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iENCINITAS MOTOCROSS story aDd Photos by John Shedd Fast bikf;So a good coarse and sldIled riders never fail to produce a day of good racing. Tbe Sage Hoppers IIle bad these ingredients on band for their moLo-cross on Sunday. Sept. the 24th and a whooping good time was bad by alL .. Un n UJI I. till II. _at be alqlsa -lim a la a _ _ I., ........ la . . . . . . .1. tile..._ lie Esc...tas _rae! 1 ..- second on a KaWAtt with Huak;y entbuslast H. G. Backer br1Ilg1Dg UP tb1rd. Sec:oad Equals Firs& H. fII.a tllrOllIl! till II, will till . . . .at of ...........1111 In _ Up, DoWB, of II. nice _ _ brnz.. The ()pen Expert class proved that a rider can tate second in all three matos and wind UP with f1rst place brass. G. Fett:y did llDCtIy tb1s on b1s Matcb1ess. A11~d Ttl8 course was just a UtUe over a mile 10Dg. R bad fast corners, tigbt corners, \lIlb11l coJ:tl8rs .downb111corners, bumpy corners and every comb1Dat1on of these one could Imagine. There were several steep dowIIb111s, some small jumps and one g1cant1c one that gave the Impression that man and mach1De bad been flred from a cannon as they soared over the crest. 1be SlIge Hoppers did their usual f1De job of l'UIll11IIg everytbtng smootbly, and they have tbf.Jr own Ideas about the m ueh discussed issue of the best order In wbtch to nm the dtUerentstze classes. Ttl8 Expert claases were nm flrst followed by the Novice classes. 0. 1I~.I.,.lIoIIte . . 0 .... la•• ~.Ida . .......... _ p••• In Sao Dlsa. "atrlct. II• moto-crosses. Tbis solution workedwell, and HodaIta-moUDted R. Goodman, ZUDdapp-moUDted J. Ralpb and R. L1IId1ey, also on a Hodaka, all carried bome flrst place gold tor the lOOcc Novice classes. Lots of 250's The 250cc Novice class was also so It was cut in baIt and produced a pair of winners. G. Etber1~ woo the first mota-cross on a Greeves with D. Ross and J. BenUey, botbHusIIYmounted, tieing forsecondPlace.R.Fraunberger woo the second 250 Novice motocross on a Kawasll.k1 with HusIIY rider Camp maIdng bim earn b1s keeP. The last race of the day was the Open Novice class. L. Harmon on a 305 Honda came from beb1nd in all three motos to grab the win from the big boys. Triumph-mounted D. HUSSODS led the last mota au the way, but with only a few yards to 110, Harmon sUpped b1s Honda UDder the fortyincberandgrabbed b1mse1t another flrst. (Results on pqes 20 &: 21) quite large, 1be lOOcc Experts were the first to take the cyc1edeUc trip, and J. Johnson and bis Van Tech tallted up the most points for the win. JOOnson won the first two motos without a serious threat but bad mecban1ca1 troubles in the third, and second place man M. Chiara took the win on a Hodalta. The Powder Puff also ran with tb1s class, and Marsba Whitten took the wiD on a Yamsba folloWed by Carol Gooding. 1be 250cc Experts provided some of the dlly's best ractng. Montesa-moUDted D. McCarley made a clean sweep by w1.rID1Ilc all three matos, but the wolf paek was close beh1nd wattiDe for that sUp that never came. B. Krenek was Fetty took the lead in the first mota 0Il1y to be passed at once by a pair of Mateo riders. Mark Gooding and J. KellYon. Gooding took the win in the first moto with ease, but Kenyon feU aloog the wayside. KellYon was back in the second mota and I'UIlIIg1n strODg. but Gooding lost a clutch and UmPed in last. 1be last moto was a carbon copy of the second, and when It was au over, Fetl:7 proved that three limes second equals flrst. SlIge Hoppers' boss, Bob Gooding, believes that starting too many riders at once Is about as sate as playinr copUol to a kamIkaze. When be saw the long Ust of lOOcc Novices, be dec1ded to divide them and have three separate