- Mark Gamhetta (Bull sailed his way
to his second 125 Expert win in two
weeks. Is it true that having yo ur
sister finish the Political Enduro
makes you fast?
0-37 MX:
A Yurp sweep
By Terry Ash
GOLETA, CAL.. AUG. 18
It was a day for "Team European"
t oda y. with co n t inental bi kes
taking all but th e Powder Puff
class.
M ar k G a m b e tt a (B ul) t o t a ll y
d omin a ted t he 125 E xpert class just li ke
he di d las t week. Gambella led b oth
m oto s wire t o w ire . st re tc h ing o u t
inc red ible leads in both races . His lead
was so b ig in t he second m oto that he
did a do ugh n u t in fron t of th e scorers,
j ust t o make sure th ey go l his nu m be r!
Follo wi ng Garnbetta in for second
Ov e r a II was Dann y Sa nchez (Mn k)
fini shing wi th a thi rd and a second .
In the 250 Ex p ert class it was Danny
San che z (Pe n) and Fr ed J oehnc k ( Bu l)
d i cin g . In the fi rst mo t o Sanche z
man age d t o hold off J o eh n c k fo r th e
win. b ut in th e secon d mot o J o ehnc k
t o o k thc c heckered fir st, leading fr om
st art to fin ish.
The Open Ex pe rt class was ma rke d
b y the re turn of Doug Gran t, who raced
his llult aco h ard . only to b e beat en by
ano t her Bu ltaco rid er , Mi ke Hann on .
These t wo really put on a good show as
th e v d iced in h ot h motos, w ith Gra n t
having to sett le for second after mi nor
sp ills put h im to o far behind th e smoot h
rid ing Ha n n o n. Fred Joehnck rode h is
250
Bultaco in this class also. beating
both Ha nn o n and Gran t in the second
moto, but he W'LS disqualified fo r riding
t he same bike in two classes. Overall i t
was H an n o n fo llowed by Grant . with
Jim Connolly (Bul) in th ird .
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Resu lts in the Results Section.
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Resta urant . looks like Sambo's has
ro me a long way since t heir days of
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