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_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._..._.-._._._._._._._._._._._._- - .. ._..-. ... ... ' . " -- ., .: .;o"'~ . :.:..:.~ . . ..... ' . . ., .,:- .... ... ;: . Riders scurry in to act ionat Racing World. - rook seco nd ove ra ll on his bea utifullv p repa red bike. Now th a t Joe's scoot i~ ru n ning good . Da d ge ts time . to work on h is! Results MINI: 1. Curtis Cannon (Yaml; 2. Roger Thompson (Yam ); 3. Greg N elson (Ya m l. 125cc COM B: 1. M a,k Ledbett e I Vam l; 2. Chad es Carroll {Yaml; 3. J im m y Rosa (Yam). 250 NOV MOTO: 1. M ike Tevtor (Vam); 2. Chris Chandler {Yaml : 3. Rand y Howard (Yaml . 250 AMJEX: t . J oe Steffen (Yam ); 2. Chris Can non (Yam ); 3. Charles Carr oll (Yam ). 500 NOV: 1. J ames M orris (Yam); 2. Robert laChance (Yam l; 3 . Dan Sh eld (Yam l. 500 AM /EX: 1. Mik e M ontgom ery (Yaml; 2. Ed Steffen (Yam ); 3 . J ~ W indham (Yam ). OPEN COMB: t . S tev e Millet' (Yam ); 2. Dav e Peters CTr il; 3. Pat Do bb ins {Tril. race followed by Da n ny Westerga a rd and Adam Rent eria in seco nd and third . In the second rnoto Fry looked good to win aga in but a fla t midway through the moto reduced his run . Skip Blak e was up fro nt for a whil e bu t he 100 had some bad lu ck when he popped his chai n a nd W esterga ard took it over. Westerga ard finished first for the first overa ll a nd Rent eria skated home seco nd finishing in that position for the day . Results OPEN PRO : 1. 5teve Fry IV aml; 2. A I St;nebaugh ISuzl; 3. M ike McC lune (KTM I. OPEN INT J : 1. Tom Thomas lY am) ; Fisher, Fry, Westergaard wail at Racing World MX 2. David Spr ;n t IAus); 3. Steve Blazek [S uzl. OPEN JA: t . Steve EatrTlOf (Yam) ; 2. Geor ge Wagn er (Ya ml. OPEN BEG; t . Ed Ro wland (Suz); 2. Demus Khm ke (Vam ); 3 . Bill Flem ing l Vam l. 250 PRO: Chris Fisher (Hon). 250 INT: t . J im Beckers C Hon); 2. David Clement (Yam) ; 3 . Duane Map es (Mail. 250 JR: 1. Craig Galloway (S Ul) ; 2. Gary Hidl ebaugh (Vam ); 3 . Dan Arello nd (VarnI. 250 BEG: 1. Garry W eir (Suz l; 2. J im Brad en (Hon): J . By Ke it h Cle mons Albert Abg rab (Suzl. 125 JR : 1. Lloyd Thomas (Vam); 2. Roger Leary T RA BUCO CANYO N . CA . APR . 8 (Vam) ; 3. James Gusman ISuz) . 125 BEG: t . Ku it Hefler lH on ); 2. Brent Young (Yam); 3. Steve Cor rell lYamJ. As th e weather co nt inues to hold cle a r, Ra cing W orld co nti nues to pu ll a cro wd. The Ma rt y Smith track has been lengthen ed as hav e been the act ual mot e s. with the usua l wa tering . groomi ng and pay back per rnot o . Gr eg Eargle co llected firs t rnoto pay in th e Open Pro r a ce wh en he mounted his Husky and blitzed th e bo ys .all th e wa y. Steve Fr y got th e jum p on Eargle th rou gh th e first turn but Eargle pu t h im away before th e end of th e lap 10 win the ra ce . Fry flew th rough th e turns in th e seco nd pla ce position wher e he finishe d th e rnot o . AI Stin eb au gh rode go a l-to -goa l in th ird place . T he seco nd moto started sim ilarly to t he firs t wit h Fry first off th e line followe d b y Ea rgle who agai n captured th e lea d . But in t h is ra ce Ea rg le on ly led for five laps before he bailed out of th e competition , lerring Fry take the lead a nd the win . Eargle didn't fin ish th e rnot o so AI Stinebaugh picked up seco nd a nd th e ove ra ll in tha t posit ion . Thi rd for the d a y went to ·Mike McCluml' a nd his Team Kona -spon sor ed KT M. Chris Fisher ra n wire to wire as th e win n ing star in the 250cc Pro race . Steve Fry's brother Joh n entered and won t he first mo ro of the 125cc Pro 125 PRO: l . Danny Westergaard (Suzl: 2. Adam Renteria (Suz). M IN I EX: Lloyd Thomas IKaw ). 100 BEG: Tom EbbOft IVaml. M INI J R: 1. Do n Tu,k IKawl; 2. GilbOf t Vald ez ISuz); 3. Rich Gala tio IKawI. M INI BEG: 1. Bm Elsehacher ISuzl; 2 . F,a n k Shad .. (Suzl; 3. Duane Serd inskv (Sul). Bland, Burk, Maloney top CRC Racing World MX By Keith Clemons TRABUCO CA NYON . CA . APR . I With th e AMA 125 /250cc MX Nationals running only "twenty mil es awa y it's easy to understand wh y th e number of m otocross Pros and spo rts men from t he Cali fornia Racing Club would be down. Still a good -sized cro wd sho wed up at Ra cin g World to p rocl aim to everyone on hand that . for at least a few d irt crazy mo to freaks . ra cin g is mor e fu n th an wa tc hing . Rich Bland took his Simi Vall ey Yama ha -sponsor ed mach ine t h rou g h an unch all enged firs t moro in th e Open Pro race . Jum p ing into the lead at the firs t turn . Bla nd charged his Ma ico around the co urse 10 finish with an easy ha lf lap lead on second -place Lyle M cPherson had a successf u l weee kend at t he NM A World M ini GP. Dav e Folt z. Foltz . however . wasn 't in top ph ysical co ndi tion and la ter cornplai ned about severe cramps in his side which pr event ed h im fro m even en tering th e seco nd moto . C lint H ard ick picked up the third pl ace slot in t he ra ce and held it to finish in that position. W it h Foltz ou t of the secon d ra ce. H a rd ick decided 10 go for th e glory and m ade mad tra cks 10 press his Maico full on . Blan d began th e heat in t he fou rt h p lace position a nd in two q uic k laps moved up 10 number two but a showd own betw een Hard ick a nd Bl an d left Bl a n d co llec t ing soi l sam ples while H ardick co nt in ued his victory ru n . Bla nd gOI u p and ba ck in to th e runn in g in tim e to finish th e ra ce in secon d pla ce and because of his firs t rnot o win went home t he ove ra ll winner taker. H ard ick settled for a second moto win a nd second overall. Floyd Burk Yam a ha uled it through two 250cc Pro motes . winning both for ott Pa nn in g followed lOp money. SC Burk, placing seco nd in ea ch race for th e overa ll in that position and Bryan Mal on ey made top roost in t he 125cc Pro race . McPherson, Campbell top NMA World Mini Grand Prix By Caro l Ca mpbell ORANGE . CA . APR . 5-8 The Eighth Grand Prix sizes, from Experts to Annual World Mini brought riders of all Pee Wecs to 250cc one of the biggest e ve n t s to ev e r hit th e h ill s o f Saddleb a ck Park . Pa rti cipants ca m" fro m as fa r away as Au stral ia . England . Ca nada and Ha wa ii 10 ta ke part in the fou r da y event . Su zu k i-m ount ed Mi ke H eal ey. ridi ng for R&D totally dominated th e 9-I I Junior Cycle Intermediates as he took ba ck to back wins in not only the Stock but th e Modified class as well . Even with the stiff com petition of such rid e rs as R a n d y J ones (ltj) o f Ma ryland . Ku rt Hend ricksen (Itj) of Ca lifornia a nd Rand y Murphy ( ltj) of Australi a . Hea ley set his sights on the chec kered flag and went for it. The 83cc 12 a nd over Stock Novice class was so large that it was d ivided in to two divisi ons . It wa s T odd Campbell (Kaw) topping Division I with a pa ir of wins to give him first overall and a gu a ra nteed spot in th e runoffs. The famil iar blue and gold stri pe d shi rt of Harry's Cycle Sal es found its wa y to th e front of the pack as the gate d ropped on the 12 and over Stock Novice Division II. It was Lyle McPhers on (Suz ) leading th e wa y from wire to wire for th e win . McPherson not only blew a way the Stock class but th e Modified class as well when he topped 32 ot her riders from start to fin ish for th e ove rall win . As th e top 20 12 and over Novic es lin ed up for th e runoffs of Division I and II , it wa s Campbell and McPherson leading th e way as they competed in th e same race for the first tim e. It look ed as though McPherson had the win in h is pocket as . he ex tended his lead over Campbell. but with only two laps to go, McPherson slid out , o pe ni ng t h e door for Campbell. Mark Rouff ( Ya m) rode his way to victory in th e 100cc Stock No vice class with a score of 1-2 and pulling out second pla ce honors was T im Hale (Suz) who fin ished with a 2-4. A you ng man unknown to most of us who races lo cally completely b lew awa y his co m pe t it ion in the Intermediate cla ss. Jeff Leisk (Suz) of Newport Beach took back to ba ck wins in th e 100cc Modified and the 125cc Stock Intermed ia te classes . Leisk also to k home first place hon ors in th e IO Occ Stock class wit h a 2-1 score a nd a th ird overall in the 125cc Modified class with a 2-3 finish . • Resu lts in Results Sect ion. " ,. 21 -