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R.ttI.....k. Natlon.1 Enduro, Cr••c.nt City, CA Jun. 17, 1984 lst D.v. B.rtr.m 3rd L.rry Roe••I.r 2nd Terry Cunnlnch.m 4th K.vln Hln•• 5th Mlk. Melton ISN'T IT TIME YOU JOINED THE WINNING TEAM? SEE YOUR DEALER OR CALL 504/882-3107 Watch Every Saturday At 5:35 P.M. E.D.T. On . . . .SfafiG..." I . Host DAVE DESPAIN Brings You Exciting Motorsports Coverage John H.t.ley onc. ag.in swu",g a leg over a Triumph to take the Open Twin Combined win at the Dinosaur TT. Larry Bird (hidden) wu fourth. compete in the American Moto- • six colorful styles cross Enterprises' lith annual ~um mer Series. The series, sponsored in part by Budweiser beer, is a major Friday night happening, boasting large rider turnouts. In the opening molO, it was a little hard to caU the holeshot, with 10, snarling 250cc Intermediates blasting up the start hill inlO turn one. Mark Harwell, aboard his Louray Enterprise Suzuki, did manage to outmuscle the pack 10 find his way into the first place spot. Following Harwell at the checker came consistent Curt Farrar, just clicks of the clock behind. Goleta Valley Cycle's Matt Nation was breathing fire down Farrar's fender. Fourth saw Giffin, followed by hard-charging Curt james on his KX250. With the beginning of the second 250cc Intermediate mow, Giffin wasted little time moving up through the pack 10 put his Honda firmly into that number one spot. Giffin held on and out-dueled a determined Nation on the M-Star for the win, with Farrar closing on the pair. Kirk Bello's Pacific Brass Honda was fourth. As the dust settled, the scoring revealed a three-way tie at five points each to Giffin, Farrar and Nation. The win went to Giffin with a 4-1 improvement, Nation got second with 3-2 and FaTTar had to settle for third overall with his 2-3 tally. In other exciting action, the junior Cycle riders showed up in force. KaJGard rider joel Tokarsky firmly kept his KX60 ahead of the pack. While Tokarsky was winning the Expert division, john Shaver and Damon 'Huffman finished one-two in the Intermedia te action. • wx sizes • nylon lined Results COMING UP••• July 7th World Championship Gran Prix Road Race From Aaen. Holland July 14th WorIc:I Championship Gran Prix Road Race From Spa. Belgium AMA camel Pro Half Mile From St. Louis; MO -- • shown on covers of: eye" world, 7/82 cyc!e guide, 1/83 -- • priced 5385-$425 42 PEE WEE JR: 1..Shey De~ong (Yem); 2. Jey Theys (Yem). PEE WEE EX: 1. Jeff Willoh (Yem). JR CYC~E BEG; 1. Joey Cuni. (Kaw); 2. Jeff Wil- . loh (Kaw); 3. Nick Mairoae IKew). JR CYCLE tNT: 1. John Shaver (Kew). JR CYCLE EX: 1. Joel T_rsky IKIW). MINI BEG: 1. Will Donald (Kaw); 2. Steve Franco (Suz)1 3. Duene Benner IHon). MINI JR; 1. Randy Moody IYam); 2. Kevin BerrY (Kaw); 3. Lance Good....n (!CaW). MINI EX; 1. Chris Cole IKaw). 125 BEG: 1. Brian Schultz (Suz); 2. Derek Gainer (Kaw); 3. Johnny Ruiz (Kaw). 125 JR; 1. Rob S....n (Cag); 2. Richard Betes (Yam); 3. Greg Benton (Suzl. 1251NT: 1. GarySailorslSuz~ 2. TroyWeltyISuz); 3. Tim Bluth (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Robbie Heely (Hon); 2. Andy Elli. (Suz); 3. Bob Kline (Hon). • 250 BEG; 1. Troy Thur n IHon); 2. Bob Rosenberg (Suz); 3. Robert Foni IKawl. 240 JR; 1. Andy Sti. (Yem); 2. Rich P...... (Hon); 3. Merk Celebron (K.wl. 250 INT: 1. Guy Giffin (Hon); 2. Man Nation IMS,ar); 3. Cun Farrar (Y.m). 250 PRO: 1. Kenny Zahrt IHon); 2. Greg Torg....son (Hon). SOD JR: 1. Armend Ponticelli IHonl; 2. Marc Cummins (Hon); 3. An Dan (Honl. VET JR: 1. Richard Drolen (HuI). VET INT; 1. Roben Fortier (Kaw). Dinosaur TT sees new blood, old fossils PERRIS, CA, MAY 20 The 11 th annual version of the Dirt Diggers Dinosaur TT scrambles ran at Perris Raceway for the first time in recent memory. The event was a blend of the new and the old, as long as both were four-strokes. Mike Baker, on the recently released ATK machine, won the Open Single Expert class over Can-Am rider Randy Norman. Twotime Grand National winner john Hateley was back in the reins of a Triumph twin, and he scored a victory in the Open Twin Combined ranks. Most of the racers ran japanese thumpers, but the classic machines were in evidence. Chuck "Feets" Minert took a win as usual on one of his immaculate BSA Gold Stars. winning the Early Vintage class over Cycle NeWs ad flake Terry Pratt and his recently reslOred 650 BSA twin. Nine Sidehack teams were on hand, and when all was said and done, defending National Champs john and Victor Palfreyman won. Results 0-125 COMB; 1. Jey Lewi. (Yem~ 2. Steve Oyer (Hon); 3. Bubbe Spann (Hon); 4. AI Magliano (Han); 5. Ton Clark (Han). 250 AMlEX: 1. Jon Clark (Yemt 2. T....ry TMltz lHon~ 3. DawAlexancler(Hon); 4. BiII8enel.(H-Dt