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(Len) To ny Barranth
scored a 1·1 to win
the 250Cc Novice
class during a CRC
Saturday night
Motocross at l AC R in
Palmdale , Ca lifornia .
(Above) Greg SChnell
(110) leads eventual
winner Case y lytle
(71) during the 125cc
Pro race at th e
Ant elope County
Fairgrounds in
lancaster. Califom ia.
Dixon, w hil e Russ Yama mo to , the thi rd- place
finisher, would be semi-bound. Heat tw o placed
Dameron a nd Ch ris tia n Verno n in to the final.
The third heat fell the way of Oregon's Rex Fisher, who got around hometown favorite Steve
Smith, as d id Stew Mayf ield at the finis h line.
Co rse tti ca p tu red th e fourth hea t-race win by
beating Andy Tresser to the finish .
Two 600cc semi s also too k the top tw o to the
12-rider m ai n even t. l o cal favor ite Russ
Yamamoto pi cked up a win in th e firs t se m i,
o u tpaci ng Ryan And erson. Smith a n d Chris
Fitzhugh led Speedy KeU an d five others in semi
two, but only Smi th a nd Fitz hugh would make
the cut,
Kop p and Ron Yamamoto had a sensa tio nal
swepfest d uring the first 75(kc Expert heat race,
w it h Ya ma m oto pi cki ng u p th e win . Id aho' s
"
Stew Libt!rty bu ilt u p a big lead in the s(. Cond
heat race to score a win and , more impo rtantly,
the choice spo t on the po le po sition for the high paying final. Duca ti-mount (.'<1 Andy Tres ser fin ·
ished sec'Ond to LiMty, al.-.o ~aini n~ a (ront-row
starting spo t.
>d
Yama moto wastL no ti me a t a U jumping
into the lead at the opening stages o( tht:> 750cc
final to nab the 'lccom pa nying $400 pa yof f for
h is effo rts, w hile Kop p ran seco nd so me d is·
la nce behin d Yamamu tu , bt>a ting Lib erty, th e
thi rd- place finishM', aft er overta king both Mike
Ind crb itzin an d Trcs.'>CT to na b the fiD.1. podium
spot. Ind erbitzin, Tres sc r, Matt Ja ml.'S a nd Jeff
e
Dietz ro unded out th top St"Vt'n.
Wit h time running out due to a 10 o'dock
curfew, co nfusion was p reva lent d u r in g the
staging of the 600cc Expert fina l. Linin g up a t
9:54 p .m., the main eVt'nt was contro versial, to
sa y the Icast. Officiills deridcd th at the main
would bt> thn.-t:-, possibly f0':lr laps, which resemblE'd the normal Dash for Ca sh race· which, like
all of the ama teu r a nd Pro-A m classes, had to be
scrubbed. Dam er on led the opening lap, bu t a
lap latM' on the whilt"-fla~ lap, Cotst'tti took thl!'
,
lead, ilnd a lap latc r was d eclared th e winner.
Damero n net ted second, ahead of Dixo n, Smith,
Annen, YamamolOand Fh>~r.
"Wish it could 've bt>en a bit lon ge r," said
C orsetti . "b ut it wa s the easiest mo ney I'vc ever
ma de - sho rt and SWet;.1!"
Re s u lts
bOO EX: 1. M.uk Cor~ttl (Rtxl; 2. Rob Da m e r o n ( Rt lll; 3.
Eddie! DIllon (iCllll; 4. Sttve Smith IRtlll; 5. Jclf Annen (W·Rl .
750 EX: I. ROIl V.lmalTKlto (H -Dl ; 2. lonnie Kopp (H- D). J.
S,",c Libo-rty (H- D); 4. Mlk... Ind L .!,n (H -D); S. And y T~
...b1t"
(H-D) .
LACR Old Timers
Motocross win to Neal
By Greg Robertson
PALMDALE.CA.jULY 12
Mark Neal and Herb Al1 tra ded Old Timer
1::'n
Mot ocross Associ ation Expe rt-c lass moto wins,
with Nea l comi ng out on top in race tw o for the
o vera ll win durin g Ca lifornia Racing Club's
weekl y Saturday night motocross at Los Angeles
Co un ty Race way .
N ea l and Allen w en t at it ea r ly in th e
even in g afte r ge tti ng arou n d qui ck -starter
C ha rles Howell on t he fi r~t la p of mo to one.
N eal m ad e numer ous a tte m p ts to find a wa y
ar ound Alle n through ou t the race, only to come
u p sh or t by a bike len gth w hc n th e che c kers
finally wa w d . JeU Minderhuut passed Howell
for th ird early in the racf , and wo uld stay there
until How ell repassed him on the fina l circuit.
H owell dupli cat ed hi!! f ir ~l -mo t o s tart in
round two to lead Nea l. Allen a nd Mind erhout.
Nea l ma dE" quid wo r k of Howell and pu t some
di stan ce bt..1Wecn himself and Allen , w ho wa s in
the process of p ushing Ho well ba ck a no ther
posi tion. By th e mid w a y point. Neal ha d (ive
5ot'COnds on Allt'n, and wo uld double tha t margin by the finish .
o
'The second mota, things secml. d to click a
little bettM' for me," Neal ~id afterward . "Th e
bike was wo rking good . the lin es were right. It
was a piece of cake."
Runner -up Allen had a different view of the
situ a tion.
.
" Ma r k (N eal) sta.rfed pulling away and 1
chased him down, 3nd we Wt.'re ha\ing a good
ra ce until the Junior Ve t rider ca me into it,"
Allen ex plained. " He sa t there and blocked me
for the r~1 of the race . I couldn't g1::'t around him
because he was cutting me off in every romer,
and Mark was ab le to get away . There was no
sense in pu"hing a ftrr that ."
Mind erhout cam e ou t on top o( a ba ttle with
Howell in thE" second moto for third o venUwith
4-3 rides. HoweD and Scott McDonall ro und ed.
out the top fiVl!'.
Results
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r /w <1-91; 1. Knl SWtrr (Y. m l; 2. """n "",,Ifl
R.... i __ Ifl (Y.. m ).
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SISTI( (0 ..6) : 1. 1.o5.n R~lI (KTM); 2. T om my Aq uin o
(KTM,.
S /STK <1.Q): 1. Nic hol ... E" aruo (KT M). 2. I'tnlon Lu ndi n
( ICTM>; 3. T yl.... H.-mm.. (Cub) .
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B/TRK: I. Ke n Sy le r ; :t Timmy R'ldcr (l .cm); 3. Pr ellwn
Lunch n (KThf); ·1. NicJIo1u !:i .l"" (KTM); S. Los" n RIU$C (laMI.
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BEG: I. Scolt DrCOIII"
( K,sw);
2. Drew
(,~I"" r (K,sw );
3.
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bt (()-loll: I . Ed w ard HcrTing (KAw).
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no (q· IU , 1 A ml n 'w Pt-tri.. ()(,. w J; 2. Ca rwtt Norr (}ion ); 3
Coo.ly S4ndo:f« (K..w l; -4 RyAn 1..151..., ( K.tw); 5. Jimmy Wili iollTl>o
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