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Cycle News 1978 07 05

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._._._._._._._.•. _-_._._._._._._._._._. J R CYCL E MO O J RS: t . M ouse M cCoy Utj); 2. M an y Rickard ISUl ); 3 . J oey Rodrigues lSu.d . JR CYCLE STOC K INT : t . J . Rodr ig ues ISU1); 2. Ray Sw ear inger (S uzl; 3 . Walt Armendarizlltjt JR CYCLE STOCK JR S : 1. M ou se M cCoy Utj); 2. Marty Rick ard ISuzl; 3 . J oey Rodrigues (S u zl. J 05 M INI OPEN : 1. J ack Greenbe ry . j r . . is a r definite wi rincr . Evid en ce of this was seen as J t'r ry wh ipped the Pros a nd he showed wh y he sports lilt' Number 0 111' pi a u ' . J erry docs ba rth- o n a S uzuki tu ned b y Ca noga Pa rk S uzuki . H e darted o ut fro nt a nd cant ro lled the lead rig h t a wa y in th e first rn o to and th is is q u ite import ant bec ause a ll of these riders a n' a bo ut eq u a l a nd ha rd to pass. J erry won th e first m ot a wh ile JD Engi ne eri ng -sponsored Jim Crowd er e nded up with th ird a n d PK R a cing . act-Jim H olley hook ed secon d . . Th e sec on d m ot a o f ac ti o n go t underway but had on e resta rt. This tim e C rowd er jelled out front and - becam e untou ch abl e whi le J erry h ad to fo llow the lea d e r fo r a c ha nge and Ed Arnet pl a ced th ird . Because of the best tot al points fi n ish . Sh ore managed to wall et th e fir st pl a ce cash prize. Crowder c a m e close to tak in g th e ove ra ll but h ad to settit' with t he . second pl a ce m on ey. T h e six ot her ra cers in this contest made it a re al ba u le and t hey pl a ced in th is order : Arru-r ( S UI). H ol lev (Ya m). Da ve C rane (Yam). Mike Marsh all (S UI) . J t'ff Stubblefie ld (S UI ) a nd Dav id 1.yn ch (S UI). Resu lts MINI J R: 1 A ndy Neh ngl ~ !S u/ t; 2 . Scot! Ni sh (Yaml ; 3 . Chri s LaFOfrn (Sull. M INIINT: Chi p Harris (Yam l M INI EX: Pat M cC onn elll Yam l 100 BEG: Rob CybollSu/1 l00JR: 1. Shawn Redly IYaml; 2. Omar Greco (Yam l 100 INT : Rich Isin g (Varni . 100 EX: Brian Part (SUI) 100 PRO: 1. JIm Simon s (Yam); 2 . W illy Wnght . · 125 BEG: t . John Bush (Yam l ; 2. M ark Delp (Yam ); 3 Mi ke Butkus (SUi t 125 J R DIV 1: t . Dave W eflcr (SuII; 2. Allen Sekeees (Yam); 3 . Joseph 5 010 lYaml 125 JR DIV 2: t . Eric Flynn IS u/I; 2 . Chip M.m nlng (Ha n); 3 . M ike Furlo ng (Yam). 125 J R DIV 3 : t . Glen Norku s 1 u / l; 2 . Tim Candh sh 5 (Yam ); 3 . Wayne M cK el v(~y . 125 INT : 1. Ed Eck ert (Su.!); 2 Brett Round (Su.!l; 3 Todd Bausch (SU.!) 125 PRO: 1. J t.'fr y Shor e (SUit 2 : J im Crowder IJ DI; 3 . Edwin Arn el (Su,,) 250 J R DrV 1: 1. ChrIS Sc hille r !Kaw ); 2. Ted Kamas ISu}'); 3. Dave W ild (M all. 250 JR DIV 2: 1. A rt GL'fSjL (Yam l; 2. John 'S Ja cob son IYam ); 3. GII!n Coles (Hon!. 250 INT : 1. Brett Roun d 15u"l; 2 . Don BillY (Su"l; 3 Sco tt Cums Iv arnl. 2 50 PRO: t . Scott M organ l$u.!l; 2. Ferne Hl'ndrick s (Ma l); 3. Jam es W elch lHa n). 500 BEG: Bo ber t Had not (Su}' l 500 JR: 1. David Sprin t tHus); 2. Rogef Gackenbach (Yam l. . 500 tNT : 1. Mik e Niccum (M ail ; 2. BIll Edrin gton Jerry Su rber won t he 100cc Motorcycle clas s at USM RA's GNC Qua lifier. (Yam ); 3 De ni s Mu rry (Yaml n 500 PRO: 1 BIll Hag en IYiJlTl); 2 S I"VI ~ Ru:h< lId (YiJm l; 3 . M ik e Roc hl 'slI 'f' (Yam ). WO M EN'S D IV : 1 ROKann Ooughm tV (Ha n); 2 Pal Hclta nd ISu ,,' VET J R: 1. KeJlh Phi lli ps (S UI ); 2 Rust y Oelhng s IHus l VET EX: Pet er Dill (Mail. Texas tornado hits Elsinore GNC Qualiter By Carol Campbell ELSINORE . C A, J UNE II About 200 rid ers attending the seco nd of th e 'six Grand National Championship Qualifiers . hosted b y the U.S. . Minicycle Ra cing Assoc iati on . found out very qu ickl y that T ex as has m o re tha n j ust ca tt le ra nc hes a n d oi l fields a n d th e twi sting tornado that proved th at fa ct was a young man b y th e nam e o f J erry Surber of Fri endswood . T X . In th e first mota of th e 12 to 15 and 16 to 19 ·ye ar·old IOOcc G NC Qual ifier , it was Surber a n d Robb ie Nolin (Ya m) , o ne o f th e new est m embers of th e C ross Up R a cing T ...am . ou t of th e hol e firs t. b u t it was N ol in ta king th e le a d over Surber . Ba ck in th e third and fourt h pl a ce spo t were Nick Ath ans ( S UI) a nd R icha rd Isin g ( Ya m). bu t th e b a ttl e wa s u p front between Surber a nd Nolin . N ol in ma naged to take the firs t mota win over Su r be r by the skin of his teeth . T he tables t u rned in t he seco nd m ot a as Surbe r g rab bed th e hol esh ot wit h Nol in a t h is bac k d oo r. Paul Cano (Suz) was b usy h old ing down th e th ir d pl a ce spo t with R ick J ohnso n (Suz) right behind . By th e secon d lap . J ohnson h ad m ade his m o ve o n Ca no to tak e ove r th ird . N olin go t himsel f into trouble on th e h a ck section of the tra ck and fell a ll th e wa y b a ck to fifth pl a ce . Surber was e njoying his lead ove r th e rest o f the pack . Cano found himse lf in th e second pl a ce spot when J ohnson d id a Flyin g W over th e . handleba rs. purr in g himsel f o u t of co nt e nt io n . C ano d id n ' t hol d onto second pl a ce for too lon g . when lit' a lso bi t th e d us t . whic h p u t Karry Ki ng, a lso from T e xas. in t he fa tefu l secon d pl ace spo t. C ano reg a in ed his co m posu re a nd m a n aged to hold o ff CARl.. CRANKE 1SDT MEI:W.S-5G01d/15i1ver QUALIFIER MEI:W.S-4OG01d/2Silver 5CONSECUTIVE OFF RQODWiNS-BajaSOO (twice), par1

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