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uthern Callfornla.Arlzona·So FREE GLOVES!!! The New MXL791 BermBuster®MX Glove. World Class MX'ers and nearly everyone who's tried a pair say that these are the best you can buy. Now. if you hurry, when you tre at yourself to a pair of these, we'll send yOU 100% FREE, a pair o f our equally trick Mud Gloves worth $4.95. Ward, Baker due' at Perris GP By Charleen Ho P ERRIS, CA, MAY 22 The 500cc duel between Gordon Ward a nd Mike Bak er polished off th e second G rand Prix of th e Double Cross Racing Assoc ia tion's Sunwest Series h eld a t Perris Raceway. Wi th Free p izzas to a ll h ol esh ot vic to rs, An swer Product 's Mik e Sixber y ea rn ed th e p epperoni as h.e cooked th e 500cc numero uno POSIlion . But by th e en d o f lap o ne, DB's Mik e Bak er had overta ken Sixbery o n ly 10 be closely pursued by G ordon Ward, Craig Adams and Troy Manning. II was intense as Ward stuck to Ba ker with Sixbery closing in. Mea n while , Adams an d Pa u l Huffman di ced . Ward hung it out on th e fourth lap to o verta ke Baker. Baker wa s under pressure a nd ov er shot a turn 10 crea te a cloud o f d ust. Baker wa s fin ished di cing for the lead as Sixbery a nd Adams sped past him. Huffman and Mann in g mainta in ed a co ns istent closeness a nd a lso ove rtook Bak er. T he n , Mann in g passed Huffman in h o t p ur su it o f Ada ms. Mann in g wa s ga ini ng ground o n Adarn s onlv to miscalcu la te the lip ped edge on a' j u m p. a nd crash . Wa ~d com man ded th e W]O for sponsor Skip Ford yce with style as h e took th e checkers. Ward 's ride wa s even more a mazi ng wh en he unveil ed h is left pl astered arm a t the finish lin e. Dallas Bak er 's Gene Baldwin (Ex) gra bbed th e lead an d dominated th e Mini class.bu t n ot without some flack fro m Mik e Sa n doval (No v). Sandova l lead the fir st few laps with style an d fine sse. Mitch Eber (Beg ) a n d Dobbie Escobedo (Beg) battl ed it out for th ird and fourth p lacings whi ch earn ed th em Novi ce sta tus for th e rem ainder of the series. For th e 200cc class it wa s aga in Mike Sixbery going for th e sa usage a n d pe ppers as h e h o lesh ot in fro nt o f Ja y Stranger , C h ris Lan.ce a ll(~ Don Coe u ling. Lance then sh d o ut 1lI th e in field. Ph il Thorsten sen stuck clos e bv. Sixbery wa s hot as he ma inta in ed tl;e lea d throughout th e first half on lv 10 succumb to a stuck throttle. Lance p ressed har d 10 mak e u p so me gro u nd lost ear lier and passed Sixbery to secure th e lead a n d th e day 's even tua l win . Th e checkers lik ewi se wen t to La nce, Gocttlin g a nd T horstensen. Th e Women 's class changed leaders th ree ti mes. Being th e la st ra ce o f th e da y, the co u rse p rov ed 10 be a cha llenge. Roxie Klatt hol esh ot the start with Charleen H o a n d Karen Leitinger in hea vy pursuit. H o overtook Klatt on lap two and led halfwa y th rough th e event . Leit in ger made a tte m p ts to overta ke Ho a nd so me very int en se m oments occu rred. H o fell victim to th e per ils of th e co u rse a nd Leit in ger took th e win. At th e fi n ish it wa s Leitinger Klan a n d Bonnie Warch . Results M INI EX: 1. Gene Baldwin . MI NI INT: 1. M ike Burden e. M INI NOV : 1. M ike Sandoval; 2. David Bress; 3. Ephra im Benjam in. M INI BEG: 1. M itch Eber; 2. Doabie Escobedo; 3. Frank Fierro . 200 EX: 1. Chris Lance; 2. Don Goettling: 3 . Ph il Thorstensen . 200 INT: 1. Mark Lope ra; 2. Craig Lee; 3 . Scan Mape s. 200 NOV : 1. Steve Burden e; 2. Wylie Eng; 3 . Nick Ram ir ez. 250 EX: 1. Don Goett lin g; 2. M Ike Baker ; 3 . Rick Vand erham. 250 INT: 1. Bill Easley; 2. Luc De Ley; 3 . K.C. Cam pbell. 2 50 NOV: 1. John Townse nd; 2. Joe Steff en; 3. FITS ADULT SIZES or SaM FITS ADULT SIZ ES LaXL Hurry! This offer expires July 31. 1983. 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