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__· - D~J;.d-;----"_· e OC") 00 0) John Whelchel lost his Mat In Mexico. but held on for • MCOIId. Tripes "unseats" Whelchel at Ensenada 5000 By Kenneth Stein ENSENADA, B.C., MEXICO After stealing the show in his first three motos, John "Whirlwind" Whelchel was upstaged in the second 250cc Pro moto by Marty.Tripes at the Hallman Racing/H,,!ssong's Cantina/Corona Beersponsored second annual Continental Motosports Club Ensenada 5000 Sundar· . 90 OJ lap flew by and Whelchel still held his ground. M.eaJ1while. current point leader Davl.d Hop~ood (Ho.n) dropped out m the third lap while running seventh and had to watch as Don Turk (Hon). second in points Whelchel (Yam) exited .the fmt tum of the 500cc Pros bebmd Man this year, began moving up from his Tedder (Hon), but took command poor 16th-place start to finish sixth. The checkers came up too soon for after only a few turns. Behind h~ raged a rea1 battle for seco~d With Tripes, who finished Just seconds of( Whelchel's pace in what was his most Tedder, Don Turk (Hon), Micky Dymond (Suz) and Greg Ziuerkopf impressive finish of the day. Arnet caught Sands with two laps to go for (Yam). The second moto was more of the his second third in three races. same, as Whelchel jumped ahead o n . . the first lap and stayed in front all Tnpes turned the ~bles m the second m.oto by grabbmg the holerace long. Dymond again took second shot, forang ~elcheltoplay catchahead of Ed Arnet (Hon), who ran the up. He took third .from Turk, and entire first moto without the benefit of a clutch lever. and still manaaed a ~~d from Robbie Brown (Hon) respectable seventh in a IS-man field. wlthm t~o laps. Then. he lear,ned that holding off Tr~pes I~ on~ thll~g, Nineteen riders lined up for the first moto of the 250cc Pros. and but actually catchmg him IS qUlle an~th~. No progress was ma~ on Richard Sands got the holeshot, but was caught on the first lap by Whel, Tn~ lead. Tu~k dropped to ~lh, chel and Marty Tripes. The front duo for SiXth ov~ m ~ double-pomts race. but he sull gamed ground on then proceeded to bum up the track. Whelchel's seat broke of( early in the Hopwood. Pro 125cc rider Doug Dubach arrace, so Whelchel ran nearly the whole race on the pegs. The crowd waited rived too late for Saturday's practice, • for Aripn lO tatroJ)im~ ~J.. P_~ q_ _ af1!l Q'N1)~ iQ .sAnday's special Pro practice, hurting his back and breaking his Suzuki's Ieat mounts. Still when the gate dropped, Dubach grabbed two holeshots and never lost the lead for fint overall; duo tape, bailing wire, pain, and all. Dubach was grateful to Suzuki of Ana11eim and S-T Racing, who "rea1ly keep the old bike going." Dubach has now won IS of his last 16 starts, all on last year's model. John Conney (Kaw) continued to dominate his new competition in the 125cc Intermediates. Conney led all but the first lap of the first moto for another sweep as those points keep adding up to allow the youngster to tum Pro before he hits 14. Results 5ClO PRO: 1. JolIn ~ CVem~ 2. Micky D¥n-cIlSuzI; 3. GNa ~ CVemJ. 250 PRO: 1. Merly'r,.... CVem~ 2. JolIn Whet•. - CVem~ (Mon~ 3. Ed _ 125 PRO: 1. Doug Dullec:h lSuzI: 2. Ted Ireell' (Hon~ 3. o..IcI Gerig CVem~ 5ClO1NT: ,. K8rtHol....... CVemt 2. DHn MenIy (Hon~ 3. K.,o ItnWlt ISuoI. 250 INT: 1. Nell a..-ntHont 2. CoIIn""n (Yemt 3. Jim CobNm tHon~ 1251NT: 1. JolIn CKewt 2. Jim Perry iSuzl: 3. T_ B**t tHon~ 5ClO.II: 1. JolIn ~ (Y....t 2. IC8IIy II....., e- (Hon~ 3. K_ GrIlIIn (Yem~ 250JR: 1. Kewln ~CV ....t 2. BobPrIdaISuzl; 3. IIoWt ~ ISuoI. 125 JR: 1. Burnell ~.Jr, ISuzt 2.1Ioter s-.z (Hon); 3. Anlhany . . . . . . . . . CVem~ BOlNT: 1. Jell C8pI CIC-.wt 2. S - Furuya CIC-.wt 3._.... lAnwI. III JR: 1. Ric:t KDlcho ..." CIC-.wt 2. C8rIDe ...II ... lKewt 3. 1IodoIlo .... lIewIe lKewI. VET MASTER: 1. Kurt DiMrIdI ISuzI; 2. lion T~CV_t 3. IlMII E.8...... /HDnI. VET JR: 1. Emilio SdNa 0-. CSuzt 2. April s.t-.., tHon~ OT JR: 1. S _ ......I Sr. CVemt 2. ~ s.t-.., tHont 3. CWI EJIert (C-Aj. OT CLUB EX: 1. A8Ur ............ CS"",. OTClU8AM: 1. Gene " - I CV_t 2. Ted. . . . (Hon). OT CLUI NOV: 1.lMry e-m-'lHont 2. Do¥te Brown (YDmt 3. JolIn Turdo CVem~ Allman's all-soeas, Dunes win By Tom Corley VALENCIA, CA, JULY 22 KaI GardlVan Nuys Suzukisponsored Kevin._A.ll.man.. . a r engaged in his final race as 250cc Intermediate and left the class in winning style. Allman came from behind in both motos and defeated Yamaha rider Cam Johnson and Bruce Hiroshima for the overall win in California Racing Club Motocross under the lights at Indian Dunes. In the opening round of action, Allman had a sixth-place start, but soared past several nden down the second straight. Hiroshima and t Johnson had the lead positions, but it wasn't long before Allman took' away from them. Allman zapped Johnson, who went over a berm and slid out. Hiroshima fell prey to. Allman on the right-handed fishbowlsweeper. Whmtheycametothe .finish line. it was Allman, Johnson and Hiroshima. Hiroshima got the jump on the pack in the final round of action. Allman was after him and made his move on the tum past the score towei' straight. Allman held the lead, with 1 Johnson soon passing Hiroshima as H well. Two wins earned Allman his last 250cc Intermediate viClory. Now it should be interesting to see how t: well he does in the 250cc Pro class against the likes of Jim Holley and Kelly Pugmire. The second-place trophy was handed out to Johnson, r who edged out Hiroshima. Frank Costanzo and Mark Wedernan. Suzuki of Glendale rider Craig White was a most-successful l25cc Novice until the CRC advanced him to the Intermediate class. and now it seems he is destined to become successful in that category as well. Tonight was his third race and he led the more experienced riders in both motos. White forfeited the win due to a bike failure in the opening round, and Mark Harwell became the top finisher. White was way out front in the first race when he reached the straight.in froAt of the towet:and his. J