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NORTHERN DATELINE (Suz) fought it out with Jeff Krekelberg (Yam) throughout the entire first heat. Manning was wide open over the immense start /finis h h ill as Krekelberg's Yamaha nip ped a t his Metzeler. Series points le ade r Ma nning displayed his cool a nd won both of the day's motos, Moto tallies were Hopkins (1 ·1), Krekelberg (2·5), Bill Bagdon ovich (7 ·3). Escond ido Sub a ru ri der J e ff Bu rnswort h , riding a R&D prepared Suzuk i, ha d a great day, ridi ng j ust like his older b ro ther Scot t as he copped Division Two , I2 5cc Junior ho nors . Burnswort h's double moto tally p u ts the L.A. fla sh into a second pl a ce points race wit h Sc h o o t Manning, Ma nning now has a tot al of 105 points while Bu rnsw orth is b ack a bit with 96 points. Anything is possib le . nex t wee k at Huron with these two chargers going at it , Burns worth , ou t of Jam ul ; reeled in the poi nts with his (I-I) tally a head of G reg Apostolou (3· 2) a nd speedster Jeff- Kroeker (4 ·3). In I 25cc Intermediate Division Two action, Nor -Ca l Motosports rider Mike Sprenger of San Jose earned h is la urels with a double moto victory , . In the 250cc Junior feature , series points leader Mike O 'Neal owned the first division with Greg Apostolou copping Division Two of the same class. O 'Neal is now barely out in front with 98 points while Apostolou has 96 . The battle is now set , which rider will win the war? 250cc Junior Division One standings at Dunlap went to Mike O 'Neal (Suz, 2-2) , Tom Polito (Hon, 3·3) and R ick Neilson (Mai , 1·5); Division Two of the 250cc Juniors showed Apostolou (2· I) , Mike Garcia (Hon, 4-2) and Mike Langley (1 ·5). ftl"My CClW'llUIY. 1K:..1iffIMA'nOUL COIlP. tGQ1III& I'.0 .1IoIc521. 8R-13. F~. MJ anv . (20t l ....~. T__ t:JM7e o.oc. UlIC*AL UUS 0f"IIa Y1 S. - . . ~ Bhod.. D.pt. BR-U.~. CA 12131, (714' 731-&4'4 HI-POINT SUPER HEAVY DUTY TUBES Results PEE WEE: 1. Brandon Reyes Uta); 2. Tim Prichat d; 3. Alan Waldon. MINI SO INT : 1. 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CURNUTT SHOCKS 75992 Base line Twentynine Pa lms. CA 92277 30 714/367-9179 Sands, Blood, Hopkins cop Golden State Crowns By Paul Castoro Photos by Patrick Caselli FRESNO , CA :FEB . 10 Kawasaki's Richa rd Sands, MotoX-Fox's John Blood , and Yamaha privateer Kevin Hopkins. scored enough points at Dunlap Cycle Park's second running of the CMC / Suzuki Golden State Ser ies to clinch their respective class championships at this sandy Sierra circuit. With just one more event remaining in the series , the points battle is in full swing; only three class crowns have been decided . George Holland I II , mounted aboard his R&D Racing spo nsored Suzuki , put together a very co nvincing double moto victory against newly crowned Mini Expert racer , Richard Sands . The fa ctor y Kawa saki - campaigner ,Played second fid dl e to the aggressive challenge of Holland in both rounds of th e revised "short cou rse ." Sands, out of West Covina, hounded the rear of Holla nd's R &D machine to fini sh th e da y with a safe second , . and in turn , clinched th e Mini Expert cha m pionshi p with his astoundi ng 103 series points. Moto scores saw Holland ( I· I ), S,!nd,s. (2;2) ,,:,~i le th ird place went to Jensen Cycle Center rider Allen Silhanck (4 ·3) . Newly signed Team Moto·X·Fox . racer John Blood ran into chain trouble on his trick Fox /Suzuki, but he still claimed the Mini Junior series championship: Blood has been really phenomenal throughout this series. The youngster from Hacienda Heights has piloted his Phil Blood prepped machine to win after win , and so far he's totaled 103 points with one race remaining, In today's opening Mini Junior round , Hank Will iams Erler (Escond ido Subaru) guided his Suzuki to whip Brandon Reyes , but in the second rnoto , Ken Morton snuck past Erlers to grab the final victory . Champion Blood finished each moto back in the pack after his chain flew off a total of four times in each race. The final Golden State crown of the day went to I25cc Intermediate rider , Kevin Hopkins . Throughout th e series Hopkins has shown. the consistency necessary to win a nd his third place finish in Division One put th e Canyon Country resident out of rea ch of San J ose's Mike Holmes. Ken McK enzie had master ed Dunlop's sa nd track while Holmes and Hopkins gave chase. Ho lm es took moto one laurels, while McK en zie d id likewise in rn oto two . McKenzie took all with h is 2· 1 sco re , wh ile H olm es' tally showed 1·4 , good for secon d ove ra ll. Hopkins (5 ·2) picked up the needed po ints to gain th e I25cc In termediate class crown. The I25ccJunior Division One moto show was a class ic . SCOll Manning Alan Silbanel<. . M INI JR : 1. Hank Erler IS02I; 2. Ken Morton ISuz); 3. 8fandon Reyes. 100 JR : 1. M anh Roo.. IYam) ; 2. David Furrer ISuz); 3. Kurt Wilder IS02). 100 INT : 1. M ike Scruggs lYam) : 2. Nick Larsen: 3. Jefry Berlin. 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Scan Manning ISuzl ; 2. J eff Krekelberg IYaml; 3. Bill Bagdono vich IYaml. 125 J R DIV 2: 1. Jeff Burnsworlh IR& D); 2. Greg Apostolou ISuzl ; 3. Jeff Kroeker IS02l. 125 INT DIV 1: 1. Ken McKenzie ISuzl ; 2. Mik. Holmes lSuzl; 3. Kevin Hopkins (Yam). 125 DIV 2: 1. Mike Sprenger ISuz) ; 2. Jim Cunningham (Yam) 3. Randy Brown (Suzl. ; . 250 J R DIV 1: 1, Mike O'Neal IS02); 2. Tom Polito IHon) ; 3. RK:k Neilson l Ma i). 250 DIV 2: 1. Greg Apostolou IHan) ; 2. Mike Garcia IHon) ; 3. Mike langley IHon). 250 INT DIY , 1: 1. Rick Wallace IHus): 2. Donnie Anderson IHon l; 3. Tom Ross IHon i. 250 INT DIY 2; 1. Mark Page IESC): 2. Dean Shu l1Z l Mai ): 3. Doug KllkOO"ian IS02l . OPEN DIY 1: 1. John Allen IMai ): 2. Tom Walker (Suz): 3. Rober1 Ohannesian (Sull. OPEN DIY 2: 1. Scan Walker ISuzl; 2. Chris lsig, es (Man); 3. Gteg Smith (Mai). CURRENT CMC STANDINGS AFTER DUNLAP MINI EX: 1. A. Sands (l OJI: 2. G. Holland 1561. MINIINT: 1. Pal GaIon (loo); 2. D. Berlin 1871 . MINI JR : 1. J . Blood 1 1021: 2. H. Erler IBlI. 100 INT : 1. M . Paulino (87); 2. J . Berline 1751. 100 JR : 1. R. Eide [791 2. C. Lawis 174). ; 125 JR : 1. S. Manning 11051; 2. J . Burnswor1h 196 ). 250 JR : 1. M . O'NeaII98I; 2. J . Aooustolo 1961. 500 JR : 1. T. Walker 1901; 2. J . Allen lSOI • 1251NT: 1. K. Hopkins 1109); 2. M . Holmesl7Bl. 250 INT : 1. D. Anderson 196); 2. T. RofflB4l. 500 INT : 1. S. Walker 171 1; 2. J . Smith 169 1. Wiggins gears up for Pro ranks at Sears Point ByW. H. Spencer SONOMA , CA . FEB . I I A new grass track greeted NorCal motocrossers for roun d four of Winter Series racing at Sears Point and Dean Wiggins used the trick traction to com b ine four moto wins for all the marbles. Riding