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MuaBlSrsll WillS ATHENA "NA1I011Al" A cool July 3rd evening started the long, hot summer in Athena, Oregon with the Chamber of Commerce's first annual 100cc flat track race. Organizers were putting the finishing touches to the hard-packed 14-mile High School dirt oval as 51 contestants arrived trom Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California. Independence Day began with a colorful parade through town followed with a blusterous water fight between the Athena Volunteer .Fire Dept. and the Pendleton (Oregon) Mainstreet Cowboys from the famous nearby Rodeo City. The Cowboys won by nearly \lrqwning the entire V.F .D. . $IxIM""._ld Tom Bruchn,.ln (89,) IIsplay, smooth 10WolrooV. ,tyl. a' ... rapal, tba advanc.. of Joe K.,ly (1) and olll., up' ....1 II.,s. The dlecu, 10, Bruck..,I.In. Racing started at 3 p.m. witn 7 heats, winners going on to the A Main. The remainder of the riders froin the heats transferred to the semi's. Winners of the Semi's got to ride in the .A Main, 2nd and 3rd places went to the B Main, 4th and 5th places lined up in the C Main. Kid Option Riders 14 or under were given the option of competing in the Junior Class or with the Older Racers. Junior races were run on the moto cross system with the finishing p0sitions in the fiJ'5.t-.Wlf heats determining grid p6Sition for the final race. Eleven-year-old Johnny Hightower from Kennewick, Washington (Btidgestone) finished tirst. C Main Victory went to Suzuki rider Richard Rambo of Kennewick, Washington. Tom Zinn, 14-year-old Moto Beta racer from Belleview, Washington took top piace in the B Main. Zinn declined the option of forfeiting his trophy for a transfer into the A Main. FOR THOSE .SHORT TRIPS SOME MORE RECENT BSA WINS: Hid. . Gopllers TT, PIII'II, Clilf• cc Expert Molt CIISS ~ 111 JIM HUNTER - BSA 2nd CHUCK MINERT - BSA 3rd T, DENIUS - BSA Open N.YI c. M.1o CIIIS 111 BILL NOBLE - BSA 5II0cc N.Ylce Main 111 S. KENNEDY - BSA BIk.lhld Spllclalll TT Op. "1Y1ce 111 DARREL MC CAULEY - BSA U.aI Dral Slrtp, Calif. B-GAS EllmiDl11I' - BSA M. DlII'lckl.a lt5ll -104,04 Mid StnII CIIIS B- BSA Dick Strlckl.d 13.15 -102.17 (AI. IIlrwlndlle Dral Slrtp) (lIIk. tile ...-1eHnI1. drap) CHECK THESE TIMES! BOB SIRKEGIAN IIDING H'S MARK]I[ BLEW OFF ALL COMERS _SA TO TAlE THE TOP ELIMINATOR IIlrwllldale Dral Slrtll Slturday, July 22. RUDDlniia III. P,..,ace confab bal_n 1II....01..... S.pna - Bill and Jack. The race, the big A Main, got off to a perfect start. The riders were tightly bunched during the first half of the 10 lap race. On lap nine it happened, and it was a heart breaker for Kawasaki rider Jerry Dobbins of Portland, Oregon. He'd held oft a pack of 4 snarling, hometown-distributed Hodakas for most of the race when his machine quit and close riding Tom Bruckenstein of Orland, California rode his 90cc Ace-90 on to victory and claimed the $75. winner's purse. Sixteen-year-old Bruckenstein is a marvelous rider with a smooth deceptive style that doesn't look fast, but a long list of Northern California wins prove that he is. Next year the Athena Chamber of Commerce pledges a bigger and even better 4th of July clambake. Would you believe - the Athena 100cc Nationals? (Results on pace 16) UNDEFEATED ISA 441« SHOOT'NG STAI &a.. ea"...c.,.,;. ,. lU 500ct Ex,.rt, Ope. &S ps...es Classes At fiJi... ~ E 1__, rr "tai••._aJ u: .z s 0", C""S U T pv .I(, r- , 0 SUPERBIKE 7SOcci , CATEGOIY. 80. DEfEATED l~\Idcl\ carll ALL CLASSES I' \l \ 1 lot "16S~ - S p W'TH A TOP SPEED Of \ &S1- ~MO 128.20 mDh ~;':"S1arfite AND ELAPSED TIME Of \ MOl ~'1~\L~6LE 11.08 seconds! ,:YOIII 6S~"'\"!:1 'SA E. Huntilgton Drive, Duarte, Ca/ifomia 910J0", (213) 359-92n --