(Abow) GlI'J J_I (53) ludl follow U5 Expert throuch Inlallloul Hop.own mudllol.. (Below)
Evon Jolly old St. IlIck rldel Hopotown (allll Ernie Araeon).
(Bolow) 250 Experts make tlllir way downhill past more spectator.s. (59) Daye Aldana wont on to second
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125 Am./Ex. winner Gone CannadY takll the Inside as Preston Petty tries the outside. Joe Bi.
har! (19) Ilus up tho situation.
The 500 Amateurs bad one of those wild starts and a few of them hit the
dust...Jlm SteIn (C- Z) walled but could not make It up to the front runners_.
Brad Lackey on an AmerIcan Eagle was just uncatchable •••BIll Dawson from
Northern California was doing some fantastic slides to the delight of the damp
crowd as the light rain fell •••JIm O'Neal (C-Z) bad all stops out but could not
get UP to Lackey.
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The 500 Experts put on the show the crowd expected._JIm Wilson (Griffon)
was fantastic •••John RIce bad third for a while but dropped out._Preston Pe~
(Maico) bad no trouble banging onto second•• .a Husky went right through the
fence and was carrIed back over upsIde down, restarted and ftn1shed the race_.
the ftn1sh was a heart-stopper with Pe~ right on Wilson'S back wheel.
Ernie Aragon stole the whole day by wearing a Santa Claus suit and throwIng candy to the crowd from his sidecar before the start of the hack event (can't
figure out how he kept his whiskers clean In the mud) •••the engine of Mike
Putt's Triumph sounded like a lOOOcc's••Jlowered by a 360 Greeves, the team
of Meter and Meter won It.
Wally Gordon was leading the open Novice when his chain came off_.Lana
Paige was right In there to the crowds' delight wearing Baggies over her two
pigtails_.Jack Kell and Eddie Walker put on a show skidding around the turns
together.
