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..,.. C(") 00 .. 0') ...... ~ C(") ...... ...... ..... ~ 0... ~ Kawasak i pilot Bade r Manneh (3) leads the M in i Expert class over Ky le Lew is (7 7 E). Yamaha 's Bobby Moore (Z3) and Larry Brooks (L5), Suzuki, Brooks, Denis, . Storer take .classes at CMC GSS final By Tom Corley ORANGE, CA, MAR. 20 The rain-p ostponed final Sp ortsman event of the Con tinental Mo tosports Club's Golden State Series at Saddleback Park cam e off on the back track wi th over 400 riders trying for series points and, hopefully, to win one of the many prizes, which included seven Pro-Am Trailers. 44 R&D Racing Engines/U.S. Suzuki rider Larry Brooks wrapped up the 80cc Expert title with five wins in the seven -race series. Most of the other pos ititons were clinched by the Kawasaki riders of Team Green. Brooks had 138 points which defeated " Wild Willie" Surratt, who had a very com petitive 108 points aboard his Kawasaki. Bobby Moore was the fastest rid er to throttle a Yamaha and scored 93 points for third place. Bader Manneh tied with fellow Kawasakian Scott " L izard" Brown points-wise , both having 72, but the CMC checked fin ishes and gave fourth place to Manneh. When the gate dropped for th e first mota of 80cc Expert racing it was Scott Brown a ll the way . Brown hooked the hol eshot and never let the leadslipaway. Throughout the events there was alot of back a nd forth passin g for first pl ace but not in this mot a . Head in g th e rest of th e pa ck was Mike H ealey (H on), Kyle Lewis a nd Larry Brooks. Brooks ca ugh t up to Lewis wh en th ey ca me to a small jump a nd mad e th e pass for th ird pl ace. Brooks started wo rking on H ealey and found him vulnerable on a sweeper, wh ich put Brooks into th e run ner-up spot. That wa s as far as he could get, because Brown was out of sigh t. It was Brown, Brooks, Healey , Moore and Lew is a t the finish . Surratt got a little too wild and was slung over the bars while going after Moore. Kawasak i pilot Bader Manneh . didn 't let a broken left wr ist stop him as he took the second rnoto holeshot and was uncontested, just like Brown was in the opening moto, Brown went down and placed 10th . Broo ks had his q uo ta of bad luck, and, after taking fourth at the start, he bailed on a downhill corner and tweaked his bars . Larry was getting it back together, but as he sta rted out Moore was hauling by and the two collided. Moore dropped back to sixth. Surratt had second place wired with Brooks working up to third place ahead of Lewi s and Hi cks. Overall for the final race it was Brooks, Manneh, Surratt, Lewis a nd Moore. John Davis wa s just a n innocent bystander when a bike ran into him before h is rac e. H e walked it off and went out and won th e I 25cc Jun ior di vision o ne class on a n HPS Kawasaki. In th e first mota Brandon Schneider took th e lead over Davis a nd Dal e H immelreich . In th e fin al round Davis edged o u t Schneider and Aaron Pipes. Overall it was Davis , Schneider, Pipes, Himmelreich and Wolfe. There was a seco nd division of 125cc Junior riders and Travis Roberson was the winner. Roberson took th e first moto over Mike Gilmartin and Joseph Crouch . In the final mota Crouch had the holeshot, but Dave Hawkins took the lead away. Gilmartin was after Hawkins and tried to pass him on an uphill, but it didn't work. Gi lmartin's Honda flipped. Crouch moved up to second followed by Roberson. A 1-3 tally ea rn ed Roberson first place overall with Crouch, Gilmartin and H awkin s placing nex t. It was a Kawasaki affair in 125cc Intermediate racing with Sam Storer taking the first division and Paul Den is running away with the second