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Southern Calilornia-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Calliornia-Arizo Western hotline son Prater powered his way to the front of the class a t the start of the first moto, closely followed by Jim Pearson (Suz), Tom West (Suz), Ron Lawson (Kaw) and J eff Clark (Suz). Pearson put pressure on the leader during the first few laps but Pear.so n 's threat ended after he went down , dropping back to fifth . Prater th en enjoye d a sizeable lead while West continued in second. Lawson , now in third, began feel in g Bryan Curtis' heav y art illery from beh ind an d , soo n after , Curtis overtook La wso n for third , the n West for seco nd. Lawson a lso found a wa y p ast West few laps before th e Suzuki p ilot took a hard tu mble, dropping out of th e race. In th e en d it was Prater , C urt is , Lawson an d Pearson. By th e end of the fir st lap of moto two, it wa s Prater wh o had control of th e lead, followed by Doug Davison (Suz), Pearson and Lawson . A lap later , Pearson had worked hi s wa y past Davison, but wa s still some dista nce behind the lead er. Curtis, recovering from a bad start, labored his wa y through th e pack to challenge Lawson for fourth, and pass him on the third lap. During the next lap, Lawson's Kawasaki came to a sudden stop when his green machine seized. Near th e end of th e rnoto, Curtis inched his wa y within striking distance of Pearson but Curtis slid out, ending h is hopes. Pra ter again, went on to tak e the victory a h ead of Pearson , Davison a nd Cla rk. a Results Mark Jablonski jams off the line at CMC Ascot. Results JR CYCLES: 1. Eddie Gaumond (Yam). M INI J R: 1. Bruce Taylor (Yam ); 2. Gilberta Lizar r aga (Yam); 3. Danny Hembree (Suz). MINI INT: 1. Bade'r Manneh (Yam); 2. Eric Dickerhoff (Kaw) ; 3. Ramon Dom inguez (Yam). 125 JR : 1. Stu Fiehler (Kaw) ; 2. Ronn ie Yonekura (Suz); 3. Jeff Healey (Han). 125 INT: 1. Roger Hayes (Suz); 2. Scott Richeson (Yam); 3. Rodolfo Sevilla (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Terry Murray (Suz); 2. Mitc h Palmer (Hon); 3. Don Turk (Suz). 250 JR : 1. Jim Fox (Hon); 2. Jeff Sylvester (Suz); 3 . Robert Casas (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Jeff Almond (Suz); 2. Kevin Thompson (Yam); 3. Chuck Hogan (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Scott Burnworth (Yam); 2. Bryan Maloney (Hon): 3. Jeff Lucas (Suz). 500 JR : 1. Larry Murray (Suz); 2. Dale Smith (Kaw); 3. Mark Roth (Suz). 500 INT: 1. Vic Walker (Suz); 2. Keith Lynas (Hon ): 3.Doug Snyder (Hon) . 500 PRO: 1. Scott Burnworth (Yam); 2. Kirk Gr issom (Hon). Jablonski jams at CMC Ascot night MX By Tom Corley GARDENA, CA, J ULY 21 Mark Jablonski spent last season winning the 125cc Junior class on his Suzuki 125. This yea r, he returned to Ascot with 20 the same winning style except now Mark is a top 250cc Junior, aboard his Honda 250. Tonight Mark continued his winning streak by winning the 250cc Junior division two event. Jablonski is still in need of a pair of leathers to match his new bike. H e out-diced th e entire pack of 12 riders in the first rnoto with Duke Rennie, Mark Kariya, Don Cline and Bing Ra yshaw runn ing behind him. The final crash wall jump gave man y a rider a tough tim e a nd Jablonsk i hit it wrong once and it nearl y sent him over the bars. Other than that Mark had a perfect first rnoto, The final moto was clinched by Jablonski with Rennie holding off the rest of the pack from second pl ace again. Skip Cristy improved his tall y by doing much better in his fin al rnoto a n d placed third a h ea d o f Kari ya. Two firs ts ea rned Jablonski one more first place trophy for his shelf. It won 't be long before J ablonski moves up to the 250cc Intermediate class, but he wants to win as many trophies as possible. Second overall went to Rennie, third place to Kariya. cfourth to Cristy and fifth to Cline. Results 60JR : 1. Robert Naber (Suz); 2. James Summers (Yam). 80 JR DIV 1: 1. Mike W iese (Kaw) ; 2. Mark Ronis (Yam); 3 . Craig Ayers (Kaw) . 80 JR DIV 2: 1. Glenn Gordy (Kaw); 2. Jason Jones (Amx); 3. Prax Cruz (Amx) . 80 INT: 1. Arthur Huffer (Kaw); 2. Rob Sassen (Han ); 3 . Thayne Zito (Kaw). 80 EX: 1. Tim Rutherford (Kaw) . 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Jeff Anderson (Yam); 2. Danny Tinsman (Hon); 3. Kenny Clifton (Suz). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Rich Lloyd (Suz ); 2. J im Hewitt (Suz): 3. M ichael McCarver (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Bill Delgado (Suz); 2. Bruce Delgado (Suz]: 3. Mike Hughes (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Russ Wageman (Suz); 2. Tim Lunde (Hon): 3. Ron Turner (Hon) . 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Kirt Goldie (Han); 2. Kai Norton (Kaw) ; 3 . Steve Dennison (Yam ). · 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Mark Jab lonski (Hon] : 2 . Duke Rennie (Hon ); 3. Mark Kar iya (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Tom Watanabe (Yam); 2. Mark Wh ite (Hon); 3 . Denny Vorndran (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Yam); 2. Ron Turner (Hon); 3. Russ Wage 'man (Suz). 500 JR : 1. Bill Melanson (Yam); 2. Mike Modrak (Hon); 3. Dave Bender (Yam). 500 INT: 1 ~ Craig Hofmeister (Hon); 2. Yandell Bishop (Hon); 3. Steven Vest (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Hon); 2. Greg Zitterkopf (Yam); 3. Mike Tripes (Husl. VET JR : 1. Doug Ludden (Yam); 2. John Cameron (Hon) . VET INT: 1. James Richardson (Hon); 2. Jerry Peters (BSA). OT JR : 1. Michael Salisbury (Hon); 2. Rob Kit chens (M ai); 3. David Klein (Yam). . Prater picks 'em off at DeAnza MX By Kit Palmer SUNNYMEAD, CA, J ULY 18 In this latest version of DeAnza . Cycle Park's weekly motocross , Rincon Kawasaki-sponsoredJa- PEE WEE : 1. Adam Smith (Suz] : 2. Lee ' Ford (Yam); 3. Danny Garcia (Suz). PEEWEE: 1. Dan Brechtec (Yam); 2. Mike ~tzger. (Yam); 3. Scott Putnam (Yam), . MINI BEG : 1. James Wiggins (Honl ; 2. David Church (Suz); 3. John Scarberry (Yam). MINI INT: 1. Terry Szucsko (Yam); 2. Mik~ Fitzgerald (Hon). WOMEN EX: 1. Karen Leit inger (Suz): 2. Char leen Ho (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Johnson; 2. Ray Arney (Yam ); 3 . Hank Kokosenski (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Tim Clark (Suz ); 2. Karen Leit inger (Suz); 3 . Greg Flanagan (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Jason Prater (Kaw) ; 2. J im Pearson (Suz); 3. Bryan Curtis (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Brent Blount (Suz]: 2. Richard Hoffman (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Norris; 2. Mark Bonotto (Suz); 3. Joe Steffen (Hus) . 250 NOV : 1. Larry Dimmitt (Suz); 2. John Dimmitt (Suz]: 3 . Steve Sixbery (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Duane Mapes (Suz); 2. Cal Stuebner (Suz); 3. Pete Vetrano (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Eddie M ichetti (Suz); 2. Greg Nash (Mai): 3. Charles Osterday (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Fany ; 2. Steve Gildea (Hon); 3. Steven Sm ith (Hon ). OPEN NOV : 1. Fisher; 2. M ike Norris (M ai); 3. John Gannon (M ai). OPEN INT: 1. Bob Walsh (Hon ); 2. Tim Batz le; 3 . Scot Paul (KTM) . VET JR : 1. Pat Dale (Suz); 2. Karl Scanlan (Ma i); 3 . Timothy Jo ines (Yam). VET INT: 1. Kevin Putnam (M ai); 2. Larry Lowen (Suz). VET EX: 1. Chuck Minert (Hon); 2. Ed Michetti (Suz ); 3. Wilson . Craig and Manneh split Sarona Minis By Rod Eschenburg SAN DIEGO, CA, J ULY 18 Michael Craig (Yam) made his Mini Expert debut a winner as he won the first Expert moto at Barona Oaks Raceway and then held on to a second place in th e final go-around to take a squeaker Stock Expert overall in front of "Bullet" Bad er Manneh (Yam ). Manneh was not to be shut out though, as he came ba ck in th e Modifieds for a two-fortwo blast over Craig. . . In th e Intermediate and No vice Mini classes, th e wins ca me in pairs as-Sha wn Davidson (Kaw) ripped th e Stockers two-for-two over Ramon Dominguez and then parlayed two seconds to an overall ahead of Terry McClure's 4-1 effort. The 12-16-yearold Novices saw l l-y ear-old Danny Hembree (Suz) just flat rip the two large fields in a four-for-four blast with nobody near him at the checkers. Looks like Mr. Hembree may make Intermediate about the same time he makes 12! The big show in th e 125cc Expert class wa s the continuing match up between Honda of Oceanside rider , Bill y Evans and Pacific Beach Honda rid er , Ken Dunlap. Dunlap, riding with a special plastic leg cast, went two-for-two in th e Modifieds for th e win over Evans. In th e Slacks, however, Evans dominated both motos in easy manner over teammate Bobby Vrh el, wh o did so me real scra m bling for a seco nd , posting a 4-2 effort. For th e first time a ll year, th e 125cc Interm ediates wer e very light o n e nt r ies , with Rich Schulenberg sweeping the Stocks , and Ron Yonekura taking th e Modifieds with a 2-2 finish. The Novices saw Kawasaki mounted Dan Southworth sweep both cla sses with I-I and 1-2efforts. Smithworth , who began th e year as a 125cc Beginner, is rapidly becoming the rider to watch, as a lot of smoothness is now showing up and complementing his very aggressive style. Results MINI STK EX 12-16: 1. Michael Craig (Yam); 2. Bader Manneh (Yam); 3. Cory Falter (Yam). MINI MOD EX 12 -16 : 1. Bader Manneh (Yam); 2. Michael Craig (Yam): 3. Cory Falter (Yam). 10512-16: 1. M ichael Dickerson (Yam); 2. Eric Dickerhoff (Kaw) ; 3. Dan Endres (Yam). STK INT: 1. Shawn Davidson (Kaw) ; 2 . Ramon Dom inguez (Yam); 3. Terry McClure (Yam). MOD INT: 1. Shawn Davidson (Kaw) ; 2. Terry McClure (Yam): 3. Eric Dickerhoff (Kaw). STK NOV : 1. Danny Hembree (Suz): 2. Anthony Gorin (Suz); 3. Edd Siler (Yam). MOD NOV : 1. Danny Hembree (Suz); 2. Edd Siler . (Yam); 3. Gary Pratt (Hon) . BEG: 1. Danny Ekard (Kaw) ; 2. Dan Endres (Yam); 3. David Marrero (Yam). 125 STK EX: 1. Billy Evans (Hon); 2. Bobby Vrhel (Hon): 3 . Mark Scott (Yam). MOD EX: 1. Ken Dunlap (Han) ; 2. Billy Evans (Hon): 3. Bobby Vrhel (Hon). STK INT: 1. Rich Schulenberg (Suz); 2. Gil Ward (Suz); 3. Kevin Kotas (Suz). MOD INT:l . Ron Yonekura (Suz): 2. Kevin Kotas (Suz): 3. Mark King (Suz). 125 OPEN: 1. Keith Craig (Suz); 2. Ron Yonekura (Suz); 3 . Rich Schulenberg (Suz). STK NOV : 1. Dan Southworth (Kaw) ; 2. Doug Joseph (Suz); 3 . Sean Erskine (Yam). MOD NOV : 1. Dan Southworth (Kaw); 2. Paul Masek (Yam); 3. Chris Carpenter (Suz). BEG:' 1. Marc Smith (Suz); 2. Danny Villanella (Suz): 3 . Barney Davis (Hon). JR STK 9-11 : 1. Tommy Clowers (Yam); 2. Tony Degelado (Suz). MOD 9 -11 : 1. Tommy Clowers (Yam). STK o-s. 1. Sean Thornton (Yam); 2. Dennis Dahlin (Yam ): 3. Justin Rich (Yam). MOD 0-8: 1. Sean Thorton (Yam); 2. Dennis Dah lin (Yam): 3. Justin Rich (Yam ). Peterson tops 250cc Pro field at OCIR By Steven Crosby IRVINE, CA , JULY 22 The week after the Superbowl of Motocross,' along with the increased Pro payout, brought out the largest group of Pro riders the Orange County International Raceway has seen this season. Todd Peterson won the 250cc clas s over 13 challengers. Chris Heinrich scored the 125cc Pro win and Scott Cavness won Open Pro for the second week in a row. Fourteen Pros on the line make for a crowded first turn, especia ll y at OCIR. In the fir st moto, Todd Pet er son grabbed the early lead with Ri ch Collins and Tony Gomez clos e behind. Honda rider Andy Guth su ffered a spill in th e first turn and wa s well behind everyo ne else . Micky Dymond, who wa s 13th out of th e gate, took his Maico quickly through . the pack and was seventh by the end of the first lap. On the third lap, Gomez came into the steep-banked

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