Pat Bennett (10A) leads the pack of Division Two 250cc Intermediates through the first turn in the first round of the Trans-Cal Series.
Dodge Truck/CMC Trans-Cal Series:
Round 1
Manneh tops Glen
Helen blowout
SAN BERNAR DIN O, CA, SEPT. 6
Kawasaki rider Bader Manneh, VIa a 3-1 ·
tally, scored the 125cc Pro class overall
victory during the opening round of the
Trans-Cal Series at Glen Helen Raceway.
'J im m y Gaddis (6L) won the 125cc Intermediate Division Two class.
Here he leads Brian Gipson (68) and runner-up Phil Lawrence.
Chris Young (49) and Kyle Lewis (22) chase .125cc ,Pro winner Bader
Manneh in the second moto.
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Manneh 'edged J eff Matiasevich and T y Davis who topped
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th e I!St mota, In t e over~
standi ngs. Other Pro class winners were Willie Su rratt in th e 250s
and ' Willy Simons in the 500s. Rex
Staten clobbered the Vet Pro class
winning both mo te s.
The event drew more than 740
rid ers requiring a tota l of 66 motos
lo be run on one track, but time ran
out and three classes cou ld not run
th eir second mota wh en the sun set
and darkness prevailed. Even cutting
th e amou nt of la ps down during the
second round of rna loS didn 't com pl etely work.
" Basically wh at happened was a
lot more rid ers came out to the seri es '
th an we ant icipated," sai d CMC
p resid ent Stu Peters. "We ran a
survey on th e 1985 and '86 T ra nsCa ls a nd . today we had abo u t 160
more riders than we had in either
on e of those years. Consequentl y, it
threw us off on our scheduling of
today's event."
In the first 125cc Pro mota Davis
_ jammed lo the lead and never loo ked
bac~. H e. was ~iled by Manneh,
<::ag1va rider M~ke Young, .Ho~da
rider Kyle Lewis and Matisevich,
who was hot on th e trai l of Lewis.
La p after lap, "there was sti ll no
change. Finall y, on th e fifth lap,
Matiasevich ma de his move on Lewis
lO take control of fourth . Still o n the
move, Mat iasevich sn uc k up o n
You ng, got him, and continued on
after Manneh, who was a distant
second behind Davis. With two laps
left, Matiasevich stalked Manneh
until th e last lap was n early
completed .
On the .last tum from the finish
Ma n n eh just cr uised in a n d
unknowngl y let Mat iasevic h catch
up and pas s him inches from th e
finish. Matiasevich soared through
the air and sto le second p lace from
Manneh. Seconds la ter Man neh
crossed for third followed by Young
and Lewi s.
Mota two was Manneh's revenge
as he charged lo th e lead by the end
of the first lap followed by Lewis,
Matiasevich , Yamaha rider Chris
Young and Kawasaki rider Mike
Kiedrowski.
