tracy triumph at
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By P a t Dougherty
WASHOU
GAL. WA..SEPT. 13
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john sen roo sted his Yama has to a co uple
o f victor ies in the 125cc B and Before Th e Hill
c lasses o n a clo ud-free, d u s t-f ree da y a t t he
w ashou gal at ional Motocross Park. His races
we re no t wi thout d ram a , as Johnson w as leading the firs t mote of the d ay an d slid into seco nd
base a ll by himself. H e handed th e lead to
Ka w a sa ki "rid e rs Jud y Deitz a nd Todd Blancha rd . Deitz looked as tho ugh he was going to
hold th e mo te un d er co n trol , but he mad e an
e r ro r. Jo hn son s to rm ed back to ta ke th e w in.
Johnso n has been o n a roll, and his tri pli ng ability through th e bu ilt-u p and tough Washou gal
whoop sect io n didn't hurt a bit. Fans we re scurrying fro m fen ce to fe nce to ge t a look a t th e
~n u m bt> r -ei g h t Yamaha of Johnso n as it picked
th e whoops clea n with five trip les in a ro w
throu gh the sectio n.
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Tra vis Mu rphy p us hed his Hillsboro Mo to rs
cycles Suzuki RM250 from the back to the front
to win the 250cc B class. The starts of both of his
mo tos had plenty of roo m for improvement, but
he was up to the task and he picked off all in his
wa y. Ho nda pilots Tim Meyer and Ross Friesen
mad e th ings difficult fo r him, but in the en d
Murphy spanked them.
Friesen was a busy rider, as he a lso wo n a
very d iffi cult Vet B ra ce aga ins t Kawa sakimounted Mark Win n. Winn won the first mot o
w ith a fat hules hot. b ut former Pro Friesen ran
him d own in th e second mot o even th ough he
claimed to be tired.
Jack in the Box/ Facto ry Co nnectio n-spo nsored Honda rider Don Bisce gli a wo n both the
250c(' A cl ass an d the Ve t A clas s . He u sed
s tea d y, fast ri ding to mi x It up w ith SM P' s
Ju s tin Huma n (on a Suz u ki) a nd Ter ry' s Cycle
Cen ters ' Terry Ha m ness (o n a Yam aha ). Ha mness has the hol esh ot s wi red, but rid in g d efens ive ly didn't a llo w hi m th e s p eed to pull
away .
Actu all y, there was qui te a bit of "Sun" this
ra ce d ay, as former Nation al C ha m p io n Ron
Sun grabbed the firs t holeshol of the O ve r 40 A
class.
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