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and was later found at the rear of the pack. By the th ird lap, Beyer had taken control of second, while Winn labored into third. A lap later , both Beyer and Winn shot past Nelson and sta r ted to duel for th e lead. Near th e end of th e race, Winn made hi s move in a turn a t th e bo ttom of a downhill and passed Beyer. From th en on. th e race was all Winn's, bUI the overa ll went 10 Bever and hi s 1-2 sco re. In th e 25'Occ Pro class. Kell er p ut a tricky mountain side double jump 10 good use to beat Yamaha rider Cur- tis Rough, Honda-mounted j ohn Woodley and Kawasak i pilot John Bias. In hoth motos , Keller clearly dominat ed the rest of the class and easily won both mot os. McLean claims M-Star-mounted Pete Murray mixes it up with Craig White (24A) and Kenny Donaldson during CMC motocross at Sunrise Valley Cycle Park. 500 NOV: 1. Chr is Newmiller; 2. MarkMil fo rd; 3. Kenny Yeoman. 500 INT: 1. Greg Estes: 2. Kirk Bothwell . 500 PRO: 1. An thony Pasqualotto; 2. Mark Hitchew. VET: 1. Lee Pearson; 2. Jim Bradley; 3. Chuck Rose. 125 PP: 1. Connie Hidden. Boston parties to Pro win in Chapman By Brad and Sharon Jones CHAPMAl'\. KS, MAR. 17 Mike Boston once again clob- bered th e compe ti tio n in both the 125 and 250cc Expert classes at the Race Pl ace II in Chap- man. In th e firs t 125cc Expert mota. Bos- ton took the ho lcsh ot, whi le Steve Hendricks burned up th e track tryin~ to ca tch Boston. Hendricks cou ld on ly manage to pull within several hi kelengths. The second moto was a replay of the firs t, onlv Hendri cks lost more ~round when' he stnl led hi s Yamaha in a set o f whoops . In Ihe 250cc Experts. Boston ruled the first moto with no contest. Hen - dr icks tri ed to keep up th e pace. but 10 no avail. I Ien dr icks sa id. " I have a new shock a nd I don ' t have it di aled in yet.You have 10 have good working suspens io n to go fast on the track !" Hen dricks fin ished a dis tant second, while SIeve Hersch el! wo n the battle for th ird over Br ian Carlson. In moto two , Boston had the crowd on its feel as h e ra n in to Carlson in th e fir st turn, leaving both riders on the ground, Hen dricks snuck by to tak e th e lead, while Brad j ones and Steve Hersch el! followed. Hen dricks quickly pu lled away from th e pack, hop in g to get far enough ahead that Boston cou ld nOIca tch h im . But Ba s- Ion had other p lans . Riding a superb ra ce. he pulled into seco nd p lace in on ly IWO laps. Boston look another lap to reel in Hendricks and flew past for the win. One o f th e best ra ces of th e day was th e 250cc Open Novice cla ss. T he first moto began with Tony Edwards Ieadi n~ Ihe pa ck. BUI il was Brad j uckr and Pa ul Do lan whomade it a ~rea l rurc. battl in~ their way up to first and second, respecl ively , In lhe second moto. j ueke was OUI fro ll! on th e sta rt , bUI Dol an was makin~ his bid for th e lead. He did 38 so, bUI j ueke did nOll ike it and found an open i n~ two laps lat er. j ue ke ~Ol th e white flag with the th ri ll o f imminen t vicrorv bu t soon suffe red the agony o f def~a l when he crashed on the fron t double jumps. Dolan went by for an easy win. Bob Payne rode hi sHon da in for second. Edwa rds rarne in third . wh ile jueke n-mounted for fourth. good enough for second overaII. Results MINI MINI: 1.Bobbie Skaggs(Yaml: 2. Cork Fran- cis (Yam); 3. Jeremy Hockett (Yaml . JRCYC: 1. JesseMaley (Hon): 2.Mike LibeII Sul) . MINI THREE-WHEEL: 1. .Justin Hacketl(Yaml: 2. Chr is Burn s (yam). MINI NOV: 1. Troy Young (Yaml; 2. Mike Hiaks (Kaw); 3. Kevin Callahan. MI NI JR: 1. Br ia n Sorr enson (Yam); 2. Brian Pin- kely (Yeml; 3. Doug Stone (SUl). MINI OPEN: 1. Denny Stephenson (Kaw); 2. Steve Bates. MINI EX: 1. Denny Stephenson (Kaw); 2. Brent Peterson (Kaw); 3. Steve Bates; 4. Justin On o (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Danny Otoupel (Hon); 2. Paul Dolan (Han); 3. Eric Kohl (Han); 4. Steve El lis (Kaw) . 125 JR: 1. Denny Stephenson (Kaw); 2. David Ourster lHon l; 3. DaleAnt inoro; 4.JamesWilliams. 125 EX: 1.Mike Boston (Kawl; 2.SteveHendr icks (Yam); 3. Todd Herr en (Han); 4. Kevin Maret (Han). 250 OPEN NOV: 1. Paul Dolan (Hon); 2. Brad Jueke (Yam); 3 .Bob Payne (Kaw l; 4 .Tony Edwards. 250 JR: 1. Jerry Lormis (Han ); 2. Mar k Crough (Hon); 3.Darr ell Lacero(SUl); 4.CodyRowan(Kaw). 250 EX: 1.Mike Boston (Kaw); 2. Steve Hend ricks (Yam); 3, St eve Hershell (Hen);4. Brad Jenes(Han). OPEN JR: t . Kelly Gillmore (Yam); 2. Rick Fason (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Brad Jones (Han); 2. Stan Emerson (Han); 3. Craig Baldus (Han); 4. Randy Jones (Han). Beyer, Keller clean up at Clarks BranchMX By Sean Hall ROSEBURG. OR, i\IAR. 17 Kawasaki rider Garry Beyer and Honda pi lot Rod Kell er were today's big winners at Clarks Branch MX; Beyer man- aged 10 n ip Yamaha-mounted Paul Winn in th e 125cc A-B class, while Kell er domin at ed the 250cc Pro class. At th e sta rt of the first 125cc race, Winn put hisO'Neal , Pjl -sponsored Yamaha in to th e lead but was closely followed bv Bever. However . Winn was on th e gas' and produced a fast a n d co n s is ten t pace t ha t Beye r cou ldn ' t quite mat ch . But, a few laps la ter, Winn stuf fed his Yamaha into a berm whi ch gave away, ca usi rig him to cras h. T h is was enough for Beyer 10 storm into the lead:Winn restarted h is mount but had a lot o f ca tching up to do. As the race neared the end. Wi n n ca ll~h l sig hl of Beyer. bUI il wa s to o la Ie - Be ye r gOI th e cht'ckered flag fir s!. SlIluki -mount t'd Stt've Nelson sto le th e holeshot a t th t' sta rt of tht' second malO; Beyer was fourth, wh ile Winn got hung up behind a downed rider CMC Sunrise win By David lindstrom ADELANTO. CA. MAR. 24 David McLean cap tured both motos in th eOpen Pro class on a AXO/Norwalk/Hon/Yanl- sponsored Honda, while Suz- uki-mounted Russ Wageman pulled off two wins in th e 250cc Pro class today d uring Ca lifornia Moto sports Club's points race a t Sunrise Valley Cvcle Pa rk . 'McLean. wh o is na tionally ra nked 88th. was riding Adelan to as a warm up for th e up-cornin g Hangtown MX Na tio nal. " I' ve got to work on my sta rts," he sa id aft erward s. referring 10 hi s dead-last sta rts in both 250cc Pro rnotos. " I managed to work my way up 10 fin ish thi rd in both rnotos , but it was a st ru ggle." The 250cc Pro firsl moto front runners : Pete Murray. Willie Surrat t and Wageman took charge followed by Doug Hoover and Dave Welty. By lap three,Wageman took th e lead. w h i le Murra y d ropped 10 t hi rd a n d fad ed quickl y. Hoover a n d Wdty co nt in ued th ei r 4-5 SpOI duel well ahead of the rest of th e pack. Wagemen steadily widened th e ga p on Surra tt , who had a comfort able adva ntage on Murray. In th e closing laps.Murray slowed to fifth. handing McLean a third a nd Darren Sharuga a fourth . After a two-lap sorting out per iod in moto two , Surratt had a one seco nd lead over Wageman. Welty and Me- Lean were dicinga few seco nds behind for the third spot. Halfway th ru the race, Wageman sta r red gain ing on Surratt, while Mcl.ean eased into a so lid th ird bUI sti ll far beh ind Sur- ra tt. Eventually, Wagt'man ca ugh t u p and passed urrau , taking the ove ra lI. Open Projon Ortner (Yam) jump - ed to an ea rly second moto lead just a head o f Da ve Foltz (H a n ) a nd McLean. By th e third lap. McLean made h is move past Foltz and Ortner 10 ta ke a solid lead and proceeded 10 open th e ga p by a second a lap for the remaining nine laps. Darren Shar- uga moved into second and Foltz into third as Ortner faded to finish eigh th. In the closing laps, Pete Murray worked his way aro und Foltz to secure third, while Rudi Zacsko jr. finished fourth. Vet Ma st er, j on Miller (Yam) simp ly ou t-cl assed th e field in both moros, puuing half a lap on hi s near- eSI riv al , Kurt Dietrich . Dietrich 's second mot o weak sta rt had him rea l- ing in Rick Gill and Kenneth Ren - gux (Ve l Intermedi ate) on th e firs t lap and lat er j im O'Neal to secure h is second overa ll with a 2-2 ma lO p lac- ing. Third overall O'Neal had h is hands fu ll fending off th e challe nge o f Vet Intermed iate first o vera ll. Yamaha-moumed Ri ck Gill. Mini Intermediate 'Ronn ie Dens- ford wi th a fourth in mota one, pulled off a second mota win to cap- ture first overall. Other notiables were Terry Swanson (1-6) and Brock Suten (3-2). Mini jr. Brian Gipson (3-1) narrowly edged Cole Gress (2-2). Open Intermediate j ake Roach (Suz ) a nd Greg Blechma n (Ha n) played swa p th e leader all day in their bid for th e overa ll. Roach prevailed with a 2-1 vs. Blechman's 1-2. Results 60 BEG: 1. Lanny Turner (K8W~; 2. Peter Periz IKaw); 3. Greg Schne il(Kaw). MINI BEG: 1. Ronnie Holman (Yam): 2. Trevor Barker IHon); 3. Todd Smith IKaw). MINI JR: 1. Brian Gipson (Yam); 2. Cole Gress (Kaw); 3. John Edwards (Kaw). MINNI INT; 1. Ronnie Denslord (Kew); 2. Brock Suten (Yam); 3. Butch Smith ISul). 125 BEG: 1. Steve Sibell (Yam); 2. Doug Miller (Hon); 3. Jay Uan (Hon). 125 JR: 1. Dav;d Noel (Honll 2. Larry Turner (Yam); 3. Ric Reynertson (Sull. 125 INT; 1. Jell Reynolds (Hon); 2. Tracy Welty (Suz); 3. Corey Schweitzer (Suz). 12 5 PRO: 1. Mark Denning (Kaw); 2. Russ Wageman (Suz); 3. Joe Merr ianew (Suz). 250 BEG; 1. Jeff Solee (Hon); 2. Rich Townsend (Han); 3. Greg Giaconin (Han ). 250JR; 1.Jim Ryder (Honl; 2. Aaro n Ginn (Yam); 3. Kevin McCarthy (Honl. 2501NT; 1.Ty David (Cagl; 2.Tim Hanna (Hon): 3. Mu rray Shackelf ord ISuz). 250 PRO: 1. RussWageman (Suz); 2.Will ie Sur- ratt (Han); 3. David McLean (Han) . OPEN BEG: 1. Tom Madsen (Honl; 2. Rick A. Sliger (Kawl . OPEN INT: 1. Jake Roach (Sull; 2. Greg Blech- man (Han); 3. Tracy Hrech (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. David McLean (Honl; 2. Darr en Sharuga (Yam); 3. Dan Berg (Han ). VET JR; 1. Fred Kalm icic (KTM ); 2. Ron Holman (Yam). VETINT: 1. Rick Gill (Yaml; 2. FredW. Cox(Yam); . 3. Kennet h Rengux (KTM). VET MASTER: 1. Jon Miller (Yam); 2. Kurt Kie- tr ich (Han); 3. Jim O'N eal (Han). OT MASTER: 1. Robert Dahlgr en (Hon). Peterson, Stith duel at Blitz Canyon hillclimb By Don DeYoung and Sandee Peterson GRANT S PASS, OR, MAR. 17 Ironhorse Enterprise's third hillclimb of a four race seri es came off with great success on an unusually 'dry day in the Pacific Northwest . Top competi tors from Los Angeles 10 Seattle faced off against two ver y challenging hi lls a t th e last scheduled even t before th e April 21st Pacifi c Northwest Cham- pionship. Mini and 100cc class competitors were faced with a new winner in th eir classes as Hi-Point, K.R .W., Number One Racin g-backed Robie Peterson blas ted hi s Honda 10 fir st pl ace. Mat Morris, the domi nant Mini-climber in Oregon mad e fin e rides for second- p lace honors in th e 100cc class. and co ns istent riding by j ason Cochran gave him the seco nd- place trophy in the Min is. Consistent is the on ly word to des- cr ibe o utstanding rid ing by j eff Campbell in tire class competition - he pro ceeded to score victo ries in four classes and runner-up behind Kerry Peterson in th e 500cc Stock class . As usu al , a battle for the top spots in th e 500cc class a t th e payoff table got quite heated as th e da y went on. World Hillclimb Champion Kerry Peterson put hi s Honda into th e number-one slo t with a first round blast over the top th at couldn't be bettered. though both ro unds of Stock class competition. Modified class actio n got under- way with first ro und fast times in 500ccand Open Modified. being held by Kerry Pet erson, with Steve Stith a nd Rod Cochran holding down second and th ir d. respectively. Sti th came ba ck with vengenance in th e second ro und and made an incredihle banzai run on hisMaico to ni p Peterson for th e class win . Coch- ran came th rough with a third-place showing on his Honda . Stith scored an eq ua lly impressive win in the .

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