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.._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. Western hotlin~l .. Confused . I 'r." II . I r. "" . Johanna Stene rson got really stylish in the 250 Intermediates at Saddle back Saturday.MX Sept. 10. A f irst moto crash ke pt her down in the standings. . about where to buy Cycle'Ne~s r Avoid the 'ups and dovvns, .vve deliver. --------- I I I SUBSCRIBE NOW! MAIL TO: CYCLE NEWS. 2201 Cherry Ave. Long Beach. CA 90801 or call (213) 427-,7433 CYCLE NEWS 11 year) : $15. 0 50 ISSUES CYCLE NEWS 1 years) 2 27. 0 100 ISSUES CYCLE NEWS 13 years). . 37.50 0 150 ISSUES I I I I I I I I • _ 26 Thi~::s~:;:;~.~~.~.~~.~~.~. ~ ~~.~~.~~i.~~. 0 Please bil"ne ; , .. . .. .. .. .. .. I enclose check or money order 0 ,. .. 0 Name (Please print legibly) Address City _State Please f,lI in yOUr complete account ZIP n~mber I I I I I I I I I I I and card expirat,on date below: 'illL ~ • • Card expires Date of this order Th~ ISSue' of the card ldenfl fled on th iS Item IS au thQf lled to pay the amount shown as TOTAL upon ptope, pt'Henla , IOn I promise to pr;- such TOTAL ltogerhet with any uttlef chat'ges d~ 'hef@On 1 ......... ............. . .. \ . subfect to and In eccoeceeee "9""""0'" Signature ' w,Ih rho goy,..;,..;." 9 ttse u.. o'~hc¥d. _ , four different divisions, plus a Powder Puff class . . , Speedway 117 goes on an, every other week schedule for the Fall and Winter, Next race will be September 21' with all summer season awards being presented at intermission and a party, ~th a band, to follow after the racing IS completed. • Results in Results Section. lannings, Shoemaker claim wins at AME night MX By lee Taylor ,/ I I I 1 I I I I I I I .. • / Aaron Bassett was an easy w inner in th e Summer Series 250 Pro class. Ric Secor were "II . bunched two points apart for third place. When it .was over, Carter had bested Lynas by one position . The 125 Juniors had a total of 156 riders during the series and the 250 ' Juniors matched 123 riders. It was just like the old days with 50 500 Juniors battling it out. Wes Ma ine (Suz) was almost unbeatable until late season and coasted to an easy first over late closing Craig Infeld (KTM) . Three outstanding new Interrnedi ate riders on Yamaha - Don Fuller in the 125s, Skip Wamsley in the 250s and Frank Duran in the 500s won championships. 125 Pros produced the best battle, with Yamaha -mounted Terry Shekell topping last year's champ John Tessitore. . N ew pro Tony Gomez served notice of things to come with a fine third after m oving u p in midseason. Da ve Gerig had it all his way in the 50Ds. New 500 Pro Ch ris Cha ffee had a wh irlw ind three straight win st reak , which b rou g ht him in second in th e final st andings ; and since he was onl y two po in ts back in tlte intermedia tes when he moved up, he still finished third in that division for the year! Sp eedway 117 initiated the 3,W h ee ler AT C races this year and .p rod u ced some interesting res ults ~it h former rno rocrosser Mark Weixeldorfer being upset in the final race of the season fo r the championship . by newcomer Gary Brown . O ver 100 different riders ):.. c~mpeted .Ior the , lOP boncrs.dnjhe - VALENCIA, CA , SEPT. 9 Andy]annings (Yam·Bill'Krause) took the overall win in the 500 Pros in what had to be one of the cliff hangers of all times. Dave Haugh took th e lead in the first mota with Kurt' Bledsoe right behind him , Ken Zahrt (Bu l) in th ird and Jannings running fourth. H augh managed to stretch ou t a nice lead for himself as a tight race for thi rd developed between J annings , Steve Kelso and Dean Taylor (Mon- Viva Dist .). Zahrt had started to close on Haugh and was right on top of him . Bledsoe moved into third and held his position through the end of the moto , The second time off the line , Jannings took control with Bledsoe in second , Haugh running ' third arid Zahrt in fourth . Zahrt, moving up fast , took over third with Bledsoe fighting to hold him off. When the winning checkered flag came out, J annings flew across the line for top m oney in his class, Bledsoe to ok second overall and third went to Zahrt. For the 250 Pros, Mike Shoem~ker (Ya m-Shoemaker & Int. M IG) led the pack up the hill at the start of the first mota, on his way to the overa ll win . ~aul I.:ane (~am -DG) was hold ing in tight In second p la ce wit h Andy Jannings in third and Ernie Hendricks running fourth. Shoemaker and .Lane had a d uel for first th at continued down to the wire, Jannings a nd Hendricks had tlfeir own ba ttle going for third with Jannings holding third to the end of the moto. T he second time out, ' H a ug h took over after a considerable a mount of .'.ut!o.\l_b l~,,~n.•!lis fi~~ . t!lPSo, $hpeJ'l!a,ker u