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away. When the checkered flag waved
them home, Lunde who had lost the
lead to Clark, snatched it back on his
approach to the finish line, Clark followed a close second and Guth beat
out MacCracken for third. Guth
ended the day with second place loot
and third overall went to Clark.
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Results
50«! NOV: 1. Bobby _
(Yaml; 2. Jason
Jones lSuzl; 3. Rudy Ru_ISuzl.
5O«!1NT: 1. Prax Cruz ISuzl.
50«! EX: 1. SCott Brown (Sull.
80 BEG: 1. Trm L.inehon lVaml; 2. DIIvid Perry lSuzl;
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Supercross Champ Mike Bell chases CUnt Hardick at SSM.
Glover, Gibson,
NIelsen top Pros
at Saturda,
Saddlebade
By Terry Whytal
ORANGE, CA, SEPT. 15
Overcast skies and cool
temperatures kept the track
sudace at SaddIeback tacky and
dust-free for this 'week's SSM
Supercrou champ remounted and
safely cruised in for third place before
packing up for the day, Dot wanting to
risk funher injury with tbe Trans·USA
soon to start.
Gibson and Hansen dueled for the
lead as the final laps ran down and the
two tangled ban with Hansen taking a
trip to the turf. "It should have been
me who went down," commented Gibson later, "but somehow 1 stayed up
and Donnie fell." Gibson went on to
win while HaDIIeD remounted to finish
second and Hardick finished founh
behind Bell.
race, Taking advantage of the ex·
cellent conditions were several top Na·
tional stan like Yamaha's Mike Bell
and Broc Glover, Honda's Donnie
Hansen .and Jim Gibson and Team
Maico rider Steve Rhyan.
GId'Ver opted to contest the Open
Pro class and he proved to be more
than a mat~ for the competition as he
powered to back·to·back moto wins
with big leads at the checken. Yam·
aha rider Pete Snoneland and Huskymounted Dave Gerig chased trhe fleet
Glover but never were able to c101e on
the three·time 125cc National champ.
Suzuki rider Clint Hardick kept the
batde for second a three man affair
retiring with mechanical
until
problems and Tony DiStefano entered
the race on a borrowed Husky but vision problems kept him from riding at
full speed.
Donnie "Holeahot" Hansen blasted
to the front 'of the 2SOcc Pro pack as it
rounded tum one. Clint Hardick
zeroed in on Hansen's rear fender as
the two riden led lap one. Jim Gib·
son followed in third ahead of Honda·
mounted Jeff Jennings and Mike Bell.
Hansen slowly pulled away from
Hardick while Gibson and Bell edged
up to preslUre the young Suzuki rider.
It took Gibson five laps to fmd a way
past Hardick and Bell two more before
factory riden could .t;Ilr.e over the top
three positions.
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The second moto holeshot was all
Hansen's as he led teammate Gibson
onto the course.
Pete Snoneland
moved his Yamaha into third ahead of
Richard Sands and Tim Lunde, both
riding Yamahas. Gibson and Hansen
again battled for mOlt of the race with
Gibson taking the checlten in first followed . by Hansen, jennings and
Snoneland. and that's the way the
final tally read for the overall.
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Gibson quicltly bepn to reel in
Hansen who had opened up a 10 lie'
cond lead over the bawe for second.
Bell kept within Itriking range for
mOlt of the race before falling and
nriRing hia bee. The newly crowned
Micky Dymond rode his Honda to
victory in the first moto of the 125cc
PI'OII but succumbed to technical diffi·
culties in the second moto and RiIt
Nielsen rode his Yamaha to the
checken and the overall win. Man
Whiting finished second on his water·
cooled Yamaha with Eric Jaffin
pielting up the third place money on a
Honda. •
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Results
OPEN PIlO: 1. Btoc GIo.- O'omI; 2..... Snone3. o..id
250 PIlO: 1. Jim ~ 1HonI; 2. DomIe . 1HonI; 3. JeIl.lennO>go IHonI.
125 PRO: 1. Rik _
lVoml; 2. M8tt Whiting
O'ernI; 3. Eric.j8llln lHonl.
OPEN M: i. KiIlIy SIuIIe O'ernl; 2. _
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lVernl; 3. J _ Roy lMoIl.
250 !NT: 1.
Aohct8It tHuII; 2. ..... SkinrwlVoml; 3. S-_O'omI.
12& !NT: 1. V... _O'ernl; 2. Tom EngoI (SuzI;
3. Rob EngoI CSuzI.
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VET: 1. . - McCamick CLOPI: 2.
IIll1lMo1l: 3. RIck W.-.IKTM).
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OPEN NOV: 1. Scot PaulIKTMI; 2. ~ ~
IVernl; 3._"-lVernl.
250 NOV: 1. Paul e - t lVoml: 2. Scot Wile.... O'ernl; 3. o..id P-..lSuzl.
12& NOlI: 1. An 011.- O'ernl; 2. J.- .--..
... (HanI; 3. Mott.- NIc1r IV• •
OPEN BEG: 1. (ftg lJpdIU tHuII; 2. Aondy Min*CM8I; 3. ..... A9i0lMlll.
250 BEG: 1. ClIIIt Dennve 1HonI; 2. John M...•
_1HonI; 3. ~SenoCSuzl.
12& BEG: 1. ar.. Belt O'ernl; 2. I(joll _ WlidO'ernI; 3. John " - CSuzI.
. . . BEG: 1.. MIllo e- O'oml; 2. RIch lloohme
IV.; 3. JaIh ~ lKMl.
Lunde's Sunda,
at CRC Saddleback
By lee Taylor
ORANGE, CA, AUG. 24
Saddleback madness, Sunday
m·oming. began in practice with
a freshly tilled track snaring rid·
ers and machines in mud at every
tum. Since it was one of the qualifiers
for the California Racing Club's Octo·
ber race at.San Diego Stadium, a large
field of racen were on hand and put·
ting all they had on the line.
The 250cc PI'OII took the track by
storm in one of the wildest races of the
day. Tim Lunde, aboard a Yamaha
for TlkO, simply grabbed a handful of
gears and fought his way through both
motos for a pair of back-to·back wins.
The fint moto saw a battle royale
shaping up between Lunde and
Yamaha-mounted Bob Marino. When
Lunde took over the lead, Marino was
relendessl
Todd Clark, riding for Van Nuys
Cycle fought to hold back Richard
Sands, new to the Pro ranks, and these
two dueled over founh place down to
the final motnent. Andy Guth, piloting
a Yamaha zoomed up into third and a
solid blaze of Yamaha gold surrounded
the track. When the finish line loomed
into sight, Lunde led the way, followed
by Marino, Guth and Sands, respec·
tively.
When the machines came to life for
the second moto, Sands jumped out in
front with Lunde on top of him. Clark
in third, was fighting to hold Marino
away.
Raccn were dropping all over the
track. Sands went down in the gully
and DNF. Matt Devich, beset with bad
luck throughout both motos, slid out
in the tum by the finish line. Among
the survivon were Lunde, the leader,
with Clark" punuing him, wheel·towheel down to the end of the race.
With Marino out with mechanicals,
the fans were glued to the fence line
and yelling themselves hoarse. A battle
for third developed between Guth and
Eric MacCracken that pitched them
sideways, wheel-to-wheel over the
drop-off. Both riden maintained
control; far better than their fans who
were covering their eyes and ntrning
3. Curt Trimble (Yam!.
80 NOV: 1. Richard Fleming IYaml; 2. Don Feeley
lVaml; 3. Jeff Barbocolli lVaml.
80 INT: 1. Rudy Dickinson lSuz); 2. SCott 8