. MOTOCROSS ;,'" Round 1: Sunrise ValleyRaceway
CMC GoldenState Series South
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By Sco tt Hoff man
ADELANTO CA, JAN 9
erry Parsons kicked off the 1994 season in grand style by piloting his JT
USAf Varner/MMF/ Rocket Rex/
FMF-backed Kawasaki KX12S into the
w inner's circle in the 12Scc Pro class
du ring the opening round of CMC's
-l Sth runn ing of the Gol den Sta te
Nationals, Sunrise Valley Raceway welcomed the over 500 racers who showed
up to d o battle o n the Marc Pe tersd esign ed track. On top of the exciting
racing action, spec tators and racers were
treated to helicopter rides over the facility and a brief air show by an F-16 fighter
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jet.
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At the start of the first moto it was
Parsons with the holeshot, while NCY's
Mike Metzger, former Western Regional
. 12Scc Supercross Champion Ty Davis
and Suzuki support rider David Pingree
followed close behind. Parsons quic kly
tu rned on the afterbu rners and left
Davis and Metzger to fight over second.
"I felt really good," said Pa rsons. "I
have been training really hard."
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(Top) Terry Parsons (1) was the Pro class
holeshot king of the weekend. (Left) Off·
roader Ty Davis returned to his motocross
roots and finis hed third in the 125cc Pro
class.
Metzger and Davis diced ba ck: and
forth until Da vis finally made a p ass
stick at the start of the third lap. With a
clear track ahead, Davis started to reel
in the leader, Parsons. Davis nipped at
the lead er' s rear fen der several times,
but couldn't seem to make a move. Parsons countered the attack by Davis and
started to pull away; Da vis could n't
seem to hang on .
",My a rms s tarted to p u mp up big
tim e," said Davis . " I ha ven ' t ra ce d
motocross since Mammoth."
With Parsons out in front an d Davis
hold ing on to second, Pingree was back
in fourth and on the m ove. Pingree's
first break came when Metzger slid ou t
and left the door open for third . With
only a few laps to go, Pingree closed up
on Davis' rea r fender and started to
make a move.
" It too k a while to get used to, the
track; 1 onl y had three laps of p ractice,"
said Pingree.
,Pingree 's determination paid off as
he closed the gap in time to take second
away from Davis on the final lap . At the
fin ish, Parsons cr uised in for th e lea d
whi le Pingree won a hard-fought battle
for secon d . Da v is held off last ye a r's
Golden Sta te Seri es Champion, Cory
Keeney, for third.
In the second moto, Parsons repeated
his holeshot while Davis, Keeney and
Rich Taylor followed close behind. Parso ns cou ld n' t seem to make th e clean
