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SAMMX By Tom Corley ORANGE, CAL., MARCH 23 The second Saturday of two-40 minute moto racing fired o ff at Saddleback Park with a good lineup o f 'cro ssers out to test whether they and th eir machine could hack it. When the da y was done, it seemed like everyone du g it and the bike s in the p its stayed pretty well together. The racers put on a super show and so did the Saddleback Association of Motorcycles who are the first to do this. The one blunder made by the promoters was their failing to have official overall results ready by the climax of the show. Though I can 't tell you who won each race overall, I can say who captured victory and tasted defeat wi thin th e two super long motos. Th e big barrelled 250 -500 Intermediates and Experts, along with th e 125 screamers, made the first roaring sound to come from th e starting area. Mike Yorba split the scene today and made the going more peaceful for the 5 0 0 Expert with Husky sad dled Cole Hastings starting the first mota in fran t. His hero role was soon broken as he ended up coming dead last. Another main 500 racer, Mike Rohrbacher (Mai) had some flu bugs rompin' around in him , which forced him to the sidelines. The 25 0 Expert contest was going on between Pat " Flyin ' " Flynn (Yea, Pat .. • Ed.} on a tri ck Yamaha and Phillips who sported the Honda Elsinore 250. Gary Faulks on a Elsinore 125 loo ked just like the pa ck of other Honda racers, except for that he was leadin ' the 125 Expert bunch. Jim Domann (Ha n ) couldn ' t believe how fast Faulks was moving and took second and neither could Sagebrushers' M.C. racer . Jack Hazard a n d rapid • In termediate Jeff Osborn. TV Coverage Trophies NRAMX For information call Ben Harra ll (M. a .R.E.) By Chris Hatounian 714·287.1681 ORANGE COUNTY SUZUKI-BULTACO (John's Racing Cvclesl / 10 2255 Harbor BIIId .. Costa Mesa. CA ICorner of Harbor & Wilsonl c 714-646·2428 or 646-4655 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VALENCIA, CAL. , MAR. 17 A cold, brisk morning welcomed riders to the festivit ies of th e National Ra cing Association Motocross at Indi an Dunes Park. Th e Shadow Glen Course was the site of what turn ed ou t 10 be a great day of racing, with good t r a c k p r ep arati on and rider t u rn- ou t. Lar ry Wa tk in s was th e man to watch in the 250 . Expert race. In the first " , .. _. mota, Rod Cowell (CZ) took off in the lead with Watkins (Ri c) in about fourth . About half way through the mota, Watkins star ted pouring it on and passed everybody, including Cowell and took over first to the end. In the second mota, Watkins shot out in the lead on his Cycle Products West sponsored Rickman and was never to be he aded for the remainder of the mota. Second place wen t to Cowell. A fight for th ird went on between Dave Cerwinski and Bill Wilson , wi th Wilson taking th ird and Cerw inski fourth. Victor Triepks (Mnk) grand slammed th e 125 Experts after quite a battle with Ron Palm er (Ha n ) and Pug Ferreira (Pen). Palmer won the first mota, but Triepks end ed up the winner with the highest placing in both motos. Palmer took second and Ferreira third. . The best racing of the day was with the 125 Intermediate. In the first mota, Rick Kawana (Han) took off from the pack with John Oswald (Han) and Dave Bush (Pen) having a fier ce battle for second. Going aro un d the S turns neck and ne ck, Bush crashed. By th e time he picked up his Penton, it was too late for a good placing. To m Barnett (Han) end ed up third. In th e second mota, it was John Oswald's turn to di sappear from the rest o f th e pack. Kawana got a bad start and wen t wild trying to get up to Oswald, but it was too lat e. Kawana took second - and Barne tt took third. Don Faulkner (Ha n ) rode his way to fourth. Later in the day, parts of the track got very dusty. Seeing through dust with two eyes is hard enough , but Sam Torres (Yam ) had an additional handicap. He only has vision. in one eye, but Sam took f"lrst Overall in the Open Beginner class. - Kim Herbert (Han) had to fight off a hard-charging Sandy Gonzales (Ha n I to win the Powder Puff class. Dolly Hays • (Pen) was third. Bret Rooka (Honlleads John Oswald (Hon) wit h some last-lap fancy anti cs.