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OFF.-ROAD: SCORE International Desert Championship Series Round 2: Baja 500 (Left ) The Honda team of Jo hnny Campbell and Jeff Capt suffered Ignition problems, relegating the duo to ninth overall but still managed second-place money In Class 22. (Above) TImStaab , J im Loh and Brent Blount grabbed second-place honors in the 250cc division. (Below) Paul Krause started off for the winning team before handing the bike off to Craig Smith. II) 0\ 0\ ...... 30 speed of 50.1 miles per hour, four minutes ahead of John Kawell and Roger Hu rd 's KX250, which was only 15 seconds ahead of the CR250 shared .by 42year-old Eiza buro Karasawa of Ja pan and 28-year-old sou the rn Californian Jason Ingersoll. " It was a really close race between our three teams all d ay," said Blou nt. "The bike was running bad for me at the start and we were as far back as fourth place in the 25Os, then we cam e back. We made up all sorts of time in the second half of the race even though t he front mousse went halfway through. W e left it on b ecau se we th ou ght w e'd lo se to o mu ch time changing it." "We just got behind at the start and couldn't ma ke up time," said Hurd. "It was just really, really fast in the second half a nd th ere' s nowher e to make up time once you get behi nd." Th e KX250 tri o of Gabriel Pelaez, Juan Orti z and Sergio Vega earned special hon ors as th e first Mexican finishers w hen they crossed th e line in six t h overall, edging out th e race-long leaders in the Over-3Dd ivision by just thr ee seconds. "I went ove r the bars trying to catch th e C R250 in th e d ust a nd I thin k I sc ratched u p Staten's helm et ," said Paiem ent , checki ng the helmet' s custom paint job for scratches after he brought the St at en / Paiem ent /Rudd er KX500 ho me with an a ver age sp eed of 49.8 miles per hour. "I hit a rock going d own a road as fast as I could abou t 45 miles from the finish. I'm happy wi th the wa y I rod e, th ou gh . I did okay conside ring I've been out of mo torcycle racing for two-and-a -ha lf years and only had twoand-a-half weeks of training for this." Pai ement's fin ish gav e St at en th e win he was looking for in Class 30, bu t the br oken chain and tw o flat tires that the 40-year-old veteran suffered on his Cl ass 40 entry ruined hi s chance of a double win . Over -40 honors w ent to David Lapraik and Richard Jackson in eigh th overa ll, seven minutes behind the Class 30 victo rs. "I had a lot of headaches on the Over 40 bike but we hung in there and got a finish ," said Staten, who cro ssed th e line in l ~th overall, half an hour behind Lapraik and Jackson . "I'm glad I did all those miles - I proved I can do it, but I'm a hurting puppy, I can tell you ." "Perfect ride , perfect bike. It was a great ride except for all the near misses with the cars," reported Jackson. "ThiS is m y last ride in this class. I'll be 50 later this year , so I'll be moving up into Class 50." Despite. their early ignition failu re, Honda pilots Johnny Campbell and Jeff Capt's tena city kept them going all the way to ninth overall and Dewey Belew and Jason Truby too k over from the injured Dal Truby, Jr. to complete the top 10. Both Over-SO entries recorded a DNF and there were no 125cc entries in the Pro d ivision. L"i Baja 500 Ensenada, B.C. Mexico Results: June 4 O /A: 1. Paul Kra use /Craig Smit h /Dav e Ondae (Ka w ); 2 Tim Morton / Steve Hen gev eld lJoh n Flores (Ka w): 3. Tim Staab/ Jim Loh /B rent Bloun t (Kaw): 4.. Joh n Ka w ell /R og e r Hurd (K aw ): 5. Eizaburo Ka ra s a .....alJason In g e r so ll ( Ho n): 6. Gabr iel Pe la e zlJ ua n O rtiz /Se rgi o Vega (Kaw) ; 7. Rex Staten /Derrick. Paiement/J ohn Rudd er (Kaw): 8. David Lapra ik /Rich a rd Ja ck son (Kaw) : 9. Johnn y Ca mpbell/Jeff Ca pt (Hen): 10. Dew ey Bel ew /jasen Truby /Oa l Tr u by (K aw ): 11 . Roy Buelna / Vito Hale /Dad o Buel na (Kaw ): 12. Jaim e Rob er ts / Earl Roberts (Ka w ); 13. Rex Staten / Bill Maxim (Kaw); 14. Bet o Ve rbe r / Arturo Sa las (Kaw ); 15. Joseph Cochran / Kenn Moss (!(aw); 16. Chris Eben/ Ian Smith (Kawl ; 17. John Copela nd / Shawn Cope land (Hon); 18. Mi ke Bar nh ill / Den ni s Gr ee n (H en ): 19. Rica rd o Cru z / Albe rto Cruz (Kaw ); 20. Da ve Simp son / Larry Gros s (Ka w ). CLASS 22 : 1. Paul Krause /Cra ig Smith /Dave Ondas (Kaw): 2. Johnny Cam pbell/Jeff Capt (Hon): 3. Roy Buelna / Vito Hale/ Dad o Buelna IKaw). Q.ASS 21: 1. Tim Morton / Steve Hengeveld / John Flores (Ke w ): 2. Tim Sta ab lJ im Loh / Bre nt Blou nt (Ka w): 3. John Kawell/Roger Hur d (Kaw). Q.ASS 30: 1. Rex Staten /Derrick Paiement /john Rudder IKaw): 2. Jaime Roberts / Earl Roberts (Kaw): 3. Dave Simpson/ Larry Gross (Kaw). CLA SS 40: 1. Dav id Lap ra ik / Rich ard Jackson (}(a wl; 2. Rex Staten / Bill Maxim (l(aw).