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win in a sma ll amateur class. Second was Fantic rider C live Hannon, 13 marks off the winner's pace. Art Webster piloted his Yamaha to a d istant third. Gary Anderson sco red 17 clea ns o n his way to the Novi ce win . Anderson 's 37 p oints to p pe d second p lace Bill H ann on by 12. Lon e Mo nt esa rider Dav e So ma wa s seven da bs ba ck for th ird. Section 10was th e closest to sign-up; the toughest fo r th e Experts a nd th e m ost thrill in g for spe ctators . It was a n up-and-down d irt bank section, th e most specta cul ar part bein g a 35foot n ear vertica l, ra in rutted drop at th e sta rt o f th e sect io n . Follo wing this was three more 25-foot clim bs and decents. Results David Webster was the Expert w inner at the SCTA trials in Rancho Cal ifornia - he dropped 85 points. Mi chlitsch co u ld n't close the gap o n runaw a y Lan ge, wh o was the winner of th e mot a . T he seco n d time o u t h ad La nge a nd Fox p u t th eir '85 Yama h as into th e 1-2 posi tio ns but just as qu ick. Michli tsch sl id into seco nd a n d set h is sig h ts on Lange. Lange co n tin ue d to pull a wa y a t a sta rt li ng ra te. puttin g h is national experience to th e test. whil e Michl itsch made up gro u nd, but it was a ll for na ugh t a s Lange was unsto p pabl e. Winn (Oakley/ O 'Nea l/ Yam ) wa lked awa v with the first of tWO 125cc Interm~'d ia te con tests. besr i ng i\l ike Bell (H o n) an d Scott Adair (H a n) in the eight-la p ShOOIOUt. The second rn oto sa w Winn wall o p th e field fro m the sta rt and p u ll a wa y in a mazi ng style o n hi s Yamaha, wh ile Dave Livingston (Yam). St eve Bye (Kaw) and Adai r tried to keep the diminu tive speedster in sight. Bye settled int o second whi le Livingst o n , Gary Beyer (Kaw) a nd Adai r fought for third in the 15 rid er field. Winn added insult to frustrati on for th e co m pe titio n by makin g th e sa me lap tim e as 125cc Pro wi n ner H ettinga , taking a I-I tall y for top brass o ver Adair (2-2) a nd Beyer (-1 -3). Flyi n ' R yan Hu ffman (Ya m / H a n of Roseburg/Ka w)dom ina ted the 60cc In term ed ia te cl as s. H u ffma n beat Jason McCormi ck (Kaw) a nd Dann y U lven (Kaw) to the chec kers both mo ro s Ior a I-I romp o f th e class. Th e co m bined Junio r cla ss had Chris Patterson (Ka w) m a ke the lon g trip from Cent ra l Oregon pa y orr by go ing I-I to bea t R yan Lea ch ( Han ) and Corey Fuller ( Ka \\·). SCTA trials win to Webster By Ti m Walker RAN CHO, CA, FEB. 24 David Webster (Ya m ) was th e low scorer in th e hi gh point expert class today in Sourthern California Trial s Club's Low Point Trial s at Ranch o , Cal ifornia. Webster was su rp rized w ith th e winhe felt hi s riding wa s n ot 100%, but who can argue with fir st pl ace. Mark Eggar, on a SWM Jumbo, really shines in th e tough even ts a n d today was no exception . Eggar was four points off of Webster's score with 89. Kevin Norton and Oli Thordarson (Bea ch Yamaha) battled for third. Norton came out on top by two with 94 over Thordarson's 96. Hav ing an orr day on a borrowed SWM was fif th place Mall Prichard. Bruce Davis (Bu ltaco) claimed th e EX: I. David Webster (Vam): 2. Ma rk Eggar (SWM); 3. Kevin Nonon (Yam). AM ; 1. Bruce Davis (Bul); 2. Clive Hannon (Fan); 3. Art Webster (Vam). _ NOV : 1. Gary Anderson (Yam l; 2. Bill Han non (Vam): 3. Dave Soma (Man). BEG: 1. Bill Haske' (Varni: 2. Glenn Stone (Bul ): 3. Thorn Engelhardt. SR: N: I. Bob Stouffer (Vam); 2. Bob Thonon (Han) ; 3 . Ron St evens (Yam). SR B: t . Andy Anderson (Bul); 2. AI Moss (Vam); 3. Jac k Voider (Bull . Zahns pound CRC Perris MX By Ca t hy Barbacovi PER RIS . CA, MAR . 3 The Californ ia Racing Club (C RC) m ad e its debut at Perris Raceway. a nd with th em ca me man y wh o usu all y race a t Indi a n D une , K en a nd Jon Zahn sta rred s in the da y's 125 and 250cc P ro li neup . T he specia l g ues t was Masak o Koda m a o f Japa n w ho swep t a ll in the Women 's cla ss. Ken Zah rt hadn' t raced a t Perr is Raceway since 1972. Wh eth er he rid es a Bu ltaco or a new Honda , Zahn is capabl e of w in ni ng th e P ro class and today he proved th a t in th e 250cc Pros. 7..ahrt won ha th mot os , a fter a good di ce from Juan POSCoI. Posen held th e fin a l m o ro lead for nea rlv five laps, th en he mi ssed a sh ift. a llowing Zahn to blast by for th e lIIOto a nd firs t overa ll. Jon Zah n took a fi Ill' seco nd pl a ce in th e I25cc P ro ron res t behind Brent Sh ur y, who used a 2- 1 score for the first-plac e money. "Challenger" isa TV show in Japan th at a llows a viewe r to cha lle nge a part icul ar sport o r feat. Mas nko Kodam a wanted to cha llenge a mo tocross track in the USA. a nd she got her wi sh. TIl(' camera rrew film ed Masako as she su rcess lu llv won th e \Vomen 's divi sion. Thoughit sho uld be poin ted o u t t h at sh e had th ree exc el le n t coac hes. Ken a nd J on Zahrt p lus sp ortsman Da nl\l usta in . Behind Masak o pla ced K.O . H a lfh ill an d Leila n i Em erv . J im R lIth erfonl was alit to dust the 250cc In u-rmcd ia re class. bUI didn 't quite put it togeth er. H e wo n th e first round, an d at one poi nt had a gr eat adva ntage over the pack . Doug R usse ll. the even tua l overa ll w in ner. started to advance rapi d ly but co u ldn 't manage to pa ss. Un fortuna tely, Rutherford dropped hi s bike in th e fina l m o to whe n hi s Iront ti re washed o u t; he co u ld o n ly m anage a 12th for th e moto . Russell was victorious for th e mo to an d th e overall. T o m St out pla ced second overall whil e Rutherford's 1-12 on ly ga ve hill} a fifth plan '. Chris Lara was theonly 80cc Expert rider, but he receiv ed a g-ood cha llenge from Intermediate rid er Bubba Eri ckson. They battle in both th e Stock an d Modified events. In th e opening round of the St ock cla ss it wa s Lara who cras h ed tw ice. Erickson didn 't hav e to worry a bo u t ALL 3·PLY RATED 3:00x21, 3:00x21R, 4:10x 14R, 10 0/90 4: lOx 18, 4:S0 x18, 4:S0x17, 4:S0x 18 R S:OOx18, S:OOx 17 HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS 370 9 West Er ie Avenu e. Lora in . Ohio 4405 3 2650 H M er ca n til e Dr.. Ran c ho Co rdova. CA 95670 CONGRATULATIONS TO 16 YEAR OLD BILLY FRANK FINISHING 5th OVERALL IN HIS FIRST AMA OUTDOOR NATIONAL. AN EXCELLENT RIDE SUSPE NS IO N RACE TECH 32 27 Pr o duc e-r CA 9 1 768 17 14, 59 4 775" P 0 n1 0n d M OT O R KLEMM RESEARCH 2761 f Rt > ~ ,t l Pin k 9 2806 i7 14163() 9 420 A ndlH' lrl l (' A CLO TH INl; GEAR RACEWEAR 95 2 F • R ii l l ' ~I ' " C :.. (_I~' ~~ :)(1 ,71 .:1,8 .:19 S '~(J B,tnr~;n q 49