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banger. Larson sp un laps witho ut a mistake in
eac h race and turned his 1-2 e fforts into the
cla ss w in for t he day . A poor fir st mo to
relega ted Dan Hanebrink to the runner-up slot.
but his 4- 1 scores were st ill best of the rest.
Bengt Johansso n (2- 3) garne re d third , wh ile
Hors t Leitne r (3-4) an d Ch uck Minert (5- 5)
completed the to p five.
Sean Friday showed up aboard his KTM 5X
8S and rode the ora nge machine to the overa ll
class victory in the 85 cc junior class , hand ily
sw ee ping both mo tos. Kawasak i pilot Khylar
Size more (2-2) put in a pair of fine rides to earn
the secon d-place brass, ahead of Yamaha rider
Caden Prob st (3-4) in th ird. TA. Walker (4-3)
joc ke yed his Ho nda to fourt h, while jo rd an
Borowski (8-5) took fifth aboard his Yamaha .
RESUL
TS
Drew Saunders (44) was the 250cc
Junior overall w inner a t REM's
Saturday motoc ro ss a t Glen Helen
Raceway Park.
2S0cc Junior ranks, as th e Honda ride r swept
both mot es in dom inating fashion for th e overall
class win. Evan Dietrich chased him across the
line both tim es out for a 2-2 tally and seco nd
overall. New to t he class, Craig Cheever turned
in a co uple o f so lid rides and was rewarded
wi t h th ird overall for his con siste nt 3-3
show ing. Cod y Brownfie ld (4-5) placed fo urth,
and Patrick Healy (6-4) was fifth .
The O ve r 60 Master division featu red a
heated contest, which was eventua lly w on by
Lars Larsso n, aboard h is trusty KT M four-
65 B EG: I. H unte r Falk (KTH ): 2. Ryan Bums (Kaw ).
80 BEG : I. Bra ndt Loc ey (Han): 2. Ricky D iu (Yam); 3.
Kevin He aly (Yam) ; pman (Su. ); J. Lany H"'P' (yam ); <
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Peter Lundquist (Yam): 5 . J
ohn Sandstrom (Hen ). VET JR: I.
Roc ky H ash (Yam ) ; 2 . C hu c k G o lob (Han); 3. Damo n
Dunawa y (Hen ); 4 . Dave Ste phe ns (Yam); 5. Man BulTOUghS
(H us). VET INT: I. Dean Welsh (Hon ): 2. Joe Melton (Yam);
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3. Darin Frank (Yam); 4 . .JeffHow e D (Hon) : S. Patrick Mullins
(Yam). 40 + JR: I. Gary Gonzales (Hon) : 2. Mike Borowski
(Hon ); 3. Rick Pete rsen (Yam); 4. Ron Maim (Yam); 5. Greg
Groom (Hon ). 40+ INT: 1.1vwJy Norttv-up (Hon ): 2. Rudy
Cha vez (Han): 3. Gary Harada (Hon ); 4. Pete Vetrano (Hen) ;
5. o.nAJamango< (Yam). <0 + EX, I. F".lNochols (Hon); 2.
Randy Skinner (5u% 3. Dave Eropkin (Hon) : 4. Jim Naegle
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(Han); 5. Ken Ehlers (Yam). 40+ MSTR: I. Paul Needles
(Hen ); 2. Bob Johnson (Hen): 3. Willie AmaradlO (Yam): 4.
Ron lawso n (Yam) ; 5. Peter C ro sb y (Yam) . 50 + JR: I.
Pierre Pfeiffer (Hon ). 50 + INT: I . Jack Garland (Han). 50 +
MST R: I. George Kohler (Kaw) ; 2. Bill Haxim (Kaw) ; 3. Ray
Pisarski (Ha n); 4 . Dennis McAdam (Hen); S. Jod y We isel
(Ya m ) . 60 + H ST R: I. La rs Larsson ( KT M) : 2. Dan
Ha nebrin k (Hon); 3. Be ngt Johansson ( KT M) ; 4. H o r st
Leitner (Hon ); 5. Chuck Minert (Suz).
World Championship ICE Speedway Series
Round I: Evere tt Events Center
Still the Manni
By AMANDA
URSINI
FVERm, WA, DEC. 20
A lmost 80 00 fans - a turnou t much larger
/"'\than e xpected - turned o ut the weekend
befo re Christmas to see the o pe ning round of
the 28th ann ual Wo rld Cham pio nsh ip IC E
Speedway Series. T he strongest field of riders
asse mbled in quite a few years no doubt had
so met hing to do wit h it. The event was co-presented by Lynnwood Cycle Barn and International Cha mpionship Events and was sanctioned
by the World Spe edway Racing Association .
Afte r a brie f far e well ce re mony ho noring
the late IC E/W SRA official starter Patr ick "Pork
C ho p" Mye rs, anno uncer Chr is Le e gave th e
co mmand th at cleare d the way for t he 200 4
World Championship title chase to begin.
First, the heat-race part of the program got
unde r way. IC E/WSRA he at -race po ints are
ea r ned thus ly: 10 poi nt s fo r a w in, five fo r
secon d. three for th ird and one point for a lastplace finish.
In he at one, five -t im e Worl d C ha mp io n
Char lie "T he Edge " Venegas from San
Ber nard in o , C alifo r nia , line d up aga inst
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Tuesday & W e d n e s d a y, February 24 & 25
de fending World Champion James "Mad Dog"
Mann from Bolton. England . The showdow n all
had ho p e d for was a bit anticl imact ic , as
Venegas fo ught his way to an early lead in the
fo ur-t ap p e r. on ly t o be d isq ua lified fo r
committing a pole violation by hitting an infield
marker. The infield markers are set a full three
fee t inside the pole , and if a rider hits one with
his mac hine or body, it 's a n automatic DQ .
Man n wo n, followed by Sparks, Nevada's Bill
Hennant and local rider Dave Darst.
Heat tw o was also highty anticipated, as two
Na tiona l C hampions - Cary, Nort h Carolina's
Ro nny Kemp and local he ro Set h Chu rch from
nea rby Moun t Lake Terrace , Washington - we re
slated to go hea d to hea d . Kemp was str ong
a nd le d th is one from w ire t o wire , over
C hurch . Missou la, Mon tana 's Tyle r Hansen
finished th ird, followed by his brother Trent.
The big story of heat three was the re turn
to the ICE wars of john "Mountain Man" Grant
from Ge orge t o w n, California. T he agel e ss
G rant sh o w e d e veryone he ha dn ' t los t his
to uch o r his des ire to win by w hippin' 'e m good
in this one!
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PRACTICE DAY S
Jennin gs GP Circui t wi ll host tw o f u ll d ays of p ract ice for t he A HRMA and
WERA Vintage road race cla sses, plus sid ecars. For informat ion and entry
form , cont act the t rack at www.jenn ingsg p.com or call 386-938-1110 .
Thursday, February 26
AHRMA HISTORIC CUP ROADRACE SERIES '
A fu ll d ay of A HRMA Roadraci ng ! Comp lete class in f o rm ati o n and ent ry form fo r
AHRMA's Jennings and Daytona events are avai lab le at www. ahrma.org o r call 615-851-3674 .
JEN NI N G S GP BBQ
6 :30 PM - FREE BBQ and Beve rag es for all!!
Friday, February 27
W ERA VI NTA G E ROA D RACE SERIES'
A f ull day of W ERA Vinta g e Ro adracin g p lus sid ecars ! Gr ids wi ll be set by d at e o f ent ry. Comp let e info rmatio n on
WER A Vinta ge Racin g cla sses and entry form f or Jen nin g s "S p rin g Cla ssic " at www.weravintage.o rg or ca ll 8 04-539-2065 .
r O p en t o a ll AHRMA, U5CRA, VRRA and W ERA licensed members. You must be an AMA member to enter the AHRMA events,
Race-day registration f o r both racing dates will b e ava ila b le at the t r ack Wedn esday through Friday morning.
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