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OVER 30 NOV: 1. T.C. Cart er (Yaml; 2. Mi les Deul in (Yam); 3. Ed Abbotl (Hon l. OVER 30 INT: 1. Curt Phil lips (Hon); 2. Jeff Webb (Honl; 3. Rocky M ille r (Hon). OVER 30 EX: 1. Troy Rapp (Yam); 2. Randy Long (Kaw); 3. R. Humph reys (Hon). Pocino smokes Las VegasMX By Ron Goodwin LAS VEGAS. NV . MAR. 3 Chris Poci no came bac k from a Iirst -m o to fa ll to la ke the 80cc Slack No vice class. and R oss Shunli ff dominated th e 250cc Novice clas s in action at th e Las Vegas Motocross P ar k. Over 170 rid ers braved freezing weat h er a nd gusty winds 10 co m pete on th e new track for cash 'and trophi es. Th e 80cc Stack Nov ice cla ss had th e day 's largest field. and in th e blast for th e firs t tu rn . Paci n o g ra bbed th e hol esh ot followed by David Gr iego. La nce Tay lor a nd Ra nd y Klessig . T he en tire class naviga ted th e S-turn . a nd . surp risin gly. no bod y went dow n ov er th e doubles - a mi nor miracl e . - in th e Novice class. Pocin o h eld th e lead . o n ly to fall ri ght befo re th e tower. turning th e n umber-on e spo t to Griego . A lap lat er G riego went dow n. re-mounting 10 jo in th e fray in seventh pl ace. Pacin o cha rg ed hard a nd by th e end of th e second la p had o nce agai n assu me d co m ma nd o f th e race. Tay lo r held a so lid second pl ace. wit h Do u g Patton in th ird and a fourth-place Gr iego closi ng th e gap. Pocino was start ing 10 lap th e field when he took th e chec kers. and Griego ra lli ed 10 finish seco nd. with T av lor p laci ng third. . In th e second mo ta. Poci n o got o u t to an ear ly lea d . a n d wa s n ever . serious ly threatened th roughout th e ra ce. T he fin ishi ng positions wer e a replay o f th e fir st m ota. with Griego ' and Taylor finish ing seco nd and thi rd. Dan McNu tt pu t o n a n impress ive ride. bu t d id littl e more tha n keep th e frontru nners o n th eir toe s, In th e large 250cc Novi ce clas s. Ross Sh urtliff blasted bo th motos, wi nni ng by huge margins. Shurt liff took th e lead o n th e second la p o f moto o ne . and ex ten ded hi s lead o ver second-p lace Scott Bassett . wh o wa s comforta bly ahead of third-p lace J ohn " T he Band it" Van H oo ve, Terry H atfi eld sto le th e ho lesh ot in mot a two ; a hea d o f Bassett a nd Shurt liff. D uring th e first la p Bassett passed H atfield . and th e three rid ers began 10 draw a way from th e rest o f th e field . In th e ensu ing la p s Shurtliff grad ua lly pu lled a decisive lead . fi na lly tak ing th e checkered with Basset t p laci ng second a nd Nike Gibson fin ish ing th ird . Results p-w NOV: 1. Math ew Camden; 2. Ther esa Gr iego; " Bill y Eist er . 3. p·w INT: 1. J immy Gn ego; 2. BasH Thacker; 3. Brian Sam son. P·W ATC NOV: 1. M iles Fowl er; 2. Carl Sche rkenbach; 3. Robby Rusch. p-w ATC INT: 1. Gregory Zarat iegu i; 2 . rcnece Nay. . 60 STK NOV 6 -8: 1. Br ian Sam son; 2. ' Basil Thacker. 60 STK NOV 9· 11: 1. Frankie Vill egas; 2. Dann y Kusak. 60 STK INT 6 -8 : 1. J im m y Griego. 60 STK INT 9·11 : 1. Mik e Gilbert; 2. Carey Hart . 80 BEG: 1. Mike Michels; 2. Ryan Clark ; 3. Dave Balmer. 80 STK NOV 12+: 1. Chri s Pocinc : 2. David Gr iego; 3. Lan ce Taylor. 80 MO D NOV 12+: 1. David Griego; 2. Chri s Pocino; -3. Lance Tayl or . 80 STK INT 12+: 1. Ken ny Arnold; 2. Kin g Richard Saxton ; 3 . Ke rry Mulliga n. , 80 MOD INT 12+: 1. Kerry MUll igan; 2. Kenn y Arnold; 3. Ki ng Rich ard Saxton. 125 NOV: 1. T.L. Taylor; 2. Kenny Ar nold; 3. Ji mm y Ramp a. 125 INT: 1. Sonn y Rei sin g-Lov e; 2. Johnn v Day; 3. Brad Lewis. - 125 PRO: 1. Bryan Bruner; 2. Robert Naughton; 3 . Dan Ell ison. 250 NOV: 1. Ross Sh urt liff ; 2 . Ja son Warren; 3 . Ken Teeters . 250 INT: 1. Pau l Harb auer; 2 . M ike Thomas; 3 . Sh ane J ohnson . 250 PRO: 1. Scott Ni el son ; 2. Len ny Giger ; 3. Bryan Bruner. 500 NOV : 1. Chris New m ill er ; 2. Dan Leberger ; 3. Neil Good ell . 500 INT: 1. M ark Hite chew; 2 . Fra nk Lovaa s; 3 . Ji m Barn son . L.A. SUZUKI-KAWASAKI 500 PRO: 1. Bill y Hill ; 2. Scott Nielson; 3. Bar ry Hill. VETS: 1. Lee Pear son ; 2. Steve Irel an d; 3 . Ch ar les (formerl y 3 -Star Sport Cyc les ) Rose. 1 5 2 5 South La Cienega Blvd . Los Angeles. CA 90035 Matson blasts Sand Hill Open Tue • . - S. t . 9-6 (213) 655-5101 (213) 655-8766 (213) 652-1885 By Stacie Mythen License To Steal BR EN T WO OD. CA . MAR. 3 Ka wasaki-mounted Dea n Ma lso n charged to lak e top ho nors in both the 125cc and 250cc Pro classes in mo tocross ac tio n at the Sa nd H ill Ranch. T erry Ba st a rd . a newco m er 10 th e 125cc P ro class. put in a stu n n ing p erform an ce for. hi s fir st P ro ra ce. edg ing ou t Matson for a Iirs t-rno to wi n . Ma tson ca p tu red th e ho lesh ot in th e first I 25cc P ro cla ss m ot o , but was soon su rp rised to find h im self figh ting for th e lead w ith Bas tard . T h e two pu lled aw ay from th e p ack . and o n t he th ird lap th e pair h ad ba tt led th ei r way to a seven seco nd lead over th e rest of th e field . The cro wd wa s amazed th ai Bosra rd wa s runni ng so well - wh en h e blew everyo ne a wav by flying p ast Matson to tak e th (~ lead . Bastard took th e fir st mot a ,' with Mal son claiming second. The seco nd m oto was another cl ose duel betw een Bosrard and Matson. but in the en d Ma tson rea ch ed th e che ckered flag fir st. Matson 's2- l tally cl in ch ed th e o vera ll for th e class. In th e 250 cc P ro ra ce . S u zu k imourned R ich Myth en . riding for Skip's Suzuki in Tracey. [Jew 0 [[ th e ga te to tak e th e ho lesh ot. Myth en led . th e race for a lap. o n ly to be dazed wh en both Allen Si lh anek and George H opper blew past him. Myth en found h imself baul ing' for third plan ' aga ins t Matson. w i th Matson makin g ih e pass a nd dropp in g Myrhen to fo urt h . Ma tson took off after seco nd-pla ce H o p per. but ca me u p short a nd ha d to sett le for third . S ilhanek held o nt o h is lead a nd finished t h e mala in first pla ce, W hen th e gate dropped for the seco nd m o to , Ma tson took th e hol eshot a nd lead th e ent ire race. claim ing the ove ra ll victory. A hard- charg in g Hopper fin ish ed second. and Si lh anek took th ird . ... '84 G51150 E53 ' 8 4 G5550 E G5550 E5 G5700 E G5700 E5 1 TD -= Out The Door ) 0 (plus FRT an d CST Tax & Licens e' Head Spin ning deal s on all RM 's Huge stock of all E & ES models Good cr edit - Bad Cred it - No Cred it - No Proble m Factory Reb at e ll l L.A. SUZUKI-KAWASAKI (for merly 3 -Star Sport Cycles) 1 5 2 5 South La Cienega Blvd , Los Angeles . CA 90035 Op en Tues . - Set . 9 -6 (213) 655-5101 (213) 655-8766 (213)'652-1885 • Taking It To The Limit ' 8 5 N inj a 600 Eliminato r 900 KX125 By Nate Rauba '82 '84 '82 '85 KZ305C5R bel t $999 GPz 1100 $3699 KZ750 lTD $2 2 9 9 Ninja 9 0 0 KX250 KXT250 Tecat e KX 5 0 0 Head Sp in ning Deals o n '85s CORONA. CA. MAR. 8 tu red an intense battle. Wh ile Baldwin ran away w ith bo th m otos , man y of th e rem aining riders were em bro iled in tough ba tt les for th e runn er -u p slot. ' Bald win (Ma lco lm Smith Racin g v" Scott / Han ) g ra bbed the hol esh ot in th e first m o ta a nd q ui ckly left Charlie Sam p son (Cee t/ Kaw, West ) a nd Ch ris Spa rks (Ka w) beh ind . Spa rk s go t by Sampso n o n th e first lap. a n d o n th e fo llowi ng circ u it Sampson fell ba ck to la st. Ka wa sa k i-m o u n ted Ken n y Maddux was there to tak e h is pl ace. and immediately began 10 a p p ly pressure. BJ Millspaugh (Kaw ) was close behind in fourth. a nd wh en Maddux bobbled exi ting a whoo p section he slid right in behind Spa rks. Wh ile Baldwi n cru ised o n 10 th e win. Sparks It'd Mill spau gh. Maddux. a nd Ca giva rider Murray Sh ackelford int o th e fi nal lap . Sha ckelf ord was o n th e ga s and got by Maddux. rh en pas sed Mi llspaugh for thi rd befor e the finish . No down payme nt - Baldwin sails at Corona night MX Winni ng the l25cc Intermediate class wa s no p ro blem for G en e Baldwin tonight at Coron a Racewa y. but seco n d place fea- $3699 .00 $2500.000TD $3099 .00 OTD $3099 .00 OTD $3 3 9 9 .0 0 OTD Huge Stock of 600 Ninjas Good cr edit - Bad Credi t - No down payme nt No Credit - • No Problem r - - - -- ----------- - ----------~--l When You Move. .. I' 1. For FASTEST servi ce att ach old m ailin g label in space below If ma iling label is not avai la ble. pri nt yo ur ol d name and add ressIn this box. 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