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Gary Bailey \79X) found no real appos it ion as
he sa iled to Irst 250cc Expert vic tory.
90cc Expert winner Joe Roseberry (43z) a board a 124cc Kawasak i. The oversize machines are
all owed to compete In Distri ct 36.
Roseber ry , also K a w a s a k I vmountad,
snatched first 90cc Exper t , with Mighty
Mike L ane earning second on his Hodaka,
Ever -fier ce contender Randy Smi th
walked off with firs t place honor s in the
200cc Amateur/ Expert class . Randy was
astride his trusty Bultaco (wo rd is he'll
ride pr ofessionally at Ascot this year) .
Merr11l Birdleman took a well deserved
second wi th a Bullaco brought alI the
way from his home town in Oakdale, Cal .
Gary Bailey copped numbe r one brass
on his goin' Gr eeves i n the 250cc Expert
cl ass . Gary 's only competition cam e
trom Tod Sloan' s Montesa, who managed a hard-tought second.
Open N o vi c e winn er Mickey Ba ugus
and h!~ super-smooth BSA rig fought
oft second man Ji m Allen on a Triumph.
In the Open Am ateur d1vlslon it was
Tri umphs In the firs t three places, Bob
L eppek. Don McKay and Di ck Turner.
Ken Hansen ( Triumph) wrested the
big brass trom second place Ray Anderson, also on a Tr i um ph. Gary Baile y
finished up wi th a third, mounted on a
360 Gr eeves.
All i n all, it was a well pr epared, well
r un- oft event and congratulations go to
the Sprockets M .C . of Bakersfield. I nci dentally, th e Sprockets plan on some t ull
scale short track doi ngs I n the near
futur e, so watc h tor announ cements.
Th ese events will be hel d at the Sprock ets Park speedway .
(R esults on page 16)
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