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Don Wallingsford (6), Greg Perolio (54) and Gary Peak battled on Sunday in
the +35 Intermediate class. Perolio DNF a moto after he collided with Peak.
Perolio had his machin e fixed for
rn oto two and passed Peak , Wallings-
ford and Bob Maxw ell by the th ird lap
to take th e lead. Perolio po wered away
to score the win while Jimmy Hanson .
moved up to fini sh seco n d. Dav e
Bowman battled past Wall in gsford to
claim third as Max well crashed and
finished ninth.
Lou Soto launched into the lead of
Staten still at it
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th e first 25-29 year-old Novice Division
3 class rnoto on Saturday and went on
to win. Rick T atl ow and Roger Hauptman rode up near the front early in
the race but faded back as Darrell
Strathem and Mike Little work ed their
way up to fin ish second and th ird ,
respecti vely.
T atlow gra bbed the hol eshot at the
start of mot o two but was quickl y
hi le most Vet Pro competitors ride for fun,
Rex Staten was one of the few former factory
team riders at Perris who is still making
a living racing motocross.
Gary Denton, who was the top privateer with
a seventh-place finish in the 1982 125cc Nationals,
attended the World Veteran Championships just
for fun . He didn't even compete in the Pro class ,
but swept both motos of th e Vet Intermediate
division.
''I' m here to see some old buddies and have fun ;
it's a happening," said .!l.!l-year-old Demon, who
quit racing motorcycles in 1984 to take up ATV
racing, where he's won five National Championships. "I 'm not what 1 was on a motorcycle, so
I ride within my limits. 1 wam to win, and I'd
probably get lOth in the Pro class."
For 3O-year,.old Larry Wosick, a former factory Kawasaki and Honda rider, the
ev,em was a way to return to racing.
"I quit because I felt out of place in the regular Pro class," said Wosick . "But
now there's a class for everybody ."
Wosick's best finish in the 250cc Nationals was sixth place in 1979 and 'SO.
ter missing a year due to injury, Wosick moved to South Africa where he won
e 2500, title in '85, then q u it to establish an interior design and furniture business.
I wasn't on a bite for three years, and I don't get to ride much now," said
ick, who made the decision to-race the previ ous clay. Wosick and his wife
made the drive from northern California where he lives for hidf the year.
e other half is spent in South Africa.
nlike Demon and Wosick, Staten eides all the time and races nearly every
kend in the regular Pro classes as wel~ as the Vet'division.
-Davidson, Honda and
"I do this for a living," said the formedactory H
maha rider. Staten also competed in South Africa where he won several
ampionships.
Staten claims he's earned $.!l3,OOO from Honda's contingency program this year,
us purses.
"It's better now than when I was a factory rider," said State'!, who considers
~ite Bros. event ' ust anOtheii race ex~l) " I meet a lot of olii friends....
Ron Way (4) and W.G. Wilson (125) chase two fellow +40 Intermediate classcompetit ors,
passed by Littl e and Frank Lo wers.
Little held the lead until he was slowed
by a lapped rid er whi ch ga ve Lowers
th e opportuni ty to sweep around both
riders to gra b th e lead. Lowers controlled first place to the fin ish lin e
wh ile Little too k th e checkered flag in
second p lace in front of Hauptman and
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Results
SATURD AY
80: I. Brad 'Tietz (Han); 2. Kir k Hoeddner (Han);
3. J