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Cycle News 2004 05 19

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when the mach ine was first introduced . "This is kind of a treat for me, to see these old bikes ," Myerscough . "I love motocross . I th ink it's the bes t sport . I just love rid ing moto rcycles." Truc hinski made t he switch from big Ho nda to litt le Suzuki at Cahu illa, as he rode a clean 1982 Suzu ki RM 125 to I-I victories in t he Ultima 125cc Expert class. O nce again, Truchinski was spectacular, using up eve ry inch of the high line in the ber ms to rail aro und the tr ack , using momentum to keep the little yellow RM pinned. " It 's funny - t his t rac k is kind of rough , but if you take the right lines, it's smooth ," Truchinski said. "O n the 125 I could just pin it almost all the way around the track and not even get tir ed . O uts ide was the fast way to go . It was a blast today. Love it . More guys need to co me out." The age classes hosted so me great racing at th e Cahui lla Creek ro und as well. Per haps most notable were the 40+ Expert dices put on by Elk Grove, California's Steve Parker and Paul Dunne. Like Truchinski and Myerscough , the two were absolutely tied together around the track in the lrst mota until Dunne ran into pro bs aboard his Maico 490, allowing '83 Honda CR480- moun te d Parker scape with the w in and Allen McKay into second aboard an immaculate varna 430CR. Dunne wo uld slip in the mota, but he was oto two , and he once again , this time the two going to the finish, where Dunne took the win. Alas, his 6- 1 was only good eno ugh for th ird overa ll in the class, behind Parker ( 1-2) and McKay (23). Parker said that he had a ball dicing with Dunne in fo ur motos - the two ran second and t hird respective ly in the Ultima 500cc Expert class as well. "It was a lot of fun being able to ride w ith Rich Truchinski and Brian Myerscough," Parker said. "I'm just a regular Joe compared to those guys." Dunne was hardly disappointed with his performance, considering his Maico nearly ate itself in the first 40 + Expert mota. "It started to seize, so I pulled the clutch in and saved the top end, " Dunne said. "Then for the seco nd mota, we had to fatt en it up a bit, but it worked . I had a lot of fun out the re ." eN H IST 12S EX: I. Scott La""", (Han). H IST 12S INT: I. Jon I1

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