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Mid-Ohio Trans-AMA passed h im . Frost had finished second to R ob Norgaard (Kaw) in the first moto with ~l aple in third. A visitor from Oran ge County racing , A aron Bassett (l lus), had the lead from th e sta rt in th e seco nd 250 Pro m oto and held it to the fini sh alth ough Mike Steams (Hus) was pressuring o n th e Iin al tw o laps. Mik e T ripes (Ya m) bumped Stearns while attempting to p ass late in th e first lap, cau sing him to fall, but he recovered during th e next lap and went o n to finish third. The 125 Pro class ran w it h the 250s but they we ren't greatly outclassed as Randy Hess (Fr-IFJ and Terry Shekel] (Hon) diced for third overall in the first moto. Winner Hess finished third after passing Shekell on the fourth of six laps. Resu lts in Resu lts Section. Tidwell back on base By Elaine Jones CORO NA , CA L., SEPT. 22 The overcast weath er made the su rface at Corona really ho ld Wedn esd ay night and the riders found it to - their liking. Mike Tidwell, still walkin g around with a limp from his broken leg, showed no handicap wh atsoever. Mounted on one of his well tuned Yamah as, he left n o doubt in a ny o ne's mind that he is well on his way ·to full recovery. Mike rode five and won five wh ich m akes fo r a mi gh ty fin e av erage, Tidwell sta rted with th e 125 Expert TT. _During th e sem i it looked as if Fred Conov er was go ing to topple th e kin g as he came o ff with a co m mand ing lead and held it t he whole way. T hings were differen t in t he m ain as Mi k e go t ou t in fr ont and le t the res t of th e fiel d scram bl e fo r themselves. Fre d had en ou gh for second with Mark Milaz zo third. It was the same story on th e. hal f mil e. ,. , Th e Open Expert 1T had Dave Pet ers and Br ian T ols on pi tte d aga inst Tidwell hut t he y ju st co u ld n ' t cu t it aga inst the 15-y ear-old n ash a nd ha d to se ttle fo r . second and third. Mike had a little m or e trouh le d ispo sin g of Dyl an Ne ih art in th e 250 Exper t TT. Dylan is really start in g 10 charge and alth oug h he didn 't ca tch l\li ke he su re gave him so me th in g to think about. Th e 250 Expert Half r-lile saw l\like an d ' Da n ny Per k ins go at it . :>Iike h ad lo st to Dann y th e we ek before but he was read y th is week. He go t th e hol eshot with Dyl an se cond and Danny third. Dylan he ld Danny o ff for tw o lap s, but Dann y powere d on by a nd Dylan ca me u p w it h third. Dylan recovered qu ickl y and rode to an Expert rating in th e O pen class after his Open Am ateu r win s o n th e TT an d Half ~liIe. Gary Smi th . and David Callaw ay, battling for t he win in th e 250 Amateur TT, m an aged to sw ap th e lead on every lap. It was Gary on top when it counted, David sec o n d and Rob Selv y third. Rob came back on the half mile, to show Gary how it wa s done, as he cam e up with the victory. Dona ld Wood, whose o nly claim to fam e; at Corona was that he broke every tim e he came out, transferred his jinx to everybody else and hit for two winning the 250 Novice Half l\l ile and th e Open Novice Half Mile. Leroy Dozois, . riding David Callaway 's Kaw asaki, wo n t he 25 0 No vice TT over Ke ith Hoffm eister and Mark Bu tier. T he way Ler o y was beaming w hen he pick ed up his go ld , mu st have m ean t th e end of a long dry spell. T he Mini class sou nded like bro ther team ra cin g which was half right. The H ul bcrts, David and Darren were on hand and also th e Nelsons, Gr e g and David. A s -Far as we co u ld find out, the Nelsons were n ot rel ated. David Hulbert to p p ed Gre g and David Ne lso n on th e TT and th en it was David " N" against PENNZOIL AND HOWERTON LASSO 'A N OT H'ER WIN! :... 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