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·eLocal hotline • _ _ _ w.-_ • ~ t Jeff Je nnings won the fi rst 250 Pro moto in f ro nt of Williams. Dave Williams has a reason to jump for joy - a double win at CMC Saddleback. $310 CMC MX By Joel Jamieson IRVINE, CAL., OCT. 5 Dave Williams, aboard two quick D&G Yamah as, bested the 125 and 250 Pros, going home with $310 for the day . 24 The 125 Pros started wit h FM F racer Mar k Tyer p ullin g the p ac k off the line. Williams held second with J im Doman (Ho n) third. On the second lap, Tyer and Williams pulled away from the pack. Warre n Reid (FMF) got by Doman for third. Tyer and Willliams were having it ou t whe n Tyer's secon d gear went to lunch . With Tyer out, Williams was leading when Reid started to close the gap between the m . Williams hel d off Reid until two tu rn s from the finish, when Reid's carb top loosened itself and the motor went for an RPM record, seizi ng the crank. Williams took the win, Doman finished second , Mike Bell (Ha n ) thi rd an d Mono -moun ted Bruce McDou gal four th. FM F go t the second ho leshot of th e day wi th Honda-mounted Tim Lun de lead ing. Williams was second, wi th Bell in third. William s and Bell fo ugh t over second for a few laps before Lunde fell back with problems . Williams took the lead and hel d it to the end fo r a perfect one-one score. Bell, McDougal and Marty Moates (Suz) were ru nners-up , After the 125 win , Williams put together two 250 second-place rides to add another win for th e day. Williams pursued Jeff Jennings (Bul) in the first moto and Bill Rubly (C-A ) in the second and came up with a better score than either. Bob Elliot (Bus) earned second with a fo ur-three total and Moates garnered third on an RM 250. Bill Rubly (Mai) and Gary Ogden (Suz) traded 500 Pro motos wins, with Rubly co ming out ahead wi th a better seco nd rna to finish. • Results in Results Section. Baron cuts off the competition By Hidden Images CARLSBAD, CAL., OCTOBER 5 Extensively using the art of "block-passing," Bru ce Baro n and his Sunsh ine Yamaha p ulled off th e 25 0 Pro class win at AMC's monthly trip to Carlsb ad Raceway . Dave Doss co llected the 500 class win for European Sport Cycles, while S teve Gerber hooked up the win in the small 125 Pro class. Can-Am mounted Mike Palhegyi grabbed the lead o n the first lap of the first 250 Pro go, heading the quick top five of Bruce Baron (Yam) , Loren Hall (CZ) , Scott Miller (Yam) , and Jeff Borden (Mai) . Baron stopped on the second lap to have his Carreras cleaned, but he soon caugh t and passed Hall to retake second spot. Miller slipped by Hall on th e fourth lap, while Borden DNF'd from a blown head gasket. Palhegyi appeared to have the whole scene wrapped up as Baron pitted one more time to put his goggles b ack on during the eigh th lap. Charging hard on the last lap , Baron flew past Palhegyi over the second jump, only to ca use a momentary tangle-up as he blocked out Palhegyi in the next corner. Baron came out of it in front as !\like was so tired that " I could hardly even hang on" Probably the oldest of the bunch was Ch uck Rouse (B us). wh a p u t his experience to good use as he outlasted the rest of the pack to finish third. Tamali Smith came out of the hole first at the start of the second moto , holding his position for most of the way. Hot on his heels was the pair of Jeff Borden and Mike Palhegyi , as Baron started in mid-pack. Palh egyi worked past Borden early in the moto, .bu t was unable to get aro und Tamali. Jeff Szueber (Yam) and Baron had a dice going for third, with Baron taking it five laps into the mo to . At mid-point, Baron worked his way up to Palhegyi and squeezed past him over the famed Carlsbad " ledge," and then took off after Tamali. With three laps le ft in the rno to , Baron got up right behind Smith, passing him with the exact same blocking set-up as in Palhegyi 's case. Up and ove r the "Wall," Baron grabbed the extreme inside ~ line, cutting into Tamali's path, causing Smith to fall over. Baron lef t and paraded around for the overall. Palhegyi was able to catch on Tamali, getting by with a lap to go. Andy Bolander led the first 500 Pro mota to -first comer, but he got o n the gas too early and slid out, allowing Mike Foreman (Hus) to take over first. Foreman crashed on the uphill soon afterwards, letting Dave Doss (Bus) by to take the mota win to the flag. Jeff Witerell kept a constan t second all the way. The second mota was paced by Scott Gillman (Yam), with Doss and Witerell close behind. Midway through the mota , Gillman stalled out at the top of the uphill, letting Doss by to take total co m man d of the race, with Witerell grabbing second for second overall, while Gillman hu ng on to third, finishing the same in the overall. • Resu lts in Results Sec tion . Berry buries Ascot half-mile By Bob F. Read GARDENA, CAL., OCT. 3 Skip Aksland and Hank Sco tt returned to Ascot after their twothree National fin ishes loo king to score the big one. But it was the fast improvi ng Tom Berry, the sixt h place finisher a t th e National , who stole t he show. Scott scored a heat race win over fast qual ifier Mert Lawwill , with J o hn Gennai in thi rd. Then Berry came on in the second heat to top Aks land . Ohio's Steve Morehead also retu rned Io r :a second try aboard the J ohn Read Yamaha that bo th Rick Kraft and John Allison had crashed in earlier races.