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SAMMX By Tom Corley O RANG E , CAL., MA RCH 30 T he Exp ert tha t m ost rear lately in the 500 Expert class has been the Hu sq varn a b ig-barreled terro r Col e Hast ings. Th e Husk y racer smoke d the co mp eti tio n Ior the mo ney win Saturd ay at Sad Park in SAM moto raci ng. Now, whe ne ver a ra ce is st arted, a thunde rin g so u nd co m es from the sile nce rs of a swa rm of combined classes. Hast in gs m ad e o ne of th e lo udes t ear-ac hi ng sounds to be he ardin the comb ine d Expert bout as he led bot h 40 m inute moto s and took t h e firs t pl ace ove ra lls. T he fir st ' m o to was a b ree ze for the Hu sky m an so I'll wri te abo ut the sec o nd m oto ' cause it included so me co m pe ti t ive 'crossin' be tween h im an d Maic o muscler Mike Rohrbach er. Th e re d tanked Maico w as see n d oin ' well w it h Ro hr b ach er han gin g in t here wit h the lead fo r the m os t p ar t un til th e Hu sky c rep t u p a nd th en promptl y b las te d o n by. La ter I sa w Mike fall a t a co rner w hich muf fed up a fin e d ay o f racing fo r hi m . Lu ckily h e d idn ' t h a ve to worry ab o u t b ein g p as sed b ecause h is o ther co m peti tor Curt Bishop d idn't fin ish. Con sistent race r Ro hr b ach er , althoug h he doesn't ever have a large class to race again st, is fast a n d u su all y is alm o st rig h t on top. He ca p tured sec o nd over Curt Bishop (Mai) a t the en d o f 500 E xpert cl ass ra cing w h ile th e o n ly I n t e rm e d ia t e fin isher was " Has tevarna" saddled, J im O xford. In th e m id st o f th e co m b ined Expert class cam e struttin ' T erry Warren hanging righ t w ith 'em . Warren came o u t o f Sa d tod ay knowi ng t hat he had j us t ho oked th e sano first p lace m arbled trop hy for wi nning th e 25 0 Junior class ove r Elsinore MX er Kirk Du n ni ng. • 111'" Jail, 20, 21 S•• eomp.tllion , e tom lzed. ela..lcs. chopp.,. and antique blkH pi 11 the slgnlliaonl1974 mod.ls at the Et th Annual Cyel. World Intttrnationallllolorcyel. Show, the tttrllHt In the wor ld. Exh ibit ho urs : Apr il 18. 7:00 p m - 11 :00 p m. Apr il 19,7:00 pm • 11 :00 pm. Apr il 20, 1:00 pm • mid night. April 21, 1:00 pm , 10:00 p m. Results MI N I : L G r ogg Y o u ng (H on ) . 2 . Latry DeSot o (H o n } . 3 . R o be r t Pere z (H on) . 1 0 0 B EG : 1. R i cha rd Haw k in s (HOd ) . 2. Tom Leff ler (Y a m ) . 3 . M ike R ichm ond ( Yam ) . 100 NOV : 1. To m D uda (Vam ) . 2 . T o n y . B ra sf ield ( Yam ) . 100 JR : 1. O oug B o yd (V am). 12 5 B E G : 1. J im Gi bso n (MV) 2 . M a r vin Sc o tt (Hon). 3 . T o m Daver sa (Hon) . 1 2 5 NOV ; 1. i.cne Wat son (Ho n) . 2 . Ron St o n er (Bul) . 3 . J . J . Hudson (SU Z). 125 J R : 1 . Robert Gerb asi ( Ya m ) . 2 . K ev in Harlow (Han) . 3. Mark V an Camp (SU Z) . 125 tN T : 1. Jeff Osb orn (Hon). 2 . R lcn ard Mad ara iga (HOn) . 3 . J eff Hennek e (HOn) . 1 25 EX : 1. Ri ck K ersman (SUZ) . 2 5 0 BEG : 1. E r i c H e ideman (Hus) . 2 . G regg Bayer (CZl . 3 . Steve Ka le (Hon ). 2 50 NOV : • Bob B eauva Is (Kaw) . 2 . Randy Waggoner {He n} , 3 . R obe r t Turnag e (Kaw) . 2 5 0 JR : 1. Terry W ar ren (Ya m ) . 2 . K ir k Dunn ing (Hon) ' 2 5 0 t NT: 1. K en Ga br i e lson (Hus) . 2 . B UI B iv en s (Hu s) . 3 . B ill Leland. 25 0 EX : 1. Denn i s Hazl ett ( Ya m) . 2. Steve Beam (Ya m). 3 . Mark Sull ivan (Bu l ) . 5 0 0 NOV : I . R o c k Raun (Yam) . 2 . Steve Davis (Ma l) . 3 . F ra nk Ah lve rs ( S UZ) . 5 0 0 JR : 1. S r Jan Ir v i ne ( Mai). 2 . Mark Ca sey ( M a l ) . 500 tNT : 1. J i m O xford ( H us). 500 EX : 1. Cole Hastings (Hus) . 2. A lan Rohrabacner (Ma l) . 3 . C u rt B isnop (M a i ) • • OLD TIME R : 1. Howard Sli va rcz j . 2 . Mic ha el Cosenza ( H us). 3 . R ober t Ker snaw (Suz ) . Burt Wald bites into Saddleback loose stuff duri ng 125 contest. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME Low CostRecreational. Insurance offered through a large reputable Agency * Event Insurance * Promoters Liability * Rider-Participant Medical * High School Motorcycle * Premises-Park Liability V IC WILSON , o w ne r or SADDLEBACK PARK says, "E. Broox Randall & Sons, In c. have done the best job o r Profession al In surance co unsel ing and pr icin g 'o n o ur insurance sin ce th e park op ened. " TOM A LL R ED says, "Insuran ce is like a good helm et - yo u only need it when you have an ac ciden t, b ut yo u wo uld n' t ride w ith ou t it , would yo u?" Event Coverage Call o r.wri te today : TOM ALLRED, Ass't V ice Presiden t E. Broox Randall Recreation Sp ecialist 1132 No . Vin ce Street Holl yw ood, CA 90038 (2 I 3) 46 2·2 I I Ext. 25 0 INSURANCE FOR EVERY PURPOSE SINC 1922 E 9