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·_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.~_._.- sections. T he wirv LaPla nt e scored six points to Eggar's sevcn to win the Expert class by a facto r o f a single "one' (eight 10 seven) after t he IWO riders had tied on poi nts a nd clea ns. G reg Lersch . wit h a 17· point Sunday. leapfrogged severa l co mpetitors into th ird . Pa t Dib ble va ul ted from fourth on Saturday to win the Arnat eu rs with a 17. 1 point Sunday ride. (Late po int s were co m mon . as the schedu le on the long loop was fa irly tig hl. ) Mike Bernbaurn pos led a 10 ·poi nt Su nd ay rid e to -lOp the Novices ; Rick McCa be's 15 was good for second , T hese two rides stood OUI. as t he rest of t he Novices straggled in . bo ne weary. carrying sco res of 23 a nd h igh e r. T he scorers wou n d up count ing th rees to break IwO Nov ice lies; Rod Ca m p bell (Bu l. 6 1/ 17/7/7) o ve r M a rk O ldar ( Ho n . 6 1/ 17/7 / 4) for fou rth/fifth . a nd Dean Baker (Bu l, 69/ 16/7/7) over Mike Conroy (Mon . 69116/7 /5) fo r eig ht h/ nint h. T he re were no kn own protests (t he rid ers were a ll 100 tin'd ?) and no known inju ries 10 entra nts . A jeep driver was hurt in a ro llover on the,wa y to one of the sections. As in pasl meet s. four -whee ler dubs provided a radio net for po ssib le em e rgen cies a nd helped pack t he section c hec kers out 10 th eir lonel y posts on th e loop. It takes specia l dcd ica tio n 10 perch for hours on a co ld. windy ridget op. wat ch ing t he birds ci rc le below . waiting for about 50 darn foo ls on moror cvcles to sho w up . om' by one . The fa'cI t hat people will do it a t a ll is wh at makes th is annual event a spe cial tri al. • Results in Resu lts Secrion . I Welker, John Smith nab CMC Carlsbad • wIns By Patti Trotter CAR LSBAD . CA . MA R. 13 A compl etely cha nged rac etrack was the offering for CMC ri ders. The u p hill a nd d ownh ill h ad been cha nged and the co urs e was run backwards. T he ra cers were rea lly sto ked about th e change. as it gave everyone a chance since no one can ge t the co urse wired. The Open bikes blasted off th e line led by the ho ttest guy in tow n . Dale Anderson and his red monster Maico , Goin g a rou nd the firs t turn with him were Eddie Gonzales (Suz) a nd Vince Kreizinger. who was rid ing a fourstroke Ho nda that he buill himself. Allen Ortiz (Mai) displaced both Gon za les and Krei zinger by the end of th e second lap . Ortiz then had some stiff competition fro m Tim Wel ker (Suz) who was reeli ng him in rat her q uickly. Anderson . at this poi nt in the rnot o , wa s three tu rns a hea d of everyone and fu ll on th e gas . Welker bumped O rt iz for second. Anderson was sti ll way out in fro nt with W elker in seco nd. Kr eizin ger worked his way u p 10 th ird wit h Gonza les a nd Gene Mart in (Ma i) co mi ng a cr oss the fini sh lin e righ t a fte r th em . O rtiz h ad mech a nical problems a nd had to drop b a ck. An derson got th e holeshot in th e second rnot o a nd looked as if he would be the overall winner for the d ay . b u t wh en he was blasting into th e tu rn in fro nt of th e Su zu ki tower . his pl astic gas lin e broke. Kreizinger took over th e lead for one la p bu t co mi ng off th e d ropoff, he lost co ntrol of h is bike and cra shed . Now it was Wel ker's tu rn 10 lea d the ra ce . He neve r gave up his Cycle Tires, Inc. 7918 Chatfield Whittier, CA 90606 (213) 693-9608 (ycle Tir., Iftc. 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Welk er held on 10 thi rd unt il Steve Rh yan and his box stoc k KTM moved in and bumped h im ba ck one slot . In the meantime. Ro cky Mc Kee was having a ll ki nd s of rotten lu ck. he th rew his KTM 's chain a nd it a te th e sp roc ket . Alan Sm it h moved int o fourth giving Welk er a fifth a t th e end of th e mot o. Moro two had Joh n Sm ith gell ing a nothe r holesh ot! Lu c De Ley (Suz) was second wi t h R h ya n and Mon tgom e ry close behi n d . Rock y Mc Kee was fift h. On the third la p Rhya n had gOllen by Luc and was in possession o f second . Montgomery moved to t hi rd and A lan Smit h worked his way from a tenth place start 10 fourth . McKee finished the race in fifth . Finishers laking home m o n ey wer e Smith, R h ya n . Montgomery and Alan Smith. • Results MINI EX: 1. Scott Burnworth {Yaml. 2. Mi ke Toycen IRRI. 3. Ted Noas (Vaml. MINI JR : 1. Todd Brady (Yaml . 2. Danny J ones (Yaml. 3. John Galea (Yam), 100 JR; 1. Pa1 TaylOf (Hod). 2. Jeffr ey Nuss l$ uzl. 100 INT: 1. Chuck M eyer (Yaml . 2. Phil Jones (Ho n). 500 PRO: 1. Tim Welker lRMBI.2. Edd ie Gonzales (Suzl. 3. Dale And erson (Mail. 500 INT: 1. Keith Petrange lo ICCM l. 2. J ohnny Barr ISUII. 3. Chris White (Mai). 500 J R: 1. Ma rk Mohs IKTMI. 2. J ohn Ab rams ISuzl . 3. St ephen Haw ks fBul). 250 PRO: 1. J ohn Sm ith (FMFl. 2. Steve Rhyan IKT MI . 3. Scott Montgome ry ITSI. 125 J R 13. 1, Drew Porte (SUI). 2. Oouglas Berg (Yaml . 3. Chris Porto (SUI). 250 INT: 1. Burt W ald (SUII. 2. Darrell Brow n (Mail. 3. Tutti JuarezlMail. 250 J RS: 1. Vince Hunt (Kaw ). 2. Jeff Bishop (CZ).3. Robbie Storrs IKTM I. 250 J RS 12: 1. Tim Daily IBull. 2. Roger Dien (SUIl. 3 . J eff Cox IM CEI. 125 PRO: 1. Danny Turn er IFral. 2. Randv Hess IFMFI . 3. Pete W anket IFMFI . 125 INT: 1. Scott And erson IYam}. 2. Curt is Tyree {Hon}. 3. Steve Haney [Yaml . 125 JR 11: 1. Peter Sampo (Suz). 2. Kenn Hamilton ISuzl. 3. Ed Vidovi ch ISuzl. 125 JR 12: 1. Sco tt Brady IVa ml . 2. 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