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".tb.rn Call1.rnl.Arlz.n.....tb.rn N••••• ".tb..... Call1.rnl.Arlz.n.....tb.rn N....... ".tb.rn Caillornl.·Arlzona Westernho •r. The juniors had a real go at it. out of the heau were Mike Hale In the first one which saw Tommy Walton losing his second place when Scott Podergois dove under him on the last tum on the last lap. Chris Cannon led the second one all the way until Rod Sullivan took over on the last lap. Third heat went to Steve Karsten over jeffjohnson. The last heat had a bad get off when Steve Harvey came off his Harley and his helmet came off him before he hit the ground coming out of turn two onto the back strai~t. At this writing we aren't sure of his status, except be was responding to treatment in the emergency room at Harbor General. When they got going again it was Mike Garrison winning it in what turned out to be the fastest time, with Wyatt Scroggins breathing on him all the way. Scott Podergois held the semi lead for quite a while, then came Chris Cannon who had worked by Bill Scott and jeff Johnson. CaDDon took over the lead in the north tum on the later lapl, almost coming off on the white flag lap but hanging onto it to get the flag first. After a red flag for a poor start in the main, Mike Hale went flying down the back chute from third place to fust in one swoop. He put. a little cushion between himself and the others for a while but Cannon was moving fast. He and Tom Walton went at it for a while. with Chris moving on to get by Steve Karsten. Podergois was a victim of mechanical ills and pulled into the piu, and Cannon kept on going until he palled Hale. For the whole race Rod Sullivan was right with the front runners in fourth place only to have his engine go on the last lapl The final run down was Cannon, Hale. Karsten and johnson. Novice heat winners were Mark Key. David Boyles, Pete Hames and Charles "Bud" Carroll, with Boyles' heat being the fastest. In the main a couple of riders found themselves on row three, mostly because one rider with a severly dragging clutch was circling around back of the pack and the ones lined up could hear him coming and weren't going to be caught unaware. Hames took off and led from start to fmish but without quite the lead he had last week. Frank Rosa ran with him for a while but Pete pulled away, leaving the battle between Dave Boyles and Bryan Yocum. Co~ Graham grabs GardeaaGold CupHM By Maureen Lee Photos by Dan Mahony GARDENA, CA, APR. 5 The eagerly awaited debut of Honda's water-cooled V-twins was impressive, but tuner Ron Wood had his third Gardena 28 Gold Cup when his rider Ricky Graham won the Expen main; without a doubt, one of the most exciting half miles seen at Ascot. Graham and Billy Labrie battled almost down to the wire forfust. Forty-two Experts entered, with Tim Mertens the fastest qualifer at 22.28. He and Ricky Graham shot to the front of the first Expert heat, followed by Alex jorgensen and Mike Inderbiuen. Graham kept the lead but Mertens had the bad luck to slide out and fall exiting turn two in the final stages of the race, leaving jorgensen with the direct transfer. In the second heat, Dan Atkimon went down in the same spot, jamming his knee and the heat restart was held up for a long while as the second ambulance departed with Dan; it had left earlier with an injured junior. On the restart it was Ted Davidson, Hank Scott and Billy Labrie out front, but Labrie went by Scott on the back straight. then nailed Davidson on the north turn. The third heat saw the two new factory Hondaa manned by jeff Haney and Freddie Spencer. They drag raced 1·2 into tum one with Haney in the lead; third was Sal Hoffman over Larry Legarra and Danny Perkins. The Hondas were insurmountable, with Haney's Ascot experience giving him an edge over Spencer, and the pair of them pulled away from the rest of the field. From a tight three-way go, Legarra emerged third. lnspite of the Honda's speed though, Labrie's heat was still the fastest of the four. The fourth went to Steve Oort who held off repeated attempu by Rich Amaiz to take the lead away from him, with Mickey Fay in a close third. Ted Davidson shot for the lead in the semi ahead of Mickey Fay and Hank Scott. Flying low was Danny Perkins, and for a bit it was a threeway go between Davidson, Perkins and Fay. Hank Scott was off the pace, slipping out of a transfer, but coming very fast was the IT specialist from Oregon, Brad Hurst. Hurst moved on up until he was right up there chasing Davidson with second place nailed down. The other fmal transfers were Fay and Mike Inderbitzin with Legarra and Perkins the first two alternates. Freddie Spencer was nursing a right hand that didn't feel right, so Brad Hurst took his place in the Trophy Dash. Labrie took off with the lead and although Fay challenged Labrie hard, Billy won it, then came Mertens and Hurst. Alex Jorgensen got the lead off the start of the Expen main but as lap one ended. he. Labrie, and Steve Oort hurtled into the front chute just about abreast of each other with Ricky Graham right with them. Rich Amaiz feU and all too soon Haney was pulling in with one carb pluF up. Out front it was first Labrie. then Graham _wing the lead back and forth with jo~ third until several lapllater Allison and Spencer had moved by him. By lap nine Graham and Labrie had quite a lead built up over Allison who then lost third to Spencer. The two front runners were still hard at it, a gap, then Spencer. another gap, and a big fight for fourth between Allison, jorgy and Brad Hurst who was going like blue blazes until he finally took command of the spot. Still up front were Graham and Labrie, ",ho looked like he was doinlf a bit of stalking until a near get·off In exiting tum four cooled him down a bit so it looked like he settled a bit for second. Still, Ricky Graham was really on it and tuner Don Wood was all smiles when the trophies were awarded; his Harley had run as well as his Nortons. Results TROPHY DASH: 1. IllIy LIIlrie lK-O~ 2. - . . . Fay CH-DI: 3. Tm --'CH-DI; 4. _ _ lI+Dl. TIME: 1:10.211 1..... _ ae-t; 2. Ftri Ilc.c..ld IIo\IlII ~ 4. . - - Yocum IV_ 5_ Ely IV_ a. a.too C8nlI IV_ 7. c..ld 1lc.-1Y8ml; a. ... VIIIlIV_ 8. _Kay IV8ml; 10. HJ(N _ Payton's Pro Circuit Products. made it four straight moto wins at the Continental Moto-sporu Club'. Carlsbad MX. Two weeks prior, Gerig picked up two moto wins and at this event he added two more to outlast a field of Open Pros. With Gerig pulling the field in both motOl, Tony Wanket (Yam) placed second in both eveDU. This was only WanIr.et·s fourth time out after a six· month layoff. Following WanIr.et in moto one was Lee Ramage (Yam) who had the third place position wrapped up but mechanical problema slowed him to a seventh place fmish in moto two and a fdth overall. Third overall went to Doug Renno (Yam), who tallied a 4-4 ride. Scott johnson (Mai), CMC numero uno in the 250cc Professional class, followed Renno in the overall standings. In the 250cc Pro class, Gary Semia (Yam) also scored a perfect day. Semia had little trouble showing the rest of the competitors who was boss by winning both motos hands down. Honda-mounted Bryan Maloney, a consistant high scorer at CMC evenu. fmished second in both motOl behind Semia. Tim Lunde (Yam) moved in on Scott johnson (Mai) in moto one to take over the third place spot but as the lapl ran down, johnson hung on and Lunde settled for fourth. Lunde's 4·5 combination was the third best score for the day in the 250cc PrOl with Mark Howell (Yam) and Pat Hubbs (Yam) malr.ing up the top five. Wayne Boyer (Suz) took the l25cc Pro honors with again two perfect scores. Rick MaIr.i (Yam) and Ray Tetherton (Suz) both tried to unseat Boyer in both motOl but had to take a back seat to Boyer. MaIr.i's 4-2 score took second place overall with Tetherton (2·7) third. Fritz Schlegal (Suz) picked up the last money paying position with a 6·4 fourth overall. Results MINI JR: ,. D. Ituhn IVomI; 2. D. Fec:tw. 1ItM; 3. L T.... IVomi. 4. S. Raa-1ItM; 6. T. V_CHoN. MINIM: ,. M. GlImonIn CHoN. 12lic:c JR: 1. R. Het-tHonl: 2. C. _IVomI: 3. S. S8gont lSuzl: 4. T. Cumn IVoml; 6. J. lM>cor CHonI: 8. J. DeIFonIe tHonI; 7. R. s... ISuzI; 8. B. Jah.-n (SUI!: 8. M. Dla (SUI!: 10. L Springor lSuzl; 11. B. HolmoIVImI; 12. D. M_lSuzl; 13. B. c.ne IVoml; 14. M. OuigIayIVomi. 2IiOcc JR: 1. J. _ 1Hanl; 2. J. IliIhop IVom~ 3. S. W _ lHanl; 4. E. Boere IVomI; 6. S. It_ IVomI; a. D. ~ IVom~ 7. R lKMl; .. M. MiIIor IVomI; 8. R. GNgory lHon); 10. E IV~. IiOOcc JR: 1.1. ~ lHonI; 2. T. St. ..... {Hull; 3. M. I.ulZ IV8ml; 4. J. _ CSuzl; 6. R. ItIubIo IV8ml; a. Go PIon:e IV8ml; 7. P. _ CMeil. 12lic:c NT: 1. T. IteoIw IV_ 2. J. _ IV~; 3. T. Muny IV~: 4. N. HInnoICSuzl; 6. S. _ IV~; 8. B. V_lSuzl. 2IiOcc NT: 1. D. Hapwaod CHoN; 2. J ........ IV8ml; 3. S. ""'" lIt8wI; 4. M. _ _ IV8ml; 5- B. CIuIIioIcI IV~: a. L _lHonI: 7. D. _lHonI; a R. MaI......... IVomi. IiOOcc NT: 1. T IVomI; 2. A.. 0r1iz CMoO; 3. M. ZIoIInoId lSuzl; 4. M. IV_ 5. H. _ lSuzI. IV~; 3. Rondy _lHonl. TIME: 3:12.34 JR _ , . Qwlae--IV~;2."'_CH-DI; 3. _ " - CH-DI; 4. " . ......... CH-DI; 5. Tammy ~ lTrlI; a. .. Scaa IV~: 7. . . . s...- Gonioan CH-DI; a. Jim Ie-. CH-DI; 8. IIocI IV~; 10. Scaa Podorgaio. TIME: 3:tiI.27 EX _ 1. Ricky ~ (HoOI; 2. Illy LIIlrie (HOI; 3. _ lHonl; 4. _ _ CH-DI: 5" . Moon CA-El:"1I. AIeIt ........ CH-DI; 7. Mictlay Fay CH-DI; .. Ted o..tdoan lK-O~ 8. M" . . . . CH-DI; 10. S - Oart IH-DI; ". " . HInay lHanl; 12. IUch _ CH-DI' TIME: 5:44.' 0 ~ Gerig fak.s fwo In arowafCMC Carlsbad By Mike Klinger CARLSBAD, CA, MAR. 22 David Gerig, aboard his 430 Husqvama and riding for Mitch 12lic:c PlIO: 1. W. ao,. CSuzl; 2. R. _ CDeI: 3. R. T _ CSuzl; 4. F. ScIlIIgII CSuzl; 5. J. PlcmDIY8ml; a. R. _ IV8ml; 7. J. 0dI. CSuzl; .. M. Tripoo IV8ml; 8. T. ......, IV8ml; 10. J. a - , k CSuzl; 11. 0_ CSuzl; 12. M. _ lHonl. 2IiOcc PlIO: 1. Go Semic:lIIY_ 2. B. ........, lHonl; 3. T• . . - IV8ml; 4. M. ~ 1Y8ml; 5. P. Hubbe IV8ml; 8. S.......... lMoI; 8. R. _ IV_ 10. J. EIonIIHanI; 11. D. -.IV8ml; 12. M.Ilc.-IV8ml; 13. M. WllllaylHull. IiOOcc PlIO: 1. D. Gorig IHuIl: 2. T. _IVomI; 3. D. IIInno IV8ml; 4. S.......... lM8II: 5. L _ _ lYIml; 8. M. . . . . . lHpfI; 7. D. ~ CMIII; .. Go _ CHuIl;8.S.Rhv-nCHuol. 8eftlnck, Mosl.y fop Old TImers MX By Bob Alloy ORANGE, CA, MAR. 21 Saturday Saddleback Motocross motos are eagerly anticipated. We Old Timers like the halfhOUT, l!-lap affairs. 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