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Horta held th e lead over Mike
O verb y, who was soon overcome by
Skip Cristy , and the y finished that
way. A few good breaks a nd a fin e 2-1
tally won Felipe Ho rta th e top trophy
J ablonski, O verby and Cristy.
Results
(Above) Mark Jablonski flies at Ascot during his two-moto battle with
Felipe Horta. (Below) The CRC's waterhole envelops a couple of 125cc
Novices at Indian Dunes.
BO JR OIV 1: 1. David Wodaszewski (Kaw): 2.
Tony Fulle r (Yam); 3. Henry Barbee (Suz).
BO JR DIV 2: 1. Bill Aube rlen (Yam): 2. M ichael
Victorian (Hon); 3 . Freddy Bal iste r i (Kaw) .
BO INT: 1. Thayne l ito (OM C): 2. Br ian Werle
(Yam); 3. Jason J ones (Yam).
12 5 J R DIV 1: r . M ike Buff (Su z):2. Duff Whitman
ISuz); 3. Keit h McMillen (Honl .
125 J R DIV 2: 1. John Bush (Hon): 2. Mark Maxw ell (Suz): 3 . Donald W h it man (Suz).
1251NT: 1. Mike Caruana (Suz); 2. M ike Hughes
(Suz): 3 . Scott Greham (Yam).
125 PRO: t . Russ Wageman ISuz); 2. Doug Bowers (yam ); 3. Rob Trone (Hon).
250 JR : t . Andy Patterson IHon) : 2. Corey Gash
(Vam); 3_Dava Bendar (KTM).
250 INT: t . Felipe Horta (Vam ); 2. MarkJablonski
(Hon); 3 . Michael Overby (Hon).
250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Yaml; 2 . Ron Turner
IKTM ): 3 . Rick Johnson (Hon).
500 JR : 1. Jeff Bunn (Hon); 2. Mike Modrak
IKTM) ; 3 . Dava Alexa nder (Hon).
500 INT: i . Kenny Donelson (Hon): 2. Bob Carpenter (Yam); 3 . Brad Osborne (Yam).
500 PRO: 1. RickJohnson (Hon) ; 2 . Glen Senecal
(Hon); 3 . Dan Paulson (Hon).
VET JR : 1. Howard Phelps (KTM): 2. Ron Howall
IHon): 3 . Mike McMillen IMa i).
VET INT: 1. Steve Woerner (M ai).
VET MASTER : r . Chris Jackson IMai).
OT JR : 1. Dick Alexander (Yam) ; 2. Paul Bu non
(Suz); 3. Ron Kawalski ISuZ).
OT MASTER: 1. Marshall Jennings (Han ).
AJS great Grant
returns to Dunes
By Tom Corley
event was Scott Ah ern, who took a
pair of fourths. On th e trophy list it
was Makimoto, Cari vau ,Ahern, Millspaugh and Collet.
Resu lts
60 INT: 1. Joel Tokarsky (Kaw ): 2. Eddie Gaumond
(Yam).
60 STK BEG: 1. M ike Cro sby (Yam): 2. Gary Hard
(Hon): 3 . Gary Barker (Kaw) .
60 STK NOV : 1. Robert Fores t (Kaw); 2. And raw
Ol iv ia (Kaw); 3. Dua ne DeArman (Varni.
BOSTK INT: 1. Scott Murphy IKaw ); 2. Ron West
(Ka w) .
BO MOD NOV : 1. David Snyder (Hon): 2. Robert
Makimoto (Ya m).
BO MOD EX: 1. J eff Barbacovi (Vam).
125 BEG: 1. Robert Makimo to (y am); 2. Gar y
Carivau (Suz); 3. Scott Anern (Yam).
125 NOV : 1. Cra ig Wh it a ISuz); 2. Brian Felix
(Vam): 3 . Troy Wel ty (SUl ).
125 INT: 1. David A ntillion (Yam ); 2. Chris St .
Ma rie (Hon): 3 . J im Spotts (Suz).
125 PRO: t , Gary Bowman (Suz); 2. Jarry An kar
(Vam): 3. Loui s Franc o (Honl.
250 BEG: l . Kan Peters (Hon ): 2. M ika Nolan
(Yam): 3. Jo hn Kitcko (Suz).
250 NOV : 1. Roy Farr(Hon ): 2. Keith Smart(Hon);
3. Rick Perez (Hon ).
2501NT : 1. Ron Econ omu (Yam): 2. Kev in Holmes
IVam); 3 . Glen W ells (Hon).
250 PRO; 1. Darren Oliver (Yam) ; 2. Erin Buskirk
IVam); 3. Kelly Pugmire IHon).
500 NOV : t , Craig Conoway IHon ): 2. Randy
Cyrus (Vam); 3. Jim Whiffla IHon).
500 INT: t . Ruben Falcon IHonl; 2. John Nolind
(Hon).
500 PRO: 1. Darr en Ol iver (Yam ).
Werle,
Wodaszewski,
Beaver bag
Ascot Minis
VALENCIA, CA, MAY 29
back . J u nction J ohn had a good ride,
but he still fin ish ed behind Dal e. Bill
Myers pushed hi s Mai co hard to earn
th ird.
The Ex pert class was no co m pe titio n as J ell y John dusted th e vacant
troops in a 1-1 sweep.
Results
EX: 1. Jelly John (Ma il.
AM : 1. Jerky John (Ma i): 2. Jumbo Jeff (Yaml; 3 .
Gr ingo Glen (Yam).
INT: 1. Wet Wi lly (Suz~ 2. Gas-O-Glen (Suz); 3.
Jumpin ' Jack (Vam~
NOV : 1. DeLaid Dale (Hon ); 2. Junction John
(Yam): 3 . Bill Mye.. (Mai ).
Horta edges
Jablonski lor
Ascot brass
By Tom Corley
GARDENA,CA,MAY25
Mark J ablonski was confident
of taking another 250cc Intermediate win after a dramatic
first moto victory. The Honda
rider played a passing game with Felipe
H orta and Shawn Tracy during th e
fir st moto but was struck down in th e
fin al moto by a bad start and a harmless cra sh . Felipe Horta avoi ded th e
trouble and took home the win durti
By To m Corley
The California Racing Club
sta tio ned th ems elves on Indian
Dunes' Shadow Gl en tra ck for
an eventfu l da y of racing today.
G ARD EN A, CA, J U N E 1
T houg h the sun became awfully hot ,
relief came from th e shadv trees on
th e Shadow Gl en track p lus a n unexpected wat er crossing. This coo led
o ff th e ri ders, though for some it
ca used ig ni tio n trou bles and forced
the m o u t o f ac tio n.
Return ing to th e ac tio n a fter years
of inactivity was th e former pride o f
AJS motorcycles, Doug Grant , wh o
entered th e Veteran Sen ior class a nd
left with th e first place trophy.
This must be th e year to mak e a
come back as Tim H art has started to
race at Asco t and now Doug G rant is
raci ng at Indian Dunes. Grant j ust
p icked up a new H onda, and a fter
Cl u b mot ocross under th e lights at
riding in th e desert on Sa turday he
Ascot Park .
go t the idea to go raci ng a t th e Dunes.
The hol esh ot at Asco t is somethi ng
In winning style Grant took th e Veteth at can g ive a rider a definite advanra n Sen ior win though he mi ght hav e
tage. J abl onski put h is H onda ou t in
been a ble to p lace well aga ins t th e
front with the start of th e first mo to
Pros.
but let it slip aw ay. Mid-Cit ies Honda
Bob Crosta had a serious accident
rider Sh awn Tracy held on the th rotlast year in which he broke h is ne ck .
tle longer. Tra cy tore past Jablonski
That didn 't scare Crosta away from
on the last crashwall j u m pand by th e
racing as he was entered in th e same
next corner he held th e lead . Feli pe
class as Grant and was the second
Horta was in third, and it was a threeplacefinisher. Hopefully, Doug Grant
man race .
will be seen in future CRC events.
Seeking revenge, Jablonski found
With only two riders th e 500cc
a flaw in Tracy's performance and
Intermediat e class m ight be consipa ssed by him wh il e haulin g over th e
dered uneventful. Yet, there was some
TT jump. The two met a ngrily a t th e
close dicing going on between Ruben
next corne r and banged bars. That
Falcon and J ohn Nolind.
resulted in J ablonski tak in g a greater
A three man pile-up got th e 125cc
lead , wh ereas Tracy swep t to the outBeginners off to a bad start in their
side and H orta was able to tak e over
fir st m oto. Barry Katz took th e hol esecond at this point. It was J abl onski,
shot a nd led it stra ig h t till th e finish .
H orta and Tracy a t th e flag.
Bill Collet, Rob ert Makimoto and
T he start ing sweeper is not or ious
Scott Ah ern follow ed him throughfor taking down a few riders when o ut th e ra ce.
ever th e pack is sizeable. With the
The fin a l moto wa s gr eat for Katz
seco nd mo to there was a sligh t accitill th e last lap when hi s Suzuki
dent with several dropping their bikes.
seized. Robert Makimoto, still an
J abl onski too k a bad start bu t tried to
ac tive Mini racer, took ove r the po simak e do and started passin g riders
tion. Gary Caivau pl aced second. B.J.
one by one. While in th e p rocess of
Millspaugh too k hi s H onda through
doing thi s, Mark met up wi th a
th e water cro ssing and didn 't qu ite
stalled rider and th is caused Mark to
make it. Millspaugh dropped his
fall off h is Honda. A si xth place was
bik e but got it going and took th ird.
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