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~ ~ '" W N W a:: > a:: a:: w .... > en 0 .... 0 :I: a.. LAGUNA' SECA COUNTDOWN l!") 00 O"l ...... NOW THRU JULY 13-14 AT 0 ...... >...... :s ~ ©W©r1~ rn[nID~rn rl~©Q \)\) • --- ~ Tracy O swell f lies h is Honda to a w ire-to-wire w in in the 250cc Pro class at . Hungry Valley: Oswell he ld off a hard-charging Ken Zahrt. · Townsend and J oe Nork in got. th e · holesh orwirh Ro y Krull close and o n th e gas. Krull sh ot by to take th e lead in th e middl e or th e first lap and Norkin began m ovin g in o n him. Kru ll cruised h ome for. th e win w ith T ownsend hailging o n 'fo r second . Townsend wa s o ff fir st aga in in m oto two a nd Krull was ha ck in th e pa ck . Kr u ll storm ed past Iiveriders and wa s on Townsend 's ba ck by the end of lap . 'o n e . Krull to o k th e lead a lm o st immediately and j ust ra na way with · the race 'a nd th e overa l l. . The 250cc and Open Novices a lso rode wgelh er. M ike H a w ks got the j u mp o n the 250c c and Iougl u o ff J o e · Lo zano 's cha lle nges Io r tw o laps. W!Jet] Lozano to ok th e lead in la p three, i t was H a w ks turn .to tr y' I<> ge l it hack . No lnc k and th e m oto finis h ed L ozan o and Hawk s. M i ke Duimeuelcd theOpen Nov ices from nag III n ag and was c ha sed a ll th e · wa y but never to p ped hy Kel ly Do yle and Er ic Anderson, Du im eue aga in dom ina ted m o w tw o with An derson . in second a l l Ih e wa y I<> get seco nd o Vl'ral l. . . .T ra cy O swel l shot h is H onda to .ih e froni of th e P ro s a t the snap o f the g a ll' a nd never had to look ha ck. He wa s g one fo r th e win : KevinAllman 's Granada Yamaha wa s ri ght behind him at th estart a nd ma intained second a ll lhe wa y hut kept los in g grou nd to th e high fl ying Oswell. H e ro o k seco nd inthe firs t m oto. Ken Zahrt . . r iding a H onda fo r AXO , had a mid pa ck start a nd worked hi s wa y lip 10 third in lap tw o . Roh Engel' s Yamaha followed Zahrt into tha t la p a nd slipped by for third ( 0 Sla y in th e next lap. Zah rt Iinislu«! fourth . hopped ont o a fresh hike and sta rte d in till' Vets race less than t wo minut es a fte-r · finishing the Pro event . The 500cc Pro even t wa s a runuwav for Honda m o unt ed Willy Simon; who wen t from a sl'cond row start to . fo u rt h ov erall. T he nex t second ro w start er finish was about 20 seconds behind Simons hut won hi s cl as s an yway, because th at was David Anril lion on a n Answer Product s 12;") H onda . Zahrt got th e ho leshot in moto two a nd ed ged Oswell in th e race for th e firs t rurn . J o h n Hemme put another Honda right up th ere beh ind Zahrt a nd O swell. By th e end o f lap o ne , Engel had shown up in fourth and wa s already pushing H emme. Sim o ns a nd Anrillion were both aga in lead ing th eir classes and in a race between th emsel ves, Engel was past H emme before th e en d o f lap tw o a nd tr yin g 10 ca tch Z ahrt. Both need ed a second to ge t second o verall a nd th e . ra ce became a matter of experie nce a nd traffic management as th ey lapped . riders . As Enge l would tr y. Zahrt wou ld CUI h im o ff. While th ey wen, working o n ea ch o th er, Simons ca m e rus hi ng up and surprised En gel wi th tw o la p s 10 go. Zahrt m anaged I<> hold off Si m ons a nd finish ed second to earn second for th e d ay behind Oswell. Since Sim ons was th e 500cc winn er . Engel rook thi rd in th e 250cc class. Anrill ion [inish ed fifth o vera ll in th at m ot o to ea sily wi n the 125cc class. . • 20% OFF CHASE-HARPER'.LUGGAG E SPECTRO GO LD $3~~S FREE MOUNY ' & BALANCE WJ1~~I:§E TKV u &12 CONTINENTAL * IN STOCK * RK O-RING CHAIN. Results 60 o-s: 1. Shane Morales (Kaw) . . 60 NOV: I . Bobby Morales IKaw); 2. David Cooke (Han); 3. Tony Crabb (Vam). SO STK BEG: 1. Ken ny Som mer (Kaw); 2. Brett ! ·It ·INSANl PRICES I Byard (Yaml; 3 . Robbi e Dunham (Yam) . II SO STK NOV: r . J.R. Cecchett i (Vam): 2. Moose W ine (Suz ). BOSTK INT: r. Bubba Er ickson (Kaw). BO MOD BEG: 1. Brett Byard (Yam); 2. Kenny Sommer (Kaw) . SOMOD NOV: 1. J .R. Ceechott i (Vam). SOMOD INT: 1. Bubba Erickson (Kaw). BO MOD EX: 1. Jody Tapia IKaw) . WOMEN : 'l . M indy Smith IHon ); 2. Denice Tho - ~rcLE RIDER I • . ~Y~LE RIDER I • . 53 1 i Holt Boulevard 473 Wesl Baseline San Bemardlno. CA 924 10 (714) 888-2505 Monlcla ir, CA 9 1 76 3 (71 4) 6 21'-506 1 "ma s (Yam ); 3 . Tin a lahrt (Hon) . 5.& FWV 10 125 BEG: I . SarrySchmidt (Hon ): 2. M ike Crosby (Kaw ); 3. Reed Frank (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1, Paul Matthews (Kaw); 2. Pat Pas- ! 250 BEG: t . Roy Kru ll (Han): 2. Mik e Cardenas IKaw); 3. J .D. Braml et (Yaml . 250 NOV ; 1 , M ik e Hawks (Yam ); 2. J oe Lo zan o; 3 . Skip Gilliam (Yam) . 250 INT: 'l . Tom Engel (Suz); 2. Mercedes Gon zales (Kaw) ; 3 . Dar rell Me lton (Yam ). 250 PRO: t , Tracy Osw ell IHon): 2. Ken Zahrt IHe,"); 3. Rob Engel (Vam): 4 . KevinAlima nI Vam): 5. J ohn Hem m e (Hon) . 500 BEG : 1. Steve Fer (Ka w) ; 2. Tom M ad sen --~ * ' Baseline tore t (Kaw) ; 3 . Pau l Santoro (Kaw). 125 INT : 1. Ga ry Sailors (Kaw); 2. Jimmy Lewi s IKawl: 3 . SCott Murphy (Kaw) . 125 PRO : 1 . David Antillion (Ho n); 2. Ric h Tru · chinski (Hon ). * Man. - Set. !HI Sun. 1C>4 MASTERCARD c ' j- Holt PomonII Fwy . eo VISA TELE-CHECK Mon . - Sat. !HI Sun . 10-4 CYCLE RIDER 'Me. CYCLE RIDER,IIC. creLE RIPER,Me. 1756 East Colorado Pasad e na. CA 9 1 106 (81 8) 793 -4226 210 Fwy IHon); 3. AI Busby (Han). '0050 Magnolia Riverside, CA 92505 (71 4) 688-464 1 - 17730 Sherma n Way Re seda, CA 91335 (2 13 ) 70B- 1032 LA 405 Fwy \ft,., LA 50 NOV: 1. Mike Ouim ett e (Honl: 2. Eric An der sen (Han): 3. Kelly Doyle (Han). 50 INT ; 1. Greg Blec hman: 2. Tract Hrach (Hen]: 3 . Tim Hanna (Hon) . 500 PRO: t . W illy Sim ons (Han); 2. Andy Elli s; 3, Ruben Falcon (Yam ). VET JR : t . Richard Sazama (Han): 2. Bob Rath kamp (Hon ); 3 . Dave Hoffer (Honl . VET INT: 1. Kenneth Renau x (KTM); 2 . Joe Brown (Vam): 3. Robery Cooke (Han). VET EX: t , Ken Zahrt (Han ); 2. Jeff Herr iott (Han): 3 . David Rogers (Han). Mon . • Fri. 10-7 Sun. 10-4 Sa t. 9'6 43

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