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chance and hosted a motocross that
gave riders a n opportunity to q ual ify
for Anaheim Stadium.
J erry Anker , in th e first rnoto of the
125cc Inter m ed iate class, "wa s an
orange-clad strea k. H e was being Iollowed by Kurt H enricksen , wh o wa s
on a win ni ng streak, aboard h is
Ya maha. J immy Pal m er led th e rest
in third p lace w hi le Ti Swartz took
hi s new Honda to fou rt h af ter passin g Mi ke Bro wn . With one lap to go,
Hen rick sen was closing in on Anker
when he hit a whoop on the co rner
below Webco tower and swa pped off
h is Yama ha! H enricksen 's lead over
third p lace ri der Palmer enabled him
to continue wi thout losing seco nd
pl ace. That corner was troublesome
for a lo t of rid ers.
An ker showed everyone that his
win was n' t a n accident when he retu rn ed wi th the lead in ' th e final
round. H en ricksen was ou t to get
h im once again, bu t di dn ' t discover
th e right line to ta ke on the corner
below Webco, a n d this time he did
lose some posi tions. Trey McFarla nd
of ProTec zapped Henricksen and
stole second place. Jimmy Pa lmer
decided 10 give Henricksen a tough
tim e and knocked Kurt back to fourth .
For Jerry Anker it was a perfect da y
.as h e ci nc h ed the I 25cc Intermediate
top trophy . J immy Palmer had a ,
consistent ~ ·3 lalIy.wl)ich.earned him
the second place troph y with H enricksen taki1'!g a ''?;ic! ,b.rea k for third.
Kevin Val enti soared o ut ahead o f
the l25cr. Novice clas s in th e first
moto. Valent i sta rt ed to tire out and
dropped back to fourth p lace . Mike
Gilmartin took hi s Honda 10 th e lead
and the wi n ov er Jon Ba rri ck (Han ),
J eff Segale a nd Valenti.
II wa s a Honda rally in th e final
rnot o as Barrick took th e holesh ot
with Valenti pursuing in second.
Once . more, I Va le n t i, fad ed back .to
fourth . Gilmartin slid by Barrick to
tak e th e top spo t with Mike Ant cl iffe
in third. T wo fir sts ea rned Gilmartin
th e top bra ss o ver Barrick and Valenti
wh ich made it a sweep for th e red
ma chines.
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Results
60 STK; 1. Timmy Olson (Yam ); 2. Cra ig Renault
(Yam).
6OSTK: 1. Buddy Antunez (Kaw t; 2. Ronn ie Dens ford (Hon).
60 MOD : 1. Buddy Antunez (Kawl.
80 STK BEG: 1. Don Bu rke (Vam): 2. Dale Welsh
(Hon): 3 . Sloa n Cooper (Kaw) .
80 MOD BEG: 1. Don Burke fVam): 2. Steve
Wamboldt C
Vam): 3. Billy Oberg (5 ull.
80 STK NOV : 1. TIm Galceran C
Kaw); 2. Steve
Kendalil Sull; 3. Craig Miller (SUl).
80 MO D NOV ; 1. Chr is Dixon CHon); 2. St eve
Furuya (Yam); 3 . Jeff David tvam).
80 STK INT; 1. Steve Gamble (Vam); 2. Terr y
Vam l.
5zucko ( Ka w~ 3 . Scott Murphy C
80 STK EX; 1. larry Brooks ISull; 2. Bader Manneh IKaw ); 3. Scott Brown (Kawl.
80 M OD INT; 1. Terry Szusko (Kaw); 2. lance
Smit h (Suz); 3 . SCot M ur phy tvam).
80 MO D EX; 1. Bob Moore (Yam ); 2. Paul Denis
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