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f ina l. Neil Giertsen fin ished th ird , follow ed by Keith Anderson and Ed Bushn ell . eN come back to top the Over-50 fi nal. Rapp wo uld hold on to second , fin ishing ahea d of Keith We bster and Dir k M urph y , who had earlie r wo n t he 250cc Li ghtweight fi nal. Mike Budschat pulled the trigger fastest to lead the Premier 500cc FourStroke fi nal, lead ing fe llow q ualifier winner La Faye McCarver and former Canadian National Motocross Champion Terry Hyde on the opening lap. Hyde moved past the Harley Davidson -mounted McCarver in pursuit of fellow Matchless p ilot Budschat, but j ust when the day's stellar thumper battl e got underwa y , Budschats mach in e e xp ir ed . Th is allowed the burly Canadia n . Hyde , a large advantage that he he ld to the fini sh for a win a he ad of McCarver , AJS-mounted Al an Moore, Matchless rider Ron Predmore and Lee Frost. Ma ico -mounted Scott Tyler, a form er Ma ico and Yamaha su pport rider, land ed a w in i n on e o f the four Bomber ( 19 75 -'81) Su p po rt classes, scoring a runaway w in in the 250cc final ah ead of Honda rid er Ryan P .ugh . McCarv er, a three-cla ss conte st ant , topped th e 125cc Bomber class and d id likewise in th e O pen Fou r-Strok e cla ss. Th ere, h e fi n ish just ahead of form er natio na lly ran k ed flat tra c k er Pat Marina cci. Anoth er of the m an y cro ssover rid ers (di rt track ers racing motocross ) was Tammy Sessions. Sessio ns, who he ld an AMA C lass C Junior Pro l i c e n se until 1977, dominated th e Women's cla ss, posting a win ahead of Tina Harlan and Alix Saario. We ll over 100 r id ers brav ed the nearly 90-d egr e e h e at a n d high humid ity to b attl e on th e b anked q u arte r - m ile oval th at th e Ta c oma Motorcy cl e Club k eeps glass smooth . Former National motocross sta r Bu ck Murphy and c rew k ept the du st down an d th e tra ck blue gro o ved for rid ers from a six-state radi us . One of the o ldes t riders in ' atte n d an ce was Oregon ' s D oug Ph elp s. The 70 -something rid er c a r d ed a crowd -favo rite pe rfor mance in the O ver 6 0 final to top fe llow T rium ph ri der Bud Roberts and Mat ch less rider Ron Predm ore. Robert s j umpe d o ut front of th e fin al and for sev eral la ps would lead , but determ ination on Nyblod leads Hart and Joe Casey (3). Ph elp s' p art ke p t h im in th e hunt; Phelp s m ad e a m ove on the o utside of the track to overt ake Rob erts late in the fi nal and notch a win. Predmore fin ished thi rd . Washington 's Nick Sm ith has had phenomenal suc c ess in years past, and he continued such stellar perfo r mances first by netting a w in in the Brakeless final , where he bea t Vel locette rider Mike Budschat to th e fi nish . Smith, rid ing a KR model Harl eyDav idson , he ld off a fl u r ry o f advances by Budschat to c ontinue his wi n - stre ak at t h e event. Predm o re , aga in Ma tchless-mounted , nabbed a third -place finish in the fi nal ahea d of Sessions. Sm ith then got b ack ab oard h i s trusty H arl ey -D a vidson to l ead th e Prem ier Four -Stoke fina l, where he h eld th e l ead fro m st a rt to fi ni sh . Larry S axton, r i di n g a 19 5 7 BSA, overc ame a poor start in th e final t o cl o se in on Sm ith in the late r stag es after getting a round Predmore , Mo o re and finally a no the r form er Pr o di rt t rac ke r, T om Tarrant, to chase him dow n futil y . T en rid ers li ned up to do battl e in the Open Tw in A ma in event tha t was fina lized with the da y 's closest fin ish . A c ras h pu t an ear ly e nd t o t h e action, but on the resta rt , it was AMA Ex p ert Aaron Weston thu nderin g to the head of the field , followed by Triumph -mounted T roy Rose. T h e two current AMA Ex p er t s went head to head from the get-go to the c heck ered flag . At the finish it was Weston , a second -year Expert, nipping Rose , th e national number 5 5 -plateholder , by inches. Norton rider Kyle Ragsdale fi n i shed third ahead of Californian Butch Co chran and Kam Todd. C ochran didn 't go aw ay empty handed, how ev er , as th e Bay -a rea rider stormed to a win in th e 250cc A ma in . Riding a Honda , Cochran jumped out front at the unleashing, an d t he n fended off challenges by AMA Expert Bea u B rown a nd Ho nda rider Sam Halber t to score hi s on ly wi n of t h e day in his t hree -c lass qu e st. C o ch r an w ou ld l a t e r t ra il Chris Kucklic k in th e A lmost Vin tage ( 19 7 5 -' 8 1) Open Four-Stroke Fonner factory B u ltaco rid e rs Ron Pomeroy (left) and Tom Ropp hang out before their Open and 40+ motos. Thurston County DRY Pa" McCleary, Washington Results: June 3-4 , 2000 250 BOMB: I. Sco tt Tyler (Ma;); 2. Ryan Pugh (Hon ); 3. Grant Boere (Hus). O PEN B OMB : I. Ryan Pug h (Ho n) ; 2. Ed Gellenbec k (Yam) ; 3. J .R Neum ann (Suz). STRK BOMB : 1. LaFl.I e McCarver (Yam) ; 2. Pat y Marinecci (Hon) ; 3. Claude Hislop (Hon) . Dirt Trac k 125: 1. Mike Hammond ; 2. Mike Davey; 3. Erik Giertse n ; 4. Vanghn M an sfield . 250 A : 1. But ch Cochran (Hon); 2. Be8U Brown (Yam) ; 3 . Sam Halbert (Hon); 4. Rob Lind sey (Hon): 5. Bill Edwa rds (Yam). 250 L/W: 1. Dick Wascher (Yam) ; 2. Bob Eld er (Due) : 3. Sam Vanderhoe f (Vam) . OP EN 2 -S T RK : I. K ip Baker ( Bu l) ; 2 . Sco tt Lamb (Bul); 3. Rog er Land berg. OPEN 4-STRK: I. Don Montgomery (Hon ); 2. Henry Nelso n (Hon); 3. Tom Street . OPEN TWN A : I. Aa ron Weston (H· D) ; 2. Troy Rose (Tri): 3. Kyle Ragsdale (No r); 4 . Butc h Cochran (Tri); 5. Kam Todd (Yam) . PREM 4 -STRK: 1. N ick Smith (BSA ); 2. Larry Motocross 12 5 A : 1. Grayson Hart (Ha n ) ; 2 . J oe Case y (Hon); 3. Ryan Tay lor (Hon ): 4 . Wood y Ju arez (Hon): 5. Dan Osborne (Hon) . 250 A : 1. Gray son Hart (Han) ; 2. Della s Nybl od ( Yam ); 3. J oe Casey (Han ); 4. Jim Row (Han ); 5. Mickey FllIY (Man) . OPEN A : 1. Ron Fish (Vam) ; 2. Tom Rapp (Bul) ; 3. Ron Pome roy (Bul) ; 4 . Chris Clark (Cl ); 5. Dennis O 'Neil (Hus). OPEN TW: 1. Terry Hyde (Rlc -Tri ). PREM 500: 1. Terry Hyde (Ric ·Mat); 2. LaFaye McCa rver ( H·O) ; 3 . Ala n M oore ( A J S) : 4 . Ro n Predmore (Mat ); 5. Lee Frost (AJS). 1jW 250: 1. Dirk Murphy (OSS); 2. Alan Moo re (Due); 3. Erik Giertsen (Bul) . OPEN 4 ·STRK: 1. Larry Saxton (Due ) ; 2. Ken Burnin gham (BSA ); 3. Jim Cole (Tri) . 30. A : 1. Grayson Hart ( Han ); 2. Joe Cesey (Han); 3. Steve Row (Yam) ; 4 . Ryen Tayler (Han) ; 5. Dan Osborne ( Han). 40. A: 1. Dallas Nyblod (Y"m ); 2. Tom RllPP ( Bul); 3. WllIyne Grimm (Ma i) ; 4 . Kei th Web ster (Hon ): 5. Dirk Murphy (Oss) . 50. A: 1. Wayn e Grimm (Mai) : 2 . Tom Street ( Hon) ; 3 . Reid Saario (e l); 4 . Ken Burn in gham (BSA) : 5. Rob Iverson (Yam) . 60. A : 1. Dick Stidham (Han); 2. Ron Predmore (Mat ); 3. Bob Smith (Yam) ; 4. Geln Finn eran (C· A) ; 5. Rodger Bille (Suz). WMN:: J. Tammy Sessions (Han); 2. Tin e Harlan (YDrn); 3 . Alix Saario (el); 4 . A rola Col e (Yam) ; 5. Gina Ea ton (Yam) . 125 BOMB: I. Laf'aye McCarver (Suz); 2. Nick Smith (Suz); 3. Brian Reveal (Han) . Saxton ( BSA) : 3 . Tom Te rra n t (BSA ) ; 4 . Ron Predmore (Mat) ; 5. A lan Moore (AJ S) . HANDSHIFT: I. LaFa ye McCarver (Ind); 2. Jerry Chinn (Ind); 3. Richard McMacken (Ind) . BRAKELESS: I . Nick Smith: 2. Mike Budschet: 3 . Ron Predmore; 4 . Tammy Session s; 5 . LaFaye McCarver. 30 . : 1. Rob Lind sey: 2. Bill Edwards . 40. : 1. Don Montgomery ( BSA) ; 2. Kip Baker (Bu l ): 3 . Greg Cox (Suz) ; 4 .Henry Nelson (Bul) : 5 . Paul Peiro li (Tri). 50 +: 1. M ik e Hammond ; 2. Dick Wa scher; 3. Terry Hyde ; 4. Tom Street. 60 +: 1. Doug Phelps (Tri ); 2. Bud Roberts (Tri ); 3. Ron Predmor e (Mat). SPDWY: 1. Mik e Coly er: 2. Pat Hafey ; 3 . Shane Golphe nee. . (Above) Rapp didn't win but had lots of fun. (Below) Ron Fish (39) leads Pomeroy (10 1), Chris Clark (110) and Rapp in the Open A class. c ue I e n e _ S • JUN E 28, 2000 37

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