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(; DIll 2 s ~ g ttO') ,...... 1.0 ,...... l-o V .D S v w > 0 '" w z '" s a:: 0 Z a:: CD >- CD l: 0 :I: 0. Peter Wanket picked a pack of 125 Pros BX Patti Trotter ORANGE. CA . NOV. 6 Malcolm McCassy's Captain's Anchorage sponsored 100cc Pro , $500 purse race was the hit of the CMC Saddleback day. 20 As the hundreds blasted off the gate Mark Lawrence pegged the holeshot with Willy Simons (Yam) right on his tail. Mitch Mushgrave (H on) was locked in third until Gregg Toyama yanked the position away . Jeff Ward whipped his Su zuki into fourth at the finish . The second moro had Gregg Toyama go for an early lead onl y to have Brett Meyer sneak by. and by the end of the first lap Mark Law rence had the lead. Simons filled the second slot when Meyer dropped out of th e action. FMF teammates Toyama and Ward sewed up the three /four positions. First place was good for $160. After all three classes of 100's had been run, the bikes were checked to make sure they were legal. There was only one d isqualification . for a 110 Su zuki . Rick Johnson (Ya m) and Phillip Lucidi (Su z) were the top winners in the Intermediate and Junior class. Each were awarded a six foot tall trophy. Jim Gibson was the man to beat in t he Open class . Jim and second place rid er Marty Moates (Hus) spent the ent ire fourteen laps eating each other's dust . David Williams (Mai) rode the entire race in an uncontested third . Messer and Messer (Mai). Luke and Bob . were next . Robert Marino (Yam) took over fifth until bike problems slowed him , then Dal e Anderson moved in . He was working on Messer when the heat seized his piston. It was now Ron Tebbs' (H us) turn to ride in the ill-fated number five slot. Jim Gibson not only got the holeshot in th e second moto , he totally wasted the co m p e ti t io n. Luke Messer . Anderson , Williams. Moates and Marino spent _ the first six laps together. Anderson went out with a blown base seal. Williams whisked by Messer for second. Moates left Messer with Marino. Gibson . Will iams and Moates took the largest share of th e payback. Monte McCoy was off the line first to start the 250 Pro action. Ron Turner had the lead by the end of the first lap. Scott Gillman (Ya m) was second with McCoy and Bob Elliott next. Gillman got th e lead away from Turner but lost it when both went down in a tight turn. Elliott escaped th e crash and went on for the win . McCoy stayed with him . Turner and Gillman fin ished next. Turner took the holeshot in th e second moto. Elliott had second with Gillman and McCoy next. Turner commanded the race for .fou r laps until Elliott flew by. Turner, McCo y. Gillman and Tim Lunde were next. Elliott took home the $160 overa ll money. The 125 number one plate was up for grabs. David Taylor made it around to become parade master in the first mota. Cliff Lett was next . Jeff Ward (FMF), Terry Shekell (Yam), Ron Turner (FMF) and Lenny Giger (Suz) were all going for th e lead. Peter Wanket and Randy Hess were back in the pack. On the second lap Lett swooped Taylor for the lead . Mechanical failure gave Cliff last place for this moto. Taylor re-took the forward ground . Wanket and Hess had moved up in the pack. picking off riders in their quest. On the ba ck stretch Randy Hess stopped dead, his Honda was finished . Taylor, Ward and T u rn er had the top slots . When the white flag came out. Wanket was fourth , and by the end of the race he was second. Taylor again went for an early lead in the second moto. Lett rod e second with Ward and Bob Stem (Ya m) next. Shekell, Wanket and Turner followed. On the eighth lap Taylor bit th e dust and Lett took over. Wanket work ed -his way up to second. Peter waited until the last lap was nearing com pletion. then blew by Cliff for the win . Stem. Ward. Turner. Pat Hubbs and Steve Shippy (DG) crossed nex t. Peter Wanket not only won t he overall. he has the CMC number on e plate. Results MINI EXPERT: 1. Chris Morey IS uzl. MINI INT: 1. Mark Toyama lVam). MINIJR : 1. Vaun Butler IS UlI. 2. Scott Bullard ISuzl, 3. Randy ltow ISUl). 100 PRO: 1. Mark lawTence (Yaml. 2. Willy Simons IVam). 3. Gregg Toyama IVaml. 100 INT: 1. Rick Johnson IVaml. 2. Steve Cobbett ISuzl, 3. Lance Lawson ISUlI. 500 PRO: 1. Jim Gibson lBasl. 2. David Williams IMail.3. MartY MoateslHusl. 500 INT: 1. Matt Carter IVaml. 2. Mark Mohs ICSCI. 3. Steve Walker (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Jimmie Roy (Mail, 2. James Kenny (Mail. 3. Bob PereiralMail. 250 PRO: 2. Robert Elliott lSuzJ. 2. Ron Turner IFMFl. 3. Monte McCoy IVaml. 250 INT: 1. Ted VanOenRaadt IVaml. 2. Darrell Brown (Mai). 3. Scon Kinnier (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Mike Burnett (Mail. 2. Orian Moore C Suz), 3. Robert Sheldon ISUlI. 125 PRO: 1. Peter Wanket IVoml. 2 . Jeff Ward IFMFl. 3. Ron Turner IFMFl. . 125 INT: 1. Bret Catcott lOG} 2. Rick Johnson lVaml. 3. Toy Hoyt lVom). 125 JR: 1. Jeff Bottoma ISUl). 2. Bill Cro.. IS UlI. 3. Keith Draper (Yam). (A bove left' Jim Gibson leads M arty Moates during a CMC Open Pro battle. (Abovel" Flyin' Brian" Antonacci (251 finished third at the NMA Fall Serie s finale. Franco takes two at NMA final finale By Brian George VALENCIA. CA , OCT. 30 Indian Dunes played host to the final round of the four-race National Minicycie Association Winter National series. The guys from "mid pack" blasted out in front and blew off the series class leaders. All of the motes were tight and actionpacked, but the biggest surprises came in the run-offs. With the totals of points earned up to this race tallied. not one class leader won one of today's run-offsl The 0-83cc Stock Novice. 12 and Over class was the first run-off of the day, and here is how the qualifying went to get there. One huge class of 33 riders lined up for the first moto. Louie Franco was in there at the start, and put on a great ride for the first moto win . Following were Robbie Moore, Zoli Meszaros , Danny Ramirez and Mark Chikasawa. The top 18 went on to the finals , so each rider had to come out hard in the next run . Mark Chikasawa blasted out in front at the sta rt. and never looked back. Danny Ramirez put on the pressure, but just couldn't match the efforts of Ch ikasawa. David Berlin ran in third the entire race and p icked up a transfer spot as well . Kevin Brewis , Moore , Troy Allen and Franco followed. In the run-off. the hottest rider had to be Franco. Running fourth in the standings , Franco was out to pick up the two po ints he needed to tie for the overall lead. Tom Pelle grabbed the holeshot into the first turn. pressured all the way by Franco. In third . Danny Ramirez and Alan Lucas were having a difference of opinion as to who would rule the show spot. Lucas pulled alongside of Ramirez. then shot past on the next turn . At the end of the three-lap race, Pelle held off Franco by a bikes's length . and Lucas remained in th ird. Qualifying motos of the 0·83cc Modified Intermediate 12 and Over class went to Pat McConnell and Omar Greco. In the first qualifying class , David Barberio pulled through the first turn ahead of McConnell and David McGhee . Mark Tomaselli qu ickl y joined the front of the pack, but no one could get by one another and the positions held throughout t1 ie rnoto. The second time out, Tomaselli ran off with the win, followed by McConnell. Barberio and McGhee. These four. along with Eric Baker. moved into the run-off. rb Tom Wilson shot off the line in the second qualifying class. followed lly Billy Hill. Robbie Brown and Nick Athanes. The front four held their positions, with Richard Ising following. On the drop of the second gate. Omar Greco. who ran sixth ih the first mota. took off with the lead. No one matched his speed and he ~oh easily. Jammin' John Looney we~t crazy in the race trying to catch Greco, but had to settle for second, followed by Ising, Tibbs McCollough, ana Looney and Little transferred . W In the run-off, Tom Wilson sho~d In the run-off. Tom Wilson show'ei! the entire field that he can run faster than all of . them. He grabbed the holeshot and spent the entire moto stretching it out. Robbie Brown, Sean Gilboy, David McGhee and Eric Balt& followed for the three laps, none ab fe to progress any further , Positions well the same at the finish . n 0·83cc Mod ified Novices. 12 ani! .O ver were next in the run-off line. Thirty-seven riders went out in tw'o classes to try for a spot in the fina l. Only 18 made it . To get there. Kurtis Wilder, Kerri Paulsen, Mark Russel and Robert Berry put together two fine rides and went in the top five fro rit th e first class. In the second claSs , David Berlin totally dominated tile competition and went into the run-off with a I -I . Allen Lucas followed in second with Tom Pelle. Jesse Bushong. and David Ramirez on his tail. -f Louie Franco came back in the ru rioff to take his second class final today. Kerri Paulsen and David Berlin went the distance trading elbows and handlebars. Mark Russell kept thefIt honest as he pushed the top three for the three laps . but a pass could not be completed with the heavy fighti ng going on up front . These positiorts held at the end of the race. Qualifying for the 0·83cc Modified Expert 12 and Over class was done i'n the 12th race of the day . In the first wave . Steve Schmitz put together two beautiful first place rides to transfer. along with John Whelchel , Flyin' Bryan Antonacci , Gary Adams a nd Steve Postiewaite, The second wave was taken by A.J. Whiting. Pressuring him for the num ber one transfer sJ>ot (Continued on page 22) .,