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NORTHERN DATELINE
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Tim Michlits~h 111 won 250cc Pro race at Mulkey.
Combs conquers
CarnegieMX
(Suz) won theM ini Juniors with Paul
Villa second . Stev e Nauman managed
a nice win in Mini Novi ce just a head of
Richrd Haw orth and Eric Gould .
By Lee Chandler
Results
LI VERMORE, CA , MAY II
Ah , just like the good old da ys
natu ral terrain motocross a t
Carnegie Cycle Park. Fred Dion
of Boss Motocross d id a fine job
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of la ying out what this write r would
ca ll " real Eu ropean motocross" on th e
hills at Carneg ie . The track had some thi ng for all - . fast uphills, off-camber
turns. good na tu ra l j~ m ps. sweepi!lg
grassy turns. a good stair-step downhill;
in short , a very demanding race trac k
that cha llenged every body that rode it.
Boss MX also proved to everyone that
they could control the dust under hot .
dry conditions. This track had access
roads so that the water truck ca n
accommodate all parts of the track .
Dion promises a good schedule. of
AMA District 56 motocross races nght
on through the yea r .
Ron Combs, riding out of B & T
Kawasaki of Sacramento, took both
250 and Open Expert honors on a pai r
of fast green machines . In the 250cc
event. Rodney Sm ith (Yam) rode a
very efficie nt ra ce to gar~er the fi~st
m oto win aft er some very Int en se d iein g with fa st -im p ro ving Larry Colem an . Husky-m ounted ou t of Cole man Cycle of Stock ton . Coleman erred
late in th e mota. fa lling on one of th e
d ifficult co rners while tryi ng to pass.
giving Sm ith the win . Larry en ded u p
seven th a fter havi ng trouble restarting his mach in e. Fresno's Da mon
Web b (Yam) finish ed second and
a long with his third in mota two got
his sec ond overa ll money.
In mo to two , Co leman showed his
talen t by comi ng from his last-place
start to tak e a well -earned victory .
Combs was second which, along with
h is firs t moto third . placed hi m first
ove ra ll. First moto winne r Smit h DN F
the second .
T he Open Expert racing was hot ly
contested between Combs and Rob ert
Congdon on a sa no Mai co . Combs
looked good . winning each moto wit h
Congdon seco nd twice . ' N~w Expert
Jim Olson (H on) look ed like he de served his new status, finishing th ird
overall.
In the 125cc Exp ert class, Harry
Matthew (Ya m ) and Willie Miller
(Hon) traded wins with Mill er winnin g
th e tiebreak er. Jim Keese . Honda mounted from San Lui s Ob ispo. took
th ird .
In th e Min is, it was goo d to see
Binm on Aver y ba ck in action after a
len gth y a bse nce. He looked fast a nd
un bea ta ble until his m ot or seized a nd
he was forced to retire. Mike Arvegedis
MI NI NOV: t . Steve Nauman (Han ); 2. Richard
Haworth (Kaw l; 3 . Eric Gou ld (Yaml.
MI NI·JR : t . M ike Arvagedis ISuz); 2. Paul Vil la lH anl;
3. Curt Bissell tKawl.
VET J R: 1. Don Sw earing in (Yam l; 2. Gene Cogburn
(M ai).
125 NOV; 1. Tony Souza (Yam); 2. M ike Hollfdav
(Hon!; 3. Paul Pearse (Sozl.
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250 NOV: r. Big 0 Clark lVam); 2. Ron Basilio IKawl;
3. Doug Hamilt on (His).
OPEN NOV: 1. John Brym nef IVaml ; 2. SI e ve
Cameron (Mai ); 3. Ron M cClint on (M ail.
VET EX: 1. S teve Ma chado (Ya ml: 2. Bill McC lin ton
10 MSI; 3. R;a,a,d Schilling IMai l.
125 JR : 1. &ic Mash bi, (Ho,d: 2. Chris ladd (S uz); 3.
Richard Boiteau IHan ).
2SO JR: 1. J im Bertram (Yam l: 2. Lance Coleman
IHusl ; 3 . J im Lemke IKTMI.
OPEN J R: I . Joe Bert ram IMa,1; 2. Oavid Ca