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a: UJ :;; :;; <[ Fremont night scrambles opener. Watch out for the great sliding disease! a: ID III UJ :;; Racew ay final ly go t a chance to o pe n it s ga tes fo r th e first n igh t race of the season, T he 300 t hat d id show fo und the track ' was tack y and they lo ved it. Pa t Brown did th e d eed in the 250 Expert Main o n his rejuven at ed 2 00c c Bul taco . Pat and hi s dad p ut the o ld 1970 co nversion back together fo r o ne m ore season . Finis hi ng second a t so m e distance was Ronnie Alsop (Bul) . Rick y Graham held o ff the to u g h est o f co m pe t i t ors, Mike Va nLienden, fo r th e third sp ot wit h Denn is Souza takin g fifth . Alan Rianda. t he yo unges t o f man y, wo n the 35 0 Jun ior Mai n o ve r ' S te ve Graves. Carl Rod ric k returned to do battl e with h is Ch ampion 35 0 Ho nd a single. The 35 year o ld is as to ugh as ever. beat in g o u t Dave Pest oni and J ohn Rando p h , none o f t hem y o u ng ste rs themselves. Pat Myers had his first big win of hi s sho r t ca ree r rid ing th e ex -Van Lienden BS A to th e win in the 650 Junior Main over Bill Phillip s and t he fa ltering Fernando San ch ez, wh o led th c early laps o n ly to suc c umb to thegreat slid ing d ise ase . S teve Ha ll had little tr ouble winn in g t he 500 Novi ce Main afte r relie ving Chuck G o rr ill of the lead o n the second lap . Kell y S mi th took th e seco nd spot whe n G o rr ill go t o ff th e groove with Steve Ca rri llo th ird by edging a u t Way n e DePriest. • Two to Yarrow By Ja mes Brammer PETALUMA, CAL. , APRIL 20 Duan e Yarrow (Yam) rep eat edl y won th e finals in twu Expert <[ -. Joe Guglielmetti (14 ) high-pressures winne r Duane Yarrow in 250 heat race. classes at th e Pet al uma Speedway scram bles . It too k th ree starts to co mple te the wi ld 250 Ex pert class final. On th e first, J oh n Guglielmett i was leading Marlin Stewart, Duan e Yar ro w and Kelly Mclsaac . Then Ron Kesle r sh ot fr om fif th to second . S tewart and Kesl er collid ed in o ne of the m ost severe ac ci d en t s in a lo ng t im e . Ron Kesler left in an ambulan ce with a !>Ieed ing no se , Marlin S te wart 's bi ke was almos t d estroyed and Stewar t n u rsed a sore w rist th e res t o f th e e ve n ing. O n th e restart. th e p ack di d n' t gct th rough the first t u rn . With the t hird res tart th e y go t un d e r way, b u t a p ile up lat e in th e race se nt Ron Sarver to th e ho sp ital with a so re leg. It was Duane Yarro w 's ni ght. G ugl iel metti- ha d given Yarrow a close c hase th rough o u t his heat finishing se co nd ther e too. • CMC MX By Steve Castillo LIVERMOR E, CA L.• AP R . 2 1 Even th ough most 0 f the regular CMC North fast guy s were eit he r at the San ta Maria quali fier o r a t the bi g buck s rac e at Plym outh, the rem ain in g J uni ors and Int erm edi at es Aluminum Shocks Body $S8.50 pro For 11.4 -11.9 -12.4 -12.9 Koni Shocks Complete shock; springs, oil & Kanis $140.00 Frame Modifications (Move up shocks) on Maico - CZ, Husky, Suzuki , Penton $150.00 + shipping AluminumTank $ 7 8 . 0 0 e a . H 9 , Custom MotocroSs performance~ $ SUZUKI ~ ~ ~ ~ - eo Engineered, Designed & Guaranteed by , TROPHY CVCLE Aluminum Swingarms $99.95 saves % unsprung weight with or without frame modifications 184 San Antonio Circle, Mt. View, CA 94040 415-941 -7317 Mail order Send 25 cents for catalog 21