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1995 UNITED STATES SUPERCROSSSERIES SANCTIONED BY THE AMA On lap three, Pulver made his move around a ndemer and attempted to distance himself rm the Honda pilot to no avail. The two frontnners were unaware of the charge that Stouff ad mounted, gelling by Gallocker, Gasparian d Latham in one lap. By lap four , Pulver was ble to put some d istance o n Bandemer who ow needed to be con ce rn ed with a closing touff. Back in the pack, Gallock er and Latham had orne under fire fr om a hard-charging Lydia ouch, unsuccessful in their attempt to hind er ouch 's progress , Couch took over the fourth lace pos ition and se t her sigh ts on Stouff. On he last lap, Stouff dosed 10 within five seconds f Band emer, Sto uff's presence forced Bandeer to pick up the pace , which enabled the tw o iders to dose within striking d istance of Puler. Entering the whoop sec tion, all three riders ere locked in a fierce battle to the check ered, tou ff exited the whoops in front of Bandemer nd had four tu rns to dispose of Pu lver before he checkered fell, but Pu lver was ab le to hold ff Sto uff, with Bandemer having to se ttle for ird , The second moto sa w Pulver once aga in flex is muscle with a holeshot, p ursued by Latham, enning s, Gasp arian and Chris Cumbo. Back .in ve nth, Band emer wa s aggressive in his quest o catch the lead ers before they were able to di sance themselv es from the pack. On two. Pulver eld a marginal lead, while Latham was relegatd to fourth by Jennings and Gasparian, wit h umbo now pressuring Latham for fo urth lace. By lap th ree, Jennings dosed the gap on Puler whil e Cumbo was able to get aro und Lathm and dose on Gas pa rian. As Jenn ings made e pass on a tiring Pulver for the first posi tion, ulver's attention focused on a closing Gasparin, who in tum had 10start thinking abo ut fend , ng off Ron Sharp. By this time, Bandemer had disposed of Galocker and Latham and was focused on breaking he top four. With one lap to go, Jennings d isneed himself from the pack, and Gasparian got round Pulver. Gallocker and Latham found ew motivation when spo tting the white flag d had rome back 10 cha llenge Bandeme r for o urth. Cu mb o assisted thei r efforts by going own with only half a lap remaining. Gallocker nd Latham were able to make the pas s on Bane mer and w e re sp ri nting to th e checkered, hile a last lap charge by Sharp got him around ulver and Gas parian for the second place posiion. As the chec kere d fell. Jennings took the oto win with a comfo rta ble lead , leaving Sha rp to se ttle for second . Pu lver' s 3-1 scores ea rned. the ove rall w in. BEG: 1. Sldp Pu lver ; 2. Bruce Bande mer; 3. Garth Ga llocke r; . Lyd ia Co uch; 5. SIt'Ve Latham. NOV: 1. Clem M oo~; 2. Ra nd y Dry er ; 3. Mich eal VilLa 4. ; Emie Whitlock; 5. Rob Rude r. . . INT: 1. Mike Brinkley ; 2. John Rizzo ; 3. Mike Borge r; 4. N ick Katsandris; 5. DiUSchu ltz. Expert: 1. JOf' Crouch; 2. Jim Hnm; 3. Doug Ya rnell; ... Gary rohman; 5. D.a Fajardo. vid PRO: 1. Brian Myencough; 2. Marc Johnson. Sarona Oaks Motocross cranks up for '95 ' By Homer Eubanks RAMONA,CA, FEB.26 Barone Oa ks Raceway bega n it's 22nd consecutive season o f bein g hosted by the Ca lifo rn ia Mini Motorcycle Cl ub with 110 riders in allendance competing in 22 sepa ra te classes. The fastes t man of the da y tumed ou t to be Daniel Nichols, w ho placed seco nd in the first 250cc mot o and then wo n the second to claim the ove rall. Nichols, an Intermediate rid er, lost to Angelo lngrande in moto one bu t had a good battle in the second go, ho ldi ng off David Riord an. Dann y Walsh upset Don Connelly in the second Old Pha rts A class . Connelly wo n the first m oto , which earne d h im seco nd on th e d ay. Chris Swift proved quickest in the new ly formed B class. Shawn Ellis ca me h om e th e quic kes t 125 rider by winning bo th 12Sec Intermed iate motos then coming out to repe at his effor ts in the 12Sec (16-21) class. Manny Arias took home the 12Sec Nov ice Modified trophy after winning the first moto and placi ng second to Justin Wagner in the seco nd . Ron Mialki follow ed Sea n Sp a rkma n across in the first 12Sec Nov ice Stock rnoto, but came bac k la ter in the da y an d stuffed Sparkman back into third behind Jeremy Bull. Michael Fox bested the 125cc Beginner class , Jeremy Keiper wo n the Supermini class after pla cing second to Billy Laninovich in the first moto then edgi ng ou t Emili Kling in moto two . Lanninovich earned second with his third -place finish in the second moto. 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