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6 • • • • • Amateur 250s go uphill alter start. ·Hoppy Hopkins (811) wound up second. John Rice (81) was overtaken by winner Larry W ilburn (17) In Hilltopper's 500·650cc Expert. • A.C.A . SHORT TRACK Witht he tremend ous in crease of ride rs and spectators in sh ort tra cking. it looks as though the A.C.A. will be e xpanding th ei r Main Ev ent pro gram int o an A and B Main for t he 250cc c lass. There have been so many en tries lately t hat many ride rs do not have an opportunity to s how t heir talent . Taking 50 or 60 riders an d eli mi nat ing the m down to th e six top riders of the eve ning is pretty di fficnit a nd ma kes the competit ion fierce. So. if t he 250 clas s conti nues to rece ive as many ent ries a s they have in t he past, we will expand t he system to accommodate t he riders . Rick Woods co ntinue s to dominate the 100cc T rophy Das h and won the latest event handily, but could not do quite as well i n t he Main Ev ent a gain s t Keith Mashb urn on his newly built Honda. Kei th was ab le to beat last week ' s 100cc M ain Eve nt winner. Dave Ham. and the best Rick could do in the main event was fifth . Gary Calkins, one of last ye a r' s top riders , is finally getting his new Ya maha to per form and finish ed thi rd in the 100cc main. T he 50 cc e vent , which appears to be slowl y dyin g out because of lack of inte res t i n this class , was eas ily won by last ye ar' s cha mpion Da ve Smith. But Dave was hotly purs ue d by his olde r brother Mike. Bot h men were on T ohats us . T he Smith fa mily, as well as ot hers , are doi ng everything possi ble to keep this class ali ve. F ifty-cc bik e ra cin g can be a grea t deal of fun for t he rid ers and the sp e ctators alike but more ma chin es are need ed in thi s class. Th e 250cc Tr ophy Das h t his week went to P at Gos ch on his Harley-David s on Spri nt , but Pat was not a ble to repeat his win and came i n second in the 250cc main behind J ohn Bra dford on his Bulta co. Third plac e went to Rick Woods on his Duca ti , It was almost a re pea t performance of the previ ous wee k when J ohn a nd Pat fought for the winni ng position in bot h the Tr ophy Das h and the Main Ev ents. It is fantastic to see these two rider s whe el to whee l and going t hroug h a corne r under full power and sliding s ide by side and ne ver bumping eac h ot her. Th e men ha ve great res pect fo r eac h ot her 's ridi ng a bility a nd both s how cham pi onsh i p qualities. F rom the spectato r's poi nt of vi ew, I' m sur e thes e two boys ridi ng ability and s howmans hip ha ve bee n some of the mos t outstanding they hav e seen in the South ern California a rea . F or fans in the Los Angeles ar ea who are inte rested in dirt short track racing, South Gat e Rac ewa y, located in the cit y of South Gat e , j ust off th e Lon g Beach Freeway nea r the Firestone turnoff, will ha ve mot orcycle ra cing on Thursday ni ght , June 26th. Th e fir st offi cia l practice session to che c k out the surface of the track will be on June 19th. P it passes only will be s old. P it Gate will open at 6:00 p.m, (Results on pa ge 12) • , • • •