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.. ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ - - . _ ~ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . =Western hotline ~ ..., E ~ 00 J:-o(j') ~ J:-o~ >~ ::g Va l Tamietti hol eshots the CMC Open Pros while David Gerig (11} pursues. Floyd Measu ra ll won t he third 250cc Novice m oto at Elsinore 's IT. tn I/l o a: u o b I Q. > aJ ~ I Q. Max Maple leads f ello w 125cc Pros Ric k Johnson (7x ) and Te rry She kell (7) arou nd t he Speedway 117 ni gh t m oto cr oss co ur se. Hob bs' lead was. too great and t he finish went Hobbs , Snow , and Lon gnecker. T he fina l mot o for t he Minis started , and not-very-Beginner Hobbs led by about seven bike lengths. T he finish was a ca rbon copy of the first two a nd after the race, Hobbs p ulled around a nd picked up his first -p lace trophy and Novic e rankin g . T he 250cc Novic e class was a close one. Mark Aragon pu lled the holesho t race one a nd held it till the finis h . O n la p two David Luna a nd Floyd Measu ra ll had a co ming toge t her on the sweeper and Scott Lasko (Suz) moved int o second . J eff Spah n was th ird a nd they fin ish ed in t hat order. Mo to two Aragon again pu lled the holesh ot and Lu na held his ground a nd finis hed a solid seco nd. Bru ce Heiland was th ird . ' /11 32 In the fina l ro u nd . Luna was the first off the line . Spa hn was second and Aragon , ca ugh t in tra ffic. was t hird . Aragon tried to p ush t hrough 10 second bu t ended up on his side on th e sweeper. Scott Las ko ma de the most of . Mark's mistake . a nd picked up t he second spot. Floyd Meas ur all got "checkered flag feve r" and la p fou r he hea ded for the fin ish lim' in first and ushered Lask o a nd Lun a in In that order. T he overa ll fin ish went Aragon , Lasko an d Lun a . Ara gon was aboard a Ya m ah a ; both Lasko a nd Luna were on Suzu kis. T his is abou t t he last tim e Aragon will be classifi ed as a Novice since he has gai ned enough po ints to be an Amateur. Resu lts in Resu lts Section . Gerig upsets Tripes at CMC Speedway 1.1.7 MX By Rod Eschenburg CHU LA VISTA . CA , A PR . 26 T orrey Pines High Sc hoo l rider David Ger ig was the ou tsta ndi ng rider of the night at Speedway 117 in th e Coca Cola Sa n Diego H igh Schoo l C hampionship Series wit h a big win over Ma rt y Tri pes in the 250c c Pro class . Gerig ran a close second to Tri pes in the first moto a nd came bac k to sco re a co nvinci ng win in th e second m ot o as Tripes 'sett led for a t hird be hind hard -riding Mike McG owan . Aft er com ing from fift h to first in th e first mot o , Trip es seem ed co nt ent 10 stay back in the pack aga in in the second rnoto , bu t regul a rs Gerig and McGowa n refused to be int imida ted a nd ra n off from him . As a ma tt er of fact , new Pro Cli n t H a rd ick almos t got T ripes for third at t he ch eckered flag . Spea ki ng of Ha rdi ck . who was mak ing his firs t start as a Pro last W ed nesd av , he seeme d a litt le " tight" off th e li~ e but on ce th e raci ng to underway he seemed to settle d own and showed some real grea t rid ing in both th e 125 and 250cc events an d picked up a third overa ll in th e 125s. The 125cc Pro class featured a complete domina tion by Mike T ripes who seems to win every time he appears a t Speedw ay 117. With Hardick moving ou t of th e Int ermed ia tes. a real do nny brook was ' expected by the fa ns and they were not disappointed as EI Capi ta n rider Kei th Finc h too k th e 125cc Int ermed ia te class wit h a third a nd a fou rt h p lace finis h over young Woody Carlson who put toget he r a 6-2 for second overa ll. I Mot o winners Keith Pagel and J oe Bon ett i were a b le to fin ish t heir ot he r mot o . .Chris H a rrold picke d u p a fi ne win with a two -stra ight in the 250s , but not wit ho ut lots of troub le from Ma rk Day and T utti Ju arez. The J u nior classes ag a in produced lots of gr eat com pet ition wit h G reg Cramer picking u p his second straight win with two smooth riding seco nd p ia. e finishes . Ano ther J unior rider who is estab lishing himself as a rid er 10 wa tc h is newcom er Vanya Sa ma rin who scor ed his second stra ig ht 100cc Ju nior win a nd looked to be a winn er in his 125cc Jun ior d ivision until mec ha nica l problem s side lined him in the second rnoro . Red -hot T racy McMillan took his second stra igh t 500 cc J uni or win and looked 10 be a two straig hte r in the r 125s again until th e scoo ter ga ve up in the seco nd moto wit h a 50 -yard lead on th e last lap . Defendi ng cham pion Santana H ig h appears to have a two -straight effort goi ng for it in th e 1978 Co ca Co la / San Diego Se ries, bu t a real batt le for th e second a nd third places .betw een four schools is emcrging now . EI Capit an. Mission Ba y, Monte Vista and Morse a re on ly separa ted by 130 po ints as the second ha lf of the season co mes up next wee k. Results in Results See t ion . ยท Tripes, the Honda Express, takes CMCMX By Patti Firth-T rot t er 1 CARLSBAD . CA . APR . 23 Bright sun and lots of well-burned bodi es was th e norm for a change a t the Con tinenta l Mota -sports Cl ub Carlsbad Racewa y motocross. The 125cc Pros got the first sho t at th e dusty track . FMF Su zuki-riding T im Lunde was off first a nd go ing for th e go ld . Dea l' J ocic (Co le Bros.) had th e seco nd slot. Suzuki of Pom on a rider Pau l T he de, J a ck Keese. and Terry She kell fo llowed. Lunde was ab le 10 hold th e lead for th ree laps but a bu sted throttl e cable put him ou t. By th is p oint in the race , Shekell had moved in to th e number one slot , wh er e he stay ed for t he rest of the race. Keese see med to be in good position withou t too m uch pr essu re fro m th ird -p lace An derson, alt ho ug h on the sevent h la p Anderso n slid right by, " Roo " rider T on y Go me z. back on his old fa mili ar mo unt ca me from the fa r back in th e pa ck 10 cross under th e chec kers behind Anderson . next r as Thede. In the second mot o J ack Keese was the holes hot rocket; Lund e was breathing d own his neck by t he thi rd tu rn a nd , a t th e halfwa y po int in th e la p , had th e lead. For th e next 11 la ps no one even ca me near T im . Keese rode a very strong seco nd with Anders on looki ng smoot h as silk in th ird . An d erson got the signa l fro m his pi t cre w th a t th ird was good enough for th e overall win , so he ju st settled in , not taki ng any ch a nces . . Tony Go me z and th e Roo aga in sta rt ed fa r back . bu t by th e end of th e race were in the mon ey. Paul Thed e a nd T erry Shekel I finis hed next. By th e tim e t he end less clas s of 125cc riders had fin ished th e first rou nd of racing the tr ack looked as if we wer e st ill in th e m idst of th e m ajor d rought. Looki ng do wn the sta rt st ra ightaway , one cou ld tel l th e start of the 40 -rider 250cc Pro race would -