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._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._. • " III IF YO CA 'T ~ ~ ~ ~ Bob Elliot /191 pulle d a 250 Pro holes hot during Sa ddleback 's Saturday get ·to ge ther. ~ Powd er Puffer Ji ll Mcil ra th d id th e h on ors for t h e ladi es wit h Jan et Gri sh am pla ying bridesma id to her. R iCK Munyon took over halfway through th e 125 race 10 lOp 62 rid er s a nd tak e first overa ll an d first Exp ert . T he re were 70 teams that ca me to the line for th e fina l event of t he day. The m a in rul e that teams h ad to obey was to cha nge rid ers every lap and tha t provided for some kind of show as you saw everythi ng from Pon y Express to Keyston e Co p sla pstick. T he pit stops hav e a long way 10 go befor e Dayton a h a s a ny t hi ng t o wor ry a bo ut. Unofficia llv it look ed like th e 125c c team of J i~ Hall a nd Greg Don e were the win ners. • THE PAPER, LET US PUT YOUR NAME 8ell, Turner tune on Saturday MX Martin, Munyon· and a Goat top Corona Un-L eap YearGP By Elaine Jones a .beli ever. Bell 's com petition ca me from ea rly moto battles with C rown Cycle's J eff Vid ic (Ya m). and local number one plate holder Va l Tamietti (Ma il. FMF's Ga ry Ogden ope ned up th e first 125 Pro moro with th e first lap lead wh ile Arden Hadl ey (Hon) , Brian Myerscou gh (R&D Suz), a nd Q&E"s Ku rt Sofk a filed in beh in d . Ogd en th en worked into a comfortable lea d. ta king th e first moro win over teammate Radical Ron Turner. Turner had be en slowed by a poor sta rt but quickly work ed his wa y th rough the pack. passing every body but th e long.gone Ogden . Again Ogden holeshot the pack of 125 screa mers through th e first turn and away into a small second moto lead. Radical Ron quickly made way past Myerscough and Gibson, making a quick pass on Ga ry Ogden within moments. Soon after , Turner lowsided through a slick hairpin turn, shootin g Ogden over a three foot mud berm . Both wer e up and away at th e sa me instant , drag racing. Ogden finally made a pass stick and went on to a small lead. On the white flag lap , three turns from the fin ish , Ogden went down giving Turner th e moro win a nd th e overall. Ogden remounted a nd followed in second , ahead of Mye rscough . Gibson , a nd Hon d a's j eff W a rd . • Results in Resu lts Secti on. CORONA , CA , FEB . 27 Three hundred and sixty nine entries showed up to ride the UnLeap Yea r Grand Prix , on a course laid o u t through the green , ro lling hills t ha t surrou nd that raceway plus parts of th e motocross a nd fla t trac k cou rses. T he 250s were the first to go and Jim Lat end resse 'was th e first rider a ro u nd . but it was W ayne Martin who took control on t he seco nd lap to lead th e boys th e rest of th e way and tak e th e overall a nd th e Expert win . The 500s and Vets saw Goat Br eke r and his Dall as Bak er Kawasaki put on some kind of show. A watch was put o n Goat a nd , when calibrated. his average speed a rou nd the six -mile course was 45 mph . This inspire of an air lead th at saw h im nursing his bike the last two laps of the 50 -minute race. The general comment on Goat's riding ability was , " It is a thing of beauty." Experts Jeff Eierstedt and Ken Taylor were the two three riders . Eddie Glove r and Bobby Hart went at it in the Mini Division and this is a rivalry tha t goe s back a long way. 'Ha rt. riding a Suzu ki for' the first time in a big race , was ha ving his problems getting used to it an d it cost him as he m ad e mi st ak es whil e Gl o ver just see med 10 sa iI a long. 1""'1""'0') ....... C(") C'I ..c:: u s-. ~ ~ .- ON ONE --------- By Danny Raymond ORANGE. CA . FEB . 26 Mike Bell took an eas y victory during today's Open Pro ac tion aboard a speedy Yamaha. Bell looked quick enough to make you t FIND YOUR NAME IN ' la p th ree . Perez had m oved from fourth back up to first a nd Sh a ne Raci ne had come from fifth to ta ke ove r se co nd with T om Hu gh es d ro pping to th ird . They managed to all stay pu t for th e fourth lap but on la p five they sta rted cha ngi ng places aga in wit h Hu ghes ge tti ng by Racine for second a nd Woo d movin g by Wi se for fou rt h. Lap six had another lead change whe n Hu gh es took over fro m Perez. On t he sevent h round W ood too k Ra cine for th ir d a nd a t th e end of eight it was Hughes . Perez and Wood in a scorers nig h tmare th at rea lly gav e the crowd an ac tion pa cked ra ce . T he hal f mile wasn't nearly as b ad as Perez got th e lead off the lin e wit h W ood in second a nd Hughes th ird . For some reason the fight was ou t of th em a nd th ey fin ished in that order. ' Resu lts in Results Sec t ion . ~ I I I I I I I I I I I SUBSCRIBE NOW! I I I I .Thi::::s~::;~:.e. ~~~.~.~~.~~.~r. ~ ~~.~~.e.~i~.~~. 0 I I I . 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