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~ ~ c..o 00 ~ ...... ~ ~ c-r ;>.. .... C\l ~ C C\l ~ KTM -mounted Brian Hayes leads.Ho nda rider Chappy Blose en rout e t o the Expert class w in at Firebird in Chandler. Arizona . . / . Amara l worked h is wa y up from fourt h to ta ke second at th e checkered flag. Chappy Blose ran strong early in th e ra ce but had problems with his Honda, which forced him back to fifth. Scan Davis managed third o n his Eastside Cvcle Yam aha. Ha yes wa s 'the quickest in moto tw o a n d was n e ver c ha lle n ge d throughout the moto. Blose gassed it up and sprinted into second behind Hayes. Third spot went to johnnie Deren o with Amaral gelling fourth . Amaral's 2-4 finish gave him second overall. David Crabb took th e ho lesh ot in mota one during the 125cc Beginner race. but Bren t Hunan passed Crabb and his Ka wasa ki ea rly in lap o ne when Crabb went down. Crabb qu ickly remounted without losing a position , while jon Christley was ru nning in third. Crabb regained his composure and got his wh eel in front of H u tto n 's Kawasak i, but Hutton came rig ht back . Crabb fin a lly passed Hut to n once m ore to ta ke the chec kered flag a head o f Hu tton and C hristley. Crab b led ea rly in mota two. but his Kaw a saki seized solid o n lap three. David Pennebi cker was second a t th e sta rt a nd broke away from the C hrist ley and Hutt on battl e fo r second. Pennebi cker too k the checkered flag in fir st with Christ ley in second a nd Hutton thi rd. Th e 125cc Am at eu rs pu t o n so me o f th e best raci ng o f th e day as C u rti s C u lbert a nd Bill y Car lson went ha mmer-and-tong a ll afternoon. Ca rlson grabbed the ea rly lead in mot a DIll' a hea d o f Bobb y Arnold a nd j err y Stuart. Culbert (S uz) sta rted back in fourth . but he soo n sta rted pi ckin g o ff riders as he worked h is wa v int o th e to p spo t a t th e clll'ckered flag. Carlson too k seco nd with third goi ng to Arnold. Carlson turned it a ro u nd in mo to two a nd bested Cu lbert 's best effo rts a fter a race-lo ng ba u le. Ca rlson too k th e overal l with his Sl'eOlIlI-moto win , but Cu lbert got his ITH'n ge in 125cc Modified wlll~re he sco red double wins to Ca rlson 's two second-p la n ' finish ers. In the Old Timer class . Ri ck ;\!evlTS kep t h is Ho nd a in front o f tl;e pac k a ll day 10 score the o vera ll win . whi l« Brian Cook scored douh lc win s in the I'n: \\'l'l' ran ' for hi s f irs t-ever overall troph y, Results PEE weE : 1. Br ian Cook IKaw ); 2 . J immy Mo krey (Han); 3. Ed Lucas (Kaw) . M INI NOV : 1. Allen Poe (Kawl; 2 . Brian Cook • t K' w ); 3 .'Bhan' L:ewellen {Su i) . ' a ., I 1 I • I MINI AM STK: 1. Toby Hold en (Kaw) ; 2. Dean Farrell (Han) ; 3 . Todd Davis. 125 BEG: 1. Jon Chr istley IKaw); 2. Bren t Hutton (Kaw); 3 . David Penneb icke r (Yam ). 125 NOV STK: 1. Dea no Cowan (Han); 2. Charl ey Lakin (Han); 3 . Chris Strong (Yam ). 125 NOV MOD: 1. Deana Cow a n (Han I; 2. Kri s Tower (Kaw) ; 3 . Charley Lakin (Suz). 125 AM STK: 1. Bill y Carlso n (Han); 2, Curtis Culbert (Suz); 3 , Paul Reed (Han I. 125 AM MOD: 1. Curtis Culbert (Suz); 2. Bill y Carlson (Han); 3. Paul Reed (Ha n). 250 NOV: 1. Glenn Weidman (Han); 2. Rick Hinchliff (Kaw); 3. Matt Wagner (Su z). 250 AM : 1. J im Renner (Suz ); 2. Mike McMull en (Han); 3 . John Henry III. OPEN NOV : 1. Tracy Mallory (Han); 2. Tom Col · qu en (Han) ; 3. Mike M ett on (Ma i ). OPEN AM : 1, Larry W in (Ha n); 2. Lacy Covert (Han); 3. Garo Rolnik (Kaw ). EX; 1, Brian Hayes (KTM); 2. Bill Amara l (Han ); 3 . Chappy Blose (Han ), StDEHACKS ; 1. Mike Curtis/ Elliot Chevenger (Ya m). - ,- . - 800-538-7035 U.S.A. ~ Millan tops GA/FL ~: r:::::: ' Corbin " Gu n figh te r" C:OLOR MATCHED Series INKED OR By Gwen Millan aLACK FITZGE RALD, GA. DEC. 29 Ern ie Millan Sf. was the big winner in the Georgia-Florida FMC Fa ll Series. topping bot h th e Open Expert and Senior Expert clas ses after six rounds o f mot oc ross rac ing . -Topp ing th e Mini Expe rts wa s a nother Mill an. Erni e Mill an j -., wh o. with a tall y o f 290. wa s hi gh poi nt lead er fo r th e series. T odd Lan cas ter was O pen Nov ice series champ. with a third-place ser ies point tall y of 266.. beh ind seco n d in points. Ern ie. Sr. (282). Paul Ca ro preso wa s the I25cc Nov ice winner. fou rth place in points a t 250. Follo wing th e fina l ro u nd of the series held tod a y a t T ri-Co un ry Mot ocross Pa rk . tro p hies were a warded to the to p three posi tio ns. a nd co nti nge nc ies th at were left ove r were distribut ed th rough dra wings. All trop hy ing posi tions wit h riders present had their names p ut in th e d raw in g , an d o il, g lo ves a nd F:\IC mem bersh ips for 1986 were g iven o ut . 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