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was looking g ood la p after - ' ap·,: · stretching his lead to 20 yard s at th e flag over Aseltine, Clayton, Mscichowsk i, Barclay a nd Budsch at . In the A ma in, Davis again got th e h ol eshot over Fay , Aseltine, Wilson, Fitzhugh, Rose, Sta ley, Cla yton and Newman . Wil son m oved by Aseltine a nd head ed for Fa y, wh o was p lenty busy trying to ge t by Dav is. On lap five Davi s ca ug h t a rut a nd went wide, and Fa y was o n hi s ta ilp ipe. Lucki ly, Davis was a ble to regai n h is tight inside lin e before Fay co u ld ta ke a dvan tage. Fay was rubbing Davis' rear tir e, pushin g a nd shoving, bu t th e yo u ngster hel d o n 10 bea t th e veter an. T aki ng th e big money wa s Davi s, Fa y, Wil son an d Aselt in e. In th e first hea t of th e 500cc Pro clas s, Davis a nd Fay aga in fought too th -and-n a il fro m sta n 10 fini sh . Davi s h ad th e ho lesh o t lead in g Fa y, Aselt ine, Robert Fro hs a nd J o h n Po tter. Fa y p ress ur ed Davis so hard it was unreal. In th e co rn ers Fay had h is front tire ru bbing DavisJea th ers a nd a lm ost running over Davi s' skid shoe. On th e seco n d lap in tu rn s one and two Da vis fin all y had to p ick h is foot up before Fa y swa llowed it. T ha t split seco nd let th e vet eran sho ntracker sq ueeze by a nd go o n 10 th e w in fo ll o wed by Da vis, Aseltine, Fro hs a nd Potter In hea t two R ick Stocks had th e lead, follo wed by Mik e Su ll iva n, Del Sch ni tzer , Rance Barclay, Clint Cluzel and Aaron Waggoner. Su llivan moved bv S tocks , as d id Sch nitzer. Stocks shortly af ter had a problem w h ich left h im in la st. O n la p th ree Wag goner p assed C luzel, whi le Sch nitzer p ush ed Su ll ivan. Sch n itzer tried o nce more to set up Su lliva n, bu t S ull iva n sh u t th e d oor o n h im again . At the n ag it was Su lliva n , Schnitzer , Ba rclay , Waggoner , C luzel a nd Stoc ks. In th e thi rd h eat ra ce, Chris Fit zh ugh got th e ho lesho t ahea d of Duan e G errard, Mike Budsh at , J o hn C layIOn a nd Don Wilson . Wi lson passed C layto n a nd th en Budscha t. Ge rrard slid u n der Fi tzh ugh but co u ldn 't ge t by. A lap lat er Fi tzhugh went too wide, wh ich let G errard ins ide. The two ran side -by-side un til G erra rd fina lly pulled ahead. In th e nex t co rn er Fi tzhugh slid ri gh t under G er rard, but G errard n ever gave a n in ch , barel y holding back th e hard- charging Fitzh ugh . At th e finish it was .C er rard, Fitzhugh, Wilson , Bud schat and C la yto n . In th e A main Fitzhugh a nd G errard crashed hard, but slowly both were a ble to make th e restart. Reaching th e co rn er first was Sch n itzer, th en Dav is, Gerrard, S u ll iva n, Wilson, Stocks, Aseltine a nd Fitzh ugh. Wil son didn 't waste a ny ti me in moving by S u lli van, and soon he was p ressuring G errard until h e fina ll y got by h im a lso. Davi s slid by Sch n it zer o n lap two a nd went o n 10 th e win, never look in g back. Th e track was br eak ing u p quite a bit but Davis rode an excellen t inside lin e that kept hi m o u t o f trouble. Beh in d Davis was Wi lso n, Ge rra rd a nd th e rest of th e wh eel-to-wh eel P ro s, In the first heat race o f the 250cc B class, Hon da-mount ed J aso n Dahners gra bbed th e holesh o t to lead Tom Prindi ville, Garo Silva (H a n), Ste ve McCau ley (Ya m), Gabe Schrdelma n (H o n ) and Tommy Perro tti (H a n ). P rindivil le, who was ridi ng a superclean Bu ltaco for th e seco nd ti me, p u t lo ts o f pressu re on Dahners bu t co ul dn ' t get by the speeds ter. The starting order rema in ed th e same rig h t to th e chec kered flag, Ted Abe rnethy took the lead in th e second hea t race, followed by R ussell Norman (H on) , Kerr y Ben yo n (Yarn), Kevin Davis (Han), Keith Daves (Hon ) a nd Wa rd Rogers ( H o n ). On lap two , Da ves moved by Rogers and Norma n began push ing Abern et h y. Norman tr ied moves insi de, o u tside a nd dow n a B tlie'si;a igli~~a~: hu t Abern ethy co nti n ua lly sh u t the do or on h im . Ma ny ti mes the duo rod e side-by-side, but still th ere was no lead change. Finally , with one lap 10 go , Norma n dove inside a n d gasse d it ha rd . At th e ch eckered flag it was Norm an by inc he s, th en Abern e th y, Benyo n , Kevin Daves, Rogers a nd Keith Daves, In the 250cc Bclass A mai n , Dahners got th e hol esho t, followed by Norman, Ben yo n, P rind ivill e, Silva a nd Aberneth y. O n the seco nd lap Silva got un der P rind ivill e but two tu rn s la ter Prin divill e repa id the favor. Nex t h e p ut a ni ce mo ve o n Benyon . to go in to third , Dah n ers and Norman u n beli eva bl y ra n side-by-side for o ver three laps with Prin div ill e close behi nd, At the flag it was Dahn ers hol d in g o n fo r th e win, fo llowed ultra-close by Norman , P rind iville, Abernethy , Ben yo n a nd Silva . .~ . Resu lt s w ee PEe WEE: 1. Darr in Belcour t; 2. M itchell Falkne r; 3. Keith M addu x. PEE WEE A : 1. Jam es Falkner (Kawl; 2. Rya n Bar clay (Kawl. PEe wee B: 1. Kev in Belcou rt (Kaw); 2. Bri a n Ha ym ore (Kaw). ...' MINI A 7-11 : 1. Shane But chart (Kaw ); 2. RYan Anderson (Kaw) . MINIA 12 - 15 : 1. Tomm y Eddi ngton (Kaw l; 2 .J .P. Si m on sen (Han) . M INI B: 1. Bru ce Round y; 2. Suzan ne Falk ner (Kaw) . 125 A : 1. Mike Raute nberg (Hen] : 2. Bil y Hagmann IKaw l; 3. David A nderso n. 125 B: 1. Shan e Butchart (Kaw ); 2 .J.P. Simonsen (Han); 3. Suzanne Falkn er IKaw) . 250 A : 1. Darren Ander son (Han); 2. Tom New man (Hon); 3 . David Ander son . 250 B; 1. Jason Dahner s (Hon) ; 2. Russell Nor man (Hon); 3. Tom Pr indivill e (Bull. OPEN A : 1. Brad Tibb it s (Han) : 2. Clint Clu zel (Han); 3. Ed Gell e nbeck (Yam ). OPEN B; 1. Ji m Oliphant (Yam ); 2. Micha el Nor th up (Honl; 3. Wa rd Rodger s (Han). OTH MSTR : 1. Cha rles Hiatt J r . (Han I; 2. Gerald M it ch ell (Hon ). 250 PRO: 1. Dar ell Davi s (H·D ); 2 . Mi ckey Fay (Bu l); 3 . Don W ilson (Yam ). . OPEN PRO: t . Dar ell Davis (H-DI; 2. Del Schnitzer (Han); 3 . Duan e Gerrard (C-AI . LA Old Timers Winter National By Bob A lloy P ERRIS,CA, JAN. 25-26 Perris Raceway was th is year' s choice for th e L os Angeles Old Timer 's Winter National. It was a two-day even t with ·64 riders o n the line fo r p ract ice Sa tu rday. Riders from Nevada and Sierra ch ap ters were th ere to add 10 th e ' exci temen t a nd sport . Two mot os were run eac h da y, with an average o f eig h t laps p er mota . The tra ck was a ch a lle nging o ne, with many jumps a nd lot s o f studder bumps. Jim Smith of the Master 's Class took th e overall win with a I- I win o n Saturday a nd l-l on Sunda y. Ri chard Schilling from th e Sierra O'T Chapter cap tu red second o vera ll with a 4-4 o n Sa turday a n d a 2-3 for Sunda y. Ron R yer won th ird ove ra ll with a 3-3, 3-5 tall y. Expert 's Fred Co ll ins domin a ted first overa ll by tak in g a I- I Sa turday a nd a 2-2 Su nday , Second overall went to Bob Bea sley (3-2, ]-4), as Bob Cra nda ll won thi rd wi th a 4-3, ]-4 score . Amateu r David Neal took a 3-2 Sa turday a nd 5-3 Sunday for firs t o veral l. Ski p Ski n ne r was awarded second ove ra ll (5- ], 6-2) and third o vera ll went to Don Bourdea u (1-4, 2-7). Novice's Jim Keeton , a Nevada Ol d T ime r, took a first p lace overall by ta lly ing a 1-] Sa turday a nd I- I Su nday fo r a perfect score. Jack Allen aggressively too k seco nd p lace overa ll with a co nsistent 2-2, 2-2 score, wh il e Dean Rav too k third overall (3-3,3-3). . 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