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led the entire moto. Williams took a
nasty looking fall right after the start,
but was able to remount and finish the
race. Mattheisen followed Jansen to
the finish for second with Price placing
third.
The 125cc Intermediate class is the
unanimous winner of the ''I'm glad
I'm not in that class" award. For those
riders who survive the start and first
few turns, the racing is very fierce.
Loch Names usually does very well in
this class and, in fact, he won the fust
moto. But in the second moto, Loch
had problems from the time the gate
dropped until the flag dropped. One
of Loch's crashes sent him into the
only water puddle on the whole Clarks
Branch facilityl This water hole could
actually be called a lake as Loch's
Valley Cycles Yamaha was almost
submerged. Another unidentified
rider crashed three times in the same
comer! There were some riders who
did have a good moto, though, because.
Terry Baker rode to a first with Kent
Egli 'placing second.
The quote of the day was given by
Old Timer Jeff Hensler. Jeff pulled-a
giant holeshot in the second moto and
was going so fast, and was so surprised,
he slipped up in the third corner.
Later in the pits, Jeff was asked how it
felt to get the holeshol. It was quite
occurrence for Jeff, and this might
have been his first holeshot. Jeffsmiled
b.een his first holes hot. Jeff smiled
widely and said "Boy. it sure was quiet
out therel"
Results
125 PRO: 1. Roy Davis (Yam); 2. Ca<"" Lund (Yam);
3. Dan _oeld (Yaml.
3. 250 PRO:_ (Yaml. IKawl; 2. Ray Price IMai);
_ 1. Kevin Jansen
PEE WEE JR: 1. Da-ren Davis (Yam); 2. Andy Byrd
(Yam).
PEE WEE INT: 1. .left D8ily (Yaml.
MINI BEG: 1. _
Ramey (Vam); 2. Todd Krenik
IKawl; 3. tun Cunningham (Suz).
MINI JR: 1. Mike Nark.....,. (Suz); 2. Tony Guido
1Suzl; 3. Tony KepIwt (Yam).
MINIINT: 1. Greg Holmberg (Suz).
MINI EX: 1. Terry Davis ISuzl.
100 JR: 1. Charlie Byrd (Yam); 2. Charlie Mitchell
!YarnI.
100 INT: 1. Seth Malkon ISuz).
GALS: 1. Sandy Davis (Yam); 2. Becky Roberts (Suz).
125 JR: 1. Tom Cooper IHon); 2. Dave Croy (Vam); 3.
Dave Brown (Suz).
125 INT: 1. Terry Baker (Vam); 2. Dwayne Taylor
IHon); 3. Randy Al~man ISuz).
250 JR: 1. 51..... Hensler (Yam); 2. Mark Ingersoll
(SUll.
250 INT: 1. Rod Huffman ISUll; 2. Wes Roberts
1Hon1; 3. Undaay Wurn (Yaml.
OPEN JR: 1. Delbert Longbrake IHusJ; 2. Rocky
Jawad IVaml; 3. Benwd Palmer IVam).
OPEN INT: 1. .left Jordan (Yaml.
DT: 1. Dave W_ (Suzl; 2. Lerry Fagan ISuzl; 3. Jim
SplIIding (Yam).
Routine returns for
Wiggi.., Schlag
atGSIRMX
By Bill Spencer
SONOMA, CA,JAN. 11
It was the start of a new year at
Golden State Raceway, but it
was the same old routine for
some of the regular riders with
former District 36 number one rider
Dean Wiggins returning to the
winner's circle along with num.ber two
plate holder Joey Schlag. Wiggins rode
the Petaluma Cycle Center 490 Mega 2
Maico to both Open Expert moto wins
while Schlag did likewise in 250cc
Expert for Cycle Riders Supply and
KTM.
A new winner was Chris Ladd
taking the Pacific Racing Ent.
Yamaha to the 125cc Expert double
feature. Ron Combs had to come from
behind in the second moto to pass
Berkeley White- for the second on his B
&. T Kawasaki. White and Pete
Langley swapped spots in each moto
with White third overall in fn-,n. n~
Langley, Eddie Brown and Gary
Hutto.
A real battle for the Old Timer Expert class went on in both motos between Ernie Cabral and Jim Saitone.
Both are shop owners in Petaluma and
the two way over 40 riders swapped the
lead throughout the day with Cabral
passing just one more time for the
overall. Dave Howell took the 100cc
portion while crazy Lorraine Caravich
bounced off a few fences for the Powder
Puff win.
Kevin lacovoni and Wiley Craig
paired together scores of 2-2 and 3-3
for the overall fust and second in
125ccJunior, but it was a real free-forall in both motos. Tom Dalziel led the
entire first moto on the Concord
Yamaha, but was out on the start of
the second round. Shane Gu.rnsey did
all the leading in that round and came
off with third overall at 5-1 after a first
rou.nd crash that had him going for
second. Brett Cahors had himself set
up for the overall with a good pass in
the second moto for second, but
stalled and then clipped a fence to
finish founb with a 4·6.
Joey Schlag had to gas it up in the
first round of 250cc Expert as Pete
Langley rode a good show, leading
four laps until the KTM support rider
moved on by for the first round win.
Joey barely made the start of round
two for the Cycle Riders Supply guys
with a slight problem, cured by Partsin-the- Pits' Gary Hutto. He led the
first two laps over Langley and Billy
_Leonhart and then stopped for a hole.
Langley and Leonhart had a good dice
for six laps with Billy fmally getting
the lead, but the fast-paced number
two rider in D-36 MX reeled the pack
in and passed back for the lead and a
double win with four laps to go.
Leonhart proved such an able
competitor that Paul Cahors picked
him up for the Lillie/Cahors Racing
Team and he will get a new 250
Yamaha for the upcoming Natipnals.
Langley had the reverse score for the
third over Mike Miller and Bob Davis
making for quite a Yamaha show.
Dean Wiggins has not been racing
of late, looking for some new scooters
and when the new Maico came along,
he got on it and didn't look like he had
been off for four months. Riding for
Jim Saitone's Petaluma Cycle Center,
Red Line, ND and Tsubaki, the
former Blue Plate number one took
complete charge and 'rode off with two
moto wins in fine style. Phil Douglas
proved an able competitor chasing
Dean in round one and then leading
him on the Trick Cycle/South City
Cycle Maico. Just past the halfway
point in round two, Wiggins made the
pass and rode off to another big win.
The next event at Golden State will
be Feb. 15 with the original scheduled'
Jan. 25 event postponed until later in
the year.
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Results
125 EX: 1. Chrio Ladd (Yaml; 2. Ron Combo IKIW); 3.
Berkolllv _(SUll.
DT: 1. Ernie Cabral ISuzl; 2. Jim Saitone (Mail; 3.
Gary Pustalek
AMA Florida Series
Open Champion
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