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jum ped pas t Sparks a nd was go ne.
This left Sparks to do ba tt le with
Webb, wh o wa s workin g o n an attack
plan of his ow n, a nd event ua lly passed
for seco nd , kn ock in g Sparks back to
th ird . H ig h flying Pa u l Villa from
San L u is was in fourth a n d looking
for a pl a ce 10 pass . Vill a found h is
pl ace in th e back sectio n o f th e tra ck
and set o u t a fter Webb in seco n d . By
this time, Ellis wa s so far out in front
it looked like he was in a different
race th an the ea rlier one . At the
ch eckered, Ell is cro ssed th e finis h
line way o ut in front. Webb followed
for second' and Villa finished third
for the moto,
In mota two , Ellis na bbed th e h o lesho t a n d wa s pull in g away. Sparks
foll owed in second wi th Steve Lucente
(Yam) in th ird . By mid-ra ce, Ell is
was stormi ng th e Huron circuit a nd
wa s way o ut in front. H onda ri der
J on Nelson sn uc k past both Lucente
and Sparks to take com ma nd o fsecond
pl ace. At th e fini sh, it wa s Ellis o u t
front , Nelson second and Sparks third.
Tibor T reiner (Geo rge T ognet ti
Exon Servi ce) co ntin ued hi s winning
wa ys in th e 500cc No vice class by
winnin g both m ot os a nd raci ng wi th
so me Juniors that were ran in' th e
sa me class. Second p lace overa ll went
10 Yamaha rider Ba ron Sum ter a nd
John McCreary took h ome th e th ird
pl ace overall a rid th e trophy .
Thing s got hot and heavy in the
125cc In termedi at e class as Fresno
Kawasak i rid er Doug Belch er p ut hi s
KXI25 into th e lea d ove r arch riva l
Baker sfield 's Ala n Pi erce, also Kawasa k i m ounted . P o rt ervill e 's M ik e
Bitn er (Yam) was cooki ng a lo ng in
third , with J eff Reyn ol ds (Han) in
fourth . A few la ps into. the race, a
major freight trai n took pl ace, with
riders holdin g do wn their positions
u nt il th e fin ish .
At the sta rt of th e seco nd rno to,
P ierce ju mped into th e lead , with
Belch er seco nd, and trying to make
up ground. Reyn ol ds wa s roosting
a lo ng in ' th ird w hen he sudden ly
p ulled off with a sore back . Coming
a ro und a tigh t left Ll-rurn, Belcher
slid o u t givi ng a lot of ground up to
Pi erce, who wa s o ut fro nt and flyin g.
Ne ver one to give up , Belch er started
a charge th a t had h im q uickl y catch ing u p to P ier ce, o n ly to fall in
ano th er corn er. Pi erce kep t hi s same
p ace, bu t thr ee co rners before th e finish , hi s bik e sudde n ly slowed 10 a
craw l, ap p arently o u t o f gas. Belch er
breezed by for th e win , gi ving him
first overall.
Ma ico rider David Pik er wo n th e
Over T he Hill G an g Novice-race by
winning both h is mot as in a co n vincing manner. Yamaha rider Lefto ver
Leonard took seco nd place honors,
with Jim Gum z ca pt uri ng th ird on
.
his Suzuki. '
Results
60 : 1. John M cCracken IKaw ).
50 : 1. Kar ie Baker IS uz).
60 NOV: 1. Richard Presley I Ka w~ 2. Kennie
McGrans IHon); 3 . Robbie Baker IKaw) .
80 J R: 1. Pat Bennett (Yam); 2 . Chris Kawasak i
( Ka w~ 3. Derrick Cox (Suz).
BO INT; 1. John Cul we ll (Kaw) .
BO EX: 1. Todd H icks (Yam).
12 5 BEG: 1. John Sud berry ISuz); 2 . Oanny
Lawhorn (Yam); 3. An th ony Aq uino IHon) .
125 J R: 1. Bill y W oods IKa w ); 2. Alan Gilbe rt
(Kaw) ; 3 . Barry W illingha m ICag).
12 5 INT: 1. Dou g Belch er IKawl; 2 . Al an Pierce
(Kaw) ; 3 . M Ike Bitner (Yam).
250 NOV: 1. Lance Kirk (Yam ); 2. J im Ouasch nick
(Yam); 3. W ill iam Van Praa g (Yam ).
250 J R: 1. Dar in Vanderpool (Kawl; 2. Ritch
Haseldon (Suz): 3 . Gre g Hunte r (Yam ).
250 INT: 1. M it ch Farm er (ya m); 2 . Alan Pierce
(Kaw) ; 3. J ack Azavedo (Hon).
OPEN BEG: 1. Tibo r Tre iner IH on); 2 . Baron Sum ter (Yam); 3. J oh n M cCr eary (Hon).
500 JR : 1. Ed Hamilton (Kaw) ; 2. M ike Hulsey
(Hon); 3 . Doug M en ef ee Hon) .
500 INT: 1. Dav id Camarena (Yam).
WOMEN : 1. Step han ie Cox (Kaw) .
.
250 PRO: 1. J im Elli s (Yam); 2. J on Ne lson (Hon);
3 . Dam on W ebb (Yam ).
500 PRO: 1. Tim W orth (Hon): 2. J im Ellis (Yam);
3 . Tim Dias (Han).
.
OTHG NOV: 1. Dav id Piker (M ai); 2 . Left Over
leonard (Yam); 3 . Jungle Ji m Gumz (Suz).
OTHG AM : 1. Terr y Evans (Hon); 2. Kim Good ch il d (Yam); 3. Daisv Dave (Yaml.
OTHG INT; 1. Lee Drewry (M ai ); 2 . Duct Tape Dan
(Yam); 3 . M erry M ac IKaw ).
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