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... - Big 'Ff/llli/y Night' FDf ~ r..:a MinDr (If/n lit Sf/Crf/lllentD oJ u )., u 'lbe Minor tam1ly at S8eramento bad a wlnn1Jlg nJcbt at!be~tTrackMotor cycle races at S8eramento Raceway Saturday. A urust %3rd. Dad M1.Dor, Paul Sr., took tile second place troPhY 10 !be 125 Amateur class. Paul M1nor ,Tr. was tile t1rst place mao 10 tile 250 Amateur DlY151011, and llttle bro!ber JobD was !be fastest at tile Mini Bike riders. Paul Jr. is !be current 111gb poW mao 10 !be 250 Amateur classes and John bas more wins on b1s Mini B1Ice tban any at !be o!ber youngsters tbat participate in !be races. Steve SharP, Santa Rosa, was !be wiDner of tbe 250 Expert class followed by last week's w1DDer Jobo Green ot Carmichael. 1b1rd place mao was Sac~ mento's Jim Rodaer and fourtb went to George Carter ot Nortb Hlgblands. Carter was on tbe ten yard bandicap lloe due to b1s past two wios. Sharp will now join Green and Ron -DaVies at MW Vally on tbe five yard Uoe. Carter is tbe oDly rider otber tban Ralpb Waldman at Fairfield to be able to garner more tban one Victory. Waldman bas a total ot six wins, be bas never lost a main event 10 tb1s class tb1s season. Following Minor In tbe 250 Amateur class, was Gale Glbb, Vallejo, Ron Matter1, Santa Rosa and Jerry Baugh at Rancb Cordova. 'lbe 250 Amateur class required some four starts to finally get IIIlderway. On tbe t1rst start, after tbe dust bad claared it was discovered tbat tbree at tbe riders bad been beld up at tbe pit gale and were not even on !be track. Wally Hewitt&on, Joe Brazil and Tom Cbrtstensen d1dD't feel tbat was quite tbe way to do tbings and starter Gary WlWs black tlagced tbe field and ordered a restart. Wltb spills occurring on tbe next two starts It appeared tbat it would be quite some time before tbe race could be run, but tbe fourtb time saw every ooe ntt and nmn1ng and Minor was able to work bis way up tram bis fifteen yard bandlcap to take tbe wiD. Otber winners Included; BW Whiteside 250 NoVice, Del SUva 200 Amateur Ex. pert, Fenn Pevler 200 NoVice, Deno1s Kn1ernan, 125 NoVice, BW Trumbull 100 NoVice. 'lbe 125 Amateur final was taken by Terry Henry, 1st years II1gbpolot 100 NoVice. Henry bas been unable to race practica.1ly all season due to a leg Injury but made bis return to tbe race track a winning one. Nick D.II.I.nll In front of Torn Rl'Ckwood.t the A.V. F.lraroundl. The rld.r In the b.ck.round II look In. for one of tho•• Iolt .If.11I b.llI. Engineering Eapert Ron KruMm.n flnl."d hll Hond.....d of Don Emd. who II lookIn. for • w.y .round on tile oull Id•• Baker Dominates Antelope Valley Fair Speed Fest LANCASTER, CALIF .,Aug.28tb- Dallas Baker of Orange riding a Ossa, showed complete domloatioo at 'lbursday D1g:bt's AMA Short-Track motorcycle racing program at tbe AnteloPe Valley Fairgrounds. Riding against fellow Experts, Amateurs, and NoVice class rlders on tbe l/8tb mile dirt track, Baker woo b1s quaUtylng beat, regula.r beat race, semlfinal, tbe troPhY dasb, and !be evening's 10-lap feature race. 'lbe veteran T. T. rlder took tbe lead on tbe start at tbe J.C. AgajaDJan promated races, and stayed tbere all tbe way to wiD tbe lo-lap tloal before some 4,000 tans on hand for tbe opening o1gbt at tbe AnteloPe Valley Fair. Finishing secood was teenage NoVice star John Hateley at Van NuYs on a Suzuki, wb1le Expert rider Ron Kruseman ot Oxnard, came borne tblrd on a HoDda. Fourth went to Don Emde ot San AIR FILTER UNIT- All popular models, washable element, anodized gold aluminum, steel braces..Froll sa.9& UNIVERSAL e.lIloa ... II.bl. loon Writ. or e.lI: K & N Ena. P.O. Box 1329 Rlv.rslde, e.1. 92502 Dealer & Dist. Inquiries Invited (714) 682-&813 Diego on a Suzuki, witb Randy ElUs ot Anaheim fiftb aboard a Bultaco. A spectacular spill 00 tbe start at tbe main _ t sent Lloyd Roucb1Ds ot La Cresenta (H-D) down bard as he bumped !be rear-wheel at Hateley, who also spIlled. 'Ibe race was blacktlagged, witb Houcb1Ds missing from !be re-start field. Baker went to tbe tront on tbe drop ot !be green flag, and stayed tbere on tbe way. Hateley came up tbrough !be field to take secood on tile fiftb lap from John Connolly. 'lbe even1!lg's two 6 lap seml-tloals went to Baker and Chuck Heart at Oxnard 00 a Bultaco. Mike Van Scoy at Oxnard won !be 6 lap consolation race In wb1cb Randy O. SmitbandGregFeeney tangled and tell. Neltber were hurt. Baker captured tbe 3 lap trophy dasb from Krusemao, Randy Smltb at Ventura and Houcb1Ds. Houcb1Ds took a beader on tbe backstretcb and d1dD'ttlo1sh!be race. TT M.C. Scrambles Falls To Dorsch BY Al Snow HUNTINGTON BEACH, CAL. Aug. ai, 1969 - Labor Day Weekend witb all !be distractions did not seem to detract tram tbe first T.T.M.C. point run. Ron Bare, a track regular, used bis el\Perlence to gain tbat sUgbt edge needed to take tbe 650 Novice win from Gary McKeon. Mike Cbamberla1D used b1s edge tbe same way 10 tbe 350-500 Expert over ArvIl Sparks and C.H. Wbeat but blew a set at rIngs doing It. A touch and go In tbe 650-Open El\Pert Matos tIDSlly went to Terry Dorsch after a bad start In tbe tblrd moto tor second place Mike Posey witb Terry Moriarty grabbing ott third place. Jay Lewis proved to bave tbe 50cc speed secrets to lead a class we don't see too atten at H.B.C.P. 'lbe 100 Am •• El\P. was grabbed ott by Troy McKee after battling witb Gary Scott, Steve Nlcbols, and Rlcb Sweeney who tinlsbed In tbat order. Steve Nlcbols came back . to take top bonors In tbe 125 Am ..-Ex, wi tb Gary Scott fInallY taking bis turn 10 tbe 175 Am.-Ex. class. Greg Wickham managed to overcome !be cballenge at Dan Da1gh and Steve JohDsoo 10 tbe l00cc NoVice Malo. Wltb Yamabas taking 9 out of 12 top places In tile 125 NovIce, it was obvious one sbould win and it did witb Robert HW aboard. Tom White, witb tbat Rustan's Cycle vest, proved to be a leader witb a lead you wouldn't belleve in !be 250 NoVice class. Outside at !be delay on tbe Big-Bore start, everytl:llng went according to scbedule and even witb the late start everyone was tlnisbed before 5 p.m. for a speedy trip home. Witb clouds keepIng Ole Sole bidden 10 tbe morning and a good breeze In tbe afternoon, tbere was not one case at beat prostration. A total of 172 entries gave a full scbedule without goIng less tban 4 laps on anyone event. It's bard to pick out tbe best events at tbe day, but tbere were some migbty st1tt baftles all tbe way. (Results on page 20)