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Oregol's Wo der Boy Of The TT Track Amateur Squeezes In First At Sacramento Raceway By BU1 Smith SACRAMENTO. CAL., oct. 26. i969Bultaco rider Ron Matteri and Yamaha rider Pat Rooney put on quite a show last Sunday in the 350 Amateur MaiD at the sacramento Raceway. Rooney maneuvered a quick lead. but Matteri was right beb1Dd him waiting for a mistake. Matterl got bis cbanve to pus and did. but Rooney was soon blIck on t!le groan and in hot pursuit, rUllll1nC wbeel to wbeel Ylth only two laPs to go. Rooney t1.DaUY squeezed by to take a ttgbt first place. leaving second spot to Matteri. The 250 Novice MaiD went UP for grabs. TIm Tewksbury on a Harley Da'lldson took an early lead unttl lap four when Kawasaki rider Jerry Sp&1n tried to pass. Jerry didn't make it, but he did manage to take Tewksbury's rear wheel DYNAMIC DUO SWEEP SENIOR CLASSES AT SALEM By Jeru Mark 8J 0.11. Curran 8J B.E.R. Service Art A 35 lap TT Traek race in July at the Ntltlexw ls held in Castle Rock, Wasll1DclIDo. tIIeIl off to the santa Fe Sbort lD Cbtcaco in August as well as the 0kIaboma CIt;)" Natloaal; 011 to the SacrameDto M11er in Secltember. and later to the OCtober ODe-Half M11e at Los Anp1as - tbese are but a few at the competlt1Q11.S wh1cb were in the otrt.ac tII18 lear for Oreeoo's 20-year-old. red wh1te and blue clad 1IODder boy of the mo'orcycle clwmptl'lllBblPS. Mart wu- YOUR AD This $6 50 • Size C4ntact ISm SIDltb Cycle ....sllortll (415) 934-1!I!J5 SbiPmaD SALEM, ORE .• oct. 19. 1969- Corvallls' own DyDamlc Duo, DIJe and J8:I Demarls captured Y1etortes in both the Open lJ5cc classes here today in a most CODvlnctnc st;yle, by swooping all three hMts UDCOIII8st8d. J8:1, rld1ng a 360 CZ In the Open class, bad some contentlOD in the form at Leon Brown on a 360 Mateo, but a serious threat Dll'I8l' m&ter1allzed. DIJe. r1d1Dg a 115 Sacha. bad a IOOd c:base by Frank Forester 011 a Bod'b, but anr.,ys came in ttrst. Salem's Garry Seeley 011 a hr1D-p1pe CZ scored an over-all Y1D in the touch 350 SeA10r class Ylth V1rc1l Sarceat on a Jawa and Ed Herrlll&llD on a Bultaco gty1Dg Garry a touch way to CO. 10 the 100cc Bec1DDers class•. the 09Wal1 1rinDer. Kent Boring. on a MolD Beta, bad the mtsfortuoe of fa11lng on the next to f1nal lap and gett1~ lIeaten by M1ss DIane Cox from SlIlem who WOII the beat and tIleD placed second overall. I must SILY there were a few red faced male riders wbo fOUlld sometblng wroog Ylth tbe1r bikes all of a sudden. Smooth Stan, Morin that ls, knocked all !bose buzzing two strokers over Ylth a Honda 90 Motosport in the 135 Junlors. BeIng down on power. be ls alwa.YS in back OIl the scratch. but in the roueh stuff he looks so good and ooncbaJant be almost puts a hex on competition. A f1De rider missed today was Bob Leach wbo ls in Callfor.n1a tak1Dc a tictory course in motorcycle matntenance. Bob took b1s 405 Husky Ylth him. so watch for him down there. (Results on page 20) Wi~liaDl8 llama. As tar t.et as 196'7 wilen, atelchteen, be st1pped the NoYtce class. th1s bueleYe