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.... co en .... DeAnZII winner Don Grktwe I&I6J end Mike Burnett fly In Pro IICtion. zmerlfop'double. at IRA Arroyo IIX By Terry Rezek SAN BERNARDINO, CA, OCT... This day's International Racing Association races were run on a slighdy shonened course which was laid out for the NMA Fall NatioaaJa which were to follow the Deltt weekeDd at Arroyo. The watering lJItem it improving every week and the COIIJX had been graded to raDOft _ of the bottomlal whoop-de-doOI 011 the back Iide. Putting aD of that to~ meant way fait lap times. E_ ~ the c:oane had been 1IDOOthed, it .1tiII a way tisht c:oane, favoring the more qile bikes, U could be _ by the quick lap tumed by the lIOa: Modified bikes. Larry Broob boJeehot the Expau aDd JUDD Prater did it to the Intermediates in moto one of this race. By the eud ollap one, Todd. CampbeD had moved to Broob' back £meier aDd laid down a preIIUI'e bar'raF that , - mew .-Id break one ol them. "!bat pittbed hattie amwl1Ird without let-up for liz ..... au lap _ , Campbd) made 1IiI _ . He - - into the bir before the ICOring hooch a little than Broob, came down _ _ aDd cut Broob off 00 the imide. From that poiDt, it _ Campbell'. abow u be estmcIm hia lead aDd took firat at the chrdrml. The pall apparently dazed Broob, aIIowiDI J - RiDam, who lUI a ~ ....ent third ~ the race, to take aeamd before tlae fiDiah. Riocoa the jump off the line in mato two, Campbell _ hot today aDd came armmd at the eud of lap_ in the lead where be . .yed for the wiD aDd the -an. Prater repeated hia dominltioo of the Intermediates to take firat - a n in that cIaaa. The 500 aDd I!5cc Proa were combined for the nat race aDd Greg Zitterkopf _ the ear winner of both motoI aDd the 500cc pane. While ZiueIkopf _ breezing away with the -an contelt fell to the 1!5I and Dick HofFman aDd Dick SalIda were providing the entertainment there. Moto one _ HofFmln'. and, although be wu aever beaded, be _ tw-a.ed by Sanda for the entire race. At the pte drop of moto two, Randy jumr.= t:t me 22 Yetto wu won the drag race up the . .ning straight to grab an early lead and maintain it for two lap. On lap three, Sanda decided that the aecond apot he had been occupying aince the Itart would DOt be good enough for the wiD, and bulled hia way put Yetto to run away with the rat of the moto and the ~ for the day in the 1%5ee Proa. Decker again took the lead in moto two with Bill Erb aDd HaDihan right behind him. Erb had problema aDd dropped way back on lap two, leaving Hailihan to haraaa Dec:lter. Ken Erb moved up to do the aame to HaDihan. Erb got by Hambln to take 00 Decker one more time=:.tW. RallIeD alao alipped under . n to run third. They continued this way for a lap and a half but reappeared from the hidden part of the COIIJ'IIe 00 lap eight with Hanaea in the lead ahead of Decker and Erb. "!bat wu the way they ~ , ping Decker a firat for the day in the 500cc cIaaa aDd Ken Erb the !5Occ-an. The !SO Proa were the lut formal race of the day. Scott Mlnning ahowed hia beeIa (aDd hia rear £meier) to the rat for the entire race. Greg Zitter· kopf abowed up in this cIaaa too 00 another Montclair Yamaha to cbalteng.e Manning ~ the entire moto. Troy Mlnning, like brother Scott, on a Dale'. Modem Cycle Yamaha, lUI third until the aec:oad to the Iut lap wben cootinued preIIUI'e from the fourth-running Daft Pettipew _ too much for Troy'. bike aDd it breathed ill lut. Moto one finiabed Scott Mlnning, Zittedopf aDd~. litterkopf_fDaintothefirat turn when the pte creaked open for moto two but Scott MaDDing came around at the eud of lap one in the lead. There followed 10 lap of "no quarter uked, none Ji-" battle between Ma nuin, and Zitterkopf with never more than mcha between them. On lap II, Manning went down hard in a mudhole and lcMt twO lap gettin( it back, together. Zitterkopf zipped home for the lead aDd the !5Occ Pro wiD to go with hia 500cc wiD. Results 10: 1. - . _ I V....; 2. IIudcIy _ I V....; 3..-. e-IVemI. III ST1(; 1.1Amy Guv-a IV""; 2. JIll S1Dne IV""; 3. KInny c.-lVemI. III MOO NOV: 1. o.Ig _ IVomI; 2. KIIIh . _lVomI; 3. S - SIlIIIIIV..... Rex StIIt8n returned to motoeroaa et Corone end won the 2IiOcc Pro cIeu. III MOO INT: 1. . - . _IVemI; 2. Mllui Young lVemI; 3. Jim Owen lSuzI.. III MOO EX: 1. Todd t.mpboII lVemI; 2. ....., By Kit Palmer Photo by Ron l.8w8on Moroles (Yam) had to hold off the hard charge of Paul DonneUy (Suz) throughout much of the race but it wasn't until the ftnal lap when Don· neDy put the move on Morales for ~. Cushingbam grabbed the hole.bot in the aecond moto shadowed by DonneDy and Moroles. This time it was Moroles who got the 1aat laugh by alipping by DonneDy halfway through the race. Cuahingham took the win and the averaD while Moroles finished in aecond juat ahead of DonneDy, The .tart in the f1J'lt moto of the Open Novice d ... aaw Chad Werner (Hoo) rDOIt into the lead chased by Mike Logan (Yam) and Randy Lester (Yam). Werner's early lead was enough to keep Logan at bay for the win. In round two it wu Logan wbo grabbed the early lead foDowed by Werner and Lester. Werner could not repeat hia firat moto performance, giving Logan the win and overall. Werner had to aettle for aeeond while Lester aalvagec1 a third. SUNNYMEAD, CA, OCT... Results _IVemI;3.'-'_~. 125 lEG: 1. Tom ZIjIc ISuzI; 2. . . . Seem lSuz); 3. TomT_lVemI. 3. 125 NOV: 1. S - c..o lVemI; 2. JIll Fr,e 1Suzl; _ _ lHanl. Ec:IuirI lSuz); 2. Jim Kdwa lSuzI; 3. 125 NT: ,. _IV..... __ 125 PlIO: 1. RIcIwd SendI lSuzI; 2. RlcIwd HaIInwllVomI; 3. CIwIIo CSuzl. 2IiO lEG: I. PIt Mar*- lK8wI; 2. Gory a.lHanl; 3. Dan CIne IV..... 2IiO NOV: I. VInc:I DI'w. CSuzl; 2. Jim CogII¥ IVomI; 3.'" ~ lHanl. 2IiO NT: 1. KIn Erb !MIl; 2. sa Erb lK8wI; 3. J.W. ..... IV..... 2IiO PlIO: 1. GNu ZID1lDpf IV....; 2. _ MInnng IV....; 3. O"'.....-CSuzl. &00 NOV: 1. _ S-lSuzI; 2. Jim CorlIr IV....; 3. o.mII-.oIy~ &00 NT: 1. - . oa. CSuzl; 2. PM _ IVomI; 3. s - MIndIc~. &00 PlIO: 1. GNu ZJanapI IV8IIlI; 2. lab Iuirz IV8IIlI; 3. SlwIIWl ~ e:--. «_. Grlewetop. DeAnzaMX Clouds and cool temperatures broke up the monotony of recent 90 degree plus weather at DeAnza Cycle Park, providing for a com· fanable, dust·free day of racing. The day'. action got underway with the Itart of the combined Pro cIaaa wben Don Griewe took hia Open Maico into the lead followed by a pair of Maico riden, O'Neal's Bill .Jewell aDd Mike Burnett. Poaitiooa .tayed the aame throughout the moto u Griewe eruiaed to an ear victory. Craig Gormley (Yam) led the group of !5Occ Proa, Larry Lawrence (Yam) and Fred Nichola (ltaw), from the firat turn until the cbedtered flag for a convincingwin. The Itart of the aecood moto was copy of the ftnt moto as Griewe shot into the lead punued by JeweD. Jewell couldn't quite keep up with the quick pace, giving Griewe the victory. Jewell held on to aecond f01lowed by Burnett' at the finish. Again Gormley euily styled to victory in the aecond moto foDowed by Lawrence and Nichola. John Cushingham, Jr. (Suz) dominated the 12Scc Beginner das. by leading every lap of both motOi for an easy win. But mOlt of the action was fought over aecond place. Larry almOlt a carbon PEE WEE DIY U: 1. ~ _lVomI; 2. RvdIr _ I V..... JR CYCLES: 1..... ""-lSuzI; 2. CIwiI ~ IVomI; 3. AdIm RlIgIrIId IV..... _lEG: 1. TInY SaaIoD lVomI; 2. .... ~ ~ _NOV: 1....... GorIan lK8wI;2. .... ~ IV.... 125 lEG: 1. JalJn ~ Jr. lSuzI; 2. ....., _lVomI;3. .... ~CSuzl. 125 NOV: I. ErIc " ' - lVomI; 2. .... _ _ 3. KM! Mcw.....'•• CSuzl. . 125 NT: I. Ran _ lSuzI; 2. ..... ~ IV..... BEG: 1. JIrJy _ 2IiO lSuzI; 2. _ _ lHanI; 3.1Iogor K-. CHanI. 2IiO NOV: 1. MIcNIl T........ lK8wI; 2. ....., IlImmIIIlSuzI; 3. ErIc IIIpe lSuzI. 2IiO NT: I, .... _ lVomI; 2. Chuc* _ lSuzI; 3. a-IW-lHonI. 2IiO PlIO: I. CNlg GormIoy lVomI; 2. ....., ~ IVomI; 3. "'*'_~ OPEN NOV: 1..... LogIn lVomI; 2. a-I _ _ tHcri; 3.111ndJ ..-IV..... OPEN PlIO: 1. Dan e;,-. CMIII; 2. sa. - CMoiI; 3. CMIII. SA VETS: 1 LogIn lVomI; 2. JIll ~ IV....; 3. D, K-.lHanl. SA EX VETS: 1. Ed M _ IMIiI; 2. WhiIora.-v fKTMI. JR!NT VETS: 1. _ CIne 1_; 2.""" ~ lSuzl. Staten .torms to Corona MX win By Kit Pelmer Photo by Ron l8wson CORONA, CA, OCT. 2 After trying his luck at speedway racing the past few months,