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._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._..._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. ; IIIlI in the dirt. T his left Cavness with a good lead over Tarantino who was safely ahead of Ron O tascia (Suz) who had passed bo th Jones and Morgan . Cavness motored on to the win followed by Tarantino and Otasia , Grossi remounted near the back of the pack and managed to work his wa y up to fifth at mow's end. The second moto start looked like an instant replay as Cavness shot into the lead with Grossi glued to his rear fender . The two riders began to run away from the pack but this time Cavness ta ng led with a lapped rider and went down lea ving Grossi with a big lead. Cavness remounted quickly lett ing only Otasia by but he ha d the steam kno cked out of him and wasn 't able to recatch Otasia or Grossi . Cavness took home the top money wit h a 1·3 score and first overall. O tasia poc keted th e seco nd p lace money and Gross i was third . Leading the first moto charge of 20so me 250cc Pro riders was J e ff Jenn ings (Suz) ahead of Ma rk Lawrence and Ku rt Sofka (C- A) . Next came Greg Blackwell (C -A), H u ff Hadley (Mai). Pete Snortland (Hon) and Goat Br eker (Hus). Breker stuck on Snortland's tail as the two riders passed H ad ley, Blackwell and Sofka to close in on the leaders. Breker th en made his move on Snorteland, closed on and passed Lawrence and nearly tagged J en nings at the checkers. Once again Jen nings displayed the best reflexes by taking the second m oto holeshot and leaving th e pack in his dust. Lawrence held the second spot at the end of the first lap followed by Breker and Kawasa ki-mou nted Matt • ~ Devich. And that's about the way it ended with Jennings well in front of Lawrence and Breker back in third . The best racing in the class came from Andy Guth on a Kawasaki and Snorteland who had a tremendous battle for fourth place with Snorteland coming out on top . E Results OPEN PRO: 1. scon Cavness ISuzJ; 2. Ron Otasia ISuzJ; 3. Billy Gro ssi IKTMI. _ 250cc PRO: 1. Jeff Jen nings (Suz); 2. Mark Lawrence IYam); 3. Goat Breit ... IHus). 125cc PRO: 1. J im Gibson (Han); 2_ Andy Kirk... (Yam); 3. Craig Da le (S ull. OPEN INT: , . Jim Beh: tck (M ai); 2. Neil Tortnoo n ISun; 3. Bill Edrington (Ya ml. 250cc INT : 1. Rog ... Olen IM ail; 2. Ma n liegel... ISuzJ; 3. Bill Boyer IHon!. 125cc INT: 1. Curtis Qualls (OE 2. Mark Dwi nell ); ISuzJ; 3. Jess Hornon (ESC!. OPEN J R: 1. Bart M ilowky (Husl; 2. Jeff Francis CHusl: 3. Robert Braver(Mail. 250cc JR : 1. OaVid Cavez ·(KT M ); 2. J ohn Barn es . . IYaml; 3. An Claver (Yam ). 125cc JR : 1; Rich Varn ... IKawl; 2. Harley Hall IS uzJ; 3. Greg McEl roy ISuz!. OPEN BEG: 1. Bill Aeming (Yam); 2. Dave Fleming (Yam); 3. M ark Beasley IYa ml . 250cc BEG: 1. David Pant ed (Honl ; 2. Tracy Estep ' {Yam l: 3. Ron Callaway (Honl. 125cc BEG: 1. Pet... lepp ISuz); 2. Skip FaullYaml; 3. M ark Faul lY am ). OLD TIMERS: r. AI San erla (M aj); 2. James Banning IHusl; 3. Cleu Altetfins lYam ). O'Mara, Neal, lannings take CRCnightMX By Brian George VALENCIA, CA , APR . 27 Ca lifo rnia. Ra cing Club's night m otocross season has changed this year from Tuesday nights to every other Friday night, alter- Billy Grossi showed up at SSM and went home wit h a t hird in t he Ope n Pros. Holley could not get another good race to take the overall away from O'Ma ra's 2 ·2 finis hes . In the first moto O 'Mara led it until he was coming around at the halfway point , when he stuffed his Suzuki into a berm too hard and almost lost it. Honda -mounted Bob by Kline was right th ere to pick up the lead and carry it to the flag ahead of nating with American Motocross En terprises. on the International Track at Indian Dunes, and last Friday Al Baker's FMF Suz uk i-mounted Johnny O 'Mara, Gary Neal . and Cole Bros.' Andy Jannings took the Pro victories. 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