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CA 91306 Holland hot at Dunlap's round of Golden State Series By Paul Castoro Photos by Patrix Caselli FRESNO , CA ,JAN . 6 Sportsman and hopeful stars of the future converged on th e sandy Sierra circuit of Du nl a p Cycle Park to ba ttle it out for a total of $8,000 worth of prizes and awards in th e second round of th e CMC /Suzuk i Golden State Series. T he premier California series drew over 300 su ppo rt cl ass riders , many o f who m a re tr aveling the enti re "circu it" wit h hop es of clai mi ng a series title. W ith temper atures h it ting the low ' 50's, the Sportsman ac tion got off 10 a bang as Expert Bo bby Moo re powered h is sm all bore Su zuki 10 eas ily best the large field of Pee Wee rid er s. Brandon Reyes, aboard his Ital-Jet , kept Moore heavy on the gas as he claimed th e top spot in th e Int erm ed ia te segment of the day's first moto. A very ho t George Holla nd, aboard his R&D prepared machine , is definit el y a rider wit h potenti al. Saddleback winner R ic h a rd Sands tri ed every trick in the book to get by the craft y Mini Expert leader but Holla nd's Honda was just too mu ch for Sand's Kawasaki mount. Pat Galon kept his seri es win record intact as he ou t rode David Bern (Ho n) and Lee Duncan (Ya m) to win the Mini Intermediate Division . Als o hauling in his second Golden State race was Suzuki . West's Mini Junior rider J oh n Blood . The Ha c ienda Hcights rid er, dazzling everyon e with is for ceful , aggressive riding .style . flaunted his mini 's rear Metz eler to H ank Freer (Suz) a nd Kenny Martin (Suz) th rou gh out both l Ovlap rnot os. T he d ay's on ly Pro ac tio n ca me in the for m of th e 100cc Pro s. Yamaha 's A .]. W hitin g , a long wit h his younge r brother Matt , led a freight train of riders arou nd t he long , hill y. sand tr ack . A.J . pic ked up the Pro win while Harper Allen chalked up top Expert honors in the combined race. In Intermediate action Paramount's Mike Paulino (Suz ) beat out Hanford's Mark Neilson (Suz) and Dorin Powell to gain the 100cc Int ermed ia te laurels. Local rider Cooper Powell (H us), from nearby Clovis. came from behind to snatch the 125cc Division I Junior overa ll from a sharp looking Scott Manning (Suz) . After winn ing his class in the op ening round at Saddleback , Manning was forced to duke it out with bot h Wallace a nd eventua l thi rd place finisher Greg Apostolou (Suz) . SCOll was aced out of the win with Wallace's score of 1·2, whil e Manning total ed out with a 3 ·1 mot e -score. Division 11 saw Yamaha rid er Steve Andre take a well d eserved win over Suzuki ca m paigner G reg Miyauchi in th e fin al race of the 125c cJuniors. Mike Holmes traveled all th e wa y from San Jos e to sock it to the L.A . boys and styled his way past fast Danny Ram irez and C.B .S . rid er Zapata Espinoza . Holmes look s like one person with an eye to the future as he nabbed th e first r a ce of 125cc . Intermediates . Saddleback 'win n e r Kevin Hopkins is n ow u no fficia lly leading th e 12 5cc Intermediate Di vision I class. H e gained more valuable points with today's win . , In the final round of 125c c Intermediates , first moto victor Mike Olmsted .was aced out of an overall by the consistent riding of Jim Cunningham when the Suzuki rider mastered the ever growing mud holes and ,put together a total score of 4-1. The mud held up many riders , including San Jose's John "Go For It " Gardner, who hoisted his YZF out of the quagmire and rode like a 'm an possessed to put together a 2-3 score for a ve ry hard fought se cond. Olmsted was rel egated to third . With Gr eg Ap ostolou 's (Ho n) win in 250cc Jun iors it looks like he's out in front for th e overa ll CMC points ra ce . Apostolou received a 2-1 sco re whil e Ma ico mou nt ed Rick Neilson d id just the opposite with his 1-2 rn or o tall y. Division 11 of the 250cc Juniors went