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SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1981
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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
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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.