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~ ~ - w rJ) w w a:: X w a:: 0 z <{ I: 0 U ..J 0 ~ l!') 00 ~ O"l =; >c:l ~ rJ) t- o .... c-r 0 J: :>- c, ~ ~ ~ ~ ..0 v ~ Scott Brown (1) was in a first·turn crash in the BOcc Expert first rnoto, got back up to get fourth. then won moto two for second overall. J immy Lewis was the 125cc Junior second division winner after putt ing in a 1 -1 ride. Gary Jones (2) won the Vet Masters at Carlsbad. but Jon Miller (4) still has the class lead . (Below) Sean Thornton was the 60cc 9 -11 winner. CMC/S k o a l Bandits Golden State Amateur Series: R ound 6 Carlsbad ~ins to Jones~ Le~is and Marnoeh By Rex Reese CAR LSBAD. CA . FEB . 10 Former 250cc National MX Champion Gary Jones (Hus) easily won both motos of the Vet Masters class at Carlsbad Raceway. For J ones it was a return to the amateur rounds of the CMC/Skoal Bandits Golden State Nationals after missing the Huron round th e week before because of a racing commit- 20 •• ment for the Parker 400. By winnin g the fifth roun d here. th e former fourtim e Champ m a y have won th e bat tle. but m issing H uron ma y h ave cos t Jones th e war si nce Jon Miller (Ya m) - - retained-rlre-Vet Masters-po ifllJ a fter post in g th ird overa ll C th e day. or Alan Ol son (Yam) was seco nd ove ra ll with a 3-2. Whil e th e Pro s were o rr racing su pe rcros s in Sea tt le. th e 80cc Expert war s kept goin g strong. with H ondamou nted Kyl e Lewi s o nce agai n co mi ng out o n top wi th a nothe r win under h is belt with a 1-2 score. Seco nd . ove rall went to Scott Bro wn (Han). t ' who' bo u nEoo back froma .firs!-lum cras h in mo ta one 10 C inish fou rth: Bro wn then went o n to win the seco nd mota. Mi key Pascarell a (Yam ) was thi rd. Eri c Marnoch (Han) and T im Sei bert (H a n) co ntin ued th eir fight for supremacy in the 500cc Interm ed ia tes. Ma rnoch diced it out wit h Seibert in th e first rnoto and wa lked away the winner; in th e second round Marnoch won agai n to pos t a I- I sweep. Seibert rode to third in the second mota. still good eno ug h for second overa ll and second in class series points. Loren Pochirowski (H a n) was third overa ll. Mo toc rossers of the fu ture may ha ve to watch out for Sean Thornton (Ka w), who won th e 60cc 9-11 class with a co nvincing I-I sweep. Seco nd o vera ll bel onged to Pete P iantan ida (Ka w). H onda- mounted J esse James fell down in th e first rno to and go t fifth. th en sco red a th ird in mot a two for third ove ra ll. The firs t m o to start of th e Vet Masters saw Jones a nd Mill er bl asting through th e first turn bar -to-bar . follow ed by Ol son. J oe Bro u ssard (Su z) a nd j eff H arrinth (Han) . Fo r th e first half of th e fir st lap. Miller mainta in ed a sli m lead ove r J ones. who ' was a ble to get max tracti on on so me of th e slipperie r pa rts of th e track (it had ra ined th e ni ght before) than ks to th e torquey p o wer o u tp u t from h is H usk y's four-stro ke engine . J ones soon got th e bett er of h is o ppone nt by slipping u nder Mill er - - - o n.a.cor ner a n d raking.th e.lead. Fro m th at poi n t o n wa rd . j on es thumped o n to a sizeabl e lead a nd a n easv win. Mill er was severa l seco nds b~ck in seco nd. a nd Ol son was third. G at e two sa w j on es a nd :\Iiller at it aga in in another first-tum bar -han ger. J on es goi th e lead a lmos t right a way. but thi s tim e Mill er wa sn 't go ing to let th e Hu sky ride r ge t a way . Miller dogged j on es C th e next co u p le of or laps. a nd o n more th an o ne occassio n th rea ten ed to tak e the lead. At th e halfwa y mark o f th e Iive-lap moto , Millerloo ked like he had Jones set up for a pass. But th en Miller blew it on an uphill wh en he a p pa ren tly mi ssed a shift. th en sta lle d hi s bik e. letti ng j ones make a cl ean ge ta way . Olson th en went by. a n d in th e closing two la ps. Mi ller was fighting his wa y back for second. But at the flag it was j ones way O UI in front, with Olson second and Miller making a la st-d itch blast o n th e gas for a close third. " Miller was givi ng mea good ride.... commen ted J on es afterwards. " I m issed H u ron last week beca use I was racing a ca r wit h Mik e Goodwin; th at really messed me up for th is series. So . unless j on brea ks or ha s a bad day . it's goi ng to be rea l close C th e or res t of the series." The firs t 80cc Expert start saw Lewis get the ho lesho t. wi th Pasca rella and Colin Ka rch er (Ya m) in tow . Brow n was involved in a first turn pi le-up which had him get restarted dead last. Within a couple of laps. Bro wn worked h is wa y back up to eigh th p lace . The nex t lap had Bro wn in sixth. then fifth . At the white flag la p Bro wn was in fourt h ! By this ti me. Lewis was long-gone with the firs t round victory in hand. Second was Pasca rell a wi th Karch er third. Lew is got th e lead aga in in th e seco nd rnoto, followed by Bro wn . T his time nobody slipped a nd th e tWO H onda-mounted riders ro de 1-2 a ll the way . It looked as if th at was going to be th e way Le wis and Brown would fin ish . but just before the Devil' s Dro p . Lew is sudden ly chop ped th e th ro ttl e. letting Bro wn by for th e win. Lew is id led across th e finish lin e for seco nd with th e o vera ll win. a nd Brown 's round two win was good for seco nd ove ra ll. Third pl ace a n d th ird overa ll went to Pa scarella. The sta rt o f th e first 500cc Intermedi ate mota had Jack Azevedo (H a n) leading. foll owed by Aaro n P ipes (Han) . Mark J ones (Han) and Seibert. In th e next few laps. Marnoch had wo rked h is way up 10 th e leaders . bu t was just behind Seibert. Pipes th en took over the lead. wit h Marnoch no w in seco nd .. back in fo u rth