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man who is a good 250cc Novice,
were both handicapped. The only
problem was that the starter Lisa
Sparks forgot to let them take off, and
what was meant to be a slight hand·
icap, made it only possible [or the
likes of Bob Hannah to catch up. The
winner, Sexton, rides strictly in the
desert and this was his first race ever.
For three laps he led and claimed the
win. Jim Kendall on a Kawasaki
placed second. Flagger Andy Barth
did a super job of working up to third
place and 'was the only one who
braved to jump the doubles. The
"White Tornado" of the group was
promoter Marvin L. Coolbaugh who
rode a white Yamaha 600cc thumper
with a white .jumpsuit to match.
Together they made a lot of noise and
even managed to take fourth place.
Mike Ramirez, who helps manage
OCIR, placed fifth. The staTler, Tod
Peithman was sixth. In seventh was
the accounting and records keeper
Murray Shackleford. Dan Jones landed eighth with the handicap disadvantage. Others involved in this fun
race of the night were Richard Moss,
Susan Umphrey and Tom Cullen.
Glenn Dauneli came through with
the 250cc Novice win and upset
Motorifics rider Shawn CuJp. Dauneli
took the lead for the first three laps
during first-molO action. Behind
Glenn charged Shawn. On the fourth
lap, it was Shawn with the lead over
Glenn. Eric Ewers placed third ahead
of Dan Kelley and Bryan O'Neill.
Culp was out to take the overall
win and knew that he had to win the
final round. Disastrously, Shawn
bailed his Yamaha on the first turn
and lost out. When one lap was com·
pleted, Shawn was in eighth place.
Not giving up, but instead, being
determined to win, Shawn worked
his way up and downed one rider at a
time. Through the finish, it was Kent
Hawksworth with the win ahead of
Dauneli and then Culp. Tom Woy
was fourth. Ewers was fifth. A most
consistent pair of seconds earned
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