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• _._._._._._._._._~._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._.- . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . =Western hotline IAbovel er.ig Dale leads a 125cc Pro start at Racing World.IBelowl Mark Lawrence. ttMrd SSM 250cc Pro . viewed from the top. ing th e moto third . The se~ond contest had the same mal results so the overall wins were cons iste nt . Tarantino improved his run by. taking a holeshot to finish number one. Donald Draskovich took his 250cc Maico for a first place to ur of the track and a win in the first moto . His bike. · however . began to crap out on him and though he won the race he decided to switch bikes before the next round. Mark Marinez finished th e ra ce second with Joe Pla nt e in for th ird. Draskovich pushed his replacement bike through for the holeshot in the second moto but went from bad to worse as the second ma chine gave out in the first lap and Marinez zoom ed by to take the front. It was onl y a few la ps before Draskovich's bike totally seized and he was out of the running. Marinez. with a second in th e first race, looked good to take th e overall but picked up his own misfortune as he lost his chain a nd fell ou t of the race also . Joe Plante. with hs third in the first moto, moved into the lead to win the moto and the overall . Scott Cavness pulled in behind Plante to finish second for the overall in that position and third overall went to Bill Boyer. Richard Ba rron wrapped up first overall in the .125cc Pro race but then his Yamaha is prepared by Chuck W a r r e n wh ich certainly helps. Actually Ba rron sta rted last in bot h races and ha d to do a bit of fast driving to wind up in front. Second a nd third overall went to Gary Scheid ler a nd Craig Dale. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Jim T••ntino CSuzl; 2. Greg vich 1 0MGI; 3. Joe O. Price IMail. ' 42 Orask ~ OPEN INT : 1. M ike Said; 2. Oean Washowiak IMail; 3. Dan MooreIMai). OPEN NOV: 1. Jeff Moeller IHu&l: 2. J im Douglas lSo2); 3. JeH Buc*ner (Suzl . OPEN BEG: Jony Kautzman (Yaml. 125 PRO: 1. Richard Barron (Yam l; 2. Gary Scheidler (Yam); 3. Craig Oale ISuz l. 125 INT: 1. Si eve Postlew aite (Suz); 2. M att Zigeler 1 5021; 3. Do ug Jacob s (5021. 12S NOV: 1. lance W enner (S Ul) ; 2. Kevin Brooks (S ul): 3. M ike Hanley (Yam l. 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Kenny Dekoning (S UI) ; 2. Rick Heckl er ISuz); 3. Raym ond l yon (Yaml. 125 BEG DIV II: 1. Mark Reynol ds (Suz); 2. Jim Patt erson ISUI) ; 3. Craig Brook s ISuzl. 250 PRO: 1, J oe Plante (Hen): 2. Scott Cavness (Hen l; 3. Bill Boyer (Kawl. 250 tNT: 1. Duane M apes IM ai); 2. J oe Bray (SuII: 3 . Brian Ellis (Hen ). 250 NOV: 1. Todd Simmo ns (Henl: 2. Ste ve Casey (Hu sl; 3. Mike J on es (Yam1. 250 BEG: 1. Tom Dudd ey {Yam l: 2. Dave lazar IHusl; 3. J oe Stalker (Hus J. 100 tNT: Ouinton Sm ith (Suz l. 100 NOV: 1. Kirk W illiams (Yam): 2. Steve And re (Yam); 3. J eff Bonnet (Yam). 100 BEG: 1. Jim Patt erson (Yaml; 2. M ike Sanchez (Suz): 3 . Chris F. eming (Yam). l CRC VETS SR: 1. Bob Crcste IKTMI; 2. Bill Bur khart (Mai). VETS INT: 1. Buzz M oeller (Hus); 2. Dwaine Jarrett (SuzJ; 3. J erry Black IMail. VET S J R: 1. W illiam M illar tSuzl; 2. Tim Fitzpatrick IS02!; 3. Fred Peacock !Y aml. MI NI EX: Chr is Morey ISun . MINI INT: 1. Tracy Meeks ISuz ); 2. Troy Denham ISuzl; 3. Bruce Bunch tYarn). MINI NOV: 1. Lyle McPherso n ISUll; 2. SIeve Van Duzen (YZ); 3. Jon Hughlen (Yam), MINI BEG: 1. Chris Spar ks IKawl; 2. Ow ayne Sero insky (Suzl; 3. Gary Morton CY am), Gang mixes with CRCOutlaw By Bang Bang Bobo Ingram RIVERS IDE . CA , MAR. 4 Jerry McNeal's Californ ia Racing Club hosted a Grand Prix with a race co urse that had everything from 'ha rd to soft , wet or dry , rough cho p. you name it - incl udi ng long. fast . lay-on -th e -tank stret ches of paved asphalt. Well . almost eve rything . No Outlaws th ough . Sevent y or so members of the Over th e Hill Gang met at this famous Riverside race place to do battle on this newl y charted race course. The Gan g's 45 minute all otted ra ce time sta rted a t 10;00 a. m . in four waves . five seco nds a pa rt. with t he Experts in th e front lin e -" . T h e Amat eurs. Intermedia tes a nd Novices followed in th at order. Wh en the green na g dropped releasin g the firs t wave , th e first rider out of th e clou d of smo ke was Lanky Larry Shoemaker who made it to the asphalt first turn ahead of his group . Out of th e turn and ont o th e straight awa y he extended h is lead on a Shoemaker-tun ed Yamaha wh ich apparently was geared and jelled just for the race by the old Pro himself. A few seconds later th e fight for second place was developing between Rarhole Rocky. Rollover Rick and Banzai Bill Sa ltzman . Although Ra u nchy Ray and Jumbo J im looked like strong conten ders during the ea rly minutes of th e race. they lost time in heavy traffic and dropped away from the leaders. W ith a com fort a ble lead Lanky Larry set tled down to a constant pace and won un contested . Working his wa y from a fourth place start with desert racing skill . Banzai Bill was able to get by third pla ce Rathole Rocky and fourth -place Rollover Rick to fin ish second. The Amateurs wer e turned loo se five seco nds behind th e Exp erts wh ich didn't ma tt er to La s Vegas OTHG members Dumpin' Dan Pike a nd Loco La rr y Jen sen as they caught up and mingl ed in with th e upper -cl ass Exp ert s so mewh e re around th e mudh ole . Th ey were c h a lle nge d briefl y by ha rd- rid ing Reta rd ed Ron a nd Buffa lo Bill . but held onto th eir lead and went 'on to fin ish with Durnpin' Dan winnin g it a nd Loco La rry taking seco nd . The Int ermedi at es wert" th e th ird bunch t o le av e th e line . North member Rat ch et Richard Maico'd his way through t raffi c in rh e rou gh ba ck sec tion to take th e lead and was co unted first th rou gh the chec k point followed by Drafty Dennis and Skabby Skip . Kwik Keith moved from a ninth position start . making his move s cou nt for cle an passes , and was on his way to th e front when the checkered flag came out. Rat ch et Richard held on to win it with Kwik Keith seco nd follow ed by Skabby Skip a nd Luscious Leroy. Wa iling Wall y willin gl y wast ed no time to zip to th e front of th e Novices. mix ed in with th e upper clas s Inte rmediat es and m anaged to stay ahead of Down er Darrell an d Mortar Mike wh o were pressing him . Wall y exten ded his lead go ing through th e cho p py sectio n a nd went on to win. Mort ar Mik e , ' on h is new yellow scoot er . moved up to take second pla ce . ge tti ng by Down er Darrel o n . th e stretch run. Results EXPERTS : 1. lanky larry Shoe maker (Yam l; 2. Banzai Bill Saltzman IHusl: 3. Rat ho~ Rocky Huish (Yaml. AMAlEURS: 1. Dumpi n' Dan Pike (M ai); 2. l oc o larry Jen sen (Mai); 3. Retarded Ron Reese (Yam), INTER: 1. Ratchet Richard Fanning IMai); 2. Kw ik Keit h ReynoJds IYaml : 3 . Skabby Sk ip Sk inn er IYam). NOVICES: 1. Wail ing W~lIy Grassle (M ai); 2. M ortar Mik e DeCremer (Yaml; 3. Oownet' Darrell Newma n (Vaml. . Turner takes two at SSM MX By Terry Whytal ORANG E, CA . MA R . 5 Yamaha support ri der Ron Turner put on a dazzling d isplay of riding skill and stamina by winning both the Open and 250cc Pro classes at this week's Saturd ay Sad d leback Motocross. The big race of the day was the 250cc Pro class . featuring a n outstanding field of top SoCal riders . Leading from the start was Yamahamounted Mark Bohrt followed b y Turner and Maico rider Greg Weaver. Tim Lunde had his Yamaha running in fourth just ahead of Suzuki rider Tony Gomez and the Maico of Hu ff Hadley. Positions changed quickly in the first few la ps with Turner taking the lea d as Mark Lawrence charged his Yamaha up through the pack aft er a bad start to move into second. Gomez passed Lunde to take over third and then lost it to Hadley on the next go 'round . Far back in 10th spot , Goat Breker was just cruising on his Husky as he tried to shake off a mil d flu bug . H alfway through the moto Breke r started feeli ng b ette r a nd began to pick off riders each la p u nt il he had moved into fourth behind Hadley. Turner, meanwhile. had firs t a ll to himself and finished wit h a good lead over Lunde. With on e lap to go Breker p ut the move on Hadley to finish third. - Turner quickly jum ped into the lead as the second moto began. Be h in d him came Lawrence and Lunde. Gomez was running in fourth just ahead of Breker and Maico rider John Atwood . On the third lap Breker passed both Gomez and Lunde and started to pressure Lawrence. It took . three laps for Breker to find a way around but when he did he quickly closed in on Turner and the two began a classic battle for the lead. The racing was intense with the two riders often side by side and never more than a few feet apart. Finally with but a few laps remaining Breker clearly established the lead wh ile his bik e bounced wildly about the track as his rear shocks began pumping up. Breker managed to hold on somehow and , with a good .deal of flashiness. took the checkered flag in the lead . Turner finished second but claimed the overall victory by virtue of his 1·2 score . Breker took home the runner·up money and Lawrence was th ird . Pierre Karsmakers led the Open Pro class from the start but DNF a few laps into the race a nd Tony Wanket too k over the lead and held on to the checkers. Following Wanket's Yamaha to the finish were Turner and Suzuki of Anaheim's Scott Cavness. Wanket tried to repeat his win in th e second moto but an insp ired ride by Yamaha -mounted Bob Marino and pressure from Turner eventually dropped him back into third. Marino was first to the ch eckered flag but once again it was Turner who took the overall with two second place finishes . Wanket had to settle for second overall and Marino took th ird . Suzuki rider Jim Gibson walked away with the 125cc Pro class win with back to back moto wins . Gibson ended. each race with secure 20-second leads and was actually the fastest rider on the track for the day. Honda rider Bob Kline rode hard to take second place over Yamaha -mounted Andy Kirker who rounded out the top th ree positions. Results OPEN PRo : 1. Ron Turner (Vaml; 2. Tony W ankel 3. Bob Marino (Vaml. 250cc PRO: 1. Ron Turner !Y am l; 2. Goal Brelter IHus); 3. Mark Lawrence!Yem). 125a: PRO: 1. Jim Gibson 1 502); 2. Bob Kline IHan); 3 . Andy Kirker IVam). OPEN INT: 1. Eric M cKrack en IHusl; 2. Harold Johnson ISUll; 3. M ichae l Hudson 15021. 250cc INT : 1. Bill Boyer IHo nl; 2. Je" Wilson (Hanl; 3. Matt Hope (Yaml. IVam~ 125cc lNT: 1. Trev Hall (S uzl; 2. verve Samarin (Suzl; 3. Todd Bauson ISull. OPEN JR : 1. Chuck Burlingame (S02t; 2. JeH Francis IHust; 3. Je" Moeller IHusl. 250cc JR : 1. Kelly Oliver (Honl; 2. Dave Waber (Hanl; 3. Arthur Clever IVaml. 125a: JR : 1. Ryan

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