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John Hateley slings his Suzy into a Sadd le bac k berm just as slick as he slides a Norton around Ascot.
(Below) Jeff Fo land an"d (right! Val Tamietti go.for it at Carlsbad .
King Denton rules
Irwindale
By To m Blattler
IRWINDALE, CAL. AUG. 27
In the third and final qualifier for
. .the positions in the third . annua l
CMC Night Natio n al, Gar y Denton
ran aw ay from the rest of the field
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to score a co nvi n cin g overall victory in
the 125 Pro cat egory .
In the openingmoto, Denton took
th e lead in the first corner with Dave
Carlson and Dave Pessy · battling for
second. Mark Lawrence, riding the
Crown Cycle Yamaha, went by Pessy on
the second lap for third and was able to
overtake Carlson for second. With just
two laps to go, Denton looked to have
to o big of an ad vantage fo r Lawrence to
. make up. But Lawrence, known for his
come · from -behind finishes ,
gre at
slowly closed in on Denton on the final
lap. But Denton took the win with Mark
second followed by Carlson , Pessy and
Eddie Clark.
In the second go, Denton again
grabbed the lead but this time Lawrence
had gotten a much better start and was
right behind Gary. As Denton and
Lawrence battled for the le ad over th e
"Wheelsmith Jump" , Mark came up
with some type of problem and pulled
o ff the track for the remainder of the
mota. Denton went on to score an easy
win over Carlson, Jolm Atwood, and
Bob Marino.
Lawrence was unable to return in the
final mota and Denton flat blew the rest
of the field in the weeds. Denton
claimed overall honors with second
going to Dave Pess y, and th ird went to
Atwood.
In the 250 Pro class, defending Nigh t
National Champion Jeff Vidic picked up
the overall victory . with first place
finishes in the first and second motos
and a -second in the final round. Val
Tamietti took second overall with
Lawrence, aboard " a Suzuki, placing
third.
"Big" Luke Messer claimed another
overall win in the 500cc Pro cl ass after
m ota wins in the first and t h ird rounds.
Sec ond went to Jim Harris, riding a
Yamaha, and third to Suzuki-mounted
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Resul ts in Results Section.
