Dirt Track
A nnen wen t unch all en g ed for the
remaining eig ht lap s.
"A ll o f a sud d en I d idn't hear him
anym ore," Anne n said . "I d idn't know
w ha t had ha ppened to J.P. until the next
lap . I wa s trying to force him high , bu t
he kept trying to put a w heel past me,
and I wa s pre tty su re I ha d it (a w in )
w hen I saw hi m d ow n."
Behind A nnen, the battl e for second
was no t a secu re one, as Hlebo pu t the
press ure o n Price w ho had moved int o
second place. Price maint ained the position to the end . Hlebo was third , while
Vernon's finest rid e as an Expe rt ne tted
h im fourth, ahead of Kopp , An d er son,
Waters , Rickm a n a n d Br o wn , w ho
cha rged from 17th-place at the sta rt to
finish nin th a head o f Rose. Schnit zer ,
oyes, Fisher, Wilson, Wes ton, Sim on se n and Fitzhugh finished in that order
behind him .
Fo r th e LOP KO /Shoei /Thor / Lyn nwood Yamaha-backed An nen, it was a
s wee t co ncl us io n to th e Cas tl e Ro ck
ro un d, wh ere a victory had eluded him
for many years.
" It feels so good to get on the podium here, es pecially wit h a win," An ne n
sa id. " I'd like to thank Denn y (Lopp) for
all of th e su p po rt o ver the years. Ch ris
(Fitz hug h) 'was goi n' good for a w hil e,
then I mad e J.P wo rk for it. Hey, this is
great!"
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Castle Rock Race Park
Castle Rock, Washington
Results : September 5, 1999
600 EX: 1. k if An nen (W· R); 2. Eli Price (\v· R); 3.
[ohn Htcbo (Rlx); " . C hristta n Ve-rnon (ATK); 5. Lonn y
Kcpp (w-R): b. Ryan An derson (W-R); 7. Ron wa ters
(W-R); 8. Eric Rickman (Rt:d ; lJ, Beau A. Brown (W-R);
to . Troy RO M" (Rh); 11. 0..·1Schn itzer (\V-R); 12. Kenny
Noy es (Hbgj: 13. R,', Fi..her (W·R ); 14. Don wilson (W.
R); 15. Aaron W.....lo n (\'V· R); 16.I.P. Simonsen (Rtx): 17.
C hri.. Fitz hugh (\'V·R ).
600 .oRO _SI"T : 1. Kurt HAwk (AT K); 2. Beau Z .
Brown (Rtx); 3. Tun y Fox (Rt x): 4. Dan Ad kins (H en): 5.
Bub Ro..." (Rb.); b . Tro y Renfr o ( W· R~; 7. Ste ve Hlcbo
i
(Hun); 8. C eo rgc Prind iville (Rtx): 9. Eric Beers (W-Rl;
10. Pete Med calf (\v·R) ; 11. Rand v Patterson (Ya rn): 12.
Jimmy Ragsdntc (W· R).
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OPEN PRO TIV : t . Iohn Prot o (Ya m); 2. To ny Thorn
(Tri); 3. C ary Beach ITn ) ; ~ . John Sperry (BSA); 5. rldJ
Tracy (Y.l m); b. Dick Slusher ITn ); 7. Paul Pcroli (Y.a m ~;
8. D.1\"e Storin g
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CASTLE R
OCK, WA. SEPT. 4.
o r me r A M A Exp ert Lar ry Legarra
.. em er ged as th e o nly two-class win• ner du rin g th e A M RM A /C la s si c
Bik e M a ga zin e Dirt Tra ck Na t ion al ,
which was a continuu m of Washington
Speed Week. Wh en the dust had settled
and the smo ke had cleared , the Bultaco
and H onda -m oun ted Legarra post ed
Washington Speed Week
wi ns in th e C la ss ic Ope n and 250cc
Sportsman main events.
Joining Legarra in the winner's circle
w a s Californian Jo hn Proto, w ho w as
victorio us in the Sportsman 750cc fina l,
beating form er A MA Gra nd Na tio na l
wi n ner, Or egon 's So nn y Burres, for the
h on or . Burre s , wh o la s t yea r wa s
plagu ed by mech anical pro blems, d idn' t
lea ve the legend ary Ca st le Ro ck TT
C lu bgrou n ds w in less , as the fo rmer
Natiun al number 69 plat e hold er ea rned
a w in in the Senior (+50) final.
Eight AHRMA National po ints-paying classes were fea tu red here in the 10fea tu re progra m that p receed ed the
AMA H ot Shoe Na tio nal. Th ere w e re
also two su ppo rt clas ses implemented at
wha t was the 12th rou nd u f t h e
A HRMA N at io na l Seri es , o ne of the
three IT ationals on this year's schedule.
The first in the seri es of eight National mai n events wa s the Se nior final. in
w hich the popu lar Burres sa t on the po le
posi ti on . Burres was te d litt le time by
pu tt ing a ll 750cc of Triumph power to
the g ro und, as he led Allen Morin vill e,
Steve Lacey and James Coppage o n the
first of the 14 circu ts.
While Burres d id have initia l cha llen ges fro m Morinville's Honda, Burres
had b y la p th ree checked o ut o n th e
co m pe tit io n, lea ving Mo rinvill e well
behind . Several laps lat er, thoug h, Morinvi lle' s Ho nd a wo u ld coas t to th e sidelin es, allow ing Lacey to m ove in to the
position vacated by Morinvill e, where
he'd finish, ahead of BSA-m ounled Co ppage.
.
Lega rra' s firs t of two mai n-ev ent victories ca me in the Classic Open final ,
one in which he rod e a 1967 Bulla co EI
Bandito to vict ory after ge tti ng aro und
the intital leader, BSA Gold Sta r-mounted Ron P red m ore . A fte r d isp la cin g
Predmore, it was classic Legarra, as the
former Expert sped on to victo ry ahead
of Ron Predmore and Coppage.
Mark Legarra, the el d er o f the tw o
ra cing Legarra fa m ily m embers , led
Larry Legarra o n the o pe ning la p of the
Sports ma n 250cc fina l, b ut u nlike the
cla ss's quali fier , in w hic h Larry too k a
hard tumble into the hay ba les, La rry
Legarra overtook his Yama ha- mo un ted
brother to main tain a lead to th e finis h
to fina lize his two-win tall v. He was follo w ed to th e fin is h by a 'pa ir of Ca lifo rn ia n s , Mar k Le g a r ra and Co rey
Schm uck.
P r ot o w as th e p o lc -si tt e r' for th e
Sportsma n 750cc final, u sing th e position as a launch ing pad to lead Burres'
Triumph and the 650cc Yamaha of Tim
Ricketts into turn 'one. Prot o, w ho bar ely
ed ged Burres in the qua lifier, had Burres
gu nni ng from beh ind , bu t when the two
riders bumped , Burres ba cked o ff th e
pace.
" He (Pro to) bumped m e. No t once,
bu t twic e," an a ngry Burres said , "The n
I kn ocked it into neutral. and then just
sa id 'hec k wi th it, it ain 't worth it.:"
Burres wou ld eve ntually drop off th e
pac e entire ly, trailin g Pro to - w ho wou ld
sw ee p every Open Twin fi na l during
Speed Week - to the line by a half-lap at
the finish. O rtega finished th ird aboard
the sano RI kman Met isse.
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Castle Rock Race Park
Castle Rock, Wash ington
Results: September 4, 1999
S PTS M 250 : 1. Larry Legarra (Hon ): 2. M-uk
Lega rra (Yam) ; 3. Corey Schmuck IHon).
S PTS M 600: 1. Brad Spence r (Hon): 2. ~ .ltt Ro hr
(Ya m); 3. Bret t weston (Honl.
' 70s SGL: I. J ~ Ca rer ra (Ya m) ; 2. Brad Spencer
(Ya m ); 3. Ma rk Stu deb aker (Ron).
SPTSM 750: 1. John Pro lo (Yam); 2. Sonnv Burres
