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AHRMA/Speed & Sport National Vintage MX Series Round 11 : The Farm (Left) Tom Ra pp (15) and Larry Legarra (8) spent most of the first Sportsman 500cc Expert moto this c lose. Rapp won both motos f o r h is second of two overall wins at the Chehalis Classic, (Below) Dallas Nyblod (2Y) battled Joe Casey (3) in the 250cc Expert class at The Fann. Casey won moto one but didn't finish moto two. S T O RY A N D P HO T O S By di sp la c ed La c ke y ea rly o n lap o ne and held the poi nt positio n for m uc h of th e race . Both Lackey and Ra pp, who also gated up fro nt , stayed close to Morgen. La c ke y took t he le a d o n t he n e x t -t o - Ia st lap, a nd th e n Mor ge n lost a n o t h e r p o sition t o Rapp , this time with two turns remaining . Rapp ( 1- 2 ) earned the overall win , ahead of Legar ra (2 -4), Mor g en (7 -3), Pomeroy (5-5) a nd Ma c Ka y (4 -6) . Rapp also dominated both Sportsman 500cc Expert m o t o s . CZ rider Ed F la n ig e n was Rapp 's cl o s e s t competit ion in both cont ests , but Rapp br o k e fr e e of Flan igen in th e later stage s of both motos , leaving F la nige n to fend o ff local BSA rider Dana Sa lsman. Flan igen netted second ov era ll to the fo rm er Trans -AMA star Ra pp via 2 -2 p la cings. Salsman (3 -3 ) , Arizona ' s Alfredo Rod il (6 -4) and Wa shingt on 's Neil Gie rts en (5 -5) ro unde d o ut th e top five ov erall. Arizona 's Da vid Boydstun was also d om inan t , a lt ho ug h t he Husq varna ride r only contes ted a sin gle class o n the d a y. Bo yd stun had to ug h c ha lleng e s from Le g arra in th e Cla s si c 500cc Expe rt class. Howe ve r, s e ve ra l k ey e rro rs o n Lega rra 's part ai ded Bo yd s t un in ta ki ng t h e win b y s ix sec ond s in both m oto s . Legarra fe ll twic e a nd finis hed seco nd o ve ra ll, a head o f Sa ls ma n , G ier t s en and Randy Han son. Wa shingt on 's Scott Tyler posted a win in the 2 50cc Expert class. Riding a 1974 Monte sa VR250 , Tyler trailed Honda -m ounted Joe Casey to th e fin- C L A Y l i G HT CHEHAUS, WA, AUG. 13 Bulta co fac to ry rider Tom ~ Rapp harvested t h e victory at round II of t he A HRMA /Speed [, S port Nation al Vint a g e Mo t oc ro s s Series - dubbed "Th e Chehalis Cla s sic " - held at The Farm. Despite brutall y toug h co m petit ion incl udi ng for m er fa ctory ride rs Ron Pome ro y a nd AMA/FIM 500cc Na tio na l and Wor ld MX Ch amp ion Brad La c k e y , Stev ensv ille, Montana 's Rapp won th e Over 40 and Sportsman 500 c c Expe rt classe s o n his 19 74 Bulta co 360 Pursang . Rapp's only loss of the day came in the s e c o n d Over 40 E x p e rt m o t o ; he lo st t o La c k e y , althoug h Rapp nabbed the overall win by virtue of 1-2 finishes . "It was like I went ba c k in time 20 some yea rs ago to Una d illa ," Rapp s a id . "Everyt hing just c licked for me tod a y. T he b ike ra n g rea t, the t rack was perfect - just an all-around great day! " Nea rly 400 ride rs from all a cross the c ontine nt attended the third annu al Cheha lis Cla ssic to ride the natural -terrain co u rse des igned by AHRMA's Dick Mann . Rapp jumped out front to lea d th e O ver 40 Exp ert class, pursued b y Wa shington 's Larry Leg arra , Ca liforn ia n Stev e Pa rk er a n d O h io 's Ma rk Ma cKay. Lackey ran m idpac k. Da lla s Nybl od sli d o ut w hile runn in g up fro nt, a nd Pom e ro y had now here to go , a lso la y in g his Bu lt a c o down , allowi ng th e field to s lip awa y. Ra pp held a five -second a dvantage over Le g arra in th e la te r sta ges . Lackey led bo t h Po m e ro y a nd Nyb lod thro ug h th e p a c k , bu t t h ings we nt awry fo r t he c h a m p w h en his CZ s e ized on th e final lap , lea ving La c k ey to pu sh it ac ro s s the fi n is h for 10th. Nyblod moved to third, fo llowed by MacKay and Pom ero y , wh o fin ished fifth. La c k e y roosted into the lead in moto two, but Ca lifornian J .P. Morgen ~ o rm e r 46 S EPTEMBER 20, 2000· e ye I e n e vv s ish in moto on e afte r di spla c ing Nyb lod late in the moto. Tyle r gated ahead of the field in m oto two a nd was neve r headed . Ca se y overtook a fad ing Nyblod la te in the m oto a nd was closing in on Tyler o n the fina l la p whe n his CR sei zed . At th at poi nt. T yler, Case y, Ny b lod a nd Or e g on ' s Chr is Cla rk ran in c lose fo rma tion . But Ca s ey 's d emis e o pened up th e doo r for Cl ark to m a ke a m ov e o n Nyblod on th e las t lap and finish s ec o n d, a head o f Nyb lod , Morgen , O hi o 's Ge org e Far elli and Ma cKay . Tyler (2 -1) wa s tops ove ra ll, followed by Nyblo d (3 -3), Morg en (4 -4 ), Clark (7 -2 ) a nd Far elli (6 -5) . . (A bov e) Husqvamamounted David Boydstun won the Classic 500cc Expert class with a 1-1 sweep in Chehalis, Washington. (Left) At round 11 of the AHRMAISpeed & Sport National Vintage MX Series, Triumph rider Mike Adkins topped the Premier Open Twin Expert class and also won the first Sportsman Open Twin moto. Nyblod, a thre e -cl a s s c o nte s ta nt, ag ain had his hands full in th e 12 5c c Exp ert cl ass (wh ic h ran co m bi ned with the Classic 125cc Expert fie ld ), th is t im e with Oreg on 's Da ve Ger m a in. Nybl od bare ly e dged o ut Ge rmain a t th e fin is h in m oto o ne a nd the n found hims elf in th e s a me sce na rio in m ot o two , as Germ a in rode at Nyblo d 's rea r fende r fro m th e get go to the wave of the c hecke red flag . Ho we v e r , t he fi n is hi ng o rde r was re vers e d, in Germ a in ' s fa vor, wh e n Germa in go t a ro und Ny b lod o n the fina l corn e r on the la st la p. Ge rmain (2 -1) sco re d a n ove rall w in , w ith Nyb lod ( 1- 2) s ec ond, a hea d of Casey (3 -3), Ry an T a ylor (4 -5) a nd Dirk Murph y (7- 4) . In t h e c o m b ine d Cl a s sic 125 c c E xp ert class, CZ-m ounted Fla nig e n hammered the competition for a I · I win , a he ad of Utah's Rob e rt Bo rg a nd O regon 's Mike Falcioni. Sc ott Fish er wo n th e S portsm an 250c c Inte rmed ia te class, winn ing th e first mot o a nd th en trailing Californian Ross Baurn garten to th e line in moto two. Baum - garten placed third ov erall , be h ind Chr is tophe r J ame s . F ish er th en s tormed bac k to top th e S p ortsm an 125cc Inte rm e d iate class , winn ing both motos to join th e sl im list of two- cla ss winn ers . eN TheFarm Chehalis, Washington Results : August 13, 2000 [Round 11) SPTSMN 125 NOV : 1. Nelso n Tho m pson (Hon); 2. Jeff An derson (C·A); 3. Bry son Will iams (Hus) ; 4 . Ma rc Pape ( Hon ); 5 . Ma rty Karadan is ( e l) . SPT SMN 125 INT: I. Scott Fisher ( Hon ): 2 . Wood y J uarez (Hon ); 3 . Jim A tk ins ( C· A) ; 4. Pegg y Cozart (Hon); 5. Scott Lawson (Han ). SPT SM N 125 EX: 1. David Germa in (Han ); 2. Dall as Nyb lod (Han ); 3. Joe Casey (Han ); 4 . Ryan Taylor (Han) ; 5. Dir k Murphy (Han) . SPTSM N 250 NOV : I . J o e Hart ( Ha n) : 2 . Leon ard Su ll iva n ( Bul) ; 3 . Mike Cox ( Yam ) ; 4. Andrew McKeag (Hus) ; 5. Dirk Willi am s (Hus) . SPTSM N 25 0 INT: I . Sco tt Fishe r (CI) ; 2 . Ch ristopher J am e s ( Yam ) ; 3 . Ro ss Ba umgarten ( Ho n ) ; 4 . T odd Ste wa rt ( Yam) ; 5. Roge r Ken yon (Yam ). SPTSMN 250 EX: 1. Scott Tyler (Mon ); 2. Dallas Nyblod (Yam) : 3. J .P. Mo rgen (Bul): 4 . Chr is Clark (Ho n); 5. George Farelli (Hon). SPTSMN 500 NOV : J. Jon Wall (Yam ); 2. Mark Hamm ond (Ya m) ; 3 . Dino Med in a (Cl ); 4 . Tom Chatham (Bu l) ; 5. Kelly Proem (Yam) . SPTSMN 500 I NT: 1. Denni s O'Neil (Hus); 2. Cliff Mee (Hus); 3. RickBell (Bul); 4. Aa ron Hohman (Han); 5. Jerry Hcncl e (Mai) . SPTSM N 500 EX : J. T om Rapp ( Bul): 2 . Ed F1anigen (e l); 3. Dirk Murph y (Hus); 4 . Altred o Rodil (CI ): 5. Neil Giertsen (CI) . 30+ INT: 1. John U1 ver (Yam) ; 2. J ohn Zigl er (Yam ) ; 3. Roger Ken y on (Yam) ; 4 . Bil l Ale xander (Hus) ; 5. Ross Baum gart en (Hon) . 30 + EX : 1. Ge org e Fa rell i ( Ho n): 2 . Mark MacKa y (Hon ); 3. Steve Parker (Hus) ; 4. Ryan Taylor (Hen ): 5. Ron Jo hnso n (Hon). 40 + NOV: I. Joe Hart (Hon) ; 2. Leonard Sullivan (B ul ); 3. Mark Ham m ond (Yam ); 4 . Rodney Sm ith (Hen ): 5. Jeff Anderson (C-A) . 40 + INT : 1. Todd Steward (Yam); 2. Tony Fa illa (Hon ); 3 . Robert Stuscavage (B ul ) ; 4. Bill Stamey (CI): 5. Cliff Mee (Hus). 40 + EX : 1. Tom Rapp ( Bul ) ; 2. Larry Legarr a (Suz): 3. J .P. Morge n (Bul); 4 . Ron Pome roy (Bul l: 5. Mark MacKay (Hon) . 50+ NOV: 1. Bruce Bro wn (Mai); 2. Denn is Rose (BSA) : 3. Pete Silva (CI): 4 . David Myk elbust (Hus) : 5. Bill Rianda (cz) . 5 0 + I N T : 1. Mart in Sp ri ggs (C l ) ; 2 . Ste ve Satterlund (Cl ); 3 . Reid Saario (Cl) ; 4. Dean Newton (BSA): 5. Steve Mcl ean (Hus) . 60 + NO V : I . Co y M c Kibben (Mai ) ; 2 . Gl en Fi nnerin ( C, A) : 3 . Dan McCa rt hy (Hus) : 4 . Norm DuVall (Yam) ; 5. Charlie Burchin al (Yam). 60 + INT: 1. Leland Lop er (Oss ); 2. Rod Brasel (Bul) ; 3. Harry Tayl or (Yam) ; 4 . Don Rich ard son (AJ S): 5. Ron Predm ore (Mat). 6 0 + EX : 1. Ri c h ard M cC o rmi ck ( Ho n) ; 2 . Norm an Sm ith (BSA ); 3 . Dick Stidham (Hon) . WMN NO V : 1. Sheila Gaworsk i (Yam); 2. T ina Harlan (Yam) : 3. Arloa Cole (Yam ). WMN INT : 1. Nicol e Sprague ( Hon ); 2. Valerie Ul v er ( K aw); 3 . Suze tte St ame y (Cl); 4 . Ell en Voerma ns (Hon) ; 5. Debbie Poole (Cl ). WM N EX : 1. J uli e Sw ee ten ( Hon ) : 2 . Peg gy Cozart ( Hon ); 3. Christen Cowa n (Mon) . ClSC 125 NOV: 1. Leon ard Sull iva n (Hus) : 2. Nelson Tho m pson (Hus) ; 3. Bryso n Will iam s (Hus); 4 . David Medina (el) ; 5. Dave Gille tt (Cl ). ClSC J25 INT: 1. M;k e Tillman (CI) ; 2 . Er;k Giertse n (Bul) ; 3. Marty Paulson (Ric ). ClSC 125 EX: I. Ed Flani gen (CZ); 2 . Robert Borg (CI ): 3. Mike Falcioni (Suz); 4 . Rory Muscatell (Hus): 5. George Galling (CI ). ClSC 250 NOV: 1. Gene Cra wford (AJS) ; 2. Bry an Wenzel (Gr e): 3 . Wayne Rantz (Os s) ; 4. Gil Driscoll: 5. John Gulliford (Oss) . CLSC 250 INT : 1. Terry Gates (Oss); 2. Louis Ham il (Oss); 3. Randy Hiatt (BSA) ; 4. Kim Morgan (CI ): 5. Dean Newto n (T n ). CLSC 500 NOV : I . Gene Crawford (AJ S): 2. Coy M c Kib be n (G re) ; 3. M ike Pas ch (Hus ) ; 4. Jim Cameron (BSA); 5. Chuck Bradford (BSA). ClSC 500 INT: 1. Russell Blow (Mat) : 2. l ee Fro st (AJS) : 3. A lan Moore (AJS). CLSC 500 EX: 1. David Boydstu n (Hus): 2. Larry Legarra (Bul ) ; 3 . Da na Sal sman ( BSA ) ; 4. Neil Giertsen (Hus): 5. Randy Hanson (Hus) . SPTSM N O PEN TW NOV : I . s.u Rlenda (Tri ): 2. Randy Dale (Yam) . SPTSM N OPEN TW EX: 1. Larry Legarra (Tn ); 2. Terr y Hy de ( Ric) : 3 . Mik e Adkin s ( BSA ) : 4 . J oel Sweeney (BSA); 5. David Dewcln e (Tri) . PREM 500 NO V : 1. J ody Heintzma n (Mat); 2. Debbi e Poole (BSA) . PREM 500 INT: J. Russeil Blow (Mat ): 2. Lee Fro st (AJ S): 3. Alan Moore (AJS). PREM 50 0 EX: 1. Larry Legarra (Ari ): 2. Robert Do ra n ( E so); 3 . Ro bert Po ole ( BSA ); 4 . M ik e Budschat (Mat): 5. Kelly Shan e (Art ). PREM OPEN TW INT : J. Joel Sweeney (BSA) : 2. Larry Madrig al (BSA) . PREM O PEN TW EX: J. Mike Adkins (BSA) : 2. Danny Davies (Tri ); 3 . Dave Ja niec (AJ S). PREM l/W NOV : I . Wayn e Rantz (Hue): 2. Gil Driscoll (Due). PREM. L/W EX: I. All en Wenzel; 2. Robe rt Poole (BSA) . C-A CHAL: 1. USA (5 wins) ; 2. Canada (4 wins) .

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