lAbove ) The 125cc Pros hit one of SOHVP's muddy comers. (Below ) " Rocket
Rex" Staten assumed the points lead in two classes.
CMC/Suzuki Golden State Series Round two
.Lackey, Staten
1"8
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and Turner
smoke Sacto
By Dale Brown
SACRAMENTO , CA ,JAN. 22
Team Honda's Brad Lackey, Bassett Racing
Products' "Rocket Rex" Staten and privateer
Danny Turner captured wins in the Open, 250 "
and 125cc Pro classes respectively, in the second
round of th e Con ti nental Motosport Club's (CMC) Suzuki Golden
Sta te ,Series hel d at Sacramento
Off-Highway Vehicle Park .
The Sac ramento location was a last
minute substitute for Sears Poin t Interna tional Ra cewa y. Promoter Fred
Dion of Boss MX made the decision to
switch sites seve n days before the
event.
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"T here's no way I cou ld hav e held
the race there ," said Dion , speaking of
the rains that have . pelted Ca lifornia
during recent weeks.
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Sta ten , rid ing for Bassett Racing
Prod uc ts in the O pe n and 250cc
classes, claimed a second behind
Lackey in the Open race and the 250cc
win to emerge on top of both class
point standings.
I)
Lackey' dominated the Open Pros 1
on his Bill Bu chka -tuned works 1
H onda. Brad sprinted to big leads -in '8
each moto trailed by Sta ten and Mike e
Bell. It was Bell's first appearance
since November , where he'd ridden a
CM C race with a broken wrist, J
suffered in the Anaheim Supercross
event , in th e futile hope of taking
number one in the CMC standings.
Staten won both rnotos of the 250cc
Pro class, topping Maico rider Darrell
