Brian Reck overcame the lead of Michael Wh ite's
Yamaha to take the checkers in the 600cc Am a.teur class, while Texa n Bill Stephens motored his
7SOcc Triu mph ahea d of Open Twin-class new by
Bob Snyder to take the Amateur wi n. Fred Schri tt
cha llenged Sny der thro ug hou t the race, but Snyd er held on for second . Stephens also outdl sta nced everyo ne in the Trophy Dash , including
runner-up Jenn y Hinds.
Resu lts:
. SR AM: 1 Bill Snyder (Yam) ; 2. 1...rry Kt'Tlnt.-dy (Yam) ; 3. Jdf
GarldCh Sr . fY dm ); 01 . Earl E. Sm ith Jr . (Yolm ).
MSTR AM : 1. Jerry Hinds (Yam); 2: <:harli\.' Ra ~ (Ya m ); 3 .
Bob lves (Yam) ; 01. Kl'fl A ILtman ITn ).
2SO A M 1. Bob Snyd~r (Bull; 2. M .n k G.ltlin {()o.s); 3. Roy
Hdi~ (Bun; .. . Ru» Bowers (Bull .
flOO A M: 1. Brian F1t'd:. (Yam ); 2. ~hchad White (Yam ); 3. Jeff
Ga rLtch Sr. (y ..m ); 4. J.e. C Luk (Yam ); S. F r l E. Sml lh (Yam).
Al
OPE."l TW : 1. Bill Stepbees (Tn); Z. Bub SnydlT (Yam ); 3. Fn.od
Schritl (T ri) ; 4. Jerry H inds (Ya m ); S. Ron St"ne (Tri ).
PRQ..M5'ffi: 1. Ton y Berger CHon ); 2. Dan H.1.mmond (Ya m);
"iA1;4. Bill Sn yd t'T ny B.l1'bM"'Ovi (Y. m); 2. G a rr e tt w a rr e n
3. Mlk.- FJ'!'!t'in Hl lln i.
to move into second place. Tweedy was clo
sing in
on Staffer when he go t out of shape in a w hoo p
section and overs hot the following berm . Kell was
back in second , but within half a lap TWeedy was
knock ing at the door. Tweedy pu t the mov e on
Kell under the ove r-and-under section and set out
a fter Staffe r. Sta ffer's In-second lead was being
chewed u p by T weed y, bu t Tweed y ra n o ut of
time an d had to settle for second . Som e 15 seconds bac k came Kell, followed by Ray RitzIer and
Mike Ferr o.
TWL"L-dy's second -mote performance was Flawless as he po t his Sinisalo / N-Style-backed Honda
out fron t righ t off the start, and he wa s never chal lenged. Staffer suffered a next-to-last start, but by
lap three he was all the way up into second place.
Try as he might, Sta ffer wasn 't going to ca tch
TWeedy this time out and Kell finished third again.
Ferro just held off Ritzier at the checkers for fou rth
overall
Joe H opk ins co llected th e Junior Vet Int er media te firs t-mo to win with a couple of seconds
to spare over J.J. Taylor. Hopkins went down on
th e fir st la p of th e second m ot o and co u ldn' t
overcom e the deficit to Taylor after 20 minutes"
of racing.
Chris Reed had a gr eat night, first spa nking
the 250ce Novices in both motos, the n retu r ning
to go 3-1 to ed ge o u t the 2-2 sco re o f Da n ny
Battaglia for the Ju nior Vet Novice ove rall hon ors.
(K.t w );
125 BEG: I. Jeff V~p1 (Ya m); 2. C hri... Epro'r (Yam) ; 3. 8 ri.n
Endltl'll (l(.lW ); 4 _An Jn.-w Co rd o (Ka w ); 5. M ike Ed w ards (Hon).
s
125 NOV; I. R.>b lI o pk iru. (Kaw); 2. Joh n Sim dnt w ich (Ka w l;
To k.l1''Iky (l(.lW ); 4 Rya n Prunty (Suz).
3.
125 INT : I. G'"l)rKt·l.1Mtllltl· /HolI l; 2. Jl'U fid~' (H u n) ; 3. Mib
Dd cln-tll (Yam ).
125 I'RO: 1. David B.l1'rtlt (SU
·
L).
2..1'0 BEG : l. Dylan Baca O (H u n); 3. M.lt
Bryan (Y.1m) .
SOO NOV: I. r-\urm Sch id rHon).
a
JR VET BEG : 1. Shv MO!!ihe (y am) ; 2. !\-t tt Ha w lJ ru. (livrd.
JR VET NOV: 1. <:brL"! Reed (Kawl; 2. Da nny B.tlta glia fYa m );
3 . Bob Gonnan (Ya ml; 4 . C a bi Aba vo u {H o nj: S. Jen \1 alhe w s
(Y...ml .
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J,,, -'
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IR \ TI L\IT: 1. J.J. Ta ylor (Hon); 2. JOt' HlIpk.in. . OGlw ).
.
VET BEG : 1. Shy MO!> he (Ya m ); 2 . Pat ri ck Oda n (Yam); 3.
John llmd~ tHon); " . Pete johnson (Ka w).
VET :-":OV 1. Ran d y Tweedy (Hon); 2. Darren Sta ffl'T (H on );
:
3. JM k Kelt (Hon); 4. Mikt" "-oml (Hun); S. Row Ritz lcr (Ka w) .
VET 1m ; I. J~ Hopkim ( Kaw); 2. Mik l' Lici tra (Kawl; 3.
Stev e Mon.-no (V.1m ); 4. R.lndV Wilkin s lSuz); S. Leo Saul (Yam ).
VET EX-PRO: 1. Jon Zahrt (Ka w ).
SR ;\JOV: 1. Rick Kan...t zar (Ho n); 2. KcnSI.l h.'f (Hon).
SR EX: 1. Ste w Clar k (Y.1m ); 2. ~tJrm Schlt·1(Hon).
O IT NO V: 1. Phillip Blackburn (KTM) ; 2. Rich Stu dke (Suz );
3. Bill Wd lm.tn (Hun ); 4. Steve knnin gs (Su z) .
OtT A.\t: 1. JOIIt' Rodriguez [ Ka w); 2. Ken Beoch (Ya m ); 3:
H ank Owen (K.1 W); 4. Jdf Hawt ho rne (Suz); 5. Rick Kana tzar
(J-{an ).
OI T EX: 1. RuhlTt Rudl'T (Yam) ; 2. Herbert Allen (Kawl; 3.
Scott McDon na ll (I-Ion ); 4. Kirk Freeman (Yam ).
Hopkins hot at Sarona
Oaks Motocross
Results
P /W YA~ STK: 1. Mie Uppko(KTM); 2. Keith Robirbon ( )"'
'TIA );
3. Cale SumInl:"rford {K'fM1.
S / STK (4-t1): 1. C hase U p p il' (KTM ); 2. Shdw n Rhi nehart
By Homer Eubanks
( KTM ).
R
AMONA, CA, MAYJO
Joh n Ho p kins mastered the 125cc Novice and
12Scc Open di visions a t Sarona Oaks Racewa y.
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The S.lturday race was held to ke...P CMMC, 21race scht..-dule in line after the harsh ""inter rains
had ca used a co up le of dela ys.
Hupki ns w un both th e 125cc O pen mo tos
and then beca me a d ouble cla ss wi n ner wit h his
125cc Novice win after defeating a hard-charg-
SI STI< (7-q ): I. Pr es ton Lundin (I(TM I; 2 . Jamie DiduU.1O
( KTM).
MO D: 1. Jacu b ~ Bud"" (u."III ).
btl BEG : 1. Shana Rhinrh art (Ka w l; 2. Ta n n e r L m f;hd m
(l<.1w) ; 3. Za cha ry Bro wn (K.tw ); 4. M.I.'I( Sand l't'S( K.t w) .
Randy Tweedy won the Vet Nov ice class
at t he open ing round of the CRC Saturday
Night MX Series, held at the Los Angeles
County Raceway in Palmdale, Califo rn ia.
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HH: 1. PI't-!ltnn Lundi n (I(aw); 2. Mike G.1rcia (K.\w ).
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60 (9· 11): 1. Dl IUf; Ca r te r (K.IW); 2. Tr avi!l Fnn s ( I
