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(Han); 3 . Jess Ochoa (Hon l. VET JR : 1. Rick Stasch (Honl : 2. R,ck Worth (Yam ). VET INT: 1. M ike Bosw ort h (Suzl . 125 PRO: 1. Harr y Reed (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. J im Ellis (Yam ); 2. Jon Nelson (Han); 3 Pat Sparks (Hon l. .500 PRO: 1. Jim Ellis (Yam); 2. Tim Worth (Yam); 3. Dave Hosa ka (Han). VET MSTR: 1. Sam Holland (Honl; 2. Paul Huebert (Han); 3. Wes Brody (Han) . OT: 1. J im McCra ck en (Kaw ); 2. J e sse Ocha Jr. (Honl . Riders crowned at Santa Clara MX ...... By Mike Vancil SA NTA C LA RA. J UN E 2 The last race of th e Hi-Point USA spo nso red. California Motosports promoted and CMC sanc tione d seaso n came to a Ritch Hasledon scored a win in the 250cc Junior class at the Huron MX after a rac e lo ng battle with Da rin Vanderpool. Hasledon hauls at Huron By Clark Emery HURON. CA. JUNE I Suzuki rider R itch Hasledon took the 250cc Junior clas s win tonight, but not with?ut so.me con troversy about hIS racmg 36 tactics from third place overall rider, Darin Vanderpool from Fresno. . At the start of the 250cc J uruor class, Kawasaki rider Vanderpool had the lead, but close behind was H asel don who was putti ng on the pressure and trying to sneak his front wheel by w he never the chance arose. Va nderpool. however, kept .s la m m i ~ g the door shut in his face. Some d istance behi nd, just cruising along in . third was Greg Hunter. A large cushion of space existed between Hunter and the rest of the pack. On th e last lap Haseldon , tired of looking lik e he was connected 10 Vanderpool 's rear fender, tried a banzai pass over a jump for th~ lead, but instead nailed Vanderpool m the back with his front wheel. A few feet in front of the ch eckered flag, Vander. pool su dden ly pulled O\:er and slO\~ly crawled off his KX250 m great pam. Haseldon, perhaps not wanting a victory by defeat , pulled off th e track a nd waited for Vanderpool 10 get go ing again , but Vanderpoo! a ngerly wa ved h im o n to take the wm. The second moto was devoid o f a n v h igh drama as H aseld on grabbed th e holesh ot. with Hunter seco nd and Vanderpool in third. The top three riders pl a yed foll ow th e leader for th e wh ol e m ot o , a nd fin ish ed in th e sa m e o rder th ey started with H a seldon winnin g th e overa ll. and Hunt er . by wa y o f hi s seco n d p lace in this m or o . co llecting second. Vanderpoo l took home a th ird p la re for h is effor ts. As th e 250cc Pro cla ss roared off th e lin e. Ya mah a rider J im Ell is had. th e lead hut by th e th ird corner, a light right hundr-r, Pa lo Alt os' Dann y Bo les squeaked bv on th e ins ide fo r th e lead . H al f 'a lap la ter Ell is, wi th visions o f pa lm trees and wh ile sa nds probably in his eyes. repassed Bol es. J on Nel son, who was ~ U1ll1 i n g third a nd not happy a bou t t.t. a lso. passed Boles sim u ltaneo usly wi th Elli s going a ro u nd the outside o f a turn a nd Nelson taking th e inside. Ellis a n d Nelson ins ta nt ly pi ck ed up th e pa ce a nd started to battle it out for first. nearly knocking ea ch oth er down in t~e process. Near th e end of th e race Nelson low sided in a dark comer. retaining his second place, but giving Ellis the room 10 pull some yardage and go on 10 win the moto. Nelson went on 10 fi nish second. Come round two, Ellis jumped ahead with the hol esho t, bu t bogged his Yamaha in the first corner. Nelson saw h is chance and sli d around the outside an d into fi rst. Ellis was in second and Boles in third. As a ll three riders tried to go into a corner three abreast, Nelson went down glvm~ firs t to Ellis. From this point on, Ellis nailed his Yamaha 's th ro tt le an d took off from the pack , giving him room 10 cut some of the fastest lap times o f the night. Meanwhile, back at the race for second and third place, Sparks, who had to work his wa y up from a nothe r mediocre start , was now in fourth a nd trying to put a m ove?n Bol es for third. Coming over a. rise and into a comer both rid er s, neither want ing to be th e fir st to Sh UI o ff. co ll ided. Bol es went down a nd Spa rks n ow had th ird. At th e fini sh line. wa y o u t in front o f th e troops. was smooth riding EII.is with Nelson second an d Sparks m third. Results 60: 1. John McCracken (Kaw) ; 2 . Jame s Reye s (Kawl; 3 . Jeffrey McC ra y (Yam ). . 80 BEG: 1. Kenny M cGr at h (Honl : 2. e ns Reyes (Kaw ); 3 . Bruce Bleecker ('~ a m). 80 J R: 1. Chris Kawasak i (Kaw ); 2. Tor ey Rolland (Kaw); 3 . Pat Bennet (Yam). BO INT; 1. John Culwell (Kaw ). 125 NOV: 1. David Van Wa rt (Kaw); 2 . Dann y Lawhorn (Yam I; 3. Jack Clay (Honl . . 125 JR : 1. Kevin M cCr ory (Yam); 2. A la n Gilbert (Kaw); 3 . Lee W il son Jr (Ho n). _ 125 INT: .1. Doug Belch er (Kaw ); 2. Dall en M c· Kenny (Ha n); 3. M ike Bitn er (Yam) . .' 250 NOV : 1. Ha nk Bu rf eird (Yam ): 2. Ji m O uaschn ic k ' Yam); 3 . Kenn eth Digges (Ho n). 250 JR : 1. Ritch Hase ld en (Sl;J z): 2. Greg Hunter (Yam); 3 . Dari n Van derpool (Kawl . 250 INT: 1. M at Br anc h (Yam ); 2. Mitch Far m er (Yam); 3 . M'ke Black (Yam). . 500 NOV : 1. T ibo r Tr eig er (Hon ); 2 . M ark Se lbach (Han); 3. Jet t Clayton (Suz). . 500 J R: 1. Ed Hamittcn (Kaw); 2. M' ke Hul sey (Han ); 3 . Doug M enefee (Yam). . 500 INT: 1. Ja ck Azaved o (Han); 2. Aaron PIpeS close a t the Police Athletic League (PAL) track in Santa Clara . One hundred eig h ty riders turned out to vie fo r double points which co u ld lead to four foot hi gh season cha m pi onship fir st . pl ace troph!es wi!h co nt ingency pnzes and troph ies availa ble deep into ea ch cla ss. Tony Flores got th e lions share in th e l25cc clas s, Sha wn McCorin in th e 250cc and J on Nel son was the top gun in the 500cc class. Pee Wee a nd Mini bik e classes to ta lle d over 20 percent o f th e entry a nd th ey puton a good show. Justin Own bey, a Suzuki rider in th e BOcc (9- 11) Mini class put tog ether two perfect rid es to ace his cla ss. Another h eavil y represented clas.s wa s th e BOcc ( 12- 16) Mini class o f whi ch th ere were three sta rs. Kenni e McGrath sta rted to have o ne of hi s spectacu la r outings. but after he won th e fir st moto he didn 't do very good III the second. In mot o two it wa s Jason Bordelons' turn to shine and he put together a fin e ride 10 get th e checkers first. Steady Adam Fi sher seu led for tw.o individual second places aboard his Ka wa sa ki KX from San Jose. Jerome Smith, a popular young racer o~t of O a kl a n d , put h is quick Yamaha m to the lead during both rnotos of the 12-16 year Junior Mini bikers and never looked back. Todd Black beca me the first class wi n ner crowned as he p icked up a first ove rall on the day by virt ue of a third and a first. T o ugh est competi tion on the day ca me fro m Yamaha rider Bill Pell et iere ou t of San Jose. Pelleriere got the holes hot and held it for two of the five laps before losing the poi nt to Alive Carlos on a H onda. Georg Heare was on Pell eriere's rear wheel for only 100 yards before he endoed and detuned himself for the day. Another recepient of a first place season trophy was Veteran Ma~ter Mike Lane. Lane's second and ftfth place finishes were a tad out of chara cter for him but he has not full y recov ered from an ea rly season hand injun'. jerry Caton, now aboard a H onda, worked past Lane in the first rnot o to win it. In the second rnoto Du ane Hughes. on yet a no ther CR. got it pointed in th e right direction 10 tak e an ea rly lead. H e a n d Lane co llidedin th e fir st moto a nd although Lane fini shed well , his back bore th e marks o f th e fall . In the bailie between Hughes and Cat on for the lead th ey must hav e forgotten about Michael Alarcon a n d hi s CR. Alarcon fir st got by Ca to n th en Hugh es. Ca ton lat er foll owed th e lead o f Ala rcon a nd passed Hugh es for seco nd . Results 50 PEE WEE : 1. Jo seph Flores (Suz). 60 PEE W EE: 1. Elt on Steyding (Yam ); 2. Dav id Au gist ine (Yam l; 3 . Raben Lannlng (Yam). BO M INI NOV 9-11 ; 1. Ju stin Ownbey (Suz); 2. Dan ny W enger (Kaw). BO MIN I JR 9-11; 1, Tyler Hu mmel (Kaw l. BO M INI NOV 12· 16: 1. Adam Fish er (Kawl; 2. Jason Bor delon (Yam); 3 . M ic h ael LanOlf"!g (Yam l. eO MI NIJR 12· 16 : 1. Titas Jero me Sm 'th (Yam l; 2. Sc ott Schroeder (Kaw ); 3. St e ve B o ~ it a (Han ). BO MINtlNT 12 ·1 6 : 1. Sta n Lundquist (Kaw ). BO M INI EX 12· 16 ; 1. Todd Hicks (Yam). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Wa de Cobern IHan) ; 2. Monty Ownbey (Suz); 3 . Robert M ej ia (Suz). < : > 12 5 NOV DIV 2: 1. Jeff Trevorrow (Kawl; 2. R,cky Peixo to (Kaw); 3. Alben Berends (Han) . 12 5 JR : 1. Mark Drebert (Yam ); 2. Man Hachenberg (Kaw l; 3. Paul M,dson (Han ). 125 INT: 1. Geoff Woods (SUl) . 125 PRO: 1. Tony Flores ISuz) . 250 NOV: 1. Sean Hummel (Kaw); 2. Steve Fisher (Kaw); 3. Dennis Tedder (Yam). . . 250 JR : 1. Todd Black (Ha n); 2. B'Il Penetiere (Yam l; 3. Alive Carlos (Han) . 250 INT; 1. Jon King IHon). 250 PRO: 1. Tony Flores (Yam l; 2. Jan Nelson (Ha n); 3. Shawn McConn (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1. Charles Soares (Han); 2. Tony Owen (Honl . . OPEN JR : 1. Sk ip Brossard (Yam); 2 . Craig Thom . as ian (Hon ). O PEN tNT: 1. Glenn Harrison (Yam): 2. DaVid Bor r uso (Han ). . OPEN PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Han ); 2. John Wells (Yam ); 3 Todd Terna n IYam). SPTSM N: 1. Gar y Ja ehne (Kaw); 2. B'Il Bur . nett (Yam). VET tNT: 1. Jeff Burnen IYam). VET MSTR : 1. Jerry Caton (Ha n); 2. M ichael Alarcon (Han). OT SPTSMN : 1. Don Williams (KTM ). OT INT: 1. Frank Tr ier (Han). OT MSTR: 1. Jerry Auvinen (Hon ). vri Johnson, Miranda star at Bayland$ By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA. May 29 Nearl y record entries in the I 25ccand 250cc Beginner classes made for cro wded and spectacular racing at Baylands Racewa y Park a nd th e ni ght motocross ac tio n seeme d to ce n ter on th e a bove two classes. Eri c Johnson did have to g et by ea rly leader Alben Bre~ds on hi s CR H onda but aft er that I! was sm oo th motoring to th e finish. The second m oto was a bit different as Johnson got o u t 10 a n ea rly lead. On th e la st lap. Jeff Bernhardt tried a n ae ria l pass th at was a lm ost successful but it ca used Bernhardt to fall off and h is YZ Yamaha attached itself to Johnson's bike. Johnson ,,:as able!? keep both bikes in th e upright POSItion unti l he stopped and pushed away the offernding tag-along. Bern hardt was not seriously , injured bu t was not able to finish the moto , J o h n son was early 10 p ick u p the first pla ce trophy a nd was o ne of th e first to arrive at the after race pany. The o ther new sta ndout o f th e eveni ng was 2~Occ Beginner. George Miranda o n hI S RM Suzu ki out of Red wood Ci ty. T he class has be~n show ing a grea t deal of ev.en ly distri buted talent o f late, inc ludi ng: J ohn Si lva an d Gene Cardella. In m o to one J oseph Abrams (Yam) got into the h igh speed first corner ahead of th ~ 16 riders in the class. In the quick action that followed Rich Ba ttaglia struck his H o nda int o the battle wi th the front running duo, Abrams and Don Mendenhall (Suz). Unfortunately, for Banaglia a spill p ushed him back to a n eventual 12th place. The shuffle between the leaders was finally sorted out just a half lap befor~ t hechecker~ when Miranda forced his R M Suzuki past Mendenhall. Silva hung on wit~ his Yamaha a nd Cardella was a bit o ff pack back in fourth . In moto number two John Silva blasted into th e lead chased bv Miranda and Battag lia . It just wa sn't a good !light for Battaglia as th e H onda rider had a no the r DNF. Miranda tried severa l times 10 ge t by Silva o n th e wide and so ft co urse. bu t co u ld n ' t get Silva to m ak e a mistak e or backofLIn the end it was Mir anda with th e best overa ll sco re a n d Sil va wa s second on th e even ing. Results eo BEG 9 ·1 1: 1. Pet e Tagla s (Yaml: 80 JR 9 -1 1: 1. Chr istoph er McCall'e (Yam). eo BEG 12 · 16 : I . J ason Bordelon (Yam ): 2. Doug Knudtson (Kaw ); 3 . M ike McCloud (Ya.m). eo JR 12 · 16 : 1. Titus Jerome Sm,th (Yam): 2. Scott Sch roed er (Kaw) . 80 EX 12 -16: 1. J im my Clay (Yam l. 12 5 BEG : 1. Eric J ohn son (y am); 2. Albert Brend s (Ha n): 3 . Br ian Hos ki n (Kaw) . 125 J R: 1. J eff Landgraf (Han): 2. M ark Laube (Ha n). 125 INT: t , Danny Pa lad ino (Kaw ); 2. Russ SCOtt

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