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Motocross is a little different in Washington. Here four riders take different lines through one of Washougal's turns. (Above) Mike Curoso attempts in vain to get under Alan Christian in a heat race won by Larry Shaw (not shown). (Below) Steve Bast chases brother Mike in the last heat. " \ 34 po ints, were tied for fourth . Steve Gresham , having his troubles adjusting to the smaller tracks, picked up eight points and tied with Paul Orlandi for fifth. Four riders ended with seven points and tied for sixth: Dennis Robinson , Marty Ben ck, Bruce Penhall and Alan Ch ristian . The juniors had three heats and a main. Lance King took his heat and came ba ck to show the rest of the juniors how to do it in th e main. Steve Luc ero was second with Ron 'Kirby in th ird . Ed Ingles starte d on the outside a nd work ed his way up to second befor e dropping bac k to fou rth . • Result s in Results Secti on ." Ups and downs for Dimeo, Gregson at ,W asho'u gal MX By Jan Newman WASHOUGAL , WA ,JULY 10 The 125 Pros put on a great show at Washougal's motocross. Moto one found Ron Dimeo shooting out in front on th e scratch with Mark Gregson , ' Br ian Hall , Pa t J acobson , Gary Racca , Bill Joyce and Jace Craun charging right out with him. Before the end of the first lap Jacobson , slipped to nearly last place and in the second lap Gregson also maneuvered his way backwards to 10th. Hall ran second for a couple of laps but began to lose ground as Racca and Joyce moved up to ' challenge Dimeo. Gregson 'moved up to jo in the trio in the late laps . These four ran the final laps so closely that the least mistakes could change the whole lineup at any time. Racca found th is out as he tried to pass Dimeo on,ly to have his spot taken over by Joyce. Dimeo. earned o;very inch of his win. The second moto involved the same four up front with a different shuffle . and only slightly more room between them : Dimeo led off again but , Gregson took over on the second lap to lead the rest of the way. Jacobson fared better this time with a fifth place finish . The overall win went to Dimeo; in second was Gregson; Joyce and Racca rounded out the top four . In the 250 Pro class Gregson was where hs usually rides - up front for the entire race. Tim Michlitsch held a firm second in the first ra ce until one of many gremlins struck him and he d rop ped to last place for the fin ish . Dimeo was second ahead of Cla y Azar who worked up from a middl e of the pack start. Wh en the second 250 moto started the re was a patch of mud from a brok en water pipe nea r the thi rd turn. The du st surrounding the middle of the pack obscured it and a bit of sli di ng around res ulte d . Da rryl Zum stein's foot wj.s lodged between th e wheel and the swingarm on Robby Clark's Yama ha. His ankl e appeared to be broken. On the restart it was Gregson , Michlitsch and Jacobson all tire way to the flag . Dim eo hit the slick spot on th e resta rt . He and his bike both shot up and out of the pa ck like a banana squeezed out of th e peel. He got up in last place and rode a fantastic race to finish fifth . Gregson led the first lap and Barney Newman took over and held the lead for th e rest of the race . Gr egson moved up from last to second behind Newman. The second mota found Newman out front but Gregson almost pulled a repeat. Bru ce Clark held second and event ua lly was dropped to third in his sec o nd pro , appearance . Gregs on regained his lost ground faste r this tim e and it was Newman's turn to goof, as he led until the last corne r. Newman cu t inside to preven t Gregson from slipping under him , Gregson hit th e berm on th e outside, which gave him a shot out of the comer that put him in front by about two inches at the flag . • Results in Results Section. Reimers strike for three at Fox Hollow MX By Charles Iken WOODBURN, OR, JULY 3 Oregon Old Timer Elmer 'Reim er brought his trusty 400 , Yamaha and his son David along with his 125 Yamaha and they won four classes unofficially and three classes officially for a good day's ' racing. First Elmer Reimer started th e da y by taking an easy win in the first moto of the old timers and corning in second " overall in the combined old timer and Open Junior moto. In the second mote he bear both the old timers and the Open Juniors in .the combined mota. But, the second mota was marred by mud. ' Only one of the five Open Junior class riders completed the final moto. All three of the old timers completed the mota and all three beat the surviving Open Junior. Nice race for Jim Ormsby, Robin Constance both aboard Yams and overall winner Elmer . Dave Reimer took the overall in the 125 Pro class with a 2-1 score. David also won the 250 Pro class. In the 250 Junion, Frank Cornelison (Suz) had a good ride for the day . He was followed in by another fast "Reimer, this time Dale (Yam). • Results in Results Section. Lesniewski, Shults win at Plymouth $2400 MX By John Therriault PLYMOUTH, CA ,JULY 3-4 S.V .5 , promotions presented their two- day motocross affair at Plymouth Raceway with a $2 ,400 Pro purse. The sportsmen ride rs rode two motos on Sunday and one on Monday aft ernoon. S.V .S. paid $100 for the first place rider, per moto, as /well as $100 for _first overall. If a rider took ' back-toback wins he would collect $300. The stage was set for some very exciting racing. Some riders complained that the track was too short. The reason for this was to keep the dust down. Even with two water trucks, in drought-stricken Northern California , the ground would soak it up fast . S.V.S. did a good job of keeping the track watered. , Rick Woodson (Suz) pulled a holeshot in the first 125 Expert moto, with Jim Lesniewski (Suz) on his rear fender. Scott Karl (Suz) running in third place. • Lesniewski was trying to find an opening to get by Woodson, but Woodson was determined to hold on to the lead. Karl dropped out with mechanical problems and spectated the rest of the day . Tim Worth (Suz) moved his way up from the middle of the pack, to take over third spot and C was closing on the leaden. Lesniewski . crashed trying to pass Woodson for the lead, about halfway through the moto. This opened .the door for Worth, who took over second spot and on next lap, he passed Woodson for the lead. Worth motored on to the first mota win. Woodson took second place with Lesniewski trailing in third and Dana Waxham on his tail for fourth . Donny Cantaloupi, (Yam) after a bad start, finished fifth . . In the second moto, Lesniewski got the holeshot and was never challenged for the lead. Woodson dropped out early in the race. Worth was running third, before his Suzuki went sour on the third lap. He tried to continue, up until his motor would not let him ' go any further. Cantaloupi got off the line better this time and moved to second at the halfway point, It looked like he was going to be able to put some pressure on Lesniewski for the lead. It never happened, as la pped riders slowed him down .