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Sidewinders Wind-Up. Reed Tops Experts Story by J. Lacey Frank Clay Pbotos PORTLAND, OREGON, Sept. 5- ClIpping a full sesson of some twenl:1-two TT "ents, tile Sidewinders M.C. ooce agaIn pnl1ed oIf a good 0118. The bleb-point Norice award was sUll lIP for grabs, it being dec:lded in tile Nonce Ma1n, and !be EllPeris put on a sIIow tbat tile tans wUl sUD be tslIt1ng about deeP into !be coming winter. P'artlalld'. pride, ' - , Burr•• (59) • • aced aut 01 tile Expert 111,11 polat trop/lJ bJ I'" ItNd. 3411. Ita, Carroll. Into !be ntebt's eYents Norices Chuck Joyner and Darell Cotton were almost tied in !be over-all Stp;ncllnp wilb Cotlloa getting tbe DOd by a sUm two po1Dts. Joyner and his Kawasak1 picked III one point by ftnlsbing second in !be Trophy Dasb, CottoD was tb1rd, and tile battle went rigbt down to !be NoY1ce Ma1n. Into tile first corner and 1ead1nc for almost two IlIps was !be DUb w1nner -Steady' Eddie Herrmann (Bnl).Joyner gotawbeel UDder btm and ran away with tbe wlnand tile sougb aft8r bleb-point jacket. Herr- tween btmself and second place. At tile balf-_y mark !be leader was WUllams, folloWed by Burres, Smilb, Ike Reed (Tri), HogIan, Davis, Glen Adams (Nor), and Dick Donaca (Tri). Burres put on a drtTe tbat took btm to witb1n two lengtbs at. WU1Iams and at the same time Smith. Reed, and HOCIan closed on Burres. Once again Burres' TriumpbCOtitspowor to tile grOUDd and coming out of lbe down-bUl Conl8r yanked lbe WU11ams Triumpb down tile straight and into !be lead again was Burres. One lap later tile first t1Ye positions are all buncbed IlP wilen on tile bottom corner JimmySmilb's trout wIIee1 washed out trom under 111m. His tall carried be and his macbine out tram tile pole, 1eln1nr room for tile otIiers to get by on tile inside. 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There was just no compet1t1oa tooig.bt for Molt and liter , grabbing !be lead CD lbe re-start of tile Ma1n be sailed to a wide, easy victory. Throuetaout tile Ma1n !be big battle was for second between BUl Jackson andlast week's winner Tbad Lawrence. For Dine laps Jackson (Tri) held off bid liter bid by Lawrence (Kaw) for t!leplacespoland t1nal1y. going over the top of lbe bill, La_ence drove by Jackson and was never cIIal1enged agaIn. BUl Cook (BSA) remained in fourtb tbrouel1out and BW Manley (H-D) was forced out with me- chanical trouble. The Expert Ma1n was also re-started after Mark WUl1ams and Gary Dam both unloaded In tile first turn. T.L. HOCIan (Nor) grabbed the lead on tile restart followed by Sonny Burres (Trt) and Mark WUllams (Tri), but on lap four Burres out po_red lbe Norton on lbe straight and was first to lbe 1lP-1lUl section. WUllams began to close on HOCIan, followed by Davis (Trl) and JImmy Smilb (Tri) and as WUl1ams stra4bteDOd out tile corll8rs and charged by Hoglan, Smilb did !be same to Davis. Burres sUd wide starting tile \Il-bUl, 1e&Ttnc a bole, and WIlliams dUt8d tbru and into tile lead and began to really put da1uPt be- !Jams and sets b1s slgbts CD lbe leader Burres. over tile top of !be bill lbey cbarged side by stde and Reed, on tile outside, passes Burres. One lap to go, Reed sUlllead1nc, and Burres' drtte out at. lbe bottom corner wasn't lIDOlICb. After 0D8 of tile best battles seen at Sidew1nders all year tile Ezpert Ma1n !1nIabers were, Reed, Burres, .HogJan, WUllams, Adams, and Doaaca. Wbat a way to end tile _ _I Next year's actiOll wUl1nc1ude ap1n lbe billside TT events and also namerous sllort tracks. WUcb tile Cycle News calendar for tbe Sldewtnders bIc openl,ng. 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