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OPEN BEG: 1. Don 0.00 IV"".
OPEN PRO: 1. o.vid King IV"".
125 PRO: 1. Choppy _
(I(J(): 2. o.vid CrllWlord
ISuzl: 3. Tibba McC.-.;h lSuzl.
2IiO PRO: 1. Choppy _
(IO(): 2. o.vid King IVoml:
3. Ron Wocmore IV"": 4. Jam Imbriole CHusl.
Staten stomps
CoronaMX
By Ron Lawson
CORONA, CA, DEC. 14
Yamaha's Rex Staten captured
the honor of being the hottest
rider at Corona Raceway in the
track's last motocross event of the
'70s. A strong turnout of ridersmade it
to the race track for the race, after
which the track will shut down over
the holidays to reopen on Jan. II, 1980.
Staten watched the year and the
decade go out in style from the top of
the 250cc Pro class. The first holeshot
went to him and his white Yamaha,
but Juan Benavidez (C-A) was right
behind. Benavidez has really been
coming on strong lately at Corona and
Staten wasn't able to shake him in the
early ~aps. But while trying to pull
alongsIde the leader in a section of
stadium style whoops, Ben!1videz got
out of shape and went down. This gave
a distant second place to John Greenway (DC Hon). Benavidez was all the
back back in fifth place, but in a few
laps he had caught fourth place Ted
Hoy! (Yam) and closed on Eric
MacCracken
(Yam)
for
third.
MacCracken, in tum, had closed on
Greenway and on the sixth lap, he
took control of second. Benavidez also
managed to pass Greenway and at the
finish line it was Staten, MacCracken.
Benavidez,
Greenway
and
Bill
Chapin.
Once again the holeshot went to
Staten in round two, but this time it
took Benavidez a little time to move
into second. That time was all Staten
needed to pull into a strong lead and
the rest of the race was like a parade.
Staten was firmly in control all the way
with Benavidez second, MacCracken
third., and Keith Williamson (Yam)
fourth. The only race was for fifth
place where Greenway edged out Hoyt
after Gary Jones (Amx) dropped out of
the race.
In the ll!5cc Pro class, Rick Jackson
(Suz) took the first mota, but DNF the
second round. Andy Northrup (Suz)
was the overall winner with his 3-1
score over Craig Dale's 2-3 and Troy
Lee's 5-2.
Upland High took this round of
HSMX with five wins. In the 175cc
and ll!5cc Senior classes it was Pat
Weber on top while Mike Schexnyder
took both the 125 and 175cc Intermediate c1asaes. Bill McCarter also
~rried the Upla':ld banner to victory
10 the 10Ckc SeDlor class. Coming in
second was North High with two wins
courtesy of D.D. Ashley and Jim
McIntosh.
Results
MX
MINI BEG: 1. _
Redding (Hanl: 2. Glenn Clark
IV"": 3. Don _IVoml.
MINI NOV: 1. Roger Ebling IKllwI: 2. Kevin Fringer
(Suzl: 3. Joe Rinaln lKowl.
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MINI INT: 1. Dan W_ _ (Yoml: 2. Gordon
Word ISud: 3. S