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_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._.pressi ng. Gibson m oved Turner hack one space and had taken over second. he t hen hurled by Hess and began to open up an incredib le lead to ta ke the win . Glover was continui ng his assault for the leaders . Lunde and Hess fell victims to Glo ver's attack . Lunde later r1ropped out of the ra ce wit h a b lown gearbox . Turner was leading Glover bv inches and in the final seconds of the race he held on to his slim lead to take th e overall ' win for the day. Payback went to Turner, Gibson . • G lover . Hess and Denton . Results in Resu lts Section, Brown bombs 125 Pros at ECRA MX By Rex Reese TRAB UCO CYN .. CA . MAR,. 20 Fabled "Fl yin g" Mik e Brown (Yam) m ade a rare a p pea ra nce at Ra cin g VVorid a nd fo u n d th e new Mart y Sm ith track to his liking - tICblew the rest of t he 125 Pro s into the weeds. Per enn ia l threat La nce Moon-wood (Yam) wasn't his usua l self. Moorehead cras hed once in t he first m o ro a nd had the pip e on his YZ come loose in th e second to hold him back to a third place finish . Brown Kot rhe holeshor in the first moto ~i t h Do ug Nicol (FMF) and Lonny Gigar (Yam) hangi ng off h is rear fender. Bu t tha t situation d idn't last long as Bro wn stretche d o ut an incredible .lead . Gigar moved into second with Nicol third. Nobodv else was even close to th e three l e~ ders . who had 15 seconds o n the pack. Moo rehead gO! the holes ho r in the second stan (he suffered a disasterous crash in the first moto when Ihe pipe on his Ya ma ha came loose and wrapped itself arou nd th e fro nt wheel over a pa ir of ju mps). lIistory repea ted itself in th e seco nd m ot o when a new r ipl" ca me loose . but didn't fa ll off completely. forcing Moorehead to back off th e throttle and give th e lead once aga in to Brown. T he n Mooreh ead's lance Moorewood: but f or a pip e. the kingdom w as lost. (A bove I Rob Murr ay (171) beat Dic k Fuller in 250 GP, (Belowl Terry W augh (75 Suz l t em porarily leads Paul Ritter (7 Due ) and M ark Homchick (110 No r). bike's pipe tigh tened itself up again (ils mounting spri ngs sn a pped back into place) but Bro wn was lo ng Kone with another win under his bel t. G ig ar finished third to give him second a nd Moorewood survived for third . J im Holly went berserk as usua l to win the firs t moro of the Super Mini Pros, but DN F d in moto two to put him out of the top three . Steve Shippy. who had a bad stan in t he first rnot o , came back 10 tak e a firm hol d after some heavy dici ng with I loll y in ro und one . Bryo n Antonacci (S Ul) ran co nsistent in both rounds and finished behind Shippy to ta ke seco nd in ro und o ne a nd fou rt h in th e second for second overa ll. J eff W ard look h isdow n -on -power Hond a 10 a su rp rising second m o to seco nd to fin ish third . Some of th e best racing went on in the 250 a nd Open Pro s wit h Lan ce Moorewood (25 0 SOl) dueling it o u t Murray dominates GPatAFM Riverside By John Ulrich R IVERSIDE. CA. MAR . 20 Ro b Murray came back from a problem-plagued Da ytona to win both the O pen and the 250 GP classes a t th e first A FM road The Sm ith Super-Cross layout at Rac ing World get s its Grand Ope ning lwith Marty Smith o n hand) Friday. April 1. with Bo b W al ker (370 SUl) in a battle h at was a lm os r handlebar 10 handlebar all t hc way. Moorehead got the It-ad followed by Wal ker in the first moto . and it wasn 't too long be fore th ey W!.'fC engaged in their own private race . Moo rehead was out front . tryi ng to hold Walker bac k: Walker was just waiting in second place 10 see what wou ld ha ppen next. In the last moro . bo th Mooreh ead a nd Wa lker had bad sta rts and were caught in traffi c with Moorehead in third a hea d of Wa lker . Ea rly in t he second lap . Mooreh ead co llided wit h a not her r id e r and crashed . T h is sud den ly put Walker in rh ird place a nd ga in ing o n leader John Estes (Su z). W alker crashed hard o n th e track's in fa m o us double jump a nd was ou t for the da y. Estes won 250 Pro with Don Bazemore (Ma i) secon d fo r first O pe n Pro . Eddie Embry (K TM ) was next fo r SI"C o nd 250 - but third in th e o vera ll 25 0s whil e Mooreh ea d ro lled in til finis h fou rth a nd na il the seco nd place cas h . Andy Bol an d er ( KTM) finished second Open a nd Bo h Walker's first moto win was still good en ough to gi\'e him t hird . Results in Resu lts Section. t L • race hel d at Ri versid e R aceway thi s year. . I n th e Open c lass , it was easy pickin gs fo r Murray. who entere d th e o n ly T Z750 in th e ra ce . T he usual Open class co m peti to rs were eit he r racing the AMA Nat ional at Charlotte, North Ca ro lina. or else re cuperating fro m Dayton a injuries. Pat Eagan ( K R 250 Kaw ) c hased Mu rra y fo r seve ral laps before losin g seco nd p lace to G il Martin (Ya m 250). th en pitted with a frac t u red ex ha us t p ipe . Ron l Ilav ka (Ya m 250) wen t from nea r last to third overa ll by the end of the race . a nd showed u p second ove rall , firs t 500 in t he res u lts because I\Iartin decla re d his 250 a nd ran for no point s. (Un der AFM rules. 250cc machines ca nno t run in rhe 500 GP class for points or tro phies). . In 250 G P. Murray led about ha lf t he ra ce . with Dick Fu lle r ( Kor bs Trading Post -sponso red Yam) playing catc h up : Fu ller caught Murray on the fift t. la p. a nd the dice was on. O ne lap . the pair went around turn six side-by -side . drag-r aced toward turn seven , a nd t ried to ou t b ra ke each ot her into turn ·seve n . T hey see- sawed back and fou rt h. hard on th e brakes, each getting on th e binders, getting off. trying to bra ke later int o the tu rn . Al the last possible p lace to p it ch int o the turn , Murra y had a wheel on Fu ller . and Fuller leaned his bike over on top of Murra y's , With fa ir ings ro uch ing . Fuller leaning on Murra y, Murra y trying to push Full er to the o utside, th e bat tle raged righ t a rou nd the tu rn . T ha t lap . Murra y stayed in fro nt. Another lap . a nd Fuller passed an d stretched o ut what look ed to be a secu re lea d . But o ne more lap . a nd Mu rra v- braked way la te into seven , went I;ast Fu ller . and pulled it ':lU t to win . Gi l Martin (Ya m) ran t hi rd th e ,' mi re race . a nd Rn n IIl avka rode his 25