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Cary Buck's-owned Sprint, finishing seventh over Terry Sage and Mike Yarn, with Mashburn and Filice completing the field. Matt Gomez Jr. topped the 80cc Invitational after Stewart Barber had some mechanical misfortune, with Frankie Lane finishing second. Rod Spencer topped the XRIOO class with relative ease over Kenny Weddingfeld and Tony Alves. Paul Iwanaga finished fourth over Jeff Gabbhart and Eric Carrillo, while Anthony Giammanco was seventh on an ex-Jeff Haney ride. Bobby Cunnington had an excellent night. winning the Z50 spokeless race over former MX racer Steve Arena and Robbie Cadwallader. Cunnington also took a fourth in the Legends event and fourth in the Pro 600. Rob Damron won the Pro 600 event on his L&R/San Jose Yamaha-backed Husaberg de pite four different starts; Brett Landes crashed and caused three of the four red flags. Landes, second in the Grand National series after Rorida, hadn't decided to race until the last minute, and despite a few second thoughts, he was quite focused and did an admirable-job in taking his Audivox-sponsored racer to the second po ition. Steve Johnson was third, with Matt Proto fourth over Paul "Corky" Bergstrom and John Hlebo III. ew old-timer Fred Falteraack finished eighth over a hurting Jessie Kreling and Paul Iwanaga. Bob McDonnell did a fine job in taking the top spot in the Vintage 250cc class over Matt Proto and Matt Gomez, with Rick Hocking fourth over John Proto. Ronnie Brown was tops in' the Pro 600cc Trophy race, with Jimmy Sanchez second and Kevin Bricker third. Sanchez had a tough time in the 600cc Pro show when Landes made a great pass on th.e outside and, trying to save the line, exited the track in a big way. The fans were treated to a fine display of racing, with lots of interviews with the likes of Jim Rice, Gene Romero, Eddie Mulder, Dave Bostrom and Filice, along with such luminaries of yester- (Above) The event was put together by Rochelle Abrams (center) in celebration of her father Ray'S (second from right) 60th birthday. Also In attendance were Team Suzuki's new GP star Kenny Roberts Jr. (left) and 1970 AMA Grand National Champion Gene Romero (right). (Right) A battle renewed: Rick Hocking (13) and John Gennai (20) bumped arid ground their way around the tiny Cow Palace oval in the Legends race. Gennai got the better of Hocking for second place. (Left, from left to right) Hocking, Roberts and Gennai in Victory Circle. year as Kenny Eggers, Gary Nelson, AI Rudy, and the Plain brothers, Jimmy and Joey. Dana Perri rode the number-54 machine to the Vintage Over 40 mainevent win over John Proto, with Matt Rohr third over Manuel Datan, while Larry Madrigal was tops in the Vintage Over 60 class over Hank Cosio and Bill "Biscuits" Verbiscio. _ Cow Palace Daly City, California Resuhs: May 1, 1999 XR100 SPTSMN: I. Joe Carrillo; 2. Graham Yates; 3. Brad Rudy. . XRi00 MOD: 1. Eric Carrillo; 2. Tony Rose; 3. Harold Raggio. eLSe 250 VINT: 1. Nick Theroux; 2. Ken Thiebaud; 3. Tom Horton. SPTSMN 2SO VINT: 1. Dana Perri; 2. Matt Gomez Jr.; 3. Ted Jaime. SPTSMN 600 VINT: 1. Matt Gomez; 2, David Morgan; 3. Robert Cunnington. SPTSMN 250 MDRN: 1. Fred Poil; 2. M." Gomez Jr.; 3. Tom Horton. SPTSMN 600 MORN: 1. Tom Horton; 2. Anthony Ci.3mmanco; 3. Brandon Carnahan Jr. VINT 46+: I. Dana Perri; 2. John Proto; 3. Mall Rohr. MDRN 40+: 1. Dennis Cameron; 2. James Mahar; Sr.; 3. Paul Peiroli. VINT MORN 50+: t. Thomas Booth; 2. Eric Turner; 3. ick Theroux. VINT 60+: I. Larry Madrigal; 2. Hank Cosio; 3. Bill Verbiscio. 80 INVIT: 1. Matt Gomez Jr.; 2. Frankie Lane; 3. Stewart Barber Jr. (Left) Jimmy Filice came out of retirement long enough to compete at the Cow Palace. Filice was looking good in the Legends final until Gennai bumped him to the ground. Filice got up and finished last. (Right) A classic racebike show was part of the festivities at the Cow Palace. This "Jim Belland Special" Sprint is owned' by Cary Buck. Fans will recognize the National number of another wellrespected Nor Cal dirt tracker, Mark Brelsford. XR100 PRO: t. Rod Spencer; 2. Kenny Weddingfeld; 3. Tony Alves. 250: 1. Robert Cunnington; 2. Steven Arena; 3. Robbie Cadwallader. SPDWAY: 1. Matt King; 2. Mike Faria; 3. ijiLly Janniro. LEGENDS: 1. Kenny Roberts; 2. John Cennai; 3. Rick Hocking; 4. Bobbie Cunnington; 5. Eddie Mulder; 6. Joe Henry; 7. Nick Theroux; 8. Dave Bostrom; 9. Terry Sage; 10. Mike Yarn; 11. Keith Mashburn; 12. Jimmy Filke. PRO 600 DASH: 1. Ronnie Brown; 2. Jimmy Sanchez; 3. Kevin Bricker. PRO 25OIV1NT: I. Rob McDonnell; 2. M." Proto; 3. Matt Gomez.. PRO 600: L Rob Damron; 2. Brett Landes; 3. Steve Johnson; 4. Bobbie Cunnington; 5. Mati Proto; 6. Paul Bergstrom; 7. John Hlebo Ill; 8. Fred Faltermack; 9. Jesse Kreyling; 10. Paul Iwanaga; 11. Paul Sanburn; 12. Eric Rickman; 13. Jesse Sanchez; 14. Troy Rose; 15. Beau Brown. 39