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Maico-mounted Darrell Shultz put together two beautiful rides to win the Coors Cup .10.000 Motocross. Shultz, Lackey split wins at Dirt Diggers' Coors Cup $10,000 MX By Brian George TRABUCO CANYON, CA , SEPT. 10 When the Dirt Diggers host an event, no matter what type it is, they always seem to do it just right. The Hangtown National Motocross, topped by no event of its kind, can be credited to their efforts, along with the Dinosaur TT. When the club hits the Racing World terrain, they put on one of the finest Grand Prix 10 races in the state of California. Over 1100 riders embedded their knobbies on the surface of the 3.2 mile track, and each race went off as smooth as silk. Coors Brewery brought this 20th annual Dirt Digger Grant Prix into the limelight, with a total sponsoring of over $50,000 and a Professional purse of $10 ,000. When that much money is divided up by only one class , the 250cc Pros, some of the nation 's top competitors show up . Sixty 01 them signed in to do battle, with names like Bad Brad Lackey , Tony DiStefano, Cassin' Caylon Mosier , Jammin ' Jimmy Weinert , Marty "T yphoon" Tripes, Marty Moates , Rich Eierstedt, Cary "Sideways" Sernics. Brian Myerscough , Steve "Maddog" Bauer and Darrell Shultz heading the field . And when they all race at the same time, look out! Shultz ended up with the day's top overall score, a 1·2 tally. Lackey suffered a poor start in the first moto and finished eighth, but came back to win the second moto. As the first 30-minute-plus-two-lap· mota shot into the first tum, factory Can-Am rider Eierstedt grabbed the holeshot ahead of teammate Sernics and DC 's Bauer. Another Can -Am followed Bauer's Tim Buck-tuned Honda, piloted by Kenny Zahrt, while Kawasaki's Cassin' Caylon, newlysigned Maico factory superstar Shultz, Maico privateer Bob Myers. Jeff Jennings and Suzuki factory teamster Brian Myerscough set up the top 10. Last year's DDGP winner Goat Breker trailed in lith, but was suffering from a tired mount. Goat entered on the same stock Husqvarna he raced and won on last year, and it looked about time for a fresh ride to come his way. Other factory favorites were Suzuki's Tony DiStefano, running 12th after the first lap; Honda ace Warren Reid, 15th;Jammin' Jimmy, 20th; and oddson Honda riders Marty Tripes, 28th; and Bad Brad, 35rd. Tripes suffered from a fifth -row start while Lackey ' trailed the pack due to a poor reading on the green flag. The race was only two laps old when Bauer took the lead in the rough backsection. Mosier was up to third behind Eierstedt , Shultz followed in fourth and Zahrt was fifth. Eierstedt and Bauer traded spots the third lap, then reversed again the next time around. Mosier was the next to talie a shot for the lead, and slipped " by Eierstedt and Bauer. By this time, Ba uer had struck a rock, tweaked his front rim, and acquired a flat, Eierstedt dropped to fifth behind a charging Tony D. Shultz flew by Bauer for second, Semics trailed Myers in a heated battle for sixth, and Tripes slipped by Weinert for a spot in the top 10. Lackey was also on the move, right behind the Jammer, but tailing were Edward Jones, Breker and Marty Moates. Things began to happen on the seventh time around , as Shultz inherited the lead when Mosier suffered a flat front tire. Bauer continued to slice his way in second, DiStefano shot up to third and Lackey slipped around Weinert and set after Tripes. Two names in the top 10 who went unnoticed as the factory shoes tore up 'the turf were Kenneth Ehlers and Jeff Jennings, running eighth and ninth. In one more lap the race was • concluded and Shultz picked up $750 of the by-mota payback. DiStefano roosted around the wobbling Bauer for second at the flag, while Eierstedt picked it back up and ended fourth ahead of Semics, Myers, Mosier, Tripes, Lackey and Weinert. Jennings slipped to 11rh, Moates got off in the sandwash and took 13th, and Warren Reid bottomed his suspension while on the move up and was pitched off the track, but returned to action to take