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Eddie Diaz won his fifth main in a row in the 560 Novice cws. Winner Eddie Hegarty took the 250 Junior lead from Brad Kotsaris on the first lap and then on the second lap Bob Stuscavage moved into second with the three finishing in that order. Like the new champion, Stewart, another rider from Rodeo, Rick Shafer, is frequently winning. Shafer is in charge of the 200 Novice cbus, but that step into the wild 200 Junior class will be a big one. David Allen was runner-up to Shafter in Friday's 200 Novice final. Solano Eagles MX at Argyll By Reese Ultz BIrCH DIXON, CAL., OCT. 14 Top-quality motocross was the order of the day with a near-record turnout of riders at today's giant event. Cancellation of a scheduled "Blue Plate" point run at Carson City saw the race transferred to Argyll Motorcycle Park hosted by the Solano Eagles M.C. BITCH BlrfH .~ SACHS ; is i;5 ;'-',. STRAIGH~..6{ ~ CUTS ((~)" ~ ~ ..,\.:. . 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The four remained closely together throughout the main with McIsaac getting third from Faria by edging by on the inside. Delacy and Stewart kept the first two positions secure by being close together on the inside line_ Chris Hudson and Ron Sarver contested the 360 Expert class with Hudson leading start to finish. At one point, Phil Carando attempted to separate the two by edging by on the outside of Sarver, but there was no space to break into the line and meanwhile Terry Otton moved into third on the inside of Carando. Jerry Kole and Dennis Robinson were among severaJ excellent riders who didn't make the main. Robinson's bike broke in a heat_ Jerry Kole couldn't get going to a quaJifying position in his heat. Returning after a long absence from the VaJIejo scene, Mike Marzetta was back with a well prepared four-cycle Honda. He led most of the 360 Junior rmaJ before giving up the lead to Lee DoicinL As a resuit, the maJonty of front-running Experts from Northern California's AMA District 36 were on hand to vie for the coveted "Blue Plate" points. Action was the order of the day with the existing track lap record almost falling severaJ times. Danny Turner of Rescue who holds the existing track record of' 1 :42 was onJy a half-second off in tying his own record, aJthough that wasn't good enough to give him a first place in the 250 Expert class. Turner, who got off to a bad start in his first moto, never quite caught up with high-flying Daniel Leet even though be rode through the entire rJeJd of Experts to place second. In the second moto, Turner got off the line in good shape to take the lead and hold it. However, in the rmaJ scoring, Leet emerged victor because the first moto was longer in time than the second moto. Mike Hart also started poorly in the first 125 Expert moto but had moved up to third by the time the checkered flag had faJIen. In his second moto, Hart took an early lead and held it until the . end, thus giving him' second overaJI, behind Henry Halbach who scored a first and third. Jeffrey Loff scored a pair of back-to-back wins for the overaJl win in The Open Expert event, but not without a lot of competition from John Dieu who scored a pair of seconds. The next "Blue Plate" point race at Argyll Motorcycle Park will be October 28 hosted by the Solano Eagles M.C. The action should prove hot and heavy. Santa Rosa rider Steve Darling should get an award for the largest set of leathers.