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; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._ ._._._._._.~_._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._~._._.- =Western botline - ~ Ii Cli ff Lett (66) got CMC 125 Pro action underway ahead of T erry Shek ell (87) 271. (Below) Val Tamietti was !ting of the hill in the CMC and Rand y Hess 1 250 Pro class. Craig Mock was determ ined to get to the top of t he Saddleback hill - t o the point of throw ing the bike t he rest of t he w ay . " Peterson top eliminator at Widowmaker warmup hillclimb By An n A. Powell ORANGE. CA. MAR . 27 . Local hillclimbers are ge tt ing ready for th e granddaddy of a ll hillclimbs , the W idowm aker . Today's climb was a wann -u p . 22 and new gea ring. new swin g arms, a nd assorted trick eq uip ment were out in full force . Also new were m any of th e co m petito rs. They weren 't ge tti ng ready for the trip to Uta h . b u t th ey were just be ginning t? break into th e sport . Amon g those cl imb in g at Saddleback for the first time were Louis Damiana , winner of th e 250 Beginner cl ass . and C arl T u rner. second in th at class. These riders had be en " wa tc h ing" and th en had to t ry th eir luck. This new Beg inner's cl ass is a good place to break in. R iders have a cha nc e to get used to the fee l of the h ill with out being aw ed - a nd beat e n by those wh o have be en cl imb ing fo r a long pe riod o f time. A new name hit th e numbe r o ne spot in the highly compet itive 650 Stock class. R on Po well has to be view ed as a 'sen tim en ta l fa vorite since .his Triumph was built and presented to him only two m onths ago b y th e o t he r riders in th e Sa d d le bac k H illclimbe rs' Associ ation . Powell ha d been their president f~r two yea rs an d club m embers were pl eased to see him put t heir gi ft th rough its pa ces . Some cha nges were made in t he Sa d d leback climbs th is m onth . a nd th ose c ha nges were refl ected in th e winne r's ci rcle. No longer are pad dl e tires a llowed in th e stock cl asses. and so me of the rid ers who tradit iona lly do mi na te t hese classes weren ' t ru n ni ng. T his was m ost not iceably true in t he 400 Stock class. which had been d ominated by Ke r ry Pe te rso n o n his Ma ico . Todav's win went to Bo b Ba yuk . wh o m ay ta ke o ver as t he d omi na nt rid er in Ke r ry's p la ce . Bu t . j ust beca use he wasn' t rid ing in that 400 Stock cl ass d id n't mean th a t Pet e rson wa s o u t of the way. He F gh t ou Dick DeRosa in th e 400 Modified cl ass . co m ing a way with a second plac e. a nd th en j u m pe d t ha t 400 to th e Open cl ass ~here he beat a ll co mers . Riding in the O pe n class . Peterson was o ne of o nly fou r to top • th e hill. He co nti n ued to go over th e top . eve n wh en th e sta rti ng log had been moved forward (a nd upward ) to the 25 0- foo t m ark . When th e dust had se tt le d. Pe t erso n ha d t ak e n th e number o ne tro p hy in t he O pen class . a lso g ra b bi ng t he to p eli mi nator tro p hy. H e was still ro mpi ng over th e top of th e hill wh en e veryone else had fa llen by th e wa ysid e . • Results in Re sul ts Section . Myerscough, Tamietti, Bell cop CMC Carlsbad MX By Patti Trotter CA RLS BA D. CA . MAR. 2 7 The 125 Pro fa ns wer e treat ed to som e unreal ac t ion as Rand y H ess ( FM F). Br ian Myerscough (R&D) a nd the brothers Wanke: ( FMFs) r i pped apart th e g rea t ly ex panded track to day . As th e g-a te d ro pped C liff Lett (F MF) was th e ra ker of th e forwa rd g-rou nd and lI ess and Myersco ugh were rig h t on h is ta il. Leu was onlv ab le to ho ld the lead fo r a sho rt tim',·. be fore a broken ro d .•• ••••••. fo rced him o ut , H ess and Myerscough had some se rio us raci ng on their m inds as both of the riders wanted to be the leader. Terry Shekell (Yam) was third . Jim Dom a n n (Ya m) a nd Pe t e 'W a n ke t (FM F) were nex t in the parade . Dom a n n was forced to retire from the race with a fla t tire and W an ke t rook th e op port unity 10 m ove up a slot . Mye rscou g h was now in t he lead and H ess was rid ing o n ly inc hes behi nd him a nd try ing 10 pass the Suz u kim oun ted lead e r. As th e lea d e rs we re co m ing off th e d o wnh ill. Hess was ab le to ou r-gas Myerscough a nd regain his lead . Pet e W anket was st ill third a nd behind him , Nel son Whithill (Ya m) and Ton y W anke: ( FMF) went bar-to bar in th e horsesh oe turn but W anket rema in ed th e foll ';w er unt il they got in to th e g ulc h a nd he whipped by fo r fourth . At race e nd H ess led Myerscoug h. Pet e W anke l. To ny W a nk c t . and She ke ll across th e finis h line. Myerscou gh rook th e lead in th e second race and he ld it fo r th e e nti re rnoro . Hess a nd Pet e Wa n ke t were his closest co m pe titio n . At th e end of the ra ce th e to p poi nts wen t to M ye rscou g h . H ess . Pe te W anke l. Nel son Whiteh ill a nd C hris Burgeson . Mai co -m ounr ed Clark J ones got the c redit for the holesho t in .r he firs t 250 Pro m ot o . By th e end of th e first lap . DG su pe rsta r Mik e Bell a nd hi s Yamaha look ed like the o ne to bea t. Val Ta mierri ( Mai) was second , J on es th ird a nd Brad Ro ysd on (SUl) fou rth . At least 10 seconds behind du e to a crash on t he sta rt was J ohn Sm ith and h is FMF Yam aha . By the seco nd lap Steve Rh yan ( KT M) was fo u rth and Sm ith fift h . Bell and Ta miett i opened u p a good lead lea ving Jones . Rh ya n a n d S m it h to b attl e fo r th e ne xt places. Rh ya n m oved to third a nd Smi t h fou rt h bUI wit hin a quarter of a lap . _everything' c hanged aga in . Th « leaders we n' st ill Bell a nd Ta mi . b u: J on es too k ba c k thi rd : R hyan . i\l ik" Palhegyi ( B us) and Sm ith were next. A th e laps e la pse d . Bell was so far o ut in front of th e pack his lea d was in no wa y threa ten ed . T arn ie rti and Rh ya n got a d ice g uin g wh ih- seeing who woul d be awarded t he co veted second