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l it tle help from up stairs o n Saturd ay. T oday' s event was pu t o n by N RA and everythi ng seeme d to AMCMX By Tom Corley IRVINE, CA L., A PR . 5 AMC Mo tocrossing at O.C.I. R. is rea lly attracting th e shoes o n Friday night s, and ton igh t th e fastest privateer in the cou ntry, To ny D iStefan o came to whi p the 500 Ex pert m on ey class . T he Pennsyl vania resident is stayin' w it h J oh n DeSoto, wh o >- W .J c: o u ::;: o too Gas it! AMC at OCIR . d idn't fire up his new Fly ing m achin e from Maico b ut vanned in with Tony in his super lo ng " H o t el Dod ge. " The CZ mounted star DiSt efano has just lately Rained fa me fro m h is exce llent win s in th e Florida Trans-AMA series. When asked of h is imp ressions of th e ni gh ts racing program he- rep lied, "This is real ly neat, we don' t have p lace s lik e this back horn e ." T he Expe rt ho tsh oes were the first to exp lo de o ff the ga te in a co mb ined face o ff. , Kearney Mesa Ho nd a ra ce r J eff Fo lan d began to do hi s thing an d led th e 125 class challe nge co m ing from Mark Tyer in th e first m o t a . Fo land ended u p passin ' Tyer in th e se co nd m oto on th e jacknife corner wh en he dove Iow a n his Honda . Tyer wen t wild with th e start of th e fin al go ' cause he didn't get h is Pento n's Ponies t o th e gro und right. Len nie Gar t on now had com m an d of th e victory p o sit ion an d was sm o kin' 'ern un til h e came to t he fi rs t m ai n C4" j ump. Ga rto n go t o u t of shape and th rashed hi s Ho nd a and himself to the gro und with a sudden sto p . Fo land breezed thro ug h with the third mo ta win and th e ove rall 125 Ex pe rt cas h o ver Mark Tyer and Jo hn T issi tor e (Han) . Mean while th e big-bore Ex pe rts w er e batt lin g it o ut as th e Kaw asaki sad d led race r Mike McGo w en proved to be th e most rap id 25 0 over Marty Gre ssh am and J eff J arv i. T he m ain star of th e nigh t was DiStefano wh o strutted to a clea n w in in th e 500 Ex pe r t class as he flas he d his CZ aro un d in sty le wh ile his .main co m pet itor was Cro wn Helmet's Dave Boydst un o n a Bu!. Ken Fros t o n a Slowzuk i en de d up sq ueezin g his wa y to th e results an d knock ed off t he Bu l which set him up with the secon d 5 0 0 Expe r t clas s fin ish. • . ~Pi if"ii<: - ;,111'. 395 MX By CFS Photography ADE LAN TO, CAL ., MAR. 3 1 T oday t he 39 5 Cycl e Park was the site o f a race spons ored b y the Ad e l a nt o V o lunt e er Fir e D ep artmen t. Sixt y-th ree riders duel ed d uring t he day . Today's acti vity saw a 125 class co ntest between Ga rv Pra st er, (Ho n) o f the Dese;·t Racin g Gary Wade chases Gary Praster as a flagman wonders if his picture will be in Cycle News. Steve Miller nailed second Open Novice at N.R.A. TT. Associat ion an d Ga ry Wade (Suz) o f Edwards, C al i f o r n ia. T hese two me m hers co n tin uall y ro de wit h a challe nge to t he o t her, w ith a few spi lls and t ight t urns, these. two parti cular riders both ad d ing to the e xcitement a t th e tra ck . • Results (Yam ); 3 . J o se p h H a r ol d (C Z) . Pay -off Race : 1. Ran dy Sc o tt (Ma l ) : 2 . c - rete ( Y Z ) ; 3. S t e v e M i ller ( Y Z) . NRATI By John Hesson c: W .J .J ::;: W 30 =="---'--''----''''--_--'_ _ --'-_-==- > « ---l O m ake i t on o ut. As an x-'IT ride r I rat e this c o u rse as one o f th e be tter o nes aro und. I F irs t up on th e lin e saw the Min is d o battle. T hese litt le. shoes su re pu t on a show for th e sp ect a tors on hand . Darr en Penrod (Yam) made a clean swee p of all th ree he a ts t o ta ke home th e brass in th e Mini Exper t class . J er ry Li ttle (Han) too k second. J ay Bales (Yam ) lead t he Nov ice pac k for first in his class, both in the Mini and l 2 5cc Novice class . Pam Hill signed up for th e Powder Puff race bu t rod e to a very neat third in the I 25 cc class, afte r n o o ther Po wder Puffe rs showed up . Li ttl es, Bales, Penrod and Hill all ride for Yamah a Gol e ta. Other act io n saw Geor ge Omo jump o ut fo r th e lead in th e seco nd hea t of th e Ope n Ex pe r t, only t o lose it after a ge t off on th e b ac k turn, n o damage, George climb ed back on for the chec kered fla g. Ste rling Gain (Tri) l ook hom e the gold. • Results M I N I N O V : 1. ~l O ORPi\R K, CA l. .. ~I AR . 31 Valley Cycle Park ope ned its su pe r n ne TT co urse todav. Perfect wea th er gre e ted the riders. Th e track was wel! watered. w it h a I Jay B al es (Ya m ) . 2. L arry Penr od ( Y am ) . 3 . Pet e Hames (Hon) . MI NI E X : 1. Da rren Penr od (Yam) . 2 . Je rr y Litt l e ( H o n ). 10 0 NOV : 1. M ark Sc rogg i ns (Ka w) . 2 . Bob R o ber t s ( Y a m ) . 3 . L a r r y M o nro e (Kaw ). 100 E X : 1. Randy M onroe ( K aw) . 2 . G reg Scroggi n s (Ka w ). 1 2 5 N O V : 1. Jay Bales ( Va m) . 2 . D a r r en Penr o d ( Yam) . 3 . Pa m H i ll ( M o n ) . 2 50 NOV : 1. D e r r ie P errefra (Ya m) . 2 . Robert Tr out , Jr . (Kaw) . 3. Pet e r Yor k (H o n} . 2 50 AM / EX : 1. Ken G r een ( H o n} . 2 . L ar r y T h o m ps on ( Y am ) . 3. Jo h n F a li c ch i o ( Bu l ) . O PE N NOV ; 1. T e rry A u st i n (M al) . 2 . Steve Mi lle r (Yam). 3 . L o n n ie M art i n {Trl}, V ET: 1. A lan R eed (eZ ) . 2. B i ll Che nault ( Hu s). 3 . Bud A r o n so n. OPE N A M /EX : 1. T o m Sh u m a rd (CZ) . 2. L arry Th omp son ( Y a m ) . 3 . L ar r y Blu m ( B ul ) . 7 50 E X : 1. Ster li n g G ain (T ri ). 2 . To m Jo nes (T r i) . In like a lion, out like a lion By Bill Spencer OAKDAL E, CA L ., MARCH 3 1 Allen Yar row took o ver th e po int lead fo r scramblers during the midd le of the month and we nt o ut at the e nd w ith a thr ee point advan tage ove r T ed Davidson, Jr. In t oday 's ac t io n Yarrow missed o ut in th e troph y lin e w ith Bu tch Davidson w inning th e Open cla ss ov~r Dale Mathers by a wid e /" mar gin . In t he 250 Ex pe rt , Ted Davidson t o ok a d ecided w in o ver fo rm er Number On e Alex J orgensen w hile his win in the 125 class wa s o ve r Go rdo n Seim and Dan ny Mills. Ken Ben t ly rod e his firs t 125 J un io r e ven t and wo n in fine style be at in g o ut super-shoe Mike Bow lin g. Lar ry Hann ah wo n t he com b ined 175 -200 No vice feat ure -desp ite h avin g suffe re d a real har d knock on th e head in la st week's ac tio n - a t Fr em o nt Steve Parker won the Open Jun ior Main . M i n i : 1. Joe Sp ie rs ( I n d) : 2 . Ma rk R an z ( H On ) ; 3 . M i ke Es tes rv arm . 100 ec : 1. Terry D u c ke r (Yam): 2 . P h i l R u e (Yam); 3 . A llen F e d d er ( Ho n ) . 12 5 A Div : 1. D a n W ade (H o n ) : 2 . J o hnn y G r ee n w ay ( Hon) ; 3 . Ja ck Ke lly ( Hon ) . 1 2 5 B Di v : 1. Ga ry Pr ast er ( Horu r 2 . G ar y Wade ( SU Z); 3 . Ja ck B o one ( B aj a) . 2 5 0 c c : 1. Johnny Greenway ( Hon); 2 . Ter ry K i n g (S Ul ); 3 . C r a i g O sbor n {Bu ll. O p e n : 1 . St ev e Bil ler ( Mai) j 2. E r iC Go r d o n F r ed ru n su per smoo th. No supe r b ad get offs in any o f the hea ts m ad e th e day m or e en jo yab le. Vall ey will h o ld 'IT races every Su nday, so if you' re a su per shoe ,