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Coliseum JUNE 24 jlllllllllllll..IlMltM IIMIIIIIIII''''''''""'''""'''"'''"" , ,,,,,,,,,,,''"."""""", " "",,, . for the lead for almost seven laps. Staten got the ju m p on Smith as the two came sailing over the d ropoff a nd Staten to u ched ground first. The overall win went to the "Ro cket" wit h Smith , Ge rig , Maxwell a nd Jewell getting the next po ints . Gerig has to be the King of the Holeshots at Ca rlsbad. In the fir st of th e 250cc Pro action , Gerig was on the gas and gone to cha lk up another to his impressive list of moto sta rts. DG Yamaha rider Jim Domann was th e second man a ro u nd th e tu rn wit h Gary Dent on (Su z) and Staten next. Mike Sole (Su z) was do ing ju st fine in fourth unti l a short stop on the ground put him out for the rest of the day ; it 's awfu lly hard to rid e with U-shaped hand lebars. Gerig was the leader for the fir st seven laps only to have St at en take over th e lead . Domann remained in seco nd place with Ge rig now in thi rd . Arden Hadley (Mai) had spent the moto working h is way up through traffic to get into fift h . As the riders crossed under the checkers.. th e top po ints went to Sta ten, Dorna nn , Denton, Gerig . H adley, Steve Jackson and Cross -Up -sponsor ed Tim T olar. Jim Domann was the fir st rider to . get a rou nd the Suzuki Tower in th e second moto. Denton , Gerig. Hadl ey a nd Staten follow ed with Jack Clawson (Ya m) nex t. On the second lap . Gerig dumped his mount as he b lasted ou t of one of the hairpin turns, giving Staten a nd H ad ley th e op po rt u nity to move up one spot. Staten took over th e lead on th e sixt h la p and he was go ne . Rex was tr ying- ou t a new tr ick Dun lop tir e a nd gett ing his new Sim on s for ks set the way he wa nts t he m . Dom ann fin ished t he r a ce in seco nd with Had ley. Dent on . and Ge rig a head of T ola r. , Result s in Results Section . Norwood, Barb'erio bag AME night MXwins J J S By Lee Taylor VALENCIA , CA, APR . 7 Ron Norwood (Suz) cleaned up in the l OOccJunio rs with a beautiful pair of back-to-back wins. Throughout both motos, Norwood fought to keep Todd Br ou ssa rd (Shoemaker's Cycle Yam) behind him . Heavy dicing between these two went on from st art to fin ish in both mo tos. N orwood scooped up the overall victory , Bro ussard took down secon d overa ll and third went to Rand y Morales for a cool 4 ·3 ride. The IOOcc Experts found David Barberio fighting off Nick Athen s through both rnotos. It was nip and tuck all evening long for thes e two with Barberio eme rgi ng the overall victor and Ath ens taking home seco nd overa ll. I Mike VanAcker aD Han) emerged victorious in the 250c c Intermediates. He started th e evening off right by grabbing th e holeshot the firs t tim e ou t. He had a fight on his ha nds pr ot ecting his lead from Cary Garcin (Verdugo H ills Cycle Su z) and Brett Round of Round Auto . These two hounded Van Acker throughout as a secondary duel developed for third betw een Round a nd Mark Parkerson . Round fina lly b ro ke loose and moved on into th e lead. ho ld ing it to th e checkered flag . The second time off th e line Rob O 'R ourk e had Garcin on h is t a il foll owed by a n a nxio us VanA cker. Pu sh ing hard . VanA cker took over