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;; Southern Caillornla·Arlzona-Southern Nevada· Southern Cailfornla·Arizona·Southern Nevada· Southern Call1ornla·Arlzona.1 I: Western hotline ~ motos and looking as fresh as he did when he started at the end of each moto , 14 laps in the grueling 100· heat. The Open Pros started things off, and in the first moto, K .C.'s Don Draskovich grabbed the holeshot , Pete Snorteland and Mark White set chase, all three aboard 465 YZS. Draskovich held steady as Snorteland pressed time and time again, and as the moto wore on, so did Snorteland. Right up until the checkers. Draskovich had to fend off DG's powerful Pete , and O'Neal's White for the win . Kenny Zahrt , riding for Dirt Bike Magazine, came from dead last off the line and took fourth ahead of Rob Rollins. Moto two was a scorcher, as the heat climbed and the track roughened . Snorteland took off into the lea d as Draskovich crashed. Zahrt got off to a better start thi s tim e and set after Snort eland , with White in tow . At the halfwa y mark Zahrt began to pressure Snorteland , but it was to no avail. Then . Zahrt began to wear Snorteland out, a feat Pet e cou ld n't accomplish with Draskovich, and finally , in the last few laps, Zahrt went right on by the tir ed Snorteland into the lead , and pulled awa y to win . Snorteland held on to second and took the overall win as White took third and th e sa me overall behind Zahrt. Draskovich barely too k fifth , right before pass ing out five feet past the ch eckered flag. Snorteland cam e back to lead the entire first moto of t he 250s , almost. The DG pilot was in the lead at the start of every lap . but one turn from the finis h of the first moto, Kris Bigelow, who had worked past the pack after a bad start , stuffed his Yamaha udnerneath Snorteland and won by inches as Snorteland rode across in total surprise. Round two was like the same story for Snorteland, he led a long ways before Bigelow came from mid pack to charge right into the lead with a smoth , almost effortless style in the rough. As O'Mara made his spectacular comeback, pulling out unreal leads for a gu y who hasn't raced in over two months, DG 's Chris Heisser was trying to put something together , to charge up from second. Also on a water-cooled Honda , Heisser was running a strong second the first moto when suddenly his bike quit on him halfway through the race. He jumped off and got things sorted out , then repassed three riders to regain second by the finish . In round two, O'Mara again holeshot and ran away, but Heisser got off in second , and stayed there the entire time , at times reeling in O'Mara to within seven seconds , but fading back as the heat wore him down . I; o 00 0') ..... John O'Mara (1011returned to action and blasted CRC's 125cc Pro class, Vatland prevails atOCIRMX By Tom Corley IRVINE, CA,JUNE5 It was a wild night out at OCIR. Night motocross tracks are not known too be as rough as daytime ones. Yet there seems to be a few good spills every week. The 250cc Beginner class was where it all happened this evening and what started off as being a fantastic race for Phil Harp turned out as being a total loss. Harp took his Yamaha out in the first moto and totally destroyed the class. Harp led every lap and there was little doubt as to who the fastest racer was . Harry Vatland trailed Harp but could not find his wa y around him. Bad luck came in the second moto. By now Harp was confident that he was going to win overall because he knew that he was the fastest . Then while flying over the main jump, Harp took a mean tumble that he will never for . get. After this the riders pulled off the track and they restarted the race Vatland had it made and he controlled the lead and stayed there the whole race while Frank Stoff and Dan Evinger trailed . Overall the 250cc Beginner class was won by Harry Vatland, followerl by Stoff, Evinger and Ken Lindemann. Dave Patton had to do a lot of fighting but he managed the overall win in the first division of 125cc Beginners. In the ' first moto his battle came from Steve Egger who led for three laps until Patton got by. Patton nearly lost the second rnoto to Steve Seminger who got out ahead and led for practically the entire race. It wasn't until the 12th lap that Patton finally made his move and advanced into the first place spot for the overall win . Finishing behind Patton on the results were Seminger, Karl Sellenthin and Egger. • R esults lY:~1 50: 1. Roy S_inger . MINI 36 IS~NI ISuzl; 2. Scon Hughey so: 1. Gary Monon ISuzl; 2, Rich Thorwaldson BEG DIV I: 1. Scott Lohr (Suzl; 2, Paul HoneckolSuzl;3. KlNi QGItn!' LY ''llI. _ • • • • • • • • • • • ~ MINI BEG D IV II: 1. Don ny Fish (Han) : 2. neve Perry ISuzl; 3. Greg Armstrong IKaw l, MIN I NDVIINTIEX: 1. SIeve Morehouse (Kaw); 2. Steve Evinger (Suzl; 3. Doug Hawttins IHon). e 100: 1. Lonnie Uvingston ISuzl; 2. Phil SlfJeI ISuzl; 3. Mike Martin lYam). 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Dave Patton ISuzl; 2. S,eve Sem inger (Suz): 3. Karl Sellenthin (Suz). 125 BEG DIV II: 1. Mike Martin ISuzl; 2. Larry Waterhouse (Suzl; 3. Kerry Sorensen IVaml. 125 NOV: 1. Mark Mann ing ISuzl; 2. Don Myron ISuzl; 3. Vic Lchr (Suzl, 1251NT: , . Micky Dymond IHonl ; 3, Lyle Bobi IVam); 3, Steve Redding (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Harry Va'land IHon); 2. Frank S'oll IVam); 3. Dan Evinger IAMX), 250 NOV: 1, Paul Baoset1 IVam); 2, Scon Marsh IHenI ; 3, Russ Sweenoy IKawl . ' 250 INT: 1, Tom Miller ISuz); 2. Greg McElroy IVam); . 3, Jim Becker.IHonl. 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson lYam); 2. David Bahlings lYam ). 500 NOV: 1, Michael Bomer IHus!; 2. Doug Rand (VIm); 3. Bob Lombettia (Yl m). Peterson polishes off CMC Ascot MX By Tom Corley GARDENA , CA , JUNE 4 Winning both the 125 and 250cc Pro at this Continental Motosports Club Ascot MX classes was Todd Peterson. Peterson has win over Kick Bradshaw and Don Lafon but they gave him a real contest in the second moto , as Lafon gained the lead over Hall and Jeff Eaton. Overall it was Hall, Lafon and Bradshaw. Results MINI JR DIV I: 1, Don Carpenter ISuzl; 2. Scott Moore (Vaml ; 3, Troy McFarland lYam!. MINI JR DIY II: 1. Ruben Pedilla ISuzl; 2. Rich Fleming sIKaw); 3. Rich MallolI IVam). MINI INT: 1. Duane Summers IVam); 2. Deen Paterson lYaml; 3, John McLailan (Vam). 125 JR DIV I: 1. Bill Lunney ISuzl; 2. St.... Beln,", IVam); 3, Scon Crawl",d ISuz). 125 JR DIV II: 1. Mike Lentini (Suzl; 2. Mike Allan lYam); 3, Jon AJexanderIHon). 125 JR DIV III: 1. Danny Matis lYaml; 2. S,.... Rawli_n (Suzl; 3. S,.... Sernlinger ISuzl;. 125 INT: 1. Craig Wester_d lYaml; 2. Scott Graham lYam); 3. Ja.".. Guaman lYam). 125 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Vaml; 2. Jim Holley (Mug) ; 3. Gregg Waldrup IHonl. 250 JR DIV I: 1. Doug Davenport lYaml; 2, Kevin Brown IMai); 3. Alfred Perez IAMXl. 250 JR DIV II: r , Gary Sewall IAMXl; 2. Paul Baoset1 (Vam); 3. Tom Duddey (Vam). 250 INT: 1. 0 .... Harris IMaO; 2. CJ Wenner (Suzl; 3, John Stapleton IKTMI. 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson IVam); 2. TIm Lunde (Vaml; 3. Pete Murroy IMaO. . 500 JR DIY I: 1, M ike S,_k (Honl ; 2. Tom Simpson (Yam); 3. Chris Wilk inson lSuz>. 500 JR DIV II: 1, Rodney Rapp ISuzl; 2, Dave B_d IVam); 3. Mike Van Duyn ISuzl . 500 INT: 1, TImbo HalilYam); 2. Don Lafon IVaml ; 3. Rick Bredshaw IMai). 500 PRO: 1. Dale Lewis (Mai); 2. Matt Todder ISuz), OLD TIMERS : 1. Tom Simpson (Vaml ; 2. Tarry Judd IVam); 3. William MiMnerlVaml. SENIOR: 1. Ed Ott IVam), been winning just about everything that he has entered lately. Just last week he received a phone call from Yamaha which now means that Todd will be getting a little extra help. In the 125cc Pro class ' first moto Peterson had to play catch up from fou rt h or fifth and knew that he only had a few brief laps to overcome everyone. Sure enough , one by one he By Nanette Marie slid around and really proved his VALENCIA , CA , JUNE 15 superiority on this track. He has it Even though it was Father's Day, wired down. Jim Holley just got a good some 200-plus riders came out to break also and now he is racing for I n diIan D unes to compete In t h e . M ugen . H 0 IIey h a d a new Mugen OUI tonight and had to do some rnaneu bi-weekly California Racing Club vering in order to take second in this Sunday motocross , and a revised Intermoto . Gregg Waldrup and Ross national track , made up entirely of Maeda were third and fourth . rider sugges tions from the Friday night In the second moto Waldrup got a motocross, greeted them as they great start and led the pack for a little entered th e park. One rider in partiwhile. Peterson and Holley were right cu la r stood out in the crowd though , after him though and very shortly they Mugen USA's Johnny O'Mara, It wasn't took over th e lead while Waldrup just his bright white outfit , but rather hung on to third again . With a perfect the fact that this was to be his first race 1-1 score Peterson clinched the victory sinc e breaking his back in an auto over Holley, Waldrup and Maeda . accident over eight weeks ago. T imbo Hall dusted the 500cc InterMounted on his water-cooled works mediat~ class which numbered eight bike, O 'Mara fla .t blew the c!ass into .,P.e.opl~ IIl .al LH!; .tooLt!t~.!1t.:St .~o~o• • • • .!~~ .~~e.~.:. .1',!1!,!,1,!~ .a.w.a~ ~1~~ both O'Mara makes comeback at CRe DunesMX Results OPEN INT: 1. Steve Hutchens (Yaml; 2. Tom Bice (Hus); 3. Mark Glasmeier (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Kris Bigelow (Yam); 2. Peter Snorteland IVaml ; 3. Bob Kline IVam l. 125 PRO: 1. John D'Mara IMugl; 2. Chris Heisser IHonl; 3. J eff Edwards ISuz!. OPEN PRO: 1. Peter Snortetand (Vaml; 2. Ken zah rt ISuzl; 3. Mark White IVam), 5Occ-6Occ: 1. Kevin Heisser (Vam); 2. Mike Smith IVam). MIN I BEG: 1. Joseph l ozano (Yam); 2. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 3 . Larry Black IKawl. MINI INT: 1. Alan lippie (Yaml; 2. Bob Simons (Vam). MINI EX: 1. Steve Van Duzen. 100 BEG: 1. RonaldZeiglerlYaml, 100 NOV: 1, John Zirbel (Vaml . 100 EX: 1. Jack Greenberg ISuzl. MIN I NOV: 1. Tony Puga IKaw ); 2. Ruben Padilla ISuz); 3. Troy Poyer ISuz). OPEN NOV: 1. Eddie Ree (Husl; 2. Mike Kell (Ma;); 3. John Lundgren (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. John Biffle (Hanl : 2. Jim Lundaen (Vaml; 3. Deve Rose. VETS INT: 1, TIm Fitzpatrick ISuz). VETS SR: 1. Bob Hays (Mail; 2. Doug Van Duzen (Mail; 3. Gary Willison (Mail. VETS JR: 1. Don Hobson ISul ); 2, Ron Cole (SUl); 3. Paul Taylor ISul). 250 BEG: 1. Tom Smith (Han); 2. Kenny Burt IVam); 3. Ross Hahn ISuz), .. .. Co >1 I. I t · I '. I J' I • # • I' ,~ :.. •

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