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Mo . 63114 arou nd th e Grand Prix track a t C arlsb ad d oing battle with t he Continental Mote -sport C lu b fo lks. T ryin g some t hing new toda y, the tr a ck crew wa te re d the co u rse race d ay morning instead of th e usu al pre · race d ay preppin g . The track stayed tacky much lo nger m aking th e riders happy ; us ing th e fu ll GP layo ut m ad e them . . even ha ppier . Flying Machin e Fact ory rider Rand y Hess hauled buns off the lin e to get th e first of th e 125cc Pro races going. Gregg "Toyota" Toya m a . a lso wit h FM F co lors. was q ui ck to get into seco nd . Su zuki -m ounted A lex Downs a nd Esco nd ido Su zuk i-sponsored Scott Anderson locked themselves into thi rd an d fourt h. Rick J o hnso n . who is fa ster th an a speeding bullet. altho ug h he co u ld use a weight belt to give him som e extra heft , was towa rds the back of the pack a long wit h th e " Flying Freckle ." J eff Ward (FM F Suz). Hess was a ble to hold the lead for one mo re lap unti l a com p le te ly fri ed piston put Randy o n th e sid elines a nd Toya ma took over. An der son was ou t of the race with brak e prob lem s and W ard ha d gn tten th rou gh tra ffic . p ast J o hnso n . a nd was ge tt ing read y to pu t the m oves on Toya ma . Lap eig ht is wh e n J eff jum ped into th e lead . Toyama and J ohnson kep t the crowds o n th eir feet as th e tw o we re ne ver more t h an a few inc hes apart. Alex Downs ke pt Do n Full er (Suz) a nd Matt Nelson (Suz) fro m advanci ng . Making his way through al1 of this was Uncle Malcolm McCassey and his tricked -out crimson and go ld Flying Machine 100cc machine . Since no 100cc Pros showed up . McCassey gave it a try wit h the 125s. In the second rn oto , Suzuki of Po mo na rider Pa ul T he de looked to have the ho leshot when he tangled with a few of the ot he r rider s as th ey we re rounding the Suzuki Tower a nd d own he wen t . g iving Toya ma the holesh ot. Gregg j ust d ia led his Yamaha to th e m a x a nd a way he went to lead th e enti re race . Then- were tim es when J ohnson looked as if he wou ld ge t by G regg but it never ha ppened . T he de ca m" back from dead las t to ta ke over third with Downs fin ish ing th e race in fou rt h . Chuck Ma u rat h kept his MCE Kaw asak i in fifth for a good finis h . T he 250cc 'and Open Pros d id battl e together today and o nce th e pack thinned it was just a parade with David W illia ms to ta lly domina ti ng th e forward ground and Rand y H ess putting his FMF 250cc machine in first for his class. Fritz Sch lega l (Suz) . Mot o Meister Mai co's Da le Anderson a nd Mike Sole ( Esco ndido Suzu ki) sco red the top points for th e 250s wit h David Wi llia ms ( Mai) . Da ve Le wis (Ya m) , Vi nce Kr eizin ger (Yam) a nd Ken Ya rnall (Su z) as the win ne rs for th e O p e n bik es. In th e second m oto , H ess took the hol esh ot with Dennis Curtis (Hon) a he ad of Will iams. By th e t hird lap W illiams had th e lead wh ich is ex ac tly wh ere he st ayed for th e dura tion of the "mo to . Aga in H ess finished first for th e 250cc riders . Results 100 JR: 1. Michael Pescetti ISuzl: 2. Scott Hamilton (Yaml; 3, Kelly Bishop (Yaml . 100 INT: 1. Mark Page (Suz); 2, M ike Gomez IYaml ; 3.11ovd Thomas (Yaml . MINIINT: 1. Mark Toyama IYam); 2, Aaron Hamilton (Yaml . 12 ~ PRO: 1. Gregg Toyama IFM F/Yaml; 2. Rick Johnson (Yam); 3. A lex Dow ns ISuz ). 125 INT: 1. Joe Bonett i (Esc); 2, Vanya Samarin ISUZI; 3. Andv Northrup ISOP). 125 JR: 1. David M cGhee (Yaml; 2, Vince Skandunas (Yaml; 3. Mike Burnett l Kawl. 250 PRO: 1. Randy Hess ISuz/FMA: 2. Dale Anderson (M M /M ail; 3. Fritz Schlegal {Suzl. 250 INT: 1. B, Ashsmore (Vam); 2. Burt Wal d (Suzl: 3. Bob Green (Suz). 250 J R 1: 1. Bob Silvers (Yaml; 2 . Pat Tuomey (Hon); 3 . Robert Smith (M ail. 250 J R 2: 1. Robert Oien (M ai); 2. Ron Davis (M ail; 3 . Mark Nether land (Mail . 500 PRO: 1. David Wi lhams (Mail: 2. Dale l ewi s (Yam); 3. Vinc e Kreizinger (Yaml . 500 JR : 1. J eff Pow ell (M ai); 2, Tim An derson (Yaml ; ~ 3. Brian John son (Mail. 500 INT: 1. Ala n Olson (Mail: 2. Mik e Nicc um (Mail ; 3. Frank Emerson fHus). , Santana wins Speedway 1. 1. 7 HSMXseries By Rod Eschenb urg CHU LA VISTA . CA , J UN E 7 . The 1978 Coca -Cola / Sa n Diego H ig h School Motocross Cha m pionship Ser ies at Speedway 117 wound up with some of the best racing of the year . with th e Pros again stea ling th e show as FMF-m ounted Randy H ess ca me through with comefro m -behi nd win s in both th e 125cc a nd t he 250cc classes. Sec o nd- p la ce rider Cl int Hardi ck (AS A Su z & Hon) scored easy wins in both firs t motos , bu t had to scra m b le in the second gorounds as severa l slide downs in each class had him coming back each tim e for ba nzai fin ish es. After a long absence fr om Speed wa y 117. Kenny Frost m ade his return a go od on e with a strong third in th e 125cc Pros and Speedwa y 117 fir st -timer Mark Gregs o n of Sa lem . O R. loo ked good in gra b bing th e th ird SpO L in the 250cc Pros . . W ell. Tracy McM illen fin a lly go t his Int ermed iat e ca rd (m uc h to the rel ief of the Jun ior rid ers) a nd guess wh at . now he a lre a dy has the Intermed iat e rid er s compl a in in g tha t he is too fast! Rid ing onl y t he 500cc class. Tracy jus t