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_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.. Western hotl3. Fulton TidwelllYamJ. 250 INT : 1. Rick Finger IHu s); 2. Mike Godfrey IMail; • 3. larry Nelson (Honl . 125 INT : 1. Bill Bayer ISuz); 2 . Jeff Qualls ISuz); 3. Mark Sainell (Suz). 500 JR : 1. Howard Pilcher ISuz); 2. Ma rk Mangold IVam); 3. Brad Bielee IHus). ._ 250 JR : 1. Brian Phillipson IBull; 2. Mark Harp IVam); 3. Dennis Thomas(Yaml. .so 125 JR : 1. Bryan Maloney ISuz); 2. Valin Butl !" (Yaml; 3. RichardVillas (Suzl. 250 BEG: 1. Don Rhyan ISuz); 2. Robert Burgi ISuz~ 3. Norm Byer. IHo n). uH 125 BEG: 1. Ron Stearns (Vam); 2. Denn is Rhodes (Yam); 3. Kent Murray (Han ). ' ,J sl rl~d By Keith Clemons r TRABUCO CANYON . CA, JULY 30 At California Racing Club's Racing World motocross no one could match the dynamic drive of former 500cc National Cham- CRC Racing World 250cc Pro winner Pierre Karsmakers holds off Mark Lawrence. 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George "The Dude" O'Haver grabbed the lead in th e first Am ateur moto. George led for two la ps with . Ray Sanchez hot on his tail. Ray got by George on the third lap and coming out of the sand , O'Haver's bike got mad' at him and threw old George off. John Webb and Jack Hurley got righ t after Sanchez, with George and Leonard Sciacca not far behind. Fred Maynard led the Nov ices on a merry chase with Wayne Powell and Dan Kanashima hanging in to come across the line in that order. In the Master/Expert race Marshall Jennings took the lead. but rnovin' Ma rv Olson wouldn't let him keep it. Blackie Lew is got off to a slow start on a new bike (jetting was off. but who tests a new motorcycle before racing it ?). AI Dennler was right there on his 250cc Maico to take a fourth. Chuck Strauss hauled out to grab the Expert lead for . two laps. Don Jensen and Sam Jones battled it out with Chuck for a couple of laps , but Sam had troubles and couldn 't hang on a nd Don took th e lead. Tom Widick moved right in and took over second place as Chuck d ropped back a few feel. I sto p ped in th e sandy fa r turn to check out th e track . (It was real sa nd .) In the seco nd Amateur moto , J oe Br ay reall y put it to the Amateur ranks with a wire to wire win . Ray Sa nchez moved u p to ta ke over seco nd , and took th e overall win . Boyce Will iams charged in and · aced out Leo nard Sciacca for third place in th e rnot o . Afte r having troubles in the first rnot o , Don Hobison blew th e socks off the Novice group with Fred - mov e him u p - Mayna rd sticking a round to ta ke seco nd place and the overa ll win . Movin ' Ma rv did his movement on the Master class from start to finis h. Bla ckie fina lly got the jeu ing' right a nd rode more like his old self, with a seco nd place. Don J en sen go t his grand slam win in the Expe rt class . Sam Jo nes got his act toge ther and took over seco nd place. Ch uck Stra uss was nip ping a t the ir heels a ll t he way a nd took th ird place . I i?:0t off to chec k the tr ack in front of the a nno u nci ng tower. (It's real adobe .) Results MASTER: 1. Marv Olsen; 2. Blackie lewis ; 3. Marshall Jennings. EXPERT: 1. Don Jensen: 2. Chuck Strauss; 3. Tom Widick. AMATEUR: 1. Ray Sanch ez; 2. Joe Bray; 3. Leonard Sciacca. anovice; 1. Fred Maynard; 2. Dan Kanashima; 3. Wayne Powell. Eierstedt Can-Ams to SSM MX victory By Terry Whytal ORANGE. CA , JULY 22 Can-Am factory rider Rich Eierstedt topped a large field of 250cc Pros at this week's Saturday Saddleback Motocross. Eierstedt easily won the first moto over Honda rider Clark Jones. Challenging Jones for second was Tim Murphy on a Honda as attrition took a heavy toll on the riders. Two notable DNFs were Suzuki rider' Tim Tolar and Ammex -mounted Gary Jones , both of whom had good shots at the lead only to suffer mechanical gremlins. Clark Jones ' held on to second with Murphy in for third . Eierstedt again ran away from the pack in the second rnoto as E , Karasawa moved h is Honda up into th e runner-up spot. Clark Jones had to' settl e for third after tr ying to get around Ka rasawa and failing . Eier stedt took th e overall win with second goi ng to Jones and th ird to Karasawa . Maico rider Va l Tam iett i rod e to the overa ll win in th e 500 cc Pro class with two seco nd place finis hes . Will H arper brou ght his Ma ico in for t he seco nd pos it ion and Yamaha -mounted J im Ber ry finished thi rd . T he 125cc Pro class belo nged to Craig Go rm ley on a Yamah a . Following Go rm ley to the checkers was Yama ha rid er Andy Kirk er with two seco nd p lace fin ishes. Rounding out the top ' three ' was Vere Butler on a Yama ha . Results 500 PRO: 1. Val Tamietti (Mai) ; 2. Will Harper (Ma il; 3. Jim Berr y (Yam) , 250 PRO: 1. Rich Eierstedt (C·Al; 2. Clark J ones (Ha n); 3. E. Karasawa (Ha n). 125 PRO: 1. Craig Gormley (Yam); 2. And y .Kirker (Vam ); 3 . ve-e Butl er (Yam ). 500 INT : 1. Dan McLeod (Yaml ;2.,Eric.Ehzano JYam ); I pion -a nd World Grand Prix ra cer ' Pierre Karsmakers . Ka rsmakers d idn't made ' it all th e way out to Racing' World with . the simple purpose of deflating sorneone's ego. It was just a not her working for him day as his primary objective was testing a new prototype tire for Bridgestone, a product that's due to be released on the retail market in September, and in Karsmakers' words is the best tire he 's . ever ra ced on. In the first 250cc Pro moto Bob . Kline got the holeshot and led ' the entire pack, inclu d ing Karsmakers .' through the first three laps, but the Holland-born , blue-eyed, Laguna Beach resident wasn't about to let the , Bridgestone people , or the friendly Yamaha factory down . He let Kline enjoy his moment of glory and then moved in to a graceful lead where he stayed. as expected, throughout the race, After dropping to second, KlineJ pulled his sputtering Honda around the tightest hairpin on the course only to stall his engine and let Mark ' Lawrence pass him. Lawrence finished ., second with Kline clasping th ird, _; The second time around ' Karsmakers ran an easy , no-' competition race through the entire moto. Not that he didn't show good race form, he d id, and in fact he lapped riders right and left. He made it look so dam easy , pulling a minimal I5-second lead on second-place Mark Lawrence , who was doing his very best . even keeping that close . Karsmaker } ran circles around a lmost everyone . and collected what he la ter described el as the easiest $90 he ever earned , Lawrence finished a snappy second for the second place purse and this time , around Bob Walker finished th ird , but Bob Kline fini shing fou rth still ·r had it in for th e over all. ~) Lawrence , after his fine showing in " the 250cc Pros, went on to gobb le up th e 125cc Pr os as well . In the first moto Patt Hubbs got the holeshot wit h Lawrence and Yamaha Mot or s' A.J. Whiting turnin g t he corner in tight toge th erness. Afte r a few qui ck skirmishes , La wr en ce took over secon d which was certai n lv OK with the peop le at Ya ma ha because Lawren ce is a support rider for th em .a lso. 1 La wrence th en set after Hubbs, wh o , he was ab le to ove rtake before th e en d . of th e first la p . This wasn't the firs t tim e Hubbs an d La wrence hav e met in compet iti on and the last tim e cost Lawrence one pinched , a nd one fractu red vertebra . ' T h a t was in th e recent AME Pro series where Lawrence was holding down « second in series po ints arid abou t to , move into first when he bumped into