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Mike Jones piloted his Yamaha to three straight final-event wins at the Augusta Arenacross in Augusta. Georgia. moved pas t the fallen leader and set hi s sights o n J on es, but o nce aga in th e Yam aha-mounted front-runner was ab le to den y th e competitio n. Sta nley ma intai ne d third a t th e finish , wit h H and a steady fourt h and G lass holdin g down fifth spo t. J on es wo uld see his fiercest challenge in Su nday's matinee finale. . H an d, a native and Pro Nat ion al regular had set th e stage.for on e last attack on Jones with his earlier first five fin ishes. On Sunday, after both J on es a nd Hand muscled past early lead er Di ck ie Bellora , Ca givamounted, th e two began going at it. For all 15 laps Hand would stick to Jones' roos t, but the , lead er was making no m istakes and would never be headed on hi s way to a third win in a row. Hand settled for a close second while Carroll came home in third. Bellora and Hayes rounded o ut th e top five, with Glass and Crowe account ing for the n ext two po siti on s. For hi s weekend sweep Jones took hom e nearl y $1000 and th e points lead in th e cham p ions h ip series. Carroll is next with Hand, Glass, and Coo mbs picking up th e slack from there. Results SAT AfTERNOON 1. M ike Jones (Vam); 2. Steve Crowe (Yam); 3. Brian Carro ll ( K a w~ 4. Raben Hayes (Suz); 5. David Hand (Han); 6. Jeffery Glass (Han); 7. Davey Coombs (Han); 8. Mark P1I1i'ln (Han); 9. Mark Crozier (Suz); 10. Brian Stan ley (Yam). SAT NIGHT 1. M ike Jones (Vam); 2. Mark Crozier (Suzt, 3. Brian Stanl ey (Va m~ 4. David Hand (Han); 5. Jeff Glass (Han); 6. M ike Bias (Han); 7. Richard Bello ra (Cag); 8. Brian Carro ll (Kaw); 9. Davey Coombs (Han); 1D. Ashl ey Epps (Honl . SUN AFTERNOON 1. M ike Jones (Vam~ 2. Richad Bellora (Cag); 3. Brian Carro ll (Kaw ); 4. David Hand (Han); 5. Step hen Crowe (Yam); 6. Davey Coombs (Han); 7. M ike Bias (Han); 8. Jeffery Glass (Han); 9. Raben Hayes (Suz); 1D. Mark Pillion (Han). McCumbo roosts at MontroseMX By Dot and Hurley Short 26 RAEFORD, NC , .JAN. If H onda -mounted Dougl as MeCumbo roosted to th e win in th e No vice class a t th e second ro und of th e Wint er Series held at Montrose Mo tocro ss Park. A large number of entries ma de it ncessary to run two hea t races to determ in e the 40 slots for the fin al race. Ruben Kingry, o n a H onda , gra bbed th e holesho t in the fina l on ly to be overtak en by McCumbo. After taking the lead McCumbo held on , with no o ne even close, for th e overa ll win. In the first 125cc Amat eu r moto Jim Neese, on a Suzuk i finis hed first , followed by Steve Genter o n a H onda a nd Brad Proctor on a Yam aha. In the second moto Pr octor too k the holeshot followed by Genter, Neese and Sco tt Riggs on a Yamaha. On the seco nd lap Proctor wen t' down, allowing Genter to take the lead . The top four rid ers raced neck-to-n eck with Proctor making a good recovery and rega ining th e lead . H e led the field to th e fin al lap and fini shed with a first overall for th e day. Results P/W: 1. Brent Lough; 2. Kevin Bean (Kaw ). JR MINI ; 1. Richard Ibison (Suz); 2. Bobby Honeycun (Kaw); 3 . Danny Rich (Kaw); 4 . Jason Baldwin (Yam). SR MINI ;: 1. Jim Neese (Suz); 2. Rusty Coleman (Vam ~ 3. Lee Walston (Han); 4. Dale Hill (Vam). M INI: 12. Rusty Coleman (Yam); 2. John Baldwin (Vam). NOV; 1. Dougla s McCumbo (Han); 2. M ike Howard (Han); 3. Brian Bradney (Yam); 4 . Anthony Dyson (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Brad Proctor (Vam); 2. Steve Genter (Han); 3. J im Neese (Suzt. 4. Scon Riggs (Yam). SR MEN; 1. Steve Genter (Hont, 2. C.W . Parrish; 3. Darrell Bell (Han); 4. Jimmy Blanton (Han). S/SR : 1. Darrell Hilliard (Hon); 2. Dan Morr ison (Kaw); 3. M ika LoPiciio (Han). OPEN; 1. Ricky Gardner (Han); 2. Darre ll Bell . (Han); 3. Scon Snellings (Han); 4 . Craig Wa ~ers (Han). . 25D AM : 1. Brad Proctor (Yam); 2. Steve Genter (Han); 3, Steve Thompson (Han): 4. Todd Marshall . PRO: 1. Kevin Walker (Yam); 2. Mark Lockowicz (Kaw); 3. Vann Gibson (Kaw); 4 . Mike Privene (Han). McNeal tops Experts at Scot Trials By Bill de Garis WALKER VALLEY, WA, JAN. 3 Fraser McNeal aced ou t La rry Drawh om by one point to take th e Expert class victory at the Puget Sound Trialers' Scot Trial s held in Walker Vall ey. lai n Walton and T ed . Blow tied for third o n points, but Walton was given th e nod for hi s best in sectio ns. Dave Porter ro unded ou t th e top five, 13 points behind. T he event was patterned after the famo us Scot Trial s held in no rthern Scott Urian (1 1) blasts out into th e lead at the start of the first 1 25 cc A mate ur moto at Montrose. Jim N eese (3) and Steve Addington pursue . Engla nd. an event where time pl ays an importa nt part since riders lose po ints , in addition to those th ey lose in th e sectio ns, for every m inute th at th ey are slower than th e fastest rider. Results A:. Fraser McNeal (Bet); 2. Larry Drawhorn (Yam); 3. lain Wallon (Bet~ 4., Ted Blow (Bet); 5. David Perter (Fan). B: 1. Fraser Thompson (Fan); 2. Dutch Van Elk (Bel ); 3. Gary Klein (Fan); 4 . Doug Thompson (Han): 5. Brian Oquist (Vam). ENDR A; 1. Gary Johnson; 2. Ken Laughlen; 3. Scon Spiwa k; 4 . Dave Richardson . ENDR B: 1. Ken Austin. Hamann handles Castaic Stone Trials By Jimmie O'Dell CASTAIC, CA, JAN_ 16 Tom ' H amann was the class of the field as he con vincingly took the Expert class win at the Southern California Trials Association's Castaic Stone Trial s. Over 75 riders co m p le te d three loops with 10 sections laid out along the Angeles National Forest area. H amann took his Beta with th ree cleans through the first loop with a score of 16, narrowly ahea d of Ken Leduc, who turned in a 18-3 score. T he second loop score of 7-7 by H amann put him into-a co mfo rtable lead. Mark Oldar and Leduc finis hed th e secon d loop tied for second place with 37 dabs apiece. On the third loop H amann styled h is way th rough the sectio ns with the win in sigh t, finishin g the loop wit h a 10-6 tall y, 33-16 for th e day. Second place was decided by two da bs in th e final th ree sectio ns, as Oldar was behind Ledu c by only o ne dab after sectio n seven. Oldar, aboard a Merlin, had a three in section eig h t, while Ledu c fived. Oldar clinched second place with his two cleans in sectio ns nine and 10 to fini sh the day with a 47-9 score. Leduc, aboa rd a Yamaha, had a one in section nine and a clean in section 10, wrapping up th e top three fini sh er s, a n d fini shing his day with a 49-12 score, only two dabs behind Oldar . Merlin-mounted Clive Hannan to p ped the Intermedi at e Vet eran class with his score of 40-12, beating au t second pl ace Ch ris McHugh 's 48- 13 score and th ird pl ace Dave Whittle wi th a 57-15 for the da y. Bob Mill er rode his Fantic to the Novice Super Senior cl ass wi n. Mill er 's tall y for th e da y was only 15-18, scori ng th e wid est margin victory of th e da y over second place Dave Stanley who score 51-9. The largest class of th e da y, th e Novice Ch ampionship featured twotime World Bicycle Trials Champion Ot Pi of Spain, making h is motorcycle trials debut finishing 10th. Jon Fr azier was th e class winner with a 28-15 score. The Beg inner Champion ship class was th e second largest of the day. Rick Bemak was tied with Mike Cushionbury going int o the third loop, each had only four dabs apiece. Bemak cleaned th e last loop, ending the da y with a 4-27 and took the class win ahead of Cushionbury who scored a two o n his third loop, winding up with a total of 6-26. Results EX C'SHIP; 1. Tom Homann (Bet) 33 ·16: 2. Mark Oldar (Mer) 47 ·9; 3. Ken Leduc (Yam) 49 -12 . ADV C'SHIP; 1. Charl ie Gillen (Vam~ 2. Pete ' Croft (Yam); 3. Thomas Engelhardt (Vom). SR: 1. Gil Smith (Vam) 55 -1D; 2. An Webster (Yam) 74 -6; 3. Jack Heminway (Yam) 76 -5. INT C'SHIP: 1. David Graham (Vam) 46 -1D: 2. David Rector 47 -7; 3. Greg Bush (Yam) 49-9. VET: 1. Clive Hannan (Mer) 40 -12; 2. Chr is McHugh 48- 13; 3. Dave Wh inle 57 ·5 . NOV C'SHIP; 1. Jon Frazier (Fan) 28·15; 2. Kun Hathaway (Yam) 32-9; 3. Bill Haskell (Yam) 35 11. VET: 1. Mark Miller (Yam) 38 -11 ; 2. Gary Bement (Yam) 46 -5; 3. Jim M iller 54 -8. , SR: 1. Manin Argo (Vam) 26 -13; 2. Ron Brehm (Fan) 53 -5; 3. Rich Kirsch (Yam) 65 -2. S/SR : 1. Bob Miller (Fan) 15-18; 2. Dave Stan ley 51-9; 3. Duane Ston e (M er) 54·5 . VET BEG; 1. Paul W ilder 22·19. SR: 1: Denni s Fin ley (Yam) 6-28; 2. Neil Sank ey (Bet) 16-21 ; 3. Raben Sturgeon (Fan) 24 -2 1. S/SR ; 1. Jack Voider (Bet) 14- 20; 2. AI Nour ian 1B-22 . BEG C'SHIP: 1. Rick Bieniak (Han) 4-2 7; 2. Mike Cushionbury 6-26; 3. Dean Hambrick (Man) 7-24. Kalos, Naughton split wins at Thrasher Land By Michael Ross GLENDALE, AZ, JAN. 17 Sh awn Kalos and Robert Naughton sp lit th e Pro class wins today at Thrasher Land Raceway with Kalos takin g both 25 0cc rnot o s a n d Naughton getting a perfect score in th e 125cc class.. With rai n cl ouds threatening o ve r hea d , Ca g i va fa ctory rid er