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Northern Cal iforn ia-Northern Nevada-Oregon:Washingt on:ldaho-Utah-Alask NORTHE NDATELINE Veteran Las Oldenbrook (116) and Open winner Gary Rabe in flight at Watsonville Marathon . Johnson shines at Bakersfield FT BAKERSFIELD, CA, AU G . 21 Jeff Johnson of Rial to showed the field the sh ort way aro und Bakersfield Speedway's quartermile clay oval tonig h t, as he ro m p ed to wins in the Open Expert and 500cc features, as well as the Open Expert trophy dash. Johnson also notched a heat race w in . in one of the most successfu l n ig h ts of his racing career. johnson encountered little opposi tion , powering h is Trium p h to the Open Expert win, as he simply outra n Ron T obey of Bak ersfield and Steve Monger of T ul a re, both riding Triumphs. Tobey and Monger fin ish ed second and th ird , respectively. In the 500cc Ex pe rt feature event, j oh nson outdistanced Rodney Sulliva n for the win. johnson was astride a Yamaha in his 500cc vic tory. In the 500cc No vice main, Mike Willis of Ba kersfield p ut the fro nt wh eel of his Maico j ust in ch es ahead of Scott Swea n ey's mo unt to win. The ot her 500cc fea ture saw Scott Creager of Visalia p u t his Kaw asaki o u t in front for the jun ior win. In the O pen Novice/junior combined feature, race leader Midge Griffith of Ba kersfield lost co ntro l o f his Ya ma ha on the fin al lap a nd flew over the handlebars; Ro n Cates flew p ast him for th e wi n . Seco n d went to Mike Willis and thi rd place was pi cked u p by Stan Swea ney. Griffi th was u ni nj ured. john Burn ett held off a charging Mike Kirby to win the 250cc Ex pert feature. Burnett and Kir by p layed ca t-and-mo use throughout th e race, with Fresno's Burn ett showing su perior straigh taway speed whi le Kirb y, fro m Grand T err ace, got th ro ugh th e tu rns quicker. Darren Hu lbert p u t his Suzuki in the third spot. In the 125cc Expert main, Fresno' s Cra ig Howar d j u m ped to an ea rly adva ntag-e an d won , with Bren t Bow - ers nosing out Blan e H ollen beck for r un ner-up honors. Nine-year-o ld Brian Berna of Corco ran won th e 125cc Novice/j un ior combi ne d main on a sma ller IO cc O motorcycle . Ri chard Comer of Corcoran ni p ped Matt Stou ten for th e 80cc combined ma in event wi n. Results OPEN EX: 1. Jeff Johnson ITr i); 2. Ron Tobey (Tri] : 3. Steve Monger [Tr i]. OPEN NOV /JR : 1. Ron Cates (Yam ); 2. M ike W il li s; 3. Stan Sweaney (Yam). 500 EX; t . Jeff Johnson (Yam); 2. Rodney Sullivan. 500 NOV : 1. Mike Willis; 2. Scott Sweane y (Yam). 500 JR : 1. Scott Creager (Kaw). 250 EX: 1. John Burn ett (Yam ); 2. M ike Kir by (Yam); 3. Darren Hu lben (Suz). 250 NOV /JR : t , J . Ward McKee (Kaw) . 125 EX: 1. Craig Howard (Yam); 2. Brent Bowers (Yam); 3. Blane Hollenbeck (Suz). t 25 NOV I JR : 1. Brian Ber na; 2. Ti m Qu inn (Suz). 80 COMB: 1. Richard Come r (Kaw ): 2. Matt Stouten . 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By Gerry Reagan WATSONVILLE, CA, AUG. 22 .T h e 250cc H o n da -m o u n ted team of Mike Brum it and Kelly Hardman won the Watsonville Marathon today after a close battle with Scott Keller and Greg Pennington (Hon), whose defeat en ded a winning streak. The R idge R unners Motorcycle Club d id an exce llent job of battling th e d us t with wa ter and hay, making th e event enjoyable for riders and spectators to see. _The Open bikes were th e first off the line a n d a real fight im med ia tely devel oped be tween G ary Rab e (Ma i) and Curt Wilcox (Yam), who swa p ped the lead furiously during the early going. It was a bo u t three la ps before ' the half-way point th ough, that Wilcox ra n in to trouble. H e had just taken over the lead when his engine seized, p utting- h im o ut of the race . Ra be, who alo ng wit h Wilcox, had , DE NVER New & Used Parts' USED Of All Descriptions MOTORCYCLE PARTS INC. Du'er 'fHIIIIrIe. In""ed. ~. buy motorcycle. - old. jun k & obaolete Iota. 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