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00 0') (Clockwise from top left) Darrell Shultz exhibits another winning start in the second 500cc Pro moto with Will Harper 131. Rex Staten 1341 and Steve Rhyan 1181 chasing. Jeff Jennings was third 500cc Pro. Ron Turner blasted the first 125cc Pro moto, but crashed in the second. Warren Reid leads David Taylor (45) and Jeff Ward in the 250s. A.J. Whiting's (9715-9 for fourth 125 bested Erik Kehoe (SEI. DG Golden State Series: Round one Shultz and Glover untouchable By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA,JAN. 4 Saddleback Park hosted the first race of the 'Continental Moto-sport Club's annual Golden State Series sponsored this year by DG Performance Specialties under slightly cloudy skies 8 and near optimum track conditions. "Good track and good races'" was how Kawasaki team- ster Goat Breker summed up the day's event. The day began with a series of qualifying heats as !l!l0 Pro riders battled to fill the 40-rider starting gate for the main events. Northern California Suzuki rider Darrell Shultz quickly topped the first 500cc Pro qualifier to set tbe lOne for tbe day in the big-bore classes while tbe 250 and 125cc heats gave no certain indication of their eventual outcomes. A legion of Veterans and Old Timers used the gap between Pro motos to get in a few classic battles of their own and prove that Old Riders don't get slow~, they just buy bigger motorcycles and put throttle springs in backwards. Topping the Vet Masters was Maico rider Alan Olson with Larry Rodgers picking up second ahead of Huskymounted Bill Satlzman. Marino Bastionell put his Maico into the number four spot and Tom White piloted his Yamaha-to fifth. SOOcc Pro "It feels so great to win this race," beamed Darrell Shultz after back to back Open wins. "To beat all these guys on their home track just lets me know I'm ready this year. I really want 10 thank Suzuki for giving me another chance. I won't let them down'" Moto one started with a bang as the start gate slammed to the ground and 2000 horsepower trenched its way up the famed Saddleback start hill. Knifing through tum one and into the lead was Shultz followed by Wheelsmith Maico rider Will Harper, Yamaha's Rex Staten and Kawasaki teamster Goat Breker. Superbowl star Broc Glover quickly moved his Yamaba into the top seven while Marty Tripes struggled in midpack on an unfamiliar Maico. 1980's GSS Open class winner Steve Rhyan pilled his factory Husky against Pro Circuit Husky rider Jeff Jennings in a duel for fifth that would continue tbroughout the moto. Staten and Breker soon put tbe moves on Harper and pressure on Shultz as the front three were separated by less than a second as they completed the first five laps. Staten bobbled for a split second and Breker flashed past as the race entered tbe final few laps. Glover moved into a distant fourth and was unable to close on the leaders in the remaining laps as positions remained unchanged to the checkers. Jennings won the duel with Rhyan to finish fifth and Tripes followed Rhyan through the checkers to pick up seventh with two rapidly fading rear shocks. The bright yellow and blue Suzuki of Shultz was first to lay tracks across the Saddleback course as moto two got under way and Harper again nailed down the number two spot. Glover and Kawasaki's Warren Reid diced past Harper on the back of the track as