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• ; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._... _ . _ ~ _ . . _ . _ . _ . ~ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ .. ,., Western hotline ~ t 00 r-.. 0') ~ . ' Kersp lash! Late ly, t he SRA has been getting me an w it h t heir GP w aterholes. ST MINI INT 1 9-11). : L Ronnie lech;en IYaml; 2. larry Broo ks (Yam); 3. Troy Hatfield {Suzl. MOD MINI NOV 112-161 : 1. Mark Howell lSuzl ; 2. Chis lance (Yaml ; 3. Alex A tend a (Suzl. • Goat Breker won the SRA Riv erside GP Open class with his foot in a cast. 125 BEG: 1. Bruce Maynoo lSuz); 2. John Bush lYaml; 3. Mel Kuse lS uzl. 250 BEG: 1. Glenn Coles IHon l; 2. Ron Wamhoff IMon); 3. Doug Johnson lVaml. MINI JR : 1. Marc Condon ISuz l; 2. Paul Carpenter (Yam); 3. Kirk Betta {Yam). 100 JR : 1. Gary Reichenbach IYaml; 2. Richard Ising IYaml; 3 . Don Jensen ISUll. 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Dave Wefler (Suz); 2. Brian A lexander lSUlI; 3. Chip Manning (Han ). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Perry Condra ISuzl; 2. Daryl Foster lS uz); 3. Reed Prosser ISu,l. 125 JR DIV 3: 1. John Condon IYam); 2 . Rog er Gauvin (Suz); 3. Henry Swain (SUI). 125 JR DIV 4: 1. Kevin McDonald (Suz); 2. Ken lee (Suzl : 3. David Stenbakken (Suzl. 250 JR DIV 1: t . Chris Rogers ISuzl: 2. Dann y Van Ack er (Suz); 3. Devon Farley (Hon). 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Rob Challma n ISuzl; 2. Kelly Reid (Yam l: 3. Jim Neub auer (H·DJ. 500 J R: 1, Jim Doug las (Suz); 2. Rich ard Lidy ard (Yam); 3. Dav e Alex ander (Yam ). MI NI INT : 1. Louie Franco (Yam l: 2 . Zoli M eszaros IYam ); 3. Ji m Boy d (Yam), 100 tNT: t . Greg Ham ilt on (Sull . 125 INT : 1. David Barber io ISuzl: 2. Greg Marti nez (Suz); 3. Chris Bercaw (Suz). ; 250 INT: 1. Rand y Ortn er tHon); 2. Don BizZV 3. Mike Van Acker (Honl . 500 INT: 1. J erry Beaman (Suzl; 2. Joe Blanchard (Mai); 3 . Bob Grisw old lS uz). MINI EX: 1. Pat McConn ell (Yam) . 100 EX: 1. Broo k Bolstad IYaml; 2. David Barber io (Suz); 3.. And y Meszaros (Yaml . 125 PRO: 1. J oh n O'Mara ISuzl; 2. Edwin Arnet (Suz); 3. Ji m Crowder (Suzl. 250 PRO: 1. Eddie Cole IC·AI; 2 . Craig Cole IC-AI; 3. Doug Nico l lSllZl. 500 PRO: 1. Eddie Cole IC·A); 2. Dean Tayt", IMon); 3. Bill Hag en lYaml. WOMEN'S DIV: 1. Pat Holland ISu,l. VETERANS: 1. Keith Phillips lSuz); 2. J im Atk inson (Yaml. Visitors Morey, Glover top CMMC MX By Rod Eschenburg SAN DI EGO , CA . MAY 7 Visiting riders Chris Morey of Huntington Beach and Eddie Glover of West Covina starred in 30 Ca lifornia Min i Mo to rc ycle Club 's motocross program a t Barona Oaks by capturing the Stock a nd Mod ified Ex pert Min i classes in th at order. Ronn ie Lechien saved th e day for the locals with a win in th e 105cc Minis and t he In termedia te 9· 11 St oc k Minis. In th e 105s he topped SCOll Swift (a career high for both riders) and in the Stoc k Minis he downed visitor La rry Br ooks of Alhambra . H owever , Brooks came back wit h a strong win over Lechien in the Modified d ivision . Laps two a nd four were timed in all classes Sunday wit h Eddie Glover ta king Mi ni top time at I mi nute, 32 .2 seco nds . In t he Intermedia te Mini 12-1 6 classes . Scott Swift beat out buddy Scott Brown for the Modified class with Bro wn coming bac k for a Stock win . Both Brown and Swift were timed a I ;38 .8 (in d iffe rent motos) for top Interm edia te Mini time of the day . . And speaking of th ose Novi ces boy wer e t hey out in force - two riders rea lly shined with do u ble wins. M ark H owell co ntin ued hi s domina tion of the 12-16 classes with wins in bo th the Stock and Modi fied classes and established th e top Nov ice tim e of th e d ay with a I :40.8 . Howell was particularly int erested in his times as he will be moving to t h e Intermediate class next race, a nd had hoped to top the times of Swift and Brown . Lack of competit ion however was his undoing as he always h as suc h a big lead that it was difficult to go "a ll ou t. " Nine-year-old Fr ank Bru nd age ca me back from a first of the year inj ury ac cid ent to score a double in the 9· 11 group with consist ant seconds and one firs t place moto fin ish to ed ge rapidly im proving Hank Erler in the Modifieds and Junior Cycle hot -dog T im H eath in the Stocks. Racing returns to the Barona Oaks "T rack of Champions " on Ma y 21 with the final tune-up race before round three of th e US Minic ycle Racing Association Suzuki C hampionship Ser ies show onJune 3 . Results 105 M INI: 1. Ronnie l echien (Yam); 2. Scon Sw ift ISuz); 3. Eddia Glover lSu,). MOD MINIEX: 1. Eddie Glover ISuzl ; 2. Ra bbi. Nolin (Yam); 3. Richard Sands (Suz). 5 T MINI EX: 1. Chris Morey (Suzl; 2. Rob bie Nolin IYaml; 3. Edd ie Glover ISuz). MOD MINI INT 11 2·161: 1. Scott Swift ISUl); 2. S cott Brown tSuzl ; 3. Chris Swift lSuzl . ST MINIINT 112-161: 1. Scott Brown ISu,) ; 2. Danny Almond lVam); 3. Scott Swift (S ull. MOD MINI INT 1 9-11): 1. larry Brook . lVam); 2. Ronnie l ech ien (Yam); 3. Jon Jon Beli sle lHon). MOD MINI NOV 1 9-111: 1. Frank Brundage lS U ; 2. ll Hank Erler lS uzl; 3. Danny Ray IS uz). ST MINI NOV 112-161DIV 1 : L Chris lance lVaml; 2. Ray Tetherton IS uzl; 3. Sammy Ginsler ISuzl. ST MINI NOV 112-1 61DIV2 : 1. Mark HoweIlISu,); 2 . Alex Atenci o lSuzl ; 3. Keith Bamen lS uzl. ST MINI NOV e-I n 1. Fran k B,u nda ge ISu, ); 2. TIm Heath lYam); 3. Danny Ray lSuzl . J R CYCLE MOD 19-111 : L Jon J on Belisle lHon); 2 Sco tt Zastrow (I~l; 3. Brad J ohnson (ltj). 1tj); 2 Charlie J R CYCLE ST 19-111: L TIm Heath 1 Sampson IS uzl; 3. Brad Johnson In~ . JR CYCLE ST (~ : Ronnie Thomas lS uzl; 2. Ethan Dickenson (S uzl; 3. Doug Heathe ISuzl. 125 MC EX: 1. Scott Johnson lSuzl; 2. David McGee lVaml; 3. Don Fuller (Suzl. 25 MC INT; 1. Curti. Roug h lSuz); 2. Scott Haminon lVam); 3. Brian Thomas IYaml. 125MC NOV: L John Carter (Yaml; 2. W oody Can so n lVaml; 3. J eH Chatfield lYaml. 100 MC NOV: 1. Scon Hamilton (Yam); 2. Curtis Roug h ISuzl. 100 MC NOV: 1. Woody Carlson IYam); 2. J am es Cloud lSuzl ; 3. Ron Cain lVam l. Breker returns for last-second SRA GPwin By Sue Senn Pho tos by Gary Steele RIVERSIDE, CA , MA Y 7 The East Wes t Motorcycle Clu b of O ra nge Cou nt y assisted the Sportsman Racing Associa tio n by laying ou t a grand prix course d escribed by som e as a mini Gr ea t Bear. East West thanks a ll parti cipants , especially Goat Breker who taped a Norstar boot over th e cas t on his foot th en limped toward his Husky for the LeMa ns sta rt of the Open race. Mark Asbu ry. fro m Up -Tire Husky, grabbed the lead with Mor gan Malocco a nd Skip W ade right be hi nd him . By th e secon d la p . Breker , who had a very bad start , ha d moved into thi rd and was closing on Malocc o , When Ma locco's machine went sour . Br eker moved int o seco nd pa ce , 20 seco nds behind Asb ury. The sixt h of the eight -m in u te laps was th e white flag lap a nd Asbury became cocky with the su re ness of his win . He d id wheelies for th e specta tors, clowned th rou gh the m ud ho le a nd was st u nned when Breker whizzed p ast him just in ch es before th e chec ke red flag . Breker , who is a member of th e Sled Riders M.C. . commented "Asbury d idn't see me com ing and I got him befor e he kn ew wha t happened . I sti ll can't bel ieve it - but it's grea t. " The Senior race found T he Hawa iia n , Bill Pa ttison , out front with Lyn n McGraw , Charlie Conway and Dick Smallwood battling for second. Although they changed plac es sever al tim es. they all finished in that order. Cor d is Brooks took th e 250cc cla ss lead while Lance T ubbs and Bill Tarling fought for second . T u bbs went out with a flat a nd Baj a class co w rinne r Kent Pfeiffer went out with a leg inj ury. Brad Fenton seemed to appear out of nowhere to claim third whi le the two deser t riders dazzled specta tors wit h their bat tle for first. The Hemet Cycle Center-sponsored T a rling stayed right on Bro oks' tai l throu ghout the race . And in his own words " If the race had been a little longe r , th e fini sh migh t have been a little closer. " Brooks. who rides his Ma ico for W heelsm ith Motorcycles in Fou nta in Valley . was very relaxed a nd proved once agai n that "it's not dirty when you 're out front : ' He said he's co nsidering the nex t SCO RE race in Mexico a nd besides rid ing Grand Pr ix , he'll be very acti ve in AMA Distri ct 37 desert races this ycar. T he 81 ·200 cc race is a lways exci ting for spectators and J im Odie and Bill Whiten er did th eir best to keep it tha t way. They di ced vicio usly over th e 5.5 mil e co u rse for th e first two laps. As Odic began to pull a lead over Whiten er , third -pl ace Dan Loros found he had his hands full try ing to stay in fro nt of Warren Barr, Mark Ma cFarland a nd J oanna Sten ersen , who co nti nua lly cha nged places bu t finished 'in that or der. Joanna . an Expert motocross rid er , was a bit upset a bou t being entered as a powder puffer. Sh e definitely proved th at she ca n hold her own with the best of ei ther sex. T he Mini race produced a showi ng of fast new talent on fast new machines . While winner Kevin Senn d iced with Rollin Busse for th e lead , a strong battle was going on behi nd them. "T he Ra t ," Kell y Moore , was stu bbornly refusing to gi ve an inch fro m the th ird spot he was defending from Mike Schuringa and Keith Senn, Meanwhile . back in the pack , a Begi n ner was working his new Mono toward the front . It was Ritchie Sui to r . making his first appearance at an SR A GP who rode with a style and su re ness of a future Pr o . The Team race hel ped ease much of Mark Asbu ry's earlier em ba rrassme nt wh en he a nd his pa rt ne r , Tom Bell. claimed firs t over Cordis Broo ks a nd Bill Tarling . • Resu lts pending.

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