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MICKEY BOONE --- Rich Volk captured the south Bay Park short track. 'num ber two spot '!as shared by Randy Liebig (250 A) , Ron Storey (Open A, 0/35) and Rudy Lisardi (O pen A) who were all two seconds off a t the tiebreaker, John Schultz (Open A) : wh o has been riding impressively this year, did everything perfectly, including zeroing the tiebreaker and all 'checks until the ' fin ish . There he miscalculated the time and pulled into home check one minute early which penalized him two points. • , Results pending. o . ") Shekell wins again atSouth8ay By Chuck Burris CHULA VISTA. CA ,jULY I!l It was another big turnout for CMC MX at South Bay and another overall win for 125 Pro rider Terry Shekell . Terry started -0 (' , T. , out the first rnoto with the holeshor and a quick ride for the win . Nelson Whitehill was second while flashy Corki Moore took third. John Tessitore filled the last position due to a pinched fuel line. In the second rnoto , Tessitore , riding a DG Honda . was ready and just burned it all t he way for the win with Shekell second and Corki Moore third. 250 Pro rider Aaron Bassett, r idi ng for Competition Cycles, raced his KTM to another overall win and continues to lead the Summer Series. In the 125 Intermediates Don Fuller (Suz ) was cooking and took the overall. In lots of three-wheeler action , Ma rte Matte won th e powder puff d ivision with a couple of great rides. • Results in Results Sect ion . Volk returns to South8ayST By Chuck Burris CHULA VISTA , CA ,JULY 16 Rich Volk was back at South Bay. In the first moto of the 250 Pros Volk got the holeshot and cooked it all the way for the win . Monte Roberts filled the second position and Jeff Allison could never get around. As Roberts and Allison came out of the last tum on' the last lap they tangled and Allison went down, h aving to finish la st. In the second moto, Allison, riding for Shell Racing Specialties. got the holeshot. Vo lk fou led a plug and was fill ing the last position. Allison never let up and took an easy win . Volk finallv got going but only managed a fourth. Roberts again was second. The third moto - an eight lap event - saw Volk leave with the, Winner of the 250cc -Support Class at the USGP . holeshor , Allison sucking his wh eel. Unable to get by , Allison had to sett le for 'second while Roberts this time filled the third position. In the 500 Pro division Earl Roloff took the first win with Jim McMurren and John Garcia behind, but in the second moto Garcia , was wa rm ed up and ready when the flag d ropped. Garcia cooked it all the way fo r the win , Roloff second and McMurren th ird . In the thi rd mota it was the same story - another win for Garcia giving him the overall win . • Results in Results Section. Rainey and Jones top Corona crowd . By Elaine Jones CORONA , CA . JULY 13 Wayne Rainey and Matt James went home with the money wins Wednesday night in some close racing at Corona Raceway. The Money TT saw Mike Minnig o'ff in first with James in second. On lap two James went underneath Minnig in the hairpin tum to take over the front position. Minnig came back strong though and pressured J ames at every turn. As the checkered came out Minnig in a hard drive out of tum four had the back end break loose , James brought it home for the win . Min nig had to settle for second with Richard Cunningham th ird. Wayne Rainey got - another of h is explosive starts to take the lead in the Money Half Mile, Matt James on his newly acquired Triumph was right there behind him in second with Dylan Neihart third ' a n d Mike, Minn ig fourth . The two way duels were on , with Rainey and James going at it for the number one spot and Neihart and Minnig battling for third . The outcome was split as Rainey held off James for the win and Minnig took Neihart when Neihart's rear tire went flat. . The I25cc Amateur/Expert TT was a match ' r a ce between Bo bby Garabedian and Steve Griffiths . Both riders were hitting the finish line almost dead even with a slight edge going to Garabedian. On the white flag lap both riders made a banzai charge that caused both rid ers to fall in the hairpin . The scramble to restart was on . Garabedian was a little faster. and got it home first , ahead of Griffiths. The I25 cc Amateur/Expert Half Mile was another see-saw battle wit h Bruce He iland and Bobby Garabedian the main cha racters . Garabedian got the lead off the line and held it for four laps until He iland took it away. Heiland almost ca m e up with the whole ball of wax but he didn't figure Garabedian would come from behind and Bobby had enough extra horsepower to nip Heiland at the line. Kirk Johnson came from Jast to pick up the third. Dylan Neihart and Joe Steffen shared the 250cc honors. Neihart topped a nine man field on the half . mile with a flawless ride that saw him lead wire to wire. Steffen locked into second place with J ohn Lundgren taking the sho w spot. The same held true for Steffen on the TT. Joe felt at home on the twisty track, he started out fast and never looked back. Richard Trait and Matt James were a distant second and third . The Open Amateur/Expert TT was a battle of the tall boys as Dave Peters and Pat Dobbins, both - Triumph AT LAST, A GOGGLE THAT SEALS TO THE FACE! • EXClUSIVE lEVER ACTION ST RAP BRA CKET . .Is the.ott tece cU5hion.05t the t.ca. - Fo.m fillered air flow eIicninIln dust in the goggle. M...,. color c:ombInIItioM ft" .a.bIe. 'eFiw d iHerenl modetI indude fK If'Ig. ~ult. chdd '. andover -m.paes Sfyies. 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