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DnId Teylor took the 500cc ClMaIlt the AMA Pro-Am nice lit SIIddlebeck.
'-"'lSuzI.
PEE WEE STOCK: 1.
~
MoIchina
ISuzl;
2. ChriI
_lSuzI;3. _
oer.bd lSuzI.
JR CYCLE STOCK EX: 1. MichIIl ~ lSuzI; 2.
Mony - . I CIljI; 3. Buddy Dumo ISuzl.
JR CYCLE STOCK INT: 1. Kyle Lewio lSuzI; 2. 51-.
T_lSuzI: 3. Rid, winning every week except for
two Fridays when he was in nonhern
California and one race when his bike
blew up.
But Friday night it was Denton
getting the jump out of the hole while
Dale came off in second. The two of
them quickly separated themselves
from the rest of the pack with Denton
holding about a four second lead on
Dale. Throughout the race that lead
stretched and shrunk but Dale never
actually got close enough to make a
serious attempt at taking over the top
spot. Third place was in the hands of
Andy Orescanin (Suz) throughout the
race while Jeff Hollie (Suz) had to
move up from a poor start to finish
founh.
.
In the next race it was almost the
same story, with Denton getting the
holeshot and leading all the way. Dale
came off the line in the middle of the
pack but a good line through the first
turn put him right behind Denton.
The two of them were clOler than in
. the first round but the dice mded on
lap two when Dale crashed. Denton
went on to build a big le,d, but at the
halfway point his trallSl1lission staned
to go out, with low gear totally useless.
Orescanin, who paned Hollie for
second on lap six quickly reeled in the
LOP rider, but the checkered flag
came out before he got clOle enough to
be a threat. Dale finished in founh
behind Hollie but still got third
overall.
Juan Benavidez and his Can-Am
split wins with Greg Zitterkopf (Mai)
in the 250cc Pro class and took home
first place. In round one, Benavidez
grabbed the holeshot while Zitterkopf
crashed in the second tum. It was Rick
Stout (Suz), however, who was on top
whm they came around for lap one,
with Benavidez and Ted Hoyt (Yam)
following. It remained like that for
five lar' then Stout, in the latest of
severa creative DNFs, lost his
brakes ... literally .lost his brakes.
Benavidez was hit in the chest by a
flying brake shoe and little pieces of
shattered aluminum and magnesium
covered half the track. He stood there
looking at what used to be his rear
wheel while Benavidez went on to the
checkers.
In the next race it was a close one
between Zitterkopf and Benavidez.
Zitterkopf led just about all the way,
though, and Benavidez was satisfied
with second, knowing that he still had
top cash. Hoyt was third while founh
overall went to Bill Chapin (Yam) over
Dave Fernandez (Yam).
Results
MINI BEG: 1. .Iorfy Reyes lKawl; 2. Dow Hovis
IV....; 3. S_1)o;e lHonl.
MINI NOV: 1. 0Iis Cecil I~I; 2. . - Rincon
!K8w); 3. ChriI Teylor lSuzI.
MINI EX: 1. Demy W-.yniok IV""'; 2. Gordon
Word. J,.(Suz); 3. B,,_ Bunch IVoml.
100 BEG: 1. Fnod _
lSuzl; 2. Jerry ~
IV""': 3. Kenny W_lSuz}.
100 NOV: 1. Ran ~ lSuzl: 2. Rob Choplin
IV""'; 3. Pol ~ IVoml.
125 BEG: 1. Scan ~... lSuzl; 2. St...... _ino
lSuzl; 3. Lonny _IVoml.
.
125 BEG: 1. Doug Hovis lVoml; 2. Don Mils 1Suz); 3.
ron Tona IVoml.
125 BEG: 1. C,aig
2. Bruce ZlIIkmon; 3. Bil
e-:
1Ieoty.
125 NOV: 1. Ron E _ ISuzI; 2. Jim Noli!; 3.
ScanDlMo.
125 NOV: 1. C,aig Edw8rda; 2. Rick Vonderhom; 3.
D.J.Huelon.
125 INT: 1. Rick Jackson lSuz}; 2. Cluinton Smith
W_
ISuzI; 3. Pol
lSuzI.
125 PRO: 1. Gory Donlan lVoml; 2. Andy OOcc Pro class as he held
off Yamaha support rider Tim Locey.
1n the 12!'>cc Pro race, Ron Barker
Honda-mounted Bob Kline was able
to take the overall win with Yamahal
FMF rider John O'Mara taking second
and third going to AME Yamahamounted Jerry Shore.
Yamaha· mounted Kevin McDonald
grabbed back to back wins in the
2!'>Occ· Intermediate class followed by
Yamaha rider Mark Abendola in
second, with third going to Maico
rider George Kam.
Results
600 PRos: 1. Joe Root IVoml; 2. Andy Jennings
IYoml; 3. Dove Heugh lMoi).
250 PROS: 1. Mike ShaemaiuIr IVom}; 2. Tim Locey
IYom); 3. Pele SnoneIend IC-AI.
125 PROS: 1. Bob Kline lHan); 2. John O·Mar.
(Yom); 3. .Iorfy ShoreIVom}.
600 tNT: 1. Don Goooett ISuzl; 2. Jerry _IMoi};
3. Don Currer 1Moi1.
250 INT: 1. Kevin McOonoId IVoml; 2. Motk
AbondoIo IVoml; 3. co-ge Kern lMoiI.
125INT: 1. Lony _IHan); 2. _Iloloted lSuzI:
3. Eddie Guojordo lSuzl.
600· JR: 1. DIn 0 - . IMol}; 2. Jim Wywozumaki
IV""'; 3. Mike ~ IV""'.
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3. Jell JoMo IVom}.
125 JR DlV I: 1. Joe . lSuzI.
CoowlZD ISuzl; 3. _ _ . . . - lSuzI: 2.
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W/IfIV
125 JR DlV 2: 1. Sem A _ lSuzI: 2. _
IV....: 3. Duain Narlhrop lKawl.
125 JR DlV 3: 1. PIt DolIn 1SuzI: 2. Tony EguIe
lSuzI: 3. DIn e-tIV......
250 JR: 1. AID
M_ _ IVoml.Mihich lSuzI: 2. Creig lSuzl; 3.
3. 125 BEG: 1. Ty _IV....; 2. John SwincIoIIIVom~
_ _ IV.....
WOMENS DlV: 1. PIt .-.cI1SuzI.
VET JRS: 1. - . K8ne IVoml; 2. Jim_1Suzl;
3. 0IUl:k _ I V......
VET EX: 1. o.vid " - " tc-AI.
MINI JR: 1. Com Johnoon IVoml; 2. Rick
ItlIuaIaIna ISuzl; 3. Jim HIupc lSuzI_
3. MTNI Wf: t. Tom s-t IVoml; 2. Gory SziIogyi ISuzl;
_ _ lSuzI.
_
EX: 1. &ic _IVoml; 2. Lony _
CSuzI;
3. Doug GenIry ISuzl.
100 !NT; 1. ChriI Mc:CIuIoy ISuzl; 2. Ilrend . - . . .
lSuzI; 3. RlIv Ferr IV""'.
100 JR: 1. ~ s-.. IVoml; 2. Clyde YakIli
ISuzl; 3. ...... Loea lSuzI.
100 BEG: 1. John _lSuzI.
ODYSSEY-STOCK: 1. Don _
IOdy); 2.
Voman $tary lOdyI; 3. .... _lOdyI.
ATC-STOCK: 1. _ s-..y lAtcl.
810se, Hansen,
Taylor take
Saddleback AltA
reglona'MX
By Roger Guard
ORANGE, CA, SEPT. 16
Chappy Blose, Donnie Hansen
and David Taylor took home the
125, 250 and 500cc class wins,
respectively, in the second round
of ~ AMA regional qualifying
senes.
The 98 0 heat didn't seem to bother
Kawasaki-mounted Chappy BlOle as
he pulled an early lead in the I2!'>cc
class, with Mike Brown and Willy
Simons close behind. On lap five,
Brown got out of shape and that made
room for Simons, Gary Ogdm (FMF)
and Gary Denton (LOP). With Blose
and Simons running away from the
pack, a good dice for third staned to
develop betwem Ogden and Denton,
but Ogden soon was forced to pull off
with bike trouble.
On the ninth lap, Simons pulled to
within one second of Blose, and
Denton was starting to close in on the
leaders. But two laps later Blose
turned up the wick on his Uni·Trak
and put some daylight on Simons. A
new battle was emerging for third
between Denton, Paul Emerson (Hon)
and Rick Maki (Yam). Maki made a
swooping move around Emerson and
set his sights on Omton, going by one
lap later. Emerson also tried to pass
Omton, but crashed on the white flag
