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.~ <{ III :> <{ a: w ... <( z B > III 0 ... 0 :I: e, ~ 00 O"l ~ r-- CN ..c: U M ro ~ Open Novice wi nner Brent Potter clears a jump a wheel lengt h ahea d of ru nner-up J eff Bragia at t he Corona M X. • • Baldw in shot into th e lead a t th e sta rt of th e seco nd mo to with Shack elford. Millspaugh . a n d Sampson trail in g . Millspaugh quickly pa ssed Sh ackelford in th e whoops. lea ving him to fend o ff Sampson a n d Maddux for th e n ext few laps. For a wh ile Sh ackelford. Sampson. and Maddux were in ch es apart . but on lap three Shackelford fell back to last . out of contention. Maddux was keeping th e pressure on Sa m pso n. and on th e fif th lap took third wh en Sampson go t stuc k behind a slower rider in th e stad iu m wh oops. Millspaugh had pulled o u t a few seco nds on th e war for third. but after getting by Sampso n. Maddux quickl y reduced th e m ar gin and was ch allenging Millspaugh a s th ey h eaded into the final lap. Try as he might. Maddux cou ldn't get by a n d ca me up a couple of bikelen g th s sh ort a t th e finis h. Baldwin eas ily won and cap tured th e o vera ll. a n d Millsp augh held on to seco nd overa ll by beat in g Maddux. whose 53 was good for third. In th e 250cc Pr o class Gordon Wa rd o nce again took th e win , but th is tim e h e had so me co m pa ny nea r th e front o f th e pack. Former factory sta r Jim G ib son, who said h e ca me o u t to Corona "j ust to h ave so me fun " . got ser io us in th e seco nd mot a a n d never let Ward ge t m or e th en a few seco nds a way. At th e end Gibson cl osed in on Ward . but co u ldn' t ca tch him. G ib son was seco nd in th e first m o to a lso. but spe nt most of th e race battling with J ack Scott. Results 42 " HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN : 1. Jaimie Kirltpatrick IPert. 2. Shawna Sk inn er (Per ). MINI NOV : 1. Scott Str ang io (Upl); 2. Kenny Weesner (Hem). 100: I , Scott Strangio (Upl). 125 SR: 1. Ron J ordan (Upl); 2 . HankTorres(Perl: 3 . Mondo Duran (Ham). 175 SR: 1. Ron Jordan (Upl) ;2. HankTorres (Per); 3 . M ond o Du ran (Ham) . 250: 1. J ohn WaIiIUpl). OPEN : 1. M ike Rambo (Per). UNATIACHED PEE WE E: 1. Mike Metzger (Kaw); 2. Brian (Kaw) . M INI BEG 12· : 1. David Park er (Yam); 2. Brian W alker (yam); 3 . Jason Ma n in (Yam). M IN I BEG 13+: 1. Jo hn Peter son (Kaw ); 2. David M cLaod (Kaw l; 3. Jas on Austin (Kaw) . MINI NOV : 1. Guy Decken(Kaw); 2 . J oel Albrecht (Kaw ); 3 . Ronn ie M an in (Kaw l. M INI INT : 1. RoDen Shipman (Kaw); 2. Dust in Evans (Kaw); 3. W illy Dr ake (Yam). 125 BEG 1: 1. Kevi n Vama uchi (Kawt. 2. Blazin Bambino (Kaw); 3. M edardo Juarez (Suz). 1 25 BEG 2: 1. Rat Suit (Yam); 2. Rob Knemeyer (Ho n t. 3. Chad (Vam). 125 BEG 3 : 1. Stan Hase(Kaw) ; 2. Tim Forstythe (Hon); 3 . Greg Stevens (Yam). 125 NOV : 1. Bill Auberlen (Vam); 2. Ph ill Ala · mangosISuz); 3. Greg PerklnsIHon). 125 NOV 2: 1. Raben McCay IKaw); 2. Bryan •• .• • • Petr ie (Kaw); 3 , Rob Sassen (Cag). • • , 12 5 1 NT: 1. Gen e Baldwin (Hon); 2. BJ Millspaugh (Kaw); 3 . Kenny Maddux (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Chuck Han (Suz) ; 2 . Dava Phillips (Kaw). 250 BEG 1: 1. Dar in Cook (Ho n); 2. Cunis Olsen (Hon) ; 3. Roben Longenecker (Yam). 250 BEG 2 : 1. Shaw n He it(Yam); 2 . Jim Tamburo (Yam); 3. Roben Carmack (Suz ). 250 NOV : 1. Jo hn Caner (Hon); 2. Ray Alva rez (Sul); 3. Tom Gilje (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Tom Brown (Hoo t; 2. Dav id Hammond (Yam); 3 . Jeff Run (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. Gonion Ward (Yam ); 2 . J im Gibson (yam); 3. Don Turk (Ho n). OPEN BEG : 1. Leonard Wallenda (Kawt. 2. Roben Johnson (Hon); 3. J eff Wall (Suz). OPEN NOV : 1. Brent Potter (Hon); 2. Jeff Brag ia IHont. 3 . John Adams (Hon) . OPEN PRO: 1. Ban Damon (Su z). VET: 1. Dele Grey (Yam); 2. Paul W ild e (Yam). Sandonas clean up at Corona flat track By Elaine Jones CORONA. CA, FEB . 23 A name out of th e past ca me back to Corona Saturday night and brought a w ife and so me wi nning wa ys with him. Joh n Todd able on ly to follow behind for 15 laps. Todd is from Arizona. and had to have hi s mind el sewhere a s his wif e is expectin g their first ch ild a n ytime. Cannon had th e Sh ell Yamaha working just fin e on th e half mil e a s he was in total charge fiom th e drop o f th e flag. Dann y Perkins gav e him th e biggest ch allenge - Perkins had th e pow er . but co u ldn' t get on track through th e co mers a nd it cos t h im . Thompson was just th e o p posite he was powered a n d had to fight every in ch o f th e way to keep th e o thers in sigh t. H ames had his troubles in th e h eat a nd didn ' t even mak e th e mam. The Dodge Racing T eam/Pape Raci n g T eam riv alry in th e Open Novi ce half mile is turning in to its own divi sion. with the Dodge's fielding four riders and Pape having three. Onl y Ro n Cochard was unattached. It wa s Chris Dodge who got the nod off th e line followed by J oe Pape a nd Eddi e Dodge. Eddie took over th e lead on the second lap as Chris sta rted hav ing problems. Pape d rpped 10 fourth . but wo rk ed his way back up to second with five laps to go. Cochard a n d his Yamaha locked into th e third sp o t and weren't moving for a nyo ne. At th e n ag. it was Edd ie Dodge. P ape a nd Cocha rd . The Dodg e T eam got th e number one spot. but overall it was T eam Pa pe th at did th e best . J oe Pape wa s seco nd, Ricky Stecyk fourth a nd Le n ny Rod r iquez fifth. Dodges claimed th e sixth , seven th a nd eighth spots in addition to first. Co ngratu la tio ns to Ri ch ard H awks an d Mark Bailey wh o both ea rn ed transfers to th e Open Amateur di vision by winning Saturday ni ght. Results SHORT TRACK PEE WEE : 1. Duston Skalski (Yam ). MINI 12 ·UNDER: 1. Nate Perk in s (Han); 2. Dav id King (Yam ). MINI 13 & OVER : 1. David Woclaszewski (Kaw) ; 2. Char lie Brown (Kaw); 3 . Mark Oorneiden (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Ralph Porze lt; 2. AI Beatty (Suz); 3 . Tyson Vall (Kaw). 250 EX: 1. Tommy Lynch (Vam ); 2 . Lyl e Dove (Yam ). N .S.O.T.H .G.: 1. RichardSchroeder(Yam); 2. Jeff Hagge (Vaml : 3. Dennis Vall (Vam) . OPEN NOV DIV I: 1. M ark Bai ley (Rtx); 2. Charles Marcucci (Vam) ; 3 . J oe Pope (Vam) . OPEN NOV ON II: 1. Richard Hawks (ATK): 2. Ricky Stecyk IVam); 3 . Glenn Turner (Vam). OPEN AM DIV I: 1. Matt Stoutenburg (Vam); 2. Ruben Malaguenero (Yam); 3. Bob Graves (Yaml. OPEN AM DlV II: 1. Richard Schroeder (Vam); 2. John Penner (Rt.); 3 . Jeff Hagge (Vam) . OPEN EX: 1. J oh n Sandona (Rtx); 2. Dan iel Kane (Yam I; 3 . J eff Johnson (Vaml . 250 MONEV; 1. Tommy Lynch (Yam ); 2. Calvin Ravborn (Yam). OPEN MONEV: 1. Pet e Ham es (H-DI ; 2 . Curtis Cannon (Shell); 3. ROger Thom pson (H· D). HALF M ILE PEE WEE : 1. Brad Hinkle (Suzl. MINI 12 & UNDER : 1. Nate Perk in s (Vam): 2 . Dust in Skal ski IYam ); 3. David King (Yam ). M INI13 & OVER : 1. David Woclaszewski (Kaw) ; 2. Charlie Brown (Kaw ); 3. Kevin Peopl es (Su z). 250 NOV : 1. Ma rgo Sandona (Vaml; 2. Ton y Tetor s (Hon); 3. Ron King (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Tommy Lynch (Vam ); 2, Lyle Dove (Vam). N.S.O.T.H.G_ 1. Ric hard SChroeder (Yam ); 2. Don : Me iner (Yam); 3. Dave A lexa nder (Yam l. OPEN NOV DIV I: 1. Richard Hawks (A TK); 2. Ma rk Bail ey (Rtx); 3 . Mark She ets (Vam ). OPEN NOV ON II: 1. Eddi e Dodg e (H· D); 2 , Joe Pape (Vam); 3. Ron Cocha rd (Va m). OPEN AM : 1. Matt Stoutenburg (Vam) ; 2 . Bob Graves (Yam); 3. John Penner tRtx ~ OPEN EX: 1. John Sandona (Rtx); 2. Ron Sheets IRtx); 3 . Dan iel Kane (Yam ). 250 MONEY: 1. Tommy Lyn ch (Vam); 2 . Calvin Rayborn (Yam); 3. Lyle Dove (Vam) . OPEN MONEV: 1. Cunis Cannon (Shell); 2 . Danny Perki ns (H-DI ; 3 . Roger Thompson (H-D). Sandon a , no stra n ger [ 0 flat tra ck racin g sig ned u p for both Open Ex~ rt even ts and en ded u p walking off with a ll th e m ar bles, going wire-to-w ire in both th e short track a nd half mil e events, on a Rotax , Dan Kane a nd J eff J ohnson chased hi m h om e o n th e short track whil e Ron Shee ts ca me up w ith seco nd o n th e big ova l. w ith Dan Kane ge tti ng by J eff J ohnso n three laps into th e m a in 10 ro u nd o u t th e top three. ' N ot 10 be o ut done . Sandona 's wife Mar go was there to p ick up th e wi n in th e 250cc Novi ce half m ile. Tyson Vall was o ff th e line o n top, follow ed by Tony T etors a nd Mar go Sa n dona. Ron Kin g mov ed throu gh traffi c to put himself in seco nd by th e th ird lap, but it was short lived as two laps lat er he wat ched everyo ne go by. T he sa me thing h appened to T etors as h e ran into probl ems o n th e sevent h lap, Voll had been an early cas ua lty as was not abl e to get back in th e ga m e. When it was a llover it was Margo » Sandona who had managed 10 sta y out o f trouble and was there at th e By Larry Hughes end to uphold the family 's winning CONROE, TX. FE B. 17 ways . Scott Chesser. J eff Gibson a n d The Pros sh ared rhe.rnoney exce p t Breu Hermann all scored deci for th e 250cc class. where Bakerssive back- to- hack rnoto wins in field 's Tom my L ynch claimed both th eir respective classes at th e th e quarter- and ha lf-mile dough. Conroe MX Park in Conroe, Texa s. The O pen Money short tra ck wa s .a frei ght train with Pete H ames th e Man y riders were warmin g up for th e locomotiv e and Curtis Cannon Roger GNC International Final s sched u led ' • ••• Thompsen.john Mauochs and Kevin - . .. . a t Lak e -Whitney on March 9-10.. and . Chesser, Gibson andHermann score at ConroeMX track operator Benny Cl a yton is to be co ngratu lated for o utstanding track conditions for the event. Some of the mos t impressive riding came in the l25cc Intermediate class. as Mark G er loff (Ga lveston Honda /O 'Neal ) grabbed th e holeshot, followed by Chesser (Galveston Honda /Tearn Tamm ) a nd David C lark (Galveston Honda)a very tight second a n d third. The three lead ers were so tight during th e fir st lap that yo u could throw a blanket over all of them. Chesser was breathing on Gerloff's rear fend er . and squared off every turn trying to get around his teammate. Then Jason Melancon got on th e gas. a nd used some unusual lin es to make it a four-wa y battle. O n a hard off-camber left-hander with deep ruts. Melancon hit the extreme inside lip a nd table-topped- the sec.tio n to gain time. Melancon passed Clark to claim th ird . and Chesser found his way around Gerloff. cutting some o f th e fa stest lap tim es of the day . O n the fourth la p Me lancon dropped out with mechanical problems. putting Clark ba ck into th ird . O n the next lap Chesser went wide on a tight right-hander. going off the co u rse and al lowing Gerloff to move into first . Chesser quickl y made up the los t time and sq ueezed ba ck into the lead just before th e finish . Gerloff finished in second. and Clark wasn't far beh ind in third. The seco nd mota started with Chesser aga in leading the wa y. followed by Gerloff. Cl ark . Todd Currie a nd Derrick Staff ord. Chesser stretched hi s lead to a bo u t five seconds during the first few laps. a n d co nt in ued to pull to a IO-second lead a t th e fin ish. G erloff finished a so lid seco n d. a nd Clark took third making it a 1-2-3 sweep for th e G alveston Honda rid ers. In th e 250cc Intermediat e class. expro Larry Hughes (Conroe Suzuki) holeshot hi s RM250. withJeffGibson (G ood Time Cycle) rnanuevering h is KX250 through first -turn traffi c into seco n d pl ace. Hughes pulled a slim lead in th e first lap. only to lo se it to Gibson. Th e pair pulled from th e rest of th e field, a nd Gibson in creased his lead to a bo u t 10 seco nds over seco n dp lace Hughes. At th e finish, a close battle for third em erged between John Morell (S uz) an d Kevin Branch (Suz), with Morell besting Branch to take th e slo t. For th e seco nd mot o, Gibson jetted o ut o f th e ga te firs t, with Hughes mak in g h is way th rough traffi c into th e seco n d spot. Hughes sta yed close during th e openi ng laps, but G ibson grad uall y pulled away , taking th e victory and th e ove ra ll with a co m fortable 15-second marg in . Again. a battle mounted for th ird p lace in th e closing laps.a nd agai n Morell cla imed th e s po t. best ing G reg H arnbree (Ho use o f Wh eel s) by two bikelengths. I n th e first 250cc Expert moto Rusty Dovell (Conroe Suzuki ) m assively holeshot th e pack into th e first turn. Kenny Brown foll owed in secon d, until h e crashed. trapping Brett Hermann (Cycl e Shack North ) behind h im . H ermann fin all y got arou nd the fallen Honda rider. and up front Do vel ] was looking fast and secure in firs t. with Stuart McAvo y (Kaw) second and David Good (Conroe Suzuki) third . Then Dov ell cra shed. McAvoy took th e lead and Good moved into second. Hermann had moved up into th ird pla ce. and stayed on the th rottle to pass Good. Hermann th en made his way a ro un d McAvo y on th e startfin ish stra ig h t. a nd cruised to a con vin cing win. McAvoy ran behind Hermann to fini sh secon d. and Brown final ly pa ssed G ood to fini sh th ird. Brown gat ed perfectl y-at th e start of th e seco nd moto, with H ermann. ·McAvoy. Oood- and Dovell in tow .

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