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England's Mark Banks leads Russ Wageman du ring their battle in the first
500cc moto; Banks finished second overall with Wageman fifth .
Kawasaki's Jeff Wa rd dominated the 2 5 0 c c cl ass at Su nris e Cycle Park
during round three of the CMC / Skoal Bandit Golden State Natio nals.
CMC/Skoal Bandit Golden State
Nationals: Round 3
Wa rd, Leisk, Larson
sweep Sunrise
By Paul
~ arruthers and
Chris Boice
ADELANT O , CA. JAN. 18-19
Kawasaki's J eff Ward bounced back from a
disappoi nting night a t the Anaheim Supercross to totally dominate the 250cc class at
the third round of the Continental Motosports Clu b's (C MC ) S koa l
Ban di t Go lde n Sta te Na tio na l
Seri es at Su n rise Cycle Park.
Au stralian J eff L eisk served
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not ice that h e is a for ce to be rec koned
wi th in the 125cc class a nd Ph il La rson took top hon ors in th e 500cc
di vision .
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Ward did n 't make tIre mam- event 1
in Sa tu rday n ight 's openi ng ro u nd of
th e AMA/lnsport Supercross Cha mpi onship Ser ies due to mecha n ica l
P ro blems, but a t Su nr ise Cycle Pa rk
th e 250cc Na tio nal C ha m p io n had
no pro blems at a ll. Wa rd was in a
clas s by him self a s he ro mped to eas y
wins in bo th mo tos.1t was o n lv in th e
seco nd moto th a t th ere was any h int
o f a race wh en Ward got a mi dpack
sta rt , but tha t o n ly lasted for twoa nd -a-ha lf la ps.
H onda -su p port rid er Leisk d idn ' t
have th ings qu ite as easy a fter a bad
start in th e fir st mot a, bu t th e Austra lia n National C ha m pion fought
through the field to fini sh second
behind J im Tarantino (SUl) . The
seco nd motO,'however, was no cantest11> as •Leisk • ran off _and. h id in h is
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