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_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.. Hubbs . a nd sustained neck Inju ries which have kept him out of racing ~ntil just recently. T h is tim e Lawrence , showing no trace of th e wounds fro m his form er battle, but wearing a neck b race just in case, ca me out on top and held it to, the end . The fight for seco nd fell to Hubbs and Whiting. Whiting was ab le to in ch in front of Hub bs but for five laps Hubbs crunche d th e soil just b ehind Whi ting's rear t ire . Unfortunately Hubbs tri ed a little ha rd and , coming into th e mean and na sty old hairpin turn, went wid e. killed his bike. and bailed out in the ' process. Pic king up a restrained third behind .Whiting, Hubbs got b ack in to the race and finished 'in that position. When the gate dropped in the second moto , Lawrence shot into th e num ber one spot but he entered the first turn too fast and went off the track followed by Hubbs . Hubbs jumped back on but Lawrence. out of sheer politen ess. and a sticky little rule that 'says that once off the tra ck you must wait for others en route to get by before re-entering th e course or be disqualified, waited until th e track was clear . and he got b ack int o the ra ce in last position . La wrence mov ed his Yamaha through th e en tire p ack of I25cc Pros to take over the lead in just four laps , and he stayed there to dominate the ra ce. Hubbs didn't d o too bad eithe r after m issing a good mot o start. He still fini shed second and ~.J. . Whiting flew past th e checke rs in th ird . Ove rall pos itio ns were th e same . H Results " OPEN PRO: 1. Steve Rawson IM ail; 2. Mark Whtie IHusl; 3 . Andy Boland er IYam ). OPEN NOV: 1. Mike Edmonson (Yam); 2. TonV Lanzaron e (M ai); 3. Bruce W alker (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Phil Davy IM ai); 2. Bob Crosta ISuz); 3. Marty Babcock ISuzl. OPEN BEG: 1. R. Covet Sp encer ISu z); 2. Howard Hatl er (Yam); 3. M ike Ish ida (Han) . ;"" 250 PRO: 1. Pierre Karsmakers (Yam); 2. Mark lawrence (Yaml ; 3. Bob Kline. 250 INT: 1. Kevin Olson (Mail; 2. Walt Olson IC·A); 3. Scott Panning lYam). . 250 NOV: 1. Ti m Edm onson (Mon); 2. Sandy T umen (Han); 3. Ed Abella IHonl. ~ - 250 BEG 1. Chris M. lynn (Suz); 2. Rick Frontino : ISuzl; 3. Tony Valencia (Yam), 125 PRO: 1. Mark Lawr ence (Yaml; 2. Pat Hub bs IDMG ); 3. A.J . Whiting IYam l. . 1251NT: 1. David Sarian (Suz); 2. St eve Postlewaite ISuz); 3. Bryan Maloney ISuzl. • • 125 NOV : 1. Steve Haddon IYam); 2. Jerry Black. Jr. (Yaml; 3. Mike Mobley ISuz). ' 125 BEG: 1. Jim Kennedv IYam); 2. C.J. W enner (Sul) ; 3. Greg M iyauchi (Suz). 100 INT : Roy Gom ez {Suzl . 100 NOV : t . David Rogers ISuzl ; 2. Reed Becker , IHCSI: 3. Brad Gnegy lVaml. 100 BEG: 1. Darry l Goya {Yaml; 2. Jerry Anker {Yaml ; 3. Dirk Doucette (Yam), VETS SR: 1. John l. Wilson IYaml ; 2. Dan M oor e (Mail; 3. Bill Burkhart IMai) . VETS tNT : 1. Bob Barr ISuz); 2. Bob Crosta (Suz); 3. Askar larnkjaer (Suz). , . VETS JR : 1. John Cooleg ISuzl; 2. Dan Sanch ez ISOlI; :l Terry TinglelHusl. MIN I EX: t . Jeff Stanford {Yaml ; 2. Sam Stor er (Yaml; 3 . Donnie Best (Yam), MINI INT: 1. Danny Sanchez (Suz); '2. Paul Denis (Yam); 3. Kirk Williams (Yam). MINI NOV : 1. Darryl Gove ISuzl ; 2. Eric Bridges IYZl ; 3. Lyle McPherson lVaml. MIN I BEG: 1. Jon HughlealYaml; 2. Todd Campbell (Yaml ; 3. Mike Nicholson. Fishback does it againatSRA GrandPrix BySueSenn RIVERSIDE. CA .JULY 30 T he 250cc race started the day's events at the Sportsman Racin g Association's Riverside grand prix and Cordis Brooks and Mark Asbury q uic kly took the lead. As Asbury's front tire twist ed like a pr etz el . th e conqueror ' himself, Jim Fishback . 'moved into second. In th e me antime . , Scot Clifton was running 15th overa ll and was fighting his way forward . : By th e fourth la p, Fishback had Brooks in sigh t and was closin g in. Clifton was now in sixth p lace. T he cement wat er ' trou gh at th e finish lin e was a del ight for everyone . The spec tators ah -ed and oo -ed at how Bro oks and Fishback never let off as th ey came th rough the .wa ter th en pitched it sideways for the sha rp rig h t curve th at began th e next lap. (Scorer Debbie Kendricks . was espe cia lly pleased because th e wa ter washed most of th e mud off the plat es.) • As specta tors st ra ined to ca tch a glimpse of Brooks. it was number 13. J im Fishback . who cam e through th e water trou gh cla iming th e white flag . Scot Clifton was now in second place an d acting as if his throttle was stuc k wid e ope n . The nu m be r 13 lost · some of its infamous reputation as Fishb ack held th e lead for th e last lap and clai me d th e ch ecker ed . In answer to thi s reporter's q uestion - "Was he pre pari ng for a nything specia l?" Fishb ack a nswered "Yes." H e has been invi ted to ride in the ISDT tria ls in Sweden th is fa ll, In prepa rat ion he just wants to "stay coo l a nd ge t used to th is new 250cc Yamaha th at reall y hauls ass , Two hundred mil es a day for six days will ta ke lots of con centrat ion just to fin ish. " As for today's race, Fishba ck said, " It had a co uple of d usty spots, but ove r a ll it waS a lot of fu n . I d id n't th ink it was mi ne u nt il I saw Cordi s with his cha in off. " T he Open race fea tured th ree desert riders, Bill Ta rling. Scott Pfeiffer and Morgan Ma locco who d iced for the / lea d. T he Heme t Cycle-sponsored. Tarling held t he lead unt il th e thi rd la p whe n h is. KTM flood ed out in the mudhole. At th is po int, Mal occo took over but it was short- lived . T arling revived his machine a nd reclaimed th e lead . In th e meantime , W ayne Ma rti n had work ed by Mal o cco an d Pfeiffer a nd was ho ldi ng second . Ta rli ng became so intense in wat ch ing Martin , tha t he m issed seei ng the chec kered a nd ma de a n ex tra eight m inu te la p. As soo n as he finished , he asked th e ' tim e (it was 11:45) th en com mented, " l .guess I don't have tim e to m ak e it to th e I ;00 dese rt rac e ." T he 8 1·200cc even t was anybody's ra ce. righ t down to th e fini sh : Bill Whiten er a nd J eff Kaplan pla yed seesaw for th e fir st few laps th en Kapl an . began increasi ng the lea d . In the last lap ' Mark MacFarl and and J er ry Trimble see me d to a ppear from no wh er e to stea l first and second from Whitener and Kapl an wh o fini shed in that order . '-The Minis also played switc heroo . Shoemaker -sponsored Kevin Sen n too k th e lead. followed closely by Up T ite's Swets, When both went down .in th e mudhole , Mark Heth took fu ll advantage and hung on for th e checkered. . The team r~ce was anot he r battle . but it was for seco nd pla ce. 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