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._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Western hotline an easy sccon d -moto victory. Again , W e ine rt and Serni cs got ·in to some heav y d icin g . but th at soon ended aft er Wein er t cras hed a nd Semi cs pulled a way into a very comforta b le second place. Weinert rem ounted and finish ed fourth , behind Mosi er, • Sem ics. a nd Jeff Vid ic. Reid, We inert win at Saddleback SaturdayMX By Danny Raymond O RANGE, CA , FEB , 5 W a rren Reid , H ond a 's 125 hot · shoe , added a no t her overa ll 125 Pro win to h is lon g list. Warren smo ked th . first m ota fro m sta n , . a: ~ Jammin' Jimmy Weine rt beat radical Ron Turner in 250 Pro at Saddleback. o a: .... 1= ~ >til """------' o .... o I Tim Tolar (68) holesh ot the second CMC 250 Pro m ota. Bef ore the race was over, Bob Elliot (19) t he eventual w inner, J eff Vidic (4) and Val Tamietti (1) went by him. . Gary Sem ics grabs a handful Gary Denton (9) and Willy Sim o ns diced with, and came up short of, 125 Pro winner Gregg Toyama at AMC's $1000 MX. Toyama, Vidic, and Elliot t cash in AMC's $1.000 Saddleback MX By Danny Raymond ORANGE, CA , FEB . 13 AMC's monthly $1000 purse race was again very successful as . many of Southern California 's hottest Pros came out to battle 18 for the bucks. Among these was FMF 's G regg Toyama. T oyam a seem s to be fast est of all lit tle-mentioned hotshoes, . proving it by taking two straight moto wins and the 125 Pro overall win , Toyama's wins came after some heavy dicing with teammate Willy Simons (FMF Yam) , Brian Myerscough (R&D Suz) , and T&M's Bruce McDougal. Chuck Lunde rode to a very consistant second overall after near ly every body but Toyama was held back by a poor moto finis hi ng. Bob Elliott. on e of Su zuk i's best . ran awa y wi t h th e 250 Pro win , dominating both mo tos. Elliott's on ly compet it ion came from Ken Mor gan (Suz). bu t on ly lasted for a short while , Wheelsm ith's Ma rty Miller ca me up 'wit h sec o n d ov e r all a fter th e Saddl eba ck track took its usua l secon d moto toll on Pa t Hu b bs (Suz) . a nd Luke Messer ( Mail. In the Open Pro a ction J eff Vid ic smoked the first moto aboard a D&G Yam aha a fter ea rly leade r Mark Rodman's Maico went to the sidelines with a DNF, Bill Rubly had h is hand s full . wi rh Rich Thorwaldson pressu rin g for seco nd. Thorwaldson fin all y m ade his way past Rub ly to follo w Vidic t hrough t he chec ke rs, Rubly was down t hird whil e Robert Morino and Jeff Witherall rounded off the top five spots. Rubly and Thorwaldson opened up the final moto and started into yet another battle , Soon a fte r, However , Thorwaldson dropped out . allowing Vidic to take over second spot, Rubl y won t he seco nd moto to assu re h im th e seco n d overall p a yb a ck , Vid ic followed in a dista nd second to ta ke first overa ll, while Sweet Du ck Suzuki's Robert Morino , J eff W ith er all , a nd ' t he Bik e S hop 's Gary To mcza k following th e leaders in tha t order. • Results in Results Sec tio n , Consistent Semics wins Saturday Saddleback 250 Pro race By Da n ny Raymond ORANGE , CA , FEB . 12 By far the most power· packed race of tod ay's Saturda y Saddleback -was in the 250 Pro class, Maico's "Cassin" Gaylon Mosier op en ed up th e firs t moto with an ea rly lead with J eff Vidi c (Suz), and Mike Yorba (Suz) behind. Just as Gaylon sta rted to stretc h it out a bit he fell to the ground , dropping to the very rear of t he pack , and finally DNF'ing the first moto . Yorba then led until the Factory Kawasakis of Jammin' Jimmy Weinert and Gary Sernics came roosting past. Weinert won th e first moto with pressure From Semics. Jeff Vid ic was t hi rd, Mike Yorba fourt h. Once Mosier made way around We ine rt th er e was no sto p ping him in i • to finish wh ile Kurt Sofka (Ya m) a nd ' Tag T u rner followed in seco nd a nd t hird " W arren's ea rl y rnot o th rea t , Brian Myer scough, failed 10 co m plete -t he first rnoto, In the fina l moto Reid was oUI in ' fro nt while Myerscough followed in a close second, Ne'ari ng t he end of the race a lapped rider blocked Warren 's lin " a nd dropped Reid 10 the ground . Be fore Reid co u ld get remounted Myerscough had made his way int o a com ma nd ing lead for the rnot o win . Reid was second and Arden I1a rd ley (Hon) put in his best ride of th e da y 10 fin ish a stro ng third, Fa ctory Ka wasa ki's jamrnin' Jimmy Wei nen pUt a SlOp 10 Rad ica l Ron Turner's e n d less 250 Pro wins oy putting a last minut e pa ss 'on Turner, la te in rh e seco nd moto , 10 take th e overa ll. Turner had wa lked away with the first moto win. Maico'sBill Ru bly !.ook a very respectable t hir d overall . Co le Brot hers Suzuki Ace , Clark Jo nes , a nd Sarnbo's Ja ck Keese had a g reat ba tt le of t he ir own during bo th forty m inute motos, wit h Jon es com ing out a head in the end . • Resu lts in Results Sec tio n. Hughes beats Novices at Elsinore for the last time ' By A ndi Gang ewer ELSIN O RE. CA , FE B. 5 A big 250 Novice class wa s on hand and two heat races and two sem is were run to a main even t. The win ne rs from ea ch h eat went direct ly on to' th e m ain even t and three out of each sem i followed them to the fina l. J im Cessna (Suz) , was first in he at one , a nd T om Norris followed him on to the main from the seco nd he at race. Only th e first three riders in th e semi would be' luck y enough to join Cessna a nd Norris in th e line up for the main event, Tom Hughes led the first sem i and had a lot of breathing room . The battle was for third, with Ric Emmal in the fourth spot and try ing his hardest to work into third and cam a place in the main , bu t Scott Douglas. (Bul), wasn't about to let go of his transfer spot . Hughes. Ben Meyer , and Douglas took their place on the list for the.main event• On Iy three riders were left to transfer to the main. and Nonon Graham led the way in the second semi. Andy Bautista and John Diliaula were the final riders to make it to the 250 No vice m a in . In the main . Hughes maneuver ed h is Ossa int o th e front spot. Norris had the number two pl ace , bu t not for long. Douglas