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After havi ng had a few teeth ing problems in the ear ly pan o f the series. Rodney Farris o nce agai n assumed hi s dominant pos ition in the 250cc Pr o class . beco m ing th e o n ly rid er in the series to have a perfect even ing. The Camel P ro Series co m pe tito r set fast time. won hi. hea t. semi, the dash for cash a nd th e final. In th e la uer race he held o ff new class ch a m p Steve Burkholder. Severa l ot her classes sa w new winners co me 10 the fro nt. Jaco b J ohnson took th e 5Occl ina l. to p p ing new cla ss cha m p Brody Mill er who had cl inc hed th e titl e th e pr evious week . Mill er'. lather decided to ma ke h i. son ride a slower mach ine a nd despite that handica p Miller fin ished seco nd 10 J ohnson. Todd S tith inherited th e 125cc class win wh en Kevin Varnes a nd Georg ie Pri ce took turn s kn ocking eac h o the r o ff in th eir battle for th e cha mpio n sh ip, wh ich went to Pri ce by a 2.5 point margin over Varnes. Larry Swee ten lugged the win in th e 250cc class as Dan Reich ert handed Mik e Mester, wh o fini sh ed th ird b ehind Sw eet en a n d Richard Re ves, th e class ti tle when h is bik e e broke in the sem i. Gre~ Boutwell topped the ~ 6Occ fin al . while J oe White fini sh ed just in front of challenger C la re nce Bull to lo ck up th e class cha m p io n shi p. Wh eu the 250cc Pro cla ss pulled to the lin e [or the final. o n ly Bu rkholder and Tom Maj eski had a shot a t th e titl e, with Burkholder holding a somewhat co m ma nd ing lead in the po int sta n d in gs. Farris jumped into the lead a t th e sta rt, trailed by Le w Woods. Burkholder an d T od d Hurst. Maj esk i '. race an d ho pes for th e titl e ended on th e seco nd la p wh en h i. ma ch in e d ied . On th e third lap. Bu rkhol der ba u led with a nd then look seco nd away from Woods. a ltho ug h Wood. stayed o n h is ta il for th e rem ainder of th e race. Farris cr ui sed hom e th e winner. severa l bik e len gths in from o f cla ss cha m p Burkholder. The closest poin ts race was in th e 80cc class wh ere th e to p four rid er s were separated by o n ly six po in ts. The q uartet in co n ten tio n was red uced to a tri o wh en points lead er Todd w in seu fa iled to make the main, fin ish in g fifth o ut o f six riders in h is sem i. In th e final . multi-lime Na tional Cham p ion Ken Coolbeth jo mped into the lead a nd led Mik e Hacker ac ross th e fir-ish lin e. TIle runner -up finish gave H ac ker the 80cc titl e. T he 125cc fin al produced firew or k>between the two titl e co ntenders, Georgi e Pri ce and Mike Varnes. P rice took the lead o ff th e start, followed by Varnes, but Varnes go t the poi nt position on th e thi rd la p as he ca me of f th e second tu rn . Going into th e th ird turn , Pri ce ban ged in to Varn es, kn ocking him down. Varn es rejo in ed the field just a. Pric e lapped hi m a nd a s they en tered th e fir st turn , Varn es repa id P ri ce.", kn ock in g h im olf in a move that wa s not as sub tle as had been th e ea rl ier one by Pri ce. As Var n es was t~i ng to keep Pr ice against the wa ll . referee R ICha rd Foard took the b lack flag down to the turn a nd disqualified Va rn es. Todd Stith won th e race. over Robert Miller a nd Steve Cornwell , bu t th e series titl e went to P rice. Results DASH : 1. Rodney Farr is IVam ); 2 . Sieve Burkholder jH · 01; 3 . J ere my lucy (Han) ; 4 . lawrry Sweeten (Vam); 5. Charles Majeski (Bull. 50 : 1. Jacob Johnson (Hon l: 2. Brody M ill er (Der); 3. Tom Sketh w ay (Yam l; 4 . Bill Kratt (I.J); 5 . Jimmy Parker {Vaml 80: 1. Ken Coo lbeth (Kaw); 2 . Mike Hacker (Kaw); 3 . Randy Sh aM flC.awl; 4 ChUCk Bless ing (Yam); 5 . RIcky W insen (Yam ). 125: 1. Todd Shth (Han); 2. Robert M ill er (Yam ); 3 . Steve Cro mwell (Han); 4. Ja me s Owen (Yam ); 5. Bi ll Bro mley (Suz) . 25 0 : 1. Larry Sweeten (Yam) ; 2. Richar d Reeve s (Kaw ); 3 . M ike M ester (Yam ); 4 . larry Bert holdt (Car); 5 . Crash Dona dio (Han) . 360: 1. Gr eg Boutwell (Yam); 2.· Richard Rowe (Yam): 3 . Bren Fried el (Vam ); 4 . Joe W hit e (H·D); 5. Clar en ce Bull (Ho n). 250 PRO: 1. Rodney Farris (Yam) ; 2. St evlll Burkh~der (H· D); 3. lew Woods I M ail; 4 . Scan Saunders (Hon t, 5 Todd Hurst ISuz ). FINAL POINT STANDINGS 50 : 1. Brody Miller (144): 2. Jacob Johnson (108 .51 3. : Bill y Kraft (94); 4 . Bobby Kra ft (701; 5. Trav is Oswald (70 1 . 80: 1. Mike Hacker (lllL 2. {TIE) Chuck BleSSing/Paul l ync h (97 1;4. Todd Winsen (90 .5); S. Roy M iller (B5). 125: 1. Georgie Pnc e i122.5 t. 2 . Kevin Varnes (120 1; 3 Todd St ith (11 0 .5); 4 . Robert M iller 188.5); 5 . Jeremy LucY' (73). 250: 1. M ike Meater (13lL 2. Dan Reiche11 (108.51; 3 . Richard Reeve s (1 6); 4 . larry Sweeten (7 5.5); 5. Steve He iser (621 . 360: 1. Joe Whrte t1 101; 2. Clarence Bull tl06.5); 3 . RICh Rowe (981; 4. Greg Boutwell (97 .5); 5. Mart BurkhokSM 191 .51 250 PRO: 1. Steve Burkholder 1109.5); 2. Rodney Ferns 3. Tom Majeski (9O.5~ 4. Sam Saunders (87~ 5. Lew Woods (78 ) 197 . 5 ~ Fresh, Blakley top Carlsbad MX By Anthony Radoumis CARLSBAD, CA, ;IIOV. 18 "L ife' s a Beach Ra cing Enterprise had the legondary Ca rlsba d Racew a y groomed to the liking . o f 125 a nd 250 cc Beg i n ner cia ss winn ers. Dan Fresh a nd Mark Bla kley. T h e tw o rid ers dom in ated bot h of their respecuve cla sses a nd ea rned th emselves a trip 10 the winner 's circle. In th e first 250cc Beginner mo to , 2-1 riders g-ot orr lO a sha ky start, Nearly making a Honda sa nd wic h was j eflSco u a nd H irosh i Machida. Followin g Machida wa s Dan Fresh. Ign acio R ivera , J ohn Fresh a nd Da ve Bouch er. O n the seco nd la p, Da n Fresh p ut the move o n Mach ida and moved . into th e lead. O nce o u t in Irom he exten ded h is lead to 10 seconds a nd never looked back. On th e sa me lap Bob Chocas mo ved up 10 third pl ace a nd held th e position unti l Harry Boessl er and C urt is Jab lonski decid ed it was th eir turn to be up front, Boessler look seco nd a nd j abl onsk i third . In mot o two , Rivera pulled o u t to a n early lead but ga ve up the honor, as he lost co nt ro l o f h is H onda in the seco n d tum. Tha t gave wa y to Dan Fresh . Har ry Boesslet. Mark Phares a nd Dave Bou ch er. Fresh open ed up a no the r lead that too k h im to the checkered flag. But back in hi s wak e. Boucher tri ed to move u p to th ird a nd ended up crashing, whic h dropped h im back to eigh th. Up in seco nd. Riv era had co m p lete co ntr ol of hi s Honda a n d cr u ised to a seco nd-p lace fin ish , follo wed bv Boessfer. In t he '125cc Beg inn e r class. Blakl ey po wered hi. H onda in 10 th e lead followed by Mik e Kelsey a nd Bill Kell ogg. But in the firs t t u r n, Kcbev ra iled the o uts ide lin e an d moved into the lead. H owever, Kelsey had LO g ive bac k the lead to Blakl ey. a. he bobbled in th e back section o f th e track. Blakl ey co nti n ued to ope n up h is lead foll owed by Greg G ries haber a nd Kelsey, wh o was dr oppine back ra p id ly. Honda p ilot Kellogg made up for a bad sta n a nd moved into seco nd , bu t he ra n ou t o f tim e a nd co u ld n 't ca tch Blakl ey. Blakley took the win follow ed by Ke ll o~ ~ . G reg G ries ha b r a nd Kelsey. In mor e two Kelsey sho t int o the lead fol lo wed by Kello gg a nd Rick y Fernandez. Blak ley su ffered a po or star t h ut mov ed up quick ly. an d on th ethird lap, he fou nd himself in th ird . H e event ua lly squeezed into secon d , a nd hi s 1· 2 fin ish ga ve him the fir st pl ace tro p h y. . KeI ~ey dominated the seco nd moto a nd eve n tua lly Iin ish e second overa ll foll owed by -d Kell o~R, wh o we-n t 2-3 Ior th ird overal l. Results PRO: t . Jim Chamberlin IHon); 2 Pet e Murry {Suz!; 3 Todd Campbell (KTM I; 4 , J im Oomin rtllHont; S. Fred W ill ert (S UZ). eo EX: 1. An thony Amorglio (Han). eo rNT: 1. Ty Kady (Kaw).

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