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; t._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. = Western hotline . ~ PEE WEES lQ.6 1. Clillon Stuart lSuzI: 2. Ja mie l: Canney ISuzl; 3. King RicluudSaxton Ilta). . t Turner's near- 0") perfect day at CMC Saddleback MX t-0") ...... By Mike Klinger ORANGE, CA , MAY 6 " Radical" Ron Turner scored a big day against an outstanding turnout at Continenta l Mo toSpOTtS Clu b's Saddleback MX. Ron Turner showed a f amiliar pattern at CMC: Enter m ore and w in m ore. 3. J osep h Lozano Naml. 6Occ: 1. Ray Swaring.. lSuzl; 2 Bobby Paugh ISUl); 3. Ja son AlJxi.. (ha). L echien six for six atCMMCMX By Rod Eschenburg SAN DIEGO , CA , MAY 6 The " Racin' Machine," Ronnie Lechien, just simply ruined the largest fiel d of Expert riders of the year with a n incredible dis- 34 play of high flying rid ing at the revamped Ba rona O aks Raceway. The R& D Suzuki rider scored a clean sweep of both the Stock and Modifed Expert 80cc Minicycle classes and also swept the Specia l 105cc Mini class . O nly in t he S tock class was Lech ien even remotely pressured as Team Kawasa ki rider Kenny Dunlap was able to move into the lead in the early laps of each moto: but at the checkered flag it was always Lechien for six straightl While Lechien's exploits kind of overshadowed the rest of t he day's racing; some other great performances were turned in especially the two straight, four for four effort in the Stock and Modifi ed M in i Int ermediates by Suzuki rider Scott Hewatt who sho u ld be joining the Experts shortly. Attesting to th is is th e second in the !05cc Min is by Hewa tt. In t h e 9·11 Intermediates, Kurr ie H endrickson (Suz) gave t he large crowd a grea t display of courage and fortitu de in win ning the Stock Mini class after _a very hard spi ll in the Mod ified d ivision. In between races Kurtie was observed hobbling aorund , but when the gate went down on tha t second moto he was all racer and never looked back for a two stra igh t blast. Lots of new faces in the Motorcycle classes Sunda y, as maybe the gas crunch kept them near home. The 125cc Intermediates were really torrid , with Kawasaki rider Woody Carlson taking the Stock division over first timer Tim Theodore ; Theodore then reversed the order with a tie -breaker win over Carlson in the Mod ified go round . T o give you an idea of th e co m petition in t h e Mod ified s. Theodor e did it with a 5-1 placing! In Novice action, Ya maha rider Ga ry Rod rigu ez, fresh from his do u ble at Speedway 117 , did the expected in the Sto ck 125cc class but was upset in the Modifed 100cc class by Da nn y Ray in a tie -breaker second moto. The biggest field of Pee W ees (nine riders) ever was on hand an d th e "dimunitive dynamos" really went at it with Clifton Stuart going two for two over favorite J am ie Conney with Las Vegas rider "King Richa rd " Saxton a close third. Barona Oaks cont inues their first and third Sunday scheduling. Results 80cc MINICVCLECLA SSES STOCK EX; 1. Ronnie Lechien (R&O Suzl: 2. Kenny Dunlap IKawl; 3 . David Hopwood lKawI. MOD EX: 1. Ronnie Lechien (R&D Suzl; 2 Johner KightlSuz): 3. Devid Hopwood (Kaw). STOCK INT 112 ·161: 1. Scott Hew811 ISuz); 2. Jon Faure lKawl: 3. Jon Jon Belisle C Suzl. STOCK INT 11~IID : 1. Scott Hewatt C Suzl; 2. Jon Jon BelisleISuzl:3. Paul Dennis (Suzl. STOCKINT19-11 ): 1. KurtHendricksen ISuzl; 2. Thor BjornstadC Suzl; 3 . Frankie Brundage C Suzl. MOO INT19-11 ): 1. Brandon Sch"';d.. ISuzl; 2. Thor BjornstadCSuzl; 3. John Canney IVaml. STOCK NOV 112-1ID: 1. Todd flewatt ISul ); 2. Arnie Lemon IKaw); 3 . Eric Magana (Kawl. MOO NOV11 2-1 6): 1. Robert Howen IKaw); 2. Arnie Lemon IKaw); 3 . Mike West lKawl. • STOCK NOV 1 9-111 1. Scott Brown IKaw); 2. Loren ; Wor kman (Yam l; 3. John Flores (S uzl. SPECIAL 105cc MINI IOPENl: 1. Ronnie Lochien IR&O Suz); 2. Scott Hewatt IVaml; 3. John.. Kight ISuz). MOTORCVCLE CLASSES 125cc MOO EX 1. Oavid McGhee IKawI; 2. Scott : Hamilton (Suz); 3. Brian Thomas (Yaml. 12Scc STOCK INT: 1. Woody Carlson IKawI; 2. TIm Theodore t5 uz); 3. M ike Monsegur (Suzl. 125cc MOO INT: 1. TIm Theodore ISuz); 2. Woody Carlso n (Kawl; 3. M ike M onsegur ISu2). 125cc STOCK NOV: 1. Gary Rodrigues IVam!; 2. Randy La Coste ISul l; 3 . Bob Rose ISuzl. 125cc MOD NOV: 1. Jack Lewis ISUll; 2. Mike Dodge (SU2); 3 . Bill Koen ig ISuzr. 1DOcc STOCK INT: 1. TIm Hale ISUl); 2. Ray Tethert o n ISu21; 3. Todd Leser (Suzl . l00cc MOD INT: 1. Tim Hale ISUl ); 2. Rav Tetherton ISUl) 3. Todd Leser ISUll. ; lDOcc STOCK NOV: 1. Billy Evans IVaml; 2. Bob Carn e (Yam): 3. Jim Sh err ill (Suzl. • l 00cc MOD NOV: 1. Danny Ray IVam); 2. Gary Rodrigues {Yaml; 3. Marty Stone (Suzl . JUNIORCVCLE CLASSES STOCK 19-1 11: 1. Scott Brown ISU I; 2. Tim Heath l ISuzl; 3. Brad Johnson IS ull. MO D (9-11): 1. Brand on Schnei der Uta); 2. Frankie Brundage (Suz); 3. Kurt Hendr;cksen IIta ). STOCK16-81: 1. Steve Hale ISU 2. Denny Hembree ll; CSuzl; 3. Ronnie Thomas iS U lI. MOO 16-81: 1: Steve Hale CSuzl: 2. Oanny Hembree C Suzl; 3. Taylor Martin lSuz). Two hundred and thirty anx iou s racers saved their pennies, nickels and ga llons of gas to co ntest an unusu al 24motoday. Believe it or not , in th e first moto of th e 125cc Pros, th e first four places wer e no fa rt he r ap art tha n one bike length for th e enti re 14 laps. Mike Tripes (Esc), Scott Burnworth (Suz). Ron Turner (Ya m) a nd Rick J ohnson (Yam) were th e fou r front runners fro m th e drop of the ga te to th e swing of th e ch ecke re d fla g . Tripes was flawless whil e Burnworth kept up with th e fast pace until Turner just ou tsma rt ed Burnworth three lap s from th e finish . The real outs ta nd ing ra cing develope d with two laps remaining when Burnworth took th e ou tside line on a berm turn a nd Johnson pulled a slingsho t maneu ver to pass Burnworth a nd ga in th ird posit ion . The fin ish ing resu lts was Tripes , T u rner , Johnson and Burnworth . In mot o two Bu r nwort h go t t he holes hot a nd hu ng .on for severa l la ps. T urner a nd Tripes were rig ht in the thick of things wit h Don Fuller (Suz) fou rt h. On lap six , T u rner passed Bu rn worth at th e sco ri ng sta nd a nd put 'gr ou nd betw een the Suzuk i rider a nd himself. T ripes pu lled with inc hes of Burnw orth but could not overc om e him . J ohnson pa ssed Fu lle r on th e d oubl e jumps and pursued Tripes, Luft Shocks -sponsored Turner ran away with the win a nd the overall monies with a 2-1 ta lly. Tripes was second with a 1-3 score , Burnworth third and Johnson fourth. Team Kawasaki rid er J eff Ward had a strong showing in the 250cc Pro class, outscoring Ron Turner for the overall cash. Turner led moto on e with J im Tarantino (Suz), Robert Reisinger ( Ka w) , Ward and Tony Wanket (Ya m) close behind. Ward got pa st Tarantino in the canyon a nd sta rted to ga in ground on Turner. Wanket a n d Pat . Hubb s (T N F) chase d Reisinger for third and the pressure was too much for the Kawa saki rider and he went down . This sta blized the p osit ions for th e remai n ing laps. Tu rner won by a nose , Wa rd was second t hen W an ket , Hub bs and Tony Gom ez (CB). In rnor o two th e sho w wa s a ll W ard 's. T he sta rt again was handed to T urner with Wa rd , T arantin o a nd Wanket picking up th e top fou r spots. Wa rd wasted no time getti ng in fr ont of T urner a nd pullin g th e Yam ahar idi ng R ad ica l Ron . Wank et a nd T arantino fought th e rea l battle in th e 250cc Pros. The two rid ers went at it for five or six laps unti l T arant ino unl oaded , givin g Wanket th ird positio n and a c ha nce for t h ir d overa ll. Gom ez, Steve Blackman (Mai) and Hubbs were the cont end ers for fou rt h pla ce with the fight lasting until th e flag . Ward won overall , goo d for $205, Turner spo iled a perfect da y by pl ac ing sec o nd, Wanket was third overall , then Gomez and Hubbs. It was time for Turper, ~o I;l i\lg out his big gun in the Open Pros. Turner le d th e m oto fr om wir e to wire. Tarantino stayed on his scoot to finish second . Back in six th pal ce . Husqvarna -mounted Alan Smith was making real tracks. He got past Bill J ewell (Mai) for fifth and moved in on Mark Brooks (Mai) . Dave Gerig (Suz) was running a solid th ird with little pressure from Brooks. The positions d id not change going int o th e record books: Turner , Tarantino , Gerig, Brooks and Sm ith. In moto two it was all Smith's race. He held off the hard charging Turner and treated himself to a moto win , and took second over all honors . Turne with a 1-2 score , d id capture t e overall monies aga in. Ocean Pacificsu p ported Geri g scored third overall and Brooks was fourth. Results VI MINI EX: 1. C. Swill ISUll. MIN IINT: 1. B. Bunch IVaml; 2. L. McPherson ISUlI : 3. S. Valkov ISUl l. MINI JR : 1. M . Lieber (Yaml; 2. C. Taylor (Yam); 3. A . Bak er (Suz ). l00cc JR: 1. T. Tetone (Suzl; 2. C. Forr es t (Suzl; 3. S. Graham (Yam l. 12Scc J R 1: 1. R. Varner (Kawl: 2. M. Davis ISuzI; 3. R. Varela ISu21. 125cc J R 2: 1. B. An tona cci {Y ml; 2. S . Swift (Yam): a 3. D. Jon es (Vey). 250cc JR : 1. D. As hcr aft (Husl; 2. J . McCarley (Yaml: 3. S. Rawding IVam). SOOcc JR: 1. D. Boese IHus); 2. B. Hueth IV aml; 3. M. Hair CYam l. 125cc INT: 1. C. Rough IKaw); 2. M . Nishila ISuz); 3. R. Green ISuzl. 250cc INT 1~ 1. C. MeGuislion IKawI; 2 K. Aldrich IAcal: 3. M. Folley IMaol. 250cc IN 2: 1. K. Duffy IVaml: 2. N. Nilsson IHonI; T 3. Z. Espinoza ICbs). 500cc INT : 1. J . W ither ell IMai); 2. K. Peuang elo (Ccm ); 3. F. Emer so n (Hus). 125cc PRO: 1. R. Tuener C Vam): 2. M. Tripes IEsc); 3. S. Burnworth (Suz). 250cc PRO: 1. J . W8fd IKawl; 2. R. Turn.. (Yaml; 3. T. W a nke t (Yam). SOOcc PRO: 1. R. Turner N am); 2. A. Smith IHusl 3. : D. Gerig IEsc). lannings, Taylor, Kline grab AME night MX wins By Laura Richard VALENCIA, CA , MAY 4 Even wit h American Mo tocross En terprises going to every other Fri day nigh t a t Indian Du nes,it ha sn' t stopped the good tu rnou t of riders who come ou t to do battle," and this Friday was no exception. The first race off the line was the Mini J u n iors and Suzuki rider Richie James showed just what a fine rider he is with back to back wins . Then LaITy Broo ks brought his Suzuki out in the Mini Intermediate class to take back to back wins , and Erik Kehoe took back to back wins on his Yamaha in the Mini Expert class . The 125cc Pro class proved to be one of th e mos t exci ting of the night with a duel going on between some of the best riders in th e 125cc ranks. Ya ma h a- moun ted j im Holley took th e fir st m oto wi n fo llo wed closel y b y Suzuki rider J ohn O 'Mara and Honda rider Bob Kline. Kline came back and took th e second moto win with O 'Mara again taking seco nd a nd third going to Holley. Klin e took the overall with O 'Mara second an d Holley third . Honda ride r Bobby Jones pull ed the holeshot and the lead in the first moto of the 250cc Pro ra ce , follow ed by Tim Locey (Yam) and Dean Taylor (Ho n). Moto two aga in saw Jones taking th e lead , with T a ylor in pursuit. About halfway through the race , Jones went dow n , giving the lead to Taylor with Danny Thompson (C -A) taking secon d . Thompson made a move on Taylor to ta ke over th e lead while Yamaha -m ounted Rod R ich a rd so n was holding a strong third . The overall for the night went to Taylor over

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