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_._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- ~ Two Western hotline O 'Ma ra , David Lynch , and Jim Crov ida. In the second mota , O 'Mara got th e holeshot , but Jimmy Holley , who DNF the first moto , was right behind, Holley slipped by three laps into the race , and O'Mara just hung back to take the overall. Kline moved into third place late in the race, but could not mount a heavy assault on O'Mara, In the 250cc Pros Gary Neal and Bobby Jones went at it for the overall , with Jones taking the first mota and Neal the second. Each rider had a third place finish to go along with it , and Neal was given the overall. Third overall went to another tie, this between Dean Taylor and Brad Williams. Taylor's 4·2 got the better of Williams' 2-4, In Open Pro action Cole Bros. Maico rider Sandy Andy Jannings swept both motos in a runaway win over Scott Curtis' 3-2 and Mark Parkerson's 5·3. Doug Renno took second the first mota, but got off on the dropoff the second mota to DNF the race, and Jack Gill 's second moto runnerup finish combined with his first -mote no -start gave him eighth overall, ful riders as he won not onl y the 250cc Junior Division II race but captured second in the 500cc Junior class as well. Ritchey can be expected to climb to the Intermediate ranks before too long due to his late performances. In the first 250cc mota Mark Stroud (Suz) was just out riding the rest and got the best of Ritchey. Then in the second moto Ritchey improved his start and took first place which gave him the overall win . Stroud ended the evening with a fine 1·2 score over Craig Wenner , Mark " Moose" Anderson (Hus), T im Woods (Amx) , Scott Liebenow, and Ken Coover. The 500cc Junior class was somewhat more challenging for Ritchey who met up with a few evenly matched riders. Ted Selry gunned out in front in the first moto and edged Ritchey out of the lead so he had to settle for second. Gary Lee Cagle was the third place runner. Then in the second moto Cagle got on the gas and aced out second place Mike Hair, who advanced from fifth in the first round. Ritchey diced right behind those two while Selry was demoted to fourth . The overall score for the night ended up in this order: Cagle, Ritchey , Selry , Hair , Tim Woods, Doug Rand, Jim Castillo, and Ray Hoffman. Quite an exciting show of racing was ' put on right before the inte rm ission a nd naturally I'm referring to th e "King of the Hill" race for the Pros . The top ' couple of finishers from the pr evious week 's 125 , 250 and 500cc Pro classes compete and they dic e for two la ps go ing backwards on the track , They take off with a hand in the air start and th is time a crash 'n' burn show was displayed, Bruce Ashmore rides in the 500c c Pro class and he qualified to ride in this special race for the first time . His Yamaha collided into Vince VanHook's Maico to make things exciting at the first turn , So those two were out of luck while Tim Lunde (Yam) stretched his lead out and held it straight to the checkered flag , Lunde had a super night and not onl y did he win this event but hooked the second place 250cc Pro cash . Gary Jones trailed Lunde to the finish line in second . This was a busy evening for Gary as he not only raced in this race but competed in the 250 and 500cc Pro classes as well. Results Results Shows SPEEDWAY RACING QUARTER-MILE DIRT THURS. MAY 17 8 f?M. · 150% PRO PAYBACK .WED. MAY 23 7:30 f?M. 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Mark Durand IYam); 3. Steve Ryekebosch IHonl . 250 BEG: 1. Mike Emerson IHonl ; 2. Michale Catone (Han); 3. Mike Parsons (Sul), 500 INT: 1. BiliV Handal (M ai); 2. Jerrv White ISuz); 3. Dan Moore (Mail, Motorcycle covers Oi&C brakes. wheel• . AI Don Griewe took his first Pro win at Corona. ...,... {Yaml: 3. Cary Contrano (Suzl. , 17141735-0640 MAELY ENTS.. RT.2. BOX 75B IIi30 _ _. Corono. CA 91720 w.v. Itt:1 CHAIN LUBE 125 NOV DIY I : 1. Mike Tappeiner ISuzl; 2. Keith Nash IHonl ; 3. Nick Larson IKaw). 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Pete Charon ISuzl : 2. Bruce Hikoshima CSuz); 3. Mike Krucki (Yam) . 125 INT: 1. John Condon lVam l; 2. Rick Thomas IKaw); 3. Randy Pretzer ISuzl. 100 BEG: 1. Curtis Farrer (Suzl. 100 NOV: 1. Craig Forrest (Suz); 2. Kevin Brewis (Yam): 3. Brad Stitch lVam). 100 INT : 1. Andy Nelinger ISuzl . Ritchey roars at CMCOCIRMX By Tom Corley VDO Calib~a~ion Specialists • Sales. PAUL'S SPEEDOMETER SERVICE 529 N. PCH. Redondo Beach. CA 90277 42 (213) 374-3017 IRVINE. CA, APR . 27 . Team Ammex motocross racers are chalking up the wins in local Continental Mote-sports Club racing. Tonight at OCIR. Darrell Ritchey was one of their most success - MINI JR: 1. Todd Campbell IKawl: 2. Ron Rogers lVam); 3. Chris Sparks IKawI . MINIINT: 1. Lyle McPherson ISuzl : 2. TaVlor Marcell IKawI : 3. Bruce Bunch IYaml . MINI EX: 1. Sam Storer IKaw). looJR: 1. TonvTeton eISuz). 100 INT: 1. Brian Fountain (Yam); 2. Quinton Smith 15uz}; 3. Greg Fountain (Yam) . , 125 JR : 1. Mike Rardon (Sull; 2. Danny VanAuken IHonl ; 3. John Blair IYaml. 125 INT: 1. Mark Denning IYaml; 2. Rick Jackson ISuz); 3. Angel Montoya ISuzl . 125 PRO: 1. Glenn Page ISuzl ; 2. Dave Eropkin (Suz); 3. Craig Dale ISuzl . 250 JR OIV 1: 1. Mike Mart inez (Suzl: 2. Oon Houg (Hanl ; 3. Gene VanDyke IMail. 250 JR DIV 2: t . Darrell Ritchey IAmxl; 2. Mark Stroud ISuzl; 3. Craig Wenner (Suzl. 250 INT: 1. Dan McLeod lVaml: 2. Mark Denning lVam); 3. Zapata Espinoza ICBSI . 250 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Yam); 2.Tim Lunde lVaml;3. Todd Paterson IHon). • 500 JR: 1. Gary Cagle IYam); 2. Darrell Rrtchey IAmx); 3. Ted Selry (Yaml. 500 INT : 1. Dan McLeod (Yaml : 2. Pat Hawley ISuz); 3. Kory Anderson IMaii. 500 PRO: 1. Ron Turner IYam); 2. GarV JonesIAmx); 3. Roland Rodriguez IMail . Griewe wins on third Corona try By Ron Lawson CORONA, CA, APR. 27 "I've got a lot of work to do now because of you ," race director Ron Crandall was saying to the winner of Corona's 250cc Pro class. " Now I have to go out there with the 'dozer and rearrange those stadium jumps so you can't go through them so fast. " " I don't care" Don Griewe replied, " I' ll just go through the new jumps even fasterl " Crandall was joking about Griewe's surprising ability to fly over a very difficult section of Corona's night MX course much smoother than any other rider. Griewe used this ability coupled with a strong performance to take his very first Pro win Friday, a very impressive feat considering it was only his third try in that class. When they shot off the line for moto one, Griewe and his KX were on top with Jerry Raymer (Yam), John Greenway (Hon), Marty Miller and Danny Jean (Suz) following. Greenway passed Raymer on lap three and started closing on the leader and soon they were battling for the top spot. On the same lap , Miller dropped out' of the race with a destroyed front wheel, letting Jean take over fourth place, Jean then inherited another spot when Raymer went down , but he had little chance of climbing any farther because Griewe and Greenway had developed a strong lead , It was the la p before the white flag came out that Greenway found an opening and took the lead for himself, leaving Griewe to follow in the remaining laps . Jean also fell back before the finish, giving third pla ce to Mark Barnes (Ya m ). . Round two saw Gri ewe grab the early lead again with Greenway on his tail once more. This time , however , Greenway fell early in the race and Raymer was the only rider left to do battle with the leader. Greenway only lost a couple of places when he went down, and it took" him littl e time to work his way up to third. But the lead was strictly a two way affair now between Griewe and Raymer. They were pushing each other to the limits and the duel went the entire distance , but Griewe managed to hold out and he came across the line first to collect the cash. Greenway got second overall and Raymer was third , Greenway made a comeback in the 125cc Pro class by taking the biggest chunk of the money home, but he had to fight Marty Miller and John Silva (Suz) every inch of the way. Miller led most of both motos, but it just wasn't his day and crashes knocked him out of the running both times. Silva remained upright to take two seconds behind Greenway. Keith Williamson (Suz) , another rookie Pro, put in a 4·3 ride for third, Results MINI BEG: 1. Richard Young IYaml: 2. Kirbv Clark ISuz); 3. David Kason IKawl. . MINI BEG: 1. Ron Bell (Kawl ; 2. Bob St . John (Soz); 3. Curt Malins (Yaml. MINIINT: 1. Don Sigrist lVaml; 2. Larry DeniellVam); 3. Si Vokov ISuzl. MINI NOV : 1. GarV Clark IYam); 2. Chris Taylor (Yaml; 3 . Roman Pierson (Suz) . 100 NOV : 1. Ron Eversole (Suz); 2. Terry Knight (Suzl; 3. TTov Dhham lVam). 125 BEG: 1. Sean Corcoran ISuz); 2. Richard Croken (Suzl; 3. Jack Scott (Yaml . 125 BEG: I . Alan Howe/IISuzl; 2. Dale Woiken ISuzl; 3. John Esposito lVaml. 125 NOV : 1. Richard Hollman ISuz): 2. Men S8rvwataki ISuzl; 3. Mike Kneuven (Sull. 125 NOV : 1. Chris Scon ISuzl ; 2. David Callowav (Suz); 3. Craig DeDoer IKawI . 125 INT: 1. Scon Manning ISuzl ; 2. Alan Seelev (Suz); 3. TIm Harris lSUlI. 125 PRO: 1. John Greenway (Hon); 2. John Silva (Suzl: 3. Keith Williamson (Suz), 250 BEG: l. John Holsheimer (Yam); 2. Stuart Thompson IHan); 3. Dennis Pirton IYam). 250 BEG: 1. David Neal IHon); 2. Darrell Elam (Suz); 3. Mark Tesone IKawI . 250 NOV : 1. Mike Landmesser IHonl: 2. Coamo Daquila ISuzl; 3. Paul Schreffler IHonl. 250 INT: 1. Troy Manning ISuz); 2. Scott Lantz (Hon): 3. Tonv Feldhaus (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Don Griewe IKawl; 2. John Greenway IYam); 3. Jerry Raymer IYam}. OPEN BEG: 1. Demetrius Garza (Suzl; 2. Dennis Hopkins (Suz); 3. Ed Cavanaugh (Yaml . OPEN INT: 1. Rich Callahan (Yaml : 2. Ken Ubke (Mail;3. Ray Simmon lSuzl. OPEN EX: 1. Dane Wigington IYaml; 2. Mark Gutebier (Yam): 3. Randy Blevins(Suzl.