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Darrell Shu ltz 1331 leads the second 250cc Pro moto. Beh ind him are Rex Staten 1 941. Eric McKenna (y11. Bob Elliott 1121and Ted Cabral 1861. Sta te n won both motos. Staten laps Jerry Barrick in mld-air . Staten won both 250cc and Open classes at Helvetia. continuing his domination of the CMC ser ies. Danny Turner (cent er) moves through lapped traffic. Danny Turner rode to unchall enged wins in both 125cc class m ot os. Turner took the 125cc overall serles w in as well. T1 .. CMC/Suzuki Golden State Series finale Series winners Staten, Turner haul at Helvetia By Dale Brown SACRAMENTO . CA , FEB. 19 The Bassett Racing Products team of "Rocket Rex" Staten and Danny Turner domina ted their respective divisions in the final round of the Continental Moto-sports Club (CMC) and Su zuki-sponsored Golden State Series motocross held at Helvetia Park and promoted by Boss MX . Staten, who came from the Seattle Kingdome Supercross and had no sleep pr ior to th e race, won four 40 ·minute rnotos to ta ke the 250cc and Open Pro classes. T urner added a no ther clean sweep' in winning the 125cc Pr o class . 8 Bo t h riders emerged as series in their divisions. St~~ep . • wjn'1e_~ locked up the title in bo th 250cc a nd Open classes the previous week . Turner. who would hav e taken th e 125cc title with a top 10 fin ish a nyway, had his laurels locked u p from the start whe n prim ary opponent Br ian Myerscough dropped out of the race . with a load ed -u p , malfunctioning engine. Mai co int o second place. Shultz was the only one to stay within sight of "Rocket Rex." who lapped riders right up to fourth -placer Yamaha -mounted Robert Marino. Bob Myers , riding a Maico was third off the start. but Parry Klassen , also on Maico, quickly took his place and held it throughout the moto . Shultz grabbed the second mota ho leshot and led nearly half the moto . Staten got a middle of the pack start, later saying, " I wanted to see if 1 had the drive." Staten had the drive, qu ickl y moving up to fourth beh ind Klassen an d Marino. He d ispat ch ed those two withi n a coup le of la ps. and then started to catch Shultz . Staten was only able to move up a little each lap. Shultz was riding Open Pro brilliantly, as if he were after a ride on Staten led the first moto from start Team Maico. But Staten caught him, to finish . Darr ell Shultz, like Staten and outgunned him going down the just ~ac~ f:o~ Se..a...t ~I!: " .u 1JC;t\ .hi~ •• , ,b.af~ ~t.r~ig!t! \~ t.a~!= !~~ I~:t~ ft?r.good; . Shultz again was the only one to keep " Rocket Rex" in sight , finishing second. Klassen again finished third , Marino again finished fourth . a la p' down . 250ee Pro The only riders riding two classes were Staten and Schultz and again they shared the spotlight. Bu t Maico rider Tad Gum bm a nn took the holeshot, followed by Bob Elliott and Donnie Hansen. Hansen went down hard early in the race and was taken to the hosp ital with a possible broken shoulder and knee injuries. B Gu mbm a nn continued in th e lead, r with Shultz and Sta ten working their way up behind him . Shu ltz passed Gumbmann for the lead. and Sta ten followed him past a lap la ter. Staten passed Shultz for the lead before the halfway point . Bu t it wasn't over. Shultz passed him back and , led .