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; ._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.•._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._._.. 1:1 Western hotline , ~ t r-- t""O') ~ !Above) The CMClDG show brought out some. well. interesting ir\tennediates and juniors. (Rightl Hayward Rint leads Rick Atkins in 125 Intermediate action. (Below ) A couple of 250s roosting out of a corner. (Continuedfro m page 23) James Dav is (Yam) several laps la ter , and then cras hed out of the race for good at turn eight. Bett er luck next time, Ray. Results in Results Section. Hemet sweeps " lsinore TT E By Andi Gangewer ELSINORE, CA . OCT . 22 The city of Hemet has almost had a monopoly on the wins at Elsin ore Ra cewa y. Joe Steffen a nd Mike Montgomery were again in the win ner's circle. 26 Steffen pulled the moto one holeshot in the 250 Expert race and Dylan Niehart , also a member of the ever increasing H emet Cycle Center cl ub . was a close second. J ack Sm ith " was third . Mike Babka , a Michigan Harley- Davi dson rider was ou t due to a fouled plug. The finish went Steffen , Niehart and Sm ith. In mo to two , Nieh art go t the jump , but Steffen and Sm ith were rig ht with him . All th ree were striving to stuff their Yamahas into the number one spo t , but onl y one woul d fit and it was Steffen 's that won ou t . By the top of the straight on la p one Steffen h ad th e lead with the finish a ca r bon copy of race one . The final race for the 250 Experts aga in belo nged to Steffen , but not without some tough stu ff from Sm ith and Niehart. Smith was hanging on to second until he let his guard down and Dylan dove u nd er to ditto moto one and two. Three mo re San Diego County riders clinched the top three spots of the Open Expert -class . There was no competition for Mike Montgomery , but there were five riders vying for second place. Bud Wanbaugh . Ed Steffen and Rich Volk were having quite a time casting lots over who would be the number two rider . Wanbaugh held second until lap three when Ed Steffen, (Joe has a good teacher for a father) swept past to steal second and lea ve Bud in th ird. In moto two Montgomery had another Saturday night stroll , leaving the fight for second to those in the far off distance. Ed Steffen again had to play second fiddle but he had Joel Windham to contend with also this moto . Rich Volk got nosed out of third and t he finish went Montgomery, Steffen, and Windham. T he third and final race was a squeaker for Mo ntgomery . Steffen figured he had eaten enough of Mike's dust so as the snap start let loose, Steffen was leading. Mike was on his rear wheel the whole way , and after trying to pass on the inside for three laps. he finally went outside on the sweeper and held it on full throttle and took Steffen's lead away. Rich Volk kept close re ins on Steffen and the photo finish went Montgomery. Steffen and Volk . Resultsin Resu lts Section. DO otters big purse to CMC juniors, intermediates By Patti Trotter O RA N GE. CA , OCT. 30 Holy DG Motoman - there were well over 500 jun ior and intermedia te riders going ape fOT the $2. 800 in gift certificates that was up for gr abs a t CMC Saddleback . When the ra cing sta rt ed a t 9:30 a .m. the -track was absolutely fan tastic but when the 32 races had been run, it looked not unsim ila r to an aspha lt freeway. Mi ni J unior rid er s, 31 strong, got th e firs t shot at the track wit h Ken ny Alberd (Suz) taking an early lead in the first m ot o an d the eventual win. Bruce Bu nc h (Yam) and Steve Willett , also on a Yamaha. got the next spots. Alberd took the win in the second moto and the overall win. Willett and Larry Martin cleaned house for second and third. Ra n dy Itow motored his Suzuki across the finish line inches ahead of Terry Fowler for fourth . Ross Klatt (Yam) went one for one in the Mini Intermediate class to capture the $120 DG gift certificate. Pete Hollack (Su z) and Andy Orescanin (Suz) finished ahead of fourth -place, Yamaha-mounted Mark " T oyo t a" Toyama. Danny Jones (Yam) claimed fifth . Moto two saw Otescanin take second with Jones third , Mike Word (Yam ) and Toyama next in the parade. . 100 Juniors Jim McCarty (Yam). John White (Suz ) and Tom Cosley (F .W .) took the top honors in race number th ree . Hayward Flint wicked his Suzuki on to take the holeshot in the first of the 125 Intermediate races. Rick Jo hnson (Yam) and Larry Ne lson (Yam) were right on his knob by. O n the th ird la p . J ohnson swooped the lead away from Flint . Nelson rod e the entire moto in third . keeping Gary Tomlin (Hon) locked in to fourth. Chris Ha rrold (Yam ) was first to come around Webco to lead the pack in the second moto . Chris was able to hold offJohnson for three and a half of the six laps. O nce Johnson took over, he just dialed his machine on and sm oked . Harrold rode the rest of the race ahead of Flint with Rick Atkins" .(R &D) getting the next spot. Ted Hoyt (Yam) crossed next. The second batch of 125 Intermediate rid ers was completely dominated by Suzuki wizard Rick Maki . Rick has been spending the last few weeks sitting out so as to be eligible for today's racing. He was wide open and smooth as silk . totally destroying all of his competition. In the first moto, Bret Carcott (Hon) and Steve Plaff (Hon) were Ric k's nearest threat. Alex Downs (Suz) ro de the entire second m oto in the number two slot behind Ma ki. Ron Flores ('UFO) and Catcott hel d onto third and fourth. W hen all of the qualifiers for th e 125 Intermediates had been ru n close to 30 riders were on the line and anxiously waiting for the gate to drop. As the riders came screaming around the first turn there was a m assive pileu p and Rick Maki had his hopes dashed . He was at the bottom of the pile and when the mess was cleared Rick was out for the day. After getting his gear loaded. a friend transported Rick to Chapman General for some hemstitching. Rick Johnson (Yam) . Alex Downs (Suz) and T ed Hoyt (Yam) were the happy winners and tlie recipients of big gift certificates. Vern Butler (Yam ) managed to outride all of the other entrants in the 125 Junior final to take home the la rgest prize. Zach Halopoff (Suz) and Dominic Saavedra (Suz) took the next positions. The final for the Intermediate riders in the 250 class had David Behlings (Suz) . Danny Dilkey (Yam) and Jerry Benso n (Suz) capturing the top honors. " In the 250 Junior final Robert Sheldon (Suz) was the winner. taking the larg est certificate with Jack Johnson (Suz) getting a certificate for $80 and Ray Ramerez (Suz) taking the one for $50. T he O pen class bikes had p lent y of riders but only enough that they needed to ru n the usual two mo tos with n o q ua lifiers re q u ire d . Ji m Williams (Yam) took the win in the first moto with Dale Lewis (Mai) and Steve Walker (Yam) getting the two /three places. Norm Bigelow (Suz) and Tim Sarian (Yam) were fourth and fifth . In the seco nd mot o Sa n Dieg a n Steve Walker, with his cheering squad giving support from trackside, finished second behind Da le Lewis. Lewis took the overall with Williams and Walker next . Bob Fischer (Suz) . Jeff Norman (Yam) and Bob Pereira (Mai) were the top scorers in the 500 Junior race. Results in Results Section. Volk loses to Fortune at Corona flat track By Elaine Jones CORONA , CA , OCT. 26 Steve Fortune , looki ng for a sponsor , did a good selling job as he neatly handled the win in the Open Mon ey half mile at Co ro n a . Twelve of the best showed up to do ba ttle coming fr om as far away as Bakersfi eld and Tulare to the north. an d Poway and Sa n Diego to th e sou th . Rich Volk, still riding high after his victory in the O pen Amateur/Expert