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_._._._._._._._.__._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._.,_._._._._._._._._._. ; ,., Western hotline ~ e 0') 1:""0') 1"'""'4 AME riders blast off the start at Indian Dunes' Shadow Glen track. , 6 I t' was holding onto a very solid third spot "which wou ld enab le h im to win overall with a 2-3 com bin a tion. Johnson moved ahead of Gerig and wa s running out of time to catch Dale . Dale took th e overall win , Johnson was seco n d a n d T ripes sc ored third overall. Some interesting names popped up in the lead in moto one of the 250cc Pros. Juan Benavidez (Ya m), Stev e Blackman (Mai) and a name everyone who follows CMC know s, Tim Lunde (Yam) were right up front to lead th e pack. Benavidez had just tu rned Pro two weeks p rio r and Blackman had never won a Pro race at Saddleback . Well , Lunde made quick work of th e rookies and began running awa y with the r ace. With Blackman and Benavid ez dueling for seco nd, T ed Hoyt (Ya m) , T on y Gomez (Ma i) and Jerry Raymer (Ya m) were at eac h other's throats for fou rth . As the sto ry oft en goes, Lunde ga the red in another win. Blackman was seco nd, Ben avidez third an d the n Hoyt , Gomez and Raymer . T his time Gomez got a bett er sta rt in moto two of the 250cc Pros a nd had a real chance to race with Lunde . Blackm an was fighting traffic back in fifth and Benavidez was nowhere to be found . Run ning in the third positi on was th e Honda -mounted Ron Palmer . Pa lmer held onto third without a ny pressure u nt il two laps rema ining when Black ma n tried to ma ke him move . Blackm a n had to sett le for fou rt h wh ich ga ve him seco nd in the fin al standings with a 2-4 ta lly. Lunde scored a 1·1 total for fi t p lace honors , irs and Gomez was thi rd with a 5-2. _~ 0 ' 0 _ 0 0 0 _ 0 _ 0 , • 0 , 0 , 0 , _ 0 • •• , • After T ripes' d isa p pointme nt in the I2 5cc class, h e brough t ou t his big bore Suzuki an d moved some turf. Tripes was unstoppa ble in both motos. Scott Cavn ess (Suz) a lso scored a perfect day by pl acing 2·2 for second overall with Ma rk Brooks (Mai) th ird. In pos itions four a nd five , Tim T olar (Ma i) a nd Randy Blevins (Suz) were the con tende rs wi th Ger ig again making a fin e showin g . Intermediates, Juniors steal Speedway 1.1. 7 ' show By Rod Esche n burg Photo by Photocr os s CH ULA VISTA , CA, APR . 25 While th e Pros were in a word zero - last W ednesd ay, the Ju n iors and Interm ediates m ore than made u p for it. Kirk Grissom (H on) went two for two in the 250cc In term ed ia tes, but t he real sto ry was the b att le fo r second between Kawasa ki rid er Mark Smi th a nd Bill Curran (Ya m). It was a rea l " ba rn burner" with Smith getting the tie breaker in th e second m ot o . t It was a n instant replay be tween these two rid ers fro m th e wee k before and a ll three look to be just on the verge of moving into the Pro ra nks shortly. T he 125cc Intermediates were not to be outdone however , and three ,', \ ' \ l B lt l li .i .. u l l 111 1 1 Kawasaki riders went at it with Woody Carlson grabbing his first Speedway 117 victory of th e year over David McGhee and Curti s R ou g h. New Intermediate Gary Graham (Suz) had a win in the first mota , but a spi ll in the second moto eli mina ted him . No matter, how short the Pros or even sometim es t he Intermediates are at Speedway I 17 the Junior s a re a lways big, exc iting and un pr ed icta ble. Best class of th e n igh t was the 250ccs as new ri der Jeff Dowe ll (Hon) got tired of ru n ning second every week a nd went two for two, beati ng Ron Laffr anch i who had two scra mb ling fo u rt hs; enough for a tie -brea ker over Ron Da vis. Two -straigh t winner Ma rk Seym our had a close seco nd in th e first mot o , but a crash in the seco nd moto whi le c ha lle ngi ng fo r t he le a d side line d th e H on da hotshot for the night . T he Divisio n I I 25cc Jun iors featured a big win by Yamaha rid er H.J . Rin ard who went to Ca rlsbad for t h e first t ime on t he p receed ing Su nday a nd did t he d eed on a very to ugh field of Juniors. The Coca -Cola / Sa n Diego H igh Sc hoo l MX Series returns next week for the fift h of this year's seven race Ch ampion ship Series. Results 500 PRO: 1. M ax M apl e IMai). 250 PRO: 1. HuH Hadley (Mai); 2. Brian McNamara (Yaml . 125 PRO: 1. Doug Lon (Suz); 2. Kenny Olson (Kawl. 500 INT: 1. Ron Tuzinski (Yam); 2. Carl Paulsen lYam); 3. Randy Norman (Yaml . 250 lNT: 1. Kirk Grissom (Hon l; 2. M ark Sm ith (Kawl ; 3. Bill Curran (Yaml . 1251NT: 1. W oo dy Carlson IKaw l; 2. David M cGhee IKaw) ; 3. Curt is Rou gh (Kawl . 500 JR : 1. J essie Santiago (Yaml ; 2. Neisen Olivieri (Yam l; 3 . Ric M ahlmeist er (Cll. 250 JR : 1. J eff Dowell (Han); 2. Ron Laffra nchi IHon ); 3. Ron Davis (Ma il. 125 JR DIV I; 1. H.J. Rinard {Yam); 2. Gary Rodr iquez (Yam l; 3. Jack Lewis (Suz), 125 JR DIV II: 1. David Hoff elder ISuzl; 2. Dale Snaith (Suzl ; 3 . Sco tt Bow man (Suzl. 100 J R: 1. Larry Butl er (Yaml ; 2. Ernie M arqu ez (Suz); 3. Bob Carne (Yaml . M INI INT: 1. Kenny Dunlap (Kaw l; 2. Terry Murray (Suz), MI NI JR: 1. Ron Seymour ISuzl; 2. Darryl Surpr enant (Suz); 3. Larry Butler (Kaw l. Haugh, Shoemaker, Maben grab AME MXwins By laura Richard Photo by Ellen Greenberg VALENC IA , CA , APR. 22 It was a perfect day for rnotocross with the sun shining and the track in good shape. Even with purse ra ces going on elsewhere it d idn't bother th e good turnout of rac ers that showed up to race wit h Ameri can Motocross Enterprises a t Ind ia n Dunes' Shadow Glen track. O ne of the most exciting races of the day was the I25 ~c Pro race. Moto one 1• • • •• •• • • • ••• • • • • • i •• • ~ • • i • • 1 saw Hon d a rid er David Lyn ch tak ing th e hol eshot a nd t he lea d with Suzu kimounted Dou g Nicol in seco n d a nd Yama ha rider Jerry Shore in thi rd . Strong-rid ing Roger Hen sel y (Suz) was working his wa y u p through th e p ac k a nd even tua lly took fir st. Suzuki rid er Steve Schmitz a lso had to work his way up to t ak e ove r seco nd , d ro p p ing Lync h int o third . Gran Maben (Ho n) also passed Lyn ch to tak e over third . It was a differ ent story as the gafe drop ped for the seco n d mot o, T here was no sto pping Suzu ki-m ounted Chip J ohnson as he took the hol esh ot a nd th e lead rig ht up to th e checkered fla g with Maben taking second and th ird go ing to Schmi tz. The overa ll win went to Maben with Schmit z taking second a nd th ird goi ng to Lyn ch . In the 250cc Pro rac e , moto one saw Yamaha ride r Mik e Sh oemak er taking the lead followed by Bobby Jones (Hon) with rider T racy Oswell (Suz ) in thi rd . Jones went d own , which enabl ed Oswell to take second a nd gave third pl ace to Ern ie Hendricks (Ma i). Mot o tw o sa w Jones ta king th e hol eshot and th e lead with Sh oemak er and Oswell seco nd and third . The ove ra ll win went to Shoemaker with Oswell ta king second a nd thir d go ing to J ones . In th e O pen Pro cla ss , Yamaha rider Steve Rawson pulled the holesh ot a nd th e lead with Mai co rider Da ve Haugh in seco n d . H augh put the pressure on Rawson bu t Rawson was a ble to hold on to tak e th e first moto win wit h H augh settl ing for seco nd an d Mai co-mounted Bill Hagen taki ng th ird. Rou nd two saw Haugh taking th e lea d with Hagen in second and putting the p ressu re on Haugh with Ma ico rid er St e ve R ich a rd in t h ir d and pushing H agen . Ri chard passed Hagen and was push in g Haugh for the lead whe n he drop pe d back due to bik e prob lems . Hagen p ressured Haugh for the lead but Haugh was able to hold'on to tak e th e win and th e overa ll for th e d ay. Secon d went to Rawson wit h th ird going to H agen . Mai co rider Ro b ert Br a zie r is ma king it look easy in the O pen Junior class as he too k back to back wins wit h Can -A m r id e r R au l Vi lla taki ng second and th ird going to Jesse James. Results M INI JA: 1. Eddie Hicks ISuzl; 2. Scott Matt ison (Suzl; 3. Gilbert Valdez (Suzl. MINI INT: 1. TImmy Tomaselli (Suz); 2. Tom Stout {Yam l: 3. Ty Maddex l Suzl. MINI EX: 1. Mark Tomaselli (Suz); 2. Eric Kehoe ' (Yam): 3. Robbie Brown (Suz), 100 J R: 1, David Lamb (Yam); 2. Kerk W illiams (Yam l; 3. Dave Keifer (Yam ), 100 INT: 1, Andy Neling er !Suzl. 100 EX: 1. Todd Bro ussard (Yaml. 125 BEG: 1. Brian Calderon (S uz); 2. Jo hn Shumaker (Kawl ; 3. Junio r Camacho (SUI ). _ 125 JR : 1. Bru ce M aynor (Suzl: 2. Rob ert Omectin tSuz): 3 . Ron Willison (Suzl. 1251NT: 1. Eddie Perry (Kaw) ; 2. Greg Gracer IKaw ); 3. Alle n Hopper (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Gran Maben (Ho nl; 2. Steve SChm itz (Suzl ; 3. David Lynch (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Ed Cor-e tt e (Yam); 2 . Craig Freeman . t, ( I cs 1 r :l, ~ '1 ~ ~ J ':. ( ~ ,

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