National Motocross Series at Glen Helen Raceway Park feat ured ' Viva Days: a tribute to the
Montesa marque. A large arra y of Montesa
m ode ls was on displa y , and sig nificant people
in Mon t es a ' s U .S . h istory we re o n han d ,
incl ud ing T im Ha rt . Mike Runyard ( and h is
parents ) , Montesa import er Kim Kim ball. Ron
Nelson. Bra d Lackey , Tom Horton and others.
Southwest Montesa's Jared Bates coo rdinated
the affa ir . and th ere was a parade lap du rin g
half -time.
David Boyd stun and th e Glen Helen cre w
pr epared a co urse for the ride rs th at featured
large up- and downhills, twis ty sect io ns and a
fast straig hta way - a g rea t m ix and a fun
tr ack l
Denni s Rose top ped the Ove r 50 Nov ice
class aboa rd his BSA B5OM)( . over first -m ot a
w inner J o n W ell s. w h il e overa ll season titl e
co nten de rs Robert Bowen and Du an e Riddl e
had to settle for fourth and fift h th is tim e o ut .
Big-name rid ers took home their sha re of
th e trophie s, to o . Bru ce McDougal won th e
Sports m an 250cc Expert division , whil e Rich
E ie rs tedt and La ck ey d id th e sa m e in the
500cc and Over 40 Ex perts classes, respectively . Eie rstedt and Lackey were the talk of
the day, as they fl ew side by side down th e
final long. steep dr op toward the finish line in
a banzai move.
Sandra Ross e a r n e d t op honors i n
Women 's Inte rm edi ate c om pe titio n , her 2 · 1
score besting Kim Sutton and Suzett e Stamey .
Chad Mcintosh , in hi s fin al Intermediate
ri des, dominated th e Sportsman Open Twins
a boa rd a Rickman Triumph, and the Cl assic
5 00s on a Rickman Matchl ess.
The turn out of Premier bikes wa s fairly
li ght. but that didn't stop Je rry St errett and
Phil Benedict from ha Ving a great battle in the
Lightweight Nov ic e d iv i sion . St errett's 2 -1
best ed Benedict's 1-2; Gary Collman wa s thi rd
on a Greev es.
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Results
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