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Mike McGhee (558 ) le a d s the o ther 125 Juniors at Desert Wheels . (Con tin ued f ro m pag e 2 7) Burgess takes expert win at Edwards By Ray Harris , EDW A RDS . CA . MAY 15 Beca use of a light tu rnou t a t th e Desert Wheels MX . th e minis ran to gether . giving some very qu ick interm edi ate riders a cha nce to sho w th eir a bility aga ins t th e M in i Experts . Expert Erik Kehoe won th e first mo to and p la ced high en ough in the, second to take first e".pert. Mini iru er rnediare Mark C la rk finish ed first overa ll in the second m o to a nd wa lked away with first int erm ediate. Mik e C lark dominated the 50cc Mini cycle class with a grandslam win o n his 50cc Indian. T h e 100 c c I nt e rm edi a t e class provided some of th e best 'act io n of th e d ay. The three intermediate riders ( Ma rk J owyk . J eff H a r ris. a nd Kooki e Bur r is ) werc " a ll De se rt \Vh e e ls m ember s a nd co m pe ted fo r a single trophy. In th e first m ot o , Jowyk pu lled a hol esh o t with H a r ris a nd Burris back in the pack . By lap two. th e three int ermediat es were o ut in fro m a nd they maintained the sa m e posit ions to th e checkere d fla g Uowyk . Burris. a nd H arris). In th e second rnot o . Burris go t th e holcshot , Ha rri s was in second. and J owyk wa s ba ck in th e pa ck . By lap two . Burris. H arris. and J owyk we re purr in g d ista nce o n th e ' ot her 100s. Wirh two laps to go . what looked like a m ot o win a nd an overall win fo r Burr is was h alted b y a se pa ra ted gas lin e . Harris held th e lead ove r J owyk to th e end. but j owyk's 1-2 finishes were good eno ug h for a first o vera ll. . The experts a ll came to th e sta rting lin e together for 12 laps on the sho rt ened co u rse , Eddie .Co nza les (01'''0 Exp ert) was fir st off th e lin e with Tom Burgess (250 Ex pert) rig ht with him . T he action cont inued wheel to wh eel for five laps wh en Burgess p icked a choice in sid e lin e in a tu rn a nd s hut Go uz a les off . B urg ess st ret ched out his new lead for a n "asy win . Go nza les wen t do wn ha rd o n lap eig h t a nd was hit by another rider, H ,' wa s t ak en t o th e h osp it al an d information was rela yed back that he had su ffered a crac ked rib . George Faber ( 125 Expert ) roll ed in with a first in rnoto number o ne and foll owed that up with a seco nd in m ot o two for first ove ra ll. Tom Burgess re pea ted his firs t m o to perfo rmance in the second mo to fo r a g ra nd sla m win . Both Faber a nd Burgess ride for Lancast er Yam ah a . Rounding o ut t he expe rt class was J ack St o nesifer as first O pen Expert . • Results in Results Secti on . Bell remains un- defeated at SSM By Danny Raymond .. Hi Sierra MX Classic A.M.E. May 29 Bishop, Calif_ ~ New improved course with starting gate . AME Double Points ~ • 30% Trophies - all classes • Free overnig ht camping • Gates open 6:30 - Race 9:00 • Sportsme n $8 Ma il, $10 Post . Pros $15 Mail. $20 Post • $ 15 payback . Non·members $2 extra. Spectators $2 Send entries to : Gordon Spoor, 186 W illow St., Bishop, CA 93514 Info: 714-872·7111 days DC's blazing hot Mike Bell con tinued his winning streak by tak ing fir st Open Pro. Bell has won a SSM Pro class nine times'this vea r a nd has never been bea ten o nce as wel l. During rnot o o ne Bel l q uickly m ade his wa y from a po or sta rt to work - past SIeve Rh yan ( KT M) . Luke Messer ( Mai) a nd Ma rk Rodm a n (Mai) to ta ke ove r th e lead a nd t he moto win . Rodm an a nd Messer held o n to second a nd th ird whil e Gr eg Bla ckw ell m ad " his way to fourth aft er Rh yan was forced o ut with bik e problems. Rodman again o pened up at th e sta rt of the secon d m ot o but this lim e Bell was st uc k to his rear fen d er. A fter some hea vy di cin g . Bell mad e his wa y pa sl Rodman a nd walked o u t int o oj co mfo rta b le lea d . Rodm an . in trouble wh en his handleb ars slid do wn 10 th e 101' of his tank slowed to fou rt h after Dou g Boyd (Suz ) a nd St eve Ra uso n (Ya m) buzzed pa st. Me anwhi le Ho nda 's W arren Reid m ade a clean swee p O U l of th e 250 Pro d ivison a boa rd his Type I I ra cer. Re id took th e firs t rnoro win whil e Yam a ha m ount cd Joh n Atw ood m oved int o second . Co It' Bro t he rs' C lark J on es locked up second overal l after taki ng th e secon d spo t away from At wood duri nl?; the fina l bout. • Res ults in Resul ts Section . (Contin ued on pag e J5) v 714-873-4811 nights AME 213-881-5778 ORA['IGE . CA . MA Y 14 Directions: 395 t o Bishop, Le ft turn a t first signa l. Follow s ig ns ~L.~~ Bultaco Maico Ossa KTM! 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