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> a: w ~ w a: "" :3 u > c:l e ..... o ... :l: rl .~ ~ hlj 00 O"l ";j"' C'I -, >- ~ Donald Frankl in pi lots his Honda in the 250cc Pro class at the Uttle Ok ie Motocross; Franklin lost a race- long battle and f inished fourth overa ll . SR B: 1. Bob Grove 141138); 2. Lero y Ear l (7 5/ 2 3); 3 . B,ll Markham 1 6 / 20) 7 Owhnbey runs away at Little OldeMX By Clark Emery MAD ERA. CA, J UN E 6 Suzuki pilot Monty Owhnbey (D&H Suzuki /Jim Owhnbey a nd Son's Trucking) put it to the troops in the 125cc Beginner class by winn in g both m otos to beat out Fresno's j eff McCrory and Hondamounted Eri c Henl ey for th e overall win in ac tio n a t Liul e Okie. In 250cc Pro action at th e newl y improved supercross track lo cal hero and Yam ah a r id er Jim Ellis (fres h back from stron g performances a t Mammoth Mountain a n d th e U .S.G .P. ) shot fr om th e gat e and grabbed th e h ol esh ot. Fell ow Yamaha ride r a n d Fresn o resident Dan Webb h ad co nt ro l o f seco n d pl a ce with Donald Franklin h o lding hi s own in thi rd . Ellis began to bu ild a substant ial lead, but he didn 't back ofL for a seco n d a s he vow ed th e crowd with hi s fla wl ess riding. Coming into a su pe r tight hairpin corner and across th e chec kered , Ellis took the moro ea sily with Webb tak ing second and Franklin th ird. The m oney wa s on Ellis for th e seco n d race and wh en th e s ta n in g gate dropped, it was Ell is again with the holeshot . Pat Sparks slid his PJ-I Oils sponsored Honda into second place with Webb in third. Sparks an d Webb soon got in volved in a hot duel with Webb t r y i n g 10 c ut und er Sparks wh en ever th e cha nce a rose, only to have Sparks sla m th e do or in hi s face. By midra ce Webb had gotten by Sparks for second, but it was much 100 la te to gain a ny ground on Ellis. Franklin , who got a bad stan, was ru n ning fourth a nd soon started putting heat on Sparks. He didn't hav e quite enough a n d the moro ended with Franklin in fourth . T he 250cc Junior cla ss was act ion packed as Yamaha rider Greg Hunter zoomed into th e lead, bur went wid e allowing Darin Vanderpoo l to knife underneath. Hunter. however, im medially retalia ted and took the lead right back . Van de rpool soon fo und himself in fourth pl ace a s Merced 's Robert Lee Chew and Yamaha ride r G eorge Knott passed for seco nd a n d thi rd . C he w a n d Kn ott in st a n tl y sta rted a wild baule allowing Hun ter to build up a sizea b le lea d . C he w b obbl ed a nd t his wa s a ll Kn ott needed to tak e seco n d pl ace. Kn o tt g ra b bed th e seco nd rn o t o h ol eshot followed bv H un ter , b ut Hun ter soon rever s'ed th e order. H onda -m ount ed G ilben Kw ol ek wa s runnin g t h ir d , a fte r h is fir st mota fourth place finish, but Chew wa s righ t on h im . G oing o ve r th e ba ck se c tio n tripl e jumps , Ch ew lea ped past Kwol ek for th ird and set hi s a im for Knott in second. On th e last lap, Knott pulled a suprise m ove o n Hunter over so me jumps an d took co mma nd o f the lead. Hunter tr ied to re pass, but ra n i nro Kn ot rs rear wheel a nd sta lle d leaving th e win to Knot t. Meanwhi le, Kwolek tried to ge t aro u n d Chew in a n effort that o n ly th e la st lap ca n in sp ir e , but cras hed . Che w took th ird ove ra ll fo r th e even ing. Ka wasaki rid er Dave Sim mon won th e Old T i mer Juni o r class a fte r so me h eat ed bau les wi th Fresn o 's G ar y Melvin a n d Mer ced 's R o g er Menke. Mel vin rook h ome seco n d with Menke ta king third. _ Results 50: 1. Jeffery McCory (Yam); 2. Kev in McClaskey (Yam ). 60: 1. John McCracken (Kaw) ; 2. James Reyes (Kaw); 3 . Keith Russel (Su: ). 80 JR : 1. Pat 8ennet (Yam); 2. Kennie McGrath (Han); 3 . Cris Reyes. 80 BEG: 1. Robb ie Baker (Yaml; 2. M ike Lonzano (Hon); 3. Richard Presley (Kaw) 80 INT: 1. Doug Delay (Kaw); 2. John Culwell . 80 EX: 1. Todd Hicks (Yam). PP: 1. Debbie Simmons; 2. Shawn Summers. 125 BE G : 1. Monty Owhnbey (5uz); 2. Jeff McCrory (Kawt 3. Eric Henley. 125 JR : 1. Alan Gilbert (Kaw); 2. Billy Woods (Kaw); 3. Rick M inor (Yam). 125 INT: 1 . Doug Be lch er ( Ka w); 2 . Da ll en McKenny (Hon); 3. Ryan Menke. 250 BEG: 1. J im Quaschn ick (Yam); 2. Dav id Van W art (Kaw); 3 . Rick Manos (Suz). 250 JR : t . George Knott (Yam); 2. Greg Hunter (Yam); 3. Robert Lee Chew (Yam). 250 INT : 1. Curt Kiser (Han); 2. Jim Wh ipple (Honl . 500 BEG: 1. Q ui nt on Haw ki ns (Han); 2 . Dennis Sil v a (Han) ; 3 . Chri s Lane (Ma i). 500 J R: 1. Ed Hami lto n (Kawl; 2. Doug Me nefee (Han); 3. ERik Showalt er (Han). 500 INT: 1. Aaron Pipes (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Jim Ell is (Yam) ; 2. Damon Webb (Yam ); 3. Pat Sparks (Han I. 500 PRO: 1. Ron Lawis (Han) . VETJR : 1. Reinal de la Cuda (Han); 2. Ray McCas key (Han) ; 3. Tony Vale nc ia (Han) . VET INT; 1. M ike M idd leton (Han) . VET MAS: 1. Gary W ilson (Yam); 2. Wes Brady (Han); 3. Terry Deegan (Yam). OT J R: 1. Dave Si m mons (Kaw); 2. Gary Melvin (KTM ); 3 . Roger M enk e (Kaw ). OT INT; 1. Tim McCra ken (Kaw). 43