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._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._..._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. unanswer ed . Sta ten m ight have been favor ed because of his experie nce in th e Nationals. but Bauer. is much mor e fam ilia r with th e twist y night track . They fina lly met in the 250cc P ro class last Fr id ay. givi ng the fa ns a race to look forwa rd 10 . When th e b ig event got und erway. it turned out to be somewhat anti clim ati c . with Staten getting the hole shot and running aw a y with t he ra ce . Bau er would ha ve certa inl y put u p a _ fight . bu t a seco nd lap cras h forced him to spend th e entire ra ce making up for lost time . Staten just mot ored awa y in th e lead and soo n he was so fa r in front that he must ha ve wonder ed if · anyon e else was on th e tra ck . On th e third lap . seco nd pla ce belonged to Grant Maben (Hon) who held off Phil Thorst en sen (Hon) and th e Ammex man , Gary J ones. Bau er and his DG Yamaha were already lip in fifth place and lock ed in beh ind Jones. T ogether, J ones and Bauer passed both Thorstenson and Mayben and continued th eir duel. It was just befor e th e white flag lap that Bauer managed to pass th e former Nat iona l cha m p and tak e over seco nd pla ce . but at th at time th er e was no cha nce of ca tc hi ng Staten . . "Seco nd place was all I wanted ," Bauer commented later. "Sta te n better watch ou t in the next rn o to ," Staten j ust sa id " We'll see ," But in th e nex t m o to once again th e battle didn't materi alize . Ba u er was 100 anxious and he j um ped the gun . getting st uc k in th e ga te and a llowing St at en to di sappear in t he lea d once mor e. The sto ry was much th e same as the first ro u nd. T horstense n held second ea rly in the race. but Jones soo n took over . Bauer repeated his charge fro m the rear to pass Jones on th e very last lap. The first moto , seco nd mo to and the overa ll standings . wen t Staten , Bauer , Jones. Ted Hoyt (Yam) a nd Thorstensen . Bauer's lu ck was just th e o p posite in th e 125cc Pro class. He took first overa ll on a Cycle W orld test Kawasaki when Andy O rescanin (Suz) and first m oto winner J ohn Silva (Suz) crashed on th e last lap of th e last moto. Bauer's 2· 1 score too k it whil e Silva too k seco nd with his I -3 finish es and Orescanin's 4 -2 took th ird . Results MINI BEG: 1. Richa rd Young (Yaml: 2. Kirby Clark (Suz); 3 . J ohn Hefner (Yam). M INI NOV: 1. Jeff Schae ffer IKawl; 2. Jason Rinaln IKaw); 3. Otis Cecil (Kaw) . MIN I INT: 1. Chris Gables !Yaml; 2. Larry Brooks (Yaml ; 3. Tony Teton e. Jr .ISUZ). 125 BEG: 1. Alan HowaUISuz); 2. Si eve W akef ;"td (Suzl: 3. Steve J ohnson (Suri. 125 NOV: 1. Mik e W ilkinson IS02); 2. Russ An derson (Suz); 3. Ed Gett is (Yam l. 125 INT : 1. Troy Lee ISu ,) ; 2. Keith W illiam son ISu,); 3. Fred Combs ISu,l . 125 PRO: 1. St eve Bauer tKaw}; 2. J ohn Silva (Suz); 3. Andv Orescanin (Suzl . . 250 BEG: 'l . Jay Cem tasse1(Yaml ; 2. Cosmo DOQu ila ISu,); 3. David I·). 250 NOV : 1. Tony Feldhaus IHon); 2. Dwain Dahl (Suz); 3. A ndv Nesting IHusl . 250 INT: 1. Todd Schaeffer ISuzl; 2. Troy Manning (S Ul) ; 3 . Kenny Guyen (Armd. . 250 PRO: 1. Rex Stat en (Yam); 2. St eve Bauer !Yam l; 3. Gary Jones IAmxI. OPEN INT: 1. Ron Lawson ISuzI; 2. Clin t Linburg {M ail; 3. Mi ke Hickey (Husl . HIGHSCHOO L MINI SR: 1. Oon Sigrest !Ya ml ; 2. Ray W rig ht lS uzl; 3. Tom Grisham (Honl. 100 NOV : 1. Gary H..-acla (Vaml ; 2. Tony Rossetti IYam); 3. Tom my Com bs (Suzl, 125 NOV: t . Alan Coats; 2. M..-k Sp iker ISuzl; 3. Steve Newton (Yam) . 125 SR: 1. Grog Zinerkopf ISuzl ; 2. Mike K.-en (Suzl; 3. Marc Blou nt !Yam l. 175 NOV : 1. Alan Coats (Yaml; 2. M ark Rick (Vaml; 3 . Ron Kenyon ISuz). 175 INT : 1. M ike W ord ISuzl ; 2. M ike Kneven (Suzl ; 3. Man Park (Suzl. 250 NOV : I t . M ike Rix IHon l; 2. J amie JI8' :/:I!/~ S helt on (Suzl; 3 . Manne! Gasper !Yaml . 250 SR: 1. Scan Pascha( (Yam ); 2. Bren t Blou nt (Vam l; 3 . Sca n Lantz (Husl . Holland sweeps NMA/Kawasaki • series By Carol Campbell ORANGE. CA. FEB . 25 Saddleback's International course set the scene for the last of the four National MinicycIe Asso ciation Winter Nationa l' Kawa saki Series races. After a few m in or delays, a fu ll day of racing got underway. As the 83cc Stock Experts left th e gate, it was none ' other than R&D rider George Holland (Suz) leading the way with teammate Chris Morey (Suz) and Troy Blake (Kaw) running in third with Eric Collins (Yam) hot on his ta il. Blake. and Morey were busy p laying ca t and mouse for the second and th ird place spots. whil e Holland continued to extend his lead . Mean whil e , Mark Meredith (Suz) and Erik " Ea rt hq u a ke" Kehoe (Yam ), comi ng from the back of the pack. had worked their way past Louie Franco (Ya m) and Eric Collins and inherited the third and fourth place positions as Blake decided to ch eck on soil samples. It was a wire to wire win for Holland with More fini sh ing second . Meredith and Kehoe fin ished in th e third and fourth place spots . The second moto found Holland and Kehoe neck and neck off the sta rt and pulling away from the rest of the pack. It was Holland getting the lead over Kehoe but Kehoe never let off the throttle for a second. The battle for the lead went on for three breath taking laps until suddenly Kehoe went down hard. bumping him all the way down to 12th and out of content ion . Meanwhile; Mark Tomaselli (Yam) moved into t he seco nd place spot followed by Blake and Meredith. There was no ca tch ing Holland . who had at least an eight-second lead over the second place rider. It looked as though Blake would finish in ' the third pla ce spot until bike problems ended his chances for t ha t honor and again it was Meredith who slipped into tfiird behind Tomaselli's second place finish. It was . Holland tak ing the overall win with a I - I score. Meredith finished with a 3-3 for sec ond overall and Tomaselli took home third place honors with a 6-2 finish . Me redith (Suz) pulled the holeshot in the first moto of the Modified Experts. but before they reached Webco Hill, 'he was passed by Holland , Kehoe, Morey and then Blake, bumping him all the wa y back to fifth. Holland could do no wrong as he began to exten d his lead over Kehoe and Morey. The only hope Kehoe and Morey had was maybe Holland would b ite the dust or have bike problems. but no such luck. It was a flawless , well - ridden race for the young man from Kerman , CA . The second moto was like a carbon co py of the first as Suzuki-mounted Holland started pulling away from the rest of the pack. 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