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... ~ Q) .c E Q) ~ o ~ w Z ~ As 1he 2D1-2SOcc c:IIISs blasted off. it was Hond.mounted Dean Sundahl 110) . . . . . 1he ~ ~ ' M.-k Weixeldorfer 19). however. took the overall. CRC Amateur Supercross Yamaha, Honda split .first SUpercn;JSS By Lance Bryson SAN DIEGO, CA, NOV. 15 Yamaha-mounted Steve Wright put in a consistent 2-2 finish while 'Honda-mounted Mark "Wax" Weixeldorfer's 1-1 fInish netted them the top. honors in the first three-wheeler t:ace at the California Racing Club Amateur Supercross taking the , • O·200cc class and the 201·250cc class respectively at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. 12· . WIth the fInal ~ SUpeiClOSS event of the year held the mght before, some 650 amateurs plus ~ree-wheelers showed up Sunday mormng to fi,:,d the track had been changed, WlthOUt dou~t fo~ the better. The track s~i11 retamed Its .somewh~t U shape ~th most of the Jumps being lowered Wlth ~ore of a ro~n~ shape at .the top. The stutter step Jumps, which had been 16 in number the night before, were reduced to a total of five. .All had safety in mind; however, the three·wheelers still had their share of problems. The three·wheeler program had two cllUlles, O-l!OOcc and the l!01l!SOcc. With a total of 19 riders, CRC com· biDed tbe two dlUlles with the l!OIl!5Occ clus jumping out of the gate first followed by the O-l!OOcc 50 seconds later. Weixeldorfer and Dean Sundahl, also on a Honda, jumped out of the gate side by side. Going into tum one, "Wax" left the gu on a little bit longer to insure first place would be his while Sundahl slotted into second position. For the most pan, things stayed the same until the closing two laps when this green thing staned to dOle in on Sundahl. This 10 called "Green Thing" happened ~ be a paowtYP: .KD.Xl!50 ~wasaki three-.hederden~ and ndden by Lee R~. As the white flag came out "Waxhad pulled a good lead Oftr S~ and Rodgen; Rodgus started his push on Sundahl who got out of conool a little bit in the junk and hit a hay bale. That WlU all R~ needed to get by. Sundahl did regain COIItI'OI to follow "Wax" and Rodgas in for third.. It WlU a pair of Yamahas who boleshot the 0-l!00cc c1aa _ Tracq Dickson (Yam). ~ a watercooled motor while OIl the otha- baDd Steve W~ (Yam) spooud ~ SoB LightDing. -eooIed motoI' lIIIO turD one, itWlU~andWriBtauicle"" side; Wright made a IIIOR ID the inside. but Dicboo had the - - . . line, if theR was IUCb a thiDc. Wript had to IettIe £or the mpnbn- two poUtion but had altrClD8ho1demit. Honda's Curtis Sparta, em a Iss.. battled with TOIDDIJ c.iaa. also on a Honda, for third. Spub took the number three (-w, aud ~ his sighrs and efforu em W Two laps &om the fiDiah, Spada tiDal his motor in turD three. Ieuing u - the entire field go by. By the time be sat going, Dickson. Wright aud Gaian were. far gone. At the 6nida it was Dickson, Wright. Gaian aud Spada after a two-lap, widr-open ride. "In turD oae, Dicboo aud I tIleR side by side. Goiag into turD two. I went to the inIicIe. aud I thnush' I had it, but the bike plfilkd of FU. _D.. . MOSI: of the jumps have a lip at the top. aud I goes my shift lever caught the lip aud popped out. The track WlU a IiaIe em the • side; other than that, it was Deat," commented WripL As the pie £or moto two dropped £or the l!Ol-ZSOa: c1aa, it saw factory Hoada rider SaDdahI blow out of the hole 6nt foIIowaI by teammate "Wax". RacIFn. aboard his super go. fait Kawasaki. with nine inches of tr3ftI. fallowed in third. FOI' the 6nt four laps Sundahl had thinp ping his way until "Wax" foaad a hole. On the last two laps, it was a bad-aud·forth battle between the two. WIth half a lap to go, Sundahl· ~ a chain,. and "Wax" auiRd in £or the win, Rodgers WlU ........ and Rodney Shedenttulm DaiIed down third. ... reaIIy had to work my tail off out there.- c:ummented "Wax," "Sundahl reaIlysat a goOd hoIeshot on me. 1 was trying to pass him, but there was nowhere I could go. Then I caught him sIocping in one of the turns so I zapped him.. I thoUght to myself, 'It is about time:' en thing I knew, he went by me. -It was £un fighting back and fonh, but as the white Bag came out he was in &oat.. I _ going to set him up when be ~ a chain. As far lU the ttaek. I reaIIy like it; it is neat. " RacIFn nwnmrnted. "I think CRC did a bed. of a job building a track that was CllIIIlpab"ble for bikes and thnle-wbeelrn. I was concerned after how nJU8h the track WlU the . . . . bcIaR. but the modifications Ibey DIaIIe . . . . . made for an' enjoyable track.III - . . two £or the O·l!OOcc class, it was Spada jumping out in front of W..... Wript took the challenge aud ~ his. . . on Sparks. . III the DlnDrim-e. a battle had duc:luped between Dickson and Gaian. With two laps to go, it seemed' Wript was CODteDt with second, lU Gaiaa got by Dickson for third. Dick· ... c:ummented, "I made one mistake aud that's all it takes. I had trouble in the bad. section. It WlU really rough. Same py itopped in one of the ....DbS. TOIDDIJ hit him, and then I bit him. aud bach of our motors died. TOIDDIJ was hadty be sat away first, .m.s and then I got going. I think if I had another lap, I could have gotten him. "I thought the track wlU too rough. I was worried about my machine. I did not want to' bust it all up. If they would have had money put' up, I would have gone for it, but I just didn't want to take any chances of breaking the bike in half. "In the fim moto I got a good start and felt really good, but the second moto the track had dried out some, and when I nailed it at the start, the tires just spun on the gate. I thought it WlU a blast, though, it WlU really fun. They just need to round the top of the jumps a little bit." Wright, on the other hand, commented, "Sparks is fast, and I wanted to catch him after he got the holeshot on me. I WlU only a couple . bikelengths behind him going into tum one, and I started thinking to myself, 'Well, should I go for it and get side by side,' but then I staned thiriking I had the overall win as long as I stayed where I WlU. I wanted to get him, but then again, I didn't want to take any chances and blow the overall points," "The second moto I knew I could win," Sparks said later, "The Nicholson frame WlU really working grea~. I put more air in the front forks, and that seemed to help quite a bit. I could hear Wright in back of me, but I wasn't really worried about it; I was just worring about getting over all the jumps and not killing my motor lU I had done in the first moto. I didn't have a' pull stan on it today, and I think that hun me \ilte in the first moto when the motor died; I had to bump stan it. If I would have had a pull stan on it, I could have just staned right away. I'll know next ume I race a stadium race." This being the first actual three· wheel stadium race for CRC, they did one heck of a good job. It is very hard to make a track compatible with motocycles and three·wheelers running on them. After all, it WlU their first attempt, and they made a good stab at it. We look forward to covering more. Results m lI-2OOcc CLASS: 1. S _ Wright lYom); 2. Cunio Spona IHanI; 3. Tracey Dickoon (YarnI; 4. Tommy Goion (Han); S. Mike.- lHanI. 201.2liOcx: CLASS: 1. _ ~ lHan); 2. Leo Rodgora ~; 3. RocIrwy ~ lHonI; 4. P a l I _ lHanI; S. 0-. SundohI lHanI.