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Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Id aho-Utah-~ NORTH RN D E ATELINE The second rnoto, Rebuck holeshot with Losh and Inglebright right behind. By the end of lap one, Losh moved into fir st, Rebuck second and Inglebright third . Losh and Rebuck held th eir posi tions till the end of the rno to when Ellis, wh o came from a second tu rn crash, took th ird holding Wood to fou rt h . Results OPEN NOV: 1. Scott Johnson; 2. Randy Okuds ; 3. Bill Mc Devitt . OPEN NOV: 1. A llen Bono; 2. David Drau dy; 3. M ike l ui. 'BO NOV: 1. Brian Famulner; 2. Carl U ndemann ; 3 . Bryon Jo hnson. BOJR: 1. John Knoles. BO EX: 1. Tyson Volan. 125 J R: 1. J im Sizemore; 2. Ray Freitas; 3. Rick Morgan. 125 NOV I: 1. Rodney Harri ger; 2. Scott Cunn iham; 3. Sean Conley. 125 NOV II: 1. Dan Van derbilt; 2. Craig Phillis; 3. Gary La Rochell. ' VET NOV: 1. Edwa rd Chess. VET J R: 1. Ken Shepp; 2. Bruce logen. VET EX: 1. Steve Feroni; 2. Buzz Presser; 3. Paul Bostrom. WOMEN NOV: 1. Danita Gibson. WOMEN JR: 1. Tracy Gallo . WOMEN EX: 1. Debbie Savers on. OT NOV: 1. Jerry Gr ismore . OT JR: 1. Bob Collins; 2. JoJo Castro. OT EX: 1. Dick Mann; 2. Bill McClinton. 250 JR: 1. Randy Kersealse; 2. Mike Sage; 3 . Mike We nzel. -> Anderson, Burgett dominate Mt. View Gold Cup MX Roberto Piet ri lead s Open winner Rich Oliver (284) and Paul Birchfieid at Mesa M arin's st adium road race . In the 250cc GP race, Da nny Wood took his quick RD to the win. Though organizational and scoring problems marred the show, stadium road racing demonstra ted good potential. Complete results will be published next week. Ryan real fast at Marysville MX By Sue Ellis MARYSVILLE, CA, JU N E 13 In the 125cc Pro class this week a t Marysville's " E" Street MX , R ick R yan was th e rider to bea t. T he first m oto holeshot Frank Maz~ r rode his GPz550 t o the 600cc Superstreet win. Oliver upset winner at M esa arln st adium RR By Mark Ka riya Photos by Feli x Adamo BAKERSFI EL D, CA, JU NE 26 An enthu siastic cro wd of abou t 5,000 ga th ered at Mesa Marin R ace wa y tonight to see just what a group of 30 road racers could do at th e first Ron P ierce /Big Time Racing stadium road race. In the featured O pen Superstreet/GP class, Rich O liver put in a pair of consistent ri des to gra b th e over all win aboard h is big Kawasa ki superbike, not q u ite th e hot set- up on the tight, slick, rough three-fourths-mi le track. _The crowd favorite anddefinitely one of if not the fas test r rders..had -to be Honda 's Robert o Pietri aboard Steve Wise's backup TT bike, a CR480R with shortened suspensio n, narrower bars, a front disc brake a n d DTIIs. Falls cost P ietri th e wi n in th e first h eat and the first " rno to ." In moto one, Pietri and Yamaha TZ250mounted Dave Busby put on a pass/ repass show that had th e crowd ro a ring, but both went down , a nd a red flag restart due to an injured rider, had both riders crossing th e fin ish lin e inc hes apart and the apparent win ners . A lap check la ter revealed them to be a lap down. Pi etri ro m ped to the seco nd moto win over Ol iver , holesho t king Paul Birch field o n a Suzu ki su perbike and Bern ie Koegler on a H onda superbike. l ro n ma n award had to go to 600cc Su pe rst ree t win ner Fra n k Mazur who rode every 600cc a n d O pen practice, heat a nd mot o o n h is G Pz550. " I don 't th in k th ere was ever a time I was more tired than this ," h e gasped afterward. went to Brad Bruns on a Su zu ki, fo llowed by Jim Cressaand Ryan . Cressa moved into first place before the en d of lap one but righ t on his back was Rya n . The two first a nd second place riders diced back and forth through all eigh t laps of Ma rysv ill e's rough terrain , but the chec kered went to Ryan. Second was Cressa , and third went to Spoof Pena on a Honda who held off T im Leal. In th e second rnoto, Tim Aston on a Kawasak i p u lled th e holeshot and was out o f sight fro m start to finish. Steve Richards held second for most of the race , bu t Rya n , wh o was recovering from a last place start, mo ved th rough th e pack. With th e white fla g out, R ya n passed Richards and took second; R ichard s was third, and fourt h place went to Pena who held off Willie Miller. Dave Co upe domina ted th e 250cc P ro class in bo th motos . Coupe took a pair of firsts for a first overall. Second overall went to Dan Turner, and Scott Rebuck placed thi rd overall. The Open Pros were dominated by Randy Losh. In rn o to one Larry Dashiell holesh ot th e race followed by J im Inglebright and Losh. Out of the back section ca me Losh followed by Jim Ellis on a Honda. Losh and Ellis stayed firs t and second thro ugh o u t the moto, Third place went to Scott Rebuck a n d fourth to Dave Wood. By Brian Barnes SAN DY, OR, JUNE 20 On a perfect day for ra cing, 350 riders showed u p to do battle at Mt. View Ra ceway for this year 's nin th race of t he $75 ,000 Yamaha Perpetu al Gold Cup MX Series. J im Anderson and Rick Burgett , both riding Moto-X Fox /Yamaha su p port mach ines, ro de to solid victo ri es in th eir classes, alt hough An derso n won both 125 and 250cc Pro wh ile Burgett took Open and fin . ished third in 250. As an added attraction, four local females competed in a special mudwrestling match that saw a huge crowd gather nea r the finish line during halftime to wat ch all the festivities. Mike McCormick rocketed to a beautiful holeshot the first mo to of 125cc Pro, but by th e end of lap one was passed by none other than Anderson. Ted H olt (D &: S Cycles Suz), Ron Sun MX Fox/Portland Hon) and Tim Michlitsch (DG / Kaw support), who had started out about 20th place, ran three through five until Sun got by for the runner-up spot at the flag. Holt took a very well deserved third, Michlitsch was fourth, and McCormick dropped back for fifth. Anderson and Sun once again ran 1-2 in the second moto, holding down those positions th e entire race for first and second overall. Michlitsch rode hard and took a third and third overall. Hi-Point/American Honda rider Robb Manning was fourth , and Doug Lange (Bel-Ray/ Va n co u ver Yam) grabbed fifth . A great 250cc Pro program saw Anderson, Michlitsch, Burgett, Sun and just retu rn ed Bob Buffaloe (H iPoint/Highland H on), wh o finished 20th in th e 250cc Nationals this year, p uttin g on one of the finest races to da te in the Go ld Cup. An derson and Michlitsch ran 1-2 in bo th mo tos with Michl itsch holding off An derson in the second for nearly half of the race un til succumbing to An derson's pressure. Burgett ended up third by virtue of h is 5-3 tally. Sun was fou rth, a nd Buffa loe took a welcome home fifth. 0 ' : .... ...~""~ . :" . .-- 43