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, ............... __ c....... __ __ . -to win! lead, scored his second Amateur win of the weekend, again topping Dave Wilson. An added touch of green for the greenbacJr. trial was the appearance of KawasaJr.i's Chester Hudspeth and his off-emerald KT. . Keith Klafs repeated as top Novice with a 25 point margin over Greg Papazian. The only turnaround from the preceding day took place in the Beginners class where Jeff Hollenbeck, fourth on Saturday, got the best of Butch Meyers by two points. Wayne Emge, runner-up 'in the Senior B class on Saturday, moved up one notch to take a 24 point decision ow:r JacJr. Voider. There were no Senior A starters. o 00 0') ~ .... l-o 0.. < Results EXPERT: 1. lane Leovitt lMon) 49: 2. JtIV Puke ~ IMoo) 83; 4. Bruce Davis lBunB6. . AMATEUR: 1. Mike laaten (Mon) 61; 2. !law WiIoon lMonI 87; 3. M.k Older IBua 75; 4. John H o I _ IBua 76; 5. Cr-t.. Hudepeth IKewl 89; 6. MInin Atoo lBuIl93. . NOVICE: 1. K_ KIefll (Mon) 63;0 2. Greg Papezian (Bull 88; 3. Joe Minor IBuil 90; 4. Robert R _ IBuli (Man) 79; 3. Oli 94. SENIOR B: 1. Wt1Vf'8 Emge lHonI 40; 2. Jeck Voldor IBuI)64. BEGINNER: 1. Jell HoIIenbeclt IMonl 29; 2. Butch Myers IBuIl 31; 3. C _ ~ (Hon) 45; 4. Jell Norton IHon)5O; 5. VIC Aunger t66l; 6. Robert BurggnIf lYoml75. Graves, Toyama top CRC/Coors GP By Terry Rezek POPIEL WINS TECATE 500 AUTOMAnCALLY••• ••• Harden/WalllngSford HIT THE JACKPOT IN LAS VEGAS 400 ORANGE, CA, APR. 15 Saddleback Park was a wheeled circus today. There seemed to have been a bit of overeagerness among the park officials concerning scheduling of events. In all, there was a hillclimb, a trials, a motocross, a bicycle motocross, flat·tracJr.in' go. karts and the California Racing Club Grand Prix: It was easy to see that Chris Gables was ready for the green flag at the start of the Mini race arid grabbed a beautiful holeshot right into the first tum and up the long straight that followed and had a 100 yard lead when the course disappeared into the rain·eroded bowels of Saddleback. When the pack reappeared on the other side of the park, he was in command and stayed there, adding about 10 seconds per lap to his lead. With Gables' Yamaha out of sight in the lead, second and third became Suz~ land with' Neal Monty and Terry Woody starting even but Monty soon moved to the front and set sail after Gables. His determined drive opened more space between him and Woody on every lap and he remained in second to the finish with Woody get· ting third. Fourth and fJIth were the battlegrounds for a pair of Hondas, with Tim Morton and Randi Marsters aboard. Morron led through the first two and oile-half laps. shutting the door on Marsters· at every opportunity. By the middle of lap three Marsters had had enough and, taJr.ing a big chance, slipped by Morton on the in· side of a rough and dusty downhill tum. Once past, Marsters took ad· vantage of what appeared to be a slight horsepower edge and began pulling away. rmt place in the Open race belonged to Amateur Eric Graves. By the middle of the first lap. Graves had 10 seconds and by the end, he had a firm one minute lead. If first was uncontested, not so second and third. Mark Brooks and Jim Wooldridge swapped the lead and banged elbows on the sometimes narrow course for two laps until Expert Brooks' experience over Begin· Bob Popi!31 won the Tecate 500 Enduro on the Husqvarna Automatic. 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