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MODESTO from page 18 Th e Open Exp erts a l ways put on a good s how a nd thi s day wa s no excepti on. A restart wa s called when two but once underway it was a grea t rac e. BSA-mounted Ray Vowe ll was the man i n this one but he had to fight for it. E ver y lap of this speed-fest saw the. 21 positi ons cha nging and the fa ns rea ll y loved it. This was the fir st of thr ee ra ces to to be put on by the Delta Falc ons this year and if it is a sample of the c lass of compe ti tio n i n that par t of the co untry t hey ' U all be a mus t for riders and specta tors . alike. (Re s ults on pa ge 14) WANT TO DO WHEELIES ? --First install a BARNETT CLUTCH AVAILABLE NOW: BT & E V1LUERS & DUCA TI CLUTCH PLATES Hot-shoe on. a hail-pint, Stinky $;,rgenty's hall time show. 'WInning 125cc Novice RIDERS SEE YOUR DEALER. WE DO NOT SELL RETAIL. 4915 PACIFIC BLVD" VERNON , CALIFORNIA, PHONE: 589-5488 CANOGA PARK • ~ 7233 CANOGA AVE. 346-3700 Innocenti Corp. 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Jack Delay lea ping for Joy over his Open Amateur win n y Roxy Rockwood THE FINISH LINE A busy weekend [or the locals allover the country last week. Van Leeuwen and Romero flew to Washington to compete in two TT events and then flew back to road race at Carlsbad. Skip turned them back at Castle Rock, the site of the coming National TTs next month. The happy wand e re rs list found R a lph Whit e, Bob Bailey, Mert L a wwill , Chri s Dr aa y er and Jim De ehan bac k a t L a conia. The y all would have be en be tter off if t hey had stay ed home. Cal Rayborn was als o t he re. The Novices a nd Amateurs jo urneyed to Bar stow for a s hort tra ck eve nt la s t saturday night. J ohnnie Isaacs won his first Main Event of the ye a r up the re . Will relate so me of t he behind the sce nes on that one at a la ter date . It was a ri ot but did give s ome of the newer riders a n idea of what it is like t o not race in their own backyard . Many of the ride rs rode Ascot on Friday ni ght and then travel ed to Carlsbad for Sunday' s road ra c e. Once aga in perfec t ra cing weather wa s on tap and once a gain we ca n s ee wher e California Is goi ng to have .so me top road racing talent with a cou rse like Ca rlsbad around on which to gain the expe rience . Bad Publicity They s ay tha t La conia ca me off with no hi tch es this ti me. Th e ne wsmonger s did man a ge to ge t t he i diots to po s e for a fe w pictures ea rly s o they co uld be pu t on the wire se rvice and drsplayed on one of the loc al Los Angel es pap ers . It mus t hav e been rather disappointing to th es e clo wns with came ras to not find anythin g to blow up to make headline s. I wond er why the local Herald-Examin er ne ve r gives any of the local events a fra cti on of the coverage they gave La conia . May be they ha ve more s ubsc ribe rs in New Hampshire ?? ? Bob Hanse n' s two ultra-pr epared Matchl ess road ra cer s took a beating back t bere. You would have to know Bob to really apprec ia te the l oving care thes e mach ine s get befor e , durin g and after a race . White will hav e to wi n Des Moines to get out of the doghous e . He did just that las t ye ar a nd d on' t bet that he won't again this year on Aug. 7th. Gi ve GUY Louis and his dad special credit. GUy could not obta in backing for a road ra cin g machin e for Carlsbad s o he bought one . Dad PUt a n ex t ra sharp profes s ional paint job on it and GUy did the re st. Ri ght out of t he c rate . Ya ma ha is going to have to get off its la urels from the Daytona win as those Suzuk is co ntinue to run fa s ter an d faste r. Ni xon scored one for Yamaha a t Lac onia but none of the suzukts we re en te red . It will be int er e stin g come s ept. a nd the Nat ional road race s at Carls bad. Tight Three some Hav e ann oun c ed ove r 500 rac es but wa tching T anner , Wh ite and Haaby go at it last week a t As cot in the Dash a nd final gets me cha rge d up a ll ove r again. Th ey co uld pac k the plac e just by comin g UP with fiv e or s i x mat ch rac e s betwee n these th re e riders on a s pecial night . Tanner and Hanby a re the old s moothies with White rid in g th e ra gge d edge most o f the ti me to give it the ad ded flav o r, If three fln er halt-mil ers ar e around thi s year we hav e yet to see them. On t hat subj ect , I will be flyin g back to Columbus for the National thi s we ek end to see what Tanner is doin g back the re to bea t Markel and Co . T he Hand icapper s don't gi ve Sam a pray erst c ol umbus an d say t hat this is a Markel or Roed er tra c k. W ' ll see . e Th e twi n bill on the 4th of July week end has been upped to 20 laps for both Friday and saturday night in th e Expert Finals. A full fir eworks show , a lso on both nights . 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