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meetin g followed. Tom Brooks (25 0 KTM ) worked h is 'w ay up to seco nd by the halfway point of the loop. Bowman and Ro bbie Parma (4 00 Yam) co mple ted th e top four at th e end of the first loop. Both Parma and Bowman dropped out o n the sec ond loop ; Bowman lost his clu tc h and Parma had unknown problems. That m oved J amie Avels (4 00 Yam ) up to third an d Jeff Wrigh t (25 0 KTM ) to fourth . Wright ha d cras hed three times o n th e firs t loop. Balentine had extended his lead over Brooks by the en d o f th e second loop and Tom ran o u t of gas just bef o re his pit, 'Seizing the en gine , but he still got going in second. On the last loop, Wright passed Avels. Jamie gritted his teeth ,. vowed that " all the KTMs aren't goi ng to beat me ," and passed Wright ba ck. J eff stayed right behind for most of the loop but the pressure on Avels let up after Jeff crashed . Balentine was in fo r the fin ish, af ter lapping all but the first th ree Begin ners. Brooks stayed in seco nd.Tooking much more impressive than in his previous showings this year. Avels and Wright were next in wi th Jamie b reaking up the KTM parade. Heath Hibbard finished fifth on his new 400 Mono . To m Kelly worked his w ay up from a bad start to finish sixth and first small-bore . Monty Lee (2 50 Bul) garn ered seventh overall, first Amateur. In at 15th, Chris Gray (25 0 Hu s) was first Novice . Ram on Lowe led the Sen io rs on the first loop , bu t Gus Paull came from ten positions bac k to lead the second loop. Ramon go t by again on th e last loop to win . Meanwhile, Gordon Schmid h ad worked his way up from the p ack to join the fracas, and it was Ramon, Gus and Gordon all within seco nds of each other at the fini sh. • " Another day with AMC By Mike Yada ~ C A R LS B A D , CA L.. FEB. I ~ Loo kin g mu ch like a hot summer the first day o f February !'; p rovided the spectato rs wi th ~p l en ty of hot sun. The actio n, on ~day , '6t he other hand, d idn ' t co me close to reflecting the day's weather o u tl oo k. Scott Miller sets up for the kill on 21 Drew Nelson. Wayne Boyer r an away with the 500 Pros in almost boring fash ion , while Scott Miller fo llowed suit by taking th e 25 0 Pro bash. Boyer and his Sosna Cy cle 's CZ blasted away with both mota h olc shots, never to be headed for the rest of th e day . Boyer ran a quick. co n sisten t p ace to clean up the mo ne y by wi de marg ins. Mark Blackwell appears to be getting ba c k into the swin g o f th ings as he raked in second spo t aboard hi s new RM 370, but was no m atch fo r Bo y er . Steve (Mai) rode a smoo th, Montagu e co nsiste n t race in fu ll comman d of third place for Co llins & Sons . Brea kin g loose fo r t he holcsh o t in the first 250 Pro m o ta was Drew Nelson an d his new RM, fo llo wed closely by Dale Luedt ke (Ya m) , and Dan Ellison (Bul) . Luedt ke and , Ellison soon dro p pe d their p ositions w hen th e two bumped, no t even a lap in to the race. Mean while , Drew Nels on was lo oking ho t on his n ew Ora nge County Suz uki ride, turn ing in clea n lap times, bu t . Sco tt Miller (Mai] had the p o wer on the uphill and eventually caug h t an d passed Nelson o n the fou rth lap. Nel so n quickly retaliated by repassin g Miller on the downhill, shutting th e door on Miller. Miller's next opportunity came on the next lap , 'as Nelson and Miller worked up behind a co up le o f fir st lap stranglers. Nels on ran in to the pair, A desert dashes in arcw. He knows what dial means , and that's no soap. cao-am HONE)A H0DAKA Sales • Servic e . Parts H O N D A OF GLENDORA 723 E. .Alosta (Hwy. 6 6 ) Glendo ra, Calif. 2 13 -9 6 3- 5 984 Mike Patrick ~ YAMAHA al CORONA 1101 E. 6th Street, Corona , CA ~ (714) 735-7721 • 9