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Open I n t : 1. Mon te Mahan (CZ ) ; 2 . Mik e N o r r is ( C Z ) : 3 . J oh n Do m osl a! ( C Z ) . Open E x : 1. Rob R iggs (Ma i) ; 2 . Mark Rodman (Yam) ; 3 . Curt is Lessel (Mai) . AMC Saddleback By "Thew Asp" S&SMX ORANG E, CAL., FEB . 10 Th is week a t Sad dlc back Park th e AMC put in to effect its all new membersh ip d rive and I mig h t add tha t it w as a smash ing success! T he first race to take off was the Open In termed ia te-Ex pert. Taki ng th e lead was Mark Rodman on a YZ with the kno bb ies o f Luk e Messe r (Mai] ridi ng up his back fender. T hings went like th is for a lap or tw o un til so mething went wrong w it h Rodm an 's bike which ca used him to drop back in to last pla ce . T his left Messer in first p lace w ith Rob b R iggs (Mail holding on firmly for secon d u ntil Messer developed those all to o familiar " Maic o-b reako" blues." The break d own too k Messe r co m ple te ly o ut of th e race a nd gave Riggs a free a nd easy firs t p lace fini sh for th at race, an d eventuall y th e o verall win . Rodman fin all y go t h is bi ke in wo rking o rder ma k ing a co m hack second a nd third b ehi nd the Maico o f Curt is Lessel. Uncle Donny Em lers Fly in g Mach in e Fac to ry b rough t hi s ride rs out in for ce today . Pulling off the 250 Ex pe rt win was probably their best rid e r, Bill Rubl y (Pen) . Takin g a n o t so close second was M ot o c r o s s E. n te rp rise·s Ti m Battenschlag [Mai}, wh ile Dre w Nelson on a YZ pulled a th ird . T he 250 No vice-j u n io r Co mb ine d was a no ther race that h eld quite a b it of excitem en t for everyone involved. The overall fir st pl ace w in in the Junio r h alf of this race wen t to S te ph en Mu rita (Hon) , with Maico ride r Rick Wa tso n grabbing sec ond p lace, and J ohn H. Currie ta kin g third on a Pen ton. T he part o f this race d evoted t o the l ' ovices saw a very quic k Ge org e R obins (Ya m ) make a mad d ash for the fini sh n ag j ust ahead o f th e rest o f t he co m pe ti tio n, while Rick Fifie ld (S uz ), and J ohn Raw son (Han) di ced it o ut for second and third p osit io n. Fi fie ld even tually th e cliff. T w ice hi s d ad d y had t o ride it up fo r h im. Daddy Pau l Freese sh ould h ave stayed with th e Mini class; in his first 250 Begin ner m o ta he cra shed hard and had to ca ll it quits. J eff Nix on (Han) walked a way from the 12 5 Beginner/N o vice field fo r an easy 125 Novi ce firs t plac e t rophy . Mike Landegent (Ya m) to ok h ome the 125 Beginner brass after a few brief dices with Nixon. Bob Totte n (C Zl gra nd sla m med the 25 0 Beginner class eve n th ough he crashed in th e fir st mota. He knows ho w t o pl ay " catch -up !" Pat Mellgren (C Z) showed the wh ip pe r-snap pe rs wh al 53 ye a rs of ex pe rie nce d oe s b y smoking o ff the wro ng class ! His je rsey says " O ld Age Has Passed You By, " but t his time it should ha ve sai d "Y our Mota Do esn't Run Fo r Another Forty Minutes, Bub !" M in i N o v : 1. Gregg voung ( HO n ) ; 2. Kenny A ll e n ( Hon j: 3 . F r ed Magalon.1 ( Han) . Min i I n t : 1. BObby Quin ton (Hon) ; .2. Pete H i ll eb re cht (Hon); 3 . Jami e Ott ver (H an ) . 100 Beg : 1. Oa vee Coll i ns (Pen) ; 2 . To m Shaffer (Yam) ; 3 . G ary C o rn (Ya m ) . 1 0 0 Nov : 1. Greg Kn ight ( Y am ) : 2 . Chri s Grant (Vam ); 3 . Jon H e w itt (Y.1m). 1 0 0 Jr : 1. J ohn Ir w i n ( R i C). 100 In t : 1. M ike Joh nson (Ya m); 2 . Marty Miller ( Ste) : 3 . D o n Miller ( Han) . 1 2 ~ B eg : 1. G r eg Ga nnon (Han); 2 . G.1ry Priege l ( H an ) : 3 . Mark A sh bur y ( Pe n ) . 125 N ov : 1. R .1nd y Howiler (Hon); 2. K ip p K ommer st ad (Han); 3 . Jon Lewey (Hon) . 1 25 Jr : 1. Je rr y Fa n nin g ( Han) ; 2 . Mark Pope l ( Han); 3 . Je ff W il son ( H a n). 12 5 Int : 1. R ic h Z a lle r (Han) ; 2. Sc ott stuuc ( H onl; 3 . J o h n D i c k en son (Han) . 1 2 5 E x : 1. Mark Tyer ( Pen); 2 . Bob Brooks (Pen) ; 3 . Da v id wtnlams ( Pen) . 2 5 0 Beg : 1. R o b e rt Gree n (Kaw); 2. J ay Parent ( B u l ) ; 3 . G regg B a y e r (CZ) . 2 50 Nov: 1. G e o r ge R obb i n s ( Ya m) ; 2 Rick Fifie ld (SUZ ); 3 . Joh n Raw son ( Han ) . . 250 Jr : 1. Stephen Murlta (Hon) : 2 . R ic k Watson (Ma i); 3. Joh n C u rr ie (K TM) . 250 I n t: 1. A la n Roh rabache r (Ma i); 2 . Mike Hudd le ston (Mai) ; 3 . T erry H unuer ev (B Ull . 2 5 0 Ex: 1. B i ll R ubly (KTM ) ; 2 . T im 6atten schla g (Mai); 3 . D rew Nelson (Va m). O pen B eg : 1. St eve Da v is (Mal) ; 2. Ha l H anne m an n ( Ma i); 3 . Rand al H ett ema ( Yam) . O pe n N ov : 1. SCott C av ne ss ( Bul) ; 2 . T ed Ten negkelt (CZ) ; 3 . Russe ll L o ng (Mai). Open Jr: 1. Fra n k McC ar t h Y (C Z) : 2. K e ith Ma r te ns o n (CZ ) : 3 . G regory se x t on (M ai) . Results Mini Beg : 1. J ac k Kn unwe lde ( HOn ); 2 . B arry K n igh t ( HOn); 3 . John Mil ler ( Hon) . Mini : 1. M ar k Jaffar i; 2 . Ti mmy F reese . 1 0 0 Beg : 1. Jo h n K eith, lit; 2. T err y Felt h a us; 3 . Je ff Champ . 125 Beg : 1. Mike L a n dege nt; 2 . K a rl Kann ; 3 . R i Chard Pet er se n . 125 Nov: 1. Jeff N i x o n ; 2 . Bob Murra y : 3 . Dean D en i so n. 2 5 0 Beg : 1. Bob Totten : 2 . Bob M i ll ikan; 3 . Scott Edson . 25 0 Nov: 1. D al e L uedt k e; 2 . David Br i n ton ; 3. R on Held er . 2 5 0 t nt : 1. RandY Ba t se ll ; 2 . D ave Doss. Open Beg : 1. B i ll Ladd ; 2 . R ic k Moore; 3. Robert Lewis. Open Nov : 1. R obert D Obratz ; 2 . J ack McC o r miCk . NO W 1295 J T MX NOW 9ge TIE DOWNS SOCKS Reg. 7.95 595 All Colo rs V ent ed NOW MX 6 95 JERSEYS Reg. 9.95 6 95 CHEST PROTECTOR KIDNEY BElT N OW red . green, blue, yellow Reg. 7.95 NOW Reg. 9. 95 N OW 695 6 88 Reg. 2.9 5 • Chen Shing NOW KNOBBIES 229 REAR Reg. 4.95 DUCK VISORS Reg. 1.50 NOW 99 e NOW 195 395 CYCLE PARTS (2 1JI 98J· 02 1Q EAST LOS ANGELES 400 5 AlIanlle (21 3) 26 4- 4 107 .~:-'NT:':'~N~~:;' 1213) 399 ·2549 Set of 3 ALL COLORS TORRANC E NORTH HOlLYWOOO 13327 She rm an W ay ~ I'-- Ul '--"' C'J >- .. .c I-. ...J I-. ::; ~ • Results Reg. 14.95 FACE SHiElDS -= =g CA RLS BA D, CA L., FEB . 3 T he w eath er was great and the track was fast as riders ranging in age fro m nin e to 53 gath ered at Carlsbad Racew av for another S & S Race of th e Mo;' th. In t h e MinifJ OO Beginner co mb ined, little Ti m my Freese co uld n't get h is Kawasaki Mini up look sec ond w it h Raw so n having to settle for third . The 25 0 Beginner ra ce sa w a new comer to th e 25 0 cla ss sm oke h is group for th e first pl ace finish. R obert Green w as m o u n ted on one of th e new Kaw asa k i 250's an d let me te ll you th a t th ey a re fast with a ca p ita l "F." Taking a se co nd place was th e "taco" of J a y Pare n t and ending up third was CZ rid e r, Gregg Bayer. T he 125 Expert race was a tw o man battle for first and second p lace w ith no one ever coming close to jeopa rd izi ng Mark Tyer (Pen) a nd Bo b Bro oks (Pen) positio ns. You ca n chalk up two more points for Donny Emle r since bo th of these you ng fellow s ride fo r h im. It was T yer wh o just barely m ade it p ast his teammat e to get th e first p lace purse with Bro oks stealing a n easy second and an othe r Pen to n rider, David Williams ta k ing th ird . • fI DaI IiCII ...:II g By Pranc ing Buffalo 250 Ex pert Bill Ru bl y, Flying Machine's Ace, working his way t o the win . c;n 2092 8 Haw t hOrne 8 N~ (2 13 ) 371 -36 1' WESTMI NSTER 1368 2 Beac h Blvd (7 14 J 893-4 450 PA SA DENA SANTA ANA 205 N , Harbor (71041 8 39 -5541 SAN DIEGO EI Calon B tvd (714) 582.2 290 1890 E. ColofadO (2 13) 793. 4226 HA WTHO RNE SA N BERNARDI NO LONG BEA CH 12942 Hawthorne (2 13 ) 676-8202 473 w . Baseline {714} 888 ·2505 5869 AtlantiC (213, 423.9 236 ~OO5 The World's Largest Chain of Moto rcycle Accessory Stores ONT A RIO 152 0 W Hate (7 14 , 983~ 2T O HARBOR CITY 1290 W Paclhc Coasl Hwy (2 13) 530..Q90.4 .