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Thomas W alton ISUlI ; 3. J immy Robert son tSull. 125 PRO: 1. Dann y Turner {Yaml ; 2. eric McKenna ISuzl; 3. Cha ppy Blose ISUII. - 250 JR : 1. Craig Bolin g ISult; 2. W ayne Snow (Yam)~ 3. Casey Brooks (Honl . By Sallee Hilton SAC RAMENTO , CA , MAY 12 After a three-week delay , Sacrame nto Ra ceway opened its gates for a new season of Frida y night motocross racin g, The track, whi ch had been a lak e for much of th e wint er , was improved over last yea r by the addition of new d irt dum ped by swim ming poo l contractors . Fans wer e trea ted to so me qua lity racing in the I25cc Pro class . Danny T urner . between hal ves of th e AMA I25cc National Motocross C ham pion ship Series, flew his way to t he overa ll win . Right behind in th e first moto was Cha p py Blose (Suz), a to p co nt end er in th e T rans-Alvl E Motocross Series. who gave T u rner a run for his money. T h.. two bumped elb ows a nd swa p ped spots for th e lea d . hut it was Turner who was t here at th e flag with a mid -a ir pass co mi ng off th e last jump. Turner led all th e w av in t he second moto , but Blose was on his tail and pu shing hard . On the white flag lap Blose went down , leaving th e win a nd overa ll to T urner. Back on th e bike and ch a rg ing , Blose crashed again. causing him a fift h place fin ish for th e moto a nd givi ng second overa ll to Eric McKenn a (Suz) for his thi rd a nd seco nd finis hes. One of the better races was th e Min i Junior class , with Kenny Roper (Ya m) claiming both motos for t he tro ph y. Rop er . holesh ot th e firs t moto and cranked it on for a win . He ca me off th e ga te fou rt h in the final , but mov ed easily to third . Aft e r a lap of d icin g with Brad Avilla (Suz) he moved up to c hase St ev e Bost (Yam) for the lead. Roper put th e move on Bost for th e overa ll win with Avilla second afte r two th ird pla ce moto fini she s. Bost and Sh awn Freil ing (Kaw) each had a moto second. Results r Hand Was h.lll ie Lowell Moural continued to be one of Cyclelands top contenders. M INI JR : 1. Kennv Roper (Yam); 2. Brad A vill a I$Ull; 3. Steve Best (Yaml . MINI INT : 1. Chris Lewi s ISUll; 2. Greg Vlaho s ($Ul); 3. Phillip Saldi var (SUIt . 100 JR : 1. Rick Cervant es (Suz); 2. Craig Hackett (Vaml ; 3 . Mik e Randal lSuz). 100 INT: Shawn W alking stick (YamlVET : OLD TI MER: 1. J oel Roit lnger IMa ll; 2. Frank Hicks (Sull; 3. M Ike McKee. 125 J A: 1. J im Breneisen (SUl t; 2. Tom Du Pont , J r. ISU1I; 3 . Rick Nicho ls ISUll. 125 JR : 1. J airrue Adams ISUl l; 2. Dane Wiggins ISUl ); 3. W illie Vance (Sull 250 INT: 1. Fredd y Bercier tSull; 2. Jay lewis (S Ul ); . ~ 250 PRO: 1. Gene McKen.l'le IHus); 2. Tony Sauer (VarnI; 3. Geor ge Cheath am (Yam), OPEN J R: 1. Harry Bradwell (SUl) ; 2 . Ed l inda (Mai ): 3 . J im Dana (YamJ. OPEN INT : William Rog ers (Yam l. OPEN PRO: 1. Rick W oodson (Mail; 2. George t Cheatham IYam); J.. Daniel Bousquet (Mail . 3. M ichael M cCann (honl. Sudberry soaks Cycleland ST By Ern ie A ldrich Photos by E. W , Dominie CHiCO, CA, MAY 13 Short Track action resumed at Cycleland Speedway Saturday !is. loca l rid ers continued their domination of the 250cc Expert aila ' · 250cc Han d · p m arn events . Ica n In th e I2 · lap 250c c Handicap rnain.! J ohn P, Sudberry overcame his handicap with grea t relish . Startin g' from the 35·ya rd lin e, he ran eig hth, sevent h , th en sixth unt il lap seven wh en th e race was restarted due to a downed rider, Mike McAvo)'. From th e rest art . Sudberry ran fifth , t hen co nsumed a rider a lap for his win. Junior Chuck Atkinson was seco nd a nd Novice Dirck Sauer held thi rd . The top three ro de Yarn ahas. In 2 50 cc actio n, the Expert ma in was won by Ken G ray, 1977 Cyclelan d 250cc Expert H igh Point Cham p . He took the lead a t th e green flag and mainta ined his advantage to the fin ish . Sudberry was second , Bo ~ Gibson thi rd . Da n Fowler a nd Mike Freeman fourth and fifth. Winnin g is becoming a pleasing habit for 100cc Mini Expert Mike Cagle. The 1977 Cycleland 100cc , High Point Co -Champ rode his Suzuki , to the only trophy in the class for th second straig ht week . N In the ne xt main , 125cc No vice Don ) Roberts was first out of the ho le and, never looked back. H is Yamaha kept hi m well in fro n t of Mike Snider's hot Honda . Larry Ba rkhouse (Ya rn -Yuba Cit y) was third. T he 250cc Nov ice main not onl y starred the sa me three Yamaha riders . that nai led down last week 's trophies,! but they finished in the same order ., Bill Scott was first , foll owed by Dirck Sauer and George Cummins. Ted Haines was fourth . Terry Atkinson got off to a good