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Irwindale CMC MX By J ohn Beth ea IRWI ND ALE, CA L., l\IA R. I In on e of those very rare occurren ces in m o to cross, to nigh t's CMC 250 Pro s ended in not a two rider tie, but a three rider tic for the overall w in . ..a nd reco rdchaser J eff V id ic was not among them, b ut if he h ad it could have been a fo ur-way tic! _ Vidi c, already a w in ner of four straight at Irw ind ale , crash ed off th e line ru nning near the back of the pack and dest royed his chan ces at winnin g overall when his Maico refused to re fire. Val Tamie tti (Ha n) , w ho won th e final last week in fla w less fas hion, re peated aga in to night in the final and ad de d a pair o f thirds to h is total, res ulting in th e overa ll w ith seve n p a in ts. Also wit h seven w er e second pla ce finisher J im West (H us) and th ird pla ce Bry ar Holco m b ' (Bu l), who fin ished in that o rder in th e final t o b reak th e tie. T he st re ak con tin ue d and now am ounts th ree fo r J im West in the 5 00s, an d in this class it w as sligh tly easier as he o u t-p ointed Ho lco mb fo ur to 'six , West winnin g the fin al two races wh ile Ho lcom b th e firs t. Luke Messer (1\la i) t oo k third w ith a 3 -2·3 re co rd . Chuck Lunde 's modest tw o-event streak in th e 12 5 Pros was snapped by Dave Pessy, also Honda moun ted. David wo n all three m o t os while Lund e had a pair of seconds and finis he d the n igh t wit h a third fo r the run ner-up spot. Third went to Cliff Lett (Ha n ). It was the b iggest p ro tu rno ut of the vea r, 38 riders in three classes, o ne of th e reaso ns b ein g t he rep or t ed change t o the 200-percen t p aybac k. Likewise, rid er turn o u t re mained ar o und t he 220 level. Tonigh t w as also the beginning o f th e new Mini Exp ert class an d J oe Tucci (Ha n) pulled o ut a narrow one-point vi ct o ry over S teve Moo re (Ha n) , 7-8 . Ric ky Sim mo ns (Han ) h ugged in for thi rd o vera ll and w on th e fin al two motos in the process. !T he regul ar Mini classe s, run th ree motos per d ivision as a ll the races are now , winners w ere Brian Th ack er (H an ) in Div, I an d Mar k Richard son (Ge m) in Div, II. Brian d id it wi th ou t winning a sing le mota an d Mark did it swee ping. The tw o d ivision s o f th e 100 Jrs. were t op ped by Ben Fra ncis (H a n) in ro und I w it h a 2 -2· 1 perform ance wh ile ro und 11 wen t to Vince Van Hook (Han) wh o wCl n tw o o f h is th ree races. High er u p in th e 125 Jrs., th e winners w er e do mi nators. J err y Fann ing (Ha n ) head ed Div, I with a 1-1-2 performance an d in Div. \I Alan Truax (Ha n) swe pt. Ditto was th e story fo r th e 250 Jr. w inners. Craig DeP alm a (H a n ) t oo k Div. I w ith a 1-1- 1 ro un d and Rudy Abele (Ha n) head ed Div. 11 wi th a 1-2 - 1 ro un d up of p oin ts. Frank Sch ioppi (~ I ai) swept th e 500 Jrs. too . T he In termed ia te rounds were also pr etty well set . The 125s went to Bill GloTe (Han) in a sw eep, th e 25 0s wer e headed b y Jeff Slo an (Yam) with a 2-1-1 sh ow in g, an d the 500s were w o n by Greg Schweers o n the fo ur-st ro ke BSA with a 1-2-2 to tal. Carte r Read ( ~ [a i ) tried hard in th e 5 00 a nd w on t he fin al two m otos bu t co u ld o n ly take sec on d o vera ll due to a firs t race eighth. Results Mani Jr Diy I: 1. Br ian Tha cker ( H On ) : 2. Cra ig D a le fin d ) ; 3. L ynn Worley (HOn ) . M ini Jr D iv II : 1. M a r k R ic h a rd so n ( Gem): 2 . Sc o tt B ell (Hon ); 3 . Vance L u eva n o (Hon ) . Mi n i E x : 1. J oe T u cc i (H On ) : 2 . Steve M oore ( H On);. 3 . R ICk y Simmo ns ( HOn). toO J r O IV I : 1. B en F ra n c is (H On ) ; 2 . A ngelO B ar bera ( Pen); 3. J i m csetscn (Yam). 1 0 0 J r Div 11 : 1. V i nce V a n H o o k (Han ) ; 2. 'Je ff W ied ema n (R ic) : 3. Ste ve N est le ( H Od ). 1'25 J r D iv I : 1. Je rry Fann ig (Han) ; 2 . Cla r.k J o n es ( H a n ); 3 . La rry B o d ell ( T N T). 125 J r Div II : 1. A lan T ruax ( H On) ; 2. B ob Mari no (H an) ; 3 . Steve C r o ss (H a n ) . 2 5 0 Jr tn v I: 1. Cra ig D ePalma ( Han ) : 2 . Du ane Cr y m es (H on) ; 3 . C h r is J o h ns o n (Vam) . . 2 5 b Jr D l v II : .1. R Ud Y A bele (Han ) ; 2 . Dave Max wel l (C Z ) ; 3 . D an Bry son ( Ya m ) . 5 0 0 J r: 1. Frank Sc tll o pp i ( M ail; 2 . RandY Kellogg (Y am ) ; 3 . Aust i n Smit h (Ya m) . 1 25 I n t: 1. B ill G l o re (Han); 2 . G ary Dento n (Yam ) ; 3 . John E stes (Han) . 2 5 0 I n t : 1. Jef f S loan ( Ya m ) ; 2 . Steve Ta foya ( H a n ): 3 . M i k e F o ll m e r (Mai) . 5000 In t : 1. G r eg Sc hwee r s (B SA) ; 2 . C ar t e r Rea d (Mai ): 3. Calv in Weber (B& S) . 125 Pr o : 1. D av e Pe ssy ( H an ) ; 2. Chuck Lun de (Ha n) ; 3 . Cliff Lett ( H a n ) . 2 5 0 Pr o : 1. Va l "r arme t n ( Han) ; 2 . J im We st (Hus); 3. Bryar Holcomb ( B ul) . 5 0 0 Pro : 1. J im West t H us ); 2 . 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