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-'. ~~~-'i ~ ~: :t !::! a: ...J :> z r o :0...:==.. "' Jim Ruth was the fast est 250· Intermediate. Hunting golden eggs with CMC By John Ulrich CARLSBAD, CAL., APR. 14 It isn't very often you get to see a privateer hold off a factory rider 'f or eleven laps In a twelve lap moto. Today, though, a sparse / showing o f sp ecta to rs for the CMC East er Day m ot ocross at Carlsbad Raceway saw just that as the 125 Pro class battled for golden Easter Boots SUPER BOOTS . MX or ISTD Sizes 4- 13 Ava ilable i n half sizes Movin'Mike Motocross Game / A Real Motocross Game Bounce that berm ; cross It up; w ick t h e throttle ; hOle shot · t h e field. Get i t on ! ! Race motocross In the living room ? You gotta be crazy ! Ha , not when the event is t he Movln' M ike Motocross Game. Just open the box. spread out the game & dial It on .• •even the Greek wins in this one. Sen d tOday $6.95 + 75~ for postage to I Movin· Mike Motocross Game p.O . Box I Houston , 42428 TX 77042 I Please send me games I :::r:ss , to : 10 714-543-9914 mouen • . ANTH E1 \ - - _.......... *' SOlrTI STAn ~, . If. '.111 III :tum Albert May wo n t he second 500 Pro moto by 40 seco nds. He wasn't kidding . .. I I 1 ·1 I I City Stale Zi p L .... I I ha ve enclosed $6.95 + 75~ for eac h game. I J="" ~"«' Toll Free - 1- 800-453 - 913 0 eggs (in the form of CMC payoff chec ks) . Rick Sh eren (Ha n) got the hole shot in both 125 Pro rnotos, (m uc h to the am azement of Mark Tyer, who later said "I don't see ho w he does it. " ), but missed a shift at the first turn and crashed in the first moto, and just plain crashed after a partial lap in the second . Tyer (Ha n) took the first moto lead after Sheren fell and held off Honda factory rider Marty Smith for four laps. Smith crashed later while in the lead but still won the mota. The big show was in the second mota. Tyer, o n a DG Perform an ce Special ties tuned Elsinore , led un til th e last lap. On the straights Tyer 's bik e loo ked j ust as fast as Smith's works ma chine. While pres sur ing Tyer ab o u t mid-way, Smith crash ed on th e by then hard p acked and slick :rack , go t up in a flash , and j ust reeled in Tyer, passing on th e tw elfth and fin al lap as T yer tir ed . As he cro ssed th e line, Smith received a stan d ing ova tio n fr om th e small crowd. T yer go t no ap p lause , but his bike had made its point just th e same. Albert May (Mai) bl asted into the first position in the 500 Pro first moto from th e gate. He stretched out a big lead, crashed spectacularly, dropped 17 seconds and two positions into third , and made up all but three seconds and one position in the remaining eight laps . He finished second behind Tommy Croft, riding a Kelvin Fran ks-frame d Suzuki 400. In the second 500 Pro rno to , May again started out in front, but this time made no mistake, winning by 40 seconds over Croft . Kevin Callaway (Yam) was running second 250 Intermediate one . lap into the first moto, and finished second right behind Jim Ruth (Mai) . In the second moto, he sta rted fir st but still finished sec o nd behind Ruth a fte r prolonged d ices in both m otos. James Burton (Ha n) ran aw ay with th e fir st 125 J unior Division I moto wire to w ire. It wasn' t quite so easy fo r him in th e second m oto, however. Jeff Wilson (Ho n) , who placed way back in eigh th in th e firs t moto, j ust put himself in first fro m th e start o f th e second moto and sta ye d th er e, in spite of Burton's best e ffo rts t o dislodge him . Overall Burton w on the class, with J im Carlson (Ho n) second by virtue of consistan t tw o-four fin ishes, and Wilson third Over all . C.'\IC ran the tr ack backward for var iety, but there were no Easter Bunnies or streakers seen. ,. Results 1 2 5 J r 0 110' I: 1. James Burton (Hon); 2. J im Carlson (Hon) ; 3 . Jeff Wi lson (Hon) . • 1 25 Jr Oilo' I I : 1. De nnis Beat (Hun) ; 2 . Doug Clair (H o n ) ; 3 . Arden Hadley (Han ). 125 1nt: 1. Steven Potts (H a n ) ; 2. Clark Jones (Hon) ; 3 . John M cGoniga l (Pen). Mini : 1. Jeff Dye (Hon). 125 Pro : 1. Marty Smith (Hon); 2 . Mark Tyer (Hon) ; 3 . R i ck Sheren (H on ). 500 Pro : 1. Albert May (Ma l) ; 2 . Tommy Croft (F ra); 3 . Bill Booth (Kaw) . ~OO Int : 1. Reno ·T r essa (Mai) ; 2 . Michael Tucker (Mal) ; 3 . Bob Ha tslett (Hus) . 500 Jr : 1. R ick Reed (eZ) ; 2 . F ran k Sch loppl (Mal) ; 3 . Brian Tomei (eZ). 250 Pr o : 1 . Chuck Lunde (Mon) ; 2. Peter Maly ( e Z ): 3 . Ray T OPh a m (Ma l) . 2 ~O Int : 1. J im Ruth (M ai ); 2 . Kevin Callaway ZVam) ; 3. KeVin Tucker raun . 2 5 0 Jr Dlv I : 1. Ken Herk imer (Bul); 2 . Larry Lut z ( H a n ); 3. zccv KUbota . 2 5 0 Jr Dlv II : 1 . C o r ey RudOlPh (Vam) ; 2. Kelly Callaw a y (Vam); 3. Mike Ward (Hon) .