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Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern CaUfornia-Arizon Western hotline C(') 00 0') Bryan Bruner (11) leads Shawn Hilton at in Phoenix MX action. Bonzai Bruner backinAZ By Pam Hardin PHOENIX, AZ, DEC. 26 In the grand finale of the year for Arizona motocross, Bryan Bruner came back in grand fashion with three out of four moto wins in the Mini Experts. Brian recovered a couple of weeks sooner, and a lot stronger, than mo st had thought he would after a broken collarbone put hi m out for almost a month. While Bruner was burnin g up th e Mini co mpetition, the Dircks brothers were do ing it again. If thei r first motos looked like pract ices for them, th e second run of th e Experts was just the op posi te. Gary cruised on his CR I25 fo r a first rnoto win with Todd Kessel turning in a consis tent ride for second, followed by Eric Kirk and LOP's J acque Bryant. Drey took it easy, o n a 250 Suzuki , after motorin g to a 15 seco nd lead over Bryan Hayes and Ron Watmore. The second tim e around, Pa t Win g go t the early lead with Gar y breathing dow n hi s neck . Aft er a la p, the H onda-m ou nt ed Dircks slid by for th e lead, bu t on ly for a short whi le. A sli p-up in th e sweepe r turn caused ., him to lose five pos itions. T hat mi stake had hi m hustling half the race to catch up, once he regai ned th e lead , thoug h , he never loo ked back. J onnie Deremo kept it up in second while Eric Kirk held on for th ird. In the 250's second rno to, Drey ' Dircks had mo re 10 thin k about than just staying u p. Wit h h is second io last start he had a lot of ground 10 make up. Leader R ick Nagle was ch urni ng out a hectic pace for th e rest of th e pack; Bryan Hayes kep t up in second. With five la ps down, Dircks had ca ug ht a nd put the moves o n bot h Nagle and Hayes. All three riders went bar to bar arou nd a tu rn with Nagle gett ing the best of that sit ua tion. Dircks and H ayes were left to p ick up th e p ieces. Dircks hook ed up with Nag le a nd zap ped him a few laps before the finish . Watm or e was th ird and Hayes had to sett le for fourt h . Results 12 PEE WEE NOV: 1. Br ian Cook (Vam); 2. Aar on Steward (Yam ); 3. Kevin Kinman (Han). PEEWEE AM ; 1. J immy Bunon (Han); 2. Damon Wat kin s (Kaw). BO BEG: 1. Scott Cus.y (Hon !; 2. D.an Fost.r (Suzl; 3. TIm Reev.s (SUl). 80 NOV STK: 1. Mika Bail.y (SUl ); 2. Br.nt Wh it a (Vam); 3. Jimmy Bunon (Han). BO NOV MOD : 1. M ik. Bailey (SUl); 2. Br.nt Wh ite (yam ); 3. Chris Rog.rs (SUl ). BOAM STK: 1. K.n Hilton (Klw ); 2. Craig Ni.lsen (Klw); 3. M ik. Mariani (Kaw). BO EX STK: 1. Shawn Hilton (Klw); 2. Bryan _Bruner (Kawt 3. Steve Brooks (Yam). BO EX MOD: 1. Bryan Bruner (Kaw) ; 2. Dennis Parker (Yamt 3. Shawn Hilton (KIwI. 125 BEG: 1. AI Maynerd (lion); 2. Jean Warn (Hon); 3. Shawn ThomptlOl1(Hool. 125 NOV STK: 1. Tony Gaines (Hoo); 2. Jim Bacon (Hust 3. Brad Wachs (Yam). 125 NOV MOD: 1. Tony Gaines (lion ); 2. Danny Cantu (Suz); 3. Tony Osuch (Suz). 125 AM STK: 1. Scott K.yes (Klwt 2. Rob Olson (Han); 3. Art Rose (Suz). 125 AM MOD : 1. Scon Keyes (Klwt 2. K.ith W atkins (Hoot 3. Gary Wood (Yaml. 125 EX: 1. Gary Dircks (Iionl; 2. Eric Kirk (Honl; 3. Todd K....I (Hoo). 250 BEG: 1. Scan Smith (Han I; 2. Mich.al M il.s (Husl; 3. John Jerooik (lion ). 250 NOV; 1. Mark Acosta (Han); 2. Leighton Hubbell (Klwt 3. Cliff Lee (SUl ). 250 AM: 1. Lerry Noel (Yam); 2. David Clayden (Han); 3. St... Ak.rs (Sull. 250 EX: 1. Dr.y Dircks (Sult 2. Rick Nagl. (Han I; 3. Ron Watmore (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Bob Dean (Han ); 2. Robert Bur.k Jr. (M ai); 3. Robert Chadwick. OPEN AM : 1. Tim K.nnady (Vam); 2. Lerry Noel (Vam); 3. Harry Esp.y Jr. (Han). OPEN EX: 1. M ik. Garran (Han!; 2. Jim G.org. (SUl). OT: 1. Tim Kannady (Vam!; 2. Rick Myers (Han); 3. Stan Foster. Hames three for four, Cannon takes HM By Elaine Jones Photo by Dan Mahony CORONA, CA, DEC. II The Pros were ou t in force for th e last Corona Raceway race of th e '82 season a n d were greeted with a fast track. Pete Ham es was again on track as the Simi rider took o n a ll co mers. In the 250cc Money short track it was Chris Ca n non from Norco who had the lead, bu t it was short-lived as Ham es took over o n th e second lap of _ the 15 la p mai n event and was never . h ea rd fro m again . Can no n held secon d until the ninth lap when Roger Thompson o n his Trick Gas / KRW sponsored Kawasaki too k over with Dan n y Per kin s. aboard Bob Hu ntsmen 's Kawasak i, righ t behind him in th ird . Perkin s didn 't last lo ng ei ther as Rod Su lliva n's Les Birkl e Yam ah a moved in to th ird and held Mike Kir by at bay to tak e th e show spot. In th e Open Mon ey short track it .was J effJohnson on h isTony Den ius/ Fo ntana Rad iator Honda who got off o n top wi th H am es second and Rod Sull ivan th ird. It took Hames lon ger this time, but nevert heless, he took over the lead o n the nint h la p. T hey locked into position from there on Jeff Johnson (37R), Pete Hames (76R) and Rod Sullivan (16E) battle at Corona's ST. ou t and it was H am es. J ohnson and Sullivan at th e checkered. The 250cc Money half mi le was a . wire to wi re romp for H am es. Mike Kirb y got off second, but was hav ing jetting problems and Roger Thompson had no trouble getting by. Kirb y rode his heart out trying to keep his posit ion, and he was a ble to hold on for nine laps. Craig Howard got by and the front three were set, and with five laps remain ing, no on e was abl e to change positions. The Open Money half m ile saw Chris Cannon a boar d hi s TR Industr ies /Simpson sponsored Harley break on top with Roger Thompson 's Mike Mockbee-tuned Yam aha second and Ham es third. Ham es got by T hompson by th e second lap and went after Johnson. On lap twelve , H am es fell by th e wayside, out of ga s, and had to wat ch as J eff J ohnson too k over th e third spot. It was Cannon, T hom pso n and Johnson at th e finis h. - Results SHORT TRACK 250.N0V: 1. Todd Kisseng.r(Vam); 2. Mall Stou t.nburg (Yaml; 3. Alan Ronska (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Ron Sh••ts (Vam); 2. Mark Bail.y (Vaml; 3. Todd Kisseng.r (Vam). NSOTHG: 1. Bob Huntsmen (Vam); 2. Jack Sciranka (Klw); 3. Pat McCann (Yam). OPEN AM/EX: 1. P.rry Prioen. (Vam); 2. Jason B.II (Yam I; 3. Dav. Ala.ander (Yam). 250 MONEY : 1. P.t. Ham• • (Kaw ); 2. Rog.r Thompson (Kaw); 3. Rod Sullivan (Vaml. OPEN MONEY : 1. Pete Ham.s (Vam!; 2. Jeff Johnson (lion); 3. Rod Sullivan (Yam I. HAlf MILE 250 NOV: 1. Alan Ronska (Vam); 2. Ma n Stou t.nburg (Yaml; 3. Todd Kiss.ng.r (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Ron Sh.ets (Vam): 2. Mark Bail. y (Yaml. . NSOTHG: 1. Pat McCann (Yaml;. 2. Bob Hun ts· men (Kaw ); 3. Jack Sciranka (Yam). OPENAM/EX: 1. John Lundgr.n (Yam); 2. Jaso n B. II (Yam); 3. Dave AI••and.r (Vam). 250 MONEY : 1. P.t. Ham.s (Klw); 2. Rog.r Thompson (Kaw); 3. Craig Howa rd (Yaml. OPEN MONEV : 1. Chr is Canno n (H-D); 2. Rog.r Thompson (Yam): 3. Jeff John son (Han). 1.982 southern California Banquet By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, DEC. 19 Mik e Faria eme rged as th e major kudos gatherer a t th e 1982 southern California Speedway Banquet and Christmas pa rty at th e Costa Mesa Country Club as he ca pt ured th e lion's share. o r th e 1982 poi nt fun d. Faria , who was un abl e to attend the ga theri ng, moved sou th at the sta rt of the seaso n to race in sout hern Ca lifornia. The move paid off for the popular 25 year-old as he wo n a n um ber of main events, p icked up a lucrative new spo nsor (Shoe i) and, fin ally, received a check for $2968 for tak ing th e top spo t in th e 1982 point cha se. For the seco nd year in a row, Ron Blanton captured th e Second Divis ion point fund. Blanton edged second year rider T im McCasland in the standings and picked up a check for $682 in th e process. Watch for both in First Division in 1983. Rick Miller was named as the Most Improved Rider in 1982. Miller started the season in Second Division at Ven- . tura 'and came on to cap ture the First Division Vent ura Track Championship. The loudest and longest cheer of th e n igh t for an indiv idual award arose wh en popular Tom Burba was presented th e 1982 Hard Luck Award. Burba won h is first ever Scratch main this season at San Bernardino. Bill Hancock -received th e Windlord Racing Golden Eag le Award for his dedi cati on to th e Jun ior Speedway program. Mike Mazzacane was vot ed top Divi sion T wo rid er of th e year. Bel Ray has p ut Mazzacan e o n th eir full supp ort program for th e 1983 season as a rewa rd for win ni ng the 1982 awa rd. Mark Dwyer was pi cked as the top Third Division rid er of th e year. Dwyer's aw ards included a KRW Helm et whi ch will come with a cus tom paint job and fitting as well as a sponsorsh ip of goggles, len ses a nd tear-offs from Oakl ey for th e 1983 season. Bruce Pen hall pr esented h is two rig ht hand men , Mike T zouanak is and Spi ke Frownfelter, awa rds for their dedicatio n. Penhall and Schwar tz then received jackets from Oakley, wit h Penhall also receivi ng an Eri k Estrada CHP Motorcycle Model Kit to close ou t the even ing . Results 1982 POINT STAND INGS FIRST DIV: 1. M ik. Faria; 2. A lan Christ ian ; 3. Mik. 8ast; 4. Shawn McConn.lI; 5. G.n. Woods; 6. Rick Miller; 7. Dubb Ferrell; 8. Mike Curoso; 9 . Guy Ermolenko; 10. John Sandona . SECOND DIV: 1. Ron Blanton; 2. TIm McCas land : 3. Bob Ott , Anker answers CRC Saddleback challenge By Tom Corley ORANGE, CA, DEC. 26 One might think that th e da y after Christmas would be a bad dateTor a motocross race. The California Racing Cl ub took a

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