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- ... ~ ~ Cb QD as a.. ... 'D 0> .... <0 .... '" e '" =0 .. .Q ~ = CI) t.:I <: b:l ...) U ;.., U A TELOPE VAL EY GRAND PRIX SUNy &lid P ......s IIiJ BiD PeU1p'ew Wl.iId aDd dust greeted road racers at last SuDdlITs (oct. 20) UM Grand Prtx at .lDteklpe Valley RaceW3T ~ PeIrlIIossom, caill. DesPite all !be adverse rooditioos, tbe dI.y deYeIoped Into some really nne display.s of pavement competition. starting off the dI.y's racing activities was a battle between Hooda man Colin .loDeS aDd Suzuki-mounted TOlly Nicosia, as the two copped first aDd second place brass In !be ftfty-ee Grand Prix.. Boy wooder 19-year-old Roo Pierce aDd Hodab teamed up to take bome first In the lOOee GP. Roo feDded off Georga.ooe MobJberg, also 011 a Hodab. (Sbe's a sbe.) Action In !be 250ec GP class began with Roo Pierce gr:aIJbing !be early lead for two laps, only to retire with a blown maeld ..... This left bard/ebarging Buddy Parriott (Yamaba) to take booors as first in !be class. Buddy fougbt with Yamaba-mounted Anc:IY LascoutxtocompIete tbe job. ADdy's just over from !be contineDt• .fl )'OU'll remember, Lascout:J< placed second only to Mike Hallwood In a 'major GP race a COCQlle of years ago. Dick KiJgroe copped lhird 011 a bot Sazuki. S250 Z51HOOOce Graad Prix ~ DkllIU. . . . (3) _ _ .. tIIIrd ID \lie 250a: GP da~ Roarln' Ron PI.-ce (96) led !be 250 GP race lor a couple of laps, "en was 'on:ed III the pits wi" a IIi0wa machln.. Ken Clark's imm-culate Triumph Metisse earried 111m very swiftly to fir$t in !be 20-lap money race. Hard-drlY1ng Cluteb cargo on his produetion BSA pulled in a welI-exeeuted second. Early in the 250 money race Buddy Parriott came cllarging down the back straight aDd found himself going 40 mph too fast to take the oncoming turn. Into tbe chain link fenee be went at 50 mph, hreald.llg the masonite boards that bad been tacked 011. Two steel poles bowed quickly as bike and rider went completely underoeatb, but to the amazemeat of all BuddY popped up aod walked away.1be Yamaha surprisingly suffered little more damage as they wheeled it away from the less fortunate feoce.. An even less fortunate situatioo developed wbeo Buddy'S friends eouldn't lind aD ambulaooe In atteodaooe aod took him to be checked over themselves. No, it wasn't a case of poor eyesight; !bere was DO ambulance there. Period. 1be only other casualty of the day was SIeve MeIaugbUn's escapade with a borrowed SUZuki that was bored out to 297ee, with Cerlani forks aod dual froot dlse brakes. 'lbe brakes were the point of W1doIng as be came into turn four at !be eod of !be back straigbt. steve came out all right but the bike suffered a shattered fairing aod serapes to assorted shiny eomponents . ___ 0.. 8IldllJ ParrIott. _loaded I. \lie .~ rar.#l' lad IaUDd 111...1' ... Ills _ cIII. wdpd ...... ellal. lin a '.ca. All Ln all, the last three races of tbe afternoon provided good action to offset the rather hl.ab beginning with the wind aod all. Next AFM race is scheduled at <>range County Raceway 011 November 5. (ResaI1s OD pace 28) TblOttle band at the ready,Suzllkl rider Tom Steele (9) walts Impatiently for"e acllolllll bectn. ..