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................................................................................................................ Western hotline won on a bike that was literally held together with baling' wire, It must have been hard to ride, trying to hold on and gas it, while keeping his fingers crossed that it wouldn't fall apart. But he did, beating Randy Hayes and Blake Bunnell, to win overall in the ' 250 Pro class. Rod Sexto n out front, his favorite spot at Elsin ore. ' Th e Open Expert race was more ofa challenge for Rex with only a two point spread between himself and the number two man. Moto one Red Sexton was the victor leaving Hailey to second. The second time around was really a scrambler. Rex pulled the holeshot and away he went. Steffen and his 500 Yamaha blasted off the line and into second. Mike Montgomery, very much back in the swing of things, bu zzed by Steffen and the finish was Hailey , Sexton, and Montgomery. The final moto Sexton didn ' t show due to a tempermental piston and Hailey also ran into difficulty. Ste ffen and Montgomery, both on S&S 500 Yamahas, were one and two up front, Rex was held to third. Eventhough Sexton didn't finish the last moto he ended up third overall. Montgomery was the number two man behind Hailey. • Results in Results Section. Lawrence crashes to CRC win By Laszlo VALENCIA, CAL., AUG . 15 The crowd went crazy and the announcer got hoarse ; that's how exciting Crown Cycles' "Mad Mark" Lawrence's first moto come from behind victory was. Mark crashed not once, but twice, and still worked his way through the entire field to take the lead with three laps remaining. Early leader Tom Ryan was forced to give up, moments after Lawrence wooshed by, due to a broken pipe. Monoshocked rider Gary Scheidler finished behind Lawrence in both motos and in the overall standings. Honda mounted Bill Fancher was 3·3 for third overall. 125 Novice Scott Boek could only win the two motos in which he started out on top. That still wasn't good enough for the overall. A second moto, which could be conservatively be described , as "disasterous", enabled a more consistant Bob Vasichek to take the overall win. Mark Casper wound up with second overall while Scott managed third. KTM mounted Tom Malone won two of his three motos and still failed to take the overall. That happened in the 250 Novice where Chu ck Rubin won it all with a pair of sec onds and a third. • Results in Results Section. 200 jam ' with RA.C.E. By The T ube CORONA, CAL., AUG. 20 "Goat" Breker is still unbeatable at Corona , Raceway, .Tonight he Scott Sheedy, getting faster on that 125 Honda, won the largest part of the purse in the 125 Pro class. Jim Lawson won the first moto but Scott got that important holeshot in the second and third motos, and held off Lawson and Paul Ballow on the strenghth of his smooth and deliberate riding style. Lee Scheffers, still unbeaten in the 500 Pro class, did it again. He reall y earned it too! He won the first two motos with ease, but in the third moto he did "one hell of an endo" over the new berm in front of the staging area, got back on, shaken but still in o n e piece, and finished the race. After a bad get off in practice David Aleman mended and came back to wi the 500 Intermediate class. Ron Irby just moved up from the Novice class was in there for second. Trying to sign up in the 250 Beginne class was Mike LeClair; bu t after th officials recalled him trouncing the Beginners the previous week, the moved him up to Novice. The obviou happened, he won easily. Kevin Klinzin tied him on points for first , but Mike won the second and third motos, so he was awarded the first place trophy. Harper smokes atCRC/NMA By Laszlo VALENCIA, CAL, AUG. 18 If you don't count the runaway overall winner, Will Harper, the 250 Experts earned the distinction