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00 1:' 0') ..... , Rhe Helms 141 and Diane Cox I66QJtake the outside line at the start. Chris Wallace linsideland others await the Amateur start. Steiner triumphs at Women's Nati By Patti Firth-Trotter Photos by Mark Kariya and Petti Firth-Trotter CARLSBAD, CA, OCT. 28·29 Sugar and spice ' and everything nice is what girls are supposed to be made of. Add a welltuned body and a love of motorcycles and you ' have some of the prettiest. fastest women motocrossers in the U.S. at Carlsbad Raceway for the Kawasaki Women's Motocross Nationals. Carey Steiner took home the 12 Women's National number one plate with a steady two-day showing. Defending champ Sue Fish dominated the show on Saturday, but suffered a hard getoff while leading the first U5cc Pro moto. Vicki Miller Haag, with the help of her friends , put together one of the best run races held in these pans in a long while . Kawasaki Moton Corporation and Russ Darnell MX School were th e major sponson with Torco and Champion adding trophies, fin ishing pins and products. Close to fifty sponson contributed to the success of these two days of racing. In addition to the money and motocross schoo ls Russ Darnell offered, he was ever ready to help riders, mechanics, scorers, and Vicki . ' On . the fint day of the meet, Saturday , the Grand Prix racing was held on the outback section of the infamous Carlsbad course. The U5cc Expert class got the fint shot at the dry, dusty, body -thrashing four-mile track . Two time champion Sue Fish looked as serious as ever she has . Sue allowed as to how the pressure this year has been very great for her ; the long months of training and competing with the men on the national circuit led to this weekend. Sue 's Crown Cycle Yamaha teammate Steiner, ranked second overall Pro at last year 's Women's Nationals, was hoping for the number one plate. Sue showed the.other riders and spectators why she is called the "F1yin' Fis.h." ~he Helms, sponsored by JD Engineering and her husband , was second onto the din in punuit of the Fish . Steiner, Vicki Haag (Suz) and 15·year·old Texan Kathy Holman (SUI) had the next places. Peggy Hall and Trudy Beck followed . By the end of the founh lap Sue was turning threeminute, 45-second laps and had lapped all but Steiner and Holman. Midway through the race DeDe Cates got off hard in one of the granite washes , cutting her chin so badly that she was later to make a quick trip to the hospital for stitches. Roxie Klatt , Haag and Diane Cox finished the race in the founh through sixth slots. ~ Husky -mounted Amateur Kathy Wall went stan to stop at the head of the pack of anxious riders, Patty Pruyne (SUI) started the race in fifth , but with a lot of skillful riding and sheer strength finished in second. Chris Wallace (Hus) and Dawn Paiment (Yam) along with San Diegan Julie Brown (SUI ) and Lynda Ledlow (Yam) garnered the top honors. Fred Lewis Racing Team member Marcy Lewis (SUI) got the jump on the other 23 riders in the Novice class to take an early lead with Lisa Delgado in