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But Davi s got o u t front when it co u n ted to take McD ani el (Yam ) duking it out with second in th e Expert Sweepstakes Bill Watkins (KTM ), with McDaniel a nd fir st o vera ll in th e 125cc Expe r t taking the win. Tracy Mallory (H o n) class. wa s a close third . In th e first Mini Two Expert races co u n ted for th e Novi ce race, Steve Bit sill y (Hon) easwin , but evervo ne else ran o ne 20il y ran aw ay from Dann y Stewart minutemot o Ior trophies. In an effo rt (H o n) and J udd Denney (Ka w), but to eq ua lize the desert racers a nd th e in the second o u ti ng Stewa rt gra bbed morocrossers. there was n o practice th e holes ho t wi th Bitsill y seco nd a n d sess io n . j ust one warm -up la p a nd Rand y Toy (KT M) th ird , th en th e start. In the Am ateur race, Bitsill y soon go t aro und Stewart. Matt Quackenbush (H o n) h eld o ff but Stewa rt came back a nd th e p air J ohn J an ssen (Su z) a nd Tim Allen diced to th e halfway point . wh en Bit (Yam ) for the 125cc w in . Th e 250cc sill y fin all y mad e a pass st ick. Den · ' class sa w Bob Blose (Hon ) co me o n ney held o ff Mike Mal on e (H o n) for strong 10 take th e wi n over Clin t fo urth in th is heat to ta ke thi rd for Fi ncher (Suz) a nd Keith Miller (H o n) . the da v. So me of th e best racing came via Fou~ team s from th e Ar izona Sideth e No vice ran ks. In th e 250cc race. hack Associ a tion sho wed up with Donal d Zipf came from behind to Ma rjo rie Nei ll a nd Toby Santo tak <~ ta ke-t h win o n-h is -Arizona i\-I-StaP . · . in g th e -w in o n th eir Bozo -Racin g o ver j od y Sa nde rs (Hon) . EM L. EX SWEEPSTAKES: 1. Brian Hayes (KTM); 2. Scott Davis (Yam); 3 . Denn is Hilg endorf (Suz). t 25 AM : 1. Matt Quackenbush (Han); 2. J ohn J anssen (Suzl; 3. Tim Allen (Yam). 250 AM : 1. Bob Blose (Han); 2. Clint Fincher (Suz); 3. Keith M ill er (HanI. OPEN AM : 1. Kenny Bates (HanI. M INI NOV: 1. Steve Bitsilly (Han); 2. Danny Stewart (Han); 3. Ju dd Denney (Kaw ). 25 0 NOV: 1. Donald Zip! (M -S); 2. Jody Sanders (Han); 3. Dean Foster (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Kent McDaniel (Yam); 2. Bill Watki ns (KTM); 3. Tracy Mallory (Han). SIDECAR: 1. Marjorie Neili lToby Santo(EML); 2. Gwen Ridyard/ Jody Sanders (EM L); 3. M ike Cur tis /Steve Ing ram (EM L). Roper romps at Golder Dam By Daryl D. Drake CATALINA. AZ. DEC. 29 Pi cking up o n ly 65 marks through n ine tough sections that o n ly three of th e seven Experts com p leted in the three a nd a half h ours a llo wed en abled Yamaha-mounted Todd Roper to tak e the win at Central Arizona Tria ls, In c.' s G older Dam Trial. . Water in so me sec tio ns added a new dimension a nd cha lle nge to riders u sed to typ ical desert trails. Section o ne was the scen e of man y fives. Riders were required to c1im b a goodsized slick boulder aft er wallowing through a slim y strea m bed . Not many had th e right co m bina tio n of balance and traction. Following R o per wa s Bob Pen nington at 75 marks , whi le th e series leader prior to the Go lder Dam event, Greg Jones (Ya m), finished third with 79 marks. Keith Roper, Todd 's brother, came down from Oregon to ride, but finished after the time lim it witb an 81. In th e Advanced -class, Stev e Dick son (Yam) took the top spot with a 40 and bumped himself to th e Expert ranks. J eff Meade was a respectable seco nd while riding with an arm in a ca st . Bob Till, on another Yamaha , fin ished third. The Senior Ad vanced battle went to th e last sectio n with Joe Ige beating Steve Bigl er, 76-78. Interm edia te, Novice a nd Begin ner trialers rode over slightly ea sier sections in the morning and James Hunter was th e In term edia te winner with a 29. Don G ard and Mark Mak arov co u nted cleans a t 44 with Gard ge tti ng second by a h air. Kelsey Manning dominat ed th e Novi ces by turnin g in a 38 10 Doug G esh ell a nd Rob Sta n ley's 54. G esh ell , h ow ever . wo n th e battle with Stan ley. eig h t clean s to seven . Sen io r Nov ice actio n was close with Jim Barcu s (Yam ) edgin g o u t Erro l Mont gom er y (Mo n) . 73-75. Thi rd p lace we nt to Gary Smi th a t i7. A ki ller animal section ended th e da y's activities with Keith Ro per redee m ing himself wit h a sco re o f nine fo r three rides. Todd was seco n d with II a nd J ones th ird a t 14.