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; .._._._._._._._._._._._. __._._._._._.__._.__._.__._._-._.__._.__._.-... =Western hotline , ) T odd Br own 111 Rl battled J oe St effen at Corona's 'Tl half mile finale. 28 taking both himself and Lawson out. Lawson . trying to take advantage of the situation. literally got himself got between a rock and a hard spot but both managed to do _a bit of faricy riding and avoid what could have been a dandy smash up. Perkins still had his hands full with Rainey and was still keeping him right where he wanted him. The fourth lap saw Pete Hames, running in fifth place, get spit off as he went into turn four too hot . He was all right but the error cost him two laps whi ch he was never able to make up. Although no one changed positions for the next nine laps it was never for lack of trying and it finally happened on the white flag. Perkins had his front tire break loose and Rainey was there to collect, moving himself to third. At the checkered it was Grigsby, with Lawson and Rainey a close two, three. Lawson had nothing to weep about as his flawless ride in the Money 11 put more than a jingle in his pockets. Chris Cannon had second off the lin e but quiet Joe Steffen went to work and caught Cannon going high out of tum four and neatly slipped underneath him to put him in a position to go after Lawson. Although he closed the gap considerably he was never able to get close enough to challenge the Upland rider and settled for second overall with Cannon third. Pat Dobbins has to be considered the hard luck rider of the night. After leading the Open Amateur/Expert 11 for six laps , he appeared to loose his chain and had to pull off and watch John Calicchio collect t he honors with Eddie Drake second. Dylan Neihart took on Speedway ace Jim Turner in the Open Amateur/Expert half, mile. Neihart went wire to wire but in the ea rly going it was Bobby Butt that was knocking on his door with Turner, not able to get the drive off the line with his Speedway machine, in third. Butt fell prey to bike problems on the sixth lap and with clear sailing ahead of him , Turner dialed hisJawa on but Neihart turned the wick up a little higher, said "Adios," and took the checkered. Ken Renner was third . Neihart turned in another good performance, taking the lead away from Chris Cannon after one lap of the 250cc Amateur/Expert 11 andnever looked back. Cannon held off Eddie Drake to collect second. Cannon played the bridesmaid role in the 250cc Expert half mile, chasing Pete Hames for eight laps. Cannon appeared to be pretty close to Hames off the line but the drag race to the first turn told the tale. Joe Steffen got by Terry Singleton on the third lap to finish third. The real battle was b etween Amateurs Rocky French and Mark Butler. French from Las Vegas , had the lead at the start and held it for four laps before he started going too high out of turn four, an error which had cost him earlier in the evening. Butler saw the open door went through and took over the front spot. French came back, reclaimed-the lead the next lap only to have Butler return the favor on the white flag lap. That's where Butler blew it because it was French's turn to lead on the checkered flag and that's what he did . Bobby Garabedian again dominated the 125cc Amateur/Expert Class winning both the 11 and half mile from Rodney Rainey . According to Dad, a new 250cc machine will be under the Christmas tree so. he can go out and play with his racing buddies , Pete Hames, Todd Brown and Chris Cannon. Results in Results Section. CoronaMX: Hollie, Bauer and Staten collect dough; Chino edges La Sierra by eight By Elaine Jones CORONA, CA, DEC. 9 A go od turnout of Pros provided the spectators with plenty of action on the Corona ' motocross course and a few surprises. Doug Lincoln was off and running in the first moto of 125cc Pros but on the fourth lap, Jeff "Goat" . Hollie found the door open and went through. On the sixth lap Larry Roeseler picked up on a mistake that dropped Lincoln back to third. With one lap to go Lincoln wasn't able to come back and they finished in that order. The 125 J uniors in act ion at A M E's Spe ct ra series at Racing World, where w inne rs pi c ked up an ei ght-pack of oil. The second moto saw Lincoln again get the holeshot with Marty Wolford jumping into the fray in second and Roeseler thi rd . Back in fourth Hollie started using Goat Breker tactics keep the pressure on and let them know you're there . Wolford dropped out on the third lap and one lap later Hollie had taken Roeseler and was nipping at Lincoln's heels . The next lap Hollie went for it, got by Lincoln and brought it on home for the win . With two firsts the hard way , he had the overall with Lincoln and Roeseler tied for second and the nod went to Lincoln. DG 'sponsored Steve Bauer had two convincing firsts to top the 250cc Pro field . Second place was not so easy as Jim Hoover got out behind Bauer in the first rnoto with Robert Reisinger in third. On the second lap Steve "Moto" Cross joined the fun and got by Reisinger. It was a short lived moment of glory: he was out on the next lap and the top three were content to hold position to the checkered. The second moto saw Cross get a super start that gave him the lead but Bauer was quick to react and made short work of the Suzuki rider a nd had the lead well in hand by the second lap. Hoover, who was running third, ran into trouble that cost him a lap and with Reisinger unable to make it to the line things were pretty much . settled. Bauer cruised it home with Cross in second and Hoover third. Hoover still had enough for the second overall taking it by one point from Cross. Rex Staten had a regular playday as he totally dominated the Open Pros. His teammate , Marty Sm it h was content to follow the master home while Jim Fis hback and Andy Belander had one of those nights . Jim broke down five la ps into the first moto and was done for the evening while Belander never even made it to the line. Only two schools showed up for the High School competition but they battled right down to the wire for the win. The deciding factor was actually in the first moto of minis when Rob Breeding of La Sierra threw a chain two laps into the race while leading and got only one point instead of 10. Adam Aucoin of Chino picked up the first and came back to take the second moto , . Chino claimed the one, two spots in the 125cc Novices with Mark Bechel leading both wire to wire and Gregory Fitterkipt second. Eddie Gurwell of La Sierra tightened things up a bit as he rode for two wins in the 250cc Novice class topping Frank Denney of Chino. Chuck Beck and Daryl Jones of La Sierra finished the night of as they went one , two in the 125cc Intermediates but it all still went back to the first moto of the minis and a thrown chain. Results in Results Section. Hines shines at AME Spectro MX By Tom Corley TRABUCO CYN., CA , DEC . 4 The first of the three-race American Motocross Enterprises (AME) Spec t re m otocross ser ies was not hing less than generous to the overall winners . By winning a single class , a rider was aw arded an eightpack of Golden Spectro Oil and the overall series winner in each class claims a free 1978 AME race licensel Tim Hines is better known for his Mi ni riding bu t he finally becam e a little too big for the smaller bikes so he moved up. It was a smart move to make because he ad a p ted to the larger machine quickly and too k a win in the 100 Intermediate class a b oa rd a Ya maha . The Premier Yamahajerseyed Hines had no close competitors on his tail but Eric Nagao (Suz) was nearest. One other rider that I know of that just made a big jump from small bikes to bigger ones is the Team Junk star •

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