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._--------------------------------------PRESENTS THE 2nd ANNUAL Dave Miller topped the Pros. rlsbad, secon d mow and held ont o the lea d for nine of the 12 la ps. Second and . third plac e riders T amieu i a nd Smith spe nt th e nin e laps d icin g with Smith < fina lly flashing by Tarnietti. The nex t time arou nd Sm ith swoo ped t he lead a way fro m Ger ig . T amietti fought off r the advancin g Ma xwell. On the fin a l z la p Ta mi tweaked Gerig . Maxw ell , finished the m ow in fou rt h wit h Ga ry Trusd ill (Suz) . Jewell . St eve Walker (Ya m) and Fry ge tti ng th e next spots. A fte r seve ral m o w s had go ne I a ro u nd th e co u rse. it bega n to look not .u nlike a swamp . The sec tio ns of track that ha d been under wa ter for weeks had turn ed i nto bike -g r a b bi ng qu a gm ir es . The r id e r s h ad t o !"a~euver around a very wide mu d dy ' secuon of t he start a rea . Abi an Lelevier rip ped his Maico off t he ga te " a nd around t he mu d 10 ta ke an ea rly . lead in th e first 250 cc Pro ra ce . Jack IrKeese a n d Dou g Boyd . both o n ISuzukis. sped after th e leader. T ed ; Van d en ra ad t (Yam) ha d t he next slot . wit h Keit h Doege (Suz). Dave " Works" , Miller (Bass) and Mike So le (Suz) , hold ing dow n fifth th rou gh seve nt h . ( O n the seco nd la p Miller worked his ' wa y up to third and was putting some heav y pr essure on Keese a nd Lelevier, Bob H a ag (Suz) h ad co m e up from the ba ck part of the pack a nd ta ke n over fift h . T he fourth time aro u nd Miller was in co m ma nd a nd pu tting a lot of . space between him self and th e rest of the riders. Boyd go t by Lelevier for second with Keese and Ha ag ta ki ng over third a nd fou rt h . Lelevier seemed to be having some kind of mecha nica l problems 'a nd was fa di ng towards th e back of th e pack . Kaw asaki " Green Me an ie ". ri der Rob.e n R e isin g er roc keted Into fourt h . d isp lacing H aag . When the moro was co m pleted the leaders were Miller. Boyd . Keese . Reisin ger . Haag . Jim Jackson (H us) _ a nd Su zuk i of Pom ona rider Paul Thed e. Leleveir : took th e hol esh ot in th e seco nd m oto with Mill er right on his kn obby. Before the first lap was complet e. Miller was parade master a nd on his wa y to a nother total moto d om ina tion. Lelevie r rode second with Keese :,head of fou rt h place rid er Gary Trusdil l (Su z). By the fourth la p Keese h ad m~:lVed to. s; con d a nd Doug Boyd was th ird. Reisinger had powered his way up through traffic to get int o th e top riders. O n th e ninth lap. Boyd bumped Keese for second and Reisinger too k fourt h awa y from Trusdill. T his is th e way the rid ers crossed th e finis h lin e . The 250 cc Intermedia te riders go t the "Crash and Burn" award for th e d ay. Most of them spent as much tim e on the ground as on th eir m achines. Bud Anderson . who rides for th e Top Shelf. Suzuki-riding D. Ald rich a nd ' M ~ rc H a lliburton (KTM) wer e top s in th js cla ss. Terry Sh ekell got his Su zuk i going first to clai m th e 125cc Pro holesh ot honors . Flyin.g · M achi.n ~ Facto ry's J eff Ward had his Suzuki In second with Ar izona -based Chappy Blose (Su z) ne xt. Roo-rid in g T im Lund e was fo urt h a h ea d of SCOll An d erson Zun d a -rnou nt ed Gary Tom li n a nd T on y Go mez (Ya m) . Wa rd had the lead by t he end of the first la p wit h Blose in hot pursu it. !--und e .moved th e four -year-old Roo Into thi rd, Former Roo rider Gomez was right on Lunde's tail. On the sevent h la p Gom ez go t by Lu nde on th e ledge. on ly to have Lunde re -ta ke his positi on co mi ng out of th e gu lly. O n t he l Oth la p Blose got under and by W ard . Blose crossed under th e checkers ahead of Wa rd with Lunde ta king th ird . In fourth pla ce was Gomez with T om lin and Shekell next. 125 OvflfaR Per Moto ~ \ '-7 ~ 3 $35 :~~ $"Xl ~~ PRb};,-;.~s -¥ ()pon 2SO Per Mot o $65 $4() $35 ... Mot. .50 $JO $125 1100 .60 $IS 110 $10 $160 $125 $100 '25 '20 $25 '20 .75 ' JO $50 $20 ' 20 $25 $20 $20 0..... $4() 110 FOR SPORTSMEN 'NTNE ILL NEW IleAL/F.IlN/1l C(JOIlSE" •- W .. .7. A &. ·V ~ "f,Je~~ ile9 •_ _ _ ~ ., . etRc ..... PROS: $25. MA IL $35. POST SPORTSMEN: ,... $10. MA IL $15. POST MAlL ANY 213 830·7519 ~ ENTRY~'O~~.:s~8Island Ave. ~ FORM \~ Carson,Ca90745 ...._IIIIIiIIi..... .33