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remained the same for the next four
laps . With one lap to go , Blakeslee was
entering turn one when his engine
blew, pouring oil on the reartire and
on the track. He fell , followed by a
large cloud of white smoke.
The race director decided to red
flag the race and roll back die
positions to the seventh lap. Parme
won, Blakeslee was second despite his
fall, and Bill Henry was third. When
Blakeslee's bike was rolled back into
the pits, he discovered he'd thrown a
rod through the cases.
Parme
had
an
interesting
statement: "Outside turn six there
were some weird shadows. I thought it
was Whitney catching up. I said 'Oh
boy, got to gas it up.'" Running after
his own shadow may be Parme's secret
of winning.
Results
Mike Meshkoff leads Scott Sheedy
in DeAnza's 250cc
Intermediate class.
Hubbs hauls to
DeAnza MX win
By Ron Lawson
SUNNYMEAD, CA , AUG. 13,
Pat Hubbs (Suz), riding for DMG,
made a two-mote sweep of the
125cc Expen class at DeAnza
Sunday. Dusty's Cycle rider
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Robert Gray (Yam) was the only
person that could hold a candle to
Hubbs in either moto.
Ken Odra (Yam), who hasn't been
racing regularly during the hot
summer months, piloted his bike into
the lead in the early laps of moto one .
It wasn't long before Odra began to
tire, letting both Hubbs and Gray get
by. The two of them then began to
open a big lead. In the meantime,
Dave Rose (Suz) had taken over third
place, but was having a hard time with
Roger Hensley (Suz). This battle went
all the way to the 10th lap, when
Hensley finally passed Rose and made
it stick. Hubbs was still holding on to a
narrow lead over Gray when they
crossed the finish line.
When they clashed again in the
second bout, it was Hubbs leading a
jumble of riders through the first turn.
Rick Stout and Gray were at war over
second place spot while Rose and
Craig Gormley (Yam) diced for
fourth. On lap five, Gray got by Stout
and started chasing Hubbs. The lead.
however , remained in Hubbs' hands
for the rest of the race. The overall
results were Hubbs, Gray, Stout, Rose
and Hensley.
FMC's Robbie Brand continued to
wow the spectators in the 250cc Expert
class. FMC , incidentally, plans to
enter the motocross oil market early
next year. Judging by Brand's
performance in past months, the oil
must be good stuff. The first moto saw
Honda of Corona's Phil Thorstenson
get a once in a lifetime holeshot. It
took the rest of the pack a lap just to
get back in the race. On the second
lap, however, John Atwood (Mai) took
. over the top position. Brand was way
back in the pack trying to make up for
a slight detour. He had bounced.off of
another rider in mid-air and landed
somewhere in the bushes. While
Brand was trying to figure out a way to
get back on the track, Atwood was
building up a lead. By lap seven ,
however, Brand was in second place
and still going. Atwood then made it
easy by wasting his transmission.
Brand cruised in to an easy victory
AFM 250cc GP winner Gennady Luibimsky leads runner-up John Glover.
over Danny Jean (Suz) and Bob Haag
(Suz).
Only one word can describe rnoto
two: Brand. It was Brand in front
from start to finish. Without Atwood
to race with, Brand was all alone.
Nearly a half of a lap behind wasJean ,
who was having a hard time with a
badly sputtering Suzuki . On lap six,
Haag passed Jean for second place.
The last moto and the overall finishing
order was Brand, Haag, Jean,
Thorstenson and Randy Fleming
(Yam).
Mike Meshkoff (KTM) was long
over due for a win in the 250cc
Intermediate class. He got what was
coming to him Sunday, but Scott
Sheedy made it close. In moto one,
Sheedy grabbed the holeshot , but it
wasn't long before Meshkoff took over.
In moto two, it was Meshkoff all the
way. Third place went to Rick Finger
(Hus) followed by AI Duncan (Bul)
and Jerry Hensky (Suz).
Results
MINI BEG 1. Greg HalTington ISuzl; 2. Trini
:
Camarena ISuzl: 3. John Moshl