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CA 93406 18051544·6181 Dealer ln quir ies Invited There's nothing lik e a cold, wet MX at Marysville to get you going in the a.m. Waxham, Myers and Woodson top Marysville MX By Steve Wilson MARY SV IL LE , CA, NOV . 12 T he rai n and co ld m a y h ave discou ra ged a large rider turnou t at the Marysville motocross races under th e " E" st reet bridge , bu t it d id not dam p e n th e rid ing ski lls of Exp ert s Dana W axh am , Bob Mye rs a nd Rick W ood son . . W axh am won bot h m ores of the 125cc Expe rt class h andil y, wh il e Mye rs (250cc) a nd W Oodson (Ope n) ha d to battl e som e c1ose co mpe tition 10 win th e ir resp e c tive classes. Waxham got th e hol e shot in th e first 125cc m oro follo we d closely by J o hn Dosse y a nd SCOll R e buck . Th ese th ree rid e rs had pulle d way a h e ad of t h e p ack by th e fo urth la p wit h W ax ham a consid e rabl e dista nc e ah e ad of Dosse y. T h e rac e end e d with t hese t hr ee rid e rs fin ish ing in the sa me posi tio ns they h ad b ee n in wh e n th e y cam e ou t of th e firs t turn . Th e se co nd m ot o sa w W a xh am d uplica t e his e arl ie r p e rforma nc e by e asi ly winning th e race even tho ug h t he win d h ad pick e d u p . t h e t e mpe rature had droppe d a nd th e rain had b e ~n 10 fall hard e r . T h e rac e was much c1os e r t his tim e for second and th ird as T od d DeVaug hn and Rebu ck had 10 wa it unti l T im Mul vey slip ped on th e third lap 10 ta k e ove r rh ese positions . Mu lvey ca m e b ack on the n e xt lap (the last m ot os we re cu t fro m se ve n 10 fo u r la ps b e ca use of th e weather) 10 ta ke thi rd from Rebu ck and thi rd ove ra ll. D e Va ug hn finis h e d se cond ov e ra ll. Both 250cc Expe rt motos we r e won by Myers. but he ha d to ove rcorne Rick Va nVoast in t h e first rac e a nd a e chargi ng Dea n W iggins in th e se cond m o to , Van Voast got to the first turn ah e a d of Mye rs in m or o on e bu t co uld only hold onto his Ie ad fo r two laps. Mye rs p asse d Va nVoas t o n th e b e g inni ng of t he th ird la p and ) mainta in ed a co m fo rtab le lead for th e j rest of the rac e . J am es Fisk finished '~ righ t b e hin d Va nV oast fo r third . f] Apparentl y in a hu rry to get off of th e cold , wet tra ck in rn oto two. Myers q blast e d th rough th e first tu rn a nd was see mi ngl y on his way lO a n easy victory. But W iggins, fight ing fro m a sev e nth place sta rt to se cond , was p icking u p time o n Myer s. T his race had b ee n cut back 10 five laps and W iggins ran ou t of tim e. Rand y C ha pm a n finished a d ista nt third . W iggin s took second ove rall with (\ George McN a m a r a awa rd e d t hi rd ~ overall by finishing fifth in both rnotos. W iggins holeshot the first Open Expe rt m ot o , but he was followed closely by Rick W oodso n who stayed wit hin a bi ke length of W iggins for three la ps and finally rn o ve d into the ' lead on th e fou rth . W ood son bu ilt up a fi ve se co nd lead ov e r Wi ggi ns and q m a int a in ed th is dista nce fo r t he remain ing th ree la ps. Meanwhile . Myer s, who was battlin g with Mik e Yach um a nd J erry Deka y, took third from Deka y on th e last lap . -W oodson ca m e a ro u nd th e first la p of t h e se cond m oto in th e Ie ad , but Myers , rid ing flawl essly, took th e lead • early into th e second lap a nd then proceeded to ru n awa y with th e win ~ wh ile W ood son finish e d a bo u t 12 seco nds ah ead of Ra nd y W estb rook . W iggins did not lin e up for th is rn ot o , W oodso n took fir st overa ll with Myers r seco nd and Delri o Beck e r , b e ca use of his co nsiste ncy. th ird o vera ll. T he track . abou t 1.5 m iles long , r..main..d in Rood shap.. d..spit.. th..