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.._._._._._._._._._.. J • • .. . . . . - It take th e hol eshot on his A .J. Racing Products/Yamaha Motor Corp. YZ with Sim ons in tow . Sim ons soo n slipped past Whiting and pulled slightly away, while Whiting held a slight advantage over Edwin Arnet. · Bobb y Jon es a n d J immy Holley followed in the standings at the finish of the moto, Round two sa w Sim ons and teammate T im Loc ey pull out front quickly, but th is time Locey was heading the parade and pulled a sizeable lead over Sim ons. Locey's first moto sixth just about counted him out of contention fo r the overall win , so Simons didn't . pay much a tt entio n. But a few laps later . J on es slip pe d up behind Simons and took h im by surprise for second place. Whiti ng was running second ear ly but crashed and dropped back to fifth behind Arnet at th e ch eckered . O verall it was Simons. Bobby J on es with a 4 -2 day, and Loc ey. Results 125 PRO: 1. Willy Simons (Yaml; 2. Bobby Jon es ISuzl; 3. Tim Locey (Yam). . 250 PRO: 1. Donnie Hansen IC-A); 2. John Atwood (M ai); 3. Don Oraskovich IDMGJ. 500 PRO: 1. Hal Strauss IMai); 2. J oe Price IMail; 3. Greg Oraskovich 10MG). 80 BEG: 1. Charles Ost erday ISuzl ; 2. James Bailey ISuzl; 3. Parry Sh ields IYaml . 80 NOV: 1. Mark Harwell ISuzl; 2. Marty Lehotan (Yam); 3. Scan M arriSon (S Ul). 80 INT: 1. Gino Rey ISuzl. 100 BEG: 1. Kevin Brewis (Yam); 2. Bill Bankard ISuz ). 100 NOV: 1. Randy Johnson (Suzl; 2. Roy Parr (Yam); 3. David Lamb (Yam). 100 INT: 1. Tony Barbacovi (Yam), 125 NOV: 1. Greg W est ergaard ISuz); 2. Fred DeVries (Yam); 3. Lee J ohnson (Yam). 1251NT: 1. Todd Bau sc h ISuz); 2. Nick Athen s IS uzl; 3. Man Wh iting (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Steve Marquez (Suz); 2. Steve Forsyth ISuz); 3. Doug Russell IYaml. 250 NOV: 1. Chuck Rubin (Han); 2. Rick Winakur (Suz); 3. Tom Aquino (Mail . 250 INT: 1. Enrique Dibos lHan); 2. Burl Beverindge (Suz); 3. Mike Griff in s (Yaml. 500 BEG: 1. Mi ke W alters (Yam); 2. Mark W helen (Yam); 3. Karl Krammer (Hus). 500 NOV: 1. Joe l Shedder (Mail; 2. Robert Brazier (Mai); 3. John Pincon (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Dan M oore fM ai);.2. l owell Spina (Yam); 3. Eric W acher (Yam). VET J R: 1. Charles Wa lters (Yaml: 2. Soni Mo unt IYam); 3. Do n Hobso n IS uzl. VET INT:-1. William Mill er {Suzl; 2. Jerry Black (Mail ; 3. Dan Sanchez (C·AI. VET SR: 1. Bob Hayes IDMG); 2. Chuck Strauss IMail; 3. J ohn Wilson IYam l. Miller tops Corona nightMX By Ron lawson CORONA. CA , MAR. 16 Redlands Suzuki's Ma rty Miller pulled off the win in the 250cc Pro class at Corona Raceway for the second week in a row in the face of some tough competition. It has only been three weeks since Mill er made his return to the MX scene after a long lay-off, but with eac h ride , his performance improves rem arkably. - This week , he stormed the first round and ' took a close second in the following mo to in spi te of a flat rear tire. The first moto was held up for several minutes wh ile DG 's Steve Bauer (Yam ) struggled to . sta r t his stub bo rn YZ. but eventually th e ra ce got underway. lea ving without Bauer. The DG rider did finally get his mount started. but it was after Miller and the - rest of the pack were long gone . Up front . Robert Gray (Yam) was t he only one who could stay with Miller. The two of them left everyone else fa r behind and even Gray began to fall back near the end of the race. Third place wa s a dice a t first between Pryor Campbell (Hon) and Luca s Reynolds (Suz) , but soon Bauer came up from the rear to capture the position. 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