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00 0') Phil Larson (44) and Larry Woslck (22) hook it in front of fellow 250cc Pros Broc Glover 16BI. Juan Benavidez 1271. Lenny Giger (81 and Jim Holley (601. round of competition, including Honda , riders Gary Denton and JOhnny O'Mara, who shared the first moto holeshot with Denton edging ahead as the pack screamed through the first turn. Fol· lowing Denton and O'Mara on lap one were Yamaha riden A.J. Whiting and Scott Burnworth. Turner, with a rare decent start, moved into fifth on the next lap as O'Mara put the moves on Denton ar.td jetted into the lead. Turner wasted little time in displacing Burnworth, Whiting and Denton to slice into the second place vacancy and pressure O'Mara. Magoo Chandler was on the gas back in mid-pack and by lap four had joined the battle for third place being waged between Burnworth, Denton, La Habra Yamaha rider Mike Beier and Holland. Magoo tried a few inventive lines and quickly found himself in third and clOlIing on the leaders. Turner dulted his way past Johnny 0' on the next charge past the finish and took control of the race. ChandJer continued to reel in O'Mara with a string of 2:02 lap times but O'Mara's stock CR would soon lose its spark as the coil 1000t ground when its screws vibrated lOOlIe. ,. Yamaha riders Jim Anderson and Erik Kehoe crowded into the top six slots as Denton and Beier faded off the pace with mechanical problems. At the checken the order was Turner, and fellow Suzuki teamster George Chandler, Burnworth, Holland, H~lIand. Holland now leads the 1~5cc. Kehoe and Anderson. POIDts chase as Pro-Trac Yamaha nder Head down and throttle to the Danny "~agoo" Chandler. ~as.forc~ stops, Burnworth nailed the second to park his mount after mJunng his moto holeshot as 10 riden tangled and left leg in the second moto. fell in the first turn. Phil Larson and Veteran Intermediate Larry Sabado Jon Nelson moved their Yamahas into piloted his Yamaha to a 2-1 score and the next two places as Suzuki rider Bob the overall win in that class. Jim ArboE1Iiott powered into fourth ahead of gast thrust his Maico into the number Denton and Turner. one slot in the first Veteran battle but By lap four Burnworth was safely could only muster a fourth place finish out front with a 10 second lead as in the second go-round to drop to Turner struggled to pass a determined third overall as Leon Price picked up Elliott and the second place battle bethe. number two honors on his Yamaha. tween Nelson and Larson. ChandJer 25c Pr 1 C 0 reinjured his left leg and gamely tried "I finally broke the ice," exclaimed to work his way through the pack while a Jubilant Turner after taking his first standing on one leg but soon the pain WIn of the DG Series. "Now I'm gonna was too much and Maguo headed for take over the series and win the next the pits. When Turner finally moved into the three rounds'" Several riders entertained early runner·up position Burnworth was 15 thoughts of victory in this fourth seconds in front and _T~~:~'! P!t. ~~ DG Golden State Series: Round four Victories to Radical Ron, Rocket Rex and the Broccoli Kid By Terry Whytal HURON, CA,JAN. 25 "The competition is getting mighty tough," commented Yamaha factory rider Broc Glover after winning tl:te 250cc Pro class. "These guys are maki~g me ride fast just to keep up." Glover topped the star studded field on a chaUenging track built with Green Stickie Funds that most competitors rated as the best 10 . . . . course In tt:u: DG senes. The surfac,e was vastly Improved f!om .Ialit year s ra~ as the state ofCaliforDla dumped 18 I~ches of sand on the trac~ and orgaDlzers douse~ the course With water for five days pnor to the event. "~ocket Rex" Staten battled to ~ic. tory In the 500cc Pro contest, refusing to succumb to the pressure from Glover in the first moto or from Maico rider Eric McKenna in moto two. DG rider Staten rode with the added handicap of a badJy swollen right shoulder, arm and hand sustained in a practice collision with another bike. "Radical Ron" Turner took his watercooled Floater Suzuki to the win· ner's circle in the 125cc Pro face-off, .t~esting Y~~~" ri~er Scott Burnworth signalled that he had the overall win, so Radical Ron cruised the remaining laps. Holland worked his way into third for the moto and third overall behind Turner and Burnworth as Whiting picked up the fourth place money and fifth went to Anderson. 250ccPro Lenny Giger pulled the surprise holeshot of the day as he blasted his Kaw'lsaki into the lead of the fint: 250cc moto. Giger had plenty of company up front as "Lavender Larry" WOlIiclt glued his Yamaha to Giger's rear fender and Cycle World test rider Don Griewe brought up third. WOlIick and Giger traded the lead a few times on lap three before Wosick moved ahead to stay. Griewe charged past Giger also and pressured Wosick for the lead, as ROCket Rex and Broc Glover moved into the top five. Staten and Glover had their monoshocks dancing across the gnarly whoops as they blew past Giger and went in pursuit .of the two front ruDDers. Glover got past Staten on the inside as the moto hit the halfway point. The two National stars soon caught and passed Gri~e but were unable to reel in WOlIick and the top three positions . held to the flag. Griewe's fine ride ended with a trip to the turf and a bruised shoulder. Yamaha rider Arlo Englund won his race long battle with Can-Am rider Jim Holley and Yamaha· mounted Mark Lawrence to pick up fourth. Holley took fifth, Lawrence sixth. Wosick and Yamaha rider Phil Lar· son were side by side at the start of race two with Larson edging ahead over the big spectator jump. Wosick chOlle his spot and slipped past Larson on lap number three as Glover dOlled in from third. Glover outgunned Larson and set his sights on Wosick. Lawrence and Can-Am rider Juan Benavidez dueled for third place as Larson faded and Yamaha rider Rick Johnson moved into fifth after a last place start. Glover slipped around a tiring Wosick while Johnson moved into third. Johnson caught and passed Wosick with two laps remaining and Lawrence finished fourth ahead of Benavidez. Wosick went home with the runnerup share of the purse behind Glover and Lawrence finished third for the \ I I I It, It, If I II I. • ' . . . . • I ... f