| Accompanying Webb to Japan were: |
| Kimi Douglas, 19, from Garden
Grove, CA - Winner of the 1981 California State National Pro Class,
winner of the 1982 Big Mammoth Pro Race, who so far that year had lost
one race only because of mechanical difficulties. Douglas lived
with her parents and was training full time. By Webb's account,
Douglas was the fastest of the group, with the strongest potential for
hitting it big in motocross. |
| Karen Leitinger, 20, a saleswoman
for an Orange County cosmetics firm. A six-year veteran of the
motocross circuit, she was running first in the point standings among
Southern California women riders. She was also in the top five in
the state. On the circuit, she was considered an up-and-coming
rider. |
| Dee Dee Cates, 21, 3 Time Women's
National Champion, who lived in Anaheim Hills. She had appeared on
ABC's Wide World of Sports in the Women's Invitational Motocross at the
famous Carlsbad Raceway in Carlsbad, California. |
| Charline Ho, 27, an accountant at
Cal State Northridge, and the only woman in the group who did not live
in Orange County. In 1980, she finished frist among women
motocross riders in Southern California. |
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