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_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- &; ••_._._._._._._._•• ;I Western h ~ . ~ t co l:' O"l I""""l Dave Miller won the 250cc Pro fina l at CMC Saddleback. Kenny Dunlap scored a double win at CM MC Barona Oak s . . 36 past ba ttles, Holley ended up ou t front when th e overalls were posted. A new name entered the limelight in the form .of overall 250cc Pro victor Edwin Arnet , riding for Cole Bros . Suzuki. Scott's Tim Scully took a moto victory ahead of Arnet , but a third in the second left him a point short. In the first 125cc Pro mot o, Holley and Johnson rocketed out front of Rob Peeples and JD's Jimmy Crowder , with Holley quic kly taking command of the moto. Johnson rode right with Holley the entire moto, bu t cou ld never get enough ou t of his Suzuki to go by for the lead. At the ha lfway mark in the m ot o, C ro wder a nd Peeples traded positions , then o n t he n ext trip around, Peeples got off and d ropped way back. At the flag it was Holley, / J ohnso n and Crowder. In the second moto , Jimmy Crowder grabbed the holesh ot with Johnson , Peeples and Holley taking chase. Holley took th ird on the second lap, then everyone moved up a spot when Crowder started a series of falls that dropped him way back. Holl ey and Johnson went at it again for the lead and th e overall , and Holley sho t inside of Chip for the front posi tion which he held to th e flag . Johnson rode in for second and Peeples took third. In 250cc Pro action , T im Scully brought his Honda to the front of the first moto and never took a peek the other way. Jim Sendelbach came off the line second with Edwin Amet in th ird. bu t these positions were reversed on the th ird circ uit. Arnet set after Scully, but never reached 'his goal for the lead. Rid ing fourth the entire moto was Bill Robertson . In the second rnoto , Arn et grabbed the early lead with Yamaha -mo u nted Dave Vicio so, fifth in th e first moto, right behind . Arnet bcogan pulling awa y from Vicioso, but on th e sixt h lap, Vicios o broke and had to ca ll it a night. Arnet rolled to an easy overall win with J im Sendelbach a dista nt seco nd and Scully th ird . Bob Bang popped two mor o wins to tak e overa ll honors in the O pen Pro class. In the first moto , Dean Taylor followed in a distant second , but th e second time around gave Bang a run for it the first three laps before falling and dropping way back. Dunlap doubles at CMMCMX By Rod Eschenburg Photo , Anthony DePalmer by SAN DI EGO . CA , AUG . 6 W it h most of the Experts away at ot her races, it was the In ter mediate's and 'the Novice's turn in the spotlight at Ba rona O aks Raceway. The ou tsta nd ing effon of the day had to be Kenny Dunlap's double in the 12·16-year·old Novice Min i classes as the first year rider swept bo th the Stock and Modified classes in four stra ight motes . In the Stock class Dunlap took th e cla ss over a fast improving Keith Barnett and sister April Dunlap , ' a n d in t he Modified . class he showed th e wa y home to ternmate Sammy Gensl er and Barnett. Jon Jon Belisle also scored a double with wins in the g·11 Intermediate Modified Min i class and in hi s specialty, the Modified Junior Cycle class . Belisle had no trou ble in the Junior Cycles , but had to hol d off a determ in ed Da n n y R a y for the Modified Mini win . Hard-charging Danny Ray was not to be shut out for the day however, as he came back for a win in th e 9-11 Intermediate Stock Min i class . Mike Clark scored his first victory a t Barona Oaks with a g rea t come- fro m b eh ind t ie -break e r seco nd moro victory over John Conney for th e g· 11 Stock Mini cla ss win . T he 12-16 Intermedi ate riders Mike Mons egu r a nd Ch ris Swift nearly stole th e show fro m the high flying Dunla p , however, as they battled ba ck and fort h in both th e Stock a nd Modified mot os, with Monsegur getting the Stock class and Swift KettinK the Modified class . While the Minis were down on riders , th e motorcycle classes were up and some ou tsta ndi ng racing was run in both the Novice and Intermediate classes. Expert Mini rider Robbie No lin borro wed sister Te resa 's Yamah a a nd m ade h is first ever mot orcycle sta n a winning one as h e swept bo th motos over po int leader C u rt is Roug h in t he 10 0c c Int ermed iate class. The 100cc Novice class was won by Ken W arne. Warne a lso went to the ga te in th e 125cc Novice class and battled vetera n Troy Allen right down to the last lap in both rnotos to take a c1ase second to Allen . It might have gone to Warne in a tie breaker second moto, but due to a red flag on the second lap negating Warne's lead with Allen a d istant second, a restart was required. On the restart, Allen got the holeshot and by the time Warne got up through the pack he had run out of laps and had to ' settle for second spot. It just wasn't favorite Cu rt is Rough's day, as the popular rider not only was beaten by Robbie Nolin in the 100cc class , but 'was also beaten by Eric Bak er. in the 125cc Intermed iate class. Baker turned in what had to be the smoothest performance of the day in the motorcycles , getting off the gate well a nd just seemi ng to have the entire track in th e palm of his hand at all times. Ra ci ng returns to Baron a Oaks Raceway on Sunday, August 20 , and with Track Referee and Prep Man Frank Bru ndage always changing things a little bit , no one ever has to worry about getting bored! Results . EX ST MINI: 1. Bryon Antonacci (Yam); 2. Scon Swift ISuzI. EX MOD M INI: 1. Danny Jones lSuz); 2. Bryon AntonacQ (Yam); 3. Scon Swift lSuz). INT ST M INI 112 -16t 1. M ike MonsegUJ lSuzI; 2. Chris Swil1lSuzt 3. Randy Hansen (Yam). INT MOD M INI 1 12·16): 1. Chris Swift (SuzI; 2. Mik e Monsegur (Suzt3. David Crowson (Yarnl. INT ST M INI 19- 1): 1. Danny Ray lSuz ); 2. Troy 1 _lOld lSuzt 3. Chuck Sampson (SuzI. INT MOD MINI 19-111: 1. Jon Jon Belisle lSuzI; 2. Danny Ray (SuzI; 3. Troy HatflOld ISuz). NO ST M INI 11 2-16): 1. Kenny Dunlap ISuzl ; 2. Keith Barnen lSuzI ; 3. Apti) Dunlap (SuzI. ·16): 1. Kenny Dunlap (SuzI; 2. NOV MOD MINI 112 Sammy Gensier lSuzI ; 3. Keith Barnett ISuz). NOV STOCK MINI 19-11 ): 1. Mike CINk (Yam); 2. John Canney (Yam); 3. Chris Morgart ISuzI. NOV MOD MI NI 19-11): 1. Aron Bak... ISuz); 2. M ike Clark (Yam). INT 125cc MC : 1. Elic Bake.-ISuz) ; 2. Curtis Rough ISuzI; 3. Todd Lesser (SuzI. INT l00cc M C: 1. Robbie Nolin (Yaml; 2. Cunis Rough ISul) ; 3. J ames Cloud ISull. NOV 125cc MC : 1. Troy All en ISul); 2. Ken W arne ISuzl; 3. Scon Brown ISull. NOV 100cc M e : 1. Ken Wani e (Suz); 2. Tim Hale (Suzl; 3. Randy Hanson (Yaml . PQW DER PUFF: 1. April Dunlap IHoo); 2. Marty Baker ISu. ; 3. Kim Landis lYaml. d J A CYC LE STOCK (9-11): 1, Tim Heath (Ita); 2. chuck Sampson ISul); 3. Craig Canoy ISull. J R CYCLE MOD 19 ·11): 1. Jon Jon Belisle tHon l; 2. Scott Zastrow lind): 3. Jason Barney Uta) . JR CYCLE STOCK I~l: 1. John Conney ISul); 2. Steve Helle (Itall; 3. Ronnie Thomas(Suz). PEE WEES I~I : 1. Shane Spenc... ISul); 2. M igu el Abarca (Suz); 3. Danny Hembree (Suzl. Lett, Miller, Willliams top CMC $J.OOO Saddleback MX . By Mark Kariya ORANGE , CA , AUG. 6 Three riders clearly dominate the Alba Honda XR-75 Series. They are 500cc Junior Brad Thompson (Ma i), 500cc Intermediate Chris White (Yam ) and Cl iff Lett in the XR · 75 Pros. All have three straight wins at the ha lfway mark of the Continental Moto-sports Club -sanctioned series. Lett seems to be the most invincible of the three in his class which is lots of fun to watch. To even up the competition, he started b ack wa rds, did a quick 180 0 and promptly d ropped it in the first tum. Rick Maki had the holeshot wit h Rick Johnson, Da ve Williams, Bill Jewell and Tony Gomez in hot pursuit . Let t charge d his wa y up to fou nh on la p two, p assed Wi lliams one la p lat er and bega n to run do wn the leaders. Maki crashed going u p ' the b ig horses hoe on la p five. Lett used the oppo rt u nity to ta ke the lead . Johnson fought for the lead until he fell about a lap and a half la ter. Lett m otored t o another win . Joh nso n picked it up in time to garner second with Gomez , Williams and Dave Miller rounding out the top five. Williams got his big Maico in front at th e stan of the first 500cc Pro moto and opened up a lead for two laps. Steve Rhyan (X· Up) slowly began to make up the d istance on the third lap . Rhyan got into st rik ing range on lap seven a nd went by Williams for the win a lap later as the two rounded the horseshoe. By this time , Val Tamietti (T rack 'N Travel Mai ) had recovered from a poor sta rt and joined the Bill Jewell. Bob Maxwell russel . Maxwell finally slipped by Jewell on a lap II with T arnietti following suit then getting by Maxwell for fourth, finishing behind Alan Smith (Hus) . In the second moto , Williams guided h is bike around the slip pery course in front fro m sta rt to fin ish for both the rnoto and overall win . After th e opening lap. R hyan had to settle for a second. Maxwell , -T a m ie rti and J ewell ci rcled th e track som e distance behind . Lat e in t he rnoto , Tarnietti mov ed up on Maxwell and took th ird fro m hi m . T wo d ivisions of 250cc Pros were run with th e first eigh t in each go ing directl y in to the fina l. All others woul d