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stop and apparently h ad co ncl uded the verbal ons la ugh t when Surratt began to ride away. Just as he did. Brown took a swipe at Surratt. gl ancing th e ba ck of h is helmet.Iwhich immediately set Surratt o ff, a nd th e two riders went a t eac h o ther. The ' figh t was soon broken up and n either rider was penalized by CMC oHicia ls. Dan Berg, by th e way. won th e 500cc Pro class. joining Surra tt as th e big money winners of th e day. Results . 600-8: 1. JeflWilioh (Kawl; 2. Joe Hicks (Kewl; 3 . Phil R iohmond (Kaw). . 60 9 -11 : 1. Ryan Spurgin (Kaw); 2 . Joey Cunis (Kawl; 3 . Mike Pritchard (Kaw). . 80 JR : t . Chris Adargo (Kaw); 2. Duane Benner (Hon); 3. Biily Dawson (Kawl. . 80 BEG: 1. Dave MacFarlane (Hon); 2. Mike Cox (Kaw); 3 . Ryan Spurgin (Kaw). BOINT : 1. BrockSuter(yam); 2. Pat Weide (Yam) ; 3 . Butch Smith (Suz). 80 EX: 1. Mike Pascarella (Vam); 2. Shane Tr ittler (Yam) . 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Rich Powell (Suz); 2. Mark Ada ir (Suz); 3 . Johnny Johnson (Kaw). 125 BEG DIV 2 : 1. M ike Crosby (Kaw); 2. Tony Qualls (Kaw); 3. Darren Fredr ickson (Su%). 125 JR; 1. Bobby W illiams (Kaw); 2. Ric Reynenson (Suz); 3. Billy McLaug~lin (Suz) . 125 1NT 1. Kyle Lewis (Han); 2 . Troy Welty (Hon ); : 3 . M ike Mclain (Kawl. 125 PRO; 1. Willie Surratt (Hon); 2. M ike Brown (Kaw); 3. Don Goettling (Kaw). . 250 BEG: 1. Tommy Bolton (Han) ; 2. Billy Hammon (Kaw) ; 3. Scott Richmond (Kaw). 250 JR : 1. John McGinnis (Hon) ; 2 . Brian Bel ew (Kaw); 3 . Charles Abbitt (Yam). 2501NT: 1. Cun Farrar (Yaml; 2. Todd Lehmann (Han); 3. Jim Perry (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Will ie Surratt (Hon); 2. Scott Johnson (Hon); 3 . Dave Welty (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Ron Baker (Han); 2. Fred Sm ith (Hon) ; 3 . Darryl Sullade (Han) . 500 JR : 1. John Perry (Kawl; 2. John McG innis (Hon) ; 3 . Raben Hedcano (Vam). 500 INT: 1. Gregg Blechman (AXO) ; 2. M arc Peters (Kaw) ; 3. Gary Wilson (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Han) ; 2. Sco tt J ohnson . (Hon); 3 . Mike Baker (Vam). VET JR : 1. Fred Cox (Vam) ; 2. J im Har rison (Hon ); 3 . Wall Hard (Hon). VET INT: 1. Randy Pipkorn (Hon); 2. Tom Spurg in (Hon); 3 . J im Drav es (Hon ), VET MSTR : 1. Jon M iller (Yam); 2. DeWayn e Jones (Yam ); 3. Jim Cast illo (Kaw). OT JR : 1. Michael Robbin s (Hon) . OT INT: 1. Roben Cooke (Han ). OT MSTR: 1. Raben Dahlgren (Han); 2 . Bob Tol ten: 3 . Bill Manley (Hon). Rutherford roosts Ascot Pros By Larry Cravens GAR DENA. CA. MAY 3 T im R u th erford rode h ard an d co n sisten t to p ocket th e 125cc Pro cash a t tonight's Continental Motosport Club MX a t Asco t . Park. David -Po tter had a 3- 1 sco re to ta ke the to p h on ors in the 250cc Intermed iat e class. I n the 250cc Begin n er cla ss division one. Mi ke Matson took th e overall win for the n igh t. In the first l25cc P ro rnoto, R u th erfor d (Kaw) p u lled th e ho lesh o t follo wed by Ron T urner (Cag) a nd Do ug Du bach (Kaw ). DURi.ld 1charged down the firs t stra ighta way a nd a lmos t lost it o ver th e do ubles, a nd flew o ££ the tra ck o n ly to re-enter in las t p lace. Chr is H einrich was n ow in th e top three and di cin g wi th the frontru n n ers. On th e seco n d lap Turner ch arged past Ru tehrford to tak e the lea d . T urner h eld o n to the lead for a la p . but h is bi ke broke down, leaving him side lined . Ruth erford was back into th e lead fo llowed clos ely by H einrich a nd Willie Surratt (Han ). As th ese th ree frontrunne rs d iced their way aro u nd th e track. some lapped riders got in th e way. w h ich proved to be most exciting. When it ca me to the checkers. Ruth erford was o ut in fron t; Surra tt passed H einrich at th e fin ish li ne turn to ca p tu re second pl ace. In th e second moto R u th erfo rd again p ull ed th e ' ho lesh ot, leading Dubach and H einrich . Surra tt got a fourth pl ace sta rt a nd quickl y p assed H einrich on th e first straight. T he n H einrich got on th e gas and rep assed S u rra tt on the same lap to take back thi rd . On th e th ird lap H ei nrich and Surratt wen t down whil e dueling it ou t over third pl a ce. Then Dubach ~ ~ stuffed Rutherford on th e fo u rt h lap . m aking Rutherford -go down. but Rutherford q ui ckly got up 10 h old on to seco nd p lace. W h en th e a ils"t cleared . it was Du bach with th e win followed by Ru th erford a nd Don Goetd in g (Kaw) . In the first 250cc Intermedia te rno to, Bill Carso n (Han) led th e p ack fol lowed by Chris Boi ce (H a n) a nd Brian Huff (Yam). In fourth p lace was S teve West (Yam), w ho by the seco n d lap h ad charged h is way into firs t pl a ce. Po tter (Han) starte d o u t of th e to p five. b u t by the seco nd lap he h ad roosted h is way into thi rd p la ce. The top th ree riders now were West in firs t, followed by Carson a nd P o tter. West charg ed on . gi ving h is co mpetition no ch ance to catch h im . as he took th e checkered flag first. Carson followed ; Po tter was th ird. In th e seco nd m ota Kenny Maddux (Yam) was leadirig Potter a n d Edd ie Kenned y (Ya m). But P otter th en im mediately cha rged by' Maddux to ta ke th e lead. West got a fou rt h p lace sta rt . but by th e seco nd lap. h e made his way into seco nd p lace a nd wa s in p ursuit of Potter. On th e th ird lap West p assed Potter to tak e th e lead. bu t Po tt er d id not fall o ff the p ace and repassed West on th e same lap . O n th e fourth lap West Went down trying 10 retake th e lea d. T h e top "th ree were now P o tter . Madd u x a nd . Ken n edy. T he order staye d the sa me w ith P o tter ta king th e wi n , follow ed by Maddux a nd Kennedy . In divi sion o ne o f th e 250cc Beginner class first m ot o , Joe H a user (Han) too k the lead wi th T im T ucker (Yam) and Ch ris Parks (Hon) tra ilin g . P arks wasted n o time a nd cha rged hi s way ,i n to th e lead o n th e first la p. Ma tson sta rted o ut 6 f th e to p five, and worked h is way into third o n th e seco n d la p . The orde r wa s now Pa rks in first , an d stre tch ing h is lead ov er H auser an d Ma tson . Mat son started cha rg ing on Hauser o n th e th ird la p, bu t H au ser kept sh u tt ing Ma tson o ff. Park s went o n to tak e the w in follow ed by H auser a nd Mat son. In th e seco n d rn o to it wa s H auser again, follo wed by Ma tso n a nd David Ko tlar ski (Yam) . Matson put the move o n H auser , and too k the lead o n th e first lap . On the move was fif th -p lace Parks as he diced hi s way in to third place on th e second la p . Ma tso n led th e moto fo llowed by Hauser and Parks. But th e o rder never cha nged , and Matson loo k the win a nd th e overall . wi th Ha user seco nd a nd Parks third. 125 BEG: 1. Pau l Sa nt oro; 2. Micha el Buchan a n; 3. Ju lio M iranda . 125 JR OIV 1: 1. Charlie Brown; 2. Bill Au berien ; 3 . Per rin Per ez. 125 JR DIV 2 : 1. Jon Berg ; 2. J ason M arcu s; 3 . lee W ilson . 125 INT: 1. Gene Baldwin; 2 . Dann y Bar nett : 3 . John Matia sevich . 125 PRO: 1. Tim Ruth erford; 2. Doug Dub ach ; 3 . 00 O'l ...... ~ l!") . Q.) c ;j I-) ... ' - - - - C O U P'O N · - ~ - - - - - - Okay. send me my original fine art print of Bol D'Or by Jeff Gundlach Please send print(s) to / Nam e Address -'-_ • _ City Stat e _ _ -,-_ Zip _ Gre g Tra chy. 25 0 BEG DlV 1: 1. M ik e Matson ; 2. J oe Hau ser ; 3 . Chr is Parks. . 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Tra vis Stake; 2. Dougla s Brooks: 3 . Br yan Tenb erge . 250 JR : 1. David Jenn ings : 2 . Mark Burn s; 3 . Matt ~etro. 250 INT: 1. David Pott er ; 2. Bill Car son ; 3 . Chris Boice. 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson; 2. Ron Turn er; 3 . Dave Graff . 500 BEG : 1. Darryl Sullada ; 2. Ron 8aker; 3 . Ja ck Evans. 500 JR : 1. M ar k Anderson ; 2 . Chr is McGee; 3 . Robert Hedland. 500 INT: 1. Mike Mu sson ; 2 . Larr y Gross: 3 . Roger Guard. . 500 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson; 2 . Ron Turner; 3 . Willie Su rratt. VET JR : 1. Rick Han sen ; 2. Tim Kn igh t; 3 . J erry Howell . VET INT: 1. Karl Kramer; 2. V ietor Triepke : 3. Terry Judd. VET MS TR:. 1. carl Gazafy; 2 . Jeff BIi " 3 . Chris Jackson. . OT JR : 1. Michael Robbins; 2. W illiam Hopk ins ; 3 . Howard O·Berg . OT MSTR : 1. Bill Manle y; 2. Mike McMillen. . ~ Results 80 BEG DIV 1: 1. Cory Flint; 2. Tom Gr ell e; 3 . Ton y Spitia . 80 BEG DIV 2 : 1. M ike Cox: 2. J esse James; 3. Gary Su t herland . BOJR : 1. Gu y Dec kert; 2. Rust y Som er s; 3. Duan e Benn er . 80 INT: 1. Robe rt Sh ipm an : 2 . Jon Berg. 80 EX: 1. Mikey Pascarella ; 2. Chri s Young; 3 . Scon McDonough . " Phone ---,,-- --"-- _ Payment enclosed (check or money order. payab le to Cycle News. • r.ii - ~ ~ lCA res . add6% LA county res: 8dd 61 . 12%) o Charge my Visa 0 Charge my Mastercard . , -=- Charge Cu stomers: W e mu st have compl ete accou nt number and card expirat ion date. 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