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By John Bethea
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IRWINDALE, CAL., NOV. 30
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It was the season ender and it had
alI the hoopla you'd expect 1'or
the occasion. A big turnout of
riders welcomed some new faces
to the motocross scene: members
of the four-wheel press and a few
of the best pro fuel drag racers.
Believe it, they got it on!
The elbows and handlebars game.
Elsinore TT
Scrambles
Story & Photos by Gary Jones
ELSINORE, CAL., Dl;C. 2
What started as a pretty dreary
weekend turned out to be one of
the best I've had the pleasure of
enjoying in a long time, thanks
almost entirely to the fme people
and great racing I saw today.
The first go out and get it on
were
the guys from the
Combined Lightweight classes. Taking
first overall in the 100 Combined was
Vince Mead (Kaw).
Taking the 125 Combined was a little
fellow you've. heard about before and
will undoubtedly hear more about in
years to come, Mike Tidwell. It was my
first time seeing him. Now I know why I
stopped racing. These young guys don't
have any idea what fear is.
In the 175-200 Combined it was Hal
Cheetwood scoring on a Bultaco.
Moving to the 250 class we saw how
consistency can payoff. After taking
the first two moto~ and leading the
third on the last lap, Jeff Kerrs went
into the first tum too hot and lost it.
Following Jeff and placing second in the
first two races was .Jerry Ellison, still
Somebody's out of numerical order.
behind Jeff when he slipped. Jerry
therfore was the winner of the last moto
and the overall.
In the 250 Amateur event it was that
fearless twelve-year old again, Mike
Tidwell, taking all three motos. Taking
the 250 Expert class was Charles
Soderstrom.
Going into the 350-500
Novice-Amateur class, we saw Joe
Flores take a second and two firsts for
the overall win.
In the 500 Novice class it was
William Arbough scoring the winning
points. The 350-590 Experts class put
on some rapid racing. Taking the flag at
the finish was Mike Myers.
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Results:
100
2.
NOV/AM/EX,
Mike
(Kaw).
Misnig
1.
(Kaw):
Vince Mead (Kaw);
3.
John
Erickson
125 NOV/AM/EX: 1. Mike Tidwell (Yam);
2. Mark Prescott (Yam): 3. Eddie Lawson
(Varn).
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175-200 NOV/AM/EX, 1. Hal Cheetwood
(BUI~; 2. Dee Toth (Bul): 3. Randy Haggard
(Bul.
2 0 NOV: 1. Jerry Ellison \vam); 2. Clint
Palmer (ass): 3. Jeff Kerrs tOss .
250 AM: 1. Mike Tidwell (Vam); 2. Terry
Pruitt (Vam); 3. John sargent (Vam).
250 EX: 1. Chas Soderstrom (Sui); 2.
Scott Smith (Yam); 3. Steve For tune (Yam).
350·500 Nov/AM: 1. Joe Flores; 2. Sandy
Robertson; 3. Kent Wilson.
500 NOV: 1. William Arbough; 2. Chris
Smith; 3. Fred Scurlock.
350-5·00 EX: 1. Mike Myers; 2. Scott
Smith; 3. Don Grlzsby.
500 OPEN: 1. Dennis Junker; 2. Steve
NiChols; 3. Kirk Redding.
nO-OPEN SEM,: 1. Kirk Redding; 2.
Steve Nicols; 3. Paul Lambert.
3S0-0PEN MAIN: 1. Kirk Redding; 2.
Mike Myers; 3. Scott Smith.
Of the Press/Manufacturer class,
Popular Hot fiod's George Elliott (who
also happens to be the editor of Popular
Cycling), put the crunch on the crowd,
winning .a11 three motos easily and stuck
around the track, literally, to show the
pro racers how to ride, too. Fred
Mooneyham won that grouping with
Don Moody showing some hotdog style
for second.
As it should be, all three Expert
classes were closely contested, despite
the fact that Dave Pessy walked off with
the overall 125 and 250 wins with five
out of six moto victories on the factory
Hondas.
In the first two 125ers, recent pro
transfer David Taylor (Yam) blasted
around everyone in the first turn and
came up short- in second place, but
con tin ued to pressure Pessy all the way.
But, in the finale while Pessy ran away,
Taylor made a miscue and wound up
sixth and that gave David Williams (Pen)
the opportunity to take over second on
points. Honda-mounted Dave Eropkin
rounded out the class of Davids.
In the 250's, Bill Rubly (Pen) won
the first moto and that spoiled Pessy's
hopes for a six-for-six night. When Dave
won the second and Bill took second,
that set up a tie heading for the final in
which Pessy notched his 31st overall of
the year via a win while Rubly couId
only manage a third. Tony Rogers (Mai)
took a second and added to his second
moto third, it still could only total a
fourth as he failed to score in the first
race when he Was clobbered after
crashing by John McManaway
unavoidably on lap one.
There Was a different story in the
500's, but no new names. Joe Johnston
(Mai) and Tim Lunde (Mai) locked
horns for the third week in a row and
this week it went in favor of Tim, who
broke the two moto tie with the victory
in the third race.
Cliff Lett (Hon) used two frrsts and a
third to lock up the 125 Intermediates
overall in his favor. Gary Denton (Yam)
took second overall despite a final moto
10th.
The battle for the overall 250
Intermediate crown left third place way
behind. Morgan Malocco (Yam) cashed
in the chips witl> wins in the first two
rounds, then contributed a fourth to
come up with a 969 winning score over
Scott Doornbos (Hon), whose 4-2-1 was
just one position and 100 points shy.
Dave "Curly" Wholey (CZ) kinda
made shambles of the 500 Intermediates
this week, sandwiching a second in
between two moto victories while Jeff
Witherell (CZ), his closest overall foe,
spen t much of his time battling with
other contenders.
Being it was the season finale, the
Junior turnouts were pretty well stuffed
which provided for some Rood, tiRh t
action.
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Results
~ress/Manufacturers:
1. George Elliott
(Mall. 2. Leslie Lovett (Mai). 3. Dave Pleasant
(Bul).
Pro Fuel Drivers: 1. Fred Mooneyham
(Hus). 2. Don Moody (S.UZ). 3. Kelly Brown
(CZ).
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