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- ·"'" MAKIN' MARYSVILLE Stor y and Pboto by Dale McKinnon MARYSVILLE, Calif.- Races atMarysv1lle seem to get bigger and better all the time. The F eather River Motorcycle Cl ub presents an excellent program, with little fuss and no muss. The 250 Amateur proved the bestrace of the nkht in that I t was a close duel SUr! of thl SOOcc Main and winner #19n W indy Foreman Is undlrway from poll posilion. Third ' wlnl to #152h J amlS J acobsoR. from start to f lnlsb. Manfred Heyrend on a Yamaha won the heat then lost a close one to Jim Rodaer In the Maln. Robert Hauste1n served notice he was the one to reckon wi til In the 250 Expert class. But Ron Bolllng showed be was uP to the uPsetting task by r iding a flawl ess race. F our gals tried their luck and as usual it was be tween Debbie Jacklln/ and Sue Chlldress . But Gi nger Burrola gave them a hard time of i t. Give ber several more races and she wll1 be lop contender. Rick Grave s took the 350 event on a BSA, whlch Is qulte unusualfor this area, as they are rarely seen . In the 500, Windy Foreman of Sparks, Nevada took th e win with Don Rasmussen and Jim Hersham fighting for second. Dan got run off th e track but came back to ride peg to peg with James Jacobs for several laps befo r e taldng second. Steve Young on hls poten t CZ too k the 500 A mateur sbow after a terrific battle wi th Wlllle Battaglia who had the lead until he and another r i der got tangled uP and he went off the track. It seems no one shoots off the llne like Tom Daves. He bowed to Chuck Marcuccl In the Open A mate ur with Dale Grey r i gbt In there also. The Open Novi c e Maln saw the fir st restart in several races when four blkes went down. Bob Pullard came back to take the win after a bassle with Lary Hansen. . The last event featured Ron Bolllng grabbing the lead on a BSA wi th Nick Theroux closing the gap fast on a Honda. It was several close laps befor e Nick could take hlm, bowever. Bob Haustein on a 260 CZ for the first time showed good form. BaileySnatches250 By M1Ice Capal1te SOUTIi GATE, cal., Sept. 10 - straIgbt~ Al4A Expert NatIonal Num ber 33 Bob BaUey (Honda) made lIIe trek to tbe Trojall Rac:ewq oval Tuuday Dlebt for tbe first 8nIIIlDg of Class A Z50ce rac1JIg with tbe m.....f ne be bad r1ddeIl at IIle 1Ddoor sbort track aDd aflIlr af_1apsof pracl1ce aDd a qu1clt 1M!' cbaDce, _ t out aDd swept IIle field. Tbe riders _mad to eajoy!"UlllllDCeIl IIle eusb10Il track. and tram IIle comments allIle spectwtors, it 1a a Jot more ezett1Dg lIIbow than wbeII tIIey run 011 a bard lacIl;y tnclc, so it Jooks like lJIts IdDd of radDg w1ll make it. Come 011 oat 1'ueedI1' DiCht at 8:00 p.m. for the fun. ri." If fOU DOI'T IELlfYE THIS AD Wi'. f •••r M.iI " Wit. Y ••, Or~er. for ,•• L.w.s' ... Prices. •• P."s i. .S. HONDA CL 12 - C8 12 BRAKE SHOES $2.58 SlI., Nufter N."s Troj. Le." By Mike Capal1te SOUTH GA TE , Cal•• Sept . 22 - It looked like Eddie M ulder nlgbl at the Trojan oval Sunday night at .. Steady Eddie" was unbeatable In all five of hls heat races and also had the fastest heat of the nlgbt whlch put hlm on the pole for the Trophy Dasb. The Dash found Mulder and Rick Woods going at it side by side, with neither getting the advantage, when suddenly Sonny Nutter went down in the south turn and then Woods had engine problems whlch l eft an easy win to Mulder with Chuck Jones f1nlsblng second. Trying to f1n1sh third, Rick pushed hls mach1ne around th e c ourse, bu t Nutter had r ighted hls JAP and r estarted It, and as Rick was about two yards f r om thef1n1sh llne, Sonny passed him !Dr third. The " A" Main leftDOdoubtinanyone's m1Dd I:bst here were the top riders of the eYen1ng. A t tbe 0DSet, it was a battle between Woods ( Eso) aDd Mulder (Eso) with Rick hang!JIg 011 tbe inside and Eddte taldng the hlgh route to try and get IIle drive down the stra1gIIt. Bat Woods was able to pull away. (Results ell JIlIge 16) VENTURA CO TV TRACK REOPENS Sports, (S.8.8.) w1ll sponsor closed-CCNrae, erou-couatry type moton:ycle rac1JIg in ventura Counl;y. '!be tac1I1fJ' " S.S.8 . Clulyal", is locaI8d at tbe ead of Btmy Road 111 Somis, Cal. Raclnr llIIllIwlAasts w1ll remember this Somis Speed locat1e1l as .lIIe .oId ~ e. Trac)t..vo '!be rac1JIg 8Cbedule 1a DOW in the process of be1IIc apprond by sanc:tion1nC JrOllPS. '!be tentative apenl.ng date for racing action win be OCtober 20. Dates and times wll1 be anDOlIIICed as soon as approval bas been given. There are plans for professional and sportsman racing, hID cllmbing and trall r1dtJlg. 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