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.... 00 0) o maha afloat and fought to hold off Maico-mounted Ken POit of Paso Robles. Post found Jack McCormick breathing down his jersey. These top three racers were all within a hean- beat of each other, spinning out of s1ip- pery turns and barely escaping the mounds of mud that had entrapped their fellow racers. Ti~ht in their own race were David Caughey of Laguna, holding down founh. Doug Rand and Johnny Padilla. With the stonn reaching great· er intensity, the races were held to one moto and Hoover slipped across the finish line the victor. Post held firm for second and third went to McCormick. The 100cc Junior and Intermediate CMC&p0.1len tDok10I8nd 801MofIt home)the mud lit IndIen DuneL . Two for KIng at Saguaro Raceway By Nancy Keyes TUCSON, AZ, FEB. 17 With rain for several days before the race, Saguaro Raceway was quite muddy. a rare sight in the Southwest. Despite all this. the turnout was surprisingly good. David King took the overall in both the 125 and Z50cc Expert classes. Ron Watmore pulled the holeshot the first moto of Z!iOcc Experts with Scott Woods and King close behind. King got by Woods before coming out of the valley but Watmore held on to first for six laps before King managed to slip by on the berm before the cliff jump. Mike Garrett took third. In the second moto King grabbed first from the ltan with Mike Garrett and Steve Garrison following the entire moto. Moto three gave King the boIcshot and first to the finish with Steve Garrison grabbing second only to lose it to Watmore. Garrison misled a jump. giving Garrett third and Jay Perkins founh. moto of the IZ!icc JUDiors with Mike Rebm second and John McAdams third. Steve Jones took first in the opening McAdams shot out first for the second moto followed by Rebm. Todd Witzen and Buddy Thomison. Work- ing his way up. Thomison fell making a play for tint. WiUleD. then in 1IeCOIId. was overtaken by Rebm coming down Sunshine. Having now caught up with number one. Rebm was just making his move to pass McAdams before the wall berm when he got caught in a rut and went down, again giving second to Wiuen. Thomison took the lead from the Itan the third moto with Witzen second and Jones third. Jones was the overall winner. David Martin pulled the holeshot in ..24 the 125cc Novice class in the first and second motOi. He went down in the valley in the flrst moto, giving first to Randy Moon with Keith Rich second. 11Ie IIeCOIId moto saw Rich take Martin just before the finish. Mike Carpenter took the lead in the third moto, but was soon passed by Rich. Carpenter held on to second until he fell near the stan, givi~Manin second. David King took all three motOi of the IZ!icc Experts with Rogu McCluaky second the first moto and Eddie Wear- don second in the remaining rounds. Results MINI MINI: 1. o..rid~1Suz); 2.K_'-- 1Suz). MINI BEG: 1. I!nld Wacho (Yom); 2. &ic Moreno (Suzl; 3. Denny Crow 1100. MINI NOV: 1. Scoll Oumm (suzl. MINI EX: 1. ScollK_(Yoml. 125 BEG: 1. Mikelallertv (Yoml; 2. Torry~ (Yoml; 3. Jim~(Yoml. 125 NOV: 1. Keilh Rich 1Suz); 2. Devid _ lSuz). ISuzl. 125 JR: 1. S_ JoMo (Yom); 2. Todd W.-. (Yoml; 3. John _ 250 BEGINOV: 1. Scoll B_e IVoml; 2. Scoll Monis (Yom). 250 JR: 1. Wea IlIoir (Yom); 2. Jomea George (Suz); 3. CIinlLindburg (Han). OPEN: 1. Clint Undburg IMaiI; 2. Bill While (Yom); 3. WIllie Giroir lSuzl. SR: 1. Ken lMcey lMai); 2. _ Genioan (Yom). 125 EX: 1. o..rid King (Yom); 2. EddieW_ (Suz); 3. Roger McCluokey lSuzI. 250 EX: 1. Devid Ki"ll (Yom); 2. Mike Gomm (Yoml; 3. RonW_e(Yoml. CMCSportsmen swim for goldat IndIan Dunes By Lee Taylor Photo by Thundermountaln Photography VALENCIA, CA. FEB. 16 In a rain storm fierce enough to shut down the southland free- ways. a hardy group of racen met at Indian Dunes for the fmal Sportsmen race in the Continental Moto-lports Club's Can·Am Golden State Series. Problems staned in practice with the Pee Wee. unable to find the track land swimming upstream, creating their own course. When it came time to get down to some serious racing, the track had been reworked by Walt James and his crew, racers trapped in the mud rescued, and water·logged bikes dried out. One of the first classes to take on the storm were the 500cc Juniors, mud- whompers at beanl Throughout their first moto. Don Hoover kept his Ya· racers had one ofthe wildest and hairi- est rides of the day. Intermediate And,.welinger kicked his Yamaha out in front and led the charge up the hill. only to go down on the backside of the track in a pile·up that snared several racers. Emerging out of the chaos was Junior Kevin Beckenhauer with Mike Maurer aboard a Suzuki from Fresno and Pat lmperatrice firing at him through every turn and over every jump. Beckenhauer found himself starring to lap several riders. The downhill claimed several racers in one giant mud slide as racers con· tinued to plow into each other, adding to the pile-up. Intermediate Chris Lewis snuck on by and took over second. Closing in fast on Lewis was Vincent Pirlo. Beckenhauer continued to slide and careen his way down to the finish line only to fmd Pirlo move into second, then take away the lead in a classic photo fmish. When the last mud·splattered rider came home. Pirlo had gathered the gold for the Juniors, Beckenhauer sec- ond and Maurer third. In the Inter· mediates, Welinger claimed top honors, Lewis took down second and third went to Mark Rouff. The second division of 125ccJuniors plowed through the water on their ftnt lap like a pack of swam/? buggies. Leading was Bob Engel. HIS Yamaha found Suzuki-mounted Rina Navera hot on its tail with Tony Tetone on a TCW tight in third. For most of the moto, the race be- longed to Engel and Navera. These two stayed closer than a pair of water moccasins, inches apan everywhere on the track. With one lap to go. Tetone made his move into second and starred to close on Navera who shonly before had taken over the lead. When the checkered flag welcomed them home, Navera picked up the gold. Tetone took down second and Engel, who had been in command for mOlt of the race, scooped up third. Results 1Suzl; 3. CIlrio _ CSuzI. 50cc WT: 1. _ .-, ISuzl; 2. __T_ PEE WEE: 1. Rene V_ISuzl. 50cc JR: 1.__(Yn; 2. Todd-. (Y..... lila: STOCK &-11 .lA: 1. Mike Voung, Jt. (Yom~ 2. lila: MOD. &-11 .lA: 1. _ 3. Sa>n _ WT: 1._.-,1Suzl; 2. T,..,_IV..... Voung, Jr. (Yom~ 2. s-n RIley 1Suz); 3. (Yom). s-. RIley 1Suzl. _"'-ISuz). WT: 1._.-,ISuzl; 2. T,..,V_IV....; R-._.Jr.ISuzl. INT: 1.__nc.wI; 2.~ 3. Eddie Gold tKMl. EX: 1. Som S..... nc.wI. lila: MOO 12·18 JR: 1. Jimmy0Mn1Suzl; 2. JIIan "'-IVom). lila: MOO 12-18 INT: 1.__IKMl; 2. Todd~ 100 JR: 1. \Il.-n PIrlo 1Suzl; 2. Kevin__ 1Suz); 3. Mike _1Suz). 100 INT: 1. """'" W..-- (Yom); 2. CIlrio~ Donnie Sigrist CSuzl. EX: 1. Som S..... I~). (Suzl; 3. _ Rout! (Yoml. 1Suz); 3. K.C. _ 125 JlI DIY 2: 1.__1Suzl; 2. TonyT_ lTCWI; 3. Rob Engel (Yom). 125.lA DIY 1: 1. Tom EngelISuz); 2. Doug O'DanneII (Yom). nc.wI; 3. lila:STOCK 12·18 JR: 1. Jimmy 0Mn CSuzl; 2. Jim WIlley lYZl; 3. -.(Yoml; 3. 125a: INT: 1. S_1IIIho lSuzl; 2. Ed Minton (Yom). lJekj tHan!. lHan); 3. An Olivier tHan). 500cc JR: 1. Don _ 250cc JR: 1. V.,., Sortdoion 1Suz); 2. Scoll _ (Yoml; 2. Ken Pool lMal; 3. _e IVn; 3.-e-(Yom). RendyHor_IC-Al. 500cc INT: 1. CIrt-.OCTMI; 2.~ _ Garratt takes Gila Valley win 13 By Ron Jones SAFFORD. AZ. FEB. 10 Riden attending the Continen- .tal Moto-sports Club-sanctioned Safford race were greeted by cold weather and a well-prepared track. B&:D Fleet rider Mike Garratt was the winner of the Pro class for the third week in a row. The first moto got underway with Kenny Schlosser pulling the holeshot followed by Pat Edmar and Garratt. Garratt passed Edmar on the down· hill and Schlosser in the mudhole to take the lead. However. Garratt 100t the lead to Schlosser when he went down. but recovered to again pass Kenny through the mudho1e. Garratt finished ZO seconds ahead of Schlosser with Edmar third. 11Ie second moto again saw SchIo.er pull the holeshot. followed by Garratt and Edmar. Garratt took the lead from Schlosser in the corkscrew and fmished out in front, with Schlosser and Edmar again occupying second and third. Fred Monensen won the Z!iOcc Inter mediate class while his brother T.J. took the Open Intermediate laurels. Shoemaker snares a paIr atAMEMX By Judy Greenberg Photo by Bob Greenberg VALENCIA, CA, FEB. 10 A turnout of close to 400 riden joined American Motocross En- terprises for Sunday MX. with 19 events which started with the morning IUn, and ended under the lights on the International track at Indian Dunes. International M/C's Mike Shoe- maker had an oulltaDding day. run- ning away with each mOiO ill the 500 and Z50cc Pro cJa.es. - The mold was set in the fmt 500cc Pro ltan, when Shoemaker pulled from the field and never looked bac1t. DarrenOIMr(Yam). Mike WICkenham (Mai) and Mark Gambetta (Yam) had a first lap pile-up. putting Din Bale~ Ken lahn in second. With four lap' under his belt. Kirk Sturgeon cbed m and pl'eSlled lahn relentte.ly. In a last effon to make a pass. Sturgeon 10It time. going too high on a berm. and had to settle for third. Gambetta and Wickersham worked back up to founh and fifth. . Zahn held the lead for two laps in moto two. Shoemaker took the imide line down the sand Itraight, passed lahn in mid-air off the jump. and proceeded to stretch it to the wire. Gambelta pressed Zahn for second. but ran into trouble and retired from the race. Wickersham took over third. with Darren Oliver founh. Sturgeon recovered from a bad ltan by working his way to fifth. Shoemaker and lahn were trium- phant again in the Z!iOcc Pro cIaa. Richard Bunch finished third the first JecIt McCormick (LOPI. 250cc INT: 1. Don CIorIl (Yom); 2. Bob K.. CHonI; 3. •

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