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froci his crash to move up to seventh at
the ' finish behind a strong running
battle for second among Graham
Noyce , Danny LaPorte , Gaylon
Mosier, Sun and Tommy Croft.
The second rnoto was Hannah's
'from start to finish. It looked for a
moment like DeCoster might catch
Hannah to make the race as
interesting as the first rnoto, but after
just four laps DeCoster ret ired with an
inj}lred leg .
Staten was running second with
Roger out, but Noyce was pushing
hard and Staten decided it was best to
let Noyce past when he realized a third
place was still good enough for the
overall win .
Of note was the appearance of a few
new California riders to the TransAMA's last races. Honda was giving
J im Gibson , injured in the 250cc
Nationals last summer, a tryout ride
.on Brad Lackey's practice RC-450, Jeff
Jennings, on the Wheelsmith Maico,
and Pat Richter, on the Moto -X Fox
Suzuki , were also back in action.
250cc Support
One of the few high points of the
weekend was the fact that Ron
Pomeroy won the Support class on his
CR '250 Honda , sponsored by big
brother Jim Pomeroy. Ron has been
racing the entire Series, but has ' been
suffering such miserable luck that he
has hardly made the results sheets.
"I twisted my ankle in the first mota
while I was leading. That kind of
messed up my rhythm and I didn't
think I could hold off Reid," said
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But Pomeroy did hold off series
leader Warren Reid for the first mota
win after taking the lead in the
opening laps .
"In the second mota I knew who the
riders were I had to beat and I could '
kind of back off and relax some. It
helped when Marty Moates 'went out
with a flat tire. I beat out Warren for
the overall win by just one point. I'm
really stoked! This IS the first race I've
won. "
Honda's Steve Wise won the final
mota ahead of teammate....Reid with
Yamaha's Brae Glover in third ahead
of Pomeroy.
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Results
500cc INTERNATIONAl: 1. Rex SllIhln 1-3 (Yom); 2.
GnIhlIm Noyce 2-2 (Hanl; 3. Bob Hannah 7-1 (Yam); 4 .
Danny laPan. :H; lSuzl : 5. Gayton Mosier !HllKawl; 6.
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