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II: :J: U Ul u Ul « W u, W 5 > III ~ :J: 0.. which seized in th e sandwashes, It was a course which favored th e big machines, and times on Gerber had him completing each loop in one hour and 10 minutes. Considering each lap included stopping for check- points and a few mi les of tight can- yons. Gerber was going at least 60 mph most of the time. Arnie Gonzales (Kaw) had a good Ronnie Lunsford (377) takes an outside line at Texas World Speedway on his way to the Superbike B Expert win. Lunsford also won Formula Two. Moen, Ever take top honors in CRRCopener By Scott Schaefer COLLEGESTATION,TX,MAR.24 Wayne Ever and Meri l Moen took tOPhonors at the Central Road Racing Club (CRRC) sea- son opener at Texas World Speedway with Ever tak ing four nov- ice class firsts and Moen winning both Formula One Expert and A Produc- tion. Ever took his novice trophies by consistently running in th e top five overall in themixed expen and nov ice races. Moen also took second in A Superbike even after leading his class severa l times. Weather was sunny and mild for th e ra ces, ah hough th e track was in the same poor condition as last year. A new computerized gridding and scoring system was used and cut down drastically on delays. The combined Formula II class was first race of th e day, and it was on e of th e best. Jessie Daniel, on th e onlyTZ250 lefl runningafter practice, worked thrugh a tough pack of Inter- ceptors to get within striking di stance of leader Ronnie Lunsford. For sev- eral la ps, Daniel drafted behind Lunsford's Honda, but couldn' t get around, as the two stretched out a lead over the rest of the field . Then, just two laps from the finish , Daniel's bike seized right a t the start/finish line, giving Lunsford an easy win. In th e D Superbike class Michael Snoddy pulled out an early lead on his RZ350 with Roy Thoma close behind. Snoddy retired on the third lap with engine problems, then short- Iyafter that, Thoma seized also. Jamie James inherited the lead and was able 10 keep it. The A Superbike class race prom- 3_2 ised to be tight; class champion Ollis Lance, was favored to win, but sev- era l top contenders were th ere wi th new and improved mach in es. Some drama was added to th e stan when SCOll Ward 's Honda died on th e se- cond row and he rai sed hi s hand for assistance; the sta rter didn't see him and flagged off th e expert wave any- way. There was a restart, but poor flagging almost sent Lance crashing into slower riders when thev were ins tructed 10 bypass pan of th'(, track to regrid. J eff Berglund's new Suzuki Katana was al so a casua lly of the stan when he fou led a plug on th e l ine. Once th e race got underway, it was business as usual for Lance, then Moen suddenly passed him on his stock Ninja. La nce regained th e lead two laps la ter, but had 10 keep look- ing over his shoulder 10 stay ahea d of the charging Moen. II appeared th e Formula One class ~ i: race, but when Lance lost hi s ignition on th e first lap, the lead was up for grabs. Moen took the lead and pro- ceeded 10 really stretch it OUI. SCOll McCutcheon took second while novi ce Wayne Ever was third. Results FORM 2: 1. Ronnie Lunsford (Han); 2. Ruben Loredo (Han); 3. Rick Tetrick (Han). FORM 2 NOV: 1. Wayne Ever (Kaw); 2. Roland McAdams (Han); 3. Mike Ryan (Han). A PROD: 1.Meril Moen(Kaw);2. Robert Bradlaw (Hon); 3. Brian Graver (Hon). A PROD: 1. Robert Taylor (Kaw); 2. Ernest Rade- 101t(Kaw); 3. Gavin Botha (Han). o SUPERBIKE: 1. Jamie James (Kaw); 2. Sander Avam (Yaml; 3. Harold Peters (Kaw). oSUPERBIKE NOV; 1. Kenneth Phelps (Yom); 2. Bruce Comiskey (Yam); 3. Harry Bailey (Yam). B PROD; 1. Scon McCutcheon (Han); 2. Meril Moen (Kaw); 3. Jamie James (Kaw). B PROD NOV: 1. Troy Christie (Hon ); 2. Gavin Botha (Han): 3. Phill ip Fisher (Vam). E PROD: 1. Harol Peters (Kaw): 2. Gene O·Day. EPROD: 1. Phi l Patterson (Kaw); 2. Robert Smith (Hont 3. Dennie Spears (Yam). FORM 4 EX: 1. Haro ld Peters (Kaw); 2. Kenny Traylor (Kaw); 3. David Robison (Hon). FORM 4 NOV: 1. Phil Patterson (Kaw); 2. Dennie Spears (Yam); 3. Paul Echeverria (Yam). F SUPERBIKE: 1. Randal Brock (Yom). FORM 3 EX: 1. Jessie Daniel (Yom); 2. Keith Coons (Hont 3. Bobby Lewallen (Han). FORM 3 NOV: 1. Michael Sigmon (Han); 2. Steve Brown (Hon); 3. Chris Musick IKaw). A SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Ott is Lance (SUl ); 2. Meril Moen (Kaw); 3. Ronnie Lunsford (Hon). A SUPERBIKE NOV: 1.Wayne Ever (Kaw); 2. Pat Avant (Kaw).: 3. Haro ld Peters (Kaw). o PROD NOV; 1. Gus Alvarel (Vam); 2. Harry Gill (Kaw); 3, Nick Wargetz (Kaw). o PROD EX: 1. Ja mie James (Kaw); 2. Sander Bai ley (Yom); 3. Kenneth Phelps (Yom). B SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Ronnie Lunsford (Han); 2. Rick Tetr ick (Han); 3. Scott McCutcheon (Han), BSUPERBIKENOV; 1.Wayne Ever (Kaw); 2. Troy Christ ie (Han); 3. Jack Rose (Han). ESUPERBIKE EX; 1. Andy Robbin s (Han); 2. Jelt Harder; 3. Harold Peters (Kaw). E SUPERBIKE NOV: 1. Carl Corbin (Vam); 2. Phi l Patterson (Kaw); 3. Dick Parshall (Han). FORM 1 EX: 1. Mer il Moen (Kaw); 2. Scott McCutcheon (Hon); 3. Ruben Loredo (Han). FORM 1 NOV: 1.Wa~ne Ever (Kaw); 2. Pot Tharp (Yom); 3. Scott Glover (Kaw). at Carlsbad By John Bethea CARLSBAD. CA, MAR. 17 By Marty Gregory BRUNEAU,ID, MAR. 17 Pedersoncashesin Gerbergreatestat In its first big money event Jackrabbit 100 th e Pros and another S1000 worth of co ntingencies for amateur riders. Shawn Gerber (Rapid Transit/ Walking away with most of the Pro KTM) streaked to a convincing 12-minute win in the grueling Jackrabbit 100. He follows his dad. Preston Gerb er, who also won th e Jackrabbit back in 1973. Second place finish er was J ack Struthers (Kaw), whose father, Carl , won the first Jackrabbit 100 in 1970. Gerberlauncedhis500ccKTMwater- pumper at the stan and was dicing with Daniel Huskey (Suz) for th e lead at th e smoke bomb. Huskey's engine seized shortly th ereaft er and Gerber th e end of th e first of th e 1w0 50-mile loops, Gerber was a solid th ree min- utes ahead of second place Struthers; thi rd was Curt Harpham aboard an Open class Husky. a ~,.~.\ u erbi~~ ... The rela tivelv flat terrain on the south side of the Snake River made high speeds possib le, bUI there were . ui e .. (e\\; r ider .ba bving motors ,-. ~Ir. . ... " purse was Suzuki Canada's Ross PI'- derson, who won th e 250cc Pro class. Pederson probably would have had a bigger pay day, except that a flat rear tire spoiled hi s chances of .....inning th e I25cc Pros; the Suzuki pilot came in second overall instead. The first 250cc Pro rnotowas all in favor of Willie Surratt (Han). After momentarily trailing Mike Healey's Suzuki through th e first few turns, Surratt pointed his bike at th e lead began 10 put miles and minutes be- tween himself and his pursuers. By (Hon) fou rth and Yamaha of Canada and went for it. Pederson quickly moved into third with Don Turk rider Doug Hoover in fifl h. By th e end of lap IWO, Ped erson and Heal ey traded places. Lee Ramage (Yam) then moved around Hoover on lap three, sell ing th e stage for th e fini shing order of th e top five for th e remainder of the race . . .. .. . :...~J _ _ .~_. T his still lefl a terrific figh t for fourt h that involved Turk and Ram- since the Golden State Nation- als, the Continental Motosport Club (CMC) laid out $3000 for start with only a dozen or so other riders in from of him at th e smoke bomb. Gonzales threatened th e lead br iefly until a couple of trips over th e bars and a seized motor forced his retirement. Also DNFing was SIDRA (So uthern IdahoDesert Racing Asso- ciation) numberone 250cc plate-hold- er Howard Pickell (Yam). Winner of th e Vet class was Bob Sward (KT M) who has won this race twice in years previous. He showed th e young guys he' s still has what it takes by motor- ing to l l th overall. Results OVERAll,; 1. Show n Gerber (KTM); 2. Jock Str uthers (Kaw); 3. Curt Harpham (Hus); 4. Darr in Farnham (Yom); 5. Todd Hennemen (Hus); 6. 51eve Ouala (Yom); 7. Eddy Drexler (Kaw); B. Nick Tellena (Yam ); 9. Stephan Moore (Yam); 10. Bruce Quale (Yom); 11. Bob Sword (KTM); 12. Mike Holl ings· worth (Yam); 13. Rick Dooms (Han); 14. Edsel Stat · lings (Yom); 15. Tim Boehlke (Han); 16. Jelt Miller (Han): 17. Dee Cline (Yom); 1B. Tyler Brown (Han ); 19. Ron Fossett (Yemt 20. Mike Matthews (Yom). PRO: 1. Shown Gerber . MINt BEG: 1. Travis Arba ugh; 2. John Verdun; 3. Torr Olson. MINI AM: 1. Kevin Merrill; 2.Robert Chendler Jr.; 3. Scon White. MINI EX: 1. Bruce Zoon. 125 BEG: 1. Ron Phill ips; 2.Tom Chandler Jr.; 3. Rob Gillespie. 125 AM: 1. Tyler Brown; 2. Tom Hiler; 3. Jim Bough. 125 EX: r. Lawrence Zoon; 2. Ritch Thurston. 200: 1. Rick Davey; 2. Henry Reiman; 3. John Gower. 250 EX: t .Jack Struthers; 2.Todd Henneman; 3. Casey Durst . 250 AM: 1. Bruce Ouale; 2. Dee Cline; 3. Steve Steve Ouol e. OPEN BEG; 1. Wayne Durtschi; 2. David Turner; 3. Ron Fossett. OPEN AM: 1. Darrin Farnham; 2. Mike Mat· thews; 3. Russ Boyd. OPEN EX: 1. Curt Harpham; 2. Nick Tellena; 3. Rick Dooms. SR BEG: 1. carl Engle; 2. Tom Page; 3. Mark McAtee . SR AM; 1. Tom Harris; 2. Chuck Wrigh t; 3. Dick Smart. . SR EX: 1. Willy Medley; 2. Kevin Magenis; 3. Leroy Smith. \lET: 1. Bob Sward; 2. Dorrell Lankford; 3. Monte Dennen. FOUR·STROKE; 1.George Peacock; 2.Todd Ren- inger; 3. Warren Atkins. WOMEN: 1.Kath yClimer; 2.Melva Lees; 3.Coral Smith. Bishop. 250 BEG; 1. Rocky Fullerton; 2. Travis Upson; 3. age. Ramage br iefly held an advan- tage overTurk on th e ninth lap ofthe 12-1ap mota. but soon lost it. In the final sprint to the finish li ne, T urk was in fourth as he came 10 the Dev- il's Drop aft er Surrau, Pederson and Heal ey had already taken th e check- ered flag.Then Ramageshoe-horned his front tire 10 th e inside of Turk in th e last tum. Turk swerved left on Ramage, and the two riders went down only 10 feet from th e finish. Turk got up and fired first to get fourth place. Ramage finished fifth. In moto two , Pederson held down the lead with Surratt second. Even though Surratt stayed relatively close all the way, hewas never able 10 over- take Pederson and th e overall went to the Canadian. Both riders were tied on money and th e purse was paid by rnoto, Healey and Canadian Darren Sharuga (Yam) finished third and fourth, respectively. and Ramage was fifth . In th e 125cc Pro class, Pederson was in control most of the day as he closed in on firs t moto leaders Mike Beier (Kaw) and Bader Manneh (Kaw) who was second. Manneh soon took the lead, followed by Beier, Pederson, Mike Brown (Kaw) and Doug Du- bach (Kaw). It remained that way until lap four when Pederson passed Beier only 10 get re-passed by Beier on the next lap. Manneh began to fade 'wi th mechanical problems on lap six, and Beier regained the lead with Pederson second, Brown third, Dub- ach fourth and Larry Brooks (Han) now in fifth. It stayed that way until th e next-to-last lap when Pederson shot past Beier for th e win and Dub- ach passed Brown for third. Hea ley (Suz) grabbed the lead in the second faceoff. Manneh was again near th e lead, but faded away by the midway mark. Meanwhile, Brooks had third. Dubach fourth and Peder- son was barely holding back Beier in th eir race for fifth and the overall. Several laps lat er, Pederson made his move and was in second place. leaving Beier back in fourth; as long as Pederson held the advantage over Beier. the overall was his . But Beier got around Brooks and moved into third near the end of the mota.When the white flag carne out, it was Healey, Pederson, Beier. Brooks and Brown - that's when th e rear tire went flat on Pederson's Suzuki. Beier had his chance and passed Pederson on the downhill, moving 10 second to take the overall, Pederson still managed to finish third, giving him second on points. In the 500cc Pro clash, Warren Reid rode a four-stroke A-Trak 10 the win in both rnotos for an easy overall win. Willy Simons (Han) scored a second p lace finish in the second rnoto 10 take the runnerup spot over Ed Arnet (Yam), since both had a second and third place finish to tie for third overall. Results MINI BEG: 1.David Cas'iIlo(Kow); 2.JimmyOlson (Yam); 3. John Montevirgen (Kaw). MINIINT; 1. Chris Young (Yom); 2. Craig Miller (Kaw); 3. Joson McFarland (Yom). 125 BEG; 1. Scott Hansen (Han); 2. Eddy Kellogg (Kawl; 3. Steve Tyeit (Han). 125JR; 1.Bobby Williams (Kaw); 2. CharlesGon- zales (Kaw); 3. Matt Kuczkowski (Han). 1251NT: 1.Mike Young (Yom): 2.B.J .Millspaugh (Kaw); 3. Chuck Whitmore (SUl). 125 PRO; 1. Mike Beier (Kawl: 2. Ross Pederson (Sult 3. Mika Healey (SUl). 250 BEG: 1. Jim Aherns (Yom); 2. Matt Owens (Han); 3. MikeWitkins (Han). 250 JR: 1. Doug Schweizer (Yom); 2. Ken Fought (Vam); 3. Chr is carpenter (Han). 250 INT: 1. Ruben Alvarado (SUl); 2.Alan Olson (Kaw t 3. Jim Huizar (Kawl . 250PRO: 1. Ross Pederson (Suz); 2.Will ie Surr att (Han); 3. Mike Healey (Sull. 500 BEG: 1. Joe Clark (Han); 2. Mike Feulner (Han); 3. John Olson (Han). 500 JR: 1. Tom Knopp (Han); 2. Tracy Hrach (Han); 3. John McG innis (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Jeff Healey (Hon); 2. Mike Musson (Han); 3. Roger Guard (Han). . 500 PRO: 1. Warren Reid (ATK); 2.Willy Simo ns (Han); 3. Ed Arnet (Yom). VET JR: 1. Steve Gabrielson (Yam); 2. David Church (Yom); 3. Aldan Colby (Han). VET INT: 1. Dave Jacob us (Hon); 2. Jim Young (Han).

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