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Mich ael Alle n won th e novice class with an inc red ib le 26 point tota l. He was trai led by Danny Harris and Sn owd en Mathews. The beginners had a ro ug h d ay with on ly fou r of the origi nal 25 who signed up a ble to finis h . Dave Nugent took the win with . Jeff Ziems in seco nd . Alle n Diet er was thi rd followed by an ex hausted Mike Mell ow . Ma rv Russe l won th e senior class over und ercover agen t Enriqu e Val aderez. a lso kn own as Phil Smith . Bell wins two amdist the mud at CMC Carlsbad MX By Patti Trotter CARLSBAD, CA, MA Y 8 Rain flooded many parts of the Carlsbad MX circuit during CMC races. (Above) Warren Reid got around Gary Ogden (48) to w in the SSM 125 Pro class.IBelow, left) Marland Wha ley at t h e SDTR's Scottish One Day Trials . (Bel o w , right! Fifth in the world, Bern ie Schreiber. Wa rren Reid (Ho n) was bac k on his RC 125 and dominat ed the pro action in both motos. Gregg Toyama (FMF) collected second overa ll money wit h third, going to Gary Ogden (Suz) . Resu lts in Resu lts Section . Eggar and Team Honda'win Scottish One Day Trial By Paul Oswald SANTEE l. AK ES. CA. MAY I Mark Eggar won th e ex pe rt class a t th e Scott ish O ne Da y Tri a l, host ed a n n ua lly b y th e San Diego Tria ls R iders. Reid, Rhyan and Bell collect pro wins at Saddleback By Danny-Raymond OR ANGE. CA. MAY t Com petition Cycles' .Steve Rhyan (KTM), pulled off th e 250 Pro win at Sadd leback's Saturday MX . Steve too k the first mot o a fter 20 Ma ico's Gay lon Mosier took a spi ll and d ropped to t hi rd . Ma ico mount ed Tom Cross too k seco nd . T he re was 0 0 sto ppi ng Ga ylon durin g t he seco nd m or o as he to o k a wire to wir e win. Rhya o followed wit h a co rnfo rta b le second to assu re him of th e overa ll win. G reg Youn gbl ood (C · A) a nd Rick Asch (KT M) ro un de d th e th ird a nd founh pla c..s in th e seco nd mot o . In th e O pen Pro rae.. Jeff Vidic (Yam) grab b('d th e lead a nd was followed closely by Ma rk Rodma n (Ma i) and Dave Miller (Ya m) with J Im m y Weinert ( Ka w) in fourth. W a ter was put down before th e stan of th e pro races and ca used some rrouble for Mike Bell as he slid out on the first lap and fell to 14t h position . Weinert , looking quit e fast in tune-u p action before his return to the nati on al races . easil v moved into th e lead a nd held on to ta'ke first. Bell was on rhe gas a nd came from t he rear of the pack to finish second. Mi ller was th ird and Marino fou rth . In the seco nd moto it was Ma rin o with t he holcsh ot , His lead was sho rt lived as Wein en roost ed past him to take th e Iead . Miller slipped int o second be hind the "J am mer." Bell overtook seco nd fro m Miller and set out after Weinert. O n the wh ite flag la p. Weinert was sti ll in t hc lea d . but Bell pu lled a long sid e him goi ng in to th e dow n h ill sweepe r. O n a track th a t on ly "ffprs one fas t lim' . the two riders bumped together with Weinert go ing down. T he ' J am mer" was up in a flas h a nd finished second fo r a 1·2 score for second overall behind Bell 's 2·1 fin ishes. The o rder of t he day was two l !l (n ile loo ps a nd ~I five ho u r ti me lim it whic h c a used so m e serio us "gassing" bet ween sec tio ns. T he first rider s hit th e loop a t 10 :30 sha rp . ~la llY rid ers had t lu- im pression they ha d plenty of tim e to co m plete til<' co ur se ill five hours. Litt le did t hey kno w t he loop was loa ded with steep climbs and des cents tha t a dded to t he difficu lty of making up lost time . T he sections were design ed to tax the r id e rs' a bi lities and provide ex citement. Ii ond a factory rider Ma rk t:~gar took th e expe rt class with a 15 point ride, Ma rk was f!)!!()w~d in by Mike Gritii ts. Griffits a lon~ with Ma rt in Be la ir and J('ff Fis h will be on Mo n resa 's National Tria ls Team. Griffits is looking smoother and more co nt ro lled than ever and was followed by J eff Fish. rh..· virtuoso of bo rly English. has th e most excitin/{ style in th e bus ine ss today . Gary La Plan te was fou rt h on a basica lly stoc k Kawasak i. Gre/{ Bye rs. ridi llg in h is firs t a ma teu r trials. put to/{,·th er a fine rid e to win th e class over Malt Parson s. Ken t Gra ha m followed in third place wit h a fine ride . Barry McM ah on is horne a nd n -c uperari ng fro rn his c ras h hr-twecn sec tio ns I a nd 2 . McM ahon was lead ing on th e first loop a nd 011 the second was tr yin/{ to m ak e up some t ime . As he topped OIl<' o f th e hills his front fender mount brok e. locking th e frnn t wheel a nd sendi ng . McMa hon on a 50 m .p .h . cndo .. A helicopter was ca lled in to tran sport him to a loca l hosp ita l. He is reco uping well. we're ha ppy to re po n. pla ns to ride th e Nort hern California Nati on al. Rai n tod ay turned the normally d usty and rutty Ca rlsbad Grand Prix track into a n a bsolu tely o u t ra geo us ra ce co u rse. T he 500 Pr os ca me around the firrt turn led by Top Shelf rid er Scott Montgomery ( Yam) . Montgom ery was followed by teamm at e Daniel Steele (Yam) , Mike Bell (DG Ya m) a nd David Ge rig (Suz) . Bell worked his way into second by the end of th e firs t lap . but Gerig was a ble to ge t around him for a few tu rns . Bell a nd Steele th en smo ked around Ger ig as rh ey assa ulte d th e long . slip pe ry uphill. Bell too k over t he lea d by th e tim e the riders go t to th e d rop ·o ff. Steve Rh yan and his Com petition Cycles KTM ha d worked through traffic to ge t to th ird , th en he moved a head of Montgomery. At this po int th e leaders were: Bell, Rh yan , Montgomery, Gerig . Fr itz Schl egal (Mai) . Steele, a nd Bob Maxw ell (Bul). O n th e last la p Sch lega l swoo ped by Gerig to get fourth . Be ll. Rh yan and Montgomery were a head of him . By th e time th e seco nd moto got go ing th e mud was severa l inc hes deep in th e low p ans of th e track . The rid ers wer e at thi s point very ca utio us a n d very muddy , Gerig got t he holeshot wit h Be ll, Rh ya n and Ortiz followi ng . Bell took th e lead hal fway t~ rou gh th e first lap a nd th e overfi,1} Win o Pros in rhe 125 a nd 250 d ivisio ns sha red th e track for th eir event . Bell (DC Yam ) and Ra nd y Hess (FMF Hon ) were firs t arou nd the first turn . Ga r Ogden (FMF). Mike Palhegyi (Hus) a nd Steve Ba rtley ( Yam) were nex t. Hess went down in th e first lap ; the t rack a t th is point was incr ed ibly hard for th e 125s to maneu ver let a lone rer the riders to sta y vii lOp of he bikes. Bell and Ogden rem a ined the lead ers u nti l Ogd en went dow n at th e to p of the u phill. Rh ya n took seco nd, but Bell had a 40-secon d lead , Palhegyi fin ish ed th ird . Pet e r and T on y Wanket wer e rid in g th e first 125s to finish . Bell a nd Steele got sta rted first in th e seco nd moto to sq uish a ro und the shorten ed track . T he uphill , downhill an d th e gu lly sec t ion had been cu t out. As it was th e rid ers fou nd it next to impossib le to ge t up any slight incline . If th ey happen ed to stall th er e was no c ha nce of getting re -sta rted un less they slid to th e bot tom a nd th en tri ed to get go ing . Steele got arou nd Bell. Bill Cha pi n . r id i ng a C ro wn Cy cle Yamaha , got a bad sta n bu t wor ked his way up to third a nd stayed th<;te for a few laps. Jerry Stewart (Yam) and Pa lhegyi pu shed Chapin back severa l pla ces to fini sh th ird and fourt h . Stee le fini shed th e race a head of Bell, but Bell was credi ted with th e overa l win . Results in Resul ts Section . •