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; 1:1 _._._._._~._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . Western hotline . ~ (Yam); J. Mike McCarIoy (s uzl. 100 NOV: 1. Tony Barbocovi(Yam!: 2. John Browd (Yam); J . Jan Wi lson ISuzl. 100 INT: 1. John Langhammor (Yam); 2. Oabal Francis(Y aml; J . George Curnutt (Suz). 100 EX 1. Dave Ba,berro ISuz): 2. Brook Bolstad : (Y aml. 125 BEG: 1. Stove Shover ISuz); 2. Mike Dun Dare IHonl: J . MikeBarras(Vam!. 125 NOV- 16: 1. Glenn NorkysISuz): 2. B,ot Hanson ISuzl: J . MikeMobley IV aml. 125 NOV: 1. Bob Schulz (Varni: 2. J ack Plat. ISull: J . MarkGibson ISuzl. 125 INT 1. Randy Schwalenborg ISuzl; 2. Bruce : B,oteke IVam!; J . Man Whiting IV am). 125 PRO: 1. J ohn O'Mara ISuzl; 2. Thad Friday ISuzl; J . Ed Ar not ISuz). 250 BEG: 1. Ken Hatcher (Y am!; 2. Herb Paniagua IC· Al; J . Scon Essman (Y aml. 250 NOVOIV l : r. David Simon IHus!: 2. Kin< Kuhas CVam); J . Scon Madson (Y am). 250 NOV OIV 2: 1. Ken Kramer IHanl; 2. Bm Harry CVam); 2. a mHarry(Y aml: J . Steve McCormick ISUlI. 250 INT 1. Randy Otner IHan!; 2. Mike Van Acker : IHonl:J. Doug BiZZV ISuz). 250 PRO: 1. John Atwood IMail; 2. Mike Shoemak... IVaml; J . BmPinckard ISUlI. E 500 BEG: 1. Chris Dinase (Suzl; 2. Marc Johnson ISuzl: 3. David Villa (SOl). 500 NOV: 1. louie Fernandez (Yaml; 2. Rick Shirey IHusl: 3. M tchael ROb inson (Yaml. 500 INT: 1. Brad Vandenberg l Husl; 2. Jerry Braman (Suz); 3. Pat Morgan (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Eddie Cole IC-A): 2. Doug Remo IVam!: 3. J on Mill er (Mail , VET J R: 1. Harold Binkle y (SuI); 2. Dwa ln Jarrett ISul l; J . Chuck Calagna ISul). VET INT: 1. Asker Larnkjaer ISU l: 2. Bob Barr ISuz): l J . Bob Crosta ISuz). . VET SR: 1. Dan M oore tMai); 2. Bill Burkhart (Mai); 3. John Wilson (Yam). Ed St effan (6) and Steve Loomis (7) go for the lead in an Open Ex pert heat at Elsinore's 0 -37 scrambles. Beavers, Steffan topD-37TT scrambles By Maureen Lee Photo by Gene Lee ELS I NORE. CA . MAY 21 Again , a poor tu rnout of scrambles riders for th e Riders M ,C. AMA D-37 point ru n TT scram bles. Or maybe that's going to be 18 th e no rma l turnout for scrambles now that motocrossing is so popu lar . Garth Beav ers won the 125cc Amateur/Expert , occa sionally peek ing back to see where arch -rivals Steve Karsten and Bud Carroll were. Mechanically Bud was having seizures. A new piston didn't help. it froz e in the second moto but in the third moto , with a stock barrel in place, wh er e was Bud? Out front and he stayed there inspi re of Beavers' hard chase a fter him , J immy Rosa turned in a good performance to get t hi rd overall. The usually big 250cc Novice class shrank to moto size with Greg Sargent winning two and losing the third to Ross Kla tt . Todd Haughton was always up there inspi re of starting on e mot o from the back row . T he Riders M.C . h ad invited Ascot assistant starter Shorty Seaborn out to give the troops a taste of how a professional starter works . Must say th e starts were excellent and not as raggle tail as we have seen them . I beli eve th e rid er s were a little in awe of Shorty and didn't try very much , ex cept for the big bore Experts. For sh ame , gu ys! All day th e referee and th e- starte-r had be-e-n upholding the- rule- the-y e-xp laine-d loud and clear at riders' me-eting : J ump and it's back you go . The first Open Expert he at went to Don "T · Bone" Gri gsb y wit h a pre-tty fair lead over Danny Pe-rkins. Next hea t Ed Steffan , very co lorfu l in blazing orange and white. took off pull ing th e others with him and they all came around to be confro nt ed by Shorty and the red flag . Off th ey went with Steve Loomis and Steffan the two transfers. In the semi Rex Hailey made a beautifu l, smooth pass in between two riders to take- the lea d , foll owed by Mike Montgomery . Steve Miller and Jerry Peters. Come th e main , three riders jumped and got part wa y up the hill before they realized the error of their ways and returned . They were not directed to th e rear line . and instead Don Grigsby found himself fighting to hold the spot he had on th e lin e , as the others muscled back into fro nt -row sta rt ing places. T empers flared and th e referee tossed T -Bone ou t. Understandably unhappy, Grigsby filed a protest ; one we'll sta nd with him on , as a tra in ed obs erver. Losing his tem per a bit didn't help things but it was provoked by th e offi cia ls who d id n't stand be hi nd the rul e- th ey ha d been u phold ing all day . They p icked a heck of a time to let it go by - those big bores are always looking for the quickest way around . We'll let you know what th e Competition Committ ee has to say. Rex H ailey ended up winning the main . Joe Steffan cleaned hous e with three straight in the 250cc Amateur/Expert. while Jay Ba les, La rry Bird and Mark Cain sh uffled the other spots about. There was plenty of sort ing about too in the 500cc/ Open Amateur. J ay Bales got the win with a second , a third a nd a first. while Pat Dobb ins on the lone T riu mph out t here , Joel W indham and Dwayne Las ke rumbled around in th e other spots. And for t he big bo re Novic es? Well , Allen Swett on his Honda did in the assorte-d Yammies, Suzies and Buls, with Willi am Ful ton second and Jim Workis third . Now hear th is, at th e Gr ipsters point run on June II at Elsinor e , they will also be ha vin g a sho rt t rack wh ich is on th e AMA age nd a on a trial basis so come on out and TT a nd short track to you r heart 's delight. But befor e thi s on June II , th ere will be a point run at Perris , so wat ch Cycl e N ews ' Cal enda r section for t he rest of the yea r - a who le bunch of dates have been picked up and we don't want to hear a ny sniveling from you becau se you missed some of 'em . .. you' re go ing to ha ve plenty to rid e th is season for you r points. Results 80cc MINI MOTO: 1. Curt is Cannon (Yam); 2. Rog er Thompson (Yam l; 3. Joseph Pet erson (Ya ml. 125cc AMIEX MOTa: 1. Garth Beavers IVam); 2. St eve Karsten (Yam ); 3. J im Rosa [Yaml . 250cc NOV MOTO : 1. Greg Sargent (Ya m); 2. Ross Klan (Varni ; 3. Todd Haug hton (Varni . 250cc A M tEX MOTO : 1. Joe Steffan (VarnI; 2. J ay Bales (Yaml: 3. Larry Bird (Mon). 5OOIOPEN AM MOTa: 1. Jay Bales IV aml: 2. Jo el W indham (Yam l: 3. Pat Dobbins ITri), J59 /5OOcc NOV MOTO: 1. Allen Swett (Honl; 2. William Fulton (Yam): 3. James W Qfkis (Yam). SOOfOPEN EX MAIN: 1. Rex Hailey (Yam ); 2. Ed Steffan (Yaml: 3. St eve Loom is (Yam l. Atwood wins CRC $1000MX By Tom Co rley VA LEN CIA , CA MA Y 7 Rarely do you find a motocross race as big as this one at India n Dunes. But then again it was a special occasion and this happened to be th e Cal ifornia Raci ng Cl ub $ 1000 purse m otocr oss whic h lured in well over 30 0 spo rtsmen and professional racers. T he CRC treated the p art icipan ts to a well run race also a free CRC/lnd ia n Du nes T vshirt , J o hn Atwo od very successfully downe d 26 other 250cc Pros for the first place righ ts. wbich in clu ded a lot of m oney. Atwood was mou nt ed on a potent Maico today a nd has a lre ady proved himself as a fast big bore spe cialist. In th e firs t m oto it was evident that J ohn knew wh at he was d oin g and h e clea nly dusted a herd of name riders. Second a nd third p lace in this moto went to Terry Cla rk (Ma i) and Eddie Cole-(C -A), T he second and final bout went in favor for John again as he claimed th e top spot very easily once again . Both Clark and Cole DNF. Instead the two closest co mpetitors next to Atwood in this last race were Mike Shoemaker ( Ya m ) and J im Tassano (Ya m) . Overall the top three m oney men were Atwood, Sh oem aker a nd Bill Pin cka rd (Suz). Resu lts MINI BEG: 1. Jon Hughlen IVam); 2. Perr, S hields (Yam); 3. Mario Barberio ISuzl. MINI NOV: 1. Kevin Brewis (Suzl; 2. Dave Lamb (Yaml; 3. Marty lehotan (Yaml. MINI INT: 1. Ronnie Eversole ISuz); 2. Danny Sanchez ISUl). : am); 2. Donald Best MINI EX 1. Matt Whiting (Y IVaml. 100 BEG: 1. Nick Larson IVam): 2. David Jones Lunde, Hardick share Speedway 117 MX spotlight ~ By Rod Eschenburg CH UL A VISTA . CA , MAY 10 /~I Tim Lunde of Redondo Beach" and new Pro Clint Hardick shared the spotlight in Contin ental Mote-sport Club -sancti on ed Speed way 117 motocross, gra bbing th e 125 and 250cc classes respectivel y. Lunde scored his first 125cc victorv at Speedway 117 with a come ·fr~m · behind second moto tie -breaker win over T erry She kell after Shekell Iooked to be the class of the field aft er a strong firs t moto win . H a rd ick went two for two over the strongest field ( 12) of 250cc Pr o riders thi s year with. "Tony th e T iger" Gomez co mi ng in for a second a head of Steve Blackman as. Black man a nd Steve Ba rtl ey had troubl es in the second rnoto. Hard ick's second straight win pe rformance was marred by a fall in th e first moto of the 125s whil e running a close seco nd to Terry Shekel!. Word has it that Clint (who is not a jockey-sized person) will be abandoning th e 125s as soon as the new 500cc class Hon d as areavailable. Most impressive rider hon or s of the night had to go to Barona O aks Min i. ace Scot t Bu rn worth as he easily swept · bot h the 100cc In term ed iat e class a nd th e l Svrid er 125cc Int erm ed ia te class.' Bu rnworth cli maxed a 10-d ay effo rt d uri ng wh ich he chalked u p ni ne class wins in three different states! It was Burn wort h's first appearance of the yea r at Speedway 117 and not only d id h e sweep the 125s from a field of veteran regulars . he was lap p ing at identical times of 125cc Pros Sbekell and Lunde. Unfortunatelv for th e fa a t Speedway 117 , Bu rn~orth 's ma ny Mini commitments with both USM RA , NMA and Suzuki R&D will prevent him fro m appea ring on i . regu la r ba sis. In other Intermediat e ac tio n Chris Harrold m ad e it two in a' row over cha rgin' Lee Ra m age . Scott Por te r and t he rest of a huge 17 ride; field and Matt Carter made it three in a row over Lynn Vick and Lee Ra m age in a disputed finish line situ a tion in volving Vick and Ra mage . T he Coca Cola / Sa n Diego H igh Championship Seri es .is School tig hteni ng up with a p prox ima tel y fours

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