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_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _ ~~ Western hotline Rainey collects double win at Corona flattrack By Elaine Jones CO RONA , CA , FE B. 2 W ayne Ra iney seems' to come a live whe n t he co m petitio n is stiff a nd he p roved it a t Co rona when he won bo th Mon ey ra ces. Cust om high q uality nylo n race jersey s , w ith padd ed el bows, for dea lers , c lub s , teams , etc . Any co lors in any quantity . [g~~ ~E~tT:::S, In Corona half-mile action, Mike Minnig 1191, Ted Davidson 156z)and Brad Hurst all pursued Wayne Rainey - to no avail. 7359 Varna Avenue INC. NO'IlOlIywood .CA 91 605.i 213)982-3738 ' ~lOO1l-l1'~ He who lives by the throttle dies by the throttle. Barum Berm Masters . 11 ', 11 j' T'r rvrc m« . Dea lers Ca ll 7 14 ·4 4 8 ·06 7 0 Jte4JGnd8 SIqpJ{i :.. m Sales & Service Fast UPS Mail Orders Anywhere :lr 829 W. Co lton Ave. ::: ::: Redlands, CA 923 73 'f: 71_ 4-793-2041 Pesky's Suzuki RM Specialists Sales • Pans. 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T im Tolar .. as first around th e first turn when the second 250 Pro moto started. Jeff '. id ic, on h is new Sweet Duck Suzook was in second place and Elliott had ahold of third . T ola r held the lead for four la ps . The back section of the tra ck saw a lot of ac tion to day; ·it seemed to be th e favorit e place fo r people to pass and t ha t's exactly where Elliott did in T o la r . The next time around , Bell passed Tolar in the same section . Val Tamietti (Ma i) d id n' t wait too long to join th e advancing pack. At one point in the race four ri ders wer e trying to take over the second place slot. T amietti, Lunde , Vid ic and Cl ark Jones spent a lot of energy tryin g to tak e away Bel l's spo t in the parade . When the checkers went out it was Elliott , Bell and T arnietti ca p turing th e to p posi tions. T hey also got the pa yb ack . Capt'n H ook , A KA C assin ' Ga ylon Mosier made th e cro wd smi le with his O pen Pro performa nc e. Gett ing a dead last start , Ga ylon wo rk ed h is wa y _ to second in th e first m ot o and wo n the secon d . Scott Gillm an ( Ya m) got sta rted first a nd opened up a big lead to score the top po ints in m oto one . Rich ee Collins (KT M) was h avin g a good go at holding down seco nd until Ga ylon and Ri ch Thorwaldson (Suz) put him back to fourth. G illman wa s credit ed wit h t h e hol eshot in the ' seco nd moto , with Tamietti, Luke Messer (Mai), Robert Marino (Suz) and Thorwaldson were next and Mosier wa s 11th . On the fourth lap Mos ier was in third and clos ing in fast on Tamietri , Val and Gaylo n pla yed tag for a few la ps b ut Mos ier was looki ng for the bucks so he swooped by and went for Gi llman . Mosier garnered first after blasti ng around Gill m an whi le they were coming out of the back section onto th e whoops o n the aspha lt -like back stre tc h . At the en d it was Mo sier. Gillman and Tamietti . T he overall order wa s: M osi er , Gillm an a n d T ho rwa ldson . • Results in Results Section . O n hand was some prett y stiff competit ion as T ed Davidson . sti ll riding high from his Hou ston Trop hy Dash win . sto p ped by o n h is way home . Down from Oregon came Bra d Hurst and fro m Livermore , Bri an Thom pso n . Regulars Eddie Lawson , Go rd ie Kidd , Mike Tid well. Steve Fortune , Da nny Perkins a nd Mik e M in nig we re a lso in th e field. In th e short tr ack even t, Rai ney was off o n top wit h Minnig in seco nd , Perkins th ird a nd Go rd ie Kidd a close fou rt h . T he no rthern boys we re la ying back wit h Hu rst in six th followed by Ja y Le wis , Da vid son a n d Brian T hompso n . T he fro n t fo u r were holding a nd Davidson was trying to move th rough traffic. Lewis wen t o ut with problems on the sevent h lap a nd ~ a v~dson got by Hurst whi ch put him In SIxt h . When the nag fell _it was Rainey a ll th e way with M innig in for second and Dan ny Perkins holdin g off Go rd ie Kidd fo r th ird . The hal f m ile was a n instant replay for Ra iney as he was off in front . T his tim e Davidson sett led into seco nd a nd sta rt ed to put th e pr essure . T id well ran th ir d for two la ps before Lawson go t by. Rainey was sti ll holding, riding Hank SCOII'S Sh ell bik e tha t is for sa le and giving th e specta tors a fantasti c show. On la p 12 Da vidson tried to make a m ove on \"'ayne comi ng out of tum four and ca m e pretty clos e to losin g it. Fortunat el y a ll he lost was time anda cha nce a t firs t pl ac e. Eddie Lawson was third a nd Gordi e Kidd fo u rt h. Da vidson didn 't go home completely .g empty-handed as he pi cked off Steve Fortune and Brad Hurst to win th e Open Exp ert h alf m il e . H e a lso co llec te d th e go ld in th e 250 Expert sho rt tra ck wh en' Dylan Nei h a rt and Brian T ho m pso n fo llowed him hom e . Neiha rt picked up the win in the O pe n Expert short track . lead ing fr om start 10 finis h with no rthern visito r Billy Brook s in sec o n d a nd Da ve J o hnson thi rd . Da nny Perkin s held a nine-m a n field at bay to win the 250 Ex pe rt ha lf m ilt'. J a y Lewi s he ld on to second for th ree la ps befo re his bike went sou r a nd Bria n Thompson a nd St an Kinsey got by . .• Results in Results Section . John R. goes off the track; Miller wiJs Old nllers MX By Betty Bird T RABUCO CYN., CAL. , J AN . 30 R acing o n Escape Countr y Rac ing W orld's r ev a mped track, John Ric e dominated the I first moto of the Old T im ers MX Association Mast ers class. But o n the white n ag lap in the second moto ; Rice n ew off the track! Ron Miller, a new m ember from Bakersfield who had been right behind Rice in both motos, also went off the track, but got back on in time to win .