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Scott McNew (161) leads Steve Wenner (27) in the 250cc GP at round nine of the USGPRU Western Regional Championship at Oregon's Portland International Race way. USGPRU National Championship Round 9: Por"and In"1 Raceway Herrin, McNew Clean lR u PORTLAND, OR, AUG. 7·8 M ml f tt. T he batt le for the USGPRU Western Regional Championship co nt inued t his weeke nd at Portl and Inte rnationa l Raceway. with close to 50 ri ders setting th eir sights on the w in. Qualifying sessions on Satu rday for both the 12Scc GP and 250cc GP eve nts preview ed the inte nse battles to fo llow. The top five q ualifying time s fo r the 12Scc GP eve nt were w ithin o ne se co nd . placi ng Josh H e rr in on po le wit h a I: 16.527 t ime on his Ho nda RS1 25 . Nob i Iso neglected to weigh in and wa s relega te d to the last gr id positio n. Subsequently, the 250cc GP qualifying had Iso o n pole with a I: 14.487, wit h th e remai nde r o f row o ne all w it hin th re eten ths of a second of one ano ther. Herr in, Jake Gw in, Scott McN ew and Mike O r te n to ok t he fro nt row for t he 125cc GP eve nt . with 19 riders be hind them. Wh e n the flag d ro pped and 23 riders jam med en masse in t o t ur n on e , Iso, o n his Apri lia RSRI2 5 , rockete d to second po sit ion from the back of the grid to challenge He rrin. O rie n's hopes of battling w ith He rrin and Iso were dashed as he lo w s id e d in tur n t h ree earl y in t he rac e . McNew , on a loa ne r b ike , s har e d seve ra l exchanges with Gw in as they battl ed fo r th ird. W hile Mike Mc Do no ug h slipped in be hin d Mc N e w, Steve Wenne r, ha ving m iss e d th e warm- up lap, cha rged the field fro m pit lane to take the fifth spo t . A five- way battl e ensue d for fifth, w ith Wen ner, Dar rell Baker, Kirk Snell, Phil Kre nn an d Brian Ens all in hot pursu it of t he lead pack , s ha ring num e rou s exc ha nge s and going into tu rns four bikes w ide . Gwin, leading McNew o n the 10th lap , highsided in tu rn fou r, ca using a re d flag and ca lling the IS-lap race sh o r t . Iso top ped th e pod iu m, fo llow ed by Herrin and McN ew. In t he 250cc GP, Iso t oo k po le o n Bruc e Lind Racing's Yamaha TZ250, w ith Wenner, o n his Honda R52 50, alo ngside. Filling o ut th e fro nt row we re Mc N ew (on his bro t he r 's H ond a R525 0 ) and Vinc ent Ro lleri (on a Yamaha TZ250 ). O nly three riders o n 125s c hose to challe nge the 250s o n PIR's htghs pe ed t rack. McNew disp layed his signat ur e light -speed launch at the start and led the first tw o laps. As We nne r and McN ew d rafted ea ch other for pos ition dow n the fro nt straight, Iso drafte d bot h of th em and catapulted himse lf fro m th ird to fir st . Ro ller i follo wed closely behind the leaders to hold o n to fo urt h. Mark Wa tts is in the poin ts le ad fo r t he regi o na l 250 cc GP champio nship but is still recovering fro m a recent injUry, and he q uickly fell behin d. A midpack batt le develop ed as John Lee chased Mike Stubbs and Watts from th e back of the grid. Joe l Mane s en te rtai ned spectato rs with a spec ta cul ar c ra sh in t ur n one . Wen ne r mi racu lo usly man aged to ho ld o ff Mc N ew, eve n w he n his ha nd lebar came loose on the fifth lap. Again the race was ca lled short, after a cras h in turn nine by Joe Pezze nte cause d a re d flag. Rou nd ing ou t the po dium we re Iso , We nner and McNew, w ith McNew capturing just four add itiona l points but taking the West Regio nal Championship. 125 GP : I. Nob i 1 (Apr): 2. josh Herrin (Hon): 3. Scott $0 McN ew (Hon): 4. Mike McDonough (He n): 5. Steve Wenner (Hen) . 250 GP: I. Nobi Iso (Yam) 2. Steve Wenner (Hon): 3. : Scott McNew (Han ): 4. V InCent Rolleri (Y am): 5. Marl< Watts (y",,). he co urse may have been a bit mudd y, but that d id n' t se em t o slow C ra ig Holase k dow n, as he too k the ove rall victory at the 36th ann ual Ho lyo ke Moose Run Enduro. Some 133 co mpe titors were o n hand to ta ke o n the 80 - T RESULTS O/A : I. Cnig Hclase k: 2. Todd Mathwig; 3. Step hen Berscheid: 4. Brian D. Grote ; 5. j.D. Friebel. AA: I. Craig Holase k; 2. Todd Math wig: 3. Stephen Bersc heid ; 4. Paul Reschke: 5. Phil Peterson. 200 A: I. J.D. Friebel; 2. Simon Hanson; 3. Brian C . Grot e; .of. Jason Gerken; 5. Bryan Dixon. 250 A: 1. Dan larson: 2. Parker Thilmony; 3. Dave Grunklee : 4. Ronald Undeberg. 4·STRK: I. Elroy Christenson; 2. Jeff Schroder: 3. Rob Marti nson: 4. Luke Jaco bson : 5. Do uglas Latvala. OPEN A: I. Brian D. Grote. VET A: I. Andre w jense n; 2. Scott Snell: 3. Kurt Schwie; 4. Robert Fletcher; 5. Karllngulsrud . 5R A: I. Duane Eller; 2. Jay WaaJ 3. Patrick en: Feel: .of. Brett Grossman ; 5. Kraig Anderson . Sl5 R: I. Steve Reschke; 2. William Polum; 3. Ke nneth Schuck. O/A B: I. John Brunsgaard ; 2. Ryan Beaber; 3. Joshua Peterson ; 1. Kevin Pink; S. .AJex Martinson. 200 B: I. Ryan Beaber; 2. Joshua Peterson: 3. Alex Martinson: 4. KyleTreiber: S. Travis Luedke. 250 B: I. Kevin PIzak: 2. Dustin Hansen: 3. Dan Hegman: 4. Augustus Hoffman. OPEN B: I. Mike Davenport : 2. Andrew Johnson : 3. Jeffrey Gillen. VET B: I. Todd Honstrom : 2. Tim Deneuu s: 3. Dan iel Kickbusch; 4. Peter Jensen . 5R B: I. Wayne Bracken: 2. Robert Maxfield 3. Richard Brere ton : 4. ; Chris Fournie : 5. Brian Mullane. WMN B: I. Ma rissa Carpenter. O/A C: I. Mike McAlister ; 2. Brian Lawrence; 3. l Skip O lson : .of . Dust in Umlauf; 5. Lukas Olson . 200 C: I. Dust in Um lauf: 2. Lukas O lson : 3. Ro be rt Lindeberg: 4 . Cars on Holmquist: 5. Josep h Martinson . 250 C : I. Mike McAllister; 2. Brian Lawrence: 3. Jayme Olson: 4. Nick Men; 5. Joe Perry. OPEN C: I. Gary Carpen te r. YTH: I. Michael Hunter . VET C: I. Greg Larson: 2. Travis Larson : 3. Ryan Refsdal; 4. Paul Carroll; 5. Gregg Peterson. SR C: I. Steve Dane/ius: 2. Ray Cole ; 3. Scott McElfresh; 1. Bill Britz: 5. Joe Miller. MST R: 1. David Muhs: 2. Don Krueger. 515 R B: I. Skip Olson: 2. Fred Holm; 3. Max Bradley: 4. John Metz: 5. Jim Friebel. Craig Holasek hauled home the big hardware after taking the overall win at the 2004 Holyo ke Moose Run End uro, the final round of the District 23 Enduro Series. Diamondback Off-Roa d Championship Se rie s Round 5: Diamondback Spor'scen'er Holy Smokel It' s H olasek at Holyokel HOLYOKE, MN, AUG. 8 appea r that trails are ve ry en joyable to ride . Th is e nduro has won the District 23 Enduro of t he Year awa rd the las t two yea rs, a nd judging by t he post race chart er, it will be a contende r again this year. "I was pretty wo rried abo ut all the rain we got Saturday," Brunsgaard ad mitted, "bu t the co urse w as in gre at shape and the eve nt w as run perfectly." Despite the lo ng drives in front of many of the m . many r iders s tayed fo r t he award s cerem ony and wa tched Ho lasek wa lk off wit h the tra ve ling trophy once again. RESULT S District 23 End uro Se ries Final Raund: Holyoke Moose Run End uro By BOB CHASE w ere definitely som e mud dy and tricky areas , but since the tra ils were a bit dry prior to the ra in , m ost o f the c ou rse was in exce llent con dition . On ty a few parts of the trails needed some mino r rero uting. Th is event was first held in 1969 and has run co ntinually ever since. The start and finish are nea r the small town of Holyo ke , w hich is abo ut an ho ur so ut h o f Du luth . The trails for this event are primarily in the Nemadji Stat e Forest , but the course also ut ilize s some pr ivate land and Wisconsi n County land. Holasek carded a 22 for t he day, w ith t he next -close st co m pe tito rs. both also AA riders , b e ing To d d Matwig (wi th 24 poin ts ) an d Ste phen 8e rsche id (w ith 29 po ints). Brian D. Gr ote (with 32) w as the top A rider and fourt h overall, followed by first District 16 rider J.D, Friebe l (with 33). Se nior rider Jo hn Brunsgaard (wit h 45) was the overall B winne r, edging o ut the much yo unge r Ryan Beabe r (w ith 46) and Joshua Pete rso n (w ith 47). The C riders took a slightly diffe re nt ro ute , w ith two le ss chec ks. Two 250 cc C r iders filled the firs t two spots there , wit h Mike McAlliste r (wit h 36 po int s) hol d ing off Brian Law re nce (w ith 37) fo r t he w in. Th e club tha t has put o n this eve nt since the e arly 1990s. th e Str aight Arr ows End uro Rid ers, have an agr e em ent to do gra nt-in-aid t rail-ma inte nance work in the Nemadji Fore st . The trails ar e no t o nly used for this eve nt but are available thr o ugho ut th e designated rid ing seas o n. Trail boss Ken Fastne r stated tha t the goal of his work is "to create a trail syste m in the Nem adji State Forest that is bo th fun and environ me nta lly sou nd. to be use d as a re creational o pportu nity fo r bo th off-highw ay mo torcycles and ATVs." If the o pinion s of th e competito rs we re any indic ati o n, it w o uld Bobbitt Slices OH A nother One mile co ur se . T his end uro was a points-payi ng By TIM BETTIS even t for bot h Districts 23 (Minnesota) and 16 RESACA, GA, AUG. 8 (Wisco ns in). so t he competition was t ight S throughou t t he classes . T here w as st ea dy rai n all day o n t he day befo re the event, leaving th e pits a bit me ssy and the com pe tito rs bracing for mu d. T he re 80 SEPTEMBER 15,2004 • CYCLE NEWS unday's race pro ved e xcit ing, bringing o ut some of this reg ion' s bes t riders. Gas Gas pilot Russe ll Bobb itt got the ho leshot and led t he first lap. His friend and co mpetitor Andrew Mat use k took t he lead for lap number tw o, only 40th Ann iver sary to give in to Bo bb itt for laps three and four and finishing second , just four sec ond s beh ind . Nick Gen try, Jason Ch ancey and Kris Swaney finished o ut t he to p five, kee ping the AA class super t ight . w ith o nly three minutes separat ing first through fifth. Each lap showed fresh-cut trails, new lines in the fields and a fast yet tricky back section of t he track.

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