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outhern California- Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern California-Arizona·Southern Nevada-Southern California- Arizona·5 25Occ10PEN BEG: Grant Spangler an d Craig Stewell. 250cc NOV: Craig Stanton and Dan c ereve. 25Occ10PEN INT: Chris Bercaw and Andy Richard. 25Occ10PE PRO: Mark W hite and Bill Hagen . N PRO I.M .: M ike Van Acker. OPEN NOV : Rick Park and Dennis M axw ell. King, Garratt hot at Saguaro MX By Nancy Keyes TUCSON , AZ, APR. 27 The newly organized Arizona Riders Club ran its first race at Saguaro Raceway for AMA. . Carlos Serrano dominated the first moto of 2~Occ Experts with Mike Garratt finishing second and David King taking first for the Open Experts. Serrano pulled the holes hot the second moto with Ron Watmore close behind. Serrano slid out and Watmore got by and held it to the. finish. In moto three Carlos fell in the start, bending his bars too badly to finish . David King took over first place on his Open bike and Ron Watmore was first in the 250s. First overall in the 250cc Experts went to Garratt and second to Watmore with King getting first in the Open Experts and the 125cc Experts. Pat Eggman , riding for Yamaha of Tucson, took first in the 125cc Junior class and Jim George took first in the 250ccJuniors. David Martin pulled the holeshot in the first 125cc Novice rnoto only to lose it to Ken McCutcheon who took the first in all three motos. The 250cc Beginner and Novice classes rode together with Tyler Gunn , a Beginner racing his first race, way out in front the first mo to. He went down just 20 feet before the finis h lin e, hurting his leg. Hugh Goglin took first overall. Results MINI MINI: 1. Kevin Carpent er ISuz); 2. David Looper (Suz). MIN I BEG: 1. M ario zamud io (100; 2. Daniel Crow ISuz): 3. Tony M oon ISuzl. MINI NOV: 1. Brad W achs (Yam); 2. Larry M OOfe lSuz ). MINI JR : 1. Chud< Chagnon ISuzl. MINI EX; 1. Sco tt Keyes (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Fred Mor eno (Suzl: 2. Court Guerin (Yam); 3. Brent Je ffries (Hon).4. Rex Tener (Yaml. 125 NOV : 1. Ken McCul cheo n ISuz): 2. M ike Carpenter (Yam); 3. Scon Guerin (Ya m). 125 JR : 1. Pat Eggman (Yaml. 250 BEG/NOV : 1. Hugh Goglin IMai): 2. Randy Oliver IKX I. 250 JR : 1. J im George ISuz). OPEN NOV : 1. Willie Giroir ISuzl. SRS: 1. Elton Ong ley IM ail. 125 EX: 1. David King IYaml; 2. Mike Looper IHon). 250 EX: 1. Mike Garran (Yam); 2. Ron Watmore (K)(). OPEN EX: 1. David King IYaml . CRC opens night minicross at Dunes By Nanette Marie VALENCIA, CA , APR. 25 The California Racing Club opened the gates of Indian Dunes Riday to start another season of nighttime minicycle motocross on the junior cycle course of the Valencia area motorcycle park. The club will run every other Friday night on both the big International night course, for all of the big bikes , and the mini bikes, where there will be classes for all types of minicycles, including Pee Wees , stock and modified classes, 50s, 60s and 80s, and also ability divisions in each category. In th e inaugural night's act ion , the Junior. Cycle Stock Novic es and Intermediates, which consisted of stock 50 and 60cc mo tors, led off the program. In th e Interm ediates, Shane Trittler and Chris Lara traded moto wins and second placings, but Lara's second moto victo ry gave the Campbell's Suzuki rid - _ er the overall a head of T rittler's A.j. Racing Products Yamaha. Novices saw Bobby Headworth go to th e first moto win ahead of Troy Welty and Mike Smith, but in moto two Danny Lamb came .off of his firs t moto fifth to defeat Headworth at the checkered flag. Headworth's second was good enough for the overall, as Sm ith took second with another third, and Lamb wound up third overall. Next up the line were the Pee Wees , where Ronnie Densford captured both motos on his modified Italjet. Ronnie's sister Paula took the Novice race ahead of Bradley George, who crashed while dicing with Paula in the first moto and followed her the entire second round, unable to get around her JR Suzuki sponsored by he r dad . Jimmy Chamberlin took third overall, with a second in the first moto and a close third in the second. Junior Cycle Modified Novices and Intermediates followed , and in the Novice portion, Danny Lamb ran away with both rnotos and the victory as Dennis Erickson took a second in the first, but DNF the second. Kyle Lewis took the Kal -Gard/lOOO Oaks Yamaha to a two-moto sweep of the Intermediates ahead of Shane Trittler's 2-2 and Chris Lara's 3-3. Next up was the 83cc Modified Minicycle division, where Johnnie Rodriguez swept both motos ahead of Chris Lara and Sean Riley, while Mouse McCoy grabbed the Expert victory overall. In the 83cc Stock Mini cycle action, Brett Cavanah's 2·1 topped the second over all 3-2 of Ch ris Lara , who was riding in his fourth class of the night , and first moto winner Stagg Summers, whose fourth in the second round dropped him out of trophy contention. Coming up at the CRC Friday night mini and big cycle motocross will be the T'ri- Valley Suzuki Dealer's Summer Night Series , which will run all summer long, featuring $10,000 in gift certificates to all classes both at the In ternational and mini track, as well as a drawing for a Suzuki RM 80. You can thank Cross Roads Suzuki, Van Nuys Suzuki, Canoga Park Suzuki, Westlake Suzuki, Cole Bros . Suzuki and Simi Valley Suzuki as well as the California Racing Club for bringing that series to the night racers, and check with CRC or watch Cycle News for further details . • Results JR CYCLE STOCK NOV: 1. Bobby Headworth (Yam); 2. Mike Smith ISuz.; 3. Danny Lamb IYam). . STOCK INT : 1. Chris Lara ISuz); 2. Shane Trittler IYam •. PEE WEE NOV : 1. Paula Densford ISuzl: 2. Bradley George ISuzl; 3. J immy Chamberlin 1I111. PEEWEE EX: 1. Ronnie Densford (111). JR CYCLE MOD NOV : 1. Denny Lamb (Yam.; 2. Dennis Erickson ISuzl. MOD INT: 1. Kyle Lewis IYam): 2. Shane Trittler (Yam): 3. Chris Lara lSuz l. ().83cc NOV : 1. Johnnie Rodrigues (Kaw); 2. Chris Lara ISuzl : 3. Sean Riley ISuzl. ~EX; 1. Mouse McCoy. B3cc STOCK Nov:i . Brett Cavanah (Yaml ; 2. Chris Lara ISuzl ; 3. Stag g Summers (Yaml . STOCK BEG: 1. Gary Miller (Suzl; 2. Doug Doody (Hon); 3. Joey Hargrove (Hen). ().83cc MOD: 1. M ike Headworth. osaee • Honda ·Uses' Dirt Sheela to Win Ontario 6-HOIm We designed LTG's to be fade-free in the dirt. Honda found them equally effective for 158 laps of the Ontario drcult-skeeping power and handling under con white rovi ... _,.,4:~,_ 35 ...