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rn Yam ah a , fo llowed by J od y Gai nes (Ya m ) and Pat Yahoo (Ya m) . Exper t Brad Bruns showed good form o n his S uz u k i in the 125 Ex h ibition class. T ho ugh ' he see me d small for the b ik e, he ha d no tr o ubl e keeping it well ahead o f the p ack . Brian Sc h irle (S u z) . and Floyd Er tel (Yam) earned first an d second for their efforts in the Am ateur/Novice bracket. This was the first of a three rac e high-pain t series. The next ra ce is to be held at McG ill's Cycle Park o n Ap ril 21 st. • Marathon MX By Bill Spencer FRE MON T, CA L.• FEB . 17 Marath on Madn ess ret urned for its first runni ng of the new year with a large spec ta to r crowd roarin g it s deli ght. Two hours of racing didn 't faz e the first six rid ers wh o all finis hed o n the same lap , and the first t hr ee wer e very clos e. It 's th is kind of ac tion tha t is m aking th is new sport suc h a fun th ing fo r spec tato rs. Ken t Classen a nd J eff Cole led out th e pack o f 26 and wer e shor tly run ni ng by th emselves. Col e. te aming wi th Te rry Fish, was riding a new 125 cc Mo to -Villa while Classen was rid ing hi s trusty Elsinore. Co le le d the firs t lap bu t suffere d a pulled e xha us t pi pe that didn ' t get any w orse the rest o f t he event. His crew could n't fix th e blooey , so he w en t o n do wn the road . no worse fo r wear as it turned o u t. Clas sen sped far eno ugh in fran t to lap th e pack on the 47th lap . R un n in g sec o nd was his b ro th er Kipp with T roy Durham .an d J erry Bowers holdi ng up the old t ime rs co n tingent fo r th ird an d fo u rth. On lap, 56 Classen pi tted wi th a n at fr ont tire and b ro ther Kipp to ok t he lead o n ly to lo se it whe n he ran ou t of gas in th e back secti o n and thereby lost enough time to fin ish tent h . Bowers t oo k th e lead with a nother o ld time entry , Barnh ill /Crider movin g into secon d. Classen got a whole new front assemb ly a nd reco vered th ird place on t he 58th lap . I t was get ting late and th e battle was really on. Classen went by t he two c ha rging o ld timers, who were havi ng so much fun on their ow n . In 250 action , Don Malley finished two whole laps a head. Mall ey rode a new 250 Penton . Man y Exper ts m ade the sce ne for th e Open with t he lik es o f Al Ken y on, Rick Ho ckin g an d Gary Tonday from the pro ranks fighting o u t with t he Novices. Gar y Va nde rpool led it o ut wi th Hockin g an d t hey put on quite a duel. Vanderpo ol is a sc ra m bles m an an d a t the 15.l ap p ain t was holding o ff Ken yon, Ho ck in g an d m o t o cro ss Expert Howard Hendry . Kenyon got by a t the 20 -lap m ar k b u t pulled off wi th som e fun ny n o ises a nd a t th e 25 · lap s, so did Vanderpo o l. His rear tir e wouldn 't hol d air. T h is put Hock ing in fro nt un til he stop p ed to cha nge rid ers a t 42 lap s and Keith Roessler go t by , rid in g Ron T rue's Honda. T he lead ch an ged a few times fro m th ere , but at lap 5 0 T rue to ok over fo r good. • II IlG . -= .... IlG g ;... g 7 ['- O'l .-< C() C'J - ' i: c, < Quicksilver Enduro By Kinsella & Doody N EW lO R IA , CAL ., AP R . 7 The Competitio n Mo torcy cle Club of Sal inas laid o u t an eig hty-five m i le to ug h ie thr ou gh t he "pucker-bush" as they call it, for ab o ut 400 riders. Nearl y everyo ne fin is he d exce pt o ur correspo nd ent, wh u crashe d, a nd list en ing to the co m ments in the pad dock we re worth the entry fee almost. T he brush was thick an d the d ust heavy - heavy en ough to obscure m an y of th e best "X" ra ted co urse arrows in Northern Califo rn ia. A lo t of them go t to rn d own for souveni rs. Meanw hile bac k at the cam pg ro u nd , " T he guys who laid out the cou rse su re know how to hurt a guy," "Y eah , b ut it was a great e nd uro, rig ht ?" A nd th e m oun t ain strea m ru sh ed by. Aluminum Shoc ks Body $&8.50 pro For 11 .4 -11.9 - 12.4 - 12.9 Koni Shocks Co mplete shock; springs, oil & Konis $140.00 Frame Modifications (Move up shocks) on Maico - CZ, Husky , Suzuki , Penton $150.00 + shipping Aluminum Tank $ 7 8 . 0 0 e a . $ '. ~ ~ ~zU" ~ ~ ,.., \!:]I Custom Motocross performance~ Engineered, Designed & Guaranteed by TROPHY CYCLE Aluminum Swingarrns $99.95 saves % unspr ung weight with or without frame modifications 184 San Antonio Circle, Mt. View, CA 94040 415-941-7317 Mail order Send 25 cents for cata log 21