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-:-. ~_._-~-_.~---------------------------------------IIIIII!I Steve Bauer grabs the holeshot of the 250cc Pro final before crashing and going to the hospital. Winner Marty Tripes 1621 lurks in sixth. - . First turn action of the 125cc Pros catches Broc Glover already mov ing into the lead. CMC/Suzuki Golden State Series - Round four Tripes, Staten, Glover cop top Pro spots at Carlsbad By Brian George CARLSBAD , CA .JAN . 29 Bringing his speed , ab ilities and a new Honda CR 250R, Marty Tripes came out to Carlsbad Raceway and took the 250cc Pro class victory in round four of the Continental Mote-sports Club/ Suzuki Golden State Series . " Rocket Rex" Staten continued his overall domination of the series with a pair of high placings 6 . .' a 500cc Pro Win and a second In th e 250 cc ra ce . on some not -so-hot susp ensions. The 125~c Pro win w~nt to AMA 125cc Na.t1onal Champion Broc Clover on hIS fa cto ry-bac ked Yamaha . 250cc Pro Deu ce -and -a -hal f Pros were sp lit int o two divi sion s. as were all the Pro classes, and run in a qual ifier to eithe r directl y transfer to th e m ain or to go to an co nsolation -transfer run. The first qu alifi er was as exci ti ng as a main event. Nation al st ars "[ammin' J immy" Wein ert , "Cass in' Caylon" Mosier , Danny La Porte , Mike Bell and Marty T ripes were on th e same gate. As the four laps came to an en d. Mosier too k firs t followed by La Porte. Bell. Donnie Hansen . Tim Lunde and Tripes. Weinert came up from a first turn crash to grab seventh. Names like Rex Slaten. Cary Semics a nd Marty Moates tagged th e second d ivision . " Rocket Rex " blasted off to a n easy win over Parry Klassen . Dennis Brand . Sem ics and Moates. Ca ry J ones grabbed the next ra nsfer spo t followed by Eric McK enna , T on y Wanket , Tom Cross a nd David Crawfo rd . Cons ola tion tra nsfer spo ts went to Steve Bauer. who go t ca ug ht in the first -turn mes s with W einert in his qualifier . Nor Cal ' shoe Tad Cumbman and Bob Elliott , who jus t couldn't ge.t goi ng in his first run . At th e gat e of th e fin a l. Bauer was stoked. Wein ert a nd Mosier wer e jet lagged from testing sessions in Japan. a nd T ri pes was silent but' deadly. Marty Moat es flew out of th e gate and int o a n ea rly lead with Tripes a nd Wein ert right behind . Bell and La Porte suffered j unk sta rts and were well int o mi d -pack . Up front . Moates got slideways a nd d ropped into fourt h, giving th e lead to Tripes . From here on in it was his , race . Tripes put an incredib le d ista nce ' between himself and the fierce batt le of We inert and Staten for second. A