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_ . _ . _. _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ - _ . _ . _ . _ - _ . _ . _ ~ . _ . _ . _ . - . Western hotline Burnworth wins tour at CMMC MX By Rod Esch enburg SAN DIEGO , CA , FEB . 5 The inaugural 1978 motocross program for the California Mini Motorcycle Club (CMMC) featured not only great riding by Formulated for dilution ratios up to 80:1 TERRYKIT Longer Travel for YZ 250/400 '77 Marzocchi IT 175-400, YZ 125 '77 Sm o other acti on - More .cc n tro l - - Improved handling - More travel D!fferent dampening Air or springs. The front e nd kit that beats th em all. Dealer or Direct oul o r sta te call loll Iree 800-854-4691 90 da y money hack guarant ee TEnnrCABLE PO BOX 1321 Hesper ia. CA 92345 7142472646 .....(8JI:AKEWBBB HBNEh\ Husqvarna Motorcycles - Parts - Service 605 FnIvy. at Carson 11747 E. Carson St. Lakewood. CA 90715 21:J.4l6O.1354 714-521·7112 520 McGLl NCY LA NE. CAM PBEL L. CA 95008 (408) 371-1221 Ven Leeuwen Ent. Dlo1rlbutor Goody.... Smith GogU'" RltpreMnUng Laster Wheela K... k_ Exh8usu 22 1~ Magnolill 81. .. North Hollywood. CA .1101 213-8l15-&OOO 11k Fourth-place 100cc Junior Rick Mawas 1301 battles with another rider during an AME motocross. [Continuedfrom page 19) Minicyclists were on hand at th~ American Motocross Enterp rises (AME) motocross event at Indian Dunes. The Internatio'nal course was in top shape with a few minor changes and several sand loops added for an exciting day of racing. Don Best, on h is Va n N uys Yamaha , was the Min i Expert winner. In the Min i Intermediate class, Airc~ne rid er Jack Greenb erg holeshot to wm .the first moto with a strong lead. J im Boyd bat tled with Zoli Meszaros. for the second spot , with Boyd gettmg the edge. Boyd took over to lead the second rnoto. Greenberg had control of the number two spot, with Danny Sanchez a nd Mesz aros behind . Gr eenberg moved in on Boyd as they ran from the pack, and got by when Boyd had trouble in th e hairpin tum . Greenberg finished with a I -I and Boyd a 2·2. Kevin Brewis took com ma nd of the Mini Juniors as the first mo to got underway. Mike Longmore put th e pressure ~n Brewis in the first few laps , but Brewis pulled awa y for a safe win . Longmore kep t control of second followed by Ch ip Harris , while Da vid Lamb rode his Sim i Valley Yamaha through heavy traffic for a fourth. Longmore rocketed to a fantastic lead, from start to fin ish , of the second moto: leaving the action behind him . Brewis went down in the first lap. Lamb had early control of second with Harris a t his heels . As the rider~ scrambled over th e sand whoop-de doos , Brewis came th rough to capture second. Harris , Lamb and Scott Sampson were next , with Bobby Simons winning his battle with Pat Walsh for sixth at the flag . . The 100cc Motorcycle classes seem t? grow w~ekly, with many of th e riders commg out of the Minicycle classes. Matt Whiting stretched a good lead to win the first moto of the 100cc Experts. T he second time Willie Wright took command, taking the over all with a 21 ride over Whiting's 1-2. Richard Ising steered his Premi er Yamaha to th e fro nt of a large pack of I~O cc Juniors . Roy-Comez clu ng to Ising's rear wheel until Ising broke awa y, leaving Gomez to fight off Jim Coffey. Coffey got around Gomez , and put th e squeeze on Ising, taking first in ~he last lap when Ising got into trouble m the sand. Gomez barely made it by Ising to finish second. Coffey grabbed the holeshot th e last tim e out, aga in being cha llenged by Gomez and Ising. Rick Nanas , in fou~th , had. Duke Wright on his ta il, unt..1 R . Geiger moved up in the pack taking fifth fr om Wright in mid -air as they)umped past .the tower. Coffey's consiste n tly fine rid es gave him the overall, with Gomez and Ising settling for second and third . Sim Simons headed the 100cc Intermediates in both motos and never looked back. Tommy Bence ran a strong second until he experienced bike trouble in the sa nd and pulled off long enough for Steve Dye to take over . Bence qui ckly recovered and was back for th ird. Bence and Dye were at it again behind Simons in moto two . Bence got some breathing room in the sand for second overall. Results in Results Section. . __ th e 188 riders, bu t also a spectacular show by Mother Nature, as she ' produced a real "frog strangler" of a downpour after the first round of motos . All finish positions are based on the first round results . While the No. two ranked U.S. mini) rider for 1977 - Scott Burnworth , now R&D Suzuki-mounted, starred . with wins in the Expert 105cc Mini and Stock Mini 12-16 classes with near wire -to -wire wins ; Yamaha rider Ted Brady served notice that he could be the new star of the 1978 season as he , grabbed second behind Burnworth in the 105cc Minis and Stock Minis plus a i really great ride for the win in the Expert 12 -16 Modified Mini class .q Two other Expert riders who "came to race" were Chris Morey with a third and second respectively in the Stock Mini and Modified Mini , and Robbie Nolin who notched third places in the 105cc Min i and Modified Mini classes. In the Intermediate classes Todd Brady grabbed the Stock 12-16 class win over Scott Brown, with Brown comi.ng back for a strong win in the Modified class. The 9-11 Mini classes were .completely dominated by Ronnie Lechien as he topped Jon-Jon Belisle in the Stock class and Rudy Dickinson in the Modified class. Novice competition featured twin ; wins by Terry Murray as he took the Division One 12-16 Stock class over M_a~~ Howell and then put down Division Two 12-16 Stock class winner Mike Schuringa in the Modified Mini class . In the 9-11 No vice classes Blair Hardisty and Danny Ray sw~pped I firsts and seconds with Hardisty and ) the Stock winner a nd Ray the I Modified winner. Powder Puff honors went to Denna Blyth e with a great effox: after fallin~ while leading and rcommg ba ck to mp Tammy McGuire at the chec kered flag. The Motorcycle classes were again , dominated by Burnworth as he took bot h the 100cc and 125cc In te r m ediate cl asses in eas y wins. (Mini ride rs movi ng to the Motorcycle clas ses start over on their transfer points from Novice to Expert). Jon ... Blake had a .good day in the Junior classs as he topped Shelby Blevins in the 125cc class and ra n a close second to Ron Cain in the 100s. oJ In spite of the inclement weather the riders were universal in their praise J of the new course at Ba ron a Oaks ~ hic h, al~hough run " Eu ro pea n style" In the ram , was very fast and could well become one of the truly greatif West Coa st tracks . Racing returns to Barona Oaks on Feb . 19 with CMMC ... al~e ~n a ti n g Sundays with U.S . Minicycle Club at Elsinore. Results in Resu lts Section. Miller tops Corona, MX Pros; Norco wallops HSMX By Elaine Jones CORONA, CA , FEB. 3 The Pro classes get bigger every week as top riders get ready for