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Financing V;,\LENCIA , CA , FEB . 20 I Mark Lawrence (Yam ), Ron Haase (C -A) and Goat Breker (Kaw) topped th e cash-paying classes at California Racing vanish ing Goat , Can -Am mounted Ron Haase came off th e 250 Ex pe rt row in the staggered sta rt, a nd ran eq ually wild th ro ugh the O pen Expert pack (getting th e most argument from St eve Rawson (KT M) , Jim O'Neil (Mai ) and Cltris Knowlton (Suzj] to fin ish second overall , first in class, Mark Hateley (Su z) foll owed Haase through th e mob at a di stance to take seco nd 250 Expert . Rawson , spo rt ing a j e rsey that sa ys " L a ying is our busin ess" ( he's sponsored by a carpet company) was seco nd Open , followed by Col e Bros, te amsters O'Neill and Knowlton . . Club's (CRC) double-points Grand Prix run over a mostly-sandy, dusty Indian Dunes circuit. The GP course used the International MX cou rse run The organizers pulled a switche roo backwards, twisted in a nd o ut o f the for the team race , th e fin al race of the brush in th e sandy riverbotr om , th en d a y, by running th em o n th e loo p took off up a swervy fu ll-on uphill for a backwards (which ' m eant th ey'd be sho rt loop int o t he foot hills. W it li two going nonnal d irecti on o n t he MX not-so-terribl e rive rcro ssin gs and a co urse, at least ). T he n the rid ers fas t , d us ty d o wnh ill , it Wa s. a pull ed one of the ir own . as king that Califo rnia hare scra m bler's del ig h t. th e hill be left in th e tea m race course , The new C RC W om en 's Di visio n not bypassed as pla n ned. W ith tha t opened with little adva nce fa nfare, ana the helm et re-numbering to so rt ' a nd co nsequently there was a sm a ll " o ut , they had to wa it on the line . entry, topped in a wa lkaway by Ro x Overheard , o ne rider t e lling his A n n Doughe rt y. AMA Distri ct·37 b_ uddy: W omen's MX Steward Dee Granger " Fo llow m e . do everyth ing I do on was second. The ladies were gridded th e first la p ." with a sizeable Veteran's turnout. " O K, j ust don't fa ll down o r we're T he re was lot s of ste p pin ' as the eager ; both hurti n' " o ldste rs hit th e h ill on the fir st lap . T he Ro b Brinkerhoff/D ean Taylo r One rider got i'c skyward at th e to p , and J im Jackso n / Bill Robertson teams d id an inv oluntary p ivot o n th e rea r ran o ne- two in the 125 wa ve on J-D wheel and wound up headed ba ck Engineering H onda_ T he re wer e no s. down the hill with th e throttle still o n bandoleers or a nyt hing form al . j ust a and most of the pack still to come up . gen eral fr ee-for-all cha nge area that Never found out what happened to got pretty wild wh en riders came in him . . . (There were no seriou s bunches for their once-a-lap handoff, injuries and no ambulance runs.] Steve Rawson, on a Husky (he sa id . The biggest·paying single class was the KTM had seized twice) running . the 125 Expert ($75 /40/25 /10) taken solo as an " Iro nm a n" ent ry blitzed his in order by Mark Lawrence (Yam), . way to an early overall lead , but pitted Evan Marcus (Hon), Gary Scheidler on the second lap with a broken brake (Yam), and ,C ra ig Cole (Yam) . One rod. That left the overall to become - spot out of the money, at fifth, was a something of a cliffhanger that was figure , more fam iliar . on the won by the Jim Tassano/Stan France enduro/Two Day Qualifier circuit , team ( Ma i) ahead of the Jim Stiles Rick Munyon on his 125 Honda . Suzuki. Results at this wr it ing are very Goat Breker on his Dallas Baker unofficial , as the lap sh eets had yet to Ka wasaki made a runawa y of th e be double-checked. • c o m bi n e d 250 /0pen Results in Results Section. Experr/Tntermediate ra ce. Behind the Pistol Pierre whips ,SSM 's Open Pros . By Danny Ray'mo nd ORANGE,CA , FEB , 19 Factory Yamaha's Pierre Karsmakers came out to SSM's $600 purse race and left with his share of the bucks after making a cl ean swee p of the Open Pro d ivision . Ka rsmakers wins ca me after ea rly moto battles wit h D&G 's Jeff Vid ic , and the Ma icos of Bill Rubly a nd Rick Salmon . Suzuki's local hotshoe , Bob Elliott did likewise to the 125 ' Pro class winning both rnotos d espite pressure from FMFs flying brothers, Pete and Tony Wanket. Brian Myerscough and Gregg Toyama were constantly trying to stop Elliott. Meanwhile, during 250 Pro action, Val Tamietti opened up the first lap with an early lead over FMFs Ron Turner, Keith Dysert, and Honda's Warren Reid. Quickly Turner, Reid and slow ' starter Mike Bell all made their way into a close battle for the lead, lea ving the pack nearly a half lap behind. Many times Reid would make way into the lead only to give it up after a minor spill allowed Bell and Turner around . At the checkers however, Reid held onto his lead , Bell put a last minute pass on Turner as they crossed the line. Tamietti and Mike Tripes rounded off the top five positions.