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Northwest Vintage Motocross Championship Ser ies Final Round: Wo odland M otocross Park [Left) Chris Clark (11 0 ) beat Grayson Hart to the finish i n the first Over 30 Expert moto at the final round of the Northwest Vintage Motocross Championship Series, but Hart came back to win moto two and the overall. Clark later came back to w in both Open Expert motos and the overall. (Below) Jay Jackson (4) , Kenny McCann (44) an d Tom Sh eard (7 0) le ad t he first 250cc Evolution/Four-Stroke Expert moto at W oodland Motocross Park i n Woodland, Washin gton. Jackson w on the Evo lution-c las s overall, while Sheard scored a win In the Fo u r -Strok e p orti on . W OODLAND, WA, MAY 5 Z-mounted Chris Clar k and fel! low Oregonian G rayson Hart clashed at th e ninth and final round of the Northw est Vin tage Motocross Ch a m p io ns h ip Ser ies at Wood land Motocross Pa rk, but in the end, both ride rs ne tted a tr io of mo to victories an d do ub le -class decimations. Ha rt , t he fo rm e r AMA Natio n al numbe r-72 plat e ho lder , trai led Cla rk in th e first O ve r 30 Exp e rt moto perh aps C lar k ' s bes t- ever pe rfo r mance - but Ha rt roa red bac k in m oto t wo to t ro un c e th e co m p e t itio n aboard h is 1974 Hond a CR250 , kee ping Clark's 19 72 CZ 4 0 0 at ba y to s na re th e overa ll win. We ll ove r 200 riders from th ree western states and Canada were on hand for the s e rie s ' finale , but few could navigate the loamy course with the speed of Hart , who won the 250cc and Over 30 Expert Vintage classes, or Clark, who , after finish ing second to Hart in the Over 30 class, won th e Open Expert-class overall. Cla rk vanished from the competitio n in h is dual O pe n Exp e rt- cl a s s victo ries, pu tt ing as m uch as 12 seconds between himself and Kawasaki mounted Co lby Ca m pb ell , who was the top -placing Inte rmedi ate rider. Husky -m oun te d Dirk Mur p h y ove rcame a poor sta rt in mo to one to trail C lark an d Campb ell , bu t finis hed a hea d of Intermediates John Mattoon , Greg Mattoon a nd Will Bradfo rd , all rid ing CZs . Mo to t wo wa s m uch the same. Clark collected ho leshot honors and the n sped a wa y to victory a board his ultratrick CZ, lea ving Murphy to tra il at the finish for a 2 -2 second-place tally. Campbell aced the Intermediate class to le a d Greg Mattoon (3- 2) , John Mattoon (2-3), Bra dford (4 -4 ) and Dean Newton (6 -5 ) into the top five overall. Honda -m ou nte d J osh Warring wal loped t he com petition in the day 's 32 MAY 23 , 200 1 • cue • ... got the m ote-two victory to snag the ove rall wi n , his secon d of t he d a y a fter ea rl ier to p pi ng t he Un d e r 40 Evol utio n Expe rt class. Ba yless (1- 3) finis hed seco nd overall, while Ca se y (3- 2 ) roun de d out the top th ree . Bulta co -m o un ted Roger Lan d be rg scored a w in in the competiti ve 250cc Vintage Amateur class, but that was on ly after first-moto winner Don Cuhna dropped off the pace while le ading moto two. Landberg , rid ing a 1974 .B u lt a c o Pu rsang , wa s r ight th er e to grasp the lead when Cuhna faded . Landberg 's 2- 1 tally topp ed CZ rider Adam Saa rio (3 -2) , Cuhna (1 -4), Lorin Smith (4 -3) and Mark Mitman ( 7 - 5 ) in the 17 -rid e r field . eN Woodland Motocross Park Woodland, Washi ngton Results: M ay 5, 2001 (Round 9 Df 9] Vintage XR: 1. Jo hn Trudeau; 2. Marku s Stevens. 125 EX : I. J eff Pugh (Han) ; 2. Chr istop her James (Kaw ); 3. Grayson Hart ( Hon) . 2 5 0 AM : 1. Roger Lan db erg ( Bul) ; 2. A dam Saerio (eZ): 3. Don Cuhne (Hon). 25 0 INT: 1. Cody Sprag ue (Hon) ; 2. Pete Unger (Kaw); 3. John Mattoon (Cl ). 25 0 EX: 1. Grayson Hart (Hon) ; 2. Joe Casey (Han); 3. John Ulver (Kaw) . PRE ·1970 INT: 1. Dorian Sleep er ( Hus) ; 2 . Darrel Kilgore (Yam ); 3. John Lnughlin (Due). PRE · 19 70 EX : 1. Dirk Murphy (Oss ); 2. Ken Burninqhem (T ri} . OPEN AM : 1. Bria n Wry (C l ); 2. Dann y Vinci (Hus): 3. David MacKillip (Bul) . OPEN INT : 1. Colby Cam pbe ll (Kaw); 2. Greg Mattoon (Cl): 3. John Mattoon (Cl) . OPEN EX: 1. Chris Clark 2. Dirk Murph y (Hus) ; 3. Keith Webster (Hus). 30 + AM : 1. Tom Ow ens (Hus); 2. Denny Vinci (Hus); 3. John McLean (Cl) . 30+ INT : 1. Pete Unger (Kaw); 2. Andy McKe ag (Hus); 3. Marty Welter (Han) . 30 + EX: 1. Grayson Hart (Han) ; 2 . Chris Clerk (Cl) ; 3. John Illver (Kaw) . 40 + AM : 1. J im Neinstedt (Han); 2. Bill Grubin (Hus) ; 3. Lorin Sm ith (Cl) . 4 0 + I NT : 1. John M att oo n (C l) ; 2 . Dorian Sleeper (Hus); 3 . Greg Mattoo n (Cl) . 4 0 + EX: 1. Je ff Pugh (Han) ; 2. Ke ith Webster (Hus). 50+ AM : 1. Jerry Shield s (Han) ; 2 . Ray Fisher (Mal ). . 5 0+ INT : 1 . La rr y Reed ( Ha n ) : 2 . St eve Setterl und (CZ); 3. Reid Searle (CZ). 50+ EX: 1. Ken Burni ngham (Tn) ; 2 . Bill Crager (Yarn) . 60 + A M : 1. Gl en Fin ner an ( C -A) ; 2 . Coli n Han coc k (Bul). 6 0 + INT : 1. Ed Parsons (BSA): 2. Rodger Bille (Han). 4 -STRK AM: 1. Forrest Waldron (Hon) ; 2 . Brad Bird (Yem} ; 3. Chuck Bradford (BSA) . 4 -STR K INT: 1. Ji m Cole (Tr i): 2. Marty Welter (Han) ; 3. Dean Newton (Tri ). 4 -STRK EX: 1. Ken Burn ingham (T n). WMN A M : I. Alix Sa ar! c ( CZ) ; 2 . Tiffan y Thornton (Han): 3 . Tina Aaslund (Yam). WMN (NT: 1. Valerie Ulver (Kew} . WMN EX: 1. Denise Bayless (Hon). Evolut ion 1251NT: 1. Charli e Martin (vern). 2 5 0 A M : 1. Jo sh Wa rr in g ( Ha n) ; 2 . Richard Pickner (Yll m ); 3. Evan Ja cobus (Yam) . 2 5 0 INT : 1. Cha rlie Mll rt in (Y am) ; 2 . M,l!Irv in Newton (M,ai). 25 0 EX: 1. J ay Jackso n (Kaw); 2. Greg Bayl ess (Han) ; 3. Joe Casey (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Scott Howlan d (Yam ); 2. .Jernes Conway (Mai) ; 3 . Bob Walberg (Yam }. OPEN INT: 1. Frank Campbell (Mai) . OP EN EX : 1. Kurt St even s ( Yam) ; 2 . T om Sheard (vern) . 0 ·40 INT: 1. Cha r lie M ar t in ( Yam ) ; 2 . J .R. Cunningham (MlJi). 0·40 EX: 1. J ay Jack son (Kaw); 2. Greg Bayless (Han); 3. Christop her James (Yam ). 40 + 1l"fT 1. Don Matthew s (CZ): 2 . Dale .Jacobus : (Han) . 40+ EX: 1. Mark Koontz (Yam) : 2. Matt Waldr on. 50+ AM : 1. Eric Krask (Yam); 2. Dan Glenn; 3. Preston Giffin . 50. INT: 1. Frank Campb ell (Mai). 4 -STRK AM: 1. Lyle Beach (Yam) : 2. Du stin McBrid e (Yam): 3. Brad Bird (Yarn}. 4 -STRK INT: 1. Kenny McCllnn (Yam): 2. Dale Jacobus (Han) . 4 -STRK EX: 1. Tom Sheard (Yam ).

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