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'A ct ion was intense at Mt. View MX coming . . . and going. MXandGP on same day at Mt. View By Jan Newman (Above) Charlie Halcomb (17) held off Kipp Classen in the second 250 Expert moto until the last lap. (Below) The 125 Amateur class blasts off the line for their second Watsonville moto. . was the overall winner. It took Azar 38 minut es to la p Dick Rolli 10 ga in th e ex t ra lap and th e le a d . Dick Burgett a n d his 12 5 Y am ah a su rprised eve ryon e b y fin ishing a t a ll a n d h e n abbed sixth pl a ce . Rolli a nd Burgett h ad b oth a lre a dy co m peted in two classes . • SANDY . OR . MAR . 20 Last week's rains scared off so many riders that there was time for a 45 -minute GP (wo n by Clay Azar) after the regular moto 30 program . Those who didn' t sack in la te Sunday found th e track drying to a perfect surface . as not a drop fe ll during the da y. . Claude Me yer (Yam ) wa s th e Ion e Min i r id er to sign up . He wa s dubiou s when asked if he wanted to co m pete with th e 100 Ju niors but opted to try . It paid off - he came in secon d , Wayne Trospe r (Suz ) dominated th e class. Ke vin Fo rd (Yam ) was ou t fir st in the first 125 J u n ior moto b ut Mark Smalley (H on ) wa s anchored on his rear fender. Midway through , Mark gained the lea d for the win , Mow two fou nd Smalley in front until he lost his ch ai n on th e finish jump with tw o laps to go , Ford took th e win . George Madaris and Gal)' Fra zier dic..d il o u t in the first 250 Junio r ra ce . both on Zookies , In the final lap J oh n Scheurer za p ped them both . G a l)' ca me back for a win , Geor ge was secon d and J ohn th ir d in a t hree -wa y point tie . Once aga in Bob Williams showed oril y the b a ck view of his Suzuki to th e rest of th e Old T imers . J im N ewm a n was sec on d in the first ra ce until he launched his KTM into a puddl e. He and the bike both floated lik e an anchor. Round tw o foun d Di ck Burgett on a 125 Yamaha in second wit h b ot h Bill Downev a n d Bill Navl or on bi g bor e Y amaha~ tryingt o get by him . They m ana ged to ge t b y each ot her occasiona lly in their searc h fo r a line a r o u n d Burgett but he iu. t ' motored on . O n the final lap . N avl o: went u psid e down a n d at last Downe y found a hole Burgett cou ld n 't p lug , The sma ll turnout left some spa re time . so a Grand Pr ix was or gani zed for a ll who cared or d a red to ride for 45 minutes . The P r os we re handi capped one la p at the ou tse t so all cou ld sta rt at on ce . Twenty ride rs left th e lin e a n d 4 5 minutes lat er fi fteen s u r p r ise d th emsel ves .by fini shing . ~r.o _CI ;l}_ o/.ar Berringer, Farris, Bright win Husqvarnas By.Sallee Hilton DIXON . CA . MAR . 20 The final race of BOSS MX sixrace Husky Se rie s was held at Argyll Parkin Dix on . The three new Husqvarnas wen' offe red cou rt esy o f BOSS . Husk y W est and J e ro m e Whi te of Carson City. with one bik e fo r ea ch J u n io rs/I nt e rm ed ia tes class ( 125 , 250 , a nd Open) . Mi ke Brigh t. a Suzuki rid e r from Vall ejo . took both motos for a no t he r first in the Open Int ermediate class, winn ing th e Hu sk y , a nd a 1>0 advancing h im to th e Ex pert ra n ks for his next time ou t! Be ating f i ve r id e rs i n c lose co m e m ion for th e 125 class win , Rod Berringer of Fa ir O ak s took th e H'Usky with th e help of h is Suzu ki . Berrin ge r will now be rid ing as a n Inr e rrn edi at e . In a no t he r clo~,' co ntest for th e 250 class. Br yan Fa rris (Mai} , ca m e fro m be h in d to ta ke th e win and the b ike. Bryan is fro m Ci tr us H eig ht s. a nd will be moved up to Int ermed iat e . D a vid W ood all (S u z ) took th e ove ra ll win in the 125 Pro class with a firs t a nd . second fin ish , Pa t Yoh o (Ya m ), afte r fin ish ing seco nd in th e fir st ro u nd. j ust mi sse d ca shing in for ,,'rond ove rall wh e n he b lew h is b ike's g,'ar box in th e fin a l m in utes of t he second mot a , wh ile running th ird , The second place m oo ey went to Robert Norton (Hon) wh o had a bad first rnor o but came ba rk stro ng 10 win the second , fohn Minor ( S uz ) a nd Mike H; rsrna n (Hus) each ha d a rno to win in th e 250 Pro class, Mino r fo llowed his win with a third 10 p ick up the top ca sh . Second p lace p a y went to Dea n Wiggin s (M ai ), Ted Roger s (KT M) with two firsts a nd T on y Bousca J ( Ma i) wit h two seco nds go t th e Opcn Pro m on ey. . Results in R..su lts Section . Ridgerunners open fourth year of motocross By Gerry Reagan WATSONVIL L E. C A . MAR . 20 T he Ridge- ru n ne-rs MC of Sant a Cru z o pened their fourt h season of Semi Pro m otocross with over 300 riders sho wing tip at th e Count y Fa irg ro u n d s. T he track. id le a ll winter . was ~rassy a nd soft as t he r iders beg a n pra ctice . A few c h a nges ha d been m ade . like t he ..srai rcas e" downh ill and the ti~ht . firs t ge ar , o ff ca m be r tu rn before th e h a ck srraigtu . m ak ing it eve n mor e c ha lle nging . Fir st off th e lin,' wen ' th .· Vet e ra ns a nd Old Ti mers with Paul Ea to n (S uz ) sweepi ng hoth m ot es. Then it was the !OOce Novi ce class wh ere Kirk W oods ra n awav a nd h id . Th e 125 Exp ert s put o n a su pe r show with Neal Snarr ( Ya m ). Pau l Tu rn er (S uz). Mike Marquez (Suz) and Jeff W att s b an ling car horh.e-r. In th e fir st mo rn it was S na rr laki ng- th e win followed cl ose ly hy Mar'lu':7 with Turner fin ishing fo u rt h a nd W atts fifth , In the second moto Sn arr a~ain go t an earl y le ad . hut Tu r ru-r go t hy a t the en d o f the first la p a nd be g an to slo wly p u ll away , W att s was third with Marquez close behind a nd the two be ga n to p ress ure Sn a r r. By the e nd of the m o to Marquez ha d slip pe d b y W a tt s a co uple of t im es , o n ly to be I p assed again h imself. Sn arr had d ropped back , giv ing Turner an easy ] win . Sn arr's first and second g-avl' hi rn the ove ra ll. K..nt Woods (Suz) go t th e ho leshot in th e 12:) Am ateur ran' . moto two . with Da le Pirlo (Ya m ) dose behind . Pirlo co n ti n ued to pressu re fo r the first co u p le o f la ps but hobbled on lap three . a llowi ng Mik , Schalow (Su z) to ~e t by. · Sc ha low. winn er of th e firs t rn o to , be~a n to pursu e \'Vood s and wa s heginn ing to clost, the ga p wh en the c hec ke red fell in Iro rn of W oods, Schal ow sti ll got the o vera ll with W oods ta king second . T he O pe n Exp ..rt ran' was prob ahly t he m ost "x ci t i o~ of t he d a y. Kent C lasse n was in th e lea d at t he e n d of the fir st m o to o n his KT:\I hu t Garv Mu rph y a nd Dean Brook s, bo t h 0;' Maicos. W"I'(' r i~ h t o n h is tai lp ipe . In rh e sec o nd mot o a ll t hree- r id ers ag-ain c ha rge d o u t o f th e fir st turn as if th ey were o ne a nd beg a n to p u ll a wa y from the pa ck. C lasse n see m ed to have th e ' spee d o n the st r aights hu t BroOKS was able . to ourbrakr h im go ing in to -rlu turns a nd a ll the time Murphy was rig-ht t her e waiting fo r an o pe n ing . They r-ndr -d ihc ran' in a mad das h d own th e hi ll for the line. Brooks he ld on for first . but C lasse n took till' overall on points . The-re were eig h t classes o f Novi r« riders. In 125 Novice . Di vision Two , Da ve Dickey ( Ya m) ran o ff wit h t h ~ first rnoto : a nd al mos t didn 't win t he seco nd . h aving to d o b attle with Dou g Kr ikorian (S uz) who he fin all y p assed o n t he last lap . R od II i Ill'S ( Bu IL. Brian