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IAbove) Danny laPorte made a winning debut in the 500cc race. IBe low ) Darrell Shultz and Carlos Serrano diced in the second 250cc moto. Danny "Magoo" Chandler made it two in a row by w inning the 250cc class. te dice to Dunes wins Peter Wanket and David Taylor , both on Yarnahas , Serrano pulled another runaway , holeshot in mota two , tailed by Lenny Giger who would soon DNF again with . the same chain derailment problems which put him out the first mota . Billy Grossi and Darrell Shultz moved their way up toward Serrano as Danny Cha ndler closed from behind in fourth spot. At the halfway point in a four-way free-far-all for the lead, Shultz passed Serra no for the front running position as Grossi bailed off in the sand wash again . Da rrell went on to win the final .moto in his first race and first victory for Suzuki since jo ining the team . "I th rew my front end in a ho le that first m ota and went over the bars . I reall y got used to the bike by the second m ot a . That new RM-250N was box stock. I'm just sor ry I didn 't do as well as the first mota ." At the end of the moto, Darrell had p ulled out a l Ovsecond lead on Magoo as Grossi repassed Serrano after his getoff to reclaim third p lace. Warren Reid then displaced Serrano for fourth place with the works RC Honda as first ,mota winner, Rex "Staten ran the second , . , ..... . . .. mota at what seemed a reduced place to collect sixth. And with Staten's poor finish , the overall win went to Danny "Magoo " Chandler on the Maico from Ra ncho Cordova Suzuki . Grossi tied Magoo for the overall points on his Moto ·X Fox Hond a . SOOcc Rex Staten did well in the first mota of the 500cc class , winning it with his YZ400F Yamaha as Danny Chandler once again challenged from behind for a couple of laps before crashing. Magoo spent more than a few seconds removing hi mself from the mud hole where he landed, but got ba ck into the race quickly and caught Rex again to try and ta ke the lead , on ly to hit a bad b ump and get pitched over the handlebars again. , Da nny La Porte, in his first race of the year and aboard an R N -420 works bike, steadi ly worked up to pass RMmounted teammate Scott Gillman to claim second spot. Billy Grossi and Husky's Goat Brek er took third and fourth as they displaced Gillman . Then in the second mot a " Rocket Rex " Staten fin ished poorly again to put himself ou t of any shot at th e da y's overallwin. probably discouraged by a first -lap fall that left him next-to-last with only Billy Grossi further back. Danny La Porte got off the line second this time behind teammate Gillman, then passed Scott on the fourth lap for the lead which would last to the finish , The running order amid battles had LaPorte ahead of Gillman, then Eric McKenna , Jerome Heiberger , Goat Breker and Dave Williams. Despite his last place start after crashing and being left half ' a lap behind , Billy Grossi sailed his way up past Breker and into fifth place at just past the ha lfway point , only to crash again . The " Bear" was obviously fast , but he was also spending more time on the ground tha n anyone else . "I'm just getting used to my speed again. It's been so long since I rode fast ... it's a ll new to me ," he said. Once the new Bill y Grossi does get dia led -in again to going fast, the results shou ld be mighty impressive. Next weekend, the Suzuki Go lden Stat e Ser ies will move down to Carlsbad , but most of the top riders will skip that one to head up for Oakl and Coliseum and th e first AMA T oyota Supercross race of th e yea r. The results at Oakland could very well turn out to be ' . cularly since the top stars like Hannah, Tripes and Ellis haven't been racing since last fall. I wouldn't be too surprised if Shultz , Grossi .or Staten came out on top with their first Supercross victory . • Results 125cc: 1. Jeff Ward 2-2 IKaw); 2 . Brian MyerSCOtJgh 4-1 ISuzl; 3. Chappy Blose 3-3 IKawI; 4 . Donnie Cantaloupi !>-5lYaml; 5. Dan Turner 8-lj ISuzl; 6. Gary Denton 6-9 (Suzl ; 7. John O' Mara 12-7 lSuzl ; B. Ron Turner lB-4lYaml; 9 . Randy Hess 14-8 (Suzl; 10. Dana Waxham 11-11ISuz) ; 11. A.J . Whiting 15-12 IVam); 12 . Hulf Hadley 19·10(Suz); 13. Broc Glover l ·28lYam); 14 . Don Fuller 16-14 ISUl); 15 . GarV Direl< 7-12 ISull; 16_ Rick Johnson 17-15 lYam); 17. Willy Simons 13-22 IVaml; 18. Steve Sch mitz 111-26 (Suzl; 19 . Pat Hubbs 927IDMG} 20 . Paul Thede 22-16 (SOP!. ; . 25Occ: 1. Danny Chandler 4-2 (Mail; 2_Billy Grossi 3· 3 (Hon); 3 . Carlos Serrano 2-5 (Hus); 4 . Rex Staten 1-6 lYam); 5. Danell S hultz 7-1 (Suzl; 6. Pete Wa nket 5-7 (Yam); 7. Mark Gam ben a 9·10 lMail; 8. S ieve Bauer 811 IVam); 9 . David Teylor 6-16 (Vam); 10. Warren Reid 21-4 (Hon); 11. Mike Loett ler 14-12 IHus}; 12. Koji Masud a 13-13 (Suz); 13 . J im Turner 211-9 (Hon); 14. Bobby Jones 17-14 (Honl; 15. Dan Wa ller 15-18IMai); 16. Ron Combs 11·22 IKaw); 17. M ike Shoemaker 18· 17 (Yaml ; 18: Ron Turner 1()'25 (Yam); 19. Mark Lawrence 21HlIVam); 20 . Bob Stem 22-15 (Vam). 500cc: 1. Danny laPorte 2-1 (Suz); 2. Soon Gillman 5-2ISuz); 3. Goat Beeker 3-5 lHusl: 4. Eric McKenna 6-3 (Mail ; 5. Jerome Heibergur 10-4 (Suz); 6. Randy Rodriguez 8-7 (Mail; 7. Bob Ellion 7--8 (Suz); 8. Billv Grossi 4-11 (Mail; 9 . leo Ramage 8-12 ISuz); , O. Alan Smith 1J..9 tHus); 11. Rex Stat en 1-21 {Y aml; 12. Nela Snarr 16-10 ISuzl; 13. M ike White 11·15 {Husl; 14. bob Marino 12·17 (Yam); 15. Geofge McNamara 18-13 (Mail; 16 . Dave Williams 2&6 (Ma il; 17. Ken Zahrt 15-20 ISul) ; lB . Michael O'Driscoll 24-14 ISul) ; 19. Alan k