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SACRAMENTO . CA , AUG . 3
Today's motocross race at Prairie
City OHV Park was promoted by
the Sacramento Jammers Motorcycle Club , They are family ori ented, although singles are welcome as
well ,' and very democratic. Everyone
has a vote, which may account for a
l2 -year -old getting himself elected
Sergeant-at-Arms. Competition is irnportant, but they do other things as
well and if you live in the Sacramento
area you might want to check them
out at one of their meetings on the
second and fourth Wednesday of each
month, Sp.m. at Rudy's Hideaway.
Today's race demonstrated that they
indeed know racing. The track was ex cellently prepared and watered so it
maintained traction all day and ever
got dusty. Every detail was covered ,
from the assurance of having Parts-InThe-Pits there right down to engraving
the trophies.
Yamaha support rider Da vid Wood
was the big winner of the da y, winning
all four of his motos, On the Open
bike he had the holeshot in th e first
moto and took it all the way. Dan
Schorf (Mai), Jeff Cloutier (KT M) and
Steve Coffey (Mai) all were ahead of
Wood at the start of mota two , but by
the th ird lap Wood had taken over
again for keeps .
On the 250s, Allen Berluti ( M ai),~
Randy Chapman (Mai) and Dean
Shultz (Suz) traded and shared second,
th ird and fourth but Wood took all th e
firsts.
Danny Bassett (Yam) was first up
the start and stayed in the lead for
most of the first moto of th e 125cc
Novices. Behind him . and continuously
jockeying for position. came Dave
West (Suz) , Glenn Davis (Yam) , Jeff
Cabral (Suz) a nd Steve Magnani (Suz).
When Bassett finally relinquished his
lead , it was Cabral that took it over
and held on for the checkered flag .
Magnani got past for second and Bassett settled for th ird.
The d rop of the gate in the second
moto let Magnani out first followed
closely by Davis. Magnani crashed be fore he had completed the first lap,
giving th e lead to Davis. Bryan Glover
(Suz) and Steve Panovich (Ya m ) were
in front of Cabral in fourth place and
Bassett in fifth . By the third ' lap
Cabral was into second place and closing on Davis. T ime ran out and Davis
was ac ross th e finish line with Cabral
inches behind. First overall went to
Cabral, second to Davis.
Two Hondas ridden by James Dick man and Marty Cunningham leaped
off the line first in both motos of the
125cc Amateurs. Dickman was fated
to DNF both motos while Cunningham
ba iled off both times but remounted to
finish late. In the first moto, John
Frampton (Yam) took over the first
position and stayed there to the end.
Jim Rolewicz (Hon) took over in th e.
second moto to score the winning ride.
But it was Kevin Bixby . mounted on a
Yamaha from Wright's Motors in
Lodi , who had the best combination
and cla imed the first overall trophy for
his two strong rides.
Danny " Magoo" Chandler (Hon)
swept the 125cc Expert motos. Spoof
'Pen a (Yam) holeshot moto one
followed b y fresh Expert Steve
Richards (Yam). Magoo was third.
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They rou nded the top of the hill a t the
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end of the first lap liter al y tree
ab reast and it wasn't until th e end of
the second lap th at Mag oo got past
Richards, After that it was clear sailing
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Richards pushed int o the pits . Bra .
ley Ha m son (Ya m) made too stro ng a
bid for Ken McKenzie's (Suz) spo t in
second which mo ved them both ba ck a
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second . In the second moto Magoo was
again victorious , Hamson was second
and another fresh Expert , Eric
Mashbir (Hon). third .
Results
125 NOV: 1. Jeff Cab