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._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._.- Western hotline eo CN ~ Q,) ..0 8 Q,) > o Z Chris Ch affee leads w inner Dan Steele (36) and Brian Craze (P7) into t he f irst t urn of the AMC Carlsbad Ope n Pros. Chase is , of course ca tching the tu rkeys. Class winners gat he r in a circle, adorn their heads with grocery sacks d uc t-taped in place to keep 'em from peeking. T he n five live turkeys are tu r ne d loos e . Whe n th e d ust clears, five lucky (?) winn ers stand th ere tryi ng to figu re ou t what 10 do with th e monste r. Eric McC ra cken t ried 10 give his to Bob Rutten . who would ha ve had a first overall if his bike had held u p. Rut ten sa id , "No tha nks !" a nd ga ve it to Rescu e 3 Com m ander Larry Fech er. La rry says th ey'll have it for Thanksgiving , b ut his wife Jea nne says she. won't touch it in its present (live) stat e. Ju ne Elias also snagged a tu rkey. She ca ught one last yea r , and her fat he r says last yea r's turkey is a family pet. Other turkey-sna tchers were Mike Edm on dson , RobinBussey an d young J uan Ben a videz. It was good to see Tom Sch ell out aga in. This is "T om 's first ride since ma jor surgery last yea r. Says he's glad to be back. -T he. Guio family, who drive from W yom ing every yea r for the T urkey chase, were also a welcome sight. John Gaetz, Sr . an d. J r. , who last , year delighted family and friends with a class win each, were not so lucky this year. J ohnJr. crashed Sunday morning before th e rac e, and was tak en to Ridgecrest Hospital to have his broken leg set . He 'll be back on his bike as soon as he mends . [UPDATEl Seems the first one over the finish line was not Bruce Ogil vie at . all, but rather a very large bla ck bull. And to a void gi ving the false im pression tha t So . Cal. m embers heroically removed the beast, let it be noted that the So. Cal. crew stood by scra tc hing their heads until th e beast himself decided he had places he'd rather be , and left voluntarily. Bruce beats Bast' at Ascot's second long-track. speedway By Dennis Greene GARDENA , CA , NO V. I I 18 Friday night's ope n speedway race on the half-mile dirt oval lived up to what fans ha ve come to expect of a speedway show. They used a starting ga te and lined up fe.\'{er.rid ers for each race. Prac tice and time trials were completed by 8 p ,m. and the first race got u nder way on sched ule at 8: 30 . Bruce Penhall, one of the top th ree rider s in the Na tion als, found the track much to his liking. He won th e Scratch Main Event over five-time U.S. Champion Mike Bast. Scott Autrey. win ner of bo th mai n event s two weeks ago, wat ched th e races from t he infield . He d id no t rid e this ti me . Scott has raced over 110 meets th is yea r and sai d tha t he just wanted to ta ke a week off. .Steve Nutter won lOp hon ors in th e Handicap Main Event. Results HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Stev e Nun er, 2. Tom Ferris, 3. Dennis Sigalos. 4. Mi ke Bloom. 5. Bobby Schwartz . 6. Aob M orrison . SCRAT CH MAIN : 1. Bruce Penhall, 2. M ike Bast, 3. Kelly Moran, 4. Dennis Sigalos. 5. Mike Faria. 6. Bill Cody, CARLSBAD, CA~ Open Pros put on a good show with Dan Steele of Top Shelf Resta uran ts taking the top ho nors . Steele won the first mota with Chris Cha ffee (Ya m ) right behind looki ng smooth. Brian Craze (Yam) finished th ird. Second m ota was much th e same , Stee le led it for th e win with Chaffee seco nd and this time Je ff Szueb er (Ma i) third . Resu lts in Results Section . Three and fourwheel motocross By Chuck Burris CH ULA VISTA , CA , NOV . 6 Anderson axes AMCMX By Chuck Burris Stan Hayes (T) and Gary Kaahnert dueled on ATC90s at South Bay, .' NOV. 6 It had rained the night before and the winc1 blew in the early morning leaving the track tacky, and no dust blew, even at the end of the day . The 125 Pros were the first out and they were berser . Scott Anderson of Escondido Suzuki was back after a month layoff from a knee injury . He went WFO with Mike Tripes and Don Fuller also of Escondido Suzuki in pursuit. Fuller's plug fouled , dropping him back as Chris Grodzichi moved into third. Tripes got by Anderson and went on for the win with Grodzichi third. In the second moto Anderson held the' lead all the way with Grodzichi taking second and David Metje (Suz) third. In the 250 Pro event Doug Boyd (Suz) got the holeshot in the first moto and took off with Escondido Suzuki's Mike Sale right beh ind . Abi an Lelevier , on 'his Maico, filled in the th ird position as th e th ree went at it. Boyd moved awa y from Sole and fin ished first wit h a small lead while Lelevie r took third. In the second mot o Boyd again appea red the man 10 beat a nd Jer ry Stewart (who DNFed the first m ota ) ga ve him a go for it bu t could no t sta y with Boyd. Ste wart finished second ah ead of th ird plac e Sale, South Bay Park Speedway 117 in San Diego was the site for the first annual ATC and Odyssey N a tional Cham pionships. A special track had been lai d out , resem bling a mellow m otocross. Ri ders were getting air off the jumps thoug h , and in the m odifi ed Odyssey class four m achines flipped within the first few turns . The sp ect ato r s had an u nrea l 'tim e scre aming, ch eering and com pletely cleaning out th e-snack bar. f , During th e int ermission a Honda Odyssey FL250 , with its trailer , w~s given awa y by Honda of Sa n Dieg . Holiday -Honda of Chula Vista, and • Pacific Honda in Pacific Beach. Other prizes and awards totaling $3 ,060 were awarded to the winners. • The race program was run without confusion and , despite some very radical cr ashes, no one was injured. In the Stock Junior class Denny Stover got the first mota holeshot and began a duel with Ste ve Wright. The two diced in the twelve lap moto until Denny finally pulled away. But on the last lap he lost his chain , giving the win to Steve , while Tom Berkshire took third. In the second moto Steve got the ho leshot with Tom and Denny behind. The three never cha nged place. In the class two Powd er Puff, Kathy Elms rod e awa y with t he first mo to win , while Cindy Hawley won the second mo to . T he Open class Powder Puff winner was Janet Bricker , who rip ped it in both mo tos, Mark W eixeldoifer was flying in th e men's class with. Bob W illiams ri!l"ht behind hopi ng Mark wou ld make a mistake . Ma rk never did and rode easily to the win with Bob second and Ken H a ray th ir d. T he seco nd moto went just th e sa me but Bob gave Ma rk a better race. Bob looks hot getti ng air off th e jumps and full cross ·u ps in the tu rn s. ~ Nicolas Nassi p from Mexico won overall in the Odyssey stock class. In the Mod ified cla ss bo th mo tos were berserk. With eig h t d ri vers going W FO . ther e were n umerous flip s a nd at times it resembled the bumper ca rs at the fa ir . Gordon Gra nkle took top honors with T im Sorenso second and Den nis Bu lla rd th ird. Resul ts in Results Section. 1 Tense qualifications for HSMX tinals t By Brenda Ingram ORANGE, CA , NOV . 5 Qualifying 'finals for next week's championship race were run in between d rizzles and cloudy skies. with the deluge dropping on the last race of the day. The a tmosphere was tense and sportsmanship faltered slightly both on and off th e track , as one last effort was made to reach th e fina ls. Chuck Cheek Bellflower) did as he has all season by winning the 250 Intermediate class. David Hopwood (Mead ow) in the Mini Junior class goes into the finals with a good record and should be interesting to watch as was his win this week. Ron Tebbs (Calif. H igh) has had a consistent season and has been a pleasure to watch in the O pen Pro class. Another Pro with a consistent record . in the 125 class. and likewise enjoyable to wat ch has been Tony Gomez (Cerritos). Ladell and Ryan Eide, both riding for Gahr, have had anoth er good season and scored well for their school. Going into the finals , th e 125 Intermediate class is up fo r grabs as it has been a ll season . The large class of 125 Juniors with three d ivisions sho uld be very excit ing , with the championship a hard victory. R id ers co m p e ti ng in t he cham pionships will be notified by mai l pri or to the rac e Novem ber 19. Resul ts in Results}Section . .} t I ) I'" ) . " t: .1

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