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; .. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.• .. ,, I: s t Western hotline . 00 l' O"'l ~ Huff Hadley (31) and Sco tt Anderson (6831 go f or it in t he 125cc Pros at CMC Speedway 117 m otoc ro ss. where $2.000 was up f or grabs t o t he Pros. Tim Lunde grabbed the CMC 125c c Pro class on Kelvin Franks' Roo . Jo hnson gOI by Tolar at the halfway point : Gomez did likewise three laps from the end . MOIO two saw Lunde ride 10 an unimpeded victory . If it had been road racing with lap money. he would have gone hom e richer by twofold. There was ac tio n ap lent y for seco n d . t ho ugh . Tola r fended off Johnson until lap six when Johnson found his way by on t he north end of the tra ck. Howeve r , bo th Tolar and Gomez mo tored by Johnso n when his front end washed out righ t afte r completing la p se ve n . H e was up and away qu ickly, gelli ng by Go me z two laps later , Wh en the whit e flag cam e OUl , he had wra ng led his way around To lar and c r u ised in seco n d 10 t h e checkered . Res u lts MINI JR; 1. Tony Tetone (Suz); 2. Dave adem ISui); 3. Todd Hew ett (Yaml . MINI INT : 1. Mi ke Engl tsh (Yam ); 2. M ark Toyama (Yam); 3. Ray Hernandez IYam l. 100 JR : 1. J eff Camarigg lVaml; 2. Duk Doucette (Yaml ; 3. Ernie Becker (Suzl . 100 INT: Robert Omectin IYaml. 500 PRO: 1. Val Tam iett i IMa i); 2. Luke M esser IMa il ; 3. Rand y Rod riguez IW SMI sao INT: 1. Mike Niccum tTNn: 2. Jeff Conlin IHusl; 3. A lan Ol son tMai) . SOC J R: 1. Mike Guerra (Mail; 2. Phil Davy IMail; 3 Joe Pena (Va m ). 250 PRO: 1. J im Gibson IVa m);·2. Ron Tum", (Vam); 3. Tim Lund e (Mail. 2SO INT: 1. SconJohnson lHan); 2. MIk e Fo~ IMail ; 3. Ron Bla nton (Hool . • 250 JR: 1. J uan Benavidez (Yaml ; 2. Jeff Tracy ISUl ); 3. Scon Adam (Vam). 125 PRO: 1. Tim Lunde (Fral: 2. Rtck Jo hnson (Yaml; 3. Tim Tolar ISUll. 125 INT: 1. Scott Johnston (SUl ); 2. Joe Bonett i {Esel; 3. J ohn Chwastyk (Sul i . 125 J R: 1. AI Metzger (CHI; 2. Steve G'angeno (Suz l; 3. Harvey Perez tSuz]. Lunde, Hadley, Hess top $2000 CMC Speedway 117MX By Rod Eschenburg Photos by Photocross CHULA VISTA , CA , SE PT. 6 • 36 Displa ying some of the finest motocross ra cing ever seen at Speedway 117, the Continental Mote -sports Clu b Night P ro Championships were a filli ng final e for the season at the border track . While the $100 bonus for a tri ple win by a Pro was not in jeopard)'. a do uble win appeared 10 be a cert ai nt y by Ra nd y Hess as he went lWO for two in the I 25cc class a nd ha d th e 25 0cc class locked up with anot her two for two effort goi ng for him until sliding down in th e second moto while way out in front. Gell ing up in near last place. Hess gave the fans a real thrill as he charged b ack for a th ird overall at th e fina l checker. Ti m Lu nd e picked u p the 250c c class win over Ard en H a d ley a fter he (Lu nde) ha d su ffered a similar slide down in th e 125cc class while ru nn ing very close 10 wi n ner H ess. Ard en Hadl ey (Mai) had the best nig h: of t he Pros as he took a ha rd fou gh ! 500cc class moto series from Ma ico rider Val Tamierti , Tarnietti ran awav with th e second -rnoto , b ut a th ird i~ th e first wiped him OUl , as all Hadley had 10 do was Slay in the second SpOl for the win . T he battle for third in th e 500ec class was eq uall y torrid , wi th Su zu kimounted Da vid Gerig tak ing a squeaker over lOp Honda rid er Marty Tripes. Moving back 10 the 125cc Pros . two you ngsl ers who have the ve te ra n s really worried . ran second and third as Rick J oh nson and SCOll Bu rnwort h finished in t hat order overall. J o hnso n 's second came off an inc redible thi rd in the first rnoto after a ha rd fa ll whi ch put him last aft er two la ps and the "never give up kid " ca me back for the th ird plan ' . The second moto had R ick up front unt il the last two la ps when Hess ' experience put hi m back in fro nt for a two for two vic lo ry . Burn worth ra n steady all night and ca me up wilh th e lhird place over two Olher fresh man Pros , Ch ris Ha rrold a nd SCO([ M eyer. T he 125cc Pros were su pposed 10 be a battle bel ween lhe I -2 finishers in lhe 1978 CMC/ TRI VIC Champion ships . Clint Hard ick and Tony Gomez , bUl Hardick re-inju red his fOOl in lh e firsl molO of lhe 125cc class and Gomez. wh o came up with a strong pla c in~ in lhe second molO, had a 10th in the firs t mo ro after a combined mechanical fail ure and a spill . By far the mos t im p ressive performance of the night in yo" r reporter's eyes was the riding of Val Tamietri, who was one of the few Pros who had never ridden the Speedway I 17 course. While not winning an overall during the night , Val was faster in each lap of competition and wound up with a final rnoto win and seco nd overall in the 500cc class a nd a fourt h in the 250cc class. Consider this : 250cc class . 7·3 ; 500cc class. 3·!! Arden H ad ley's " p r a cti ce" rides during the last month of com petition paid off as he p ick ed up a $325 paydav. A special event for m in icycles was held . with $225 in gift certifica tes by Escondido Su ba ru, Escondido Suzuki and U .S. Min icycle Ra cin g Assoc. hel d for "Open " Min i riders (riders over th e CM C age lim it , m ot o rcycl e ca r d ho lders , etc .) and it look ed like an easy S100 certificate fo r firs t rno to winne r SCOll Bu rn wort h (R& D Suz) as he smo ked the who le field by 100 ya rds. Burnworth , fresh off his 1978 Grand National Min icycle Championship was supposed to win , right ? W ell , Yam aha -mounted Brva n Antonacc i apparent ly wasn 't conv"inced . Halfway through the final lap of th e second moto Antonacci went by Burnworth for the win and a tie -breaker overall ictory! All in all a great nighI of v rac ing . ma rred only b y tropica t "Storrnin' Norman" who undoubredlv held down some of the L.A·_ participation . Hey. here in San Diego we had 10 wat er the tra ck! Tha nks fro m a ll of us a t Speed way I 17 10 all of you riders for a great season and a great fina le . Results 500 PRO: 1. Arden Hadley (Mai); 2. Val Tamieni IMa l); 3. D""d G",;g IOP·Suzl; 250 PRO: t . Tim Lunde (Suzl; 2. Arden Hadley IMail; 3. Rand y Hess ISUl) . 125 PRO: 1. Rand y Hess ISU1); 2. Rick Johnson (Yam); 3. Scon Burnworth (Suzl. 500 INT : 1. l ynn V ick (Mail; 2. Ron Tuzinsky (Husl; 3. Tom Nimtz (Yaml . 250cc INT : 1. Rick Relucio (Yam); 2. Kirk Grissom (Hon); 3. Bill Silvers (Yam). 125cc INT : 1. All en Fo)( (Vey·s); 2. Tim Theodore (Suzl; 3. Curt is Rough (Sull. 500 JR: 1. Dennis Dunn (Yaml ; 2. Randy Norma n (Yaml; 3. Charles M illard (Yaml . 250 J R: 1. Dennis Dunn (Kaw ); 2. Mark McNulty fBull ; 3. John Sot elo (Hon). 125 J R: 1. Bryan Maloney (ESC); 2. Dale Gutzmer (Yam); 3 . Larry Millhone (Suzl. OPEN MINI: 1. Bryon Antonacci (Yam); 2. Scan Burnworth (Suz); 3. RObbie Nolin (VarnI. JR MINI: 1. Bob Voohees (Vam); 2. Ron Seymour (Yam); 3. David Crowson ISuz). -Robertson takes two in AM£ Bosch Summer Series standings By Jan A t k inson VALENCI A , CA , SEPT. I Summ er is over a nd so is the a n n ua l Amer ica n Mo tocross Enterp rises Bosch Series at Indian Dun es. T he six -we ek se ri es attracted 600 riders in 19 cla sses for som e of th e best raci ng a ll yea r . There wer e no trophies for t he top fin ishers of th e series but a wa rd in g of the contintigency p rizes was made to th e top three ride rs in each class tonight as regular raci ng resumed. In both th e 250 cc Pro a nd 500cc Pro class the same th ree rid ers domina led the entire series. Greg Robertson on a Ca n -Am. An d y J ann ings a nd his Hon da . and j irnTassa no on a Yam aha finished 1-2-3 in both classes . Jannings ca rries the nu m ber one plat e in both • la sses in regular AM E. racing . A newcomer 10 t he Pro ranks , Pe l I' Snorteland on a Hond a fr om Murry's Accessories . came on slrong at the beginning of the series bu t illness forced him 10 q uit a t the halfway mark. Loo k for him 10 challenge this t rio of winners. The 250cc Intermediat e class went to th e final mo to of the final race with a fou r way de for firs t place. As they cr ossed t he fin ish line on the fin al la p il was Don Bizzy (Suz) first, Mark Parkerson (Suz) secon d . Bria n Chereshk off (Ho n) th ird, and J erry Ireland (Yam) fourth . T hey took th ose positio ns in th e fina l series po int totals " a lso. Second p lace Ma rk Pa rkerson turned Pro after th e ser ies concluded b ut inj ured his hand in practic e his fir sl AM E race so hasn't see n Pro act ion yel. Results M INI J R: 1. And y Nellinge r ISuzl; 2. Don Kokinda {Yaml; 3. M ike Moss (Yaml. MINI INT: 1. Edd ie Green (Suz) ; 2. Ch ris McCaul ey (Yam): 3. Ted Knipe (Suz), MINI EXP: 1. Pat McConnell (Yam); 2. George Curnu n; 3. louie Franco (Yam). 100 J R: 1. Ron Norwoods (Suz); 2. Brian Fountain (Yam); 3. Nick Larson (Yam). 100 INT: 1. Darel Francis (Yaml; 2. Todd Broussar d (Yam); 3. Gary Reichenbach (Yam).

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