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Division Two 1 2 5 cc Intermediate class winner Ray Crumb (21 X) chases Trevor Meagher (71) and Ryan Carlisle. Mark Klauser (3 6 9) topped Richard Stephens (73C) in the 125cc Beginner Division One class. Crum'b' consistent at Sunrise GSN By Ken Faught ADELANTO, CA, FEB. 12 Team Green Kawasaki's Ray Crumb proved • that consistency can payoff as he won division two of the 125cc Intermediate class via a 2-3 tallyjrr round six of the CMC/ Dodge Truck Golden State Nationals at Sunrise Valley P k C ycIear. Crumb also managed to rack 16 up second in the 250cc Intermediate class after swapping moto wins with Honda-mounted Butch Smi~h. l!n.forlunately for Crumb , ~~uh finished ahead of the Kawasaki nder in the final mo to to cap ture the overall victory. In the first mo to of the 125cc Intermediate class Crumb chased Bu bba Erickson and Mike Ch am berlain around the firs t lap in third. Eddie Reed was fourth ahead of Trevor Meagher , Derek Na tvig and Sm ith. Up front the positions stayed the' same in the top three slots, bu t a battle raged for fourth. Reed, Natvig and Meagher continually swap ped po sitions with Meagher generally holding the upper hand. With only two laps to go Chamberlain crashed ha rd over a set of double jumps, handing Crumb a comfortable second. On thelast lap Natv ig managed to pas s Meagher and hold the posi tion to the checkers . Erickson captured the win ahead of Crumb, Natvig, Meagher and Smith. Round two saw some of the best racing of th e day as Erickson, Sm ith, Mark Easly and Ryan Carlisle chased Richard Saxton around on the first lap. Back in th e pack Crumb and Jimmy Button were trying to make up for poor starts which left 'them in the back of the pack. Both riders continually pounded their way to the front and broke into the top five on the third lap. Carlisle dropped to sixth in front of Easly and Meagher. Near the halfway point disaster struck Erickson as the Cagiva rider fell back to sixth . While Erickson was trying to make up for lost time, an awesome fourway battle for the lead was created as Smith, Crumb and Button reeled in Saxton and challenged for the lead. The battle lasted for three laps and ended after Smith motored past Saxton o n th e i ns ide of a fast sweeper. A few turns from the fin ish Saxton tang led with another rider whi ch put him in the back of the pack. Smith collected the win a few feet ahead of Button, with Crumb, Erickson.a nd Easly ro unding ou t the top' five. The 250 cc In term ediate class action was just as goo d as Crumb, Smith, Meagher and ' Reed aga in battled for the win. The four riders finis hed the first motp in that order with Darin Channel taking fifth in the end. Sm ith came back in the second moto just like he did in the 125cc In termediate class and cleaned up. Smi th earned the win at the end of the seven -lap race in front of Crumb, Reed, Meagh er and Carl isle. The 2· 1 moto score earned Smith the overall ahead of Crumb's 1-2and Reed's 4-3. Meagh er was fourth with Carlisle stealing fifth. Buddy Antunez con tinued to dominate the 80cc Expert class. The R&D Suzuki rid er led every lap of both motos to score the easy win. Kawa_saki' s Joel Albrecht and Tommy Clowers gave chase in both rnotos, but couldn't match Antunez's speed. Albrecht to pped Clowers, Craig Decker and Spud Walt ers in rnoto one, but suffered a bad crash in round two. " n the seco n d moto Albrecht I landed sho rt on a huge tabl etop jump which sent him and his bike ca rt w heeli ng th rou g h the air. Albrecht laid on the ground for a while, but managed to get back up and cruise across the fini sh line on the last lap for series points. Albrecht's miscalculation turned over an easy second to Clowers with ', Dam on H uffman, Decker and Walters finishi ng a lmost 10 secon ds behind. Michael Brandes used two solid starts to win the go ld in the 80cc Intermediate class. Brandes ga ted among the top four in both rounds, but quickly wor ked his way to the front, The Kawasaki rider diced with Joe DeP a tt o , Mik e Metzger and Danny Nelson in both motos en route to his overall with Nelson taking second with a 2-3 score. Jesse J am es' 5-2 advanced to th ird overall after a strong second moto showing which Metzger dropped to fourth with a 3-6 tally. T ony Amaradio was fifth with 7-4 finis hes. Honda-mounted Glenn Commans was fin all y abl e to top series point leader Kenny Maddux in the 500cc Intermediate class. Maddux ran into problems right from th e start and finished 12th in rnoto one while Dave Engs trom , Commans , Merles Hammer, Bob Johnson and Todd Luska took the top five slo ts. Maddux returned to round two to lead Commans from start to finish. Engstrom dropped to third over Kevin Green and Hammer. Commans' pair of seconds earned him the win. Engstrom took second with a 1-3 score over Hammer's 35. Maddux bumped himself to fourth with a 12-1 tally while Joel Christensen stole fifth with 8-6 finishes. Jon Miller and Dave Fernandez