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on h ow to m aster a supercross track ,
takin g jum ps two and three a t a time
as they played a very entertaining
game of moto tag.
O ther 250cc ac tion had Intermediate Wa yn e Dixon sho wi n g that he
ru led his class, winning seven o f
eig h t rnotos, ta king th e series win for
his class . If not for a fall in race three,
he would have tied for the challen ge
overall.
O pe n class warf are had Kevin Webster, on a comeback from a Kingdom e
kn ee injury, taking two rnoto wins
on a Honda big bore. Webster used
the extra horsepower to pu ll holeshots
in both motos,
The 125cc Expert class saw Larry
Kuebler Jr. ta ke two back-to-back
moto wins. Scott Steffy (Marushin l
Moto Craft) made two ex cellent sta rts
and cha lle nged for the fro nt position
in bo th motos, but threw a cha in in
moto one , a nd in the seco nd round,
l o s t his ba lance a nd cras hed
to the grou nd w hen attempting to
pass over a double j u mp. Steffy rem ou nt ed both times, p utting in fin e
rid es desp ite bei ng down a lap eac h
time.
Results
60 B: 1. Dann y W ilcox IKawl.
BO B: 1. Eddie Gerrish (Kaw); 2. Billy Radcliff
IKaw); 3. Chucl< Gross (Kaw ).
80 A: 1. Tom Crews tKaw); 2. Tara Harrison (Kaw).
125 A : 1. Larr y Ku ebl er (Han ); 2. Dere k Hughes
IHon); 3 . Scott Steffy (Kaw) .
125 B: 1. J ason Crand ell (Suzl; 2. Jim Cotte t
ISuz); 3. Lance Sma il (Kaw) .
2 50 B: 1. W ayn e Dixo n (Kaw) ; 2. Bill Kieffer (Han):
3. Chris Wa lker (Yam).
OPEN B: 1. Gary McMa nu s IKaw).
OTHG : 1. Buck M urp hy (Han); 2 . Gre g Sw ill ing
IVam) .
HIG H-POINT CHA llENGE CHAMPION: "Benzie
Bu ck M urp hy: '
Hicks handles Pros
at L.A County
By Terry Rezek
PALMDALE, CA, S EPT. 29
Yamaha-support rider Eddie
Hicks pu t on a show today at
th e California Racing Club's
(CR C) inaugural even t at LA
County Racew a y. Hi cks dominat ed
th e 250cc Pro cla ss, but had so me
trouble in th e l25cc P roc1a ss a nd had
to settle for second beh ind Suzukisu pported Bobby Moore.
In th e first moto o f th e co m bined
250cc a nd 500cc Pro even t, Hi cks a nd
h is Yamah a shot o ff th e line to a n
immedi at e lead a nd streaked right to
th e fini sh in first. By midpoint of th e
l2-lap race, H icks had a 16-second
lead over seco nd pl a ce. Hondamounted Eri c Marn och followed
H icks across th e lin e 10 take a first in
th e 500cc class. Mot a two was a ca rbon copy of th e first , as Hi cks strea ked
out o f th e sta rt ing ga te and never
looked back unt il he passed th e chec kered fla g . The two fir sts ga ve him
undi sput ed first 250cc Pro. Marnoch
a lso repeat ed for first 500cc Pro.
Hi cks a lso entered the 125cc event
a nd it looked lik e h e might repeat hi s
dominat ion in th at class a lso. However, he d idn 't ge t th e explosive sta rts
tha t h e had in th e 250cc cla ss a nd wa s
back in th e middl e of th e p ack in
m oto one. Moore got th e jump in
rnoto one a nd h eld th e lead for most
o f th e race. H e wa s cha sed for th e
entire moto by Mik e Kiedrowski, on a
Kawasaki for T eam Green. By th e
beginning of the last lap, Hicks had
worked his wa y up to third and the
sig h t of th e white flag rea lly lit hi s
fire . On th e sta rt of the last lap, Hicks
was rig ht on Kied ro wsk i' s rear fender ,
and h e tried an assortment o f spectacular moves but co u ld no t brea k
through Kied ro wski's def en ses.
The stage wa s set for an action
scene in mota two. Moore and Kiedrowski carne out of th e gate side-byside and Hicks was in the third slot.
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