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.1. I .. • ·i·...- · ... • . •• • . . • '1• If! .,,1 Souther.n C"'~ -~nla.Arlzona.Southern Nevada· Southern Callfornla.Arlzona·Southern Nevada. Southern Callfornla.Arlzona• · · I l· ~ .~. ••, *'~ t~· hotIWes" IDe combo gave Eddi e Kennedy (Yam) th ird wh ile Rick T atlow 's 4-5 IOtal gave him fourth. Results 50 PEE WEE: 1. Judd Scenlen (Vern); 2. Dele Smert {Yeml; 3. Deyid Ochoe (Yem). PEE WEE: 1. Richerd Se.,on; 2. Jer emy Applegate (Yem); 3. Tyler Cooper. MINI BEG: 1. Tim Odehne l (Yem~ 2. Sioen Cooper {Yem}; 3. Derin Sieck (Kewl. M INI NOV: 1. Terry Szucsko (Yeml; 2. M ike Wi ese (Kew~ 3. John Abr ight (Yem). M INI INT: 1. Jim my Moon (Kew) ; 2. AI.. Mensfield (Kew): 3. Gery Dent (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Joh n Comstock (Yem ~ 2. Steve Odehne l (Yem~ 3. Gene Johnson (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Treyis Roberson (Kewl: 2. M ike Henley (Ho n~ 3. Eddie Kennedy (Yem). 125 INT: 1. Jemes Conti (Han): 2. M ike Roberts (Yam); 3. Paul Herman (Kew). 250 BEG: 1. Henry Corry (Suz~ 2. De.. Gaumer (Suz); 3. CllIIord Mahmms (Hon ). 250 NOV: 1. Ste.. Anderson; 2. Marlt Romero (Suz); 3. Tom Mee (Suz). 250INT: 1. RonLewson (Suz ~ 2.KhPolmer(Suz); 3. Tom Mee (Sull. 250 PRO: 1. John MeZZ8Cllne(Suz); 2. Jec:kScon (Yam); 3. Ruety Teftlinge< (Yaml. 500 BEG: 1. Kehh Beck (Yam); 2. Tom Anderson (Han); 3. Paul Stewert (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Scan Pangburn (Yam); 2. Roger Koltoe(Hual. eo Arizona winner Bob Belluzzi, Corry roosts to Corona night MX victory By Kit Palmer CORONA. CA, JUNE II Suzuki-mounted Henry Corry had to contend with rival Dave Gaumer (Suz) all night before he could claim victory in the • 42 250cc Beginner class tonight at Corona Raceway. The two traded 1-2 scores, but Corry won the all-irnportant second moto 10 capture the overall. At the start of the first rnoto, Gaumer roosted into the lead narrowly ahead of Corry. Bob Michael (Yam ) and Stanton Crowley (Suz ). Gaumer's lead was short-lived when Corry slipped by the leader, taking over the top spot. The two top contenders began a handlebar-to-handlebar figh t over firs t. Corry held back Gaumer throughout the moto, but on the final lap, Gaumer dove by Corry, regaining the lead. The win went to Gaumer followed by Corry and Michael. It was Gaumer again who led the pack int o the second m oto first tum while Corry and Michael pursued. Similarly 10 the first rnoto, the two leaders engaged in another duel for the number one spot. However. Gaumer managed to fend off Corry throughout most of the race. It wasn't until the final lap when Corry returned the first moto favor by pass ing Gaumer only a few turns from th e end. Corry took the win. inches ahead of Gaumer. Third went to Clifford Mahmms (H on) , and Joe Wilson (Yam) took fourth. When the gate dropped at the start of the first 250cc Pro moto, Yamaha of Pomona's Jack Scott had command of the lead, after slipping by Anaheim Suzuki's Chris Fleming. By the th ird lap, Scott had to hold back the hard charge of Suzuki of Riverside 's John Mazzacane . The two were never more than a bikelength apart throughout th e moto. During th e wh ite-fla~ lap, Mazzacane found an opening m Scott's defense. and th e Suzuki pilot snuck by. taking over th e lead. Mazzacane took the win while Scott and Fleming took second and third. The second moto was all Mazzacane's he led from start to finish without a hitch. Scott had 10 settle for second. . In the 125cc Nov ice class, Travis Roberson reeled in th e win a fter completing each moto with a victo ry. Taking second was Mike Hanley (Hon), who tallied a 2-~ score. A 7-2 West wins M ini Novice at OCIR night M X By Steven Crosby IRVINE, CA, J UNE 10 Over 200 riders showed up at Orange County International Raceway Motocross to get an early jump on celebra ting the end of school. And though it was an RACE event as al ways. the racing was a qualifier for Cal iforn ia Racing Club's upcoming Amateur da y at the Superbowl of Motocross. In th e Pro ' class es, Tracy Meeks took th e 125cc win on his Kawasaki as Taylor Marcell went down in traffic wh ile in the lead in both rnotos. Todd Peterson returned to Thursday nights to take the 250cc crown on his DG -backed Yamaha. Graydon ride r. Brian Fry, took home the Open class money aboard his Honda. It was a night accentuated by several bad spills and a lot of close races. The Mini classes reflected the close racing. Derek Nye took home another first place trophy in Mini Intermediate with Tom Combs and Glenn Tucker fin ishing seco nd a nd third both motos. In Min i Novice the overall crown went to Rincon Kawasak i team member Ron West . He turned in the only consistent ride of the night in the class. Frank Menges took the holesho t in the first moto with West and Walter Armendariz close behind. On the second lap, West got aro und Menges for the lead and pulled awa y. Menges held onto second whi le Armenda riz and Bunky Morton battled for thi rd . It wasn 't until the halfway point of the race that Morton caught Armendariz for third. They fin ished in that order. West in first followed by Menges and Morton. In the second moto, almosteverything was different. West took the holeshot this time and again pulled away from the pack. Jerry Cotter , who finished 11th in the first moto, was in second. T err y Szucsko, who was 10th the first tim e around. was third. Cotter held onto second while Szucsko was pass ed by Steve T ucker's Honda, dropping him to fourth. Overall, Wes's perfect tall y of a I-I took first. Tucker managed seco nd overall with a 6-~ . Cotter 's 11 -2 and Szucsko's 10-4 were good enoug h for third and fourth overall. There were two di visions of the 13 and older Mini Beginner class. Division One was sedate when compared to th e other di vision. In Division One, J eff Matiasevich took first with a perfec t ta lly. Paul Molina turned in a 2-2 on his Yamaha whi le Tim Galceran used a 3-3 for thi rd. In Division T wo. it seemed like every rider was in on e of the top th ree spots for at leas t a lap in a wild affair. O verall it was Ken Wall ick 's 2-2 that took the biggest trophy. Ch ris Can trell used a 1-4 for second place. Tom Win slow's 5-1 was eno ugh for third, and Dugan Sanders was fourth with a 4-3. In the 12and under Min i Beginner division, th e overall win went to Nic k Morgan. Morgan tu rned in a 4-1which bested Steve Wambolt's 2-3 by virt ue of a better second moto. Don Burke, who won the first moto, managed a sixth in the second goaround for th ird overall. Results eo BEG: 1. Joey Portillo (Yem); 2. Welley Klien (Yem). eo NOV: 1. Bobby Dlugoe (Yaml; 2. Bobby DllYid (Yem); 3. Eric Litzenberg (Ylm). eo EX: 1. Shane Hunt (Yem). MINI BEG DIV 1: 1. Nick Morgen (Yem); 2. Steye Wembott (Yam); 3. Don Burlte (Yam). MIN I BEG DIV 2: 1. Jeff Me teiaevich (Kew); 2. Peul Molina (Yem ~ 3. Tim Galasran (Kew). MIN I BEG DIV 3: 1. KIn Wallick (Yaml; 2. Chria cantrell (Suz ~ 3. Tom Winslow (Kew ). M INI NOV; 1. Ron West (Kewl: 2. Ste.. Tucker (Han); 3. Jerry Coner (Kew). MINI INT: 1. Derelt Nye (Yeml; 2. Tom Combs (Kewl; 3. Glenn Tucker (Kew) . M INI PRO: 1. De.. M iller (Yem); 2. Shewn McConne ll (Hon ~ 3. Kent Ellion (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Jim Meteiaevich (Hon); 2. Art Morgan (Yem); 3. Kevin Reilly (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1: Bob HanlY (Kaw ); 2. Scott Clanerbuck (Yem); 3. Tony W right (Yam). 125 NOV DIV 1; 1. Tim U nehan (Ye m~ 2. Creig Gerdner (Hon~ 3. Doug Hawk ins (Kew). 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Rich ie Hoyia (Yam); 2. Eric Clemson (Yam); 3. Rob Edwards (Han). 125 INT: 1. Scot Clihon ( Suz~ 2. M ike Roberts (Yam); 3. Ryan Roberts (Han). 125 PRO: 1. TrllCYMeeka (Kew I; 2. Chril Heinr ich (Kew ); 3. Louie Franco (Han). 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Brett W _ (Yam); 2. Dan Berg (Suz); 3. Aron Briggs (Hon ~ 250 BEG DIV 2; 1.Allen Curry (Suz ~ 2. Ben Stev enson {Yeml; 3. Jim Neubeuer (Suz ~ 250 NOV: 1. Bryan Paquene (Han); 2. Scon L.ohr (Su"; 3. Rendy Poulin (Yam). 250 INT: 1. RobTrone (Han); 2. Bill Scott (Vern); 3. Larry Gross (Yem). 250 PRO: 1. Todd l'eterson {Yem}; 2. Doug Bow ers (Yam); 3. Rich Collin a(Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Tom Anderson (Han); 2. Scott Lundgren (S uz~ 3. Dennia McCleary (Kew). OF'£N NOV: 1. Leo Slul (Yam); 2. John SUlpleton (Yem); 3. Jeff Aliz (Han). OPEN INT: 1. John Anderson (Suz); 2. Bob Tlpph (Yem); 3. MlrIt Gledtl (Mei). OPEN PRO: 1. Br ien Fry (Han); 2. Bob Ca_r (Han); 3. Curt Devideon (Yaml. VET: 1. Bob Barr (Han); 2. Gele Webb (Honl ; 3. DWlin Jarrett (Mei) . Norman takes two at SRA CarlsbadGP By Jeannette Fisher CARLSBAD. CA, MAY 30 The first race of Southland Racing Association's Carlsbad GP was the 80cc class. Gene Baldwin of Dallas Baker Products won the race wit h ease as he took a n early lead and held it 10 tak e th e checkered with an impressive lead over second. When the green flag dropped in th e Sen iors over 40 class, Lars Larsson (H all man Ra cing) showed everyo ne that age is no obj ect wh en you hav e what it takes . By th e last lap. Larsson still had the lead and held off his competitors to claim the overall win with Hoyt Stathern, Dennis Rosenberg and W.C. Thornton in second, third and fourth very close behind. David Aldana (Mas ter) showed unusual style and spectacular racing that was entertaining for the spectators. Aldana (H on) took the holes hot and by the middle of the race was clocked a t approximatel y six minute laps with a three minute lead over second place. Larsson, the winner of the Semors class. was in second posi- tion, and Jim Berry was in hot pursui t in th ird. Throughout the race, Aldana stretch ed his lead and took th e chec kered. La rsson finished in second wit h Berry a close third. Guy Urq uhart-sponsored 17-yearold Rand y No rman came aro und on the first lap of th e 250cc race in the lead . Chris H arrold was hot on Randy's tra il until th e third lap, when Robert Nol in (Yam ) overtook Chris for second . Norman crossed th e finish li ne with a good lead over Nolin, of Kearny Mesa Yam aha , who took seco n d. Chris Harrold from Guy Urq uha rt claimed third. The Open race wasn 't as easy for Norman as th e 250cc race. Randy took a last place start , and Craig Adams made the hol eshot. By the end of th e first lap, Randy was in the lead. By the second lap, Craig had dropped way down , but the leaders were still very dose. Norman was still in the lead with Raymond Cates , Danny Sanchez, Paul Huffman and Roland Dean all fighting for a chance at the lead. By th e fifth lap, the pack had spread out, and Norman had a onem inute lead over second. Sanchez, Huffman esta blished his thi rd place position. and Dean was trying to hold off com peti tors for fourth. They fin ished in the abov e order. Both Randy Norman and Chris Harrold would both like to thank Guy U~uhartforallthesupportand for making racing possib le for Doth of them. 8elluzzl pulls off Arizona Coliseum MJC By Pam Hard in PHOENIX, AZ. JUNE 5-6 In the first indoor stadium race held, in Arizona. Bobby Belluzzicaptured the overall money in the 250cc Experts. In anything new there are more than a few bugs 10 be worked out. In this race, however, there were more than a few. The main problem -was the track was j ust too small and consisted of bare concrete areas and a ramp jump. The rnotos had one practice lap and were lined up according to qualifying times. In the first moto, Chappy Blose started off by taking a spill. Pat Imbriale grabbed the lead with Tom Tait and Bobby Belluzz i following. Belluzzi quickl y went 10 second and then slip ped by the leader. T ait and Ga ry Dircks go t by Bellu zzi aft er he stalled twice. Dircks left Tai t beh ind and Belluzzi passed Dircks on his favori te part of the track. the doubles. The race took a turn toward melee as severa l rid ers diced in the front positions including Dircks . Chappy Blose, Belluzzi and Imbriale, Blose suffered a mechanical failure and Dircks and Belluzzi hit on the ramp jump, leaving Belluzzi with a gashed knee. In a controversial decision, th e judges docked Dircks a lap a~d Belluzzi was given the official wm. In th eir second rnoto, Pat Imbriale took th e lead again, only to have it taken away by Blose. with Bryan H ayes and Belluzzi behind. Imbriale was left in a berm aft er being passed and ended up last after hav ing trouble starting his bike. Jon Imbriale was methodically passing till he got to fourth. but Bel-

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