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(Ctmlinrutd from page 58) OPEN tNT: 1. Jim _ 3. John -.cIlMaol. OPEN PRO: 1. .);m CN 00 m lMaiI; 2. Dave HoIIev W~ (Suzl; CYaml; 2. Bob Schulz CY_3._~CYaml. VET JR: 1. OlIve _ CYaml; 2. Dwain Jarron lMII; 3. Dole llrocUtllMllil. 3. VET tNT: 1. Bob Barr lMail; 2. Jim Fi1zpelrick (Suz); _ _ CYaml. VET SA: 1. Don MoonolMaol. ~ Olson overpowers ~ Old Timers af ~ DeAnzaMX ; mudfesf -, By Bob Alloy SUNNYMEAD, CA, NOV. 29 After almost two days of rain you would expect to see mud at DeAnza. True to our expectations _ did CDCOWlter mud and lots of it. In fact, one part of the track was re-routed around sratvling water about three feet deep. By practice time, Old Timer Ed Michetti, the DeAnza promoter, had the track in ridable condition. Things wue great, and there was traction-plus by the second moto. Master Marv Olson didn't let a little mud stop him as he wrapped up a I-I win overall. Dennis Rosenberg blasted into second in moto one, while Dan Sanchez took second in moto two. Expert Dick Frampton was the man to beat in the first moto as he quickly toolr. command at the start and carried it for 10 laps to win the moto. George Spearing gassed his Husky and came in with the number two spot. Buzz Moeller charged into third. In moto two, Frampton again grabbed the holeshot and led the pack for seven laps before Moeller, on a Husky sponsored by Pro Circuit, took the leading part and wrapped up the win three laps later. Frampton-was in there with a fast second. Bob De Miranda almost missed the moto but didn't miss out on the winning action altogether, and he came in with a good third. Amateur Djck Burley rocketed into the lead where he stayed for 10 laps and nicely picked up first. Gene Powell got a lousy start but quickly gassed his Yamaha past 5e\'eral riders and took second. Richard Guthrie was there for thirdplace honors. In mota twO, Powell put his Yamaha into a winning gear right at the beginning and powered to the win. Gordon Mathiew got a mid-pack start but did lIlJIDe super riding to enable him to take a nice second. BUTley took third. Novice Dick Fettel was a real winner, as his riding ability showed with his double moto wins. Everette Hatler started poorly in mota one but got up to second place by the finish. Richard Guthrie bad it all together and took a nice third. The second moto gave Guthrie the chance to do even better with a second. Hatler was in there with third. Results MASlERS: 1. Marvin Olson (Vaml; 2. Dan Sanchaz lC-AI. EX: 1. Dick F1ampton lMai); 2. Buzz MoeIlar (Husl; 3. ~~IHusl. AM: 1. GIn! _ CYam); 2. Die!< burley (Hon); 3. Gar-. _IHonI. NOV: 1._ CYam). Dick FeneI CYaml; 2. Richard Guthria (Vam); 3. _ O'Mara, Holland haul in rain-soaked Bosch C'assic By Brownie Bouch PHOENIX, AZ, NOV. 28 The founh annual Bosch Classic 62. -was divided into a two-day event this year with an all Sportsman day on Saturday and Amateurs and Experts raced Sunday. Saturday weather was bad, but Sunday was even worse. Hard rains had pelted the area all night and continued into the morning. Luckily the track had been well prepared ahead of time with tons of new sand covering the surface. This was definitely the only thing that kept the program from being canceled. The Open Pros were the first to hit the water soaked track on Sunday morning with Clark Jones shoving his Wheelsmith Maico into the lead off the line. Jim Mitchell (Suz), Don Griewe (Hon) and Jay Perkins (Suz) came through the first tum in hot pursuit.. By the third lap Jones had a commanding lead. Mitchell, Perkins, and Griewe had switched positions several times, till Perkins' throttle stuck open and his Suzuki pitched him into the biggest mud hole on the track. It appeared in the bag for Jones till bike problems forced him out with about 10 laps down. Mitchell took the lead only to have it snatched from him by Griewe. With only two laps to go Griewe suddenly stopped short of the tower hill, giving Mitchell back the lead. Bill Keefe (Hus) and Tim Richardson (Hon) rounded out the top three finishers. In the second moto Griewe (aboard his new '82 Honda 480) was not denied his bid for the win. Mitchell had to settle for second, but it was good for the overall. David King (Yam) pulled out the third place spot. The 125cc Expert class was loaded as usual with talent. Johnny O'Mara aboard his Honda took the lead off the line with George HoUand on his Suzuki in second. Mark Flesia (Yam), squeezed into third. Mark Meredith, aboard his new factory support Kawasaki looked good in fourth with Chappy Blose (Suz) filling in the fifth spot. Blose pushed by Meredith and Flesia early in the moto to take over third. On lap seven Meredith regained fourth. FLesia's desperate attempt to hanjt onto fifth died as Gary Dircks pushed his Suzuki inside at the bottom of Suicide Hill. Halfway into the race Holland was sidelined with apparent bike problems, leaving Blose in second. The battle for third and fourth between Meredith and Dircks continued lap after lap, with Dircks finally claiming third and holding on to the checkers. The second moto was a two man race between O'Mara and Blose, . aboard his new Roost Factory-prepared RM125. Blose had a clean holeshot, but a stuck throttle caused him to overshoot the first turn. O'Mara wasn't without bike problems either when mud caked his radiator and he pulled over on the fifth lap for more water. Blose snatched the lead, and O'Mara returned still in second. Blose continued holding a strong lead till just one lap from the checkered flag when his throttle stuck again. This time !llose was taking soil samples when O'Mara went by. Blose returned still in second. Meredith clairiu:'d the third place spot. Last, but certainly not least, the 250cc Experts had their turn at the still soggy track. George Holland put his Suzuki in the lead off the line and never looked back. The only threat to him happened about halfway into the race when Holland ran into lapped riders. Clark Jones took advantage of the situation and pushed his Wheelsmith Maico up on Holland's rear wheel. When Holland cleared traffic he stretched back out a comfortable lead. Robert King (Kaw) maintained the third spot to .the checkered flag. The second moto again saw Holland in the lead all the way to the checkered flag. This time King claimed second place spot ahead ofJones. Results s_ Y-ZINGERS: 1. Billilly. PEE WEE NOV: 1. Timbo _ ; 2. DImon Watki..; 3. Kenny VodtenL PEE WEE AM: 1. Grady 1 _ ; 2. Brent WIMIond; 3. W. ",,",or. PEE WEE EX: 1. Lorry Moore. MINI BEG: 1. Milt. Boiloy; 2. Bqbby Arnold; 3. John Rhodes. MINI NOV: 1. Joe Morziono; 2. Billy c.loon; 3. Poul Kellogg. MINI AM: 1. Bill DoI1Dn; 2. Doug 1Iuldw; 3. T...., McFartond. MINI EX: 1. Robert·MaIon. 125 BEG: 1. Jeff ~ 2. Keith WOlki..; 3. Jeff Aahor. 125 NOV: 1. Will Toil; 2. J8V Dougherty; 3. Gory Hoffman. 125 AM: 1. Bobby Loon; 2. SCott Duval; 3. BiN Amorel. 125 EX: 1. Johnny D'Mar.; 2. Choppy BIooo; 3. Mork Meredith. 250 BEG: 1. Bill Caner; 2. Rick Hinchliff; 3. -Randy Herscholl. 250 NOV: 1. Ron King; 2. Virgil Hernandez; 3. Dave Dirren. 250 AM: 1. Mark Jon.; 2. John Perlin; 3. Larry Wilt. 250 EX: 1. George Holland; 2. Robert King; 3. CIart< Janas. OPEN NOV: 1. Tom HonoIoy; 2. Mika Schneider. OPEN AM: 1. Fred Gutierraz; 2. Bill Lynch; 3. John Wilmot. OPEN EX: 1. Jim Mitcholl; 2. Tim Richardson; 3. Maby Mclntyr•. OLD TiMERS: 1. Stan Foster. O'Mars, Ward topAME stadiumMX By John Rocha INDIAN DUNES, NOV. 22 American Motocross Enterprises' special stadium MX layout that was built on the International track proved to be overwhelmingly successful with an excellent turnout for the second consecutive week. Hopefully Indian Dunes management will take this as a hint and continue to run similar track layouts which provided exciting racing all day. The first 125cc Pro moto buzzed its way to the first turn with Johnny O'Mara leading Jeff Ward, Russ Wageman and Jim Sendelback. Chris Heisser was sixth with Jimmy Holley in seventh. On lap three O'Mara opened up six seconds on Ward with Ward pulling nine seconds on Wageman. Holley had moved into fourth but lost control going over a set of stadium size whoops and exited the track unintentionally. This left Heisser fourth and very short· ly afterward he took third, picking off Wageman. Steve Schmitt followed Heisser's move, drc>pping Wageman to fifth. Holley got back on the track in eighth place. On lap five O'Mara led by eight seconds with Ward second, Heisser third, Schmitt fourth and Wageman fifth. By lap eight Johnny 0' came up on heavy lapped traffic as Ward closed a little. Heisser was down 12 seconds but had even a larger lead on Wageman and Holley moved into fifth. At moto's end O'Mara glided to a moto win with Ward second, Heisser third and Holley finally moving into fourth with Wage· man fifth. The second moto had O'Mara with the holeshot, followed by Wageman, Ward, and Heisser. Lap two had Ward moving into second and Holley up to fifth. With one more circuit gone on lap three, Heisser moved into third and was trying to keep O'Mara and Ward in sight. The order remained the same through Lap seven with O'Mara six seconds ahead of Ward, who in turn had six over Heisser with Holley down 12 seconds. By the checkered flag O'Mara was untouchable with Ward ending up with a 2·2 score. Heisser went S-S and Holley 4-4. When the 250cc Pros rocketed from the line, Larry Baker led the way with Rob Tolleson in second. Pete Snorteland was fourth and Jeff Ward ran eighth. By lap three the order of the front run· ners had changed completely. Baker still had the kad but Ward was flying by riders and into second, Snorteland was third and John Whelchel fourth. When they came around on lap five, Baker flipped over a set of jumps leaving Ward with the lead, five seconds ahead of Snoneland. Whelchel fell but maintained third 12 seconds down from Snorteland. Meantime, Tom Benolkin, who had started third from last, moved into seventh just J;lehind Mark Moscrop. At the checkered flag Ward took the win with Snorteland and Whelchel following. Benolkin charged to fourth ahead of Brand Johnson. Moto two had Ward leading at the start with Whelchel, Snorteland, Jon Ortner and Mark Moscrop following. On lap two Ortner bailed, leaving Moscrop, Johnson and Tolleson in fourth, fifth and sixth. Ward and Whelchel pulled seven seconds over Snorteland with Moscrop down 14 seconds. By lap five Ward led Whelchel by three seconds, but Whelchel could never get close enough to set up a pass. On lap eight the leaders came up on lapped traffic, slowing Ward over a set of jumps. Whelchel closed in, but after that he never challenged again. Ward took the win and overall, Whelchel took second with a S-2, Snorteland went 2-S, and Brand Johnson was fourth overall with two fifths. Kawasaki kids dominate CMMC 8aronaMX By Rod Eschenburg SAN DIEGO, CA, NOV. 22 Kawasaki Motor Corp. rider Paul Dennis swept both the Stock and Modifed Expert Mini classes along with the special 105cc Minis, teammate Sam Storer running second in all three at Barona Oaks Raceway's California Mini Motorcycle Club motocross. Storer's seconds to 1981 point leader Kenny Dunlap's thirds in both regular Mini classes en· abled the 1980 Barona champ to close to within 20 points of Yamaha-mounted Dunlap with one race remaining on the 1981 schedule. Dennis' late season rush makes one wonder what the standings would be like had he raced all season at Barona on the Green Machinesl The new Yamaha "pumpers" seem to be the hot se.t-up for 1982 as Michael Dickerson and Sean Erskine divided the 12-16 Novice Stocks and Modifieds for their first wins of the season. In the 9-11 Novices, Scott Hainsworth scored his first win since moving out of the Beginners. In the Intermediates, Yamaha -mounted Jimmy Moon went four for four as he com· pletely dominated a very good field of riders in both the Stocks and Modifieds. The race of the day was the second moto of the Modified 125cc Expert class where 1981 point leader Mitch Palmer (Suz) came within one lap of pulling off a tie·breaker upset over favored CMC Pro rider David Hopwood (Suz). Hopwood had cruised to an easy win in the first moto while Palmer was strujtgling for second.