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Cheha lis Clas sic AHRMA Speed & Sport Vintage Motocross Series Round II: The Fa r m Hart, Coupe Clash at Chehalis By ClAY LIGHT CHEHAUS, WA, AUG, IS F o r me r AHA Nationa l Pros Grayson Hart and Dave Coupe ru led at th e 17th an nual Ch ehalis Classic, he ld at The Farm. Thi s was rou nd I I o f the AHRMA National Motocross Series, and at its conclusion , bot h ride rs had scored a pair of o verall Expert-class vict o ries on a hot , humid day in no rt he rn Washington. Riders fro m th ro ughout the United States and Canada were o n hand, but few were as fast as Oregon's Hart and California's Coupe. Hart rode a pair o f Ho ndas to w ins in the 125 cc a nd O ve r 40 Expert cl as se s , w hile Coupe clobbered the competition in the Open Age and 250cc Expert div isions . Co up e and Hart went head to head in three classes ; Hart came out on top in two , and Coupe fended off Hart in the second Sportsman 250cc Expert mete to lead Hart (1·2) and another Honda rider, current AMA Nat ional rider Bryan Clevenger, into the top three overall. Hart came out on top of the Over 40 Expe rt war wit h a I-I sweep. Cou pe finished thir d in the first moto , behind Ha rt a nd Ca lifomian Tom McKinney, wh ile Ron Pomeroy an d Alex Reid fille d out the t o p five . Ha rt da rted o ut in fron t of the field in moto tw o , and after a close , mo ta -long confrontation with Coupe, he capped off a I-I sweep of the class. Coupe (3-2), McKinney (2-4), Dallas Nyb lod (B-3) and Reid (5-6) rounded out the top ffve . Ron Pomeroy 's chances of a top overall finish ended ea rly in mot o two w he n he fell wh ile running with the lead pack. "I just went into a corner and the brakes locked up on me," the frustrated form er Bultaco factory rider said. "My bars were bent down, and I had to call ~ a day." Hart also came away with the I25cc Expertclass win, repl icating his Over 40 tally. Coupe sta rted ahead of Hart at the start of both motos, but Hart's determ inat ion got him past Coupe both times . Clevenger ran third in mota one, but his fine ride ended with a DN F. Califomian Ryan Bast finished third in both motes, leading jared Lange and AndyJames overall. Washington's Jim Po me ro y, who in 19 73 became the first American r ider to w in a Euro pean G ran Prix, w as im pre ssive in t he Over 50 Expert class, but Maico-mou nted Rick Pou lin de railed Jim's prog ress in both mo tos. Poulin , one of Jim's chief Nort hwest rivals in the ea rly '70., beat Pome roy in both mo tos to wi n overall. Jim had a chance to w in in moto one, but a yellow caution flag came out as he was making the pass and , in true com petitive sp irit, he waved Poulin back by him rather than risk a penalty. Wesley Poo le thumped to 1-1 w ins in the Pre mier 500cc Expert class, although in moto two It a ppeared t hat Ar iel -mounted Kelly Sha ne w oul d get the be st of t he Rickman Triump h rider. Poole, though, charged through the field at an unprecedented rate of speed and passed Shane late in the mo to for the lead to post his lone overall win on the day in a threeclass queot . CN THE FARM C H EHA US, WASHINGTON RESU L TS: AUG UST 15, 2004 (ROUND 11) PREH l/W NOV: I. Kevin Blackburn Oaw) ; 1. Ken Gurley (Gengle< (CZ) . PREH 500 : 'NT: I. And .... Von Golen (Mat): 2. JKn Cole (In): 1. john Van Golen (Ric-Mac); 4 . Timothy Crcc ra (BSA): S. Ron Predmore (Hat). P REH 500 EX: I . WeIey Poole (R;c.Tn): 2. Kelty ShMHI (An) ; 3. John Ge e r (Trt· 8SA) ; ... Richard G,t>oney (R;c-Ma 5. Tel Saloomot (Hus); • . Ban Cvrigan (Hus); 5. Jeny_ o (Ho n). ClSC 115 EX: l. Steve Par ker (H us) ; 2. jared Lange (Yam J. 1 , M"'J'hy (Hus): • . Mike f aldoni (Suz). ): M cus c 15 0 NOV: I. Ken Gurley (O u); 2. Dirk Wilhams (H us) . elSe 150 INT: I. Terry G ate s (O n) ; 2. Don Matthews (CZ) ; l . Jon Vasliauskas (AJS); ... Steve Bender (C Z); S. Dea n N ewton (Tri) . c i sc 1 50 EX: I. D ir k M"""'" (Oss): 2. Dana Salsman (BSA) CLSC 500 NOV: I. . MIke Stone (BSA); 2. CoIw, Shane (BSA); l . Ve rn Von Oracek (BSA): • . Chuck BndlonJ (BSA). CLSC 500 ' NT: I. Marl< Roller : 2. Rei!se Dengler (C Z); l . Jim Cole (Tri); .. . Mark Mittman : 5. Tlmoi11 (KTl'1): 2. Austin Monuch (KTH) : l . Derek Kaupp (Pol). P/W B/A DV: I . Brandon Kaupp (Pol). S/PfW (4-6) : I. Mite-h Epste in; 2. Thomas W ik o ll. (KTM). en S/P/W (1.9): I. Jack Evans (KTM); 2. N icholas Merder (Pol); I . Jos hua Fe a (Pol): 4. Bra ndon Kaupp (Pol) . 65 BEG : I. Andrew Richardson lKa.....); 2. Connor lornbar"di (KTM); l . LaY Mon,uecho (!

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