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'79 to '83
750, 900 & 1100
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Gordon Ward (173) and J im Gibson (15 ) had two close 250cc Pro motosat
Corona. Ward took both to keep his win streak alive.
800-538-7035 U.S.A.
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500 BEG: 1. Joe Cla rk (Ha n); 2 . Mark Dietzler
(Han); 3. Ron Douvas (Han) .
500 JR : 1. Timothy Regr ut (Kaw); 2. M arc Peters
(Kaw); 3. Tom Flynn (Yam).
5OOINT: 1. Tim Marsh (Han); 2. Jeff Healey (Hon );
3 . Tom St. Peter (Hus) .
500 PRO: 1. Gary Harris (Hus).
VET JR; 1. Aldan Colby (Han); 2. John Knight
(Kaw); 3. Greg Qu intanilla (Kaw).
VET INT: 1. Jim Young (Han).
VET MASTER: 1. Mark Smith (Suz) .
OT JR : 1. Rabe n Berdyck (Hon l; 2. Fred W ill en
(Suz).
OT MASTER: 1. Bob Totten (Suz).
Ward wins another
at Corona
By Nate Rauba
CORONA, CA, MAR. 22
Gordon Ward 's long string of
victori es in th e 250cc Pro class
at Corona Ra ceway was a lm ost
broken tonight by Sunwest Ya m aha's Jim Gibson. Gibson passed
Ward in th e fin a l turn to tak e th ewin
in ' the first mota , th en they both
battled in ro u nd two for th e entire
mot o unti l Gibson sp u n o u t on th e
last la p a nd a llowed Wa rd 10 keep his
streak alive.
Darren Sh aruga (Yarn) shot into
th e lead a t th e stan o f mot a one with
Gibson, Ward (Ma lco lm Smith Ra cin g/ Yam). a nd Don Turk (Ans wer/
O akl ey/Han ) tra iling. Gibson passed
Sharuga o n th e firsi lap as th ey ex ited
th e first set o f Pro whoops: th en Ward
went by. Ward quickl y h om ed-in o n
Gibson , a nd for th e next few laps th ey
were just in ches a pa rt, By th e third lap
th ey ca ugh t up 10 Intermed iat e class
riders o n th e shortened track (a lighting failure in th e hill s restricted raeing to th e infield) an d a co up le o f laps
la ter th e traffi c became a bi g p roblem
for Gibson. As h e tried to pass a .
slower rid er, Gibson was forced o ff
th e track but sti ll had th e lead when
h e got ba ck o n . Gibson th en blew hi s
approach to th e wh oops a n d Ward
took the lead.
For the rest o f th e ra ce Gibso'n
stayed glued to Wa rd's rear fend er,
despite a poor-running bike. On the .
fina l lap Gibson intensified his a ttac k,
and made h is mo ve as th ey approached
the finish line. Gibson banzai ed a
ju m p and pulled up al ongside Ward
in mid-a ir; upon landing h e held th e
best line o ver th e ta ble-top turn 10
squirt in to th e lead and ta ke the win by
in ches. Sharuga a nd'T urk a lso spent
the entire m ot a in close company,
and a t th e fini sh it was Turk who
came up withthird , "
Ward g rabbed th e holesh ot at th e
stan of th e seco n d m ot a ahead of
Sharu ga an d Gibson. Once aga in
Gibson qu ickly ove rtoo k Sh aruga
a n d then m oved o n Ward. As Ward
a nd G ibson set o ff 10 battl e each
other, th ey left Sharuga behind in
third to fend o ff Turk , esta blish in g
th e same pattern as in m ota o ne . At
rnid-moto th e leaders again h it traffic, but thi s time there were no p ro blem s. Turk overlook Sharuga for th ird
a n d left him behind. U p fro nt, Gibso n was bar-to-bar with Ward , but
co u ldn' t pass. Gibson th en cha rged
at th e beg inning o f lap nine, but
Ward held him o ff in the first turn .
Ward made a slight mistake in th e
whoops that a llowed Gibson to get
by. but th e situ a tio n didn't last for
long as Ward ca me back and p assed
Gibson o n th e backstraigh t. Gibson
kept th e pressure on h eading into th e
final lap, but spun o u t in a turn .
a llowing Ward to take th e win. Gibson recovered to stay we ll a hea d of
third pl ace Turk .
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Results
HIGH SCHOOL
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MI NI NOV : 1. Steve Foster (Tus); 2. Louie Romo
(Col); 3. Tim Wells (Cer).
100: 1. Steven Foster (T us).
125 SA: 1. Greg Trachey (Tus); 2. Hank Torre s
(Per): 3 . Mike Svendsen (Tus).
175 SR: 1. Greg Trachey (Tus): 2. M edardo J uarez
(Col).
175 NOV; 1. Jerry Litte ra l (Col); 2. Hank Torres
(Per); 3 . M ike Svendsen (Tus) .
250 NOV : 1. Todd Everhan (Cer); 2. Loren W illi ·
ams (Cer).
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250 SR : 1. Gordon Ward (Col); 2. Don Litteral
(Col).
OPEN SR: 1. Gordon Ward (Col); 2. Kevin Mont·
gomery (Col ); 3. M ike Rambo (Per).
WOMEN : t , Jaimie Kirkpatrick (Per).
UNATIACHED
PEE WEE : 1. M ike Metzger (Kaw); 2. Robby Hock
(Kaw ); 3 . Joey Cunis (Kaw).
MINI BEG 12 -: 1. Ryan Doty (Kaw); 2. Jeff Lewis
(Kaw ); 3. Jarrell Austin (Han ).
MINI NOV : 1. Guy Decken (Kaw); 2. M ike Co.
(Kawl; 3 . Brian Sanchez (Kaw).
MINIINT: 1. Da na W igg i ns (Suz ); 2. Dari n Green
(Yam); 3. Br ian Sanchez (Kaw) .
125 BEG I: 1. Er ic Brow ne (Kaw) ; 2. Ron Elser
(Honl; 3 . Justin Jones (Kaw).
125 BEG II: 1. Tim Forsythe (Han); 2. Jacen Run
(Yaml; 3. Bobby Fin inis (Kaw).
125 BEG 111: 1. Jeb Brock (Suz); 2. Chuck Collins
(Han ); 3. Dale Ebberts (Yam) .
125 NOV: 1. John Garcia (Han) ; 2. Bryan Petrie
(Kaw); 3 . Ron Jorda n (Kaw).
125 INT: 1. Gene Bal dwin (Hon ); 2. Tom Brow n
(Kaw) ; 3 . M ike Mclain (Kaw).
25 0 BEG I: 1. Michael M atson (Suz): 2. Jell M in ·
de rhaout (Yam); 3. J im Tamb uro (Yaml .
250 BEG 11: 1. Ron Lat hrop (Han ); 2. Jim Boren
(Han); 3 . Sh eldon Messick (Kaw):
250 NOV : 1. Steve Reed (Han); 2. Nate Rauba
(Suz); 3. Larry Cra vens (Hon) .
250 INT: t , Kenny M addux (Yam); 2 . Dave Emmerson (Kaw) : 3. Jeff Butt (Yam).
2 50 PRO: 1. Gordon W ar d (Yam ); 2. Jim Gibson
(Yam): 3 . Don Turk (Ha n).
OPEN BEG: 1. Raben Johnson (Han).
OPEN NOV; 1. John Wall (Han); 2. John Adams
(Han) ; 3 . Steve Seque ira (Yam).
OPEN PRO: 1. Scali Yenzer (Han ).
VETS: 1. Roben Portier (Kaw); 2. Greg Preston
(Su z).
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