lik~ that for sev~ral laps,
~nd, Marc~1l had built a
but by th~
small I~ad.
Finishing third was Scott Amy (Yam)
ov~r Jim P~arson (Suz).
Kim Douglas (Suz) was th~ lady to
lead th~ ~arly stag~ of round two, but
Sigrist took ov~r on lap four. Soon
Marc~1I was up front also and th~
took up wh~r~ th~ had Idt off in moto
on~. It cam~ down to the v~ry last lap,
with both rid~ pushing it to th~ max.
As th~ crOSRd th~ finish lin~ Sigrist
was still in front by a wheel and that
gav~ him th~ ov~rall. Taking rnird was
Amy again with Douglas founh.
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Results
PEE WEE: 1. W..., KIoin IV_I; 2. Chris L-' It- ~Dt 'on
By Steven Crosby
CORONA, CA, MAY 29
IRVINE, CA, MAY 28
The last Friday of each month
signals time to break out the old
pit bike and head out to Corona
Raceway for the Malcolm Smith
XR 75/80 races.
The final Thursday in May saw
some hot racing as the sportsman
riders completed the OCIR
Amateur Points Series. Special
Rick Atkins was th~ king of th~ mini
thum~rs last week. taking both
motos. Atkins was on top right from
th~ stan of moto on~ and h~ was in
front ~v~ry lap 'aft~r that. Gr~g B~nd~r
held off Don Gri~w~ in both rounds w
nab ~ond place. Gri~~ was third
aMad of BiD Wilt and Dean Wilkinson.
Th~ 2S0cc Pro duel that has been in
th~ works for ~ral weeks finally mat~rializ~d. Wheelsmith's Don Gri~
and Malcolm Smith's Eric MacCrackm
tTad~d wins aft~r som~ Rrious dicing.
Th~ first moto saw Gri~~ jump into
th~ I~ad whil~ MacCrack~n was in
founh b~hind K~ith Williamson
(Yam) and Andy Orescanin (Kaw).
MacCrack~n pasRd th~ born on th~
first lap but that was all th~ tim~ that
Gri~w~ n~~ to put a f~w IKonds
~tween th~. Th~ two rid~rs are
c!oIIely match~ and MacCrackm ~t
th~ r~t of the moto just trying to g~t
within striking distanc~ of the l~ad~r.
At th~ finish Gri~w~ still h~ld rn~ l~ad
narrowly ov~r MacCrackm with John
Mazzacan~ (Kaw) third.
Gri~~ again took th~ hol~hot in
moto two, but this tim~ MacCrack~n
was ri~ht on his tail. MacCrackm push~ Gn~e for Rv~ral laps, th~n found
an o~ng and put it to UR. Gri~~
still didn't give up, how~v~r, and th~
rac~ continu~d into th~ lat~ laps.
MacCrack~n finally d~lo~ a I~ad
of Ins than two IKonds, but that was
all h~ n~~d to SKll~ a win. Griewe-
thanks ~ out to Coffman's. who
award~ ~xhaust pi~ to th~ Mini
champs, and to th~ White Broth~,
who gav~ gift c~rtificat~ to th~ top 10
riders in th~ Rri~. Jason Collifi was
th~ numb~r one point grab~r in th~
Rri~ by winning ev~ry moto of th~
monrn on his VZ6O. Gary Gonzales was
th~ top rid~r in th~ chaR for th~ Whit~
Brothers c~rtificat~. Th~ n~xt s~ial
award night will b~ a school's out
s~alonJun~18.
Joel Johns and Darr~1I Wall shar~
th~ holeshot in 12Scc Novice action
and dic~ it out th~ ~ntire moto. Johns
was abl~ to hold on for a win he'U
rem~b~r for a long tim~ b~caUR
Wall was nev~r more than a half
IKond b~hind, pressuring him th~
~ntir~ tim~. Tom Dal~n stan~ th~
rac~ in third. drop~ back for on~
lap and rnm took it back but h~ could
not ~t dOR to th~ top two.
Th~ gat~ f~ll for th~ IKond moto
and it look~ like a carbon copy of the
first; Johns in front with Wall playing
tag wirnJohns' rear wheel. Bm Loudm·
back jum~ into third but could not
do any ~ttfi with rn~ hot battl~ up
front. With two laps to go Wall finally
found an o~ning. forc~ his bik~
through and took th~ I~ad. Wall h~ld
on and squ~ak~ out first overall.
Johns had to Rttl~ for IKond aft~r a
good rac~ and Paul Colston's 5-4 was
~nough for third overall.
Wayne R~id took his first Pro win of
t)a~ y,ar> at>OCIR·on his DG Yamaha.
