Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current, May 07, 1981, Image 13

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Newspaper Page Text« O *- w •* Section SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1981 The Post Area News People Home & Garden Features Motocross One of the biggest motocross races ever held in the Sandy area drew 385 riders and numerous spectators to the Mountain View Cycle Park Sunday afternoon. The event was one of a series of 10 races for the Yamaha Gold Cup. A purse of $3,000 at each race was a big reason why 111 professional riders came to Sandy in the second of the season’s 10 races. Despite the wind, rain and cold, the racing was excellent. The feature, a 40-minute race in the 500cc class, was dominated by the Sun brothers. Chuck Sun of Sherwood, the current national 500cc champ, won the race while brother Ron of Beaverton took second. L a rry Hooper of Medford was third. Long view ’s Jim Anderson was the winner of the Pro Division 125cc race, (rlm k w h r from top) Sherwmtf’s Chuck Sun <tl) rhreks in with brother Ron after the jOOtc race where the brothers came in one-two; at the start of the mini-bike race. Mark Baumgardner of Portland (127) jumps out to a quick start on the field; Tumwater's Tom Poage (S«M> > safely navigates the course's longest jump in the .»OOcc pro division; Milwaukie's Jerry Ebert gets the checkered flag in the in termediate StMcc race; the brothers Sun duel down a straightaway near the finish of the race. p h o to * by M a rk Floyd r coming up with the best showing in the two 20-minutes races. Ron Sun won the 250cc race and Anderson was second. The Mountain View course is approxim ately 1.5 miles long. Some other riders weren’t so lucky. Jim Pomeray, who was the first Am erican ever to win a world Grand P rix race, was scheduled to race but c o u ld n 't get his bike ru n n in g . Pom eray’s fame didn’t help him to borrow a bike, however, because he also has a reputation for being m urder on transmissions. He watch ed the races from the sidelines. The races are drawing riders from all over, though m ainly from Oregon and Washington. Other races are scheduled for Washougal, Wash., M c M in n v ille , and in M ontana, Washington and Idaho.