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Ron Turner won f ive out of six motos to capture victories in the 250. 500cc and Vet Pro classes at the Ascot N ig ht Nationals. Co rey Hoeft (35) chases third-p lace fin isher Ryan Tohill 50cc class. Hoeft f inished fourth . 15th Annual CMC Ascot Night MX Nationals Turner takes triple wins By Ken Faught Photos by Mike Koger and Faught " GARDENA, CA, NOV. 4 Ron T urner won five out of SIX motos en ro u te to win nin g the 250, 500cc an d Vet Pro classes at the 15th An n ual CMC Ascot Night MX Nationals, the final race of the season Donny Maeda (1 0) lead s four-stroke w inner J immy Lewis (11 in the combined Adult M ini class. Maeda was fourth in the two-stroke class. Jay Theys (9 ) holeshots w inner Paul Ito (57 PI, Shawn O'Brien (31 B) and Corey Austin (24E) in division one of the 80cc Beginner class. at Ascot Park. Turner's only loss came in the second 250cc T' • moto as ':' illie Surratt came out of reurernent to take the mo to win. However, Surratt's poor eigh th place finish in mo to one allowed TUrner's 1-2 sco re to tak e th e overa ll win. Turn er 's first win of th e ni ght came in the 500cc class as th e Mid Cities H onda /O 'N ea llBell /NGKI SCOltiVarner/ FMF/ RokolTs u ba kil P irelli/Mobil Mot o-X-Repai r/Renth al /Bl endzal llCalifornia G oldspo nsored rider led both rnoto s from start to fini sh . In th e first moto Pete Murray and Gar y Sailors managed to displace Crai g Hofmeist er for seco nd and third with CMC so u the rn California number o ne plate holder Dan Berg taking fift h at th e checkers. • Ro u nd two was a different story as Berg gated fifth , but quickly forced his wa y into second beh ind Turner wh ere he fini shed ahead of Tim Lunde, Murray and Sailors. Turner 's pair of perfect rides netted th e overall win with Murray's 2-4 ea rn ing th e runner-up position. Berg, Sailor and Lunde com p leted th e top five. Vet Pro class act ion ag ain saw Turner lead .every lap to easily take both mot o wms ahead o f Lunde. Carl Gazafy's seco nd mo to third-place fin ish was good eno ugh to boost him to third o vera ll, dropping Ri ck John son to fourth o ver Bobb y Tippit. Turner 's final victor y of the night ca me in the 250cc class wh ere the Honda rider beat Bob Klin e, Kenny Zahrt, Berg and J ohn Posca in moto o ne by eig h t seconds. Round two saw Turn er 's luck tak e a cha nge for the worse as S u r ra tt p owered his Yamaha to th e front of th e pack at th e start, leading Turner by a short distance the wh ol e race. Berg manag ed to shoot past Kline for third shortl y before th e finish with Marc Peters holding off Tim Whitlock for fifth. Turner 's 1-2 tally gave him his third overall win o f the nigh t. Kline placed second with a 2-4 score, top p ing Berg, Surratt and Zahrt, Jason Shirey claimed th e win in the la rgest 60cc class of the year , to p p ing more than a dozen riders. In the first moto Shirey holeshot Jay ' Theys, Jerry Aleman, Jared Spencer and Cesar Galvez before pulling away to win the moto by