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thefirst mota it appeared that Hughes'
personal thorn-in-the-side, Mike
Lane, was up 10 his old tricks of
hanging back until he noted that
Hughes was again tiring and then
darting in for a quick pass a lap or so
prior to the checkers. This time it
didn't work; it has been taking longer
each week for Lane to successfully
pull-off lhis move. On the front
straight and right afler a harsh landingoffa two-stage jump, Lane crashed
while seemingly making thaI same
familiar pass move on Hughes. Although he gOt up, the spill was obviously painful and stayed thaI way
for the full evening.
In mala twO Lane could only manage a fourth place. Hughes was on
the gas hard, again look lhe holes hot
off the stan, and began to stretch his
lead over Phil Gribnau, a Redwood
City Yamaha rider.
Rick Ryan was up 10 his favorite
trick of recent weeks which is 10 bring
two Kawasakis, a KXI25anda KX250,
and borrow a third machine that
appears fast in practice. Armed with
these weapons he has been able to
capture all three Pro classes each time
he has tried. Mosttrackside wags and
Ryan fans lost track after about 16straight mota victories. On this particular evening Ryan borrowed Tim
Boone's big-bore Honda CR and proceeded 10 win both Op n Pro molOS
after being last due 10 a first corner
judgement error. Danny Boles, on his
Palo-Alto based YZ Yamaha, made.
his first appearance al Baylands this
year and for a time showed some of
the same form and nerve he has been
noted for. Boles used all of the first
corner which included some of lhe
terrain that Ryan had plans for. The
results was that Ryan wentof[course
and made the customary doughnut
turn to get back all where he went off.
Three laps later he was challenging
Boles for the lead after systematicall y
picking off the other four riders in
the class. He won the second malO
with no apparent trouble. Tony
Richards, sponsored on his KX Kawasaki by Maxey Enterprises, Motors
West Kawasaki/Yamaha and 0' eal,
cou ld get close but was not offered
the luxury of space to pass. Richards'
two second placings gave him second
overall.
Added nice touches' for the evenings saw the winner of the Pee Wee
program, little Nick Pappas of Fremonl, pick up a Mota World ite
Shirt (it would be a T-shin if Nick
were bigger) and all the other riders
in the class getting a handful of
decals from the MaLO World people
who just opened business in San
Lorenzo. Also, Rusty Rust was a surprise recipient of a contingency gifl.
Rusty finished just out of the trophy
category but did receive a $25 value
Race Preparation Kit from ~he PJI
Race Team Co-ordinator and the Pit
SLOp Accessory Shop in Hollister.
Results
PEE WEE: 1. Nick Pappas (Yam).
MINI 80 (9·11) BEG: 1. Kenny Spence (Yam); 2.
David Augustine (Yam).
MINI BO (12-16) BEG: 1. Trevor Meagher (Yam);
2. Jon Nicolaus (Kaw); 3. Rusty Rust (Yam).
MINI BO INT: 1. Scott Schroeder (Kaw).
MINI 80 EX: 1. Todd Hicks (Yam).
125 BEG: 1. Steve Socter (Hon); 2. David Spence
(Kaw); 3. Jamie Powell (Hon).
125 JR: 1. Mark Laube (Suz); 2. Dave Rogers
(Hon); 3. Paul Turpin (Yam).
125 INT: 1.- Jesse Britain (Kawl; 2. Chris Neal
(Yam).
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125 PRO: 1. Rick Ryan (Kaw); 2. Jon King (Hon).
250 BEG DIV!: 1. Daniel Guerrea (Yam); 2. Nidas
Granland (Kawl; 3. Don Cabinaca (Hon).
250 BEG DIV II: 1. Tom Oakley (Hon); 2. Jim
Swicegood (Hon); 3. John Niewoehner (Yam).
250JR: 1. Steve Cassar(Yam); 2. Don Tofft(Kaw);
3. Stephen Foster (Hon).
250 INT: 1. Ron Day (Hon); 2. Shawn Wilson
(Yam).
250 PAD: 1. Rick Ryan (Kaw); 2. Bin Avery (Han);
3. Howie Ross (5U2).
VET SPTSMN; 1. Craig Watts (Hon).
VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Hon); 2. Phil Grib·
nau (Yam).
OT SPTSMN: I. Bob Kosovilka (Kaw).
DT INT: I. Henry Lanman (Hon).
OT MSTR: 1. Don Swearingen (Yam).
OPEN BEG: 1. Kevin Anderson (Hon); 2. Ron
Mansean (Hon).
TeMI SUMet Wins BTU Class in the AMA U.S.
EncIunmc:e senes. Round 4 at S4Nn Point. CA.
New HIIV8fI Suzuki WIllS GTO ClaM 1& 1.
Ovendl in the AMA U.S. EndurlInce SMies.
Round 3 at Elkhart LeIce. WI.
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