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AMA Washougal Amateur Days
Washougal Motocross Park
PHOTOS BV CLAV LIGHT
Huffman, Weaver String
Together Some Wins
BY CLAY LIGHT
WASHOUGAL, WA, JULY 29-31
early 2000 riders from all across the
cou ntry and Canada attended the annua l
Washougal Amateur Days at Washougal
Motocross Park. Oregon's Ryan Huffman and
Bozeman, Montana 's Cameron Weaver were
amo ng the most successful. Huffma n ham me red the competition in the 250cc A class,
while his fellow Yamaharider Weaver walloped
a huge field of Four-Stroke Pro contestants to
earn the top money in that division.
Th ir ty - one ri ders waged war in the
competitive 250cc NPro class. Many of those
o n hand woul d be vying for transfers to the
AMA National several days later. Huffman
d art ed out fro nt in bo th 250cc rnot os and
never looked back, e njoying large advantages
a head of Californian Tommy Harr ison and
Wa sh ing ton ' s Bre tt Bo e h m, w ho traded
se cond-place finishes , with Harrison's mototwo finish placinghim ahead of Boehm overall.
Weave r placed well in the Four-Stroke
Nationals th is year, and he's adapted well to
the big four-stroke Yamahas. Boe hm, who was
riding a Suzuki, was also impressive, although
his 25 0cc RMF was at a definite power
disadvantage t o Weaver' s 450cc . Bo e hm ,
though , stuck closest to Weaver and at the
completion earned second overall with a 2·2
tally. Honda-mounted Sean Sparkman (5-3 )
netted him third overall, ahead of California's
Brandon Hiner and Oregon's Monty Ware.
Suzuki-supported Cole Siebler from Idaho
was another rider looking to make the grid for
Sunday's Nat ional. His I-I sweep of the 125cc
NPro class seemed to be an indication of just
how well the se c o nd - ye a r Pro does a t
Was houga l, d espite o nly racing here t hree
t imes a year. Siebler ace d bot h mo to s and
finished ahead of Washington's Kenny Webster,
on a Yamaha, in both mo tos. Oregon's Tyler
Fick finished third in mot o one , but he didn't
start in mota two , so Montana 's Nathan Davis
(4-4) filled the number-three spot .
Another Idahoan, Sam De Atley, won three
classes overall. The Suzuki jockey exchanged
mota wins with Oregon's Adam Metzler in the
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the Open Amateur, Open Novice and Ove r 35
Open classes .
In the Open Novice main , W illiams '
Mattress Store/Roanoke Valley H-D Rotax was
qu ickest of f the line , as usual, and he never
re linqu ished his hold on fir st p lace . Le e
Blackmon, having started from the penalty line
due to having jumped the first start , caught and
passed Tommy Cannon on the outs ide of turns
one and tw o, and then darted past John Griffin
with an inside pass going into turn three . At the
sta rt of lap three, Cannon sneaked by Griffi n at
the line . Williams stretched his lead to nearly
ha lf th e track by t he finish of th e eight-lap
eve nt , wi th Blac kmon , C anno n a nd Gr iffin
placing second through fourth , respectively.
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125cc B class to garner the overall. De Atley
then swept both 250cc B Division One motos,
leading Utah 's j us ti n Fraughton and
Californian's Cary Tiede .
Due to large num bers more than 100
entrants - the competitive Four-Stroke B class
was split into two divisions . but t hose large
numbers d idn 't deter De At ley from
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demolishing the competition in the first of the
two divisions.
Metzler, also on a Suzuki. came back to win
the competitive 250c( B Division Two class.
Metzler's main competi tion came fr om Guy
Tow and Californian Brian Burns. Tow won the
opening moto but placed fifth in moto two,
wh ich was good for third overall, beh ind
Metzler and Bum s.
O rego n' s Dan ny Gubser dazzled the
spectators en route to his Supermin i ( 12- 15)
win . Californian Gared Steinke , best known (or
his fast starting ability, got ahead of Gubser in
moto one and handed the Northwest rider a
rare loss. Gubser, though , reversed the order
in the second moto to salvage the overall win.
Steinke ( 1-2), Idaho's jared Butler (3-3), Malt
De Atley (S-6) and Colorado's Brett Preuss
(4-7) completed the top five.
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Idaho's Cole Siebler topped the
12Scc A/Pro class a t the annual
Washougal Amateur Day s.
Sam De Atley was only Amateur
ride r to post th ree class wins over
the weekend.
Kate b Basne y (Hon) ; 2 . Cohon Schluter (Suz); l . Jason
Gandzjuk (Yam). 8S (7-1 1) I. be"'')' Andnde (KT1'1): 2.
,
Mo.gan Bu'i., (Suz): J. Au>dn Rose (Suz). 8S (12.ll), I.
Danny Gubser (Yam); 2. Ch ris Howe ll (Kaw); 3. Matt De
Atley (Sul) . 85 ( 14~15): I. Kyl Evans (Suz); 2. Je rad Butle r
e
(Yam ); 3 . Douglas Frenc h (KTM ). S/ M INI (9.11) : I,
Mo rgan Burger (Suz); 2. Austi n Ullrich (Hon); 3. Zach~ry
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