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rIJ (Rancho) didn't win. On-The-Lin e Racing Specialties handed out MX gloves to the m ain winners. It w as the b iggest co n tes t of it s k ind, and p erhap s the b est high school sp or ts c o nce pt eve r conceived . If the org a nizers ha d assig ned o ne knowledgeable person to make all th e decisions and have fin al co n tro l, it would have b een fantastic . T hey d idn' t. If they had hand ed th eir pack age o f id eas o ver t o one experienced moto c ross o rgan iza tion, it wo uld have been te rrific . It w asn' t. Bu t if th ey o nly d o it righ t ne x t time, it will b ~ • ~ IiQ I • • IiQ ..:::lI g ~ g ~ ....... O"l ....... >n Results By Tom Corley ...c u .... . - M IN 1-100: 1 . Pa t Ha wle y ( G ar de n Grove) . 2. Don Torto r ell i (B alsa Gran de). 3. T o n y Moceri (La Qu in ta) . 4 . B ill Scott ( Ranch o ) , 5 . Ed Castro (R anch o). 1 25: 1 . J oe Ru m n ey (La Qui nta ) . 2 . Gary F a u l ks (Pac if ic a) . 3. Greg Soko l ( R ancho ) . 4, Sha ne H awle y (Garde n Gr ove) . 5 . Ph il T ign o r (Pa c if i c a) . 2 5 0·0 P E N: 1. Greg Sok o l (R ancn o ) , 2 . RandY B lev i n s (S ant iago) . 3. R od Sex ton (Santi ag o ) . 4 . Sco t t M ill er (G a rd en G rove ). 5 . . .".. ~ Doug Silverstein, Rancho}. High School MXabit one-sided. By John Bethea IR WIN DALE, CA L. , FEB. 14 Check an y recipe for a High Sch ool MX and you'll see ' that one of the ke y ingredi ents is en th usiasm among the par ticip ants. When that menu is put up on the bo ard for th e first ever high school motoc ross - inte rscho lastic style - at a permanent professional raci n g facility , and one o f th e tw o par ticipan ts is lef t a bit lack in g, only one re sul t can be o b t ain ed: wi pe- o ut, Such w as th e case in t he fir st HS MX ever staged a t a pro fa cti lity in the A m ericas. Y ou ma y label it "Massacre." Sin ce it h appened on V alen tines Day, it only m ade m atters w orse. San Mar in o HS appare ntly go t su cked in by a "hustler" named Mik e Fo llme r . Mike co m es fr om Arcadia High, is a CMC Intermedia te ranked rid er, and a y o un g man o f im m e nse vo cal p ersuasiveness. He literally conned San Mar ino in to the mis-m atch , Sure . SM had Ke lly Bautist a o n it s side, b ut he was about all. The entire th ing wa s Follm er' s id ea. an d he began stac k ing the d eck from the time he p rinted it. But, he w as aided . Steve Evan s, th e G M of Irwindale Racew ay , rubbed th e palm s o f his h ands together wh en Mike firs t a p proached him w ith th e endeavor . S teve, it see m s, had alre ady b ee n pl annin g su ch a he ad-o n me e ting be tween sc hoo ls on a regular b asis later in t he y ear, but this seem ed the perfect " trial fun ." A slap on th e b ack gave Follmer t he go-a head and S te ve ch ip ped in . Evans got Coca-Cola to leave seven cases o f Coke for class w inners; Pennzoil Mike Follmer from Arcadia High School wheeled. dea led and reeled in cross -town rival San Marino High for an interscholast ic motocross at Irwindale. He rubbed salt in the wounds by winning the 250 class. Photo by Buzzzz. to a p p laud the whole affair with gobs of motor o il; he smiled when Do n Gl asgo w of PMC came through wit h seve n PMC pl astic ta nks, then showed h is teeth whe n Do n added 2 1 sets of n umber p la tes. "Dorr's a n ea t guy:' sai d Stev e aft erwar ds . Already, Kawasa ki Motor Co. had been presen ted with the gem. th e perfect means of so m e steadfast PR oan d they ca me through with wh at should b e a perpe tual t ro p hy . Mike Bown, the stands- man . ad d ed h is share o f six-down glory with winner s ' trop hies fo r each o f th e seven cla ss winners. Meanwhile. Follm er was run ning abo ut sa y in g, "Every thi ng 's cool. " Come the d ay of the eve nt, t ho ugh. it was n't. Chuck Mur ray , the CMC he ad -h o n cho at Ascot Park wh o happened to be on hand to watch , was called upon to flag . (Since he 's t he guy who does it for man y AMA Na tionals on th e West Coast, wh y not?) Kelv in Franks , CMC VP, fo u nd he had to ren t the sc o ring b o oth fo r nothin ', b ut did it in the sp irit of th in gs and scored. as d id J a ckie Mu rr ay. All th is, p erhaps, becau se Mike Follmer was schem ing. Th e o u t c ome of t his who le extravagan za? Acrad ia , in seven races, had seven firsts. six seconds and five th irds. Follmer sho uld be arrested for un fair p ractices. "Glad you came ," he snicke red w h en it was all o ver . Bu t , San Mar in o got th e last laugh. Arcad ia 's c heerleade rs, d espite wh at t he m ov ie says . chic ke ned o ut at the tro phy pr esen ta ti on . T he SM lasses wo und up saving the show at the b rass time, an d eve n Follm er, 250 w inner, got h is licks. 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