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-- "uth...u Call.....I..A .....u ....uth.... N.v.......uth.... Call.orul.A...........t .....u Neva H Western hotline YOU ~ E 100 JR: 1. Mike Stepak ISuli: 2. John Peters ISU11: 3. Jim Spotts ISuz). 100 BEG: ,. RonV Mevers (Suli. 83cc EX: 1. Andy Ellis (Yam); 2. Larry Brooks (Yaml. 83cc tNT: 1. Richie James (Suz); 2. Wesley Furrh (Yam); 3. lance Johnson (Suz!. 83cc JR: 1. Jerry Loaiza IYaml; 2. Gary Miller (Suz); 3. Tony Aless (Yam). 61 cc EX: 1 . Shane Trittler (Yam). WIN. 0 00 0') The song remains the same at Corona ~ ~ 1-0 Il.J By Ron Lawson ..0 0 CORONA. CA, SEPT. 5 ..... It was a familiar story in the Pro classes at Corona Raceway last Friday night. Yamaha's Rex Staten took the 250cc class again in U -0 o.rr XS Series helmets are made to Yamaha's exacting standards, -for tough protection and beautiful looks. And precise sizing makes wearing a Yamaha as comfortable as riding a Yamaha. 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On the third lap he passed the desert duo of Larry Roeseler (Yam) and Bruce Ogilvie (Yam) to move into fourth behind Norman Nilsson (Hus), then he kept on going to nab third. Staten and Northrup were long gone by that time, but in the last laps Benavidez did cut the distance in half. The next time up. Benavidez and Northrup jumped into the early lead while Staten followed Nilsson. But it wasn't long before Staten moved into third. Several laps later he passed Northrup. and then it was Benavidez who was displaced. In the remainder of the moto Staten pulled ahead while Benavidez made a last lap mistake to lose second 10 Northrup. In the 125cc Pro class it was anothe~ repeat of past weeks. Varney Holbrook and his AI Baker Suzuki took both motos hands down. Stan Galvez (Suz) held off Holbrook for the first lap of moto one, but that was the only time that saw anyone other than Holbrook in front. M·ike Edson of Yamaha of R ...dlands kept a good pace to nail second in both motos. In the 250cc Novice dass Jeff Leighty (Yam) and Scott Conaway (Yam) split wins with Conaway getting the overall. Leighty led most of moto one. but Conaway and Rick Vanderham managed to pass him in the late laps. Kit Palmer (Suz) also made a late move to take fourth from Paul Bassett (Yam). In the next moto, Leighty was on top of every lap. Vanderham held down second until he crashed. giving the spot to Conaway who was holding off Palmer. Then it was Palmer's turn to go down and put Vanderham back into the top three. Overall, Conaway got the brass over Leighty and Vanderham. Results MINI BEG: ,. David Hollenkamp (Sull: 2. Glen Tucker (Yam.; 3. Anthony French fYam). MINI BEG: 1. Steve Stew",t (Yaml: 2. Rocket Randv (Yaml: 3. Steve CaudiIiIYam). MINI NOV: ,. Dave Roach (Yam): 2. Steve West (SOlI: 3. Greg Henley IHonl. 100 BEG: 1. Con Berner (Yaml: 2. Greg Kopp IYaml: 3. Steve NilCon (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Gus Kopp IYaml: 2. Greg Lawson IYaml: 3. Tony Rodriguez IKaw). 125 BEG: 1. Keith Chapman :Sull; 2. Katlv Bishop IYaml; 3. Garv Hart lVam}. 125 BEG: 1. Bruce Harcrow ISOl): 2. John Comstock IYaml: 3. Mark Miham (Yaml. 125 NOV: 1. Jim Denham (SOl): 2. Mike Fedorow IYaml: 3. Andy Kaplan (SU1). 125 NOV: 1. Mike Anderson ISOlI; 2. Lennv Barba (Yaml: 3. Pat Schreffler lHon). 125 INT: ,. Craig Cable (Yaml: 2. Oon Blain {Sull: 3. Bryan Tripp (Yaml. 125 PRO: 1. Verney Holbrook ISU1): 2. Mike Edson (Yaml: 3. Stan Galvez (SUll. 250 BEG: 1. Paul SChreffler lHon): 2. Rick Hahn IC·AI: 3. Tom Mavberrv ISOl). Pee Wee class racers in intense competition at AME's night minicross. 250 BEG' 1. Bill Scott (Yam); 2. Tom Eiman (Hon); 3. Ron Knueven ISuz). 250 NOV: ,. SCOll Conway (Yam); 2. Jeff LeIghty (Yaml: 3. RIck Vander ham (Yam). 250 INT: 1, Mike Knueven (e-AI: 2. Scott Hodgin IYanl): 3. Ken Donavan IHon). 250 PRO: ,. Rex Staten (Yam); 2. Andy Northrup IHonl; 3. Juan Benavldel Ie-A). OPEN BEG: 1. DaVId Neal IVaml: 2. Mafk Brown IHusl: 3. Ron Grav (Yarn). OPEN NOV: ,. Ed CavaniJugh (Yam); 2 Bruce Beany IMa,): 3. CraIg Bernal tHus!. OPEN INT: ,. Jim Speight IYam): 2. Kurt Knudsen (Yam): 3. Dan F.nelt (Mal). PEE WEE EX: 1. Tonv Sulek ISU11: 2. Ronnoe Densford IItal; 3. Garv Maki (Hen). JR CYCLE STK BEG: ,. Duslln EvanslVaml: 2. Chad Stropp (VarnI. JR CYCLE STK JR: 1. Trov Weltv ISU1); 2. Steven Kotajarvi (Yam); 3. Matt Blacklock ISuzl. JR CYCLE STK EX: 1. Kvle LewoslYaml. JR CYCLE MOD JR: ,. Man Blacklock ISu,l: 2. Steven Kotajarvi (Yaml; 3. DustIn Evans (Suzl. JR CYCLE MOD INTIEX: 1. Kvle Lewos IYaml: 2. Dannv Lamb (Sw); 3. Kavle Johnson ISuzl. JR CYCLE MOD EX: 1. Kvle LewislYaml. 83 STK BEG: ,. Sandy SChaeffer (Sull; 2. Robert Knollmiller ISuz); 3. David Shlet' (Mal). 83 OPEN JR 12 .. : 1. James CollIer IKawl; 2. Paul Sherrod tKawl. 83 OPEN INT 12 + : , . Johnnie ROdriguez lKawl. Schaeffer scoots atAMEnight minicross Simmons summons OCIRMXwin By Tom Corley By Tom Corley VALENCIA. CA. SEPT. 5 IRVINE. CA. SEPT. 4 The American Motocross Enterprises controlled the Indian Dunes Park tonight and they had a good crowd of racers in both the Mini Motocross racers from all over the SoCal area were anxiously awaiting the La Habra Yamaha· night at OCIR. Sure enough. a and big motorcycle races. The fine action at the Dunes will continue throughout September and straight through October and then the night racing will cease till sometime in 1981. Five races formed on the night's program and some good racing was seen. Sandy Schaeffer came through as the top rider in the 83cc Stock Beginner race. Schaeffer took two straight wins but did not lead all of the races. In the final moto Royce Hager got the holeshot but fell at the back of the track. Sandy then took the lead till the race was over. Robert Knollmiller came in second with muddy plates and David Shier was third in that moto. On the overall results it was Schaeffer, Knollmiller, Shier and Royce Hager. There we·re two brothers racing in the Pee Wee class and they were Jason andJonny Biggs. The Biggs seem to fit on very little bikes. Funny combination isn't it? They had sort of a match race in the Junior class because they were the only two involved in the race. Jason proved to be the fastest with two first place wins over Jonny. In a far more competitive race Troy Welty blew away the Junior Cycle Stock Junior class. leading each moto and was followed by Steven Kotajarvi who just turned eight years old. On the results it was Welty, Kotajarvi, Matt Blacklock and Ron Densford. great crowd of riders were on hand to win the prizes. In fact it was the largest turnout that has shown up all year long as a good 200 racers 1/;01 involved. Most of the classes were a little more competitive than usual and this was good to see. Todd Simmons is getting back into the swing of things and with good success. He smoked the 250cc Intermediate class in style by taking both motos. Simmons had a perfect score and whipped Wayne Reid and Pat Nash who is now back in action after laying off of bikes for several years. On the official results it was Simmons. Nash. Anderson, Tom MiDer and Reid. Larry White was nearly as fortunate in the 500cc Intermediate class. He won it overall but lost the first moto to Rod Drury. White went even faster in the final race and this time Doug Rand was the second place finisher ahead of Drury. The overall order was White, Drury and Rand. Danny Tinsman turned a fine win in the Mini Beginner division two 13 and over class. Tinsman tried his hand at Ascot just the night before and found the rest of the troops to be pretty fast so he took a third. This was his night though and he ended up on top in the results which ended up this way: Tinsman, Dan Carpenter, Ed Gauley and Lou Gabriel. Results Results PEE WEE JR: 1. Jaon Biggs ISU11: 2. Jonny Biggs (SOli. IYaml: 3. JeIl_ (Yam). MINI 50: 1. Jell David (Yaml: 2. Bobbv Dlugos