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BBA & Speedway Enterprises Present Sportsmen Indoor Short Track Cow Palace San Francisco Saturday, March 2 0-36 rules & AMA sanctio ned Open to all classes and mini's. Gates open 8 a.m., Prac 10-2 p.rn, Race 3 p.m. Pre-entry before February 26 $7.50 includes guest pass & rider insurance Post entry $7.50, no guest pass Admission $3.50, Pit pass $5.00. Entries aflocal shops, or write: Sportsman Indoor 14 Camp Evers Lane, Scotts Valley, CA 95060 Info : 415-327-4461 . .. PRODUCTS INC. 2134 OLD MIDDLEFIELD WAY MT VIEW. CA .94043 0 (415 ) 961- 24 4 6 LIGHTWEIGHT AXLES HOllOW. $11.50 It 's the third w in at Santa Rosa in the 100 Novice class for Randy Mamola ( 1 6 1 U ) on the pole for the start of the final. H EA T TREATED. 4130 AXLES. WITH AIRCRAFT lOC K NUTS Cycle News MAICO -BUlTACOCZ - 250 PENTON YAMAHA A ND OT HER 17MM AXLES ANDY K PLATES 72 Highland Avenue South San Francisco California 94080 (415) 583·7294 .)&..... 1 11 "'AWol''!>AKI 8"A 8NIW SUZUKI M O NfE!>A Rlc;;. .... A N MAle o selby motors M OTORCV C tE S .......L E-S l",, -,U AA NCE M A IC C E I. E C 1R OI\l ' C II. Nl n ON '!> RVIC E £ ).4 b [.J,. C A ,," NO REA L U I'l'EOW OOO CI Tv. C A L IF' The Most Complete D irt B ik e Sh o p i n North er n Califo r nia CZ·HUSKV-MA'CO -SUZUK I SALES - SERVICE - PARTS Troph y Cycte, C u sto m W ork 114 A n ton io Ave. Mountain V iew. Ca 9404 0 (41S) '4 1-7317 Race Pr ep ar ati on Ma il O r der All o y T a nk, san CMC 20 SANCTION WITH THE BEST P.O. BOX 1402 . COSTA MESA . CA. 926 26 orth By James Brammer J argon of note from a well dressed first nigh ter leaving a play also at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds o n th e night of the ra ces: While o bserving the crowd leaving the races. he was comme nting 10 h is group that "the sound effects are gre at in there." SANTA ROSA, CAL.,JAN. 25 The small guy In the 100 Novice class, Randy Mamola (Hod) won again Friday night at the indoor races in Santa Rosa, making it three wins in a row for him . In the 125 Nov ice class, Kevin Grayson (Bul) becam e the fourth winner in four race meetings with Dave Mortheu passin g last we ek's winner Jack Pedersen for a second pla ce fin ish . Predictably, Mike Delacy on a new YZ Yamaha zoomed to the fron t in the 12 5 Junior final to finish first, but Lan ce Car ter (BuI) passed Lonnis Kerley also on a YZ to get second. Triumphs ar e "in" at Santa Rosa this year with mo st of the o nes en tered winning. Rich Luhdorff lopped the 200 Nov ice class o n one. J eff Sier ck and Larry Silva finis he d firsI and sec ond in the 25 0 Junior fin al on the on ly IWO T riumphs in that class. Two tim es winner, Greg Ferguson (T ri) in th e 250 Expert class won his heal bUI w as Slo p ped b y a crash in the fin al. On th e first start of th e 250 Expert final, Ferguson and Duane Yarrow led th e p ack down the back sl ra igh I so fast they ap pear ed 10 forget th at a co mer would foll ow. Ferguson and Yarrow gOI thro ugh , bUI the next six fell. On t he restart , Kelly Mci saac led with Ferguson in second, bUI Ferg uso n was among the four rid ers st opped by a spill before the finish. It wa s the second w in in the seri es fo r Mclsaa c. Yarrow fini shed second wi th th e Faria brothers ne xt. Mike third and Dave fourth . Ra ces at the Cow Palace a tt ra c ted th e professional rid ers fro m th e 360 E xpe rt class leaving o nly enough sp orts men for on e heal Te d Davidson (Kaw) w on th at and with his p ole posi tion st art in the main was bea ten int o the first tum by winner Wade Boyd (Bul). Davidson ran an exciting chase . but Boy d. was righ t-on allowing n o o p p orturury for anyone 10 pass. Davidso n kep t looking bac k to see th a t third place m an Ron Sarver didn 't a tt emp t to co me by o n t he ou tside , Results 1 0 0 N OV : 1. Ra nd y Mamola (HOd) . 2 . Chris Paulso n ( Kaw) . 3 . Jim Paley (S uz). 1 25 N OV : 1. Ke vin Grayson (Bul ). 2 . Dave M ortheu ( Y am ) . 3. Jac k Pede rse n (Suz) . 125 JR : 1. Mike Delacy ( Y am ). 2 . Lance C arter (Bul) . 3. LO~lnle Kerley (Yam ) . 2 0 0 NO\! : 1. Rich Lu h dorft rr rn. 2. Tony A lv e s ( B ul) . 3 . M i k e J ose p h ( Va m ) . 2 0 0 JR: 1. K ev in Sinclair (B u l ) . 2. Rich Sil va ( Bu l ). 3. R u sty Dav i s ( Va m) . 2S i) N OV : 1 . S liva Pasq u ini ( B u l ) . 2. Rober t Gomez (Yam). 3. Fran k Borb a (Bul). 25 0 JR : 1. Je ff S ie rck (Trl) . 2 . Larry Sliva ( T r l) . 3. Steve B ir k hof e r (Bu l). 2 5 0 E X : 1. KellY M ci saac (055). 2. D u an e Varr o w (Yam) . 3 . Mike F ari a ( ass). 36 0 NOV : 1. Pat B ond ( Yam ). 2. John Cart e r (vaml36 0 JR : • K en n eth Peschel (Bu l ). 2. Steve M cKibb in ( Vam) . 3 . R ich Biggs (Vam) . 360 EX , 1. Wad e Boyd (Varni . 2. Ted D av idson ( Ka w) . 3. R on Sa r ver ( 8 UI ) . Triumphs are in at Santa Rose this year, but Mark Hendrickson has to be putting us on with this one.