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• • GIll 11II 11II .... t ,.... At times like this all you do is go bananas. moto and breezed to victory in all, turning the fastest lap of the day in the first event at 01 :15.3. Bob Schwartz (Mon) and John Atwood (Bul) finished two and three overall. Ed Cole (Pen) didn't have it as easy as Oswell, but the sweep of the 125 Senior motos was jUst as convincing in the end. Jim Hale (Pen) held Cole off temporarily in the first and third events but as Hale erred, Cole swept by him and steadily opened his lead on the way to a grand slam and overall honors. Hale and Tony Delatorre (Mon) finished two and three. Craig Cole (Pen) is showing the style and consistency of big brother Ed, riding the 100 Junior circuit. Craig grabbed a grand slam in winning-overall honors in his division. Jerry Hutchison and Jeff Anderson (Yam) came in second and third. The 250 Beginners' standings proves again the importance of consistency. John Mongillo (Hon) came through with strong victories in the first and third motos and Butch Daggs captured the middle event with ease. But it was Ken Ritchie's (KTM) steady pumping that captured overall honors with a second place finish in each event. Mongillo and Ron Cardoza finished two and three; The 500 In termedia tes and Seniors ran together today and produced more casualties than we've ever seen. Fortunately, the casualties were all machinery. The race started with 14 entries. Everything was fine in the first and second mo tos. Jon Mjiler and Dennis Turner (Hus) took a first and second in the'lntermediate class. Seniors Dan McFarland and Ken Walson (CZ) each had a first going into their main event. Then the trouble started. There's not enough space to describe all the problems so we'll just give the finishes: Intermediate, Jon Miller; Seniors. Joel Sheldon, Dan McFarland, and Ken Watson (CZ). A notable grand slam was turned in by Larry Jones astride an unfamiliar Jlew Bay Area Bultaco in the 250 Junior division. _ Las Vegas MX By Turkey McBill LAS VEGAS, NEV., NOV. 4 After one of two 25 minute motos, it looked as if Floyd Dunn (Mai), might dethrone Big Jim Keeton, the Las Vegas MotoCross Club's Open class king. "I just don't seem to be able to get my act together", stated Keeton. Bigjim has won 13 of the 19 races he has entered this year. "This new Husky feels great", added the shy, 31·year.old, 200 pound College Professor. "Maybe I'll do better the second moto. tt Maybe he woulcL Twenty fIVe minute.. over the rough, bumpy two mile course would surely favor a man who runs five miles every morning and then does various other calisthenics designed to surprise the yo/unger set on race day. But it would be at least two hours before his chance would come as the final Mini Beginner moto was just starting and some Mini Fathers were getting plenty of exercise, running after . and pushing loaded up Minis. One Mini Beginner father, Ken Steele, finally took his 125 racer ou.t on the inside of the course and followed the Beginners, helping as he went. The even tuaJ winner was Ronnie Giger, younger brother of Lenny Giger. Lenny won the Mini Expert so handily that officials thought it wise to measure his Honda. It was found completely legal. When asked what he thought about the day's races, one old timer said that his favorites were the Mini Amateurs and Experts. They really put on a show. Suzuki mou.nted 125 Expert Jerry McKinlay seemed untouchable as did 250 Expert Mike Sankovich. McKinlay won both motos by over eight seconds but Sankovich lost a swinging arm nut on the sixth lap of the first moto, leaving the lead and the win for the day to new 250 Expert, Marc Pe.terson (Yam). The 140 racers and 400. spectators enjoyed the long races under the warm sun but Big Jim watched nervously as the once beautiful track deteriorated under the pounding of the final 250 moto. The choice seemed to be dust covered, shock breaking pot holes, with visibility zero or a top coat of water, making two miles of slippery slime. The 1948 Ward LaFrance water truck made the decision. It quit. When the flag dropped the dust was terrible. And when it had cleared, the fron t runner was - you guessed it Floyd Dunn. He had a full seventy yard lead before Big Jim could see well enough to dial on his Husky. Little by little, Keeton pounded his way towards the front, remembering the workout this fellow Dunn had given him two months ago. This time all Big Jim could see was a dust cloud. Thank.fully, it kept getting closer. Then on the third lap, the dust cloud disappeared. ·Floyd and his Maico were checking out th~ soil as Keeton went on to his 14th 500 Expert win. Another class winner was Mini Novice Mike Worthingtbn (Hon). This makes two wins for Mike and earns him the right to have a yellow plate. Paul Emerson, Yamaha, won his first Mini Amateur race. Rod Ahlstrom, Yamaha, won the 100 Novice class and he also gets to. parade a yellow plate. Randy Cannon, Hodaka, won the 100 Expert race. David Fultz, Honda. won Division I of the 125 Novice class and Charles Finnegan, YZ, won Division II. Now Charles is a yellow plater, too. Dave McNeill celebrated his first 125 Amateur win and Chuck Pallas won the 500 Novice class giving him his second win and making him an Amateur. • Hodaka' ~~~~~~ Motorcycles 111ut.Ul4tR g~.Sport Cycle GUY R. LOUIS n19 Westminster Ave" (714) 893·7057 W~minster, Ca. 15