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.................................................. ~ . 1 5uzl; 3 . Ronn ie Thomas (Suzl. PEE WEe C O-et 1. Jam ie Connev (Suz); 2. Shane Spenc er ISuz); 3. Danny Hembr ee (Suzl. MOTORC YCLES . 125cc INT: 1. Curtis Rough ISUl ); 2. Ted 'Brady IYam); 3. George Tuck (Suzl . l 00cc INT: 1. Curt is Rough ISUl ); 2. Ted Brady (Yaml; 3, James Cloud ISUlI. 125cc NOV: 1. Dean Gurholt IYam); 2. M ark Howell ISuzI; 3. Tim Hale (SuzI. 100cc NOV STOCK: 1. Tim Hale ISuz); 2. Warren Sle;ght ISUl I. . l00cc NOV MOO: 1. Tim Hale lSuu; 2. Ray T . !h erton ISOlI; 3. Kenny Dunlap lSuzI. AGAIN, AGAIN and AGAIN Lersch, McCabe take ITA trials • wIns By David M oon Photo by Jean Fradette or ORANGE. CA. AUG. 20 Bea u tiful warm weather and some excellent sections la id out by J ea n Fradette, p resi dent of the Inter n a tiona l Trials Association . combined for a successful trial enjoyed by all . ' The sections contained a little of almost everything Saddleback Park has to offer: big drop-offs, loose rocks . ledges . tight turns, and tricky offca m b e rs. One Expert section in particular (nin e and 10) contained nearly all of the above with a drop into a narrow gully immediately followed by a rocky five -foot ledge. The riders c o n ti n u e d through the twist y . rockstrewn gully to exit after a very slippery off- camber. Definitely tough! T he Expert class was convinci ng ly won by Greg Lersch ( Bul) with 47 poin ts. Up and com ing Greg Bye rs (Bu l) claimed seco nd with 78 points a nd plonking into third with 94 dabs was Ri ck Bieniak. In the Amat eur r a n ks . R ick McCabe ( Bu l) came out on top with 62 p o ints . R eed Evans ( Mo n) gave McCabe a run for it with .68 points to take second. Honda -mounted Ron Ben igar had an excellent ride to place third. Speaking of Amateurs and Experts . (T iD future ITA events they will combined to form a "Pro" class. Details are still being iro ne d out but basically the system works like this: All r id ers w ill ha ve a p ercentag e handicap . For exa m ple. a National ca liber rider like Marland Whaley , may have a handicap of 2.5 multiplied by his finishing score. say 40 po ints. This would leave him with a total of 100 . Now a lesser rider may finish with 70 points. But h is handicap may o nly be 1.4 so his to ta l would be 98 po ints a nd th erefore win the cash . T he Amateurs' and Experts' entry fee would be put into a pot for the ca sh prize . OK . back to the resu lts . Thirteen yea r-old M ike Lauxen (Han) topped the Novices with a fine score of 72 . Bill Hannon ( Bu l) was breathing down ' Mike 's ne ck with 73 points. Brent Battin (Hon) claimed third in his first Novice ride. The most hotly- contested class of the day was th e Beginner class. Jim Dougherty topped 'em with 18 points. Right behind with 19 was Robert Mennell. Chris McHugh . with 20 points. nailed down third. The First -tim e Beginners. who ride three loops instead of four .: were bested by Pau l Boisclair with an , incredible sco re of 20 . Phillip Raugkin and Jay Hermann fought it out for second with Raugkin com ing out o n top with 64 po ints to Hermann's close 66 . Keith Klafs ran off with the Senior class win with 13 po ints . Lyle Ouele . with a sco re of 25 . ' took second with b Bruce Davis cli mbs out of an ITA Amateur trap at Saddleback. Steve Eklund Glenn Byers a close third with 28 marks . Sb all you non -trials riders ought to come out and give trials a try. You'll have a lot of fun . might win some bucks . and see a lot of nice looking checkers and sign . up girls to boo t. What m ore co u ld you ask fo r? .ITA events are held the firs t and third Sunda ys of the m onth a t Saddleback Park . Loudon, N.H. Santa Fe, III. Columbus , Oh San Jose, Ca Ascot, Ca Sears Point, Ca Santa Fe, III Road Race TT Halt-mile Half-mile TT Road Race Short Track Skip Aksland June 18 J une 23 J une 25 July 1 July 15 July 16 August 4 Skip Aksland Steve Eklund Steve Eklund Steve Eklund Alex Jorgensen M ike Baldwin Steve Eklund PJ1 Won PJ l W on PJ1 Won PJ1 Won PJ1 W on PJ1 Won PJ1 Won Go With a Winner, The Winners Do! Holley, lannings, lones jar CRC NightMX Ask fo r new PJ 1 aeroso l fabric filter oil and foam filter oil at your local dealership By Brian George VA LEN C IA . CA. AUG . 29 Corporate offices : (2131887-6704 5953 DeSoto Ave.• Woodland Hills. CA 91367 En ding a season of mot ocross isn 't easy . es pecia lly th e fir st o ne of its kind . Last Tuesda y. Cal ifornia Ra cing Club ended th eir firs t seaso na l cra ck at Tuesd ay night m ot ocross o n th e Int ernation al t ra ck a t Ind ian Dunes , a nd it was o n ly fitt ing that the act io n th rough out t he night was filled with exci tem ent. Open a nd 250cc P ro ba rrles were intense . and not o n ~ rid er let u p fo r a m o ment. And y J a nn ings ended hi s sea so n with a d o ub le-m ot e over a ll win over Dave Haugh in O pen Pro ac ti o n . whi le M ike Brown a nd Bobby J ones went cra zy go in ' fo r t h e 250 cc ov e ra ll. PK /Y am ah a r id er J imm y H oll ey dominated the 125cc P ro class a nd ended his seaso n unbeatable. First o ff t he line wer e th e 125cc Pro s, a nd Holley im m ed ia tel y took th e lea d wit h th e hol eshot ahead of Rick Hulsizer, George " W ild m a n" Faber and Ri ch Johnson . and b y th e end of the first la p had a lre ady p ut d ista nce on seco nd -place Hulsizer. Fa ber and J ohnson were a lso o n the m o ve . a nd both d ropped Hulsizer ha ck . Fo r t he rema ining eig ht la ps . posit ions held firm and Holley took the win. In the seco nd m oto , H o lley aga in hol eshot fo r th e early lead . but th is time Faber a nd J ohnson wer e right th er e o n his ta il. 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