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Northwest Vintage Motorcross Championship Series Round 2: Woodland Motorcross Park Clark Clobbers 'em By CLA Y L IGH T WOODLAND, WA, OCT. 21 z -mo unted Chris Clark ca me o ut o n to p of the Ope n Expe rt cla ss b y v irtu e of h is win in t h e se c o nd moto , in whi ch he na rr ow ly edged one of last year' s top Exp ert ride rs , Dennis Sweeten , fo r the ove ra ll win at t he s e c o nd ro u nd of th e No rth west Vintag e Mo t o c ro s s C ha m p io ns hip S e rie s a t th e Wo o d la nd Mo to c ro ss Park . C Yam aha rider J o n Morga n fin is h e d fo u rt h ove ra ll wit h c on sis t en t 4 -4 pla c ing s , while CZ -m ou n t ed J o hn Mat t oo n nabbed fifth ove ra ll via 2 -8 perform a nc e s . While not o ne of the la rgest clas s es , th e Pre -1 970 class al wa ys seem s to be a crowd fav or ite . Wa shington 's Da n a S a lsm a n a n d C a n a d a ' s Ken Burn ing ha m battled in both o f the ir motos , bu t it wa s S a lsma n , on a BSA B5 0 , scori ng th e class victo ry with h is moto -two win a hea d of the first-moto Woodland Motocross Pa rk: Chris Clark (110) and Dennis Sweete n (4) battle in the second Open Expert moto in Woodland, Washington. S we eten , who was m aking his CZ deb u t after se vera l years ab oa rd Maic o s, got th e j um p on t he co mbined field of Inte rmediate a nd Jun ior ride rs in the firs t m udd y m oto a nd held off a ll of the a dv ances from his fell o w O re goni an to top mo to o ne . Cla rk e nco untere d s uspension problems and fin ished in second place but came out stro ng in m oto two to surviv e all of Sw e et e n ' s c ha lle ng e s. At one po int, S w e e t e n go t a wh ee l und erne ath Cla rk , but C lark q u ickly c ou nte re d to shut th e door on Sweeten's last-d itch attempt to nab a rnot o two wi n , a nd he to ok the o ve ra ll a head of Swe eten ( 1-2 ) a nd Ya m a hamounted Bob Ha g an (3- 3 ), th e th ird o verall finish er. "Ma n, I rea lly ha d to work for that one," Cla rk s aid . "Tha t wa s so m uc h fun , but I had to just a bou t ride a perfe c t ra c e to beat him [S we eten] in th at moto ." In the adjoined Interme dia te cla ss , Ma ic o- m o u nt e d Shawn Mc Dona ld a n d Hon d a rid e r J ohn Adam s split moto victories, but Mc Donald collected the overall win via 1-3 placings to lea d CZ rid e r Greg Mattoo n (3 -2) a nd Ad a m s , wh o , des pite a seventh -place fini s h in m oto o ne, sal va g ed th ir d ove ra ll by virtu e of his moto -two win. winn er , T rium p h rid er Bu rn ing h a m , one of the many Canad ian riders to m a k e th e tr e k south on a re g u la r b asi s . Triumph -m ounted Gene Boere finis hed th ird overa ll in the E xp e rt portion behind Salsman a nd Burningh a m b ut ahead of t he top pla c ing Intermed iate , Reid Saario , who rod e a 1969 CZ 360. In the Am at e ur portion , Yamaha rider Fo rrest Wal dron tall ied th e overall win. Monty Pri c e went hea d t o h e ad with both S al sman a nd Burn in gh a m in th e Four-Stroke Ex pert cla s s , but ne ithe r coul d s tay a t Pr ice 's pace , and the Honda ride r ou td istanced the competition to nab a 1-1 win . How ev ·e r, that was about as good as it would get for Price , a s a c ra s h in a no ther class thwarted his c han ce s of a th reecl a ss win . S a lsman fin ished second ove rall , a head of Burni ng ham , wh ile Honda ride r Ma rty We lter e dged o ut Adams for the Inte rm e dia te -c la s s win . Husky -m ount ed Ke it h Web ster dominated both Over 4 0 Expe rt/ Interme diate -cla s s m otos. Th e rest of the fie ld wasn 't a s cons iste nt , as the sec ond and third overall fin is her s , Charlie Bro wn and Ha g an, went DNF -2 and D NF - 3 , respec tively . Hon d a m ounte d Ra ndy Th om p s on won the Inte rm ed iate portion via 2 - 1 pla ci ngs , wi t h Gr eg Ma ttoon ( 1-4 ) fini s h in g second o vera ll, a he a d of J o h n Mattoon (5 -2) . The E vol ut ion cl a s s e s (197 5 -81 ) continu e to grow in numbe rs , as wa s e vi de n ce d by th e r ider numb er s tod a y . J ust two yea rs a go , ra ce prom ote rs Monty a nd Anne Pric e we re lu ck y to dra w 50 entri es ; now th a t number ha s more tha n doubled. O ne rider m a king a killing in th e Ev olut ion class e s is Oregon 's J oe Case y , wh o troun c e d t h e compet it ion in th e 2 50c c E xp ert/ Int ermedi at e cl a s s , w in n ing b y a la rg e m argin in b o th moto s . Beh ind t h e ve te ran E xp e rt wa s a trio of rid e rs fre s h o ut of the Inte rm e diate ra nks - J ona tha n Stua rt, Grant Boer e a nd Ch ristophe r Ja mes , a ll of who m foun d out the ha rd way just how frustra ting it can be to try to main tai n Casey's p a c e . The m o s t s uccessfu l of the bun c h was Bo e re , who t rai le d Case y to t h e finish in m oto two and netted second o ve ra ll with a 3-2 ta lly, a he a d of Stuart (2- 3) a nd J a mes (4-4) . In the lar ge 250cc Amateur class , Josh Warri ng a c e d both m oto s and looked ready to c h a llenge the da y 's to p Intermedia te ride rs , Jared Lipp le g a a s and Charlie Mart in . Flip Jones netted second overa ll in the Ama te ur c la s s wit h a 3 -2 sco re, fo llow ed by Doug Durk in (2- 3 ), Ed Stro m (4-4) a nd Roger Warne r (5- 5) . Yam a ha- mount ed Kurt Stevens, a top North west Profe ss ional rider in the early 1980s , we nt on a rampage si mila r to C asey' s , t a k in g a 1 - 1 sweep of the Open Ev olu t ion Ex pert class, d e s p ite p ressu re fro m Maico rid e r Gr e g Rod g e rs a n d Pri c e , who t his ti me was a boa rd h is Ya ma h a T T 500 . S t ev ens , t h ou g h , we n t u nscat he d in h is d ec im a t ion of t he cla ss . Maico rid e rs s we pt th e t o p th re e p o s it io n s in t h e Intermediate port io n, w ith F r an k Campbell, McDona ld a nd S c ott McA lister n a b eN bing the top pos it ions. 3 0 . EX : 1. J ohn Ulv er (Ka w ) ; 2 . J oe Casey (Hon). 40+ INT: 1. Randy Thom p son ( Hon ); 2 . Greg Mattoon (CZ); 3. John Mattoon (CZ). 40 + AM : 1. Ed Russell (Hus); 2. Di rk Williams (Hus); 3 . Tom Mir es (Suz). 40. EX : l. Keit h Web st er ( Hus); 2 . Ch arl ie Brown (Mon); 3 . Bob Hagan (Yam ). 50 . INT: 1. Reid Sea r ic (e l) ; 2 . Steve Sate rJund (CZ); 3. Rick Downing (Bul). 50 + AM: 1. David McKillip (B ul) . 50 + EX: 1. Ken Burn ingham (Tri ). 60. INT : 1. Rodger Bill e (Hon ); 2. Ralph Clark (CZ); 3. George Eadie (Yam). 60 + AM : 1. Glenn Fi nne ra n (C -A) ; 2 . No rm DuVall (Yam). WM.N INT : 1. Valerie Ulver (Kaw) ; 2. Ava Casey (Hon). WMN AM : 1. Ch eri Bud scha dt ( Han); 2. Ti na Aasland (Yam); 3. Jessica Ostergren (Yam) . WMN EX: 1. Julie Sweeten (Han). Evolution 125 AM : 1. Chris Densler (SUI); 2. Jos h Warri ng ( Hon) ; 3 . Hell fi re Mc De rm itt ( Ho n); 4 . J eff Rose (Yam ); 5. Glen Rose (SU I). 125 EX: 1. Charlie Martin (Yam) . 250 INT: 1. J ared Lipplegaas (Han) ; 2. Charlie Martin (Yam). 250 AM.: 1. Jos h Warri ng (Hon); 2. Flip J ones (Han); 3. Doug Durkin ( Hon) . 250 EX : 1. J oe Casey ( Han); 2. Grant Boere (Yam); 3. Jo nathan Stuart (Han). 7 OPEN INT : 1. Frank Camp bell (Mai); 2. Shawn McDon ald (Mai) ; 3. Scott McA lister (Mai ). O PEN AM : 1. Matt Russell (Yam) ; 2. Ed Russell (C·A) ; 3 . Mike Cesuso (Hus); 4 . Robert Schu lz (Hus): 5. Mark Swartwood (Kaw). 4 · STRK INT: I . Kenn y McCann (Yam) . 4-STRK AM; I. Matt Russell (Yam); 2. Brad Bird (Hon) ; 3. Tim Courson (Yam). 4 ·STRK EX: L Monty Price (Yam) . OIL ' NT : 1. Scott McA llister (Mai) ; 2. Ken Harlan (Yam) ; 3. Jared Lipplegaas (Han). U/L EX; 1. Joe Casey (Han) . -' ~ :i ::t: ~ « iii g ~ KB Motocross: Chris Steele won the~cc (4-6) Beginner class at the final round of the Fall Series in Sacramento, California. KB Motocross The P ee W ee st B ig A dventure Woodland Motocross Park Woodland, Washington R esults: October 21,2000 [Round 2 of 91 By AARON Vintage XR75 INT: 1. Mark us Steve ns; 2. Jo hn Tru deau. XR75 AM : 1. Jason Aasland; 2. Ray Wadsworth ; 3 . Keith Sweeten; 4 . Brenda n Blair; 5 . Kay la Ingham . PRE-19 70 INT: I. Reid Saario (CZ). PRE·1970 AM : I. Forrest Waldro n (Yam ). PRE- 197 0 EX: 1. Dana Salsman (BSA ); 2. Ken Burni ngham (Tr i) ; 3. Gene Boere (Tri) . 12 5 A : 1. Bryso n William s ( Hus ); 2 . Forrest Wald ron (Yam) ; 3. Matt Bird (SUI); 4 . Dirk Willia ms (Hus); 5. Thai Anderso n (Hod ). 125 INT: I. Kyle Ingham (Han) ; 2. Christopher James (Ka w) ; 3. Mark Clayton (Hen} . 125 EX: 1. Jo nat han Stua rt (Hon) . 250 INT: 1. Ky le Webster (Hon) ; 2. Pete Unger (Kaw) ; 3 . James Unger (Han) ; 4 . J on Morgan (Yam); 5. David Chappe ll (Yam ). 25 0 A M: 1. Mike Cox (Yam ); 2 . Chris Walther (Yam ); 3. Mike Caruso (Hus) ; 4. Tom Mires (Han); 5. Ed Blackw ell (Hon) . 2 5 0 EX : 1. J oh n Olv er (Kaw ) ; 2 . Joe Casey SACRAMENTO. CA. OCT. 13 Th e weather co uldn 't hav e been any better for the six th an d fina l round of th e Fall Ser ies at KB M oto c ro ss. T he p rev io us w eek 's ra i n cl eared up seve ral day s before th e race. Th is was the last chance for anyone wh o was in ch am p ionship co nte ntio n to gai n po ints on clas s leaders or de fend th eir lead. Th e track c rew did a great job o f kee pi ng every th in g running smoothly all nig ht, th anks in p art to support fr om Ag ro Cycl e and Sp orts. Goodtimes M otosp orts. Carm ichael Honda. Capi tol Yamaha and MC Co ncepts. In th e f irs t 50 c c (4 ·6 ) Beg i nner mo t e , Ch ris Steele blasted out of th e ga te. m ercil essly pelting his co m petition wit h roost as he won the drag race to turn one by a larg e m argin. Br ian Yort on and Ryan T ell er ta ngle d in the fir st turn . rem ounting dead last. K yle Freit as and Zach ary Van Meter were scr apping it out for sec o nd . Van Me te r relent lessl y hound ed Freita s, bu t Fre ita s sim p ly shut th e door o n Van Met er rep eated ly. Back in th e pack, Co n ne r M cFarla nd wa s cl osi ng the ga p bet wee n hi m self and Cod y Gish, b ut Gish turned it up a notch and deftly blocked all p ass attempts. O n I he fina l lap, Te ller, w ho m ay h a v e bee n a littl e dazed fro m his first -turn get -off , looped out and en de d up at th e bo ttom o f th e (Hon). O PEN INT : 1. Shawn Mc Donald (Ma i) ; 2. Greg Mattoon (CZ) ; 3. John Ada ms (Hon ); 4 . Jon Morgan (Yam); 5. John Mattoon (CZ). O PEN AM : 1. Paul Mattoo n (CZ) ; 2. Dann y Vinci (Hus); 3 . Dan Obslogal (Hus); 4. Glen Kaleta; 5 . To m Mires (SUI) . O PEN EX: 1. Chris Cl ar k (Cl ) ; 2. Denn i s Sweeten (CZ): 3. Bob Hagan (Yam). 4 · ST RK INT: 1. Mart y Welter (Han ) ; 2 . Jo hn Adams (Hon) . 4· ST RK EX : 1. Mon ty Pric e ( Ho n); 2 . D an a Salsm an (BSA) ; 3. Ken Burnin gham (T ri) . 30 + INT: 1. Marty Welter (Han ); 2. Jo n Morgan (Yam) ; 3. Ken Harlan (Yam) . 30 + AM : 1. Glen Kaleta (Yam); 2. Dann y Vinci (Hus) ; 3. J.R. Cunningham (Mai) . ey e I e n AND ADAM H ANSEL e VII Si NOVEMBER 2 2 , 2000 43

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