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Scott Johnson 161 leads the 250s through tum one. Around him are Tim Theodore 1961. Val Tamietti 11n. Chris Chaffee 151. Staten and Wanket. bag Bosch bucks - - Rocket ." Moates. Ramage a nd Johnson holding onto the nex t positions . Jennings held the lead for six laps before Moates made his move and awa y he went . The remainder of the race was a duel between Jennings. Jolinson and Staten with Tony Gomez doing his best to get by "T he Rocket ," but it never came to pass . When the points were tallied Wanket came out with the overall win . At the end of each moto the riders were paid so there were a lot of ha ppy motocrossers walking around . Marty Moates was the first Open Pro rider to come blasting around th e Suzuk i Tower to signal the beginning of the first moto. The lead was short lived as the King of Carlsbad. Maico rid er Ste ve Rhyan , was rig ht there to displace h im before the end of the first lap. Rid ing a four-stroke Roo was "jump'n" Jim Gibson who was in second before la p two . Alan Smith on a Husky was th ird with Moates in fourth . Val Tamiet ti in fift h was ahead of Maic o rid er Dal e Lew is. 'O n the th ird lap Gibson high-sided on th e wall . putt ing himself an d t he Roo on the ground. After som e struggling to get t he bike re-started. J im was off and chasing th e leader again . Lap six is when Rhyan was seen goi ng off th e track and in to th e pits . On examinat ion of t he bike. the problems with the rear end were d iagnosed and corre cted. Steve would be ba ck. . Smith took over as the lead er and held off Ron Turner until the second to last lap. As th e checkers came out , t'he front runners were Turner. Sm ith , Gibson. "CJ" Jones. Suzuki of Pomona's Matt Tedder. Yamaha riders Scott Walker , Robert "Babarino" Mar ino an d Billy Keefe on his H usky. T he second m oto had a co -ta kers of the holeshot - Bob Ma rin o and Da le Lewis. Steve Rh ya n had th e lead . th ough . by the end of the first go ar ound with Ma rino in second a nd • , Ala n Smit i;J jn j h ird , Ron .TI;lr.n~~ .was J ohnson overcame first moto problem s for f ourth in the seco nd. in fourth with a great dice going between Tarnietri and LewIS. Tarnietti took the forward position when he aced Lewis as they cam e careening into the tum at the scoring tower. Clark Jones was a bit farther back in th e pack picking off th e riders and moving to the front . Going up the ledge wheel to wheel with Tamietti, CJ was just a little tighter in the turn and got th e nod for fifth. On lap 12. Gibson grabbed the lead from Rhyan and he went for the win . A four-stroke Roo beat th e two strokes. With a one and three fin ish . Turner took home the major part of the payback. Congratulations also to Ron and his wife on the birth of their new daughter . Suzuki R&D spe cialist Bob Elliott was out to show th e 125cc riders how a well-conditioned, serious rider takes care of business. Bob went wire to wire in both motos to take home a huge chunk of CMC and Bosch bu cks. Mike Tripes was second with long time CMC favorite Ga ry Denton taking third on a Honda , Yamaha riders Scott Manning. , Todd Peterson. a nd " Blasting" Eric Baker in th e fourt h t hrough sixth . pla ces. T he race was p retty mu ch of a pa rad e with rid ers finishing in almost th e same positio ns th ey sta rted in. Elliott . Tripes, Manning . Denton , Steve Pfaff on a Yam a ha and Frit z Schl egal on a Suzuki came into th e top scoring posit ions. T he second moto was dom in at ed by Elliott and Eric Bak er. Res ults 500 PRO: l . Ron Turner IS uz) ' -3; 2. Jim Gibson (Fra) 4. ' ; 3. Val Temietti tMail 3-6; 4. Clark Jo nes (Husl 5-5; 5. Rob en Marino { Varni 84; 6. S teve Walker IVamI 7·7; 7. Alan Smith IHusI 2·14 ; 8. Man Tedder (SoP ) 6-11; 9. Dale LeWIS(M ail 12-8; 10. David Fisher IKM YI 10·10 . 250 PRO: 1. Pete Wanket (Varni 1·3; 2. Marty Moa tes (lO P) 4·1; 3. J eff J ennings (Aool 3·2; 4. Rex Sta ten {Yam) 2-5; 5. Lee Ramage (Yaml 10.7; 6. Ed Arne t (Yam) 8-9; 7. Scott Johnson (Honl l 5-4; 8. Clark J ones IHusl 7·12; 9. Woody Carlson IKawl 16-8; 10. Tim Theodore (Vam) 14-13. 125 PRO, 1. Bob Eilion (S uzl l ·1; 2. Soon Manning (Vam) 3-3; 3. Fritz Schlege l lSuzl 6-6; 4. Gary Oenton (HonI 4-10; 5. Mike Tripes ITCWl2·13; 6. Oan Watson .... IYam) 8-9: 7. Steve Pfaff (Yam) s-i 2; 8. Rik Nielsen (Vam) 12-8; 9. Jeff Nichols (Varni 9·11; 10. Eric Ba ker (Yam) 19-2. ~ .. ... .. . .. .. 11