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.._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._c Western hotline . a CRC Racing World 125 an d 250c c Pro winner Dean Cates lead s Mik e Brown. Soscre., it on .,itb Cycle Ne.,s ,- I I I I I I I I I I I -SUBSCRIBE NOW! MAIL TO : CYC LE NEW S, 2201 Cherry A ve. Long Beach, CA 90801 or call (213) 427-7433 CYC LE NEWS (1 year) $15. 0 50 ISSUES CYC LE NEWS (2 yea rs) 27. 0 100 ISSUES CYCLE NEWS (3 years). . 37.50 0 150 ISSUES Please send me t he D EAST or D WEST ed ition. This is a Renewal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Please bill me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D I enclose check or money order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Name (Please print legibly) Address City State Please fill in your complete account number and card expiration date below: 'I • - - -~ Card expires III I I I I I I I'll II I I T h~ Issuer 0 1 Ihl! ca rd Id.mll "," un,o ,s'lem r e"'o","",,, s ~ .Ll-..l..L to pay th e amoll n l shown it!'. TOT Al U ~){'" pec ne- pt'eSt!'n la Date of th is order 36 -';;;'__ .. ZIP ,IOn. I pfO mlSf' to pay suc h TOT AL 110 f' I h p-r WIt h an y g .Jfh er c !"la. ~s dut" ! t'lf"ff"Onl subJec t ' 0 and "1 eccoeda ece ---With the I I I I I I I I I I I ag'~enl QO""; . I n o n q - - - ~ use of SUCh card contin ue with the q uestio nable machi ne . Clifton re-took t hi rd . Vidi c and W illiams go t a bit too close a nd W illiams wou nd u p on t he ground with a bad ly tweaked ankle a nd DNF the moro. While all of this was go ing on , Blackman kep t his Maic o wid e open a nd by t he end of th e rnot o was fou rth wit h Vidi c fifth . Vidic led the pa ck in t he second rnoto wit h Clifton . Clark J on es. Geri g . Gige r a nd Bell fo llowi ng . T im T ol ar a nd Blackm an had the next positi on s a head of Ti m Lunde. Vid ic a nd Bell spe nt seven laps d icing with Be ll fina lly tak ing over the lead . Vid ic rod e th e rem a inder of the race in second wit h the co nsta n t threat of T im Lunde ta king his position a way from him. J ones finis hed th e ra ce in fourth with Tola r . Bla ckm a n a nd H onda rid ing Gr egg Young next. When the point s wer e tall ied , Bell . Vidic a nd Black ma n got the la rgest sha re of t he money_ Da vid W illiams rook the ho leshot in both of the O pe n Pro races but Mike Bell too k th e win in both of th em . W illia ms was se cond an d Alan Sm ith (H us) third . Resu lts in Resul ts Section . Cates collecfs twoatCRCMX By Ke ith Cle m o ns T RA BUCO CANYON , CA , A PR . 23 W he n you're hot , you' re hot a nd Ca lifornia Ra ci ng Club brought not only hot competition to their most recent moto at Racing World but also one of th e hottest days, tem peratu re -wise , so fa r t his year. It was ha rd to tell which hurt worse , t he blu e b rui ses of the bo u nced -abou t ra cers or th e red a rms of th e sidel ine tou rists. Dea n Ca tes was hot . When th e 125cc Pr o boys ca me stea m ing off th e line for thei r firs t race , Ca tes sq ueezed int o th e hole just a hea d of Mike Brown . but it wasn' t su nshi ne on his shoulder m aking him happy. it was the fac t that his jack rabbit Suzuki was hoppin g to an ever inc reasing lea d and that his "get your wa llet thick ' quick" sche me was a bo u t 10 be realized in th e form of C RC payback cash . Brown . travel ing in a seclude d seco nd . had troub le with Greg Young every turn of th e co urse. Young hung tigh t on Brown's tai l a ll th e way, just wa iting for Bro wn to slip but Brown stayed in co m ma nd co nt ro l an d a t th e fini sh of the race th e positions wer e, Cat es, Brown, and Young , 1.2 ,3 . Bro wn co p ped th e ho leshot in t he seco nd mota with Ca tes ru nning:> seco nd but Cat es ma d e fast tr a cks and one la p la ter landed in the number one spot wher e he stayed to win. Brown , mea nwhile . go t na iled with a flat a nd fin ished the rac e in seco nd p lace with less th an two pou nds of a ir f pressure in his rea r tire. Young aga in finis hed thi rd mak in g t he position s consistent for t he overa ll. Cat es. a fter padding his wall et with th e 125cc Pro money. went on to win th e 250cc purs e also . (Some people ju st' can't ge t enoug h of a good t hing.) The ) firs t 250cc m o to proved to be Ca tes' ha rdest bu t most reward ing race of the day. Starting a slow fif th. he foun d his way to th e back side of th e track onl y to have m isfortu ne h it him b ro adside as a n un identified rider flat ra n him down . Before he was a ble to re-sta rt his position had d ropped to 10th . Others might have cried " uncle" but not Cat es. He sta yed with it . bu lld ozing throu gh th e traffic unt il he squeezed up to th e front . Top contender Bob W a lker , who had th e ho lesh or , laid his bike down a nd bowed ou t of the contest a nd by th e last la p Dennis Rose held th e num ber one spot , followed by Da nn y J ea n in seco nd a nd Ca tes. When J ean tried to pass Rose for a last la p snea k. t hey got th eir fe nd ers crossed a nd bot h went down , giving Cat es just th e hole he needed to scr ea m th ro ugh for the win. Cat es fin ished first with Jonny Clopt on in second follo wed by Dennis Rose in thi rd . T he next tim e arou nd , Bob Walk er wasn 't so easy 10 pus h aside. Ta king