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win with Joe Billeeter moving into second. McGary a lso dominated the I25cc Expert class. Shary Ma nney took first in bclfh 80cc Expert mo to s blasting his Honda a head of Yamaha ride r Chris Hamil ton. Steven Sawyer took the hol eshot . in th e' 60cc class agains t Bill y Gart man and T ony Munoz J r. Even wi th Sawyer tak ing a bad spill he came o u t on top for the win in both mo tos. Gartman was second and Munoz p laced th ird. Freddie Veteto caugh t the l 25cc Novice holeshot with Corey Westbrook and Ma rk Blak e cha lle nging for first pl ace in the first mo ta . In th e second mota Veteto took fir st . a gain as Blak e stayed with hi m for' seco nd overa ll. Sha ne Windham took th ird overall after Westb rook went down midway th rough the mot a . LOVE AT FIRST BITE. Y ou ' lIlove the exci~ Results 250 EX: 1. Br ian McG ary (Yam); 2. Jo e Billeit er (Kaw); 3. M ike A nreana (Yam). 125 INT; 1. Sh ann on Mann ey (Han); 2. Russell Caton (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Br ian M cGary (Yam); 2. Brent Dyer . (Yam); 3. Aaron Davis (Kaw ). 125 NOV: 1. Freddie Vet eto (KX); 2. M ark Bla ke (Kaw ); 3. Shane W indham (Yam). OPEN INT: 1 Gary Chr istensin (Hon); 2 . Kevi n Reddick (Han). 250 INT: 1. Jeff Kn ight (Han). 60 : 1. Steven Sawyer (Kaw); 2. Bill y Gart man (Kaw); 3. Tony Munoz Jr. (Kaw) . MINI BEG: 1. Lense y Gr iff it h (Yam). 80 NOV: 1. Gary Chr ist ensin (~ on). . 80 INT: 1. Aa ro n J ustus (Hon); 2. Der rick Rosser , . (Kaw) . ... 80 EX: 1. Shay M ann ey (Han ); 2. Chris Hamelt on (Yam). • OPEN BEG: 1. Gary Morehead (KX); 2. Ch ris Romey (Han). • OVER 2 5: 1. John Laney(Hon ); 2. Kevin Reddr ick (Han); 3. Scon Denn is (Kaw ). 250 NOV: 1. Br ad lv es (Kaw) ; 2 . Ja mes Hogeland (Suz); 3. Jeff Forem an (Kawl· . Jones jams to Perris MX win By David Procida PERRIS , CA, J AN . 23 • Showing a strong European flair, Paul Jones sm ok ed to a pair of 250cc Pro class wins today a t Saturday SMX racing a t Perri s Raceway.'With the low a reas o f the track sti ll satu rated with T h ursday's heav y rains, th e P erris track crew put to gether a cha lle nging course that favor ed Jones' rid ing style. In moto one KTM-m ounted Pete 'Hart grabbed th e holes hot a n d jumped ou t to an early lead with Jones and Yamaha su p port rider Craig Davis on ly a heart-bea t behind. At the end of the seco nd la p H art had opened up a five-seco nd lead over J ones, wh o was being chased by Davis. Running in fou rt h was KTM -m ounted Ken J enkins, with Ulf J ohansson hot on hi s heel s. At mi d-mota J ones kicked in th e a fterb u rners a nd sta rte d to close the dis tance on H art, wh il e Davis stuc k to hi s rear fender. On la p 12 H art appeared behind J ones as th e two riders came fro m the back sectio n of th e track. Da vis was now chargi n g ' hard up beh ind Hart , but as the mot o came to a close J ones took th e win with H ar t a nd Davis a short distan ce beh ind him. In mot o two, J ohansson had the lead going into the first tu rn o n ly to ha ve H art power his way by on the outside line. J ones .was soo n to' follow as th e riders ca me down o u t of th e horsesh oe. Early in th e mota Hart 's KTM carne. to a stop with mech anica l proble ms , movin g everyo ne up a slo t a nd gi ving Jones th e lead. Honda-m ounted Don Grahn moved in to th e n umber three po sition, but had Johansson to deal with the entire moto. Jones moved out to a comfortable lead a nd took the win, with Davis in to w for seco nd. Davis' "3-2 score gave him second overall with G rah n tak ing third via a 4-3 da y. . . In th e Mini ranks Nathan El lert'so n piloted hi s Yamaha to a second Pete Hart won the first 250cc Pro . moto at Perris but DNF moto two. mota win for hi s first ever overa ll ' win. Bill y Clifton stayed close and looked for a sp ot to back up his first moto win, bu t was to be denied th a t op port u ni ty today and ' settled for runner-up honors. In the 80cc Intermediate class Tony Armaradio went un contested for th e class win. In the Old T imers Master class La rs Larsson st ru tted hi s stuff to th e tu ne of first overa ll by ca pt uring both moto wins", Ben gt J ohansso n scored second in mota one on ly to DNF th e second mo to, wh ich left the door open for Ron' Way to ru n off wi th seco nd overall honors. J ody Weisel was on th e ga s and took third o vera ll honors in front of J ohansso n a nd SMX's J im Beltin ck , wh o had problems of his own in mota one. Alan Ol sen ra n a way with th e seco nd mo ta win in th e Vet Ex pert ra n ks after Kawasak i-moun ted Greg Blackwell had won the fir st mota . Bl a ckwe ll ch ased O lsen to th e chec kers for seco nd overall ,honors, while J a mes H anson score d a pair of thirds for the number three slot. Da ve Simmons took the Vet Intermed ia te ra n ks by storm with a pair · o f win s, lea ving seco nd t o Lee Amaradio J r., who had to ho ld off the charges of J ohn Rich ie. A large turnout o f Vet No vices saw T om Bag u ley p ut hi s H onda into the . lead and wa s never ser iously ch a llenged in moto one. Ken Scov ill kep t the th ro tt le pin ned on hi s.Ka wasak i KXl2 5 fo r seco n d w hi le Bo b R ichards took th ird. I n ' m o to two Ba g ul e y aga in j umpe d in to an ea r ly lead wi th Antho ny Procida runnin g in second ahead of Steve Kin g and Richard. 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