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Cycle News 1982 08 25

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I understand you will bill me monthly and I have full return privileges on unsold papers, by returning the issue number.and date with my check for the balance. - NORTHERN DATELINE Shawn McConn leads Rodney Smith in Baylands Raceway duel. 250 EX: 1. Mike Gresha m (Hon); 2. Mike Cagle (Yam); 3. Randy Freeman (Yam). 500 NOV : 1. Ed Orput (Yam); 2. Jim Coleman. 500 JR :.1. Tom Polito (Yam). 250 HANDICAP: 1. Rick LaBlanc (Yam); 2. Chris Carter (Yam); 3. Clay Hodge s (Kaw) . 500 HANDICAP: 1. Clay Hodges (Hon); 2. Jeff Fowler (Yam). the battle was for second. Barkman took it at the flag with Hurst third, Jeff Campbell (Ya m) fourth and Word holding on for fifth ahead of Jeff McDaniel (C-A). Result s Fay all the way in Sidewinders TT EX: 1. M ickey Fay (Hon); 2. Brett Barkman (Hon); 3. Brad Hurst (Tri); 4 . Jeffrey Campbe ll (Yam); 5. Frank W ord III (H-D); 6. Jeff McDaniel (C-A) ; 7. Don Dod ge (Tri ); B. Peter Simonson (Yam); 9 . Lars Trulson (BSA); 10 . Tommy McCullough (Tri). JR : 1. Steve Karsten (H-D); 2. Jeff Harden (Hon) ; . 3. Scott Miller (Tri); 4. Ryan Fisher (Yam); 5. Randy Blankenship (Yam); 6. Veri Sm it h (Yam); 7. Duane Gerrard (Yam); B. Vince Gildner (Hon); 9. Steve LeiĀ· brandt (Kaw); 10. Dan Cordell (Yam). TROPHY DASHES EX: 1. Brett Barkman (Hon). JR : 1. Brian Yocum (Yam). NOV : 1. Dan Bennett (Hon). By Clay Light CLACKAMAS, OR, AUG. 6 American Honda's Mickey Fay put his ' powerhouse Honda 500cc single across the line first in the Expert main event of the Brandt, Smith, "W osick split Baylands MX Oregon Sidewinders TT, besting Expert trophy dash winner Brett Barkman (Han). Steve Karsten took the only Harley-Davidson in the Junior main to the win of same, while Novice Dan Bennett continued his winning ways, taking h is sixth main in a ro w. Bennett (N D/ Bel-Ray/ Out Front Number P lates/ Lectro n/ KR W Hon) blasted into the lead of the Novice main off the sta rt, trailed by Gary Trull (Kaw), J eff Harsha (Yam) and Rya n Fisher (Yam). Ben nett soon had competition in the form of H arsha, wh o h ad over taken Trull af ter a two-lap struggle . H arsha tried taking the lead from Ben n ett (on ly done this season by Honda's Doug Chandler), but to no avail. In fact Harsha' got quite a surprise with a lap to go when Trull went by to fini sh second. Beh ind Harsha were Fish er and Randy Bla nkenship (Yam). Mark Rook s (Han) led the opening lap of the Junior main over Donnie Wilson (Yam), Don Gore (Yam) and . H-D West's Karsten. Rooks' fine ride would end on lap four, however, with a DN F. Karsten took over at that point, after a brief ba ttle with Wilson and Scott Miller (Tri), who had moved to third and then to second. That order remained almost to the flag, where Jeff Harden (Han) stuck a wheel under Miller to claim second. Wilson and Tony Over ma n (Yam) finis hed 4-5. T he 15-lap Expert main saw Fay fly immediately into the lead. Barkma n, Frank Word III (H-D) an d Brad H urst (Tri) led th e prusu it of the twoti me TT Na tional winner. Wo rd passe d H ur st and Barkman for second wh ile the latter two stag ed q uite a battle, but when Wo rd suffered a broken swingarm on the six th la p, . . . By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CA, JULY 29 J erry Brandt, Rod Smith and Larry Wosick all shared the winner'scircle at a very fastl y run Continental Mota-sports Cl ub motocro ss tonigh t a t Baylands Raceway P ark; all were complete events before 10:30 p.m. and there was tremen dous raci ng too. Tony Flores, look ing for a way to get to the Mi ni Na tionals, rode off wit h th e Mini Expert win whi le Jerry Roy topped the Intermedia tes. A lar ge class of Juniors saw Rob by Hirmanek win on the Jim & Jim's Yamaha over Rod dy Kin g and Matt Harvey. J err y Bra ndt gated well bo th portions of the Open Pro contest and wo n in good style on th e Concord Yamaha with a few feet to spare over Troy DeHerrera, who was mounted on an Eas t Bay Yamaha. Lance Col eman of Stockton was third on a new H usky 500 with a pair of threes. Rod Smi th had no trouble with the 125cc P ro class, wi nning both motos with great style on h is RM 125. Rod had to contend wi th .a littl e traffic in the second set, but was way ahead of Mike Whalen, Shawn Cady a nd T ro y DeHerrera who were figh ting it ou t for second and so forth. Whalen a n d th e Hayward Yam a ha he ld on for seco nd (2-2) while Cady rel ied on h is for mer m in ib ik e class expe ri ence to edge DeHerrera for thi rd, 4-3 to 3-4'The 250cc Pro challenge wa s the usual barn burner despite the low n u m ber.of laps. Smith gated first and I

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