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Western hotline John Nelson leads DeAnz; iSO·Pr.o w inner Danny McDougal. L 24 , Lee Rosenberry o f North 'th ird . The upset came in the last lap-wh en Sh eet s g o t him and g ot h om e fi rs t with Law son second while Mitch Pa yton o f N orco played th e same game with Rosenberry lO come up with th e th ir d . T he second rn ot o had Sheet s lea d ing with La wson d oing the chasing . On th e last lap Lawson grabbed it a way from Sh eets with Ro senberry th ird . In the fin al m oro Lawson got ou t fast and st a yed th ere , holding off a determ in ed S heets wh o rook second overa ll. Ros en berry be at Pa yton b y o ne poi nt for third. T im H oover and Gino Filipp i d id Upland p roud with two win s apiece . It was clea n swee p time for H oove r in both th e 125 and 1;5 Senior goes . In th e 1i5 cla ss the ra ce wa s reall y for the second and third sp ots . Mark Sanch ez o f Norco held off teamm at e Bill J ewett fo r sec ond when J ewett fell lO mech an ical . problem s an d wa s unable to finish . The second rnot o st ill had Sanch ez ho lding in second with Ross Adame of North mov ing up th e ladder from his fifth in th e fir st moto lO third . T he final go sti ll "ad Sanch ez in th e second spot with Adame closin g fast . T ime ran ou t and he had lO settle for third . r Filippi had a ' beaut iful ride in th e 125 Intermediate class as he pick ed up a tripl e with teammate Don H oove r sec o nd a nd Dave Litwin o f N o rco third . T he perfect score was sha ttered in the last moto o f th e 1;5 Intermediates as Filippi a nd Don H oo ver ga ve each o ther mo re trou ble th an anybody else did . H oo ver completely turned th e table o n Filippi as he got o u t first and went for it . Fil ippi was close but close d oesn't cou nt and he ended the nigh t on e rnoto short o f a perfect score but st ill taking the overal l. Joe Sp ecc h io of N orco ca me up third . Rand y Mcintyre of Norco took t he . 500 Intermediate class by sto rm in a class that wa s loaded with problems. Au g ie Gala z of Upland wa s in second pla ce unt il th e last m ot o wh en he DNFd . Reggie Barnes of N orth ca me ba ck a fter a DNF in th e fir st m oto to string tog ether tw o seco nds but it still wasn 't good e no ug h to get him in th e m oney. Bill Br yant of Palm Sp rings was th ird th e fir st m oto but ·DNFd th e next two . It wa s Jon Billott a of N o rco wh o hu ng in· the re a nd his 4-4 -3 was good enough for seco nd a nd No rt h's Bill Ma zza cane with a 5 ·5 ·4 ca me u p wit h th e t h ird . Kenn y Trask of P a lm Springs claimed th e o n ly victo ry for h is sc hool as he won the 250 Int ermed ia tes . Augie Gal az o f Upla nd led th e first m oto to the last la p before T ra sk ca u g h t him to take th e win . T he second mot o sa w Gal az in fro nt fo r o ne lap before Trask go t him to agai n b ring it home in fr om . Roger Paddo ck of North a lso ca ug h t Galaz o n la p two to d rop him to thi rd . T he fina l rnot o had Roge r Pa ddock taking his turn a t t he fro nt of th e pack with Trask in second a nd R egg ie Ba rn es of North in t hird . It was Paddock 's a ll th e wa y. but it was Trask wh o ca me up with th e overall. Pa d d o c k wa s seco n d a nd Barnes th ird . • Results in R esults Sect io n . Three OTHG gangs shoot it out in Las Vegas By Lucious LeRoy LAS VEGAS . NV, APR . 30 -MA Y I The first meeting of th e Southern California , Northern California and La s Vegas Over The Hill Gang chapters happen ed in Las Veg as fo r an in vita tio na l two day even t . T h is was t he first loo k at the Las Vegas cha p te r b y th e lon g esta blishe d California c ha p ters. O n Sa tu rday a sho rt 6. I- m ile desert cou rse was la id o u t north of to wn and a o ne ho u r race was st aged for each class . The first ra ce pit ted t he expert a nd a m a te u r cl asses. The start was an unusual right -angle run do wn into and up over a sandy wash a rea . Crossco u nt ry d esert trails and seve ra l m ore sandwash es m ade up th e remaind er o f the co u rse . Lanky Larry jumped o ut to a q uick lead . But , about 30 seconds behind was Blushing Bill Hill from La s Vegas. Lanky in creased his lead each lap but Bill was not to be denied , O n th e las t lap Larry foul ed a plug . and wh ile in the pits. Blushing Bill sa iled by him lO ta ke th e lead a nd th e c hec kered flag . Pineapple Purdy from Las Vegas took second pl ace aw ay fro m Stu b by St eve. The Am ateu r class . rid ing in the sa me ra ce . was won by Do rk y Dave fr om N orthern Ca lifo rn ia. He m anaged to keep H onky H erb . fro m So u t hern Ca lifo rnia behind hi m th e e nt ire race . H o rn y H owa rd . from Las Veg as . tried . va lia ntly to ca tc h t hem a nd a t th e e nd o nly 30 seco nd s separa te d a ll three . Th e nex t ra ce broug ht the intermedia tes . novices a nd begin ne rs Bob Ramsey (81) jumped int o the first AME 125 Pro moto lead. followed by Andy Jannings (2F) and Jeff Stubblefield (33). The overa ll f in ish saw the order reversed : together. Devil Don fro m Las Vega s managed a fir st pl ac e fi nis h over So ut hern Ca liforn ia rid e r . R ic ke t y R ick . with Bed bug Billy p inning d own th ird in the intermediate cla ss. T he novi ce cl ass wa s swe p t by Southern Califo rnia rid ers Dr oopy Dick and T oilet T om . T he beginner cla ss was won by Go ry Glen (L. V .) wh o rode very stea di ly behind the novices. A few ride rs di scovered a road a bove th e sandwash , whi ch was a very big adva ntage, but they we re caught b y a chec ke r and it got th em set d own three p la ces for their efforts. T he Sunday m ot ocro ss was m oved eas t o f La s Vega s to William s Ra cewa y, N elli s T rack. Just a bo u t th e tim e for th e first motos. th e desert wind paid a visit to make th e track almost impossibl e to keep dust fre e . The first ra ce on the lin e was th e beginner/no vice eve n t . Breaking ou t in fro nt was C .O . D . Ca rl from Las Veg as wh o won both m otos with Co m on c h uc k ( No . Ca lif.) fin ishi ng seco nd with a seco nd in each m oto , Toilet Tom . wit h h is co nsistent 4 -4 finis h too k the th ird pl ace go ld a way fr om J owls J ohn . T he beg in ners aga in were led by Go ry Gl en ove r Lu v-in Lyle . both riders fro m Las Veg as. T he second race was the la rges t fie ld of riders . th e intermedia te class. In the first m oto , De vil Don held off Ka reful Ken , but the second m ot o sa w th e two Las Veg as rid ers exc ha ng e pl aces. The overa ll win we nt lO K areful Ken foll owed by Devil Don with a Southern Ca lifo rn ia r id e r , Fl ake y Fra n k . push ing th em both . bu t sett ling for a th ird . T he a ma te u r and e xpert classes went last . Kr azv Kit . sat o ut hal f the firs t la p of t he fi'rst mo to a nd passed a ll but tw o of th e-field . He won th e last m o w to g r ab first ove ra ll in th e a mate u r class. Dork y Dave . fro m N orthern Cal ifo r n ia -held o ff Dazzling Da ve ( L. V . ), with a 2-2 fini sh versus Da ve's 1·5 fini sh . The fina l cla ss. th e expe rts . were led in th e fir st m ot o by Lanky Larry. wh o got a bad sta rt in the seco nd rno to but m anaged to ca tc h and pass Absurd AI to ta ke a 1·1 fo r th e ove ra ll. Ab surd AI went 2 -2 for a second place. Repu lsive R a y. a Northern Ca lifo rn ia mem be r , got a 3 ·3 a nd thi rd ove rall. • Resu lts in Resul ts Secti on . Consistent McDougal wins DeAnzaMX By Ron Lawson SU N N YME AD . CA . MAY 15 The g loo my weather didn't SlO p DeAnza Cycle Park from bringing in a stro ng tu rn out o f MX enthusiasts. The biggest cro wd of, t h« d a y was in th e 250 Pro cla ss. Dann y McD ou g al (Suz ). Keit h Pallen (Ya m) and J ohn Nel so n (Suz) dash ed. in a head -on co nfronta tio n fo r th e m on ey in th at class, When t he smo ke c1ean :d . McD o u!(al was on to p wirli co nsiste ncy a s hi s rn a jor ass et . ") In moto o ne. Doug McGowen (Suz . r ipped o u t of th e hole in c lear co m ma nd . Pall e n and McD ougal WIT/' d ose be hin d . but Nelson had his work cu t o u t for him . bei ng way back ;-" l z t h , Th e top th ree riders [lew arourid the track in close fo rmation for the - Fi rst few la ps. McGowe n m a in ta ined the lead u n til. o n t he t hird lap. he twiste d his a nkle . whic h p ut him ou '\ [or the rest, of t he ra ce . Pa llen the n had t he lead , and he was determi ned to hold on to it , in sp ite o f a ha rd c ha rg ing McD o uga l. Fo r the ne xt 10 la ps. th e two riders we n' close e no ug h to rea ch out a nd tou ch one a nother. . McD oug a l re lentlessl y pressured his o p po nent . b ut Pat te n wasn 't a bo ut -to let him by . By t he 13 th lap . McD ougal was gelling desperate . So . in an unsu ccessful ga m ble . he tried to get a ro u nd Patt en o n a n ar row sect io n of tilt' tra ck . li e went d ow n an d d ro pped to third place . b UI was a ble to re pass Ken Tay lo r ( Ya m) be for e th e chcc kc n -d flag . Af u-r a lo ng . hard foug ht race , Ni-lson fi nished fourthf It w a s in the n ext rn or o th at Nelson !(ot his n'wn);:e , Ill' j u m ped in to th e' lead an d . de spi te :'>lcDougal' s best effo rt s, stayed th e re . Behind those two . Pall en had his hand s full hold ing o ff Taylo r. After ('il(lll la ps. Patr e n hegan to tire a nd k-t T a ylo r slip by . h u t he ke p t fo urt h a ll th e way to the line . In the overa ll sco res. McD ilUg a l ca rn e out a hea d wii h a ~ -2 score whi ll Ne lson too k second fo llowed by Pall e n and Tay lor .