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AMA District 27 Washougal Summer Motocross Series
Round B: Washougal Motocross Parle
machine will proudly display the number-one
plate in 2003.
The "lowlight" of Saturday was, without a
doubt, the season-ending injury suffered by
250cc Vintage rider Bryan Molli. Facing
surgery and rehab on a badly damaged ankle,
Molli plans to return to the series as soon as
possible, to spectate and lend assistance to
entire day.
By CLAY LJeHT
Teenage sensation Charlie Italia closed out
a great Pro Sport career with a convincing and
WASHOUGAL, WA, AUG. II
Kawasaki-mounted Guy Tow and Yamaha
rider Ryan Huffman were among the few double-class winners at round eight of the AMA
Washougal Summer Motocross Series at
Washougal Motocross Park. Tow, from
Rainier, Oregon, toppled the competition in
the 125cc and Before The Hill Junior classes,
winning both with dominating 1-) performances to join fellow Beaver State rider Huffman in the winner's circle.
Throughout the season, Tow has been a
consistent top-three finisher in his two classes,
but on this day the up-and-coming rider put
together a nearly perfect day, starting with his
demolition of the competition in the 125cc C
class, which was 30 riders strong. Tow took
command right off the bat and led his fellow
Oregonians Robert Wullbrandt and Eric
Stevenson to the finish. In fact, had it not been
for fourth-place finisher Josh Wyninger, the
top-placing Washingtonian, Oregonians would
have held a complete stranglehold on the top
10 positions.
Suzuki rider Nick Wolfer was Tow's closest
competition in the early stages of moto two,
but the RM pilot couldn't stick with the
leader's pace and dropped back several positions' allowing both Wullbrandt and Stevenson
to again settle into the number-two and -three
spots, and they trailed Tow to the finish. Overall, Tow (1-1), Wullbrandt (2-2), Stevenson
(3-3), Wyninger (4-6) and Jason Lytle (6-5)
rounded out the top five.
Tow faced similar competition in the com·
bined Before The Hill BIC contest, but it was
Wolfer who trailed Tow at the finish in moto
one, slightly ahead of Ricky Wuori and the
lone B rider in the field, Washington's Robert
Thomas. Oregon's Luke Johnson and Tow led
the field on the opening lap of moto two but,
much as had been the case all day long , Tow
was not to be denied the win. Tow polished off
his perfect four-for-four day at the conclusion
of moto two, followed by the overall B-c1ass
winner, Thomas, and Wuori, who finished second overall in the 20-rider C class.
herd-earned victory in the Open Pro cJass on
Sunday. Italia worked hard to overcome a second-place start. Saturday night's Open Pro
winner, Cory Roth, had grabbed the holeshot
and was determined to double up his takehome pay. Roth a rode a mistake-free race,
holding a tight inside line, which forced the
younger Italia to use the upper edge of the
groove in his attempts to pass. Youth would
not be denied, and Italia eventually found his
way past the more-experienced Expert and
went on to score a convincing win. That
should be ltalia's final checkered flag as a Pro
Sport-ranked rider, as it's now on to the
Expert ranks for Italia. He expects to make
his Grand National debut in Springfield this
September.
EarJjer, in the Brakeless Vintage class,
Honda twin·mounted Paul Bailey of Toledo
got off to a rather sluggish start but soon
latched on to leader Kevin Eblin's tail and proceeded to hound the Suzuki rider for the entire
distance, probing high and low • most times
high. On the last tum of the last lap, Bailey
made one last high-line surge around and into
three, hot. Bailey somehow kept the brakeless
beast on the groove and raced the smaller
two-stroke to the stripe for a hard-earned win.
Uttie Casee McCammon finished third in
the 80cc class on Saturday night. On Sunday
afternoon, he drag-raced off the line in the
80cc final, moving up through the gears and
into tum one, only to find himself third again,
behind his usual rivals Ricky Boley and Tyler
Pittman. McCammon would have to play
catch-up. He soon closed the gap on second-
place man Pittman. McCammon went to work
on the Suzuki rider and got his Honda under·
neath and by Pittman coming out of two. He
then set his sights on the seemingly long-gone
Boley. Slowly but steadily, McCammon reeled
him in. Two laps from the end, McCammon
went by on his way to an impressive comefrom-behind victory.
The inaugural motorcycle event at Speedway 339 was a complete success, a quick and
efficiently run program that had everyone
loading up by 3:30 for the Sunday drive home.
It was so good, they're planning on doing it
again on October 12 andl3.
Huffman, who has amassed a multitude
of wins throughout the Northwest this
summer, notched yet another win, this time
in the Over 25 Pro class. Huffman had fellow
Yamaha rider Jay Jackson to deal with in
the early stages, but the former National number holder held the point position to the finish in both motos to garner the top money.
Jackson trailed Huffman in both contests to
snare the runner-up laurels, followed by Jeff
Johnson (4-3).
Huffman barely had time to cool off from
his Over 25 win before he had to stage for the
125cc Pro class just two motos later. It didn't
mailer much, though, as Huffman came right
back to take command of the first moto,
trailed by rookie Pro Trevor Brooks and Intermediate Ryan Brubeck in the combined field
of A- and B-c1ass riders. Yamaha rider Kelvin
Schoen darted through traffic to trail Huffman
at the finish but was one of two riders disqualified in the mota and Brooks was credited with
a second-place finish at mota's end.
Huffman did the same in moto two, dominating from the get-go, to finalize his Pro-class
decimation. B·c1ass rider Davis Didier followed Huffman to the finish, good for the top
position in the B class, just ahead of Brooks,
the second-placed Pro rider. Didier (2-1)
nabbed the B-c1ass win, trailed by Califomian
Josh Bagge (1-2) and Oregon's Ryan Huege,
who, with 3-3 placings, nelled third overall in
the B class, behind Didier and Bagge.
Mike Corder, one of only a select few
Northwest riders to qualify for last month's
Washougal AMA National, captured the 250cc
Pro-c1ess overall win with e double-moto
romp, although he did have two of the Northwest's top Pro riders to contend with in both
motos. Suzuki rider J.R. Vielle put in a solid
performance to finish second to Corder in
moto one, while third went to Brooks. Don
Bisceglia, another of the riders on hand to
qualify for the National here in late July (the
other was Huffman) chased Corder from lap
two after gelling the holeshot and leading the
opening lap. Bisceglia couldn't make a move
on Corder and finished second in the moto,
and overall as well.
339 Speedway
Berlow, Ohio
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so:
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1. Justin PIttman (KTM); 2. Wayne Varian (KTM); 3. Jordan
MotU (Yam).
60: 1. Heath Waugh (KTM).
80: 1. Ricky Boley (Hon); 2. Tyler Pittmlln (Suz); 3. Cosee
McCammon (Hon).
125: 1. Tyler Pittman (Sm); 2. Rkky BoI~ (Hon).
250: 1. Ricky Marshall (Hon): 2. WII Forman (C·A); 3. Tom
EngJdwt (Yam); 4. B