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en cou nter , an d Mike Bro wn (I nd) ...who else ..,winner in I OOcc Mini bike. It migh t be well to m en tio n Ron Morrison here. Rid ing a Ho nd a in 80cc Mini bike, Ro n finis hed second to Lewis . Rid in g a Mo nark in 100 Beginner, Mo rrison was the winner. let profab,,, SA N MA RCOS, CAL., DEC. 16 Mike Cala subetta (Ma il was second Open Novice in C RC motocross at Indi an Dunes. Closin g w ith th e Nov ice wi nners, T om Lathrop (CZ), gra nd-slamme d th e Open fiel d; Mike Mo rr ison (Hon) , wo n 25 0 ; Dan iel Wade J r . (Hon), wo n 125. Lo u is Lindwall (Ha n), grand-slammed the fie ld a t 125 Novice un der 16. Lee Eid e was 100 class wi nn er an d Mike Bro wn (Pen) closed o ut th e d ay in the saddle wi t h a vic tory at 100 Novi ce, under 16 . VALENCIA , CAL., DEC. 21 T he River side-b ased Califo rn ia Racing Club co nt in ued to attract more than 100 riders Fr iday nigh t, as it hosted its regul ar motocross p rogram under the lights at Indian Dunes Park . A perfect track found Jeff "The Wrecker" Wecker doing his thing in the largest Expert class of th e night, th e 250. Wecker, mounted on a Kaw asaki, "wrecked" such ri ders as Mitch el Sim mons (Kaw) second; Jeff Blix (Han) third; an d Richard Fran klin (Re v), fou rth . Eddie Co le, rid ing a Pen ton , was the vict or in 125 Expert, with sec on d place cas h go in g to Greg Desc h (Ho n). A t hird p lace went t o Mar k Abba toye (H us) . Interm ediate classes found St eve See (Han) , th e 125 winner w ith Co nrad Web er (Hon ), the winner in'250. Ro n Pinon (H us) won Ope n No vice. Bill Shipley (Han) , won 250 Novice ; Evan Marcus (Han) , captu red t he 125 Novice race ; and Bru ce Berger (Ric) was t he 10 0 Novice win ne r. T hree Min ib ik e classes saw Dan Ogde n (Yam) , winner a t 60cc Minibike, Mike Lewis (Han) ca ptur ing th e 8 0cc Perfect weather, b u t not so per fec t rider tu rnout greeted the CRC at Carlsbad Raceway this weekend. Th at's not to sav there wasn't plenty of ex citement. Two Expert classes an d one In term ed ia te gro up provided p lenty of thri lls and spills before the afternoon was over. In th e Ope n Exp ert class , Bob Holliste r rip pe d th e field, knocking off second-placer Mich ael J ackson (Hus) and third p lace finishe r Greg Osborn e (CZ) . 125 Expert J im Beck, m o un ted on a Monark, swept p ast the field to win over Jay Arn ell (Yam ). I n the lo ne Intermediate class (2 5 0cc), Paul H ugh es (H on ), swep t pas t Hal Strau ss (CZ), to pick up firs t. Novice class winners we re Lee Eide , 100 No vice; J im Smith (Han), 125 Novice; and Lee Evans (CZ), Open Novice. The win by Evans wa s to b e ex pecte d - he has be en coming on strong fo r the past several weeks. Very quickly, Russ Eid e (Ste ), zap ped his o wn brother. Lad ell (Han). to wi n a t 80cc Min ibike. A lon g-time favo rite of this wr iter. Ronnie Strauss (Yam ) , finally put it all together to w in 60cc Minibike. 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