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(2131795-7628 I Frank Word 1 481, Gary Davis 1941 and Mickey Fay 1591 get down to business at Bo ise. first semi to go on for the win . Johnny H ightower crashed in the number two turn leaving Bu rnett a nd Hanse n to b at t le fo r second. H a nsen got it sideways a nd Burnett was there to tak e second. J ack Da rling finis he d fourt h. The last semi ha d Robinson , Day. Mc Daniel. Yamamoto . and Ward going for it. Day took hi mself out early and Yamamoto laid it down la ter tryi ng to catch McDaniel. Mc Daniel got the win with Ward seco nd . The first Expert heat ha d Mic key Fay (American Honda / Roger Stanley X R50 0) a nd Hocking having to make up much dist ance to cat ch up with the leaders Donald Dodge. Fra nk Word and Gary Davis. Fay fou g ht his way by La rs Trulson and Hoc king for fourth . Dod ge held up und er the pressu re to take the win . Scott Pearson proceeded to take the second hea t followed by Donald Br own . Bra d H u rst . John Wincewicz , Son ny Bu rres and R a ndy Scott. Larry Lega rra got the ho leshot in the th ird heat . whi le Ke n Celorie got by Peter Simonsen on the second lap and set up Legarra for a last la p pass . Celorie took the win followed by Legarra , Simonsen. Ted Boody and Donald Smith. Five national numbered riders were going for the three transfer spots in the semi. First -yea r Expert Jo hn Wincewicz too k the lead with Fay. Hocking and Randy Scott dicing for th e lead. Fa y had a ho ld on second until th e last turn when Scott dialed it on to get seco nd with Hocking taking the last transfer slot , N ovice Bill Howard and Juni or T erry Weigand took the lead and won th eir trophy dashes . Howa rd also won th e Novice main. The Expert cla ss was a differ ent story . Brad Hurst . Gary Davis and R ick Hocking rode three abreast around th e turns and through t h e chicane until Hurst took the decision over Davis a nd Hocking. The Junior main was a race between McC ullough (Rob Muzzy/ Cycle Sport Yam ) a nd Jeff Haney (American Honda /Jerry Griffith Hon) un til the fift h la p . H a ney stretched his lead to 50 yards at the flag . Da vison too k over third from Thompson (Wilby Optical Lab Yam) . Weigand finis hed fif th a nd Jeff Celorie (R ay's Trucking Yam ) was sixth. Scott Pe....son (H ·D W est H- D) also too k five laps to d ispa tch Don a ld Brown and ta ke th e lea d in the Ex pert main . Pearson built his lead and was never head ed . Ken Celori e ha d moved from fourth to second at the halfway point, ta king R ick - H ocking (Norris Cams/ Am erican Honda) and Frank Word Oerry Mather Ra cing Yam) with him . Meanwhile. Randy Sco tt (George Hersch ba ck /S hoe i Helmets/ Olympic Beer Tri) ha d m ad e incredible time t hrough t h e pack and was now seven th . On the 12th la p Hocking was second followed by Cel orie , Scott, Word. H u rst (K RW/ Lectron/T orco Oil Tri) and Donald Dodge. Celorie highsided coming ou t of the first turn of the sweeper which brou gh t out the red flag. T he race was declared a fina l with Scott Pearson the winner. Results NOV MAIN: 1. Bill Howard IYam); 2. Brett Barkman (Yam); 3. Brian Haycock (Yam); 4. Danny Atk inson IKawl. J R MAIN: 1. Jeff Haney IHont; 2. Thomas McCullough (Yam); 3. Michael Davidson (H-O); 4. Brian Thompson (Yaml. EX M AIN: 1. Scon Pearson (H·D); 2. Rick Hocking (Han); 3. Randy Scan ITr;); 4. Frank W ord III (Yam); 5. Brad Hurst If'til. . NOVICE TROPHY DAS H: 1. Bill How ard; 2. Brian Haycock . JR TROPHY DASH: 1. Terrv Weigand; 2. J eff Celorie; 3. Jeff Hanev; 4. Thomas McCullough. EX TROPHY DASH: 1. Brad Hurst; 2. Gary Davis; 3. Rick Hock ing ; 4. larry Legarra. Wood, Waxham wail at Sacto nlghtMX By 'Chuck Woodbury SACRAMENTO . CA . APR . 27 Friday night st adi u m is back in full swing mento R acewa y. In weekend of ac tion it m otocross at Sa cr athe third was Dave Woods and Dana Waxham domina t· ing th e Professional classes . The evening's program kicks off each week with a ll three Pro classes off the line first. This evening it was th e 125s . followed b y a 250cc /Open combination race . Da na Waxham ran away with the small . five rider 125cc Pro class. In the first six-la p moto, he jumped out in from im mediately a nd by the end of the first la p h ad a four second lead over Steve Richa rds (Suz). Waxham, who rides a Suz u ki for Gen e 's Au tomotive. continued to open u p. R ichards fell prey to Brian Coul son (Suz) at the end of la p two . Freddy Bercier followed th e tri o in for fourth p lace , The second rnoto , seven la ps. again belonged to Waxham . This time, however. Co u lso n jumped into the early lea d . Fo r two laps he he ld Waxham in second p lace. Bu t after Wax ham m ade his move to first p lace he ha d a comfortable , um h rea tenin g ride to the checkered flag . Cou lson