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Wins 10th Plus .$500 Barn ' Burner j Brelsford Just part of the action. ' By BUl Spencer cow PALACE, SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 28, 1970- Migbty Mark Brelsford, without being overly repetitious, did it again and again in the season closer by winning the regular 15 lap main, his 10th win, and a special' 25 lap Barn Burner for $500. Brelsford andbisHarley-Davidsonbad no trouble winning the special main event as be came from an eighth spot start to second coming .out of the first turn. The pole position went to Dave Hansen wbo picked the magic number out of a can. Hansen led of! the start but relinquisbed first to Mark on the second go round and dropped to third when Jim Rice also got underneath him. Brelsford then started to pick bIs way through the rest of the twelve man field with a few of the strangers dropping out. In the regular main Al Kenyon led of! from the pole and came out of the first ~\~ . ~~~~ ~~~~~~~NgW\~:&>~~~ . , ~w~~r?~~~ ~~ , ~ \a~ r?~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~\~~~ ©~~ -manufacturers:. ~ . Wlnnlneest Indoer professional Mark Brelsford Is beseiced by his fans fer autocraphs. DIRT RIDERS AND _fftg CO M TIT ION RI DE RS 'PE .,. 'C ATALOG , .OVER 100 PARTS AND ... ACCESSORIES , f------ RETAIL CATALOG:SOc, .. ::::: DEALER CATALOG: ....,,"'••• FRE E! Shasta Motocross Dry And Dusty r~"'E3E ' HT."~" I . . . Barn es Ente rprises. 1436 '-West ISih St . lollI( ~. Beach. Californ ia 9011I3, Tel : (2131 436-2623 from U.S.A, West Coast Distributors ORANGEVALE DISTRIBUTORS NYLON ANTI-FRICTION CABLES RED BLUFF, CALIF . Feb. 22, 19~0 The Shasta Motorcycle Club sponsored their second Motocross this afternoon, west of Red Bluff. It was a dry course laid out in the foothills with two long straightaways. Before the regular events started a Junior Race was run. Anyone under the -It. *'.-*'JOHN'SMITH-. -""'* 9198 Greenback Lane Orangevale, Ca6fomia 95662 : MOTORCYCLE PARTS ,.... ; GOODIES 'N' STUFF RACERS HEADQUARTERS FOR THE NEW FLEXERCABLE IEPUCE fOUl OLD fASHIOIED CAlLES WITH THE fllEST Inol AITI-fIICTlOI UIITS (Dealers Write For Info. and Prices) Phone: 916·988·4725 *. It It It JAWA-CZ ,DEALER, 5 YEARS YOU CALL - WE SHIP MAIL ORDER 2512 Franklin It A & A MANUFACTURIN A&A A&A A&A* ,.~, l"~ ." , By Edna Conway 'llEIERC"lE' A&A A&A A&A A&A A&A : • ~ (916) 452.2622. Sacramento , Calif. 95ll.. 4 • • ? . It It & A & A BUL.Tl=lCO A NORTH BAY M/Cs A 2771 E Inqu.lr~l;!livlted I .. factur.J.l'g(U5~!&-8!t I""Aellwood City, CaUf/J4061 Unl~ersal & A & A : 4' Iront fender & f its any mount $7.95~ ~&A~~~~A&A~~A&AA&A~'~~A&A~~~~ age of fifteen was elg1ble to ride. Nine boys entered, the younges t 'beIng nine years old. In the lOOcc class Lonnie Foreman on bIs Harley-Davidson Baja 100 led the pack most of the time in all the three five lap motes, . The 200Cc class was captured by Jim Hubbard on his Yamaha. He also won all the motos In his class. The biggest class was the 25OCc' s with thirty-one riders competing. Manfred Heyrend riding a Yamaha was first Into the first turn' all three races and from there Just continued to stretch his lead to the finish Une each time. Charley Thompson on an American Eagle had to ride hard as second place Phil Heyrend, also riding an American Eagle, was a threat to him all afternoon, In fact, In the last moto, Charley trying to overtake Phil took a nasty spUl approaching the finish line. He was able to remount his bike and take a seventh place enabling him to still place first overall In the Open class. (Results on page 18) sonny kenyon'S ~ cycles s ales s ervic e par ts & r : *• & A, & A & A & A & A & A from start to f1n1sh beating out Matt Falconer and Greg Hodges. . Brelsford had many things going against him tonight as he started in the back row of his qual1fy1ng heat. which he won and being handicapped in the heat and semi, he managed a third and second respectively. (Results on page 19) turn about 15 feet in front of Brelsford, after they bad tangled going in Kenyon then got quite wide and dropped back, apparently having hit the frame as he dove into the second turn. Brelsford Was long gone then with old team-mate Butch Corder finishing second after holding of! an onslaught by Ralph Waldeman. Bob Scally led the 10-lap consolation 2UO Concord Ave. In Concord, California (415)687·9300 ~~~~ - 6 p.m. I WE TAKE CARS IN 'I~ ~ E ON MOTORCYCLES , -- -- - - - -- - - - - - - - , . ~ - ---- ~ \!.. loIbcI , -.s.. SPECIALIST 2594 Middlefi eld Roa d Mt. View, Ca li fornia 94040 ( 4 15) 961 -4399 MAIL ORDER