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dlno - Ventura - Auburn - Na over Randy Blevins (G ri n Products / Hancock Design Jaw) and Steve Murray (Malcolm Sm ith/ C&M Tool J aw). Kenny Benc heck rode his Weslake pa st Murray for third near the en d of lap one. Bencheck seemingly ha d the th ird spot in th e bag when he deci ded to take a so il sample on lap th ree, movi ng Ron Blanton (JR Troy Co.! Ca strol Godd) into the shot spot. Blant on then overcame Blevins for second on th e final revolution, but was forced to sett le for that second beh ind the jubilant Martin. Result s SCRATCH MAIN : 1. A lan Christia n (Good); 2. John Cook (Wes); 3. M ike Faria (Jaw); 4. Bobby Schw artz (Jaw). HANDICAP MAIN : 1. Schw art z (Jaw ); 2. Guy Ermolenko (Good); 3. M ike Curoso (Wes); 4. Christian (Godd); 5. Jeff Tomlin (Jaw); 6. John Cook (Wes). SECONDDIV: 1. Chr is Ma rt in (Jaw); 2. Ron Blan ton (Good); 3 . Randy Blevins (Jaw); 4. Steve M urray (Jaw ); 5. Kenny Bencheck (Was); 6. An dy Northrup (Wes). THIRD DIV: 1. Cory Lussier (Jaw); 2. Jim Busby (Good); 3. Brian Speaks (Jaw); 4 . Trace Willis (Jaw ); 5. Mark Rotondo (Jaw); 6. Jon Pavano (Jaw ). J R: 1. Jason Chism; 2. Scott Corey; 3. Jess Finch; 4. Jordan Duncan ; 5. Dave Busby; 6. Bobby Cody. Bransford, Bast best Costa Mesa battles By Gary Hoffman COST A MESA, CA, AUG. 27 T here was a fu ll house at the Costa Mesa Fairgrou nds on th is eve of the World Cha m p io n sh ip. People fro m all over th e world witnessed for the firs t tim e the tigh t, radical racing on the small track that brought our World Champion and many o ther American riders' world fam e. One of the treats ton ight was Bo bby Schwartz in a close-one over Bad Brad Oxley in the feature Ma tch race. Third Divis ion lived up to everyth ing the Eu ro peans had been told, though Jimmy O 'Dell act ually won the T hi rd Division main twice. Yes twice. After going around en o ugh times, the race was red-flagged, la ps miscounted and run again. Even red flags 'co uld n ' t slow Jimmy do wn as he won both races easil y. T he Second Division main was only run once, which fra nkly was ,enough. After everyo ne exchanged positions a do zen tim es, Scott Talkin gton came through to take th e trop hy, followed by Denny Scopellite and Chris Mistretta . The Handicap main even t was led from the sta rt by Dennis Bran sford with Steve Lucero , Jim La wson and Oxley close behind, but this was a no-passing race and the order stayed the same right th ro ugh the checkered. The evening climaxed with the Scratch main. Mike Bast grabbed the lead from his pole position, with Alan Christian rig h t behind. Suddenly, John Cook slipped in front of Alan. Bast mo ved his lea d up a couple of bikelengths, while Cook taunted Christian by wa ving for him to catch up. Bast, as usual, rod e the epitomy of what a perfect race looks like, while Cook, win or lose, is always enjoyable to wat ch . Cook took second and Christian finished a fast th ird. Next week is fox -night again and Bobby Schwartz will be staying over; Coincidences • wo ng It to fie op eltHe . SO when we can we 're going to put your name whe re the factory-riders name usua lly goes! Mainly because it's a good way to let the worl d know - your work is Important too. And at selec ted events we'll be paying the top "Privateers" running our muffler. Regardless of where the factory riders finish. 'Chec k with us or the AMA for specific requirements and events. Making a name for themselves... KTM NATIONAL MOTOCROSS TEAM Donnie Cantaloup i John Finkleday Joey Schlag KAWASAKI NATIONAL ENDURO TEAM Fritz Kadlec Jack Penton Drew Smith AND MORE ... Bob Buffa loe . Ted Brady. Mark Costa • Gene " Fireba ll" Ge ntsc h • Ted Hunnicu tt . Pat Hubbs • Bob Kelly • Kar en Leiting er • Jeff Prieur • Robert Riesinger • Mike Sixbe ry • Bob Schulz • Greg Turner • Steve Zollinger Hel ping you ... make a name for yourself. 996 LA WRENC E DRIVE, # 110 • NEWBURY PARK. CALIFORNIA 91320 • (805) 498-6607 We've got the Results DIV III: 1. Jimmy O'Dell; 2. Randy Blevins; 3. Wayne Harr is. DIV II:1. Scott Talkington; 2. Denny Scopelli te; 3. Chris M istretta . MAoTCH RACE: Bobby Schwartz over Bred Oxley. HANDICAP: 1. Dennis Bransford; 2. Steve Lucero; 3. Jim Lawson. SCRATCH: 1. Michael Best 2. John Cook; 3. A len Chri stien. DEALERS: We stock a complete line of the privateers," For the month of September,we are offering FREE, same-day shipping anywhere in the west. Call (916) 635-2424. Ranc ho Co rd ova . CA (916) 635-2424 27