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OTHG National Series Finale Glen Helen Raceway Par k end . Murray used his fluid style and grea t line selection to distance himself from Blood to take the overall victory. The Pro cla ss was anoth er two man battle, th is time between Honda riders Shawn Wy nne and D an Berg . The two r iders we re ver y e v enly matched and were mixing it up the entire weekend, with nu m erous lead changes in every moto. Wynne was abl e to edge out th e Chapa rr al / MSR /Shock The rap y-back ed B erg , who gav e it hi s all ; he won th e fi nal m ota bu t ca me up o ne point sh y fo r the weekend. Ren o 's B ut ch Stil m ok w as a ble to figure o ut the t rac k b y Sunda y and was g ivin g Wynn e and Berg a run fo r the ir money. "T he track is a lot of fun - th is is m y first time here," said th e Big Val ley -back ed St ilmok , wh o took home the third -place m oney . In the Ex pert cla ss, Bru c e Cr iswell and Mike Ho r t on en tered the fina l moto t ied on po in t s and with the overall u p f or g r a b s . C r i s w e ll ap peared to be the fast est Expert on th e track . b ut he was hampered b y poor sta rt s. A t the d ro p of the gate, Horton put h is big 5 2 0 c c KTM int o the lead . S T O RY A ND PH OTOS B y C HRIS SAN CH IRICO SAN BERNARDINO, CA. ocr. 21-22 he Team Green/EVS/White Broth ers / ASV / FM F - s p o n so r ed O v e r The Hill Gang National Series came to a conclusion at the world -famous Glen Helen Raceway Par k. The tw o day , four -mota format drew more than 600 Vet ra ce rs , who came from as far away as Reno . Nevada , to con test the National Championship. The riders we re greeted by perfect co ndit ion s on Satu rd a y ; o ve rcast skies kept th e tr ack m o ist. g iving th e riders s o me r elief fr om t h e no tori o u sl y rough t rac k . O n Su nday , the wind s reall y p icked up , with g usts of up to 60 m ph , wh ich ma de just sta y ing o n th e track a challenge. So m e of t h e best r a c in g action too k pla ce in the Over 3 8 Pro cla ss, which became a two -man dogfight for the entire. weekend b etween Pe t e Murray and Clayton B loo d . RG3 /P ro Circu it / Sinisalo/ Sm ith -back ed Murray pu t hi s skills to the test as he mounted a perf ect wee ke nd. w in ning all fo ur moto s. Howe ver . B lood was on h is ga me. as he consistentl y put his Bill 's Pipes/Fo x RacingjTorco O ils -back ed machin e in th e lea d off th e fi ft h- gea r straight. "My b ik e i s v er y tri c k . and I am confident it is o ne of th e fastes t bikes .out h er e , b ut I n eed to f in d wh ere Murray is making time on m e." said Blood . Th e duo put on a very exciting show for th e fan s, as th ey were whe el to wh eel ea rly in ea ch m otos . In th e T IA bove) Pete Murray won the Over 38 Pro c lass at the fi na l round of the OTHG National Series. (Left) Shawn Wynne (825) and Dan Berg (741) d iced every lap of all four Pro motos on the weekend; Wynne won out In the end. Wi th 2 5 ri ders o n th e g at e , th e O ver 38 Beg in ner c la ss was up fo r gra bs . Mike Baron e won all four motos in easy fashion . T he o nl y ride r to even come close t o Ba ro n e wa s DRZ-m ounted J erry He ad. who pu t in a fine p erf o rma nc e, com ing in sec o nd o veral l. Lo c k ing u p third pl ac e a nd th e 2 00 0 O v e r 38 B e g i nn e r Nationa l Champ i on sh ip was Tom Linck , who was v ery consistent o n the weekend . eN Glen Helen Raceway Parll San Bemanlina. California Results: Octo ber 21-22, 2000 (Final RaundJ BEG: 1. Wes t Fe rnandez; 2 . Dan ny McVay ; 3 . " Cr iswell is flyi ng this weekend ," Ho rt on c om mente d . " I have t o get th e ho leshot and check out: As the ride rs cir cled th e track, the Mi d C it ies /S p ike Ra cin g-b a c k ed Cr iswell was right wh ere he need ed to be: in thi rd pla ce and on ly a few bik e IAbove ) Mike Barone racked up a perfect 1-1-1-1 sc o re for the Over 38 Beginner victory at Glen Helen Raceway Park In San Bernardino, California. 34 N O V EM BER 15. 2 0 00 ' cue lengths fro m Horton . Cr isw ell beg an to cl ose th e gap and m ak e a m ove in the canyon sweeper wh en he sta lle d his KX and went from third to la st. • u n e vv sa " I shifted u p into fou rth b y mis tak e, and it ju st sto pp ed o n m e ," said a d isap po inted Criswell . T he KX rider did m ount an inc redible cha rge, working h is way from last back up to fourt h, but it was fa r to o late to catch Hort on , the ove rall w in ner . " I ac t uall y k ep t my b ik e on t wo wheels th e entire fo ur m ot es," said an excited Horton. "T hat is a first fo r m e this year: Jeff McEn tee; 4. Devld Zetterland; 5. Tom Murphy . NOV: 1. G r~ Atki nson: 2. Mike Tucker: 3. Steve Em ter : 4 . Fred Hom mel; 5. Sbenncn Millen . INT: 1. Robert Bolton ; 2. David Dubo is; 3. Bob Mo rales; 4 . Rick Tetlo w: 5 . Michael Marrin . EX: 1. Mik e Ho rton ; 2. Bru c e Criswell : 3 . J eff McNe il; 4. Steve Piattoni: 5. Carlo Forti no. PRO : 1. Shawn Wynne ; 2. Dan Berg ; 3. Butch Stilmok ; 4. Don Burke; 5. Jim Henn. 38 ... BEQ: 1. Mik e Barone: 2. Jerry Head; 3. Tom U nck : 4. Bob Kosovilka: 5. Joh n Suster. 3 8 ... NO V A : 1. Lee Ev ans: 2 . Ed T urn ey ; 3. Dennis Foster; 4 . Date Mathers; 5. Craig Martin . 38 ... NOV B: 1. Clay to n Will ison; 2. Rick Marion; 3. Doug Mohr: 4. Vincent Gonzales: 5. Stan Slate. 38 ... INT : 1. Dave Fenney: 2. Dan Austin ; 3. Brad A nderson: 4. Rob Townley: 5. Mark Broneau. 38 ... EX: I. John Chwastyk : 2. Mik e McMurry; 3. Brian Allen ; 4. Gilbert Chic; 5. Will iam Carlson. 38 ... PRO : 1. Pete MurrllY: 2. Clayton Blood : 3. Ed Guejerdo: 4 . Mark An derso n: 5. Mark White. SUP: 1. Shane Smi th ; 2. Steven Storie : 3 . Billy Wise: 4 . Matt McMurry ; 5 . Matt J acobson.