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Winchel• scores In Red Dots' 'giant motocross' ...£' ~. ~~ By J im Stewart RANDSBURG , CAL., MAY 12 With a great fear of the same infamous Red Dots Annual Mother's Day Hare Scra mbles "killer" uphill found last year, the Amateur/Expert class started at 9 :00 sharp. The Novices had to wait some 45 minutes for their chance at the hill. The Novices YELLOW OR BLUE NON ·SLIP OURY Goodyear is Carroll Shelby Dealer Inqu irIes Inviteo (2 131 363-6230 1032 W BROOKS ST. ONTAR10.CA91762 · 714983 -5871 21 3-821 -3436 ROK ON RT 340 ENDUROS Carnes Cycle Shop 8459 Foothi ll Blvd. - P.O. Box 608 Sunland , CA 91040 (21 3) 352 -1458 Most Powerful Best Handling C O M P L..E TE MAle O REPA IR SERVICE West of Mississippi 10 515 N. Victory Blvd . BURB ANK , CALI F (2 13) 849·7295 COOPER MOTORS 110 E. Santa Anita Ave. Burbank . Ca. 91 502 rc' MAC ....INE SH O P AN D . :Is.Oft D...,., ~ Cycle Engineering & Su p ply 1T 40· A N . K~ ""EMER A""'."" E . "" . CA . 9 2 806 ( 7 14) 630·~720 watched th e dust from the Amateurs and Experts getting closer and closer, remembering last ye ar when only eight Novices we nt tw o full loops, being the on ly ones no t lapp ed b y the Expert leaders. Into the pits it wasJim Fishback with the lead, with T o m Bro oks on his newly acq uired 35 0 Bul running seco nd , (after unloading a t the bomb , remounting, go ing the wr on g way), then pass ing Fishback who had pas sed him when he was knocked senseless after unloading. Fishback battled it out with Brooks and Kevin Hasten, taking the lead , which he held into the pits. This lead was to be short lived , as Fishback broke one of his shocks on the even rougher second time around the course, Doug Winch<:l took advantage of Fishback's, Brooks' and Hasten's bike failures to move in to the lead, The only ride r to challenge Winch<:l's Overall win was Jimmy Brow n on another Bul temporarily . Jimmy got second Ove rall, and second 250. Wayn<: Cook (25 0 Hon) was running at twen tieth Over all through the pits and moved up t o th ird Overall by the finish , on a Novice-covered sec on d loop by the fini sh . Bob Rut ten ( 10 0 Hod) ble w e very o ne 's minds by running ninth Overall th rough th e pi ts, finishing fo urth Overa ll onto loop later, Following Ru tt en was the first Open b ik e, piloted b y K. McK <:an (Hus) . Next to reach t he checkered was newly H u s k y-s po ns o red J im Wotring for fo urth 25 0 Expe rt a t sixth Overall, in creasing his poi n t lead over the other 250s. Former he avyweight king Art Knapp (Hus) was next at seventh Ove r al l , second Open, Not bad, conside ring he was seven tee n th through th e pits! Andy Karker (Ya m) did a little passi ng hi mself on the second loop to move from fi ftee n th Overall to eighth by th e finish, but more important to Andy, (loo king fo r Number Onto in this dass), firs t 17 5 Ex per t, Follow ing in Andy 's tracks was the first Open Am ateur A. May (Hus) , who had picked up severa l first Open Amateur finishes thi s year so fa r, and if he had been an Exp ert he w ould hav e been third. He impro ved his Over all posi tion a whole b unch on the second loop, passing half o f the riders ahead of him . Bob Rom ine (S uz) and Nick Nichols' sp o nso red Dick Harri s w ere next , fo urt h and fifth Op en Exper t. Bob on ly picked up one position o n the second loop while Harris picked up seven teen on his reliable Greeves . Afte r several weeks of