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._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._.- ~ !I - • I I: ~ ~ g !:' !:' 0') ~ IA bove) Bill Recc hia (62) and John Molinaro (68) go f or it in the first turn of AME Indian Dunes MX. Below: Ray Swearinger 15) and Cooky Bajczy start t he M in icross Modified Pee Wees. IBelow ) Danny Lamb passes a downed Stock Pee Wee. " W ide open, t uc k ed under and goin' f or it! 1 q Glover even tua lly p ulled ahead to tak e " seco nd by several yards. Dick Fuller (Sy Klops Yamaha) won his second stra igh t 350cc Pro duction ra ce . closing to within three points of n class leader Alan G ingere lli ( L a ss a k / R us t a n Yamaha ). wh o I) finished second. If Full er wins th e fin al race next month , with Gingerell i second again. they'll wind up tied for t he ch a m pio ns h ip . M a lc olm H ill (Ya m) grabbed th ir d after a terrific dice wit h Mike R ain ey (Yam) a nd Jo hn Che rmak (Ya m) . In ligl1tweight ac tion Steve Sheftel (Ho n) clinched th e 125 Produ cti on cham p ionship with a win . and moved in to th e clas s poi nts lead in 200 G P with a victory on Tom Ball antyne's 200 Yam aha over Dave Brigh t (Ho n ). John Ch erm ak (Berkeley Yamaha ) won h is seco nd straig ht 250 • Production race 10 mov e with in one 1 point o f clin ch in g t hat cla ss t cha m p io ns hi p fro m sec on d p la ce finishe r Mike Flem ing (Yam) . Results in Results Section . .Brewis, Buck and Brooks berzerk at . AM£ Minicross " By J udy Greenberg , VALENCIA . CA . NOV . 4 , Kevin Br ewis' 2-1 ride gave him the overall for t he 83cc Junio rs 12 & over Stock class during Friday night A .M .E. Minicross . As th e gate dropped in the first moto , Bobby Simmons was first off th e lin e . Brewis , Dane Walsh and Ron Casey were at his rear in a battle for second. un til Brewis broke away to go after Simmons. The two pulled from th e pack. b ut Sim m ons managed to keep ., in fro nt for ' the moto win . Walsh had Casey shadowing him . but held on 10 I third . John Simmons , David W ebb ('" and Br ett Linden fought for fifth , but r as the trio rod e fen der to fe nder over the tower jump. Linden and Webb J collided at the base and were passed by Gerry Glen a nd Scott Smith. h The second time. Brew is captured the rno to win . with Bobby Simmons behind. Casey lost his chance in the first lap when he crashed and Walsh brought in another third . The mighty Pee Wees wer e ou t in . for ce. Frank " Ice Man" Buck took home 10 Las Vegas th e Pee We e Stock class win . Buck nabbed th e hol eshot in the first moto with .Justin Souz a close behind. Danny Lamb charged around with a strong grip on third. Sou za and Buck ra llied in the turns . but Buck kept in front. When Souza had trouble in th e rower turn . Buck grabbed som e breathing room for a sa fe win. .Larnb ca me in second . wi tb So uz a third ahead of Eri k Herrer a . . T he seco nd mot o , Buck a nd Lamb beld steady for th e first and seco nd overa lls. Larry Br ooks too k do ub le wins in the 83cc Intermedi at e and I 05cc Open classes. Br ooks had th e lead from sta rt to fin ish in th e first mot o of th e 0105cc O pen . Mark Ch ikasawa m oved by David Seek ins and ch arged after th e fleein g Brooks. He used every b it of strat egy , but Bro oks was in cont ro l down 10 the wire . T he seco nd t ime C hik asaw a rocketed to a n ea rly lead . Bro oks. the cha llenge r. waited until the fou rt h lap when he shot 10 th e inside of th e sweeper . Ch ikasawa tried 10 moved back in fro nt . bu t Brooks ha d enoug h of a n edge for th e win . Results in Resu lts Sec tion . - Ratho/e Rocky sweeps OTHG MX By Bang Bang Bobo Ingram TRABUCO CYN . . CA. OCT. 30 Attracted by CRC's "Trophy Day," the Over the Hill Gang competed on the Marty Smith designed track , b ut this time running it backwards . Accepting one of CRC's large first place trophies was Exp ert class winner, R athole Rocky (Yam) . who fought his way to the lea d in the first lap of each moto and stayed out front to th e ch eckers, Ch asing Rock y. but not being able to close the gap . was Dippy Del (Aardvark) who bro ught u p second place followed by Corroded Carlos (Mai) and Stubby Steve (Yam) . The amateurs once again shared the' track with the experts and also CRC's Vets . which made the race interesting to watch. Du Du Dan (Yam) was first into the tight turn from the starting gate and stayed in front of the pack, go ing 1-2 in his motos for first. In rnoto two it was Delicate Dennis who came across th e lin e first b ut had 'to settle for a second overa ll. Ruptured Rusty and Flakey Frank brought up th ird and fourth. Th e interm ediat es. a bunch o f u npredictable. evenly m atched riders , went off the line 16 strong. Scrabby Skip , on h is flashy n ew Montesa was first to the checkered in moto one, but had to bow to firs t overall winner Nauseous Norm (Kaw) who went 2-2. Varmit Vic (Suz) garnered t hird place , staying ahea d of h ard driving Slimy Steve (Yam) who was fourth ahead of Deco m posed Da n (Yam ). O ne m ight ask , "Who was first in the second moto?' Ba ng Ba ng Bobo , that's who! A b roken throttle cable in moto one resulted in a DN F. The Novice class was d ominated by ready-to -be-moved-up Droopy Dick (Yam ) who went 1-2 . outdistancing his classm a tes. Chiseler Chuck (Yam) was able to take seco nd pl ace wh en Buggs Bill co u ld n 't come OUI for moto two because of a broken engi ne casing. Taking th ird pla ce was Downhill Dave (Suz) who went 4 -3 . Sump Sonny brought up fourth ahead of Lots Les, Resu lts in Resu lts Section. Jannings two for two at AM£ night MX . By Lee Taylor VALENC IA , CA , N OV. 4 AndyJ annings (Yam-Bill Krause) started another weekend winning streak by win ning the 500 Pro class with back to back wins, then coming back later in th e evening to take the overall 250 Pro win . In the first rnoto, Jannings j umped into th e lead with Tom Claire (Mai- 21

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