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Cycle News 1979 07 11

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·I·~~~-----_·_·_-_· __·_·__·_·__·"'_·_· I 0) I:"- 0) >- =' ~ • W....n Reid tOok the Open Pro cia.. at SSM. In a Mammoth warm-up. tracks out to Racing World for a Father's Day motocross. The father and son team of Miles and an FiIher ..... Tm a ..".. through a comer lit Passing up Mammoth to get used to riding Yamahas again, Chris Chaffee bolted into the lead at the start of the first 500cc Pro moto and established a short lead right away. . Sorting things out behind him that fint lap were Clint Hardick (Mai), Alan Smith (Hus), Lee Ramage (Mai) and Dale Anderson (Mai), who dropped out on lap fIVe with transmission gremlins. Smith kept Hardick worried until he fmally went by at the bottom of the downhill on lap four. He set his sights on Chaffee at that point and by the time they exited Rattlesnake Gulch on the next lap, Smith was in front. He went on to take the checkered with a very comfortable lead. Chaffee finished second while Ramage held off Chip Howell (HOI) for third. Scott Porter (Yam) led the first lap of moto two with Smith, Howell and the rest of tbe gang putting t.he pressure on from behind. Smith put his bike into the lead on the downhill; but shortly after that, both Husky riders went down, Smith gettin~ up and. away after the pack had seemmgly vanished. Porter had his problems too. His bars loosened and lowered themselves over the jumps, making control difficult to maintain. A ditch proved to be his undoing, allowing Ramage his shot at the lead, which be kept until Chaffee bounced past him on the upbil1 on lap three. Cotning up quickiy, tbough, was Howell who had moved into third by lap six. Coming out of the back section at the end of lap seven, he was into the lead for good. Smith also came on strongly, though he could only get up to fourth behind It was good enough for third averal, though, with Chaffee getting tbe win and Howell second.' Tony Wanket (Yam), who had driven back from Mammoth to try and get points today, outdragged tbe rest of the 2SOcc Pros to the first tum. Before long. however. Chaffee took . over and CNised to the win. Scott Ramar' 38 CRC's RIIcing Wartd MX. Johnson (Hon) and Jerry Raymer (Yamrrounded out the first four. The second moto combined the 25O's and all five uSec Pros whose flJ'St moto was won by Scott BIl~worth (Suz). Bob~y Sullivan and Don Fuller, also Suzuki·mounted, were the only survivors of their first moto. Wanket got the holeshot again, but kept his lead intact all the way. Chaffee settled for second while the next bike in was Burnworth who had made up the deficit between the 250's and 125's in less than four laps. Johnson, Raymer and Bryan Maloney on his new Honda were the next quarter· liter bikes in. Fuller became the seCond 125cc to get the flag, though Sullivan was reeling him in during the last few laps. Starting next week, there will be CMC-sanctioned races here on the first and third Sundays' of the month in addition to the Saddleback events on those days. Included will be classes from Beginner to Expert. Pros may ride Expert, but there wil1' be no money payback. Results o.m MINI JR: 1. K.C. - . (Yoml; 2. Loren Worltnwn lSuzI; 1 Moddox (Yoml. _1NT:1._~CSuzI. 100 JR: 1. Tony T _ CSuzl. 500 PRO: 1. Cm. ChIIlfee (Y.....; 2. Chip _ CHuIl; 3....... SmiIh tHuIl. 500 INT: 1. Keith _ ......... tCCM); 2. 0 - . . Carty tHuIl;3.Ed_CSuzl. . -'r 500 JR: 1. S1_ Hunnell CSuzl; 2. Pete Eunice lHonI; 3. DowI_ tSuzl. 2511 PIlO: 1. Tony Wriet (Y-.,j: 2. CIlrio ChIIlfee (Y1mI; 3. _ _ IHanl. 2IiO lIlT: 1. Phi _ fOSI(J: 2. _ GanIenk. (Hon); 1 Mike Foley lDMGl. 2511 JR: 1. Gory _CHon); 2. lion ~ CHon)· 3. Rob Binkley (ylml. • 125 PRO: 1. _ . . . - lSuzI; 2. Don Fuller CSuzl; 111abbot ~ tSuzl. 125 lIlT: 1. CurtiI Rough lKawl; 2. Tm r - e lSuzI; 1 lion Hume CSuzl. 125JR: 1. . . . - . CSuzl; 2. S _ ~ tSuzl; 3. 1.Joyd'TllclrNo (ylml. Barron, Behllngs, Bland blast CRC Racing World It" By Keith Clemons TRABUCOCIINYON, CA,JUNE 17 California Raciolt Club made Mark Adamson took the day's top honors. Miles Adamson rode his son's 250 Maico in a special father's race and, winning the contest, returned the bike to watch his son, Mark, snap up both 2S0cc Intermediate motOl for his own trophy. Phil Wells rode his son's . 2SO Honda in the father's race to finish second, and although his son Glen finished second in the first 250cc Inter. mediate moto behind Adamson, Glen DNF the second moto which upset their chance at a father·son pair of second place' trophies. Action in the 12Sec Pros saw a close first race when Richard Barron and Ken Ehlers met in a full on challenging match. Ehlers and Barron are close friends and the WilY they rode together, which was way out front of the pack, they may well have been practicing the buddy system. Ehlers got the holeshot and stayed in command of the front through the moto but Barron was right there all the way and put the pressure on Ehlers right up to the checkered flag. When the pair went at it in the second go 'round Ehlers got t~ holeshot again but this time' Barron aced him out on the third lap and played it out to win. Barron went home the overall victor with Ehlers finishing second for the day. . David Behlings started back to the rear of the pack in both 250cc Pro motos . but managed to jam his Yamaha into the front before the end of each race to become the overall winner. Starting in front of Behlings both races were Chris FISher and Ken Ehlers, who finished second and third each time. After Behlings shot into the lead, FISher held second all the way except in the second moto when Ehlers passed him and beld the position for two laps. But FISher was able to regain his spot where be fmished 2-2 with Eblers going !l.!! for third overall. Simi Valley Maico·sponsored Rich Bland went holeshot to fmish in both Open Pro motOl to finish first overall in that class. Separated by a few lapped riders, Mike Said followed Bland home to complete his day as second overall and AI Stinebaugh finished third. ~e.ults :::.- 1 ~S:=;J; lMoIl: 2. Mike Soid ~): OPEN M: 1. Doug K.- CMoiI; 2. _ Soid CMoil; 3. Tom ~tSuzl. OPEN P«1tI: 1. Jim 0augI00 lSuzI. 2511 PRO: 1. o..rid IloIIlingo (Y.....: 2. em. _ lHonI: 1 Ken Ehlers ISuzl. 2511 INT: 1. Mart< -..on ~); 2. BIn Jordon lHonI: 3. Bob While Cc.Al. . 2IiO NOV: 1. _ IUmolo lSuz); 2. Tom s..: CSuzl;1 S_ _ ~. 2511 BEG: 1. Ike ~ CHon~ 2. Micl

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