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Within a couple of laps Ducker was
right on top of Taylor trying to get
around . Ducker would gain on
T aylor going into the corners but
Taylor would sh ut off earlier. forcing
Du cker to take the not-so-hot lines in
the mud. Taylor eventually stretched
out a small lead and held it to the
finish. Ducker came across second
wit h Hilsizer third and Sendlebach
fourth.
Another Lancaster Yamaha rider
George Faber, got the second moto
sta rt with Taylor holding down
second in front of Harry Coffield
(Yam) and Ducker. Within the first
lap Taylor passed Faber for the lead
whi le Ducker passed Coffield .
Ducker started . gassing it , passed
Faber and set out after Taylor, but in
doing so cut the track and was
disqualified. Taylor co llected the
first in the moto and the overall win
whi le Hu lsizer go t second ahead of
third overall Sendleba ch .
Keith Me rt z (Ma i) had an easy
tim e in th e Open Pro class. He go t
the start in bot h motos a nd went on
to two convincing m ot o wins over Ji m
Keller (Suz), an d Palmdale HarleyDavidson rider Don Bevans (Ma i).
Cra ig Osborn sho wed th e rest of
the 250 Pros ho w to gas it around th e
track the fast est. He was up front in
both moto starts and just stretched
his lead out. T om Bu rgess and Steve
Millar had a battle going for second
until Tom pulled awa y a nd took
home second p lace mone y over
Millar.
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Results
MI NI JR: 1. Billy Fullmer IVaml, 2. Mark Powel l
(Yam), 3. Jeff Cummings (Yam).
MINI INT: 1. Rick Hemme (Yam), 2. John Hemme
(Yam). 3. Ran Graves IVam).
. 100 JR: 1. Mar k U, seth IS02), 2. Jeff Harris IS02).
3. Greg Robertson IVam).
100 INT : 1. Kevin Le Pebure IFMF ), 2. Rob
Btink"'hoff IS02).
125 JR DIV I: 1. Mi ke McGhee IHan), 2. Rob
Maddon IHan ). 3. Scan Walk ", Jr . IHan).
125 JR DIY II: 1. Chris Lindgren ISuzl. 2. M ike
Morrow IJDI. 3. Mitch Guest IHan ).
125 PRO: 1. Dean Taylor IS02), 2 . Rick Hulsil'"
IVaml, 3. J im Sendl ebach IVaml .
250 JR DIV I: 1. Charlie Strong IVam ), 2. Bob
Shell", 1502) 3. George Wall", ISulI.
.
250 J R DIV II: 1. Oon Divin e (Yam). 2.-Mike Ricker
lKaw)
.
250 INT: 1. Ed Rest 15021.
250 PRO: 1. C,aig Osborn IKTM), 2. Tom Burgess
(Vaml . 3. Steve Millar (Mai).
OPEN JR: 1. Jeff Hares fHusl. 2. Rick J acobson
(Vam).3. Richard Grose IKaw) .
OPEN PRO: 1. Keith Mertz (Mia), 2. Jim Kell",
(SUl ), 3. Don Bevans (Mai l.
1251NT : 1. Rick Guilmene (Suz), 2. Roger Hensley '
IVam l. 3. Todd Reid {Yaml .
Lujan leads Corona
doubl e winner
parade
By Elai ne Jones
COR ONA , CA . A PR . 13
It was a night for d ouble wins
W ednesd ay at Corona a nd even
though the same riders won their
respective classes the r acing was
close .
T erry Statum and Da ve Luja n had
one hec k of a go in t he Money hal f
m ile a nd add one Devon Sowell just to
spice things up a b it more. It was
Sta tu m ge tti ng th e h ole sho t with
Luj an close eno ug h to sha ke hand s
with him . Sowell was t hird , fr ankly
admitti ng to being out of shape. On the
sixth la p th ings started to ha ppen as
Luja n got a wheel u nde r St atum to
take th e lead away. Statum too m uch
of a scra pper to be -kept d own for long
ca me back on la p eight to ret u rn the
favor and show Lujan how it's done.
Lujan liked that nu m ber one spo t so
he came back agai n and pu t a move on
t atum