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100 NOV: 1. Richie . - . - (SuzI; 2. Jim Spohe (SuzI;
3. BiI DeigIcIo (Suz).
100 INT: 1. Glenn Commono IVlm); 2. Rick
Hc>ugInoIing ISuzI.
125 BEG DIV 1: 1. S _ W _ IVoml; 2. Denny
IVom).
r __ (~; 3. Don De _
125 BEG DIY 2: 1. Som MaiIrIngI (SuzI; 2. Rich
Cot- (Voml.
Truchineki IVoml; 3. _
125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Tony ....... IVom!; 2.
Canhha (Suz); 3. RichIrd _ IVom!.
125 NOV DIY 2: 1. John 5l* IVom); 2. Eric ~
(Honl; 3. Ron S-.. IVom).
IVomI; 2. ZoII - . .
125 INT: 1. Louie _
IVomI; 3. len FitzGibbon IVoml.
IHan); 2. John om_
125 PRO: 1. Chrio
(Honl.
(Vom!; 3.lMry _
2IiOcc BEG DIY 1: 1. Den T _ IVom); 2. Chrio
~ IVoml; 3. Mora> Prolo n R.ney IHon).
2IiO NOV DlV 2: 1. PouI Fia-Gibbo n (Vom); 2. Mille
HiIlIon; 3. Rob K.,nedy IVom!.
2IiO INT DIY 1: 1. Ridwd Ieing IVom!; 2. Joe
Johr-. (Hon); 3. Glenn W"'IHon l.
2IiO INT DIV 2: 1. Scott Bock (Han); 2. R_
W _ IVoml; 3. DIve _(Moi) .
2IiO PRO: 1. M8rk While IV~ 2. WtIIy S~
(Honl; 3. BiI Hogen IVomI.
OPEN BEG: 1. Todd Snyder IVoml; 2. Gorrie Turcotte
IVom); 3. _ d HIher IVoml.
OPEN NOV: 1. John AndenIon (Yom); 2. Denny
C _ IVoml; 3. 0... W8lty (Suzl.
OPE/IIINT: 1. E _ Roe (Hull: 2. John Bilk.".,.
(Yoml; 3. M8rk GlIor'ne* IVoml.
OPEN PRO: 1. M8rk _ _ (Vori1l; 2. BiN Hogen
IVoml; 3. TrlCY 0eweI41~1.
VETS JR: 1, Chuck Notion (Moil; 2. Ric:lwd Lyons
IMoiI; 3. Chuck Sicklor IVom).
VETS INT: 1. Lou So<..-n IC-A); 2. Bob MiI_
IVoml; 3. Ron Cole (~l.
VETS SA: 1. Bob HIyeo IDMGI; 2. Don Senchez (CA); 3. John Whi1e (HUll.
e.v
RaIney roosts at
0.3 7 short track
By Jerry Greer
ORAN GE, CA,JA N. 18
The AMA D-37 Saddleback shon
track was right on the money as
the Lightweights M.C. pu.t together the first race of the season.
I
I'
,
With points at stak~, all of th~ new
num~r ones w~~ ther~. Mark Cain,
th~ h~avyw ~ight num~r on~, Cunis
Cannon , th~ 80 and 125cc numb~r
o~, and Randy Bird, th~ 250cc
numb~r on~, w~~ m~t by th~ rest of
th~ troops h~ad·on and full forc~. Oh
yeah, Larry Bird, th~ heavyweight
su~r ~nior rid~r, with his numb~r
o~ that h~'s work~ so long for, was
the~, too.
Th~ track was so fast and th~ riding
was so hot that only one of th~ District
num~r ones got an ~rall win in his
class. Mark Cain did it to t~m in the
combined 500cc Amateur/Ex~ ratt.
Th~ tTack was grad~ to perfect ion
and bank~d in th~ tums. Thorou ghly
wat~~ th~ night befo~, it CU5hion~
out and ~ld that way fOT the ~nti~
rac~ program of t~ motos fOT ~ach
class. Guys w~~ going fi~ wide in th~
com~rs, roostin g ~ach oth~r lik~ it was
a Lousivill~ limeston~ half mil~ tTack.
Wayne Rainey was dialing his ~an
green Viper Racing·fram~ Kawasaki
250 up for Housto n, and was definitely dazzling ~ryon~ with his lett~r
~rfect rolls on t~ start~r, and his
mid-co mer feet on the ~ drives into
th~ straight aways. What made his act
so c1assy, though, was that his competition was t~ District's numbe r on~
250« rider and th~ num~r on~ 125cc
rid~r on a 250 in th~ sam~ rac~ with
him. They rod~ ~at, but th~ cl~ar
diff~~ ntt ~tw~n a razor-~~ Pro
and an aspirin g sporlSman was only
too evident. It mad~ t~ fans ~aliz~
what is invol~ in t~ trip to th~ front
of t~ Pro lineup.
Brian Barrack hamm~r~ Kevin
Ambl'Olle and Jason Bell into submission
for th~ 80cc combin~ class. By th~
last ratt they had found a stylish lin~
out in th~ marble s at th~ ~~ of th~
track and were as ~rRTko as tM big
doubt about his ability, or his bikes
~ing right for th~ task. Now that it's
~rfect, h~ needs a 250. Curtis Cannon
was dicing it out with Br~nt Bow~rs
mor~ than onc~, but pr~ail ~ (intimi ·
da~) ov~r his com~tition.
Th~ 250cc Novices ~~ left wallowing in Ron B~Il's wak~. No contest.
John P~~z put th~ Amateu rs away
but th~ best, most int~nsely fought
racing of th~ day was among Skip
Christy, Gug N~"on and James
Morris. They were on the gas, swapping
roost, trading positions inches apart,
and probab ly w~nt hom~ with Pir~lli
rub~r on t~ir pants l~. Phew!
Mark Cain and Bobby Sand~rs took
th~ 500cc Ex~rlS for a rid~. They
cross·b lock~, cut down on ~ach
oth~r, shut th~ gat~ and huff~ and
puff~ it for lap aft~r lap, but Mark
put his numb~r on~ plat~ in front.
Keith Gu~ finis~ second, though,
by b~ing wh~~ Sand~rs should hav~
been too many times. All three w~re
thum~r.mount~.
Bill Bart~1s left a bunch of twins in
his roost in th~ O~n class. But, that's
only on th~ shon track. District will
hav~ a half mil~ som~a y this ynr.
Next District ratt will ~ IT at Sadd1~
back on F~b. 22. B~ awar~, Jack, that
dirt track is back. S'lonll.
o.3 7M X
By Ron Laws on
SUNNYMEAD, CA,JA N. 18
Malcohn Smith's Eric MacCracken
was unstop pable in both the
250cc and Open Pro classes at
the AMA District 37 DeAnza
motocross last week.
Th~ only com~tition h~ had was in
th~ O~n class from Barnes Yamah a
rid~r Rodney Brand who l~' most of
th~ first moto. T~ holeshot w~nt to
Eddi~ Mich~tti (C· A), but on th~ first
sta~ and gav~ it away to Greg
Zitt~rkopf (Yam). MacCrack~n had
stan~ ~hind th~ ~nti~ pack and had
pl~nty of work ahead of him wbil~
Brand was in second plac~ pushing
lap M
Zit~rkopf. On the third lap, Zitterkopf
drop~ out of th~ rac~ l~aving Brand
with a strong l~ad o~r Doug R~nno
(Yam), Jim Hoov~r (Yam) and Motocross Gator rid~r Ronni~ Gibson
(Mai). MacCrack~n was worJr.ing his
way through t~ pack fast and bef~
t~ halfway point he was in a distant
second plac~. Althou gh MacCrack~n
reel~ Brand in slightly in t~ following laps, h~ was still far from striking
distant t with only three laps to go.
T~n Brand stall~ his Yamah a. That
was all MacCrack~n n~~ to catch
and pass th~. l~ad~r and th~n tak~ th~
'
was ~ady for th~ next
moto, but Brand didn't mak~ it. Just
befo~ t~ stan of th~ rac~ his CDI
unit shon~ out, ending his hopes for
the day. TM mota was all MacCrackm's.
R~nno was second all the way with
Hoov~r third. T~ only battl~ was for
fourth ~tween Mic~tti and Gibson.
Gibson secur~ th~ position lat~ in th~
rac~ ~tting the ov~rall mullS at Mac
Crack~n, R~nno, Hoov~r and Gibson .
MacCracJr.~n also mad~ shon work
out of th~ 250cc class. Scott Hodgson
-(Yam) pull~d t~ holeshot and l~ t~
first three laps of moto on~ befor~ giving in to MacCrack~n. Aft~r that, th~
att.Fm t
.
MacCrack~n
Yamaha-mount~.
Results
MacCracken on
top at DeAnza
win.
Northr up domina tion of Corona last
week and cam~ v~ry cl~. In t~ ~nd,
how~v~r , they wound up crashin g into
~ach oth~r whiJ~ Northr up wh~e1i ~
away to y~t anoth~r win.
Th~ racing ord~r for th~ first half of
moto on~ was Nonhr up narrowly ov~r
Combs and MacCrack~n. Th~n
MacCra ck~n start~ moving, first
passing Combs and th~n putting th~
prnsu ~ on Northr up. As th~ rac~
cam~ into ilS final laps MacCrack~n
mad~ his mov~ and ~ld it aU the way
hom~ o~r Nonhr up and Combs .
Dough Heil was founh ov~r K~ith
Williamson and Mik~ Edson, all
Edson (Yam) took it away from
Hodgson, th~n Fr~ Combs start~ a
driv~ up. H~ displac~d Hodgso n anoth~r position on lap nin~, and th~n
mad~ th~ mov~ on Edson four laps
lat~r. At th~ finish it was t~ Big Mac
out front with Combs second ov~r
Edson, Hodgson and Dennis V~tt~r
(Yam).
In round two MacCracJr.~n p~
Hodgso n in th~ first tum and that was
that as far as th~ l~ad was conc~m~d.
Combs soon mo~ into second whil~
Edson and V~tt~r dic~ for third. At
t~ fmish li~ it was Vett~r, but in the
ov~ral1 standin gs third plac~ money
still w~nt to Edson.
Mini Intermediat~ Jason Prat~r
(Yam) had a tough rac~ on his hands,
not with another Intermedia~, but with
Ex~Tt Chris Lanc~. They stan~ on
th~ sam~ lin~ and Prat~T l~ a few
laps, th~n was passed on th~ downhill
by Lanc~. Prat~r was trying to mak~ a
r~pass in th~ follow ing tum, but
Lanc~ missed a shift and t~ two rid~rs
down but
w~nt
Prat~r
collid~.
nt~ in tim~ to win th~ Inter·
r~mou
m~ia~ class. In th~ n~xt round they
w~~ at it again, this tim~ with Lanc~
l~ading narrow ly al1 th~ way. Second
plac~ in th~ Int~rmedia t~ class w~nt to
John Gersjes (Kaw) O~T John Ray.
Lanc~ was t~ only ~ntry in th~ Ex~rt
class.
Mik~
Ro~r Thomp son, our Nation al
Amat~u r Champ in t~ 125cc short
track, whup~ '~m good and I~ft no
PEE WEE: 1. Bobby lllMo
