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._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. In CRC's 250cc Pro class. Don Dras ko vic h 1 finished third. 5Pl Kevin dominated the secon d place spot nearly th e whol e tim e and hooked a pair of seco nds which gave him second overa ll. One may conclude that th e Ol son brothers had one of th e best days ever a nd it shou ld be int eresting to see how and when th ey will attack th e Pro people . T here wer e cert a in ly soine other sh arp p erformers in this 250cc Intermed iat e battle . and this incl uded th e fast hands of Bruce Brotcke of Murry's. Dan Moore of Crown Cycle. Stuart C arroll . Jerry Ir elan of Dick Allen Yam aha . Mark Nearing. Jim Ferrari of Skis Maico , Dan Moore of Cro wn . Mike Meshkoff of Mid Valley and Ron Jones. Results MINI NOV : 1. Chris Gables IYam l; 2. Oavid Lam b (Yaml; 3. Robert Laughl in (Yaml . 100 BEG: 1. J erry An ker (Yam); 2. Rober t Sierra ISuzl . 100 NOV: 1. Ton y Barbac ov i (Yaml: 2. Buddv Foster ISuzl; J . Nick larson (Varni. 100 EX: And y M eszaros IYam). 125 BEG: 1. Dirk Oavadi; 2. Ronnie Grenfell (Suzl; 3. M ark Harwell (Suz). 125 NOV: t , Stev e Shover (Suz): 2. M ike Furlong IYam); 3. Bob Schulz IYaml . . 125 INT: 1. J;'" Pappa lSuz ); 2. Mark Sirota (Suz); 3. Dan Wal k... ISuzl . 125 PRO: 1. W~ 1y Simons (Yam); 2. A .J. Whiting IYaml; 3. Rob Peeples IKaw) . 2SOBEG: 1. Tan y Botti (Suz); 2. M ike Hahn IHon); 3. J ames Klippei lYam1. 250 INT: 1. W alt Olson IC-A); 2. Kevin Olson (Mai) ; 3. Bruce 8 rotd e (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Do nnie Hansen (Yam); 2. Donah Oreskov ich IM ai); 3. Ed Cole IC·Al. 500 BEG: 1. Sam Mau to lYam l; 2. David Villa IC-Al . 500 NOV 1. Mar c J ohnson tsuz ); 2. Don Dunn ; IYam); 3. David Spo-ing IHus!. 500 INT: 1. Mike Edmonson (Yam ); 2. Rob A bofna th y !Yam); 3. Jo" Hares I Maij . 500 PRO: 1. Ed Cole IC-Al ; 2. Brad Bielec IM ai); 3. Bob Bang IYaml. VETERAN JR : Dan Sanchez ISuzl. VETERAN INT: 1. Bob c reeea IKTM I; 2. Doug Van Duzon (Hus!; 3. LarryJ osselyn lSun. VITERAN SR: 1. Dan MOOf (Mai); 2. Bill Burkhart e IMail. - Simons smokes CRClndian DunesMX By Lee Taylor VALENCIA . CA . SEPT. 3 ' In heat th at wou ld wipe out th e Foreign Legion and cause a camel to faint , a dauntless band of racers took on a radicall y different Internat iona l T rack for some of th e wildes t and wooliest racing of th e su m mer with the California Racing Club. De spi te h igh temperatures and ma ny track changes. Willy Simons held com mand in th e 125cc Pros. coll ecting back -to-back wins on his Yamaha . Confronted with tight turns where he used to find ju m ps. Simons bla zed away into the lead a nd left some heavy dicing for second between John Welchel . Su zuk i-mounted for U.S. Suzuki and Ch ip J ohnson (Su zcrossroads Suz ). . In th e first moto Johnson went d own on the far end of th e track a nd was forced ba ck to fifth . Bob Ramsey (Suz ) was making tracks on his Suzuki and found him self in third . fighting to keep J oe Price behind him. By rnoto's end . Sim ons sa iled across the fini sh line with a su pe rb lead foll owed by Welchel and Price . now in third . The second moto found Simons wa y out in front a nd leaving the rea l battle to Welchel and Johnson . Throughout the ra ce. Johnson was breathing down Welchel' s jersey. finally making it b y for second before t he end. The heat had reall y taken its toll as riders throughout were sp acing th emselves out and fighting to just fin ish . Simons p icked up top dolla r for the day .wit h second overall going to W elch el and th ird to Johnson. Mike Van Acker on a J D En gineer ing Honda rode on e of th e fa stest and hairiest races of th e day. snagging back-to -hack wins in the 250cc I n t e rm ed ia t es. Throughou t bot h motos his ba tt le was with Tony W alk er (Int erna tiona l M-C Yam). By the end of the first moto Van Acker was sti ll in com ma nd with Wa lker right on top of him for second. On the start of th e second round . W alker jumped into the lead with Van Ack er glued to his rear tire. Chuck Okimoto. who DNF the first moto r was pushing both of th em rel entlessly. Wal ker barely ha d brea thing room as Van Acker tried for an outside be rm but overshot it and gave his rival a two second lead. Clos ing in quickl y. Van Acker was now wheel -to-wheel and taking a su per tig ht inside lin e. slip ped a wheel under for th e lead . Coming around for th e white flag lap. Wa lker was flying and crossed the finish line . up alongside, but sett ling for second. W ith yet ... 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