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;; _._._._._._._._.__. I: Westernh ~ / ,._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. t en 1:' 0'> ...... Gary Sco tt t ook an ultra-exciting win at Ascot's Nat ional preview. Ascot hall-mile By Maureen l ee GARDENA, CA. MAY 11 The following night's National may be termed "anti-climactic" compared to what went on Friday evening before a sparse 36 crowd who saw some of the best flat tracking ever. No one, including those with many seasons of Ascot watching behind them , could remember seeing four Experts going flat out down the front straight elbow to elbow in a straigh t li nel First Expert heat Bobby Sanders came flying off the line tailed by Scott Parker and Terry Poovey. Poovey got Parker then Sanders goofed and they both passed him . Suddenly it seemed in one swoop came Corky Keener from up sixth to first and zapped 'em all ; Keener won it , then came Poovey, Parker and Ted Boody. Next heat Tom Berry was in row three for being anxious, but the officials never make you get up against the wall behind everyone, and Tom picked his own clear shot off line three. They all left the line in a crowd, with the exception of Steve Morehead who apparently had difficulty finding a gear to put his Harley in. As they exited turn four the incredible thing happened . , , lite r a lly four abreast were Scott Pearson, Berry , Dennis Fitze and Gary Scott. They came out of it Berry, Fitze, Scott and Pearson, Both Scott and Pearson got by Fitze but Berry wasn 't about to be caught. Last heat Brad Hurst arrived in the south turn first but Eddie Lawson was right there to take over . Lawson proceeded to control the heat , leaving Hurst to hang onto second over John Wincewicz until John over-did turn one and slid out. Hurst then lost his second to Mickey Fay. At the start of the semi Ron nie Jones led Steve Morehead into the first turn, but Steve took over, followed by Boody who got by Jim Fitze when he went skating up to the wall . The red flag came out when Scott Drake and Lance Jones, on the American , tangled in turn one, leaving Jones in the nasty position of lying on the track knowing the rest of the pack was heading his way, and trying to crawl up the incline to the safety of the wall , He has five broken foot bones, Next time ou t Morehead go t the lead, then ca me J ones; but alo ng ca me Mike Minnig who passed J ones an d went after Morehead . Morehead went too high on the dry track, lost his drive, and away went Minnig with the lead , Steve finished with the second and Ronnie Jones became the last transfer to the main ; Mike Bures , Buddy Robinson and Ted Boody were alternates. Starter Al Mintz wasn't having a good night. One observer sa id : "tomorrow we get Bouncing Bob , well , that's gotta be better than AI tonight." His best (or worst) start of th e evening was the Expert main when he tripped over the table. hit the green light clean and fast with Gary Scott coming off the line the same way. But th e rest were discombobulated, so out ca me the red flag and they had to try again , Next time Eddie Lawson got th e drop on them , ahead of Poove y a nd Scott. Steve Morehead cam e ska ti ng in behind Scott and the figh t was on . There must have been eigh t lead cha nges between Lawson , Scott and Morehead as they shuffled those lead three spots around in close proximity of each other. Lawson was finally forced to drop the pace a bit , A look at his rear tire afterwards told why; it had chunkedout badly. Tom Berry and Corky Keen er got by him but not without a fight. To watch Scott and Morehead you' d have thought it was th e last rac e of the season with one point separating them from the National championship , Scott looked like a rocket at times, his chain was hitting the shock spring sending trails of brilliant spa-rks back behind him. Finally, Morehead went deep into turn three on the last lap and passed Scott on the outside. This. didn't put him in the best position as they came out of four, with Gary down low and sheer momentum carrying him out, so he bumped him one and beat Morehead (Team Harley) to the checkered flag . Steve Monger had th e early lead in the Junior main event, fighting off John Burnett and Rich Volk . Volk, who was coming on fast , took over the lead and successfully held off Monger's attempts to take it back. Bobby Garabedian sailed into the lead in the Novice main but got nailed in turn three and went down. Ben Zakarian took over the lead ahead of Rich Arnaiz who was holding off Dennis Camp. Coming up fast was Scott Podergois, the "veteran" Novice, and coming a rou nd for the finish flag Podergois suddenly found himself in third when Dennis Camp's engine let go, Results TRDPHY DASH: 1. Scott Parker Iii-D) 2. Corky ; K _ IH-O); 3. St....... Morehead IH-O); 4. Eddie L.1wson IH-O). TIME: 1:10.66. ; NOVMAIN: 1. Ben lakarian IKawI 2. Rich Arneiz IC· AI;3. Scott Podergois lVaml; 4. Steve Kersten lVam);5. 5""", Kersten lVam); 6. Joe Stell en lVam) 7, Oon ; Waffle lVaml; B. Dennis Camp ISuz); 9. Oon Kemp IVam); 10. Bob Cunnington IVam); 11. Bobby Garabedian IVam). TIME: 3:15.58. J R MAIN: 1. Rich Volk lVam) 2. Stove Monger ; IV am); 3. J ohn Burnett IVaml; 4. J ell Allison IVaml; 5. Jeff All ison lYam); 6. Danny Perkins (Yam); 7. Mike Inderbitzin IVam); B. Stave Polson IVam); 9. Eddie San Roman (Yaml: 10. Steve Don (Yam) 11. Dave Busby : IH·DI. TIME: 3:58.13. EX MAIN: 1. Gar( Scott Iii-D); 2. Steve Morehead IH · D); 3. Tom Benv Iii-D); 4. Corky K _ lli-DI; 5. Eddie lawson lli-DI; 6. Scott Pao-ker lli-D); 7. Terry Poovey IH · D); B. Scott Pearson lli-DI; 9. Mike Minnig lli-DI; 10. Brad Hurst IH-O); 11. Mickey Fay (H·DI; 12. Ronnie JonesIH-O l. TIME: 5:48.55. Do nnie Hansen, t he 250c c Pro winner, f lies off t he Dunestown ra m p. Hansen, Haugh, Myerscough draw CRC Dunestown GPwins By Brian George VALENC IA, CA , MAY 6 Three thousand dollars commands a lo t of attention to a Professional motocross competitor, especially when it 's between National MX rounds and the traveling funds are getting a little bit low, It also makes for a hell of an ending to the Ca lifornia Racing Club's Dr. Pepper/ Yamaha $20 ,000 four-race series. Dubbed the second annual Dunestown Grand Prix , the 10-mile race' course wound through all parts of Indian Dunes, including the movie sets of Baa Ball Black Sheep, the incredible water jump, and both the International and Shadow Glen motocross tracks . A number of new bridges and water crossings were added since last year, and throughout the day the course was made extremely d ifficult by the dust , Atthe end of their 50 ·minute races. Simi Valley Yamaha's Dave Haugh , Can-Am's Donnie Hansen , and Team Suzuki's Brian Myerscough had taken their Professional class victories decisively . Haugh and Hansen battled in the combined 250cc Open race with Hansen taking the overall win and top 250cc, while Haugh raked in first O pen . Myerscough had to ch arge through the d ust and come fro m way back to take the 125cc win on his works Suzuki. At 12:00 th e combined 250cc/ Open Amateur/Expert race shot down the long , du sty start straight and into th e back sections of Indian Du nes , a nd Ha nsen had the holeshot on his 250cc Canadian .rocket. The pack went out of sight for a full 10 minutes before flying over the water jump three quarters of their way through the first lap of the scheduled four circuits, and the first bike to hit the wooden ramp was the Maieo of Dave Haugh. It took almost a minute before second-place Hansen came out of the gully and on to the jump. and after him was another long pause . Finally Open Pro Dal e Lewis came around , then DG's Tim Locey at second 250cc, Tim Murphy on a Q&E CR250R, Can-Am mounted Craig Cole and teammate Nick Hale on 250s, then third Open Pro Brad McLeod, fourth Open .Bill Hagen and fifth Open Thad Friday. Hansen closed on the gap on the second and third laps as the overall top 10 switched to Haugh, Hansen, Cole , Locey , Lewis, Hale , Murphy , Crossroads Suzuki's Br ad Williams, Yamaha's Terry Clark, and Hagen for la p two , On the thi rd la p it was Haugh, Hansen , Cole , Hale, Williams, Clark, Lewis , Darrel Anderson , who came from 16th on the first la p , Murphy and Friday on the third circuit. Fourth-lap action was all out for Hansen , and in the rough , dusty back sections he overtook Haugh and pulled away the last half of the lap to take the win. Haugh rolled in second overall as Cole apparently dropped out while running second 250cc. After a number of lapped riders came through the finish , the battle for third overall was among Anderson's 250cc Yamaha , Clark's 400cc YZ, Hale's 250cc CanAm and Gary Denton's LO P Yamaha, and at the flag the order was the same. Frida y and Hagen were next across, second and third Opens, ahead of 250cc riders Mike Easley, Pete Sn ortela nd , Murphy, Williams and Paul Emerson. Open riders were the next finishers in the order of Lewis , Mike Shoem aker a nd McLeod. Three p.m. was the magic time for t he co m bi ned 100, 125 , 175cc Am ateu r/ Exper t ra ce , and when the banner drop ped t he 125cc Pros were the firs t onto the dusty tr ail. Out. fro nt at the end of 100 yards were Ken ny Zahrt's Suzu ki and the unG od ly fast CR 125cc roc ket of Bobby Kline . Kline's Honda rarely misses the holeshot , and when the two bikes went at it side-by-side ahead of Locey, Gary . Denton's LOP Yamaha , Jimmy Holley, and Paul Emerson, the Honda took over the point. By the end of the lap , however. Locey had outrageously

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