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th e top spo t in the first turn and never
looked back . W illiam s ca me in seco nd
and once again Mota go t th ird .
Mark Ellis (Ya m)·m ade a com eback
to the Pro racing scene at DeA nza . He
was a ll alone in fro n t of th e O pen class
in bot h motes, proving he ha sn 't lost
t he old ma gic. Second place was a
littl e closer. wit h T er ry King (Ya m )
a nd Greg Ston e going for it. In bot h
rou nds. it was King who ca me out on
top , bu t he still had no hope of
ca tc hi ng Ellis.
In th e 250cc Exp ert class. it was
first-time Pro Scott Quick who got t he
money. Althou gh th e class was sma ller
than usu al. Qu ick p roved tha t he is '
ca pa ble of going straig ht to th e top .
He a nd his Su zuki ace d ou t K en Odra
(Yam) in both 12-lap mot os.
The biggest cla ss of th e d a y was. as
usual . th e 125cc Beginner class.
Richard Hoffm an (Su z) scored a
second in moto one behind Dann
J:
Olson (Ya m ). but came back to win
th e seco nd round . Olson , who had
problem s and finished fifth that time .
got ba ck on top wit h another win in
th e final race. Hoffm an still got th e
overall victory with Olson a nd Tony
Hernandez (Su z) following.
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Resu lts
MINI BEG: 1. Ken Morton ISuzl; 2. Roman Pierson
ISOlI;3. Randy Pomerantl (Yam).
125 BEG: 1. R;cnard Hollman ISOlI; 2. Danny Olson
(Yam); 3. T ony Hernandez lSu zl.
125 NOV: 1. Greg Apostolou IVam); 2. Gary
Renshaw lYaml;3. Rusty Hannah (SUll.
125 INT: 1. Danny Purinton (Suz l; 2. Oav;d Willia ms
ISuz) : 3. Phill ip M ot a ISuz).
125 EX 1. Dave Rose (Suz); 2. Doug UncoIin ISuz);
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2. Craig Gormley (Yaml.
250 BEG 1. Rcl Andl!fson IVaml; 20 Paul Hessel
:
ISOlI; 3. D.... Olson ISuzl.
250 NOV: 1. Brian HoHman (Suz); 2. Dave Koch
IV
aml; 3. Tony CamarenalSuzI.
250 INT I . Don Koch ISOlI; 2. Danny Cannon ISU1I.
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250 EX: 1. Scon Oucl lSuzI; 2. Ken Cdra lYaml.
OPEN BEG 1. Randy Smith ISUlI; 2. Ron Spellman
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IKaw); 3. Randra Symanski (Suzl.
OPENEX: 1. M..k EnislYaml; 2. Tl!fty King IVam); 3.
Greg Stane lVaml.
SR VETS: 1. George Spellman ISud; z. Ed M;chen i
IMail.
BEG VETS: 1. Ray Amold IVaml; 2. Steve ICroshol
Symanski (Suz).
Ward, Vidic,
Brooks win at
SSMMX
By Terry Whytal
ORANGE, CA . MAY 27
Little Jeff Ward rode his FMF
Suz uki to an impressive overall
win in the 125cc Pro class at this
week's Saturday Saddleback MX .
Ted Ho yt pu t his Suzuki out front in
the first 125cc Pro moto with Husky
rider Mike Monaghan close behind.
Ward had gotten a bad start but
qu ickly moved into th ird behind
Monaghan. Within j ust three laps
Ward passed both Monaghan and
Hoyt to tak e th e lead . and rod e to th e
win . Hoyt and Monaghan finished
second and t hird respectively.
The seco nd moto was all Ward's as
he led from start to finish ending with
a wide lead over second . Three riders
made th eir bid s for the runner-up spot
in an exci ting display of racing . Ho yt
was again running in second but heavy
pres sure from Monaghan and Yam ah a
rider Ver e Butler made Hoyt slip off
the groove .a nd Monaghan moved into
second. Monaghan held on to second
for several la ps before he also made, a
mistake and both Hoyt a nd Butler got
by. Butler a nd Hoyt really fought righ t
to th e c heckers with Ho yt com ing out
on top . Ward took home th e overall
win money with Hoyt gett ing a wellearned seco nd and Monaghan third .
Maico rider Jeff Vidi c showed th e
way for the 250cc Pro cla ss with two
perfect wins . Vidic led both rnotos
Danny Ray 1131' a nd Ty Ma dd ux 1 battled at US MRA. w it h Madd ux
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w inning.
from start to fin ish wh ile Yamaha mounted Jim Domann sta yed close to
finish second in both races . Kurt Sofka
and his Can-Am pla yed follow the
leader and ended the da y by placing
third in both motos.
Tim Tarintino put his Suzuki out
front of the first 500cc Pro race . Close
behind were Mark Brooks and Randy
Rodriquez . both riding Mai cos. On
the fifth la p Brooks took the lead from
T arantino and held on to the fin ish.
Tarantino fought off th e charges of
Rodriquez to keep second ahead of
Rodriquez.
Rodriquez grabbed the lead of the
second moto and never looked back.
Brooks had to settle for second ahead
of Jeff Witherell on a Maieo who
finished third. Brooks got the overall
win with a 1·2 score. Rodriquez (3-1)
was second, and Tarant in o (2· 4) was
th ird.
Results
• 5OO<:c PRO: 1. Mark Brooks IMai); 2. Randy
Rodr iquez (Ma i); 3. Tim Tarant ino (Suz).
2SOcc PRO: 1. J eff Vtdic (Mai); 2. J im Doman "
IVam); 3. Kurt Safko IC-AI.
125cc PRO: 1. Jell Ward ISuzl: 2. Ted Hoyt ISUlI; 3.
M ike Monag han IHus).
500cc INT: 1. Fulton Tidwell (Yaml ; 2. J im Beltntek
(Mail; 3. M arino ~II MaiJ.
12Scc INT: 1. J erry Benson {Yaml ; 2. Mik e Vayce n
(Vaml; 3. Bobby Coch'an ISUlI.
125cc J R: 1. Pete RinaldiiSOl I; 2. Joe Bray lYaml;
250cc JR : 1. Alan Painter IHonl; 2. Jell Lewey (Hanl;
3. Dave W erhe (Yam ),'
5OO<:c JR: 1. Glenn Glass (Vaml; 2. Ga