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John O'Man! ran a_v with both motos of the 125cc Pro cIaa on his AI Bake,'s FMF/Mugen Pow. machine. • CRC Western States Amateur Nat'l Championships Amateurs attack Anaheim Stadium course By Nanette Marie ANAHEIM, CA, NOV. 18 Over 750 riders converged upon Anaheim Stadium for the fmal racing of the big Anaheim Speed Weekend, the California Racing Club Western State Amateur National Championships. With the help of Kal-Gard Racing Lubricants and Cycle News the club brought non. , . professionals a rare chance to com~t~ upon a stadium motocross for beautiful trophies. And local Pros got a shot at a $5,000 purR. split th~ ways. Th~ track w~nt through only slight modifications afta Saturday night's Su~rou action. Th~ Reond humps on th~ front straight's doubl~ .;umps w~~ ~liminat~. and that was It. The track was saf~ for th~ rid~, as ~ t in the ambulan~ ~port: No transports and only nin~ minor t~atmenu. But the motorcycles didn't far~ quite so ~II on the grueling COUrR. Many machines ~ pushed back to the iu with shatt~ w~Is, _bocks blown up and oil pouring onto the engine, mechanical failures b'f the doz~tlS, and a stockpile full of COUrR bent handl~banand I~. In the ~ Pro classes, th~ built of th~ $5,OO«! ~nt to Mu~~ Honda's Johnny 0 Mara. Kawasalti-mount~ Cun McCuistion, and Nonhero California'sJ~rom~ H~i~. O'Mara's win cam~ in th~ 125cc Pro class wh~ h~ won both motos running away. Following th~ Mugm P~/ AI Bak~r FMF machin~ was MiIr.~ Triees in th~ fint moto and LOP's MIU Brown in th~ Reond. Brown's ruth in the fint moto was good mough for Reond ov~rall, as Tripes drop~ to 16th his Reond ri~. Third overall w~nt to Ya.rnaha's Rick Johnson, who was in a th~-way ~ WIth Honda's Scott Manning and A.J. Whiting, anotha Yamaha Support rida. In the 2!iOcc Pros, Marty MiII~r and Bobby Kline split moto victories, but neither could stay in th~ top 15 in their other ri~, which a11~ Cun McCuistion to grab th~ overall victory with his consist~nt 2-5 scores. Matt Devich, aboard ano~ Kawasaki, ~nt for second overall with his 5-7 rid~, ah~ad of Ron Watm~'s 7-5 third ovaall. Juan Benavidez took fourth pla~ money with a sco~ of 122. matching Don Drasltovich's 10-4 fifth ovaall ri~. Consistmcy was upheld in t~ O~n Pro class. as a t~-way ti~ ~erged for th~ ov~rall win at th~ ~nd of t~ two motos. Hal Strauss won t~ fint moto. drop~ to thid t~ Reond,a nd follow~ Tim Locey's pair of Reond placings in t~ ovaall, whil~ ~ win went toJ~rom~ H~iberger. with a third in the fint moto, and a win in th~ second. Founh ov~rall ~nt to Yamaha's Bill Ovellett~, follow~ by Suzuki-mount~Ron Utaslti. In th~ Sponsman classes it was a tough day, as ov~r 650 rid~n ~~ going for th~ trophies up for grabs, with som~ classes having as much as four divisions befo~ th~ main n'ent. In th~ 60cc division, R&D Suzuki's Mik~ H~a1y took t~ win over Micha~1 Knapp and Many Rickard_ Mini Beginn~ saw Gary Ybarra, Alan Lippi~ and Eric Brune lead division ~, whil~ Rit:hi~ Pi~, MiIr.~ Brown and K~ Canada top~ the second. In t~ runoff, 10hn Bonacci pull~ ~ stops out of his Yamaha for th~ victory af~r a sixth in his qualifi~r, whil~ Alan Lippi~, MiIr.~ Brown, Mark ~ding and Gary Ybarra follow~. Two divisions of Mini Novices were run, and in thOle races, Randy Rush I~ the first ah~ad of Rick Houghtaling and Stn'e ~, while Don Turk def~at~ Frank Brondagg and James McManus in ~ Reond. In the final runoff, Frank Brondau took ~ win, abead of Mark Davmpon, Randy Rush. James McManus and J~ Barbacovi. A pair of Mini Intemmiiat~ Divisions ~ run, with the fint division going to Todd Campbell, follow~ by Rudy Dickinson and Tom Stout. Division two w=t to Pat Galan, Skip Godinez and Grodon Ward. whil~ the runoff was talt~n by Todd Campbell, ahead of Andy Ellis, Doug O'Donnell. John Hughl~tt and Taylor Mar~ll. ~ ~ Holland put on a sp«tacular rid~ to win t~ Mini Ex~, aft~r Yamaha's Erik K~hoe got off hard on the front straight and could not ri~ in ~itha moto. Second ~nt to Rick H~~'s 2-4, ahead of Sam StOTa'S 52 third ovaall. One-hun~ Beginnen, Novices, Intemmiiates and ~ were the only group to bold the rida entries down to a single division pa class, and in thOle c1asles, Donald Harries took