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IAb ovel Open Experts Bob Sanders 1
5Rland Steve Fortune battle at Perr is.
IBelow l The 500s hit the first corner. Number 13 is out of step.
EndotYear
Scrambles
By Maureen Lee
PERRIS, CA,
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It was the last scram bles of the
year with the Gri psters hosting,
and what a dayl We haven't had
such a close points race in a long
26
while. Riders fell more than usual in
their eagerness, although the track was
superbly prepared.
The Mini class started wrong first
race of the day. Starter Ed Drechsler
gave them a restart and Curtis Cannon
won that one. Second round the track
had just been watered and riders were
really slippin' , slidin' and Fallin' down,
but Michael Kirby stayed up and won
it. Darren Hulbert won the last mota
and his combined points gave him the
overall win .
Steve Polson and Bud Carroll have
gone at it all season for that number
one 125cc Junior·Expert plate and it
went down to the wire.
Firs t moto Bobby Garabedian got
away running in front, and ru n he did.
Steve Griffith held onto second for a
while u ntil Carroll got away from
changing places with Polson and took
it over .
Round two Carroll went out front
and although you knew ' they all
wanted to go quicker , th e y
remembered the track was freshl y
wa t ered and contro lled th e ir
e age r ness. Gara b e dian c a m e up
alo ngside Bud at on e po int but Carroll
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held his advantage; Polson found one
.of the wet spots in turn one a nd came
off. Jay Bales, who has also been right
there -in the front a ll season , was now
changing his line at the top of the hill
each lap and really putting pressure on
Bud. But he just couldn't get the extra
!iriv~ to pass.
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Last mota and off they went , with
Carroll securing the lead. Polson tried
to better his position after he got
caught,in the first tum scr amb le. The
number one plate rested on that moto.
Polson rushed up with Jay Bales right
with him and both got past Carroll,
who settled for third wh ile Jay took the
win . Unofficially, the number one is
Carroll's but Steve came so close we
. wish there was a platethat could say
" O ne -a nd- a- h alf" or something!
Now those 500cc Expertsl It took
almost ten' m inutes - to get th e first
mota away: The referee finally had to
warn some of them , "J ust ju m p ' that
second line once more and you' re out,
period." That restored a little order,
even Mike Myers'managed to cool it
and get off smoothly.
Up at the top of the hill all kinds of
things happened. Rex Hailey came off .
and was just getting 'u p as another
rider hit him hard , knocking him
spinning (his Bell now has a hole in it) .•
While themelee was goi ng on up there
Steve Tinsley could hear Charles Petty
screaming, "Steve, stopl stop!" Petty
had his foot jammed up behind Steve's
sea t!
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Next moto th ey wer e , just a tad
b etter . Th is tim e it was M ik e
Montgomery rolling a ro und in t he dirt
top of the hill. A co upl e of laps la ter
on th e restart he was down again .
DeAnza 125cc Pro class w inner Clint Carman leads Andrew Jefferson IGI,
Myers won it with two seconds and a
first. Don Frauenberger, locked into
his own points battle, got second and
T om Heard third . Rex came back
after that stunning crash to win the
second mota (in 'a borrowed helmet)
an d 'g ot fourth overall, Ah, you big
bore riders always make my day.
Odds 'n' Ends. 125cc Novice David
Hulbert, who isn 't tall enough yet. to
her his foot down comfortably to " T'T"
a comer, practiced standing up ala
motocross down the straight, going
deep into tum one, up to the tires and
berm shooting off the edge .. . hurray
for the sound of Bill Bartels' little
250cc Harley 'in the No vice class . . .he
could almost drown out the
ringdings . .. Ben M yer and Greg
Sargent had a good one going same
class with Myer knowing a little faster
way to get around the tum one
sweeper. Joe Steffen won the 250cc
Expert with, three straight but not
without some earnest attempts from
Dan ny. Perkins, Jay Bales, and Dylan
Neihart. The 500cc Novice main was
good .. .Dave Skirvin led for a while
but Gary J oh ndro came up through
the pack to end second with Jim Morris
doing real well to take over the lead
and keep it .
Results
MINI COMBO: Do"en Hulbert ISuzJ, Jimmy Ro..
IVom MichaelKirby (Yom
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125cc NOV MOTO: BrionBurch IVoml. MorioAyers
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(Yom). Steve Smith (Yoml.
125cc AMIEX MOTO Charles Corroll IVoml. Joy
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Boles(Yom). Bobby Garobedian (Yom).
250cc NOV MDTO: Greg So