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---_._---------------------- IAbove) The 83cc Stock Juniors get underway. Winner Danny Sanchez (92) leads Steve Fernandez (701. Roy Gomez (0681 and Bill Bowen. (Below) Andy Ellis holds off Frank Darr. Wh en a habit costs money - it 's called a hob by ha lf mi le over a fas t-closin g Doro t hy Rowe , came off the line on top wit h Fortune and Charlie Summers in hot pursuit. Eddie Lawson , aboard Tod d Brown 's 250 , more than had his work cu t out for h im against the big 750s ; still , he was running fourth . The second lap saw the top four bunch up tighter than ticks on a blood hou nd as they entered turn th ree. 'Vhen th ey exi ted turn four , Fort u ne had slipped L nder Volk and Laws on ha d followed u suit on Summers to place them in the fi r st and third spots re spect ively. Shawon Leipold was also quick to take advantage o f a situ ation and d ropped Summers to fifth . The th ird lap saw Fortune unleash the Harley horsepower and pull away from th e field while Scott Dinkins moved to fi fth with Danny Perkins moving up behind him two laps later. When th e c h e cke r ed flag c a m e out it was Fortune, Volk, Lawson and Leipold (who went home with their pockets a little bit full er. The Money short track was Eddie Lawson's from start to finish. Scott Dinkins was second off the line but •Danny Perkins went blowing by on the fifth lap. Dinkins did not give up the spot for lack of abilit y, but rather •mechanical problems that took h im ou t. Terry Singleton was more than happy to take over third and the y fin ished in that order. , Bobby Garabedian finally had the gods on h is side as he cap tu red the 125 Amateur/Expert short track and half m ile. Bobby has nev er lacked speed or talent , but something has always gone wrong with his bike. This was his night with wir e-to-wire vict ories over Chris Cannon and Tommy 'Valton on the short track and Mike Redding and 'Valton on the half mil e . Results in Results Section. Sanchez'scores at AMEYouthMX By Judy Greenberg (VALENC IA , CA , OCT. 28 A smooth 1-1 ride brought Dan(ny Sanchez (Verdugo Hills Suz .) the overall for the 83cc Stock 12 and over Juniors at A.M .E. Youth Division's Fr iday n ight ra ces at Indian Dunes. Steven Sedillo (Cross Up ) took an early lead in the first mota, with S teel Shoe $45.0 0 51 1,10 $,1 .00 T -S nu t $ -1.0 0 Boo.. f50.00 Se-es G to 13 U I.....ll a tl l . A l l P I jCC~ p l u S C .O.U . & P ost a ce * Ban k e P IP es Sc a ts. * P lI ll o tH . Mo t o r cv c tc co ve r s, D l';c OrJkes . W tlC(:IS. Hu bs . So. oc ce t s m c»c & A l so ev erything f o r Spe edway Sanchez hanging on his rear wheel , look ing ' for a way around . As they a pp ro ac hed th e esses, Sanchez made his move . Bobby Simons took the inside of the sweeper to get around Roy Gomez, th en proceeded to work on Sedillo. It was a hardy battle until Simons went underneath Sedillo in th e north berm and took over second. Simons then closed the gap on Sanchez, but the flag called Sanch ez for the mota win . The second time, Sanchez charged to an immediate lead , and th en gained ground with eac h lap . Sedillo had Gomez breathing down his pipe . When Sedillo swung too wid e in th e sweeper , Gomez shot by on th e inside . As Sedillo tried to catch Gomez, Simons roared by , fu ll throttl e, heading downhill , and moved closer to Gomez. The flag was ou t for Sanchez, but it was a surprised Gomez, wh o a foot from th e flag , wat ch ed Simons whiz by for second. In th e firs t mota of th e Junior Cycle Experts, Eddie Hicks pressed early leader , Buddy Duma , until he had the lead . Hi cks picked up ground with each lap for the mota win. Gary Szilagyi kept the heat on Duma, and got by on th e downhill sweeper to fin ish second . Duma took charge in the secon d mota , with Don Feeley close behind . Hi cks had a lat e start out of th e gate, but m oved into third by the tower turn . As he accelerated after Feel ey, his bike stalled , costin g him a cha nce for a not her win. Feeley was running hot, and captured the le ad from Duma. H icks came through for a fourth , behind Jim Ford. The overalls went to Dumo and Hicks . Results in Results Section . ,,~ 17 14 ) 735 ·0540 MAE L Y ENTS .. Rt. 2. 80. 758 R5JO Bedford Mtr Way . Co ro na , CA 91720 Formulated for dilution ratios up to 80:1 Pr essur e Balanced Fork Seals Ken u New Teflon R as Coated" In s Lif e Time ~c . Guaranty c C CI n Distri bu tor • • •~ d 12811 Main St. GIWen Grow. CA 92640 714638-7173 Irn3-;-;-99-;;; -- - - I I I -- - I I I I ' SA VE rOil MI DE" - - - ------- I 1 11511 E. WASHINGTON BLV D• • WHITTIER, CA 90&06 Service _ Pa rts . 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