._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._.•.•._._._._._.the fcst o f th e v v en t .
hv Tur m-r when R a d ic a l
Ro n", br ake cable snaggcd o n the rear
tire a nd locked th t' w h ee ] for a s pli t
seco nd .
Tur ncr r('~a i n t.'d seco n d t he \'c r y
next la p when Glon'r h lew a shifl. T he
top t hr r-r- we-re st ill n or y c lose . T urner
and G love r W ( ' T e tryin~ (0 g et b y
Tova rna . bu t the new co u rse had d ried
up ~ to a o ne -Iine-o n ly-i n-rno sr-places
sit ua t ion , and T oyam a ha d t he good
r h r ough out
(; !O\,C T .~ o t
lin,' . Tu rn er pull ed alo ngsi de h is FMF
u -a m m a n - a co u p le of t irn e s , b u t
Tova rna sh u t the d oo r. On t he last
lap. G lover cras hed when Turm -r went
fu rt he r ou tside in a co rner t ha n G lover
ex pec ted a nd for ced him between IWO
lin e s . T oya ma was five reel in fro nt a t
th e c hecke red .
Tbc seco nd 250 Pro mot o featured a
sim ila r battle . th is rime with onl y
Turner a nd Glover. Turner staved a
'few precarious feet a hea d of Glo~er to
t he checke red . despite a large ea rly
lead . The cl ose bailie had lilli e
bearing o n th e fin al outcome of the
race . since Gl over had gotten a po or
sta rt in the first round and fini shed a
d istant founh . Mark Lawrence (Yam )
had pr essured Turner in th e first
rn or o : DNFed in the second . Donn ie
Hansen ( Mai ) co llected a pa ir of thi rd s
to finis h t hird .
T Il<" Op e n P ros were . rhe sma llest
Pro cla ss. Sta rti ng after the 250s . t hey
we re
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t he tra ck a t rh e sa me tim e .
La nce Moore-wood (Ya m) grab b e d th e
ear!v I..ad . with Da ve Mill e r ( Ya m )
a nd ' Ro b..rt M a ri n o (Suz) fo llo wing .
:,>I ill e r got by Moo re-wo od b e for e t h e
ha lfwa y point a nd wo n t h e mo ro.
In the second round . Moo rewood let
no o ne by a nd too k t he ove ra ll win
easil y. Mille r slip pe d to a disastrous
fourth a nd Ma ri no edged him for
seco nd .
Th is was the in au gural event on
Racing W orl d 's Man y Smith -designed
t rac k. Th e course is laid o ut on t h..
sid e o f a Iairlv stee p ro lling hill sid e
a nd is sca rc elv eve r level. The tra ck
was e xrr -lleru ;!u rin.1; pra ct ice . but as
seems to be the Southern Ca lifo rn ia
ca se. the adobe dried and th ere soon
were . bla ck tin' m arks indicating the
popular lim's . It did seem a sh am c th at
they bulldo zed off all th e natural g rass
fro m the tr ack , whic h . accor d ing to
C RC official s . will o n lv be used for
sp ecia l event s.
.
•
Res ult s
M IN I BEG: t , M ik e Hu gh es ISUll. 2. Eddie M ichett i
Iv aml . 3 , Bah POCIUS Iv aml
MINI NOV : l . Jo e MOnt S 'Varni . Ed Gieselman
(Yaml . 3. Clelus O' Brian ISuJ'l .
MI NI INT : 1 Tonv Berbecovr (Vam)
100 BEG: 1 Rust y S tewart t'rarru 2. A ie l( CruJ' 'Hoo t
,
3. Tro y SU...
orT1on (Vall'll.
100 NOV: 1. O.wld H u gh~ IS' u L 2. Nell Sco tt C
Hon) .
3, Todd Provine IStu!.
100 INT : 1 J ohn Croskerv l$UJ'I. 2. Rick\. Cecr fer
(Han). 3. Patnc k Kehoe IHonl.
100 EX: 1 Greg9 Tovama :HortL 2. M Il Ch M usq ravf'
(Han). 3 O.lIdrl Bid" (Ha n:.
125BEG. l Bf UCe CocM< IHanl 2 Chtls Roy ers l Honl
3 Rog er PIPfn O l Yam J.
125 NOV OIV 1' 1 TP.t1 Hoyt tv arnl. 2 . Clyde W ilson
IHon).3 [)e nnrs l"drSC" (Han ;
125 NOV OIV II: 1 Rdnd V R0S51Sur l 2 . Lyn n W orley
c
SuJ'l, 3 . Steve Arnol d (Sur/.
125 IN T OIV I: 1. Tim M ur ph y cHo n). 2. CraIg Da le
IHo n l . 3 M .. k A ll ier (Sur).
u
125 IN T OIV II: 1. Sc
m, Rdphil el IS uzl. 2 Brad
Osborne IHonl. 3 J im Hael lY Sdlas (Yam !. 2. Chu s Guprrero
ve
lKTM) .3 M iltk PrUItt ISu r l .
250 NOV: 1. Ji m Tacantlno (Sur ) 2. Brf"1t Sim onsen
IMal).3 Bah Snow dr'n ISurl.
250 INT' 1 Kenn y Krum m ., LMd.) 2. W.lh Olwn
(M all .' 3 . Df!nnl s Gilmo re (SUJ)
OPEN tNT : 1. Tim 5 ,tp lan i M ~1 1. 2. Do ug Tatt IYaml .
3. Ddna M.lf ler IM ..I ) .
j
• 250 EX: 1. Ron TUlnm lSu / 1. 2. Bra e Glov er IYi.Hn) . 3.
Do n H.msen (Mi lll
OPEN BEG: " Aliln Root (Mal ). 2. Tom Shepero
lSUlI. 3, Ron P~'flI n4 ton ISu Ji
t OPEN NOV: 1 Ladt·1l EIIc \)ouga l (Suz) for the lead . Bu t.
onct' aga in . luck was ag a inst Fish and
she fe ll o n the third lap. gi vi ng
McD ou ga l an un conl est ed win . " I
kn ow two riders go t by me whil e I was
d ow n . but I tho ught I repassed th em . I
reall y Ihou ght I had second. " Despit<·
Fish 's co n fusion : the rid ers she passed
w"n' down a lap and she came in th ird
bebind McDougal a nd Craig Gormley
.
(Yam ).
Fish was dl
olt'rn1
inc:d
[0
c h a ngt her
O
luck a t the sta n of th l' fina l round .
T his was ob\'ious th.. way she grab be d
til(' I"ad a nd k"pt it. Behi nd he r .
:\IcD oliga l battled with J o.. !\Ic:'>l a nllS
(Su z) a nd Gorml,·\'. The three wa\,
fil(ht em S(cond c~ nt i n u ..d u nt il lh ~
'
fourth lap when Gormley took a hard
sp ill on an uphill sweeper. After that.
it was Fish . McDougal and McManus
a ll th e wa y to th e finish . McDougal
sti ll go t th e overa ll victory. Sue left
with seco nd pl ace honors.
Sue's C ro wn Cycle tea!"m al e . J ohn
Atwood (Ya m) was m ore successfu l
ag a ins t M ick ey's brother . Dann y
McDougal (Suz) . in the 250 Pro class.
Their first moto was all McD ougal's.
From sta ll to finish , he had a
commanding lead over Atw ood and
J im La 'Te ndresse (SUI). T he ne xt
m o ro . how c ver. was a differ ent story.
McD ougal was off to a poor sta n .
wh ile Atwood enjoyed t he number one
spot. McDougal tried to clos e th e ga p .
bu t crash e d while pu sh ing through the
pa ck . II<- go t u p a nd remounted , o n ly
10 fa ll aga in . H e event ua lly finis hed
fifth, givin g the top mon ey to Atwood
a nd LaTendresse .
Ye t a not her rider from Crown
Cy cl e, Mark Lawrence . walked away
from the 125 Pro class. His primary
com p e titio n was from Atwood (Yam ).
wh o was r un n ing two classes . and
Mark Ell is (Suz) . Rob Zamora ( Ho n)
pull e d th e first hole shor , Lawrence.
however , wasted no time in getting
arou nd him . Zamora and Ellis cha sed
th e Yamaha pilot until about midwa y
in t he moto , when th e y both began 10
tir e. T he y dropped back a co u ple of
s pa ces an d Atwood a nd Da ve
Eu ropkin (H o n) happil y filled their
pla ces and finis hed in that order.
In t he nex t m or o . Ellis made his
bid for fir st. H e led th e pack for more
th an h alf the ra ce . o n ly to let
La wrence by o n the sixt h lap . Atwood
fin ish e d third wh ich gave him second
overa ll. Ellis ca m e o ut third in the
fin al sta ndi ngs .
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Results in Results Sect ion .
Blose Brothers
sweep Canyon
Raceway
By Lesley Crawford
PHOENIX . AZ . MAR . 27
Ch appy Blose mOlOred his Maico
10 a clean swee p of the 250 Pros
a t C a nyon Racewa y Sunda y. In
t he fi r~t m olO. br~th er B ~bb y
grabb e d t h e h ol esh o t a h ..ad o f
Chappy. o n ly to lea ve the ra ce m idwa y
with a br oken bike. With C ha ppy in
th e lea d . fo llo wed by H us ky. rno u rued
Gary H ickerson. and Da ve S;ra wford
( Mai ) m oving into th ird wit h a locked
up brake a fter his first crash of the
da y. The race finished in that order.
Chappy Blose gDl th e seco nd rnoto
hol eshot a nd remained untouchable
the whole race . The interest turned to
the race for second po siti on between
three riders - Pa t Imbriale (H us).
And y Frola (Mai) and Crawford. All
three were in tight - it was anyone's
race , Crawford called it his but
Imbriale and Frola d idn't give up
easily! It was a knobby-to- knobby
battle for several laps with Crawford
inching by one , then the other. Blose
was too far gone to catch and
Crawford settled for second. lrn bri ale
rode a consistent ra ce to finish third .
followed closely by Frola. Overall wins
went to Blose. Crawford .. Imbriale,
and Hickerson:
Suzuki -mounted Dave Crawford got
the holeshot ahead of Tucson visitor,
Carlos Serrano (Suz) in the first 125
moto, but his luck ran true to form for
the day! He had a head-on encounter
with a tire not quite off the track .
sending him over th e handlebars, into
the cacri i, and out of the race . The
flying Chicano, now in the lead . flat
smoked and finished a lap ahead of
the rest of the pack. Chappy Blose
(Ho n) came in second with a good lead
over Steve Yarborough in third .
The seco nd moto sa w Blose with the
h o leshor , Andy Frola ( H o n) and
Crawford near the front . and Serrano
buried back in the pa ck . Serrano
charged a nd crashed . cha rged again
to fourth . never ca tching the leaders.
Blose . in the meant im e . had been
build ing up quit e a le ad, but
Crawford had finall y moved around
hard riding Frola , a nd sta rted closing
in . The last lap saw him stuck to Blose's
rear wheel. but time had run out due
10 a shortened second rn or o . Blose and
Crawford finished o ne-two . Third
went to Frola , Serrano fourth, Overall
honors went to Blose. Serrano . and
Frola.
The Open Pro race could have been
the hottest race of the day. had Carlos
Serrano not lost his clutch , jumped the
gate before it ever dropped , and found
himself penalized a la I' for the restart
of the firs! moto, Bobby Blose. on a
County Cycle Maico, sto rm ed into the
lead followed by Mike McCan y (SUI)
and th e Brawner broth e rs , Randy and
Bob ( Ma icos) . Serrano . was way back
in last . chasing his runaw ay Huskyl
Aft er fina lly ge tt ing into th e saddle.
the flying Chicano went over, under.
a nd a ro und every bod y in sig ht exce pt
Blose . who had a co m m a nd ing lead
th e wh ole race . Blose took a well
deserved first. Tom Pul ver ( Mai)
seco nd , Mik e Blakel y (Ka w) third , and
Serrano . in spi te of a o ne lap penalty,
fourth.
The seco nd m oto was res ta rted after
Brad Moll ohan ( Ma i) took a hard fall
in the. rock s insid e th e fir st turn and
th e a m bu la nce was call ed o nt o the
. track . Blose again go t t he holeshot,
foll ow ed by Rand y Brawner and
Pulver. Serrano. after a bad starl
again . cam e banlaiing through the
pack and soo n was second behind
Blose . In two laps he d evoured the
dist ance between them . riding Blose's
wheel. Blose then either gave wa y to
pressur.. and dropped his pa ce . letting
Serrano bn'ele by with ea se , or ;
kn owing he had th e overa ll sec u red .
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sa w no rea son to ra ce Serrano won the
o
mot o by a co u nt ry m ile . Blose took
'l·("(,"d. H a nn ah ( Ma i) t hi rd . Ta king
horne th e overa ll wins W" f(' Blose .
Serra no . a'nd Pul \'er . in th at o rder.
Result s in Results A. ... ion. ... . . . '" ... . ,a.
Sect .....
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