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lAbove) Watsonville 125cc Experts hit the first tum with larry Wosick (35)
third. lBelow) Tak ing the 125cc and Ope n Experts at Watsonville was
larry Wosick.
Double Expert class winner larry Wosick roosted the zap CMC Pros.
John Handelin (Mai) ran away with
both of the Open Amateur motos
while Mike Lane (Yam) did battle with
Jeff . Burns (Mai ) and
Steve
Kusanovich (Yam). After some good
dieing in the second rnoto it was Lane
coming out in the second place spot
behind Handelin, giving Lane second
overall for the day . Burns finished
third in both motes, moving through
traffic in the second after battling his
way up from a poor start.
Results
Soares soars to
Watsonville win
By Gerry Reagan
Photos by Robert Bivings.
Katie Limandri. Marv Knox
WATSONVILLE. CA . AUG. 15
Ridge Runners Motorcycle Club
opened up their excellent
Watsonville race track for
another day of motocross and
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524 riders turned out to do battle on
the tricky, natural-terrain course.
Charlie Soares started out the day's
events by taking a first in moro one of
the 100cc Novice class. Soares, riding
a Suzuki, held off hard -charging
Donnie Peterson (Yam) for the moto
win and then came back to finish third
behind Mike Randal (Suz) and Chris
McCurdy (Yam) in the second round
to take the overall victory.
Larry Wosick (Suz) took a runaway
win in both motos of the 125cc Expert
class with Mike Marquez (Yam) and
Pat Wilson (Hon) swapping wins in
both of the 250cc Expert motos.
Marqu"", finished out front in the
second moto to take the overall.
Open Expert action saw Larry
Wosick out in front again. just as he
had done in the 125cc class and he
dominated the first moto on his
Maico. Wood got the holeshor in the
second Open Expert moto, but was
soon passed by Bob Myers (Mai) who
kept on the gas , leading Wosick
throughout most of the moto, Jerry
Heiberger was back in the pack in the
early stages of the second moto, but
began working his way up and was
challenging Wosick for second place
by the fifth lap. With only two laps to
go , Myers bobbled, allowing Wosick
and Heiberger to slip by. WOsick held
on for the checkered to make a clean
sweep of two Expert classes.
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Open Novice action saw
