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BLAKE By Mike Capallte Photos by Dennis Greene COSTA MESA, CAL. June 19, 19'10 Newcomer Rick Blake was in good form . Friday nlgbt at the Orange County fa1rgrounds track. He was on the scratch line in the hand1cap events and used this advantage to take the lead and hold it in his beat, the semi, and the main. Back in form and pu1l1ng the bat trick in the Scratch events was Rick Woods, although he bad the same trouble thls week in the handicap beat as he did last week, In tact, he even fell down In the same corner. The battle for inside spot in the first tum offers plenty of action for Costa Mesa crowd. Trailbikes 50 LAP NAT.'L CHAM'. mOlle oller I A.M.A. TT RACE .JULY 18t' lbree weeks ago we anaoanced tile d_ of a DeW mot.cycle. TIle Illy It10cc ever te finish three 10lllS en the ._lIIag ChetrY Creek Hare aad HlIDd. lbe new Wildcat rlddea by Frank finished the bike-llreaking 100 mi Ie Jericbo, Utah course in its competitive debut. wan PERFORMANCE •• Wlleel. MAYNARD ENTERPRJSES S.nt. An. MOTD-X PRODUCTS ~CZ Foldlnc Foot PIC' ••..•.••••••.••.•.• $11.95' Propst.nd. (rldcld,.p)••••.•..••••• $ 4.95 Repl.e._t Rear Fend.rs••• _ •••• $10.95 Alum. Skid Plate •••••••••••.••..••••• $10.95 • • MAICO "Works" Flberclas. Front F.nd.r $ 9.95 ·Work." FlberCI... R.ar F.nder. $ 8.95 Mlkunl C.rb. M.nlfold (For bolt on Mlkunl)•••.••••••••••.•.•••......•• $ 9.95 3 Gal. T.nk•••.••.•••.••.••.••••••••••• $42.95 People Are Taking Notice Willkat••• a reliable motort:YCle .,.i'.... i••• .ilu •• ~ ,.r's ~iI'.". D,,'.r ,.,.iri.s I.. it.~. WiWe.' Dls'....'.r: fr••l W',,'.r 65' w. Llle.s'.r .,n. YAMAHA lIoIo·X HI-Mount F.nd.r•.•••.•..••• $15.95 Alum. with Br.ees DTl••.•••••••••• $14.95 Alum. with Br.e. ATl·CTl••••••.. $14.95 Flbercl... Re.r F.nder DTl (ume as .tock)•..••..••.•.•••...... $14.95 DTl HI·Torque Ch.mber•••••.•••••• $39.95 CTl HI-Torque Clllmbers_••••••••• $37.95 ATl HI·Torque Clllmllers•••••.••••• $34.95 .,urd Mall Check or ...., Order or C.O.D. to L.Ie.sftr, e.I". (.05) 'U·2312 The Intermission show was a real grandstand event as the mlnl-blke match race pitted little Jeff Ward against Guy Erickson who 18 about a foot taller than Jeff. As they made the run for the fln1sb line, everyone was on theIr feet and ye1l1ng as Jeff took the win by a wheel length. The feature match race this week pitted Greg Haserot against Larry Shaw, which proved to be a pretty close matcn. Twice Shaw tried to drive under Greg but went too bard and drUted wide so he lost ground that be was unable to make uP again as Haserot came across for the checkered flag and the win. It was a pretty rough nlgbt for the 'two - sponsored racing teams, the Great Bear Raclng Team and the Valvoline sponsored USA racing team. In the scratch semi, Bli Cody and Mike Konle of the USA racing team were pitted against each other. Of! the line, Cody took the lead with teammate Mike Kanle In second. Mike Konle was charging bard, and as they blasted Into the second corner, Kanle went In bard on the inside of Cody and as he came out, he couldn't hold it on the Inside and he bashed against Cody and pushed Bli uP against the wall, (this 18 teamwork?) Cody was able to stralgbten it uP and put the pressure on DeIll11s Gutldebaus who was running In second and took that position to make the MaIn Event. The Great Bear racing bad thetr share of troubles. Larry Helnselman, bad to throw bis macblne down In the scratch semi to avoid bitting Jimmy Raymond who bad fallen down in the corner. This was bad enough, but In the Scratch Consolation, bis teammate, Sonny Nutter bad his engine suddenly quit coming out of the comer and as he raised his band to warn the riders beb1nd him, Larry Helnselman was coming out full cbatand before he could swerve or shut off, he slammed into Sonny and they both went (this down with Larry striJdDg the 18 teamwork?). In the Division Two main event, it was Larry Lee and B1llY Leef1Chtlngfor flrst place andpayingso mucbattentton to each other, Robert Bruce was able to slip under both of them to take over the lead . and hold it to the checkered flag for the win. Larry copped second with BUly third, fourth spot WlIJ1t to Tommy Bannon. The Handicap main event was noticably lacking In top riders as the riders with lower hand1caps are becoming more Ellterprl... 205 II. H.rtIor Blvd., santa AU, C.IIf.