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u t h er n Nevada- South e rn Califo r n ia-A r i z o na-Sou t h e r n Nevad a- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern Cali the first with Collet taking co ntrol a n d holdin g. Roche zoo med in to second and claimed seco nd o verall wi th a smoo th 3-2 ride, ho lding T o m Arp to th ird for the moto, Taking third overa ll for the night was Anders with a 1-7 tally. T he 125cc Intermediates hit their first tu rn in a flying T formation, the " Blue Angels " of motocross. Andy Ellis led the forma tion into their first moto with heavy dicin g throughout the pack. Danny Kydrave settled into the runner.-up slo t, holding at ba y Jim Volantrand Mike Huges. Volantr and Hughes h ad one o f th e h ea viest duels of the h eaviest duels of th e night, fight in g over th ird pla ce as if it were so lid gold. By motos' end , Ell is was still in control, Kydra ve held onto second and Volantr cinched third. Their second round found Kydrave taking charge for the ove ra ll wi n and holding Ellis to second, good en o ug h for second pl a ce with Vo la ntr cinching third overall. Results 100 NOV: 1. Raymond Bryson (Suz). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Rick Loga n (Yam); 2. Jon J ames (Suz); 3. Kirk Chr istman (Suz). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Ric Reynert son (Yam); 2. Randy Gen iee (Kaw); 3. John Neybauer (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Guy Arnone (Hon); 2. Perry Frohl ich (Yam); 3. Gary Yosh ino (Suzl. 125 INT: 1. Danny Kydrave (Suz); 2. Andy Ellis (Yam); 3. J im Volantr (RM). . 125 PRO: 1. Rooney Smith (Yam); 2. Bruce DelGado (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Bill Collet (Suz); 2. Robert Roche (Hon); 3. Todd Anders (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Marty Desbrow (Hon); 2. Jim We it man (Yam); 3 . Jim Neubauer (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. M ike W ilson (Hon); 2. Ed Tasttjian (Suz); 3. R.G. Nielsen (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Otten (Hon); 2. A rt Dart (M ai). OPEN INT: 1. Ad ie Geiser (Yam); 2. Jere M ason Jr. (Ma i). OPEN PRO: 1. James Ellis (Hon). VET JR: 1. Steve Dietrich (Suz). VET SR: 1. Bob Dunham (Yam). In the second rnoto, Tim Kilman grabbed the holeshot, but could only hold for a lap. Then Glenn Daunch took the lead and hel d off everyone else. Hegel and Costello were run ning second and third. With a co u p le of laps left, Costello slipped by Hegel in slow traffic and finished second. Overall , Costello's 3-2 was enough for th e win . Scott Bak er 's 1-4 was second and Daunch, who was also invol ved in that first rnoto pile-up, wa s third with a 5-1. 60 BEG: 1. Brandon Sperling (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Matt Foster (Yam). 60 EX: 1. Tommy Clowers (Yam). MINI BEG DIV I: 1. Bobby Anderson (Hon); 2. Garth Tarlow (Yam); 3. Ron Thomas (Yam). MINI BEG DIV II: 1. Steve Ownes (Yam); 2. Paul Bush (Kaw); 3. Andy Norr is (Kaw). MIN I BEG DIV III: 1. Don Burke (Yam); 2. Todd Kobetsky (Yam); 3 . Brad Starkenberg (Yam). MINI NOV DIV I: 1. Walter Armendariz (Suz); 2. Mike Sandoval (Suz); 3. Steve DeZwart (Yam). MINI NOV DIV II: 1. Jeff Albrecht (Kaw); 2. Chris McCoy (Yam I; 3 . Lee Beaver (Kaw). MINI INT: 1. Jeff Mat iasevich (Kaw); 2. Steve Tucker (Hon); 3. Deron W ilson (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Craig Canoy (Suz). 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Todd Zorik i (Suz); 2. Fernando Tortez (Kaw); 3. Mike Webber (Kaw ). 12 5 BEG DIV II: 1. Alex Posca (Yam); 2. Darr ell Towery (Hon); 3. Scott Evers (Soz). . 12 5 NOV: 1. Mike Maga llanes (Suz); 2. Jeff Cary (Suz]: 3. Richard Moe rke (Suzl. 125 INT: 1. Bill Clemson (Yam); 2. Rich ie Hovis (Yam); 3 . Ryan Roberts (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Chris Heinrich (Kaw); 2. Taylor M arcell (Yam); 3. Scott Sargent (Suz). 2 50 BEG DIV I: 1. Mark Costello (Kaw); 2. Steve Baker (Yam I; 3. Glenn Daunch (Hon). 250 BEG DIV II: 1. Henr y Corry (Suz); 2. Randy Hollowell (Suz); 3 . John St avros (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Tom Br own (Suz); 2. Chr is Pillow (Suz); 3. Aron Briggs (H on] , 250 INT: 1. Randy Skinner (Suz); 2 . Dee Tyron (Suz); 3. Chuck Swa nson (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Dean Cates (Hon); 2. Jim Brodie (Hon); 3. Rob Trone (Hon ). OPEN BEG: 1. Steve Daw son (Yam); 2. Hijini o Nun ez (Suz); 3. Ji m And ie (Husl . . OPEN NOV: 1. Kirk Litzenberg (Yam); 2. Erro l Leduc (Yam). VET: 1. Bob Barr (Hon); 2. Jeff Joy (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. Kar l Holmberg (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Gary Gonzales (Ma i); 2. Robert Rodgers (Yam); 3. Craig Hofmeister (Hon). Holland, Tarantino, Benavidez top By Steve Crosby CMCSadPros T onight was the fir st of th ree qua lif i er races at Ora nge County Interna tio nal Racew ay for the Amateur Sup ercross eve nt comin g up in San Diego . Tha t, and th e word tha t the Novices had run throug h the Pro section the week befo re, bro ug h t out a good turnout of racers. And as an ex tra bo n us, winni ng racers receiv ed var io us products fro m PJ I whose reps we re on hand . In th e Pro ranks, Ch ris Heinrich too k the 125cc win by spli tting rn o to s with Taylo r Marcell. T wo T a m m Racing tea m members, Dea n Ca tes a nd Jim Bro d ie. co ntro ll ed the 250cc actio n o n their Honda s with the overall go in g to Cates. And in O pen Pro, G a ry Gonza les rea ppeared to take bo th motos on his Mai co. There were two di visions of 250cc Beg inners again th is week, and th e best action was fo u nd in division one. In the firs t moto, Eric Ewers took the early lead followed by Mark Hegel and Gardner Tarlow. Those three remained the top three for five laps, u ntil H eg el crashed and Steve Ba ker too k over third. O n the next lap, T a rlo w faltered and Mark Costello, who had been mo ving up from the middle of th e pack , took ove r seco nd when h e we nt by Baker. On the final lap, with in 20 feet of th e - checkered flag , Ewe rs a nd Costello tan gled and went down. While they we re trying to get sepa ra ted, Ba ker went around th e mess o n one side while T a r lo w was on the other, and Bak er too k the win by j ust a wheel over T arlow . Costello m an aged to p u ll free and finish third. ~ ~ . Q.) ;.0 Resu lts Costello captures tough OCIR win IR VINE, CA, SEPT. 23 ... ~ By Tom Corley ORANGE, CA , SEPT. 19 The CMC T ran s-Ca l ser ies starts just one week from today's race at Saddleback and both the amateur and P ro rider alike came to warm-up. George Holland strayed away from Kerman , CA to practice up, and it paid off as he wo n the 125cc P ro class. Jim Tarantin o took the 250cc P ro class honors; that's . almost a wee kly chore for him. Juan " Burrito" Benavidez topped the 500cc Pro class a nd that was an improvement for Juan who crashed two wee ks ago. George Holla nd and Todd Cam p bell, both former NMA Mini Experts, dominated the first 125cc Pro m o to with Mike Beier , returning after a lung injury in Washougal actio n, taking third. H o lland took his Suzu ki to the lead in the final moto wi th Suzuki rider R o bbie Brown after him all the way. Campbell took a rare fall on a hillside and hurt his left a rm. That made it impossible for Camp bell to catch up, and he took la st. Holland won the race overall ove r Beier and his consistent 3-3 tally. Brown edged out Campbell for third . The leaders in the 125cc Intermediate class were playing rough with one another. Rudy Dickinson came out of it with first place. Rick Atkin s has put down the finish flag fo r awhile and returned to racing wi th lots of success. Today he was running up front w hen he collided with Chris Taylor during the Iirstmoto and hurt his leg. Dicki nson went on to win th e rnoto ahead of Jerry Anker and Taylor. ยท0 -.,l U o. . Gary Dircks sails his w ay to a M ayer Motocross win. In the final m oto, Dickinson had the lead, but he and Taylor tangled . Dickinson went o n to w in with Taylor fa lling, bu t still ta ki ng second ahead o f Anker. O verall it was Dickinson, T ay lor: and Anker. . Results 8OJR: 1. TIm Kosi (Kaw); 2. St eve Randers (Yam); 3. Cliff Sch ulen berg (Suz). 80 INT: 1. Steve Gamble (Yam); 2. Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw); 3. Pat Beckley (Yam). 80 EX: 1. Mark Toyama (Yam); 2. Mike Healey (Han); 3. Billy Frank (Hon). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Kenny Cli ft on (Suz); 2. Ted Cordts (Suz); 3.-lim Huizar (Yam). 125 JR DIV.2: 1. Jeff Eery (Suz); 2. John Piper (Suzl; 3. Chris Micklos (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Rudy Dick inson (Suz); 2. Chris Taylor (Kaw); 3. Jerry Anker (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. George Holland (Suz); 2. Mike Beier (Yam); 3. Rob Brown (Suz). 250 JR : 1. Kirt Gold ie (Hon); 2. Ruben A lvarado (Suz); 3. Clay Stanford (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Jeff Eery (Suz); 2. Richard Boitea u (Han); 3. David Soma (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Jim Tarantino (Hon); 2. Scott Manning (Yam); 3. Jim CoffeY (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Mark Stubbs (Hon); 2. J ohn Gannon (Ma i); 3 . Jim carter (Ma i). 500 INT: 1. Jim Harris (Yam); 2. Brian Nickel (Mai); 3. Art Gersjes (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Juan Benavidez (Yam); 2. Kevin Davis (KTM); 3. Scott Johnson (Ma i). VET JR : 1. Cha rles Burnett (Hon ); 2. Nick St. laurent (C-A). VET INT: 1. Ed Black (Yam); 2. Perry Black (Yam); 3. John Tartaglia (Ma i). VET MASTER: 1. Alan Olson (Mai); 2. Ray Pisarsk i (Han); 3. Jody We isel (Suz). . OLD TIMER JR : 1. Howard Davis (Suz). Dircks does double duty By Pam Hardin MAY ER, AZ, SEPT. 19 Gary Dircks jam med for two I-I finishes in the 125 and 250cc Exp erts, ta kin g some heavy pressure fro m Honda riders Cha ppy Blose a nd Ti m Ri ch ard__ so n. Dircks a lmost m a de i t look easy when he pulled out in th e lead in the .Iirst moto of t h~ . 2 50~ w ith Richard- son and Bobby White br inging u p th e rear. . A pack of 21 pursued th e leader , who took th e pressure and put i t a ll ba ck o n th e o thers. Steve Patterson nailed the th rottle to join in on the battle for second be tween Richardso n , White and Rick Nagle. Ron Watmore q ui ckly a te up some time between himself and the lea der while he put Patt erson away. L OP 's R ichardson took all the chances while fir st remained securely i n Dircks' hands. . White took so me ch a nces too, with the pay-off being a loss of two posi tions. Watmore saw opportunity knocking at h is door, and methodically began to blo w Nagle's fenders off. On Mayer 's lo ng rocky track, five bikelengths seems like 'a n eternity, and three-fourths th ro ug h the race, Dircks had 10 seconds on Richardson in seco n d. The second tim e around, Bob Blos e didn ' t wa nt to be beh ind a n yo ne, and he wasn't . But Dircks and Bob 's brother Chappy wa sn 't far behind ei ther. At the end of the first la p , the Blose in third had squeezed into second while his brother h ad dropped down to fifth , leaving fir st to Chappy. Dircks nailed it, caugh t him a few turns later and went on to stretch his lead. Bob Blose had dropped out completely while Richardson took over third from White. Wa tm ore slipped by - Wh it e and tried u nsuccessfully to catch R ich ardso n, whi le he tried unsuccessfu lly to catch Blose. Dircks had every one chasing him; fort una tely for hi s bank account,.h e was never ca ught. . Results Y ZINGERS: 1. Chucky Cook (Yam); 2. Brian Cook (Yam). PEE WEE NOV: 1. Tyler Davis (Yam). PEE WEEA M : 1. Jimmy Button (Yam); 2. Damon Watkins (Yam); 3. Chip Young (Yam). 29