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- Van Leeuwen Repeals AI Graham .... Bill (42Y) Elder and Squill (17w) Tomasi. I.ad th. amateur final on tIlelrTriumphs. II was a Triumph sw.ep In all but the novlc. class at Washlncton's Mlmorial Day Classic TT. ~ :; ;g '" .~ ;> :tJ '" .s ~ 0.. JI", Shirley of Tacoma, Wash. JIlu for broke In till slcond IXPlrt h.aL was run on an unusually hard and dusty track. Van Leeuwen swept the program with wins in the Dash, Heats and the 30 lap Main Event. He out-powered fast quali_ fier Jim Jones from the start of the Expert Trophy Dash, but Jones came right back and dogged the leader to the finish TACOMA, WN., June 1- SJd.p VanLeeuwen became a repeat winner of Tacoma Motorcycle Club's Memorial Championsbip at Graham Speedway near Tacoma today. 'The race orig1na.lly scheduled for Memorial Day was posWoned until Sunday after torrential rains turned the clay surface to gumbo mud. Sunday's event Husqvarna &Penton while Sandy Saunders trailed. 'The Championship Main was marred by a mis-start prompting starter Bob Malley to place four of the front line starters to the rear leaving Mark Williams and Van Leeuwen alone at the front and Sonny Burres, Jim Jones, Dave Clarke and Sandy Saunders in the third row. Young Willlarns broke to the lead on the ..start, followed bY Van Leeuwen and first year expert Gregg Morris. Skip took the lead briefly in lap six, but Willlams snatched it back~ It looked like it was going to be a repeat of last year's handlebar to handlebar duel when suddenly Williarns locked-uP and went down in the middle of turn two. 'The rest of the field slid by the fallen leader. Coming through the pack, Jim Jones quickly claimed second spot and was challenging Van Leeuwen for the last eighteen laps. Steady riding Emil Ahola relinquished third place to charging Don Mc Leod for a few laps late in the marathon until McLeod uPset in the north corner. Ahola and Jimmie Smith skidded by on the inside while Burres went over the bank to avoid crashing McLeod. The only casualty of the day came when San Franciscan Paul Bostrum slid down In a practice laP, pinning his foot beneath his mount. His boot was pierced and hisfoot was cut• 'The amateur event was dominated by Tacoman Squire Tomasie; fast qualifier, dash winner, heat winner and a wire to wire main event win. 'The biggest challenge came from Bill Elder. His dash attempt was thwarted by a spectacular end-aver-end spill In the right-hander. Riding perhaps a little more cautiously Elder took second In the main leading last week's winner Bill Noble. Any real duel in the novice event failed to materialize as Darrel Cotton jumped the front while dash winner Chuck Joyner scattered the field with a second turn slldeout. Graham regular, Pat Marlnacci was never able to get close to the fiying cotton kid. 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Muddy canyons and slippery stoned creek beds comprised most sections with an occasional off-camber hill side thrown Infor good measure. Best ride of the day was exb1bited by PNTA V-P Leon Willbanks with a loss of on!¥ 37 marks. Cotton rider Willbanks consistently shows the SPanish mounted competitors where to ride. Last years' overall winner Neil Hinton rode his new Honda 90 to the 125cc class win with a loss of only 53 marks. Greeves mounted 250cc class rider Jack W1lliams lost only 55 marks to place first In that class and repeat his last years' performance. Dick Rubenser piloted his heavy-duty Honda to a 132 mark loss for top spot in the open class. Repeating her 1968 performance, Patsy Poe lost only 5 marks to win the Powder Puff section award. While scores for the Trial were being tallied, riders participated in a special Section. Victoria, B. C. rider, Ernie Hllls won the award by cleaning the section on his Greeves. (Results on page 20)