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New Meuc:o-Colol'ado-WyoDlmg-Montana-Nol'th Dakota-South Da kota -Nebl'aska-Kansas-OklahoDla-Texas- New Meuc:o-Colol'ado-WyoDlil Central Pipeline C lement co ps cas h at Rio Bravo MX By Joe M ilian HO USTON , TX. NOV. 27 Mi ke Clement took a nother step toward re-establishing h is supremacy as th e H ouston area' s top professional motocrosser ton ight as h e defea ted a strong field in th e Co m bined Expe rt class at Ri o Bravo Mot oc ross Pa rk. Clement held off a determ ined bid for first-p la ce cash by Terry Thoma s and Hunter Carothers in a two-mote stru gg le that had a hi gh rat e o f a ttri tion. Mark Saxer's Yamaha had its own not ions as 10 th e best ro ute to tak e th e R ussell l\I iksrh was unfor tu na re enough to be put in th e path o f the erra nt mach ine in the first moto , T he enco unter pu t Mi ksch on th e side lin es for th e rem a inder of th e co n test. Micky P izza to la' s hi gh -spe ed miscalculation in m oro two left fourth p lace open to Ronni e H errmann as Keith Caffey fell by th e wa ysid e on the fourt h lap . After Clement took th e wi re-towire win in th e opening h ea t, h e had to fight his wa y past Th om as to gain th e lea d in round IW O . " ' ith Clem ent ou t front a nd all a lone. th e cro wd 's a tte ntion shifted to th e bailie for ru n ner-up bei ng wa ged by Carothers and Thomas. Tha t d uel wa s fina ll y resolved o n th e eig hth circu it wh en Carothers dov e inside and shoul dere d h is way by Thomas . Thai maneuver assured h im of secon d pl a ce money for the even ing wit h Thom a s thi rd . Saxer and Herrmann tied fo r fo u rt h . wi th Sa xer gelli n g th e edge by virt ue of a h igh er finish in the seco nd 1ll 0 1O. Ron Nelson and Don Galla her ea ch reco rded a hea t victory i n th e 250cc Interm ed ia te d ivisio n wi th Nelson on top in th e a ll-importautsccond stanza, Gallaher made the co n test interest ing for Nel so n sin ce h e led a ll bu t three la ps of the 20 loop clash. T ho se three were rhe mOSI import ant however, coming as th ey did at th e con cl usion of the de ciding mor o . T im Spa rks pUI in IWO co nsisten t rides 10 p lace thirdoverall a h ead of Rob Cooley. Ro bert Neih eiser was the winn er o f th e 125cc In termed iat e cla ss w i Ih a pe rfect I-I total, followed by Bubba Sch u ltz and Ge ne Bra vo. Glen n Dia l in volved himself in a spectacular endo o n th e initial la p of the fir st m ota that put hi s YZI2 .~ into inten sive ca re bUI Io rr u na te lv did n ot . ser io usly injure h im . Wayn e Massev dem onstrat ed the im po rtan ce of wi n ni ng the seco nd mo to as hi s 2- 1 ta lly moved Ro n n ie DeRouen down to seco nd pla ce. DeRoueu 's 1-2 score was su fficient 10 keep Kirk G entle in th e th ird ove rall sl ot. Den n is Lambert h 's co nsecu tive fou rt h-p lace showings gave h im th a t pos iti on overa ll for the ni ght.Mich ael Weal h ers piloted hi s YZ490 to victory in Opcn-No virc ac rion. Wea lhers ould istan ced th e rest of th e field bv a co nsidera ble margin en route to ba~k to -hack fir st-pl ace fin ishes. R ick y Lloyd, on a vi ntage YZ465. flailed his mo u n t 10 seco nd a nd vetera n H uskv ca mpa ig ner Bob How ald won a drag ~ e 7 00 Q") . --.... - .. ?"' ~ ~ ~ ..-., Ope n Expe rt rider Bill Willi am s stuffs his Honda th roug h a turn at the Circle W m ot ocross. Willi ams finished fourth overall. race to th e flag o ver J ohn Lo ug h lin to mak e the to p three. Ben ji e Landers rece ived trophies in two Min ib ik e cla sses a nd Scali T homas preva iled in Mini Senior rac ing. G uy H umphrey had lillie difficult y in reco rding another o ver 30 triumph by run ni ng a way from T .D. Smit h a nd Pa ul Son d erfan . Kevin Boulter was impressi ve in bea tin g Ga ry Ala n a nd Perry Tracey in th e cro wded 125cc Novi ce divisi on. Results MINI MINI : 1. Tommy Smith (Yam); 2. Joshua Jo rda n (Yam); 3 . Aggie Lambert (Ya m). M INI JR : 1. Jerry Norw ood (Kaw) ; 2. Steve Lambert (Han); 3. Benjie Landers (Kaw) . MI NI SR: 1. Scott Thomas (Kaw); 2. Gary Steven son (Kaw ); 3 . Todd Currie [Kawl. 60 : 1. Benj ie Landers (Kaw ); 2 . Dan iel W a neck (Han); 3. Aggie Lambert (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Verno n Davis (Yam); 2 . Dale Ivy (Yam); 3 . Clend on Carruthers (Hon). 125 NOV : 1. Kevin Boulter (Yam); 2 . Gary Alan (Yam); 3 . Perry Trace y (Han) . 250 NOV : 1. Wayne Massey (Han); 2. Ron nie DeRouen (Yam); 3. Kirk Gant le (Han). OPEN NOV : 1 . Michael Weathers (Ya m); 2. Ricky Llovd (Yam) ; 3. Bob Howard (Hus ). 65