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II ••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••.•••••••.•••••••••••••••••••...••.••••••••••••.•..•••.•••••••••••.••...••••••.••..•••• - I: Ceal..a1 Plpeliae ~ E Dave Brown (78) puts an inside move on Van Bo x in 125cc A mat eur action at COR m otocros s. Open Exp erts Trey .Jorsk v . Clarence Fortney and J im T homas get radical in a battle f or t he lead. DNF with a broken bike and battered bod . Curtis Ross (Suz), riding second , went wide in a tough corner and Jorski slid by to earn second at the flag with Ross third . The second moto, Jorski was king. Coo pe r rode second to the checkers as Ross took third and Woolard fourth. In the always-heated 100cc Amateur class, Craig Cook (Yam) and Bob Howard (Suz) got together as the gate dropped, but Cook quickly regained control and spurred the yellow critter to two wins . Lance Crawford (Yam) held fast to finish second as Howard picked up third. Crawford and Howard teversed finishes the second moto, giving Howard second overall and Crawford third , Thirteen riders lined up for the Over 30 class . lim Redwine (Mai) led the early la ps: but had difficulties. Bob Ben night (Mai) and Jerry Morrison (Suz) passed to win first and second respectively . Howard Musgrove (Mai) took fourth . Only eight returned for the second race . and ijennight shot out in front with Redwine pushing hard . These guys did some fine competitive riding. Redwine passed to take first with Bennight second, Musgrove third and Morrison fourth . Results in Results Section. Super Tex storms Rio Bravo MX By M ike Reilly " HOUSTON , TX , MAR. 26 Fourth year AMA Pro GlenJohnson continued his domination of South Texas motocross, going undefeated in both the 125 and Dean Simpson holds off Randy Aldridge in COR 125cc Novice action. , purse and trophies. This series was designed by Jaworsky. Steve Dix and Hank Spaulding, and they plan to ha ve a fall series if this one -is successful. If today is any indication , sta nd by for a fall series! Results in Results Section. Jorski, Cooper battle for COR win By Rebecca Sands EDMOND, OK , APR. 9 COR Motocross hosted a fine motocross race on a new track Sunday . It was well laid out , but large dirtclods threatened both .. 36 bike and rid er. This will be taken care of by the next race , as the owners are both cooperative and likeable. All riders agree they want this track to make it. In the first heat of the 250cc Expert class , Chuck Cooper's smooth , steady Penton riding put and kept him in first. But behind him was disordered delirium . Trey Jorski (Kaw) had troub le a nd lost two pla ces . Ronald Woolard (Suz) lost four places when he crashed. Jim Thomas (Suz), driving extra hard aft er a bad st art , tri ed to screw himself int o th e grou nd . He 250cc Exp ert classes at Rio Bravo. Though Super T ex had serious competition in both div isions , his ability to grab holeshots and turn flawless laps one after another frustrated his challengers. In l25cc Expert action , Glen, aboard his Amsoil -Suzuki , followed "the new kid in town" Sam Raphael for four of the 11 laps, then took his place at the head of the pack. Raphael , former World Mini Grand Prix winner, moved to Houston from Washington, and though a relative Novice in l25cc class racing was the only rider able to stay within sight of Johnson's rear fender through both motos. Capable of incredible speeds , Sam still lacked several seconds of staying with Johnson and finished second both motes . Brad Burks (Suz) worked through the field in the first moto for third but his expected charge in the final moto came too late to catch Willy Phee and took fifth for third overall. Phee (Suz) looked strong for his first appearance on the Rio track . Mike Allen rocketed to fourth in the first moto, putting on a brillliant charge in the late laps, but a thrown chain in the final fizzled the Red Roc ket. Bruce Slaughter was the only other rider scoring moto money with a fine third place finish in the fina l, ho lding back Phee and Burks. The story was much the same in the 250cc and Open Expert clash with Johnson (Amsoil -Hon) winning both motos and this time the only rider to keep him honest was returning Greg Howard , on the Vandivers Cycles Maico . Howard finished runner-up both mot os not challenged but still several seconds slower than th e pace of J ohnson . Bent forks in the final moto prevented Gr eg from mounting any