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• t ~._._._._._._._._._--._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._. II Westernbotline ~ Jon Derhammer (Mon) won the holeshot contest, but lost .the 250 Pro overall t rophy to Suzuki's Bob Elliott. Elliott cleans house while Weeks works By Mike Yada CARLSBAD, CAL.,JUNE 13 In typical Suzuki fashion, Robert Elliott continued the yellow wonder's winning ways by sweep- ing both the 250 and 500 Pros out of Carlsbad. This must've been Ted Weeks' week as he collected by virtue of a few spills courtesy of Jeff Jennings, the 125 Pro winnings. Summer skies and a shortened track welcomed the racers. Robert Elliott was the first to slide around the track, heading teammate Mark Blackwell, Don Martin (Suz), and TNT's Val Tamietti (Mai). After Tamietti got around Martin down the front chute, the rest of the race was almost too boring as Elliott pulled way out into the lead; Blackwell followed suit by outrunning Tamietti. The second moto was a bit more eye-catching, as Tamietti pulled off the holeshot, only to fall victim to Elliott's calculated drive past him. Mark Blackwell also got ' around Tarnietti as the scene remained the same throughout the rest of the moto. Wheelsmith's Montesa rider, Jon Derhammer, plugged both holeshots in the 250 Pro bash, with Jeff Jennings (Suz) close behind. It didn't take long for Elliott to make his move and zip by both Derhammer and Jennings. Terry Turner (Mai) moved up a notch when Jennings crashed at the bottom of the downhill, dropping 20 him from contention. The final moto was a bit queery, to say the least. Again, Derhammer pulled off the hole position, and again Jennings grabbed in second. Elliott made several attempts at getting around Jennings for a shot at Derhammer, who was quickly zooming out of sight. Jennings and Elliott diced wildly for many laps, bumping and blocking a few times. Elliott sliced into Jennings' line and grabbed seco nd from 'him, only to have his teammate re-pass on the next straightaway. The pair kept up the unusual goings-on and eventually moved up to pass Derhammer. Elliott was now assured of the win, but complaints of poor-sportsmanship came from a few people on the part of Jennings, knowing that Jennings had no real shot at the overall, "Unprofessional?" At any rate. Flying Machine Factory's speedster Ted Weeks came around with the holeshot 'af ter pulling U.S. Suzuki's Jeff Jennings just could not stay on his 250 and 125 machines. de~d even with Jennings down the start straight; but Jennings was more hyped, got around the red Honda and 'literally walked away With the win. Weeks kept up his quick pace and also pulled awy from the pack, leaving Jeff Tomlin a couple hundred yards behind. Mike Palhegyi (Hon) worked into third, but soon seized his bike, DNFIng him for the moto. Moto two provided much of the same, with Weeks outfoxing Jennings for the holeshot again. The Suzuki speedster made his move too soon and slid out in the fourth comer, having to pick it up in the middle of the pack. Mike Palhegyi, unseized his Elsie by scraping off the scars from his piston with a pocket knife and running his engine on one ring, bump started the poor bike and chased after Weeks in this final moto, Jennings kept up a furious pace, berserking it towards the top, but another spill in the back-section tweaked his RM, forced him to give away his possible overall. Weeks stayed well ahead, as Tomlin worked past Palhegyi, and then repassed one lap later. • Results in Results Section. AMC Saddleback: Consistency counts By Danny Raymond ORANGE, CAL.,JUNE 13 Today's hot and very dry track was a good place to show how , good you really are. Consistency was the key to today's overall win. Especially if you were racing in the 125 Pro division. In fact Doug Nicol piloted his Flying Machine Honda to an easy

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