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Suzuki-mounted Tim Telford was the 250cc Pro class winner at Los
Angeles County Raceway motocross in Palmdale. California.
co n nec ted to another freshly cut tra il. The
Thrill, as it is known, wound its way up the
steep hill o n the o ther side of the va lley. By
thi s time DeSoto had moved from a m id-pack
start to cha nging leads with Steve Trines. In
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Honda XR250 . Second pla ce went to Steve
Trines and Big Island rid er Steve loll took
thi rd.
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OIA:. 1. John DeSoto (Hon); 2. Steve Trines (Yam); 3.
Si eve Zoll (Kaw); 4. Man Lyman (Hont 5. Paul Daly (Yam).
0- 200; 1. Derald Nuez; 2. Dave Stillwell; 3. Darre l Vierra;
4. Domeneo Grupita: 5 . Todd Tavare• .
20 1-250 : 1. Alan Vasconcelos; 2. Mike Finn is; 3. Robson
Piioh i; 4. Ernie Freita s; 5. Paul Orelty.
25 1-0PEN: 1. Spence Aqu ilar; 2. Gordon Takaba; 3. Clyde
pacheco; 4. Steve Gilmore; 5. Peter Pang.
OVER 40 : 1. Bobby Tex; 2. David Yap; 3. Carl Hodel;
4 . Greg Will iams; 5. Sieve Cap.
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SAN JOSE. CA. NOV . 19
ATK-moimted Ron Naylor was th e overall
winner a t the final round of the AMA District
36 Cross Country Series near . San jose. but
it was Suzuki RM250 rid er Ken McKenzie
wrapping up hi s second titl e with a win in
the 250cc class. today.
At the start of the Los Alto s M.C.-hosted
event, Paul Funaro jumped into the early lead
with Phil Dougla s and Nayl or in cl ose
pursuit. Nay lor moved into th e lead by th e
seco nd turn. wtrile McKenzie lu cked in behind
th e new lead er. But McKen zie went down
when he go t crossed up in a rut while entering
a turn. The Suzuki rider quickl y remounted
a nd aga in charged a fter th e ATK pilot.
Co m pleting the first eigh t-m ile lap. Na ylor
appeared with McKenzie breathing down hi s
neck. Yamah a rid er Funaro was in a close
th ird. wh ile mot ocr osser Todd Hicks was in
fou rt h on a Suzuki RM 125. Head ing into the
pit area , McKenzie look o ver the lead.
U nfortuna tely for McKenzie. it o nly lasted
until the fourth lap when he pitted with
Nay lor fiyin g back mto the lead. From that
poi nt on , it was Na ylor 's race as he cru ised
hom e in first place with McKenzie settling
lor second and with the cha m p io nshi p in
be-rd. Third went to Funaro.
Ken Kramasz and Eric Sh arrer battled for
th e number-on e honors in the VetlSeniorclass
a r cer Phil Douglas dropped out with a
co lla psed rear wheel. Kram asz ended up
taking th e win with Shaffer finishing in
seco nd pl ace.
Results
OPEN EX; 1. Ron Naylor (ATKl; 2. Allen Sine (Hont: 3,
Chris Rtddle (Hon) .
250 EX: 1. Ken Mc Kenzie (Suzl; 2. Paul Fuanr o (Yaml;
3. Curt Wilco x (Han).
OPEN 8 : 1. Ron Nort on (Han); 2. Pete Hampel.
260 B: 1. Brian Dtckey (Hon); 2. Darrell Dudley (Honl:
3. Todd Damro n (Yam).
200 B; 1. Dan Reger (Hon); 2. Man Cranford (Han); 3.
Don Shipman (Kawl .
OPEN C: 1. Todd Luksa (Han): 2. M ike Ryan (Han); 3.
Jo hn Zender (Honl.
250 c : 1. Steve Nelson (Han); 2. Beau M elvin (Suz); 3.
Lance Rhinehart .
200 C: 1. Cory Steele (Han): 2. Phil Indiham (Han); 3.
Cole Marshall (Han),
VET A: 1. Ken Kra masz (Hon); 2. Eric Shaffer (Hon); 3.
Steve Lawrence (Suz);.
SR A : 1. Pete Francini (KTM); 2. Edd Haymond (Yam);
3. Louie Marshall (Suz).
VET 8 : 1. Jim Dunlavey (Yam); 2. M ike Norton (KTM);
3. Bob M ihovic h (Suz).
SR 8: 1. Earl Fredrich (Kaw); 2. Alan Perry (Kaw ); 3. J ack
Van Ham (Han).
VET C: 1. Jim We itz:(Han); 2. Steve Blake (Hon); 3. Mark
Schroeder (Suz).
SR
1. Herm Pulyer (Han); 2. Dave Hansen (Hon); 3.
Bob Hirsch (Hon).
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Telford no match at
LA CR Motocross
By Richard D. Thompson
PALMDALE. CA, NOV . I I
Suzuki rider Tim T elford was untou chabl e
a t Los Angeles County Ra ceway MX. as th e
Antel ope Vall ey resident sco red double rnot o
victories in th e co mbi ned 250/500cc Pro class
a t th e CRC-hosted even t.
Jon Melson. riding a 360cc Yam aha YZ250
in the Open cla ss. chased T elford in the first
moro, while th e l25cc Pros - Mike Dunlap.
Troy Welt y and Eric Sa mso n - were dicing
for th e lead in the seco nd wave.
U p front T elford was lead ing Melson. wh ile
Welt y a nd Sa mso n took o ver th e firs, and
second posi tio ns in th e 125cc dogfi ght.
The Welt y/ Samson di ce carr ied them past
Melson and up to th e o vera ll lead er . Telford.
But Telford o pened up th e throttle just a little .
. bit more and kept the two 125cc Pros at ba y.
Telford held o n for the overall . while Welty
took second (first I25ec) and Samson third.
The second moto saw Melson pass T elford
for the lead . whil e Welty began hi s dominance
in th e I 25cc race.
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Melson led T elford for most of the rac e until .
the Suzuki pilot eventua lly shot back into the
number-on e position. T elford held on for the
win ; Melson took seco nd, whi le Welty crossed
the checkers in th ird for first place overall
laurels in the 125cc class.
ScheUenbergerwins
Swan Motocross
By Joyce Ladd .
TYLER, TX. NOV . 26
Roy Sche lle nberge r rode hi s T eam Green
Kawasak i to a 1-2 sco re for the overa ll win
in the l25cc Expe rt class at Swa n MX.
Chad Montero . aboard hi s Honda. blasted
off th e ga te and to th e first turn in th e lead
in mot o o ne. He was foll o wed by Yam ah a
p ilo t j ason Langford. Schell enberger. Cagivamounted Bill y Whitley and Honda-mounted
Allen Ross. During lap two Lan gford tried
lO pu t a pas s o n th e ou tside of Montero, bu t
ca ug ht Montero 's back wh eel a nd went down
in th e berm. This dropped Langford into last
pla ce. Montero had some bad luck as he went
down in the switch back d ur in g la p three.
Schellenberger gained the lead followed by
Wh itl ey in second. Wh itl ey stayed glued to
Schellen berger's rear knobbie and tried to go
under Schellen berge r in th e turn before the
camelback. But Sche llen berger powered hi s
Kawasaki to th e checkers first. Taking second
and th ird just a bike length apart were Whitley
and Montero. Honda-mounted Allen Ross
finished fourth and Langford posted a
DNF.
Mot o two aga in saw Montero take th e
holeshot a nd gain a four-second lead during
the moto. He was followed through the first
turn by Langford. Schellenberger and Whitley. By the end of la p one it was Montero.
Whi tley. Sche llenberger and Langford. Schel len berger was purring the press ure on Whitl ey
looking (o r a n opening to pass. Then he
bob bled in a turn which gave Whi,ley some
breathing room. On the last lap Sche llenberger succeeded in passing Whitley. and with
on ly two turns before the finis h line. they were
side by side. But when the checkers came out
it was Montero. Sch ellenberger. Whitley.
Langford and Ross. Schellenberger took first
overall for the day ; second overall went to
Montero and third overa ll went to Whitley.
