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w ,---- - - - - - - ---- -. ~ a: LL o ~ > IX! ::? o :I: 0. .... ilJ ..0 E ilJ > o Z The riders lined up on their bikes to honor the f lags of Mexico and the U.S . at the International GP . Lisa Peterson won the Women's 250cc Pro class at the WeN . Fab io Belassio's clear dominance of th e 250 and 125cc Novice classes, Belassio p laced first in the 250cc class and second in the 125s, but m issed the 125cc first place o n ly because of a 'poor start in th e first moto. Gabriel Guardado, sharing in the 'do m ina nce , took first place in the I25cc Novice class and ran an honest second p lace in the 250cc division, Motocross is still a relative ly yo ung spo rt in Mexico and th e great improvement in this event from 1987 to 1988 indicates that th e Interna tional Grand Prix could be a bigger and better rac e event in the years to co me . This year it attracted more th an twi ce as many Expert class • rid ers th an last yea r. W inner Jeff Dement (2 7) leads runn er -up Rosendo Go nza lez (9 3) and t h ird -place f in is her Rowdy Fla nagan (far left) in the M in i Open cl ass. Storbeck stomps 'em at Monterrey International GP By Warren Domke MONTERR EY; N U EVO L EO ~, MEXI CO. OCT. 16 San Antonio, Texas rider Dan ny Storbeck aced the 25.0ccExpert class in two race even ts ·in the 2nd Annual Carta Blan ca International Grand P rix of Motocross. Hondam ounted Storbeck won th e first tw o motos held a t Goodtimes Motorsports Park in San Antonio, th en at Monterrey's 26 Parque Cuau th em oc y Farno sa h e o nce a ga in dominat ed th e 250cc Expert class. La st yea r' s in augural even t took ' pl ace in a valley near Monterrey. a nd th ousands of spec ta to rs wandered everyw here. including on th e track. Ther e wer e a lso man y p robl em s getting eq u ip me nt acro ss th e border. But this year things were different. The border crossin g was smoothed out. and the tra ck was moved downtown into a sm all baseba ll stadium. The tra ck was built in th e cen ter of the field a nd wa s tight, not espec ia lly fast. but inte restin g a nd ge nera lly sa fe with a few h ean- st oppin g jumps. America ns wh o partici pa ted in th e seri es fo u n d Monterr ey to be a charming a na hosp itabl e city a nd were given roya l trea tme nt w hi le there. Most wh o participa ted last year felt th at th is year's Grand Prix was a better event, having be nefi tted from th e expe rie nce gai ned in 1987. T he Mexi can hosts did a ll they co u ld to make aP aspec ts o f the trip a nd race go smoo th ly. Bill y Whitley. a Ca giva rid er from Lewi sville. T exas. blasted hi s way into first place in th e 125cc Expert class and managed a third place in th e 250cc Expert di vision. Whitl ey won three of his four mot os in th e 125cc cla ss and was co ns is ten tly aw esom e in both cla sses. Dennis Hawthorn e, a n o t he r T exan. rode excelle n t ra ces in both classes, nai lin g down a respectab le seco nd p lace overa ll in th e 250cc Expe rt cla ss a nd a th ird in th e 125cc Expe rt class. ridin g Ka wasakis in both of the classes. Clay H oen sch ell . o ne o f la st year's big wi nners, ro de h is Suzukis to a second p lace in the 125cc and a fourth in th e 250cc M exi co ' s Fabio Belassio won both 1 2 5cc Novice class motos. Expert classes. Sco tt Renick, a nother Kawasaki rider, placed fourth overa ll in the 125cc Expert class. Mexico was well-represented by two H onda-mounted experts, Ped ro Gonza lez, of Monterrey, a nd Javier Coso, fro m Mexico City . Gonza lez placed fifth over a ll in th e 125cc Expert class a nd Cos o pl aced fifth overa ll in the 250s. Bad lu ck in th e form o f injuri es plagued severa l riders, including G onzal ez, wh o was su ffering th e effects of a brok en fool. T erry T inney was healing a fractured wrist. a nd H oenschell was banged up in a race two days before Monterrey. In spite of h is inj ured foo t, Gon za lez managed a hol esh ot a nd held the lead m uc h of the time at Monterrey, losi ng his lead as th e 15-lap race began to wea r h im down a n d yield in g posi tio ns as the moto went o n. Wh it ley a nd H awth orn e pa ssed him, and th en H oensch ell ca rne by, But the Mex ican rid er stayed in th e race a nd ma naged to place in the top five, As wa s th e case la st yea r, th e Am a teu r classes saw a mix o f top Mexi can an d U,S. rid ers riding hard aga ins t eac h other for their own honor a nd for the honor o f their ' respectiv e countries, J ason Krempin, a H onda rider from Au stin, T exas , blew awa y th e 125cc Intermediate class an d ran second in th e 125cc Open class . Krempin has had a good year and domi nated his classes in T exas an d through much of th e Wesl. J eff Dem ent, rid ing an 80cc Kawasaki , dominated th e Mini Open and Mini Sen ior cla sses, receiving tough co m pe titio n from Mexi co 's Rosendo Gonzal ez, a lso o n a KX80, and from Ro wd y Fl an a gan , a no th er KX80 rid er. Mexica n favorites showed th ei r mettle in severa l events, such as Results 250 NOV : 1. Fabio BeJassia (Han); 2. Gabr iel Guardado (Kaw ); 3 . Charlie Lugo (Han); 4 . Andrian Flore s (Kaw ); 5 . Pat Moore (Kaw). MINI SR: 1. Jeff Dement (Kaw); 2 . Rowdy Flanagan (Kaw) ; 3 . Jo se Ponce (Hon); 4 . John Schultz (Kaw) : 5 . Erick Gonzalez (Kaw) . 125 EX: 1. Denn is Hawthorne (Kaw) ; 2. Bi lly Whitl ey (Cag); 3 . Clay Hoens ch ell (Suz); 4 . Pedro Gonzal ez (Hon ); 5 . Terry Tinney (Hon ). 125 NOV ; 1. Gabriel Guardad o (Kaw): 2. Fabio Belas sia (Han); 3 . Trey McCarty (Yam); 4 . J ose Luis Guerr (Han); 5. J ames M it ch ell (Kaw). 200 INT: 1. M all Harlan (Hon); 2. T.J. Frost (Hon); 3 . Tony Hernandez (Kaw) ; 4 . Rusty M cDowell (Han); 5 . San ee Taba ssi (Yam). 490; 1. Edw ard Hays (Han); 2. Jam es W ells (Hon) . f 250 BEG:. 1. Troy Mikeska (Kaw); 2. Apolinar Canton (HOn) ; 3 . Eduardo Maninez (Kaw) ; 4 . Jeff Bell (Kaw) ; 5 . Roger Norris (Kaw). . 125 OPEN: 1. Clay Bre nctu 2 . Jason Krempin (Hon); 3 . J .J. Slagl e (Hon); 4. Tim Mc Dona ld, ' M INI OPEN : 1. Jeff Dement (Kaw) ; 2. Rosendo Gonza lez (Kaw) ; 3 . Rowdy Flanagan (Kaw) ; 4 . Ramon Escam ill a (Han); 5. Joh n Schultz (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Danny Storbeck (Hon ); 2. Denn is Hawthorne (Kaw) ; 3 . Ter ry Tinney (Suz); 4 . Javier Goso (Hon); 5 . Ctay Hoen sh ell (Suz). . PIW 50 : 1. Ja ime Gonzalez (Kaw) ; 2. Hector Rodriguez (Kaw) ; 3 . Andrian Gonzalez (Kaw) ; 4 . Hugo Rodriguez (Kaw) ; 5 . J orge Gonzal ez (Han). MINI M INI : 1. Br ad Wools ey (Kaw ); 2. Erick Vallejo (Kaw); 3 . Brian Detrick (Hon); 4 . Sergio Villar real (Kaw); 5 . An ton io Gueloo (Kaw ). 125 INT; 1. Jason Krempin (Hon): 2. J .J. Slagle (Han); 3 . Clay Bran ch; 4 . Man Har lan (Hon ). MINI SR BEG : 1. Gu illermo Garza (Kaw ); 2 . Richard Rist er [Kaw], J . Pedro Ouintan illa (Kaw ); 4 . Rogelio Rodr igue z (Hon ); 5 . Serg io Villarreal (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. J oel Torres (Han ); 2 . Mario Salazar (Yam ); 3 . Richardo Torr es (Hon); 4 . Carlton M igura (Kaw ); 5. Jose Lu is Aponte (Han) . M INI JR: 1. Dust in Traylor (Han); 2. Brad Woolsey (Kaw ); 3. Bri an Oestr ich (Kaw ); 4. Pedro Ouintanill a (Kaw ); 5. Brian Rister (Kaw ). 250 OPEN: 1. Mall Harlan (Hon); 2 . Tony Her nandez (Kaw); 3 . Sanee Tabassi (Yam). OVER 30: 1. Kevin Horton (Hon); 2. J aime Morales (Yam); 3 . J esus M iranda (Kaw) ; 4 . Ch uck Tressider (Han); 5 . Juan Canton (Han) . OVER 40: 1. Lee For d (Hon). Zahrt zips at West Coast Nationals By David Procida PALMDALE, CA , O CT. 15 · T he Cal ifornia R acing Club hosted the Veterans and Wornen 's National at Los Angeles County Raceway and the top winners in cluded Kenny Zahrt in th e Vet P ro class, Mercedes Gonzalez with the 125cc Wom en 's Pro class

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