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anada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Al third. Coleman kept the squeeze on McRae through the first half and Jamerson and Brett Cahors battled back and forth for fourth. On lap six, McRae held a big lead as Klein closed in for the second at the finish. Coleman got an early lead in moto two, but a slight judgement error let Joe McCrummon take the lead. Moto one leader McRae started back in seventh and began his push early, quickly getting by Jamerson and Klein. Next, Cabors got by McCrummon for third and McRae passed another rider as Coleman tried to stretch his new lead. McRae kept the throttle wide open and finally gained first place and the overall. Johnny Hicks led the Minis from start to finish on a new 1983 Suzuki with Terry Bostard in second and Mike Pascarella's Kawasaki pushing from third. Still, the positions didn't change during moto one. Pascarella took the lead in moto two, but Hicks grabbed the lead on lap four and held it to the finish over Pascarella and Bostard. Concord Yamaha rider Jerry Brandt holeshot the Open Pro moto one with Lance Coleman right behind. By the end of lap four, Berkeley Yamaha's Wayne Archer had taken second, following Brandt to the checker. Archer headed up moto two and never surrendered to Brandt, thus achieving the overall. Results VET: 1. Mike Collins (KTM); 2. Steve Bevilacqua (Hon). OT: 1. Dick Mann (OMS); 2. Bob Porter (Mai). 250 EX: 1. Doug McRae (Yam); 2. Larry Coleman (Hus); 3. Kenny Klein (Suz). 250 INT: ,. George Hopper (Yam); 2. Frank Valada (Hon). 250 JR: 1. Robert McBroom (Suz); 2. David Little (Suz). 125 JR: ,. Robbie Gramm (Suz); 2. Nick DeBella (Suz). MINI: ,. John Hicks (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Wayne Archer (Yam); 2. Jerry Brandt (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Richard Roe (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Michael Whalen (Yam); 2. Steve Nauman (Hon). OPEN JR: 1. Paul Bierwith (Mai); 2. Paul Montgomery (Han). 125 INT: ,. Jed Johnson (Suz); 2. Marty Cooper (Suz). Kephart, Burkett top Jolly Roger 250s By Bubby S" Snob KENT, WA, OCT. 24 Jolly Roger racers came prepared for white-water motocross at the Seattle Motorcycle Club race today. But, as soon as somebody in the pits opened an umbrella, the rain stopped and racing started. Joe Kephart came out on top of the 250cc A class, riding his shiny new Alki Maico/KTM Austrian mount. Although Tom Moriarity (Yam) pulled the holeshot in the first round, Kephart started with a close second. Kephart didn't take over the numberone spot though, until after he and third-place Rodney Jessen (Mai) had made a "European sandwich" out of fourth-place Charlie Marrs (Yam), who was closing in fast. Marrs backed off from the sCramble for the ·front three positions, until Jessen's tranny developed an affinity for third gear. Then Marrs was busy getting sideways and off the pegs over the double jumps, trying to pass Jessen. Kephart was occupied.maintaininga slim lead over Moriarity. By lap four, Marrs was on Kephart's rear tire and the two leaders stayed that way until the checkers. Moto two saw Moriarity up in front again, with Kephart charging close behind. They stayed that way until the final flag, with the overall spots going to Kephart, Moriarity, and Jerry Callaway (Yam). Notorious for berzerk racing, the 250cc B class lived up to its reputation. A veritable potpourri of riding styles was exhibited in the scrambles to see who would take home one of the handsome SMC wall-plaque trophies. While Vern Huber (Suz) was astounding everybody.by campaigning his 175PE (lights included) to second overall, Ron Burkett (Hus) worked his way through the pack in both motos to take home first place. Yet, the real stunt of the day was Greg Gregovich's eject-a-tank routine, which followed his demonstration in "how to ride your Maico like a unicycle." Amazingly enough, Gregovich came back to finish the second moto. Results PEE WEE A: ,. Louis Aron. PEEweE B: ,. Michael Brewer; 2. Aaron Lykken. MINI A: ,. Larry Ward; 2. Tommy Judge. MINI B: ,. Robert Gehrke; 2. Aaron Fitzpatrick. looB: ,. Ron Nuttall. 125 PRO: ,. Lance Richotte; 2. Stacy Thornton; 3. Bill Joyce. 125 A: ,. Jeff Chapman; 2. Jerry Abjornsen. 125 B: ,. Jeff Nelson; 2. Scott Gordon; 3. Darrell Mondry. 250 PRO: ,. Jon Jacobson; 2. David Froembling. 250 A: ,. Joe Kephart; 2. Tom Moriarity; 3. Jerry Callaway. 250 B: ,. Ron Burkett; 2. Vern Huber; 3. Ed Anderson. OPEN A: ,. Pete Treadwell; 2. Mark Enudsen. OPEN B: ,. Steve Manning; 2. Jon Thrush; 3. Dan Rager. OTH: 1. Will Hanson; 2. Dan Rager. OT: 1. Dan McCarthy; 2. Pete Conrad. Clear Plexigla.. .......i~r--- Windscreen Vented Cockpit Handcrafted Fibergla.. ;} Time-Machine, takes you back to the "Good Old Days" when fairings were made of fiberglass and sold for under one-hundred c1ollars. 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There were also numerous trees ranging from 18 to 25 inches apart, scattered all along the course - just to keep things interesting. As the riders finished, it looked as everyone of the 290-plus entries had crashed several times. Bent handlebars, broken levers and torn jerseys were the order of the day. The course length was without a doubt a factor'in how the riders finished. With two separate loops of 52 and 53 miles, riders were subject to the decision of getting gas at the 30mile checkpoints and losing time, or chancing it. Quite of few made the wrong decision. For Bill Dowers, that decision cost him a chance of winning as be and close friend Dillion came racing across' the desert floor. With the pits in sight, Dowers came to a stop in a draw within one mile of the pits, out of gas. By the time his dad got gas to Dowers, Dillion was long gone. Dillion was duely happy at the finish of Oregon's largest desert race. 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