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One of the closes t season lo ng battles opened another cha p ter in its .saga, as the 250cc Experts took their places on the starting gate. With bot h Halstead and j im Veugeler n urs ing naggin g injuries, th e day was up for grabs. As the class gates, Veugeler grabbed a q u ick lead followed by Mike Ro th , Bob Behrens and Cory Schw eit zer. Ha lstea d got away poorly and a first turn mishap pu t him back in the pack. . As H al stead charged, Veugeler pulled away from th e battle for second. Schweitzer m oved past bo th Roth and Beh rens early to pursue Veugel er. La p by la p , Halstead p icked away at the pack, while Veugeler and Schweitzer settled into a comforta ble rhy thm up front and Roth and Beh rens diced for thi rd. As H al stead closed, Roth turned up th e wick a nd left Beh ren s to ba ttl e H al stead. At the fin ish , Veugeler and Schw eitzer took the first two spots, Roth th ird and Behrens held o n to fou rth over H al stead. . T he drama increased for moto two as fi rst m o to w inner, Ve ugeler elected to sit out after a big get off in the first 125cc Expert rnoto. Agai n, H al stead gated poorly and found himself in pursuit of the ear ly leaders Schweitzer, Behrens, Ro th an d jackso n . Schwei tzer and Beh ren s 'exchanged the lead while jackson press ured from th ird. Ro th settled into fourt h. Halstead q ui ckl y moved past Roth and j ackson and then Schweitzer to pressure th e lead er Beh ren s. By the white £lag lap , Halstead was all"over Behren s and swept wide on a sli ppery off camb er to move into the lead, bu tonly temporarily. At the end of the next straight, H al stead wen t hig h on a powder berm that didn 't hold and Behrens went down low to regai n the lead. H alstead fell a nd was u nable to restart un til after Schwei tzer regained second. Halstead held on to finish th ird , Roth fourth a nd R u st y O tt fi ft h . Schweitzer's consistent rides earned him the overall. The exciteme nt cont inued in the 125cc Expert class. After holding a near mota long lead in th e first m o to, Veugeler succumbed to th e 95 degree temperatures and cras hed over a set of lo ng doubles, surrendering the lead to Halstead. At the checkered flag, Halstead cruised to a victory wi th Roth o u t .ba u ling Sch weit zer for second. Schwei tzer charged o u t of the gate at the start of the second moto followed by Halstead, Roth and Chris Brasi le. H al stead moved pas t Schweitzer early, while Brasile challenged Ro th for third. H al stead held o n to take th e overall w i n. Sch wei tzer , with a 3-2 finish ed second and R oth with a 2-4 was th ird. Results 60: 1. J eremy Bardoner (Kaw): 2. Chet Hodges (Kaw ); 3. Jo e Retzieff (KawT. 80 JR 7 -13 : 1. J eff Faley (Han); 2. Eron Ezerin s (Kaw ): 3. Jason Bardon er (Kaw). 80 SR t 4-1 5: 1. Dan Alb right (Kaw); 2. Chuck Whitsell (Kaw); 3. Br ian Cook(Yam). 125 JR 12,16: 1. Bo Sands (Han): 2. Darrin Hill (SU I); 3. Eran Sollman (SUI). t 25 A : 1. Rich Halstead (Kaw); 2 . Cory Schweitzer (Han); 3. Mike Roth (Yam). 125 B: 1. Jay Wagner (Yam); 2. Darr in Hill (SUI ); 3. Adam Garvey (Kaw). 250 A: t . Cory Schweitzer (Han); 2. Bob Behrens (Kaw); 3. Mi ke Roth (Yam). 250 B: 1. Fred Tilsn er (Kaw ); 2. Doug Hay (Han); 3 . Eran Ezerins (Suz) . OPEN A: I . Phil Larsen (Yam); 2. Ooug Lange (Han); 3. Rusty Ott (Yam). SR 30+: 1. Wayn e welzten (Kaw); 2. Vic Pasku s (Han); 3. Todd Wh it e (Han). SR 40+: 1. Terry Woo sley (yaml ; 2. Len Randa (Yam); 3 . Jim Ricci (SUI) . VINT: 1. Gary Feli ni (Kaw); 2. M ike W idemeyer (Kaw); 3. Nick Tootelion (SUI). Pennington tops Pros at 8aylands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, JULY 31· Greg Pen n ingto n cap tured firs t p lace in the 250cc P ro cla ss tonigh t at Baylands Raceway. In the first mo to Gary Rabe was a tem porary threat , but by th e th ird corner Pen n in gton was able to have his own way. R abe followed in an uncontested second positio n but he co uld draw no near er to Pen n in gt on than a bou t 10 bik e len gth s. Craig Porter trai led in th ird for the whole mo to, follo wed by Randy Den ton. The secon d mot o saw Porter get the start, bu t Penn ington and Rab e wor ked by quickl y and th e finish order, as in the first moto, was again establi shed. The Veteran Master class was won by Du an e Hugh es. In the first mota he was first off the line and never looked back. Larry Baker and Phil Rice battled for second, while j erry Caton battled with Mik e H ernandez over' fourth. Cat on and H ernandez moved past Ri ce and at th e checke rs it was H ern andez beating Ca ton by just a few feet. T he fin ish order was Hughes, Baker, Hernandez. Caton and Rice. Hughes was again th e ear ly leader in moto two, follow ed by j erry Cas tillo. T hree laps into the mo to Rice began a drive th at carried him pas t Castill o and Cat on but not far eno ugh to mo unt a c ha lle nge to H ughes. HUl/hes too k hi s secon d win and Rice finished second for second overa ll. Results BO BEG: 1. Andy Young (Yaml; 2. Peter Urfer (Han): 3. Brian Gouvera (Yam); 4 . Mark Gilben (Yam); 5. David Augustine (Yam). BO JR: 1. Ricky Alv es (Yam): 2. Tom Hastings (Han): 3. Scott Shade (Yam); 4. Jeff Gladi eux (Han); 5. Kenny Spence (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Danny Nelson (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. David Spence (Han): 2. Mark Fitzs immons (Suz); 3. Paul Symmons (Hon ); 4. John Lea (Kaw); 5. Jason Shade (Yam). 125 JR: 1. John Newell (Han); 2. Chris Stille (Han); 3. Kenny Nolan (Kaw): 4. Tyler Hummell (SUI ): 5. Jimmy Williams (Honl . 125 INT: 1. Kun Kuhn (Kaw ); 2. Scott Jordan (Yam). 250 8EG : 1. Robert Foster (Yam) ; 2. Ken Schro eder (SUI ); 3. Cun Winter (Honl; 4. Mark Can epa (Han): 5. Mark Jacob (Yam). 250 JR: 1. MarcPennings (Han); 2. Jim Allwyn (SUI) ; 3. Bob Zades (Han); 4. Jerry Castillo (Han); 5. Taryl Weinrick (Han). 250 INT: 1. Bill Gerber (Yam); 2. Oavid Borruso (SUI); 3. Tim Nobles (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Greg Pennington (Han): 2. Gary Rabe (Kaw); 3. Craig Porter (Han); 4. Randy Oenton (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Doug Silva (Yam); 2. Greg Valenti (Han): 3 .Jeffrey Powell (Han): 4 .Allen Bacon (Yam); 5. Jeff Golden (Cag). OPENJR: 1. Jon Nicolaus (Yam); 2. Gary Jaehne (Kaw); 3. Nicla s Granlund (Kaw ); 4 . Keith Testi (Kaw); 5. Shawn Reed (Kaw). VETJR: t . Bill Maloney (Han); 2. Tom Quirk (Han); 3. Dave McDonald (Yam); 4 . John Figas (Kaw); 5. Lloyd Greg (Han). VET INT: 1. Gary Jaehne (Kaw ); 2. John WYlman (Kawl . VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Honl; 2. Phil Rice (Yam): 3. Je rry Caton (Han): 4 . Larry Baker (Han); 5. Jerry Castillo (Han). OT JR: 1. Lew is Fast (Yaml; 2. Don Matheson (KTM); 3. Ray Haney (KTM); 4 . Pete Wynne (Han). Robinson rolls to 8aylands Speedway By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CA, AUG. 6 Round 15 of Cl ass A Speed wa y rac ing under the Baylands Raceway Park lights saw Rocky.Robinson win

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