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; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. =Western hotline - ~ . t 00 t" (j') CMC do ub le winner Brian Myerscough hol eshots the Pros. David Ger ig 1111 and Tony \/yanke t ch ase d t o no av ail . In the Junior cla sses th e actio n was as usual - fr antic! Lots of new fac es in the winner's circle . with red -hot Greg Cramer (Yam) picking up wh ere he left off at Barona Oaks Sunday with a big win in the Division III 125 cc Junior cla ss. In other 125cc Junior action . Larry Millhone (Suz ) and Greg Fenton (Suz) grabbed off first -ever victories. Fenton's victory was the margin for Santana's point lead after the first night. Th e 250cc Junior classes featured dominating two for two wins by Calvin Smalley (Suz) and Mark Sch intou (Oss ). Newcomer Charles Millaro (Yam ) made h is de b u t a wi~ning one in the 500 ccJunior class. One in te res ting d evelopment ha s occurred with th e em ergence of th e High School Mo to cross in the San Diego area , a nd that is the re bi rth of strong W om en 's Open cl asss. The gi rls have fo u nd tha t instead of just roo ting for th eir sc hoo l riders. they ca n help th e school in th e po int standings! Cind y Monahan sco red her first win and did it in grea t sty le, bea ting 19 77 Speedway 117 cha m p T eresa Nolin and 1977 Baron a Oaks cha m p J aycen e Zu virbulis in th e pr ocess! -- -28 Supercross sta r Marty Tripes. it was litt le brother Mike Tripes (ESC) wh o sto le th e sho w with 125c c and 250cc Pro wins . Mike won the first round in all three Pro classes a nd began round two with an easy victory in the 125cc: T he n in th e 250 cc . big brother Marty finally Kat o n tra ck and sm oked eve ryb ody to take th e seco nd mota ove r Mike . who sti ll had the overall win , however . as Marty had a third in th e fir st moto . In th e 500cc with a su re victory .in sig ht. Mik e's m achine appeared to be st uc k in fourth gear a nd he g ra d ua lly slowed for a ' thi rd a nd third ove ra ll in a thr ee way tie breake r sce ne that sa w new Pro C hris Chaffee (Ya m) grab the win over Mike McCowan (Suz) : M otocross racin g co ntinues o n a weekl y W ednesd ay night sc hedu le t his yea r a t Speedway 117. Results in Results Section . Myerscough takes two·at CMC CarlsbadMX By Patti Firth-Trotter CARLSBAD , C A. MAR , 26 A larger than usu al crowd was a nxiously waitin g for th e first of the 125cc Pro races to go at Con tinenta l Mot a -span Club 's moto · cross at Ca rlsbadR acewa y. _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ .. : .~ Honda's super Supe rcross star Marty Trip es rode Speedway 117's night motocross opene r: fi nished second t o brother M ike . . . When t he ga te went do wn it was Brian Myerscou gh , riding a fa ctory Suzuki . ' go ing wire to wir e . T on y Wanket (Ya m ). T im Lunde (Suz), Randy Hess ' (FMF). a nd Rick Maki (Suz) had th e next positi ons. On the -second lap Hess displaced Lunde and was working on getting around Wanket to attack the leader, I Lunde and Sheckell had plenty to keep them busy as they spent the entire mota dicing, with Sh eckell never quite getting to the forward position for long . The leaders remained pretty much the sa m e until the last three laps when Hess hauled his John Hess -tuned machine around second place Wanket. Lunde moved to third during the sam e lap, When the checkers came out the leaders were Myerscoug h , H ess. Lunde, Sheckell, Wanket , Maki and Gary Tomlin . When mota two went off th e line it was Tony Wanket who had the lead with Nye rsco ug h a nd H ess in p ursuit. W anket held o nt o the lea d for the first la p but co uld n't hold off Myerscough . H ess . Sheck ell , Lunde . M ak i and T omlin wer e next. At o ne point in th e moto Hess , Lunde and Sheckell were co mi ng over t he jumps together looking not unsimi lar 10 a well cho reog ra p hed dance , Lunde fin ally took over th ird with H ess ba ck 10 do ba tt le with Sh eck ell . Aft er the po ints had been tallied , th e top m oney ge tters wer e Myerscough , Lunde and H ess . T h irty plus 250cc Pro ri de rs got on t he lin e. and taking th e holesh ot was non e other th an Brian Myer scough a bo ard a no the r of his new fa ctory Suzukis. Directly behind Brian was agai n T o ny W anket with Bassett Engineerin g rider J im G ibson in third . Ti m Lunde was ab oa rd a brand new Moto-Meister Ma ieo a nd in fourth a head of Steve Rh yan . wh o is now riding for Cross-U p ; his new Suzuk i o ut for o nly the second ti me. _ -'~~yan. rook over second on the 11th lap . nudging Wanker' back to third. Lunde . Gibson . Bla ckman , and Terry Biner crossed the finish lin e after th e first three riders . Brian . St eve a nd Tony. In th e sec ond mot a . Brian was not a bo u t 10 ha ve his run ru in ed . H e ri pped his rocket around th e Suzuki tower turn and took off. Wanket wicked it to the max a nd had th e lead before the end of the first lap and he held the first position until the third la p. when first was taken ove r by Myerscough . From that point on the first three ' riders were Myerscough , Wanket and R hya n . Steve Blackman moved his Maieo in to the' fourth slot where he rode until th e race was over. S cott Gillm an , no w 30 pounds lighter . seems to be another of th e unbeatable . Scott scooted off th e lin e to lead th e entire race in the first heat of the 500cc Pro riders. Track N Travel rider Val Tamietti lock ed his Maico in behind Gillman with Alan Smith and his 390 Husky nex t. Alan made o ne lap when the tranny went and he was ou t for th e d a y. David Gerig on his Ocean Pa cific Sunwear Suzuki took over third with J ohn -H o rrn u th moving his Mai co into fourth. With Gillman's com m a ndi ng lead the race strung out to be a bit of a parade. On the eig ht h lap Gerig took second forcing Tami back to th ird . Clark Jones, just back from H ou sto n where he won th e Toyot a T ower j um p last Saturday. was in fou rt h a t t he close of the race . Gillman was the leader fo r the entire 12 laps in the seco nd mota with Tarnieui never more than a few inches behind him . Chris Chaffee , C] , and St eve W alker ( Ya m) crossed ne xt. Gi llman , T am i a nd Chaffee go t th e lion's sha re of th e pay bac k. Re sults in Results Sect ion . Williams doe's it twice at Corona MX By Elaine Jones CO RONA . CA , MAR . 17 . I David Williams was the man 6f the hour , piloting his Maicos to clean sweeps in both the 250cc and Open Pro classes at Corona Ra cew a y's mo to cro ss . In th e ' 25 0cc ra ce W illiams was away fas t wit h Phil T ho rstensen a nd J o hnny C loptin in pursuit. T h orsr en sen r an in to prob lems ea rly on a nd Don G lover m oved u p when T ho rste nsen dropped back. It took Glo ver two more la ps to catc h C lo pt in and rel ieve him of second b ut Wi lliams had put enough daylight o n the field to p ut first ou t of rea ch. The fina l m or o was al most a n insta nt replay of th e first. Will iams was agai n ou t o n to p a nd go ing away . T ho rstense n put th e lock o n second and this tim e made no m ist ak es. Glover was right be hi nd him in th ird a nd it was good eno ug h to tak e second ove r a ll by o ne poin t f ro m Thorst ensen . Willi ams was rea dy as th e Open Pro s took th e line a fte r his wa rm· up in th e 250c c ra ce . As had been his wa ya ll night . wh en th e ga te dro p pe d he was ou t in front . Ken Mor ga n , a stea dy co mpetito r, bea t Ma rt y Mill er to th e turn ' to sett le into secon d h u t d id n't have ti me to get co mfortab le. as Mill er ca me back on th e 'seco nd lap and m oved to second a nd st ri king d ist ance of W illiams. Pr essu red a ll t he way . W illiams held his line and brough t it on home.