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,- ..__ _ __._ _._._ II ~ern ~ _._._._._._._-._._._.•.._._.- hotline E (j') t" (j') ...... The 125cc Intermediates get started et OCIR. IAbove) Corona 125cc Pro winner Craig Dale 1MB) dices with Troy Smith. lBelow) Marty Miller 1763) and Greg Zitterkopf fly at Corona. ea.- IKIW!; 3. Kevin lKawI. MINI NOV: 1. Ron Betl (KIWI; 2. Chr. ToyIor (Vim); 3. Doug Reyes IKIWI. MINI EX: 1. TrOCV - . (Suzl; 2. Bruce Bunch IVoml. 100 NOV: 1. Po, Sclvefflor IVaml; 2. Fred H"nt.. ISu,l. 125 BEG: 1. C."'9 e- (Sud; 2. Don Mills ISuz); 3. Mike Williams IVaml. 125 BEG. 1. R"a Josh" (Suzl; 2. Mork Ivey (Suzl; 3. lenny Barba IVaml. 125 BEG: 1. Scon E_en ISuzl; 2. Cor Schou.en lSu,I; 3. Jim Sc"'-"'er (Vlml. 125 NOV: 1. Sam Ramirez 15",1; 2. olvid Bar_ IS".!; 3. John Gngsby IVaml. 125 NOV: 1. Crlig Edword1l IVlml; 2. Dennis H"keu (Vam); 3. Mall Sarunalari (SUlI. 125 NOV: 1. Rick Vlndetham IVaml; 2. Mike Bnnkley ('Vam); 3. Ed Warren (VarnI. 125 INT: 1. Ryan Eide ISu,l; 2. Rob Mill.. IS",); 3. Mo,e Rauba ISuzl. 125 PRO: 1. Crltg Dale 15uzl; 2. Rick SIOU' ISuzl: 3. T rov Smith (Suz). 250 BEG. 1. Rob Ogan ISuzl; 2. David Freeman IVaml; 3. Mork Mason (Kawl. 250 NOV: 1. Ron Hamson (Vam); 2. Dennis Parton (Vaml; 3. Ken Clauson lHon). 250 INT: 1. Roy Ho_mer IVaml; 2. Dlvid NIIi IHonl: 3. Jerry Ebling IKIWI. 250 PRO: 1. Mor'Y M~1or ISuzl; 2. Grog Zinetkopf IMa,l; 3. Ted HoyllVaml. OPEN BEG: 1. Mork Spuk (Vaml; 2. Bnon Twamley IVam); 3. Randy Bruci (Suzl. OPEN NOV: 1. J,m 5-'" (Moi); 2. Terry McCr-v ISu.l; 3.John Blog"""""Y lHusl. OPEN INT: 1. Mike Hair IVaml; 2. Bill Conroy IVaml. Dale·once more at Corona By Ron Lawson CORONA. CA, SEPT. 14 Craig Dale's domination of the 125cc Pro races at Corona Raceway had a brief interruption for two weeks when the Suzuki West 28 rider went to nonhern California for an AMA qualifier. But last Friday night he was back, and it was business as usual as he ran away with top money. He and his friend Troy Smith. also of Suzuki West shot out of the hole side by side at the start of moto one, but it wasn't long before Dale had established himself firmly in the lead. Rick Stout from Suzuki of Riverside came off the line poorly and had to work in the early laps to get into fourth behind Eddie Glover (Kaw). On the third lap, both Glover and Stout gained a spot when Smith dropped back. Then Stout gained another position by passing Glover. After that. the order was set for the rt"St of the race with Dale and his constantly growing lead on top, Stout in second and Glover and Keith Williamson (Suz) following. Round two saw Dale get one of the most incredible holeshots of the yt'ar. He piloted his totally stock RM OVt'r the Even Break reverse falling slart 10 a bout a six bike lengt h lead by the time he hit the first turn. Stout got another rollt'n start. as did Glon-r. and they spent the early laps trying 10 cut through the traffic. It was on lap six that SlOut moved into second. where he stayed for the rest of the race. But:;lover's luck wasn't quite so good and he had a high speed get·off on the same lap which put him out of the races for the rest of the night. At the end. it was onct" again Dale and Stout on top but Smith and Williamson switcht"d places to give Smith third place mont"y. Tht" 250cc Pro class wt"nt to Redlands Suzuki pilot Marty Mill('r, but only after a hard raCt· with Bill Chapin (Yam) and Greg Zill..rkopf (Mai). In round ont", Chapin was leading in the early laps. but Miller did manage 10 pass him at tht" halfway point. After that, Chapin's bik.. developed an air It"ak and h.. was unable 10 rechallt'ng.- Miller for th.. lead, although ht' cam(' \'ny c1os(·. The second moto saw Mill('r pass Zillerkopf, then Zim-rkopf pass Millrr and finally Miller pass Zillt"rkopf for the lead. Whilt' thOS<' two w.. rt" busy dicing back and forth Tt"d Hoyt (Yam) moved into third and Chapin took founh. That's how it r('maint'd for thc' overall standings. Tht" 125cc Int..rmeuiate class was tak..n again by Rpn Eide and ,his DG Suzuki. He took thc' first mol<> whilc' Quinton Smith (Suz) DNF. but in round two Smith c'ame bal'k for the motu win. Eide still 1o(ot the win whik Smith wound up with fifth overall bt-hind Rob Millrr (Suz). first 1imr Intermediate ale' Rauba (Suz) and fourth plan' Brian Mayrr (SUl). Results MINI8EG: 1. Robbie Buchana (Yaml, 2. Roger E.bllng Corzatt escapes OCIR Mini-crunch By Tom Corley IRVINE, CA, SEPT. 13 While some night motocross tracks may be closing down in the next month, the R.A.C.E. Motocross race at OCIR will continue. Promoter Steve Crosby made it clear that only a couple of holidays and too much rain will stop the program. So if you haven't tried tht" new OCIR track come on out on a Thursday. A lot of excitement was seen in the Mini class racing this evening, Almost too much. All of the Beginner. Navin', Intermediate and Expert riders w..re scrambling on the track at tht" sam.. time, so there was plenty of competition. Sometimt"S a little spilJ occ~rs ~ow and then, but this evening a bl1o( SpllJ took plact". One rider fell in the middl.. of th.. track but when the yellow nags went out. the riders didn't he('d the warning, Consequt"ntly, a few ridt"rs pil..d up one right after the other just lik.. a stack of dominos. Dave Crozatt (Yam) seemed to escapc' all of thc' confusion and just stayed way OUI ahead. He earned tht" win in "at'h molO and thus gained the ~ini Beginner overall win. Tony LlIlehan (Kaw) is ridin!: consistently and it is payin!: off: he ended up senmd place finishrr over Derek Nye, Paul Hont"S('ko and Mark Duncan. Mikc' /-Ieale)' of R&D Racin!: EnKines won the Expert class while Taylor Marcell was the Intermediate winner and Gary Clark was the first Novice. ResultS MINI NOV: 1. Gory Clark (Vam); 2. CIv. Sporb. MINI BEG: 1. Dew Comm (Vom); 2. Tony LinoIw> IKXI; 3. Derek W. Nye IVom). MINIINT: 1. Tillar _ (Kawl. MINI EXP: 1. Mike ~ (Suzl. 125 NOV: 1. Dew Opem lSuzl; 2. Jell C _ ISud; 3. Scon l_han lHonI. 125 BEG olV I: ,. Gary Word IVlml; 2. lorry Howord (Hon); 3. BIokI Millor IHon!. 125 BEG olV II: 1. K"n Pfoilf.. IVI""; 2. Mort< Knepper lHon); 3. Don Myron (Suzl. 125 !NT: 1. Donny BonhotolMw ISuzl; 2. Quinton Smi.h (Suzl; 3. Dovid AndonIon (Vlml. 125 PRo: 1. Doug Duboch (Vlml; 2. Troy Smilh (Suzl; 3. Todd Simmono IVlml. 250 NOV: 1. Mickey Dymond (Klml; 2. Scon Pfoilfor IVom); 3. M..k StroUP ISuzl. 250 BEG: 1. Russ 5 _ (KIWI; 2. Ed Hurtado lHonI; 3. Mork Fitzgerold lSuzl. 250 INT: 1. Glen SenocoI lVoml; 2. Don Gibbono IVoml; 3. Brice Wor_ (Voml. 250 PRO: 1. Mork Morinez (Vom); 2. Tom Soltor lHon); 3. John l.orld (Moi). 500 NOV/BEG: 1. Roy Porter IVoml; 2. Stelle Nomod (Suz); 3. Kevin Woiske IVlml. 500 INT: 1. Doug Cave (Vom); 2. Rick Thompson lMoi); 3. Fronk Slid IMoi). 500 PRO: 1. Scon Cavneso lSuzI; 2. Gordon Smilh (Voml; 3. Milee Slid (_1. O'Mara, Drury dash to CRC Night MXCash By Nanette Marie VALENCIA, CA, SEPT. 14 Yamaha Motor Corp/AI Baker R&D sponsors Johnny O'Mara came out to the California Racing Club's bi-weekly Friday Night Motocross on Indian Dunes' International Track and took home another good paycheck along with a bundle of points toward his bid for the CRC Number One 125ec plate. Alongside him in the winners' circle was Track n' Travel Maico's John Drury, who failed to win a mota in the combined 250/0pen Pro class, but grabbed the overalJ victory with his 4-2 score. In the first 125cc Pro malO, O'Mara took the holeshot with Ron Barkerbacked Bobby Kline right behind. The duo set out and battled the entire mota, but O'Mara roosted off with the lead. Jimmy Holley followed behind Kline when the checkers came out. and the top three positions held firm, Round two saw O'Mara again take the holeshot with Kline second, but in the first turn, O'Mara's Yamaha Support teammate Holley went down hard and had to restart dead last. O'Mara and Kline went out and had another mOIO-long battle despite Kline going down on the second lap. Near the end of the race, Kline was gaining ground on O'Mara, but not at a quick