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Southern Callfornla·Arizona.Southern Ne~ada..Southern Callfornla·Arizona·Southern Nevada· Southern Callfornla·Arizona Western hotline Hilton hauls after Canyon class move-up By Pam Hardin PH O ENIX. AZ. AP R. 10 T he small turnout a t Canyon thi s weekend sa w so me good rider s topping thei r classes. Since th is was not a Champion- . The sidecars do their stuff at Sunrise Cycle Park. 250cc Pros because both classes started on the same line. Results .. 60 NOV : 1. Dana W iggins (Hon); 2. Chad Pene galar (Kaw) . 601NT: 1. Joel Tokarsky (Kaw). 60 EX: 1. Buddy Antunez (Kaw); 2. Bubba Erick son(Vam). BO STK BEG: 1. Dugan Sandars (Vam); 2 . Todd Kobatsky (Vam); 3. Jammin' Jody (Kaw). BO STK NOV ; 1. James Wiggins (Kaw); 2. Sean Blanchard (Vamt 3 . Paul Ulach (Yam). BO STK INT: 1. Terry Szucsko (Kaw); 2. Mike Wiese (Vam); 3 . Scon Murphy (Yam). BO STK EX: 1. Tom Combs (Kaw) . BO MOD BEG: 1. Dugan Sanders (Yam). BO MOD NOV: 1. Mike Sandoval (Suz); 2. Sean Blanchard (Yam); 3 . Paul Matthews (Kaw). BO MOD INT: 1. Terry Szucsko (Kaw); 2. Scott Murphy (Vam); 3. Mike Wiese (Yam). BO MOD EX: 1. Tom Combs (Kaw) . 100 BEG: 1. M ika Cagle (Vam). 125 BEG: 1. Burnell K. Lurcook (Suz); 2. Devin . Grangar (Suz); 3 . Greg Peria (Kaw). 125 NOV : 1. Mika Gillies (Suz); 2 . Jon Barrick (Hon); 3. Lance Riaman (Vam). 125 INT: 1. Kenny Clifton (Suzl; 2. Timmy Palmer (Suz); 3 . Mike Magallanes (Vam ). 125 PRO; t , Jerry Ankar (Vam); 2. M itch Palmer (Hon); 3 . Mike Robarts (Yaml . 250 BEG: 1. Doug Funerburg (Suz); 2. Jeff Smith (Hon); 3. Kerry Lehrbasl (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Paul Walmsley (Suz); 2. Craig Sosa (Hon); 3 . Kris W ilcox (Hon ). 250 INT: 1. Perry Scott (Hon ); 2. Glen Wells (Hon); 3. Ron Econdue (Yam I. 250 PRO: 1. Jeff Prieur ISuz); 2 . David Hopwood (Hon ); 3 . Marc Johnson (Suz). OPEN NOV ; t , Wade While (SuZI; 2. Tony Perry (Suz). . OPEN INT; 1. Wade W hite (Suz); 2. Tony Perry (Suz). OPEN INT; 1. Ruben Falcon (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Eric MacCracken (Vam); 2 . Dane Wiginglon (Hon ). VET SR: 1. Keith Dysert (Hon); 2. Bill M illar (Suz). VER INT; 1. Dan Sanchaz (Suzl . VET JR : 1. Bob Dennard (Hon ); 2. Tim Fitzpatrick (Suz). Gilmartin outclasses Pros at Carlsbad By Kenneth Stein CARLSBAD , CA , APR. 10 Mike Gilmartin (H on) wanted to ride with the Pros, The 125cc Intermediate rider got hi s wi sh a t Carlsbad toda y a nd reacted .. 30 by wi nni ng hi s race overa ll , beating both Pros who raced wi th hi m. H is class was run in co njunc tion wit h th e Pro s, due to the la tter's mi nim al turnou t. In the first m oto h e h olesh ot h is class, righ t behi n d Pros Roger H a yes (S uz ) a nd Pete Mu rray (Kaw ). H e passed a fading Murra y on th e fourth lap [or seco nd overall. J eff Almond (Suz), pu lled in a n und isputed seco nd in the class. an d Ri ch ard Flem in s (Hon) charged up fro m m id-pack [or thi ~ . . In th e seco nd m ot o H ayes ho lesh ot with Gilmartin h ot o n h is heels. . Flern in s gra b bed th e th ird spot j us t ahead o f H a yes and held h im off for three laps. Gilmartin made hi s m ove in the fourth lap to gra b th e lead ove ra ll a n d kept H a yes a t bay a ll th e way to th e ch eckers. G ilmartin not on ly o u tra ced both th e Pro s. he [in is hed n earl y a h a lf lap a head of seco nd in h is class. If h e keeps th is u p , h e will soon be racing w ith th e big gu ys perma ne nt ly. The 250cc P ro class h ad a so me wha t bett er turnou t, with six rid ers ta ki ng th e fie ld. Sco tt Sa rge nt (S uz) had th em feeling th ey sho u ld have been elsew he re a lso. H e holesh ot bo th m ot os an d n ever rel inqu ish ed th e lead. In h is wa ke, Crai g Ca ble( Hon), Val Tarnie tti (Ma i) a nd, again, Pete Murray (Mai) [ough t ove r seco nd . Ca ble held 'seco nd for th e enti re first moto with T arnietti right behind a t th e £lag. The battle for seco n d, chapter two, saw Ta mie tt i charge u p [rom a firth p lace sta rt to take third when Murra y low-sid ed a turn . H e ca ugh t Cable in th e fourth. and held h im off a ll th e way, fin ishing well beh ind Sar g ent. In th e 250cc Juni or s, Rob ert MeKenzi e ( Hon) led from th e start in th e fir st mOIO. but crashed ha rd in the fifth la p o f th e seco nd wh ile trying to ta ke th e lead. Donald Connell y (S uz) to ok first ov era ll by virtue o f hi s 4-1 fin ish es. McKenz ie wa s sha ken up , bu t no damage was done. Bran don Sch neider (Suz) led every in ch o f both m ot os for victories in th e I25cc Juni or d ivision , with J eff Skeen (Hon) beat ing ou t G reg Boyce (S uz) [or seco nd for the day. Col in Karch er (Kaw ) wo n hi s class, Min i Juni ors, in the firs t rnot o , but lo w-sided a right-hander tryin g to ca tch th e Experts with two laps to go in th e seco nd rnot o. Vic to ry went to Reed Bowman 's Suzu ki . Results 12 5 JR : 1. Brandon Schneider (Suz); 2. Je ff Skeen (Hon l; 3 . Greg Boyce (Su z). VET JR : 1. Den nis Holladay (Hon ). VET MASTER: 1. Ch uck Rouse (Hon). 12 5 INT: 1. M ike Gilmart in (Honk 2. Richard Flem ins (Hon); 3 . Jeff A lmond (Suz). 250 JR : 1. Dona ld McConnell y (Suz); 2. Crai g Breihan (Hon); 3 . Dave Menard (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Scott Sargent l Suz); 2. Val Tami ett i (M ai); 3 . Cra ig Cable (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Scon Slayton (Yam); 2. Chr is Shaw (Suzl; 3. Harry We nsel lVam l. OPEN INT: 1. Kenn y Don elson (Hon); 2 . Don Mar tins (Suz);. OPEN J R: 1. Timot hy Durand (Vam ); 2 . L. Ba ll (Suz); 3 . Jeff Jo hnson (Hon). M INI J R: 1. Reed Bowman (Su z); 2. SIeve Furuya (Vam ); 3. Coli n Karcher (Kaw ). MINIINT: 1. Bobby File (Kaw); 2. Gary Prat1(Kaw} . MINI EX: 1. J ohn Conne y (Kaw); 2. Fra nk ie Brun dage (Kaw). ship series race, a nd th e race foll owed the Kyle Fleming Memori al. most were taki ng a break [ro m ra cin g. Shawn Hil ton . in hi s first race o n a I25cc, do mi na ted th e Nov ice class with [our moto wins and four holeshot starts. Yo u can be sure he'I l be m oved u p . In the Modified class. Steve Brook s, a nother former min i rider in h is seco nd trv o n a 125cc. had two co nsistent rides to tak e seco nd overa ll. H ilt on go t the early lead in th e Mod ified 's first m ot o with Bro ok s in second . H iltonjeued ah ead with Broo ks a t a di st inct d isadva n tage on a lOOcc Ya maha. Bob Lemke rode [or a consis tent th ird behind Brook s. In th e next sta rt , Hilton hauled to a comfortable lead ahea d o f Lemke. Bro ok s had a near last pl ace start bu t moved past Lemke to tak e seco nd. Rob O lson took both th e 125cc Am at eur Stock a nd Mod ifi ed overa lls wi th I-I fin ish es in bot h. In th e first stock rnoro Ol son go t ahea d of J erry T'is tle a nd Tom Hunt a nd pulled o u t to a strong lead . T is rle go t o u t o f shape tryin g to ca tch up. Hunt. rid ing [or LOP , go t by a fter Tistl e ate some rea l esta te. Tis tle m oved back up, press ur ing Steve St u ltz in fourth. T istle staye d th ere till th e end beh ind Stu ltz, Art Rose a nd T om Hunt in seco nd . " 0 Su re" had th e win with severa l seco nds to spa re. O lso n took ano ther ea rly lead with Rose and Dave McGaffee following. Tistle hel d back Stu ltz as th ey were a bo ut 10 seco nds o ff o f Ol son 's pa ce. T he positio ns rem ain ed th e sa me till th e finis h. Results BO BEG: 1. John Broo ks (Vam); 2. Lar ry Ga ily ; 3 . Cabot Peters (Vam). BO NOV STK: 1. Ji mm v Button (Hon); 2 . Kevin Sullivan (Kaw); 3. Brent Wh it e (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1.. Tony Beck (Kaw ); 2. Gar y Justiss (Yam); 3 . J erry Stuart (Hon) . 125 NOV STK: 1. Shawn Hilton (Kaw); 2. Blue Robin ett e (Yam); 3 . Bill Ar renda le lYam) . 125 NOV MOO : 1. Shawn Hilton (Kaw); 2 . St eve Brooks (Vam); 3. Bob Lemke (Suz). 125 AM STK; 1. Rob Ol son (Hon); 2. Art Rose (Vam); 3 . Jerr y Tisl le(Kawl. 125 AM MOD: 1. Rob Olson (Hon ); 2. Art Rose (Vam ); 3. Jerry Tistle lKaw). 250 BEG: 1. Raymond Puhr (Hon ); 2. Chuck Ryder (Hon ); 3 . Richard Kinnaman (KTM) . 250 NOV STK: 1. Rich Balthel (Hon); 2 . Jo hn Jaronik (Hon): 3 . Mark Adams (Suz). 250 AM STK: 1. Br ian Higg ins lKaw); 2. Chuck Haynes (Han): 3 . Dave McGattee (Kaw ). OPEN NOV : 1. ChriS Leyva (Honl ; 2. Jeff Salke ld (Hon ); 3 . Mark Handy (HuI ). OPEN AM : 1. Scott McGough (Hon); 2. Bill Wh ite (Suz); 3. Doug Hale (Hus ). EX SWEEPSTAKES: 1. Bill Dalton (Hon ): 2. John ImbriaJe (Hon); 3. Bobby Wh ite (Yam). aT NOV : 1. John Turner (Hus); 2. J im Salkeld (Hon); 3 . Ted Kessel (Hus ). AME's Mini Pros prove fastest at Dunes By Tom Griffith VAL ENCI A, CA, AP R. 10 Onl y a few sca ttered ra in drops greeted th e nea rly 200 a n xio us co m petitors for th e Am eri can Motocross Enterprises' return to the Shadow G len track today at In dian Du nes . T he rai ny season let th is sma ll army o f racers ge t bodies a nd bik es su per-tu ned [or a [u ll da y's hea ted ba tt les. A major exa mp le o[ this pr eparation was mani fest in seeing the new " Min i Pro " riders exp loding as fast as th e 125/250cc Pro s. T he Mini Intermed iat es a nd Mini P ro s bl asted 0 [[ fo r o ne o f th e most exci tin g a nd th e fastest races o f the day. Team G reen's Will iam Surratt led the Kaw asaki of Bryan Bruner wire to wire. Seldo m did mor e than a few bikelengths separa te th e gree n machines as both sq ueeze d o ut every o u nce o f power. T he racin g pair co u ld h ave b een co vered by a big beach blanket in m ost o f moto one. Moto two wa s a rep eat o f th e first and you ng Mr. Su rra tt co llected th e cas h for h is o uts ta nd ing ride. . Mix ed wi th th e Mini Pro s was a strong class o f II hot Intermedi at es doing ba ttl e [or th e bra ss. Moto one look ed lik e a green freight train with pos itio ns o ne th rough rive goi ng to th e gree n mean ies. A hard-fought win in both mot os belonged to Bryan Nel son over Alan Pi erce and Mik e Kiedrowsk i. Fier ce battles rag ed with th e " other-col or ed " machines with T erry Sw anson 's pr ivateer Honda han gin g on to firth overa ll with an 8-4 tally. Fastest of th e "others" wa s Ame rica n H onda 's Shane Trittler, but that o ld sa nd mon ster kept knocking him do wn to fin ally fini sh sixth. Mini Juniors Steven Kotaj ar vi an d Danny Lamb easily ou t-dis ta nced th e field lik e both were o n rails as th ey di ced for th e lead . Kot aj arv i was su pe r quick in round o ne , but got za pped by th e sandman o ut in th e river section on m ot o two to fin ish seco n d on hi s PJ I Kaw asaki. First went to Danny " Du nes" Lamb with a fin e 2-1 fin ish . Results 61 JR : 1. Jesse James (Kaw); 2. John Shaver (Kaw). MINI BEG: 1. Aaron Lewis (Kaw) ; 2 . Brian Rushing (Kaw ); 3 . M ike Crosby (Vam). MIN I JR : 1. Danny Lamb (Suz); 2. Steve Kotajarvi (Kaw); 3 . Jimmy Lewis (Kaw). MINI INT: 1. Bryan Nelson (Kaw); 2 . Alan Pierce (Kawl; 3 . Mike Kiedroski (Kaw). MINI PRO: 1. W illiam Surratt (Kaw); 2. Bryan Bruner IKawl. 125 BEG: 1. Russell Clutter (Suz); 2 . Rick Valdez (Suz); 3. Derrick Bernard (Vam). 125 JR: 1. Gilbert Valdez ISuz); 2. Alan Pierce (Hon); 3 . Les Gal (Hon). 1251NT : 1. J im Turn e r ISuzl ; 2. Jim Spons (Suzl : 3. Mark Stuen (Suzl. 250 BEG: 1. Larry Batance: 2. Ken Peters (Hon); 3. Andrew Pira (Suz) . 250 JR: 1. Rodger W illiams (Suz); 2. Jason Ingersoll (Hon); 3. Eric Fleming (Kaw l. 250 INT: 1. Fran k Costanzo (Hon) : 2. Kevin Holmes (Varni: 3. Mike Watson (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Brian Chereskoff (Hon); 2. John Biffle (Hon); 3. Randy Owen (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Doug Gentry (Vam ); 2. Jeff Jones (Kaw); 3 . Jon Ontner (Vam ). 500 JR : 1. Steve Jenning s (Kaw); 2. Cra ig Con awa y (Hon ); 3 . Jeff Often (Hon). 500 INT: 1. John Nolind (Hon) . VET/ JR : 1. Mark Romp ; 2. Gilbert Zavala (Suz). VETl EX: i . Allen Steinbaugh (Suz). Palfreyman/ Palfreyman pummelMX sidecars at Sunrise By Sherry Henderson Photo by Ken Prosser ADELANTO , CA, AP R. 3 Motocross sidecars wer e one of th e big a ttractio ns of the day at the District 37 motocross at Sunrise Valley Cycle Park. In th e first rnot o , Ken Mal er an d Perry Melillo. o n a Wasp Yamaha, go t the h ol esh ot foll o wed by th e team o f Phill ip and Peter Palfr eyman. Behind th em we re Th om Lund /Duan e McDo well, Gary Traverse/Eric Whitney, Ralph Wh itney/Denn is Harris a nd T revor Harr ison/Rudy Softi. After leading for two laps, Mal er/ Melill o were pa ssed by th e two Palfrey-

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