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; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. I: Western hotline . ~ t 1:' 1:' 0'> ~ - ...... .l-o 0.. < (Above) Ron Turner won the 250 Pro class. finished second 125 at CRC 's Robert Bosch $5.000 MX. IAbove. left) Gregg Toyama. shown leading Boll Joyce during a 125 qualifying rnoto, beat Ron Turner and Broc Glover in the final . Toyama, Turner, Moorewood win CRC/Bosch $5000 MX By Dale Brown T R A BUC O C AN YO N . CA . A P R. 3 IAbove) Ron Turner and Broc Glover were never further apart than t his during the second 250 Pro moto. Turner won. IBelow) Lance Moorewood (819) dueled with Dave Miller in the Open Pro class. Moorewood won. Miller took third . 18 "I should have had him . . . but 1 didn't. There's no excuses ," said Ron Turner after the 125 Profinal, in which Gregg Toyama defeated Turner and Broc Glover for $4 50 in the Cal ifornia Racing Club (C RC) Ro bert Bosc h 55000 motocross . part of Cyclerama '77 . . Turner won his own 450 for his 250 Pro win . as did Lance Moorewood for his victory against the Open Pros . The P ro classes went for $3000 . wh i le Sportsman competed for 53.500 in prizes. The 1'25 Pro class was t he largest. wit h two divisions and two qua lifyi ng rnotos. T he 101' 20 of the origi na l 32 entra nts m ad.. a th ird motu , fo r all th e marbles . T urner and G love r easi ly won th eir re spec ti ve qu al if yin g div isio ns . Toya ma was runn ing fo urt h in his d ivision in the first m oto whe n his bike's cylinder studs ca me loose , leaving him wit h no co m p ression . H e ca me back 10 lead his div ision in th e second m oro. but G lover passed him a bo u t hal fwa y throu gh . Ga ry Dent on had t he hard luck story of th e class. I n the fir st m ot o he pu lled a hol esh ot o nly to brea k t he brak e a nc ho r ba ckin g plat e a nd d rop 10 seve nth. In th e second rnot o , he again pulled till' ho leshot , only to . crash on t he top of the long uphill . He gOI going again. only to have t he CO Unl e rshaft sprocket sp in on t hc splines. It was the same countershaft sprocket that he had spent a 1 of tim e 01 and miles looking for. li e had finall y loca ted one from FMF's Donny Eml er. who was re luctant to part with it. Den ton . desperate . offered Emler 5211 for the sprocket and got it fo r t ha t price . It is not known fo r certa in whe t he r the sprocket o r 't he co u nu-rshaft itsel f fa iled. 'The 125 Pro fina l was t he fin al race of rhe d a y. Toya ma, wh o had ju st fini shed du sti ng off rhe 100 Experts, took 'the lead , with Bill J oyce (Suz) a nd Bobb y J ones ( Ho n) co m p leti ng th e ea rly 101' three . T u rner was in fifth , be hind FMF teamm at e Ga ry Ogden (Suz) . G lover was in sixt h . Within a few la p s , J on es was o u t with m ec hani cal tr oub les a nd Turner and G love r wer e pas t J oyce a nd Ogden : Then th e to p rh ree go t in to a raee by th em sel ves. o n ly a fe w fC" 1 a pa rt