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CMC Pacific Northwest Golden State Nationals, Round 1
SALEM, OR, JAN. 24
MA National Pros Chaun McAlister and Dustin Lenaburg raked in
the cash and contingencies in the
Pro classes at the opening round of the
CMC-sanctioned Pacific Northwest
Golden State Nationals at the Oregon
State Fairgrounds, with the majority of
the loot going to McAlister.
McAlister topped the 125cc, Over 25
and Vet Pro classes, and he also finished
third in the 250cc Pro class. Lenaburg,
meanwhile, went 1-1 in the 250cc Pro
class, ahead of Terry Hamness and
McAlister.
Lenaburg, riding his Cycle
Sports/House of Horsepower /Oakley /Troy Lee/POI-backed Kawasaki,
had to work hard for his win in the first
250cc Pro moto, as he came from last
place to catch and pass Hamness, who
led the moto un til the finalla p.
.
Lenaburg forged ahead of the field
early on in moto two and, after displacing Hamness on the first lap, the upand-coming teenager breezed to a win.
Hamness trailed Lenaburg to net second
and second overall ahead of a ti ring
McAlister, who was contesting four
classes on the day. Still, McAlister went
3-3 for third overall, ahead of Suzuki
riders Mike Hamness (4-4), Nick Han-'
son (5-5) and Ted Harry (6-6).
FMF/Motion Sports/Fox/ Arai-sponsored McAlister, though, earned his first
of three wins in the 12Scc Pro class,
despite incredible pressure from
Lenaburg in both motos.
McAlister posted his best performances of the day with a 1-1 rampage
aboard his Suzuki to finish a small distance ahead of Lenaburg, who, with 2-2
placings, netted second. Yamahamounted Paul Connor was the lucky
recipient of the final podium position
when Hansen fell while battling with
Lenaburg for second. This allowed both
Connor and Ryan Hagemann to slip
past the downed RM pilot.
Connor's 5-3 placings led Hagemann's 4-4 finishes and Hansen's disappointing 3-5 performances into the top
five overall.
"We raced two nights in a rowat.an
arenacross in the Tri-Cities (Washington) area on Friday and Saturday, so
while I'm pleased with the win, I'm also·
pretty trashed right now," said former
National number 97 McAlister.
Trashed or not, McAlister came back
shortly thereafter to do similar damage
in the combined Over 25/Before The
Hill and Up The Hill Pro/Intermediate
classes, which McAlister won overall
despite pressure from the evening's surprise performer, Ty Lacey. Lacey carved
through traffic to overtake all of the
other Pros in the field, and in moto two
he nearly caught a tiring McAlister on
the final lap.
Lacey turned some heads with his
Before The Hill-elass win, where he finished. ahead of Pros Terry Bamness,
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Mike Hamness, J.R. Meusling and
Harry, as well as his Before The Hill
competition, which included Rory Sullivan, Jon Kauffman and Chad Gilbert.
Yamaha-mounted Ryan Sweet was also
among the front-runners, winning the
Up The Hill Intermediate class.
Lacey wasn't finished there, however,
as he later won the Schoolboy class
ahead of another rising amateur, Keith
Kadell, and Marc Miller-Jones, neither of
whom could put the stops on Lacey, a
three-class contestant. Lacey, though, fell
one moto short of what the Cycle Town
of Medford-sponsored rider had hoped
would be a three-class win tally, for,
while in a heated battle, Lacey was
involved in a bump-and-crash mishap
that dropped him to a first-moto fifthplace finish, his only non-win of the day.
Steve Sullivan scored the overall win
in the class with his 2-2 showing, with
Lacey second overall on his 5-1. Washington's Mike Scheel was third on 3-3
scores, leading Monte Hill and Sweet.
Scheel rebounded from the loss by
winning both 250cc Intermediate-class
motos. Riding a Yamaha, Scheel breezed
to a win in the first moto ahead of
Kawasaki rider Gary Terlecki and Sullivan. Scheel capped off his two-moto
sweep by overtaking the fast-starting
Terlecki on the third lap in moto two
and then opening up a comfortable lead
to nab his only win of the day. Terlecki
fell victim to Sullivan late in the moto,
dropping the local favorite to third overall to Sullivan's 3-2 placings. Rounding
out the top five overall were Jon Kauffman and KTM-mounted Eric Rogers.
Justin Keeney has made short work of
the small-displacement classes this season, and it was more of the same today
for the diminutive Honda and Kawasaki
rider. Keeney reached new heights in his
60cc Senior, 80cc (9-11) and Supermini
wins; he was one of only two three-class
winners on the day, the other being
McAlister. Keeney had close competition
in the Supermini class from Derrick Sas,
the second-place finisher in the 2D-rider
final. Sas scored second ahead of Adam
Metzler, Joshua Hill and Race Lacey,
who made the 20-rider final only after
winning the last-chance qualifier.
Tate Major, seventh in the Supermini
final, won both 80cc (12-13) motos ahead
of Lacey, Sas, Cody Buyas and Kenny
Webster.
Suzuki-mounted Ryan Metzler was a
two-elass winner, coming out on top of
the 125 and 250cc Junior classes. Metzler
finished ahead of KTM-mounted Will
Wallace in his 125cc main-event win,
then bounced back to beat Dave Schmid
and Cory Johnson in the 250cc class. _
Oregon State Fairgrounds
Salem, Oregon
Results: January 24, 1999 (Round 1)
P/W (4-6): I. Landon Currier (KTM); 2. Steele
Angle-Davidson (Cob); 3. Glenn Prcstholt (Cob); 4.
Nickolas McMillen (KTM): 5. John Dickerson (l