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125cc J R: 1. C. Herma IYaml; 2. M. Hanley IHonl; 3.
D. Myron IR&DI.
250cc J R: 1. K. Kopecky ISuz); 2. J . Padilla ISuzl; 3.
K. Meeks C
SuzJ
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500cc JR: 1. M. Stroup ISuz); 2. K. Ba",er 1
M";); 3 .
K. Agalsoff lKaw).
125cc INT: 1. V. Butler IYam); 2. R. Hoffman ISUll; 3.
S. Brown (Suz).
:
250cc INT 1. D. Ashcraft IHusl; 2. P. Riddle lKawI; 3.
M. Blake lHanI.
500cc INT: 1. F. Steiner (Mai); 2. K. Hamilton (Suz)o J .
D.~ISu2).
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12Scc PRO: 1. T. McCullough (Yam); 2. M. Beier
IYaml; 3. R. Hume (Yam).
250cc PRO: 1. J . Gibson IFfal; 2. J . Tarantino IHan)'
3. G. Mosier IKawI.
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500cc PRO: 1. J . Gibson IRoo); 2. G. Semics (Yaml;
3. V. Temietti (Mail.
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Lewis, Lamb land
CRC night minIerosswlns
By Nanette Marie
VALENCIA , CA, AUG. 8
A good turnout of riders were in
hand at the Indian Dunes night
minicross course for another race
of the California Racing Clu b's
Andy Northrup leads Jim Tarantino in CMC Saddleback 250cc Pro
competition.
Gibson
unbelievable at
CMC Saddlebaek
By Mike Klinger
ORANGE, CA , AUG. 6
Fa ctory Honda rider Jim Gibson
needed some help this past weekend at the Continental Motosports Club motocross at Saddle-
36
back Park. Gibson wanted to race thi s
past weekend bu t could not find a
scooter to ride , so Kelvin Franks
brought out his two Franks Racing
machines and Gibson 'm ade short work
of the competition. Gibson had only
ridden the bikes a little on Saturday,
but come Sunday he was unbeatable.
In mota one of the 250cc Pros,
Gibson started his charge. He was first
off the gate with Andy Northrup
(Han) , Jim Tarantino (Han) and
Bryan Maloney (Han) making up the
top four. ·By lap five, Tarantino had
moved ahead of Northrup , and
Maloney and Val Tamietti (Mai) were
in a heated battle for fourth. Back in
the pack Gaylon Mosier (Kaw) and
Gary Semics (LOP Yam) were cutting
their way up to the leaders. Near the
end of the mota, Maloney made a
mad charge and overtook Northrup
for third and Mosier was now in
striking dist ance of fourth place. At
the checkered flag, Gibson won by a
wide margin, Tarantino was second,
then came Maloney , Northrup, Mosier
and Tamietti.
.At the drop of the gate of mota two ,
GIbson was nowhere to be found .
Northrup had grabbed the lead with
Semics, Tarantino and Mosier in close
quarters. Gibson , after having the
carburetor choke activate a-number of
~imes going up the start, was hung up
In 15th place. On lap six Kawasakimounted Mosier took Over the lead
and began to pull the field. Gibson
had moved up to fifth in six laps and
look out! Wtih Tarantino and Northrup
~olding on to momentarily stab le posinons, Husqvarna-mounted Dave Gerig
w~ s in. fourth ~nd unfortu natel y
G,b~on s next VI ctim . By lap 12 ,
MOSIer had slowed to adjust his
throttle cable, allowing Tarantino to
pull right up on the Un i-Trak. On the
second to last lap , Gibson had overtaken
Tarantino and a misshi ft by Mosier allowed Gibson to take the lead and th e
win for a 1-1 tally after being down
and out. Tarantino (2-3) had the
second best score ahead of Mosier (52), Northrup (4-7) and Gerig (8-4) .
Gibson again made shambles of the
Open Pros . Gibson rode the Franks
Racing four -stroke Honda to a 2·2
score for first overall. In mota one
Mosier , on the 420 Kawasaki got th~
holeshot with Gibson and Tamietti
(Mai) second and th ird. Mosier went
on to win fairly handily but Gibson
not having ridden the "Franks Four':
extensively, had some trouble. Ga ry
S~mics (LO P) made his move on lap
eight for second , and took that position
but fell lame for a couple of minutes
with mechanical problems then
re~ained his power. CMC's Open class
points leader, Val Tamietti (Mai), ran
a strong third behind Gibson and
ahead of Semics.
Semics won mota two of the Open
Pros but not until the front runners
had a personality clash. Mosier had
been leading again and in the middle
of the mota, the Kawasaki slipped-out
of its line and Gibson was right there
to plow into Mosier. Semics took the
lead , Gibson was momentarily detained
and Mosier decided not to complete
the mota. Gibson's 2·2 score was good
enough for the overall with Semics
placing second with a tally of 4-1.
Tamietti (3-3) was third.
In the 125cc Pro class Tibbs
McCullough (Yam) won both motos
but not until he battled with Mike
. Beier (Ya m) hand and foot. Beier got
second overall with a ·2-2 point total
, and Richard Hume (Yam) was th ird.
Results
MINI J R: 1. T. Unenam (Yaml; 2. B. B..... IKaw).
MINIINT: 1. J . McManus lSUll.
Tri-Valley Suzuki Dealer's Summer
Night Motocross Series Friday. As
usual , a drawing was held for a Suzuki
Dealer's gift certificate, as well as
trophies and gift certificates to class
winners, with qualifying fo r the
d rawing a t the end of the series for the
Suzuki RM 80 and a Marantz stereo
system .
In the Pee Wee class , Jimmy
Chamberlin grabbed the holeshot , but
went down in the first tum and Ronnie
Densford took over with Bradley
George and Tony Sulek behind.
George quickly passed Densford and
that started the two -way battle.
Densford pressured heavily the first
half of the mota , but George was not
intimidated by the overpowering Italjet. But it finally took its toll on the
little six-year-old Suzuki pilot, and
George slid out just after the halfway
mark. That left Densford way out in
front, and Sulek abo rode into second
while George got going again in third,
ahead of Chamberlin. Four laps from
the finish Densford's bike stalled on
him in a tight hairpin, lett ing Sulek
and George by. Sulek had a good
margin over George and held on to
win , but Geo rge and Densford ran
their race right to the wire. In the last
straight, Densford po wered right on by
to take second by a wheel.
Moto two was all Densford's as he'
took the holeshot and pulled a wire -towire win . George got off dead last , but
in the first tum roosted past
Chamberlin and Sulek for second. He
rode this position 'for five laps, trying
to reel in Densford. But George
bogged his mount, and it took him too
long to get the momentum back up,
which gave Chamberlin an excellent
run into second. Sulek abo passed, but
George got by Sulek quickly, and
closed the g a p instantly on
Cham be rlin . Trying to pass Chamberlin on the inside of the sweeper in fr ont
of the start line, George went down
again, right in the same spot . tha t
claimed him in his first moto. T his
ga ve Chamberlin an easy run in for
second wit h only a couple laps
remaining, and Sulek went on to take
third with George fourth.
In Junior Cycles, Kyle Lewis
conti n ued his undefeated string of
mota victories and overalls wit h a 1-1
ride. Danny Lam b put together a twomoto sweep of the Junior Cycle Stock
Novices, while right behind him
Bubba Ericksen out-rode Kris Vensel
for second place h6nors. Toby Lawes
took a two-m ota ~ctory in the 83cc
Stock Novices to defeat newc omer
Mike . Hammond and Troy Welty,
while in the Beginners, Jim Callier
grabbed the 12 and over portion, with
the 9-ll overall going to Chris Cole,
just ahead of David Chambers.
Resu lts
PEE WEE: 1. Ramie Oenoford 111jJ; 2. Tony Sulek
(SUll; 3. Ja",. Chamberlin111jJ.
B3cc STK NOV: 1. Toby Laweo (Yam); 2. Mike
Hemmond ISuz); 3. Troy Welty lKew).
B3cc STK BEG 9-11 YRS: 1. ChriI Cole ISUll; 2.
DlMd Chambers lVam! 3. Jeff Dunlap lSuzl.
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60c JR CYCLE NOV 1. D8nny LamblVam); 2. Bubb
:
Erickoon lSUll; 3. Krio Verwel(Yam).
60cc JR CYCLE INT 1. KyleLewis (Yam).
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