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Contact: CR-125 super Honda package ltD Husqvarna Super Penton power Internat ional Training Center Dealer prices available Call or w rite f or details : (213) 530-4656 1418 W. 259 th Street Harbor City. CA 90710 "'!'II!I!I~ Ashland Chemical Company AshlaDd. Divis ion of Ashland Oil. Inc. . . . . ...,..: Santa Fe Spr inp. Ca 90670 933 So. Santa Fe Ave., Vista. CA 92083 714·724-8091 Powder Puffer wins Overall at SRA By Annette Mc Evoy TEHACHAPI, CAL ., MA Y 5 Wi t h p e r fe c t racing w e a the r dialed in, a total of t welve races came off w it h S p 0 r t s ma n R a c ing Assoc iation 's' Dual Europ e an scram bles. T he M ountain lo op w as a t hree and a half m iles t igh t cou r se, w ell su ited fo r t he small bikes and motocross freaks. wi th m an y t urns, hill s (both up a nd d ow n ), j u m ps , tre es , stu m ps, and a dead camel righ t in th e m id d le of the course! Passin g at th at spot was really hairy if you happe ned to be on the wron g side at the wrong timet but eve ryone go t aroun d poor old Mister Camel without any getoffs. T he Prison lo op was ar o u nd five miles better suited for the b ig bikes, with fifth gear - d ir t , two bi lls, so me jumps and a sweeping ten foo t high bank in t he middle of the asp halt section nex t to the state prison here to give the inmates a full day of chee r ing for their c ho se n heros. jim J acks"on got a nat tire on his bike just minutes before the 0-200 No vice second ra ce banner was to go up. He was rea lly out for blood since jack :\IcEvoy had beaten him in the first race of the day and he's really after jack's number one plate. After a mad dash across the road, jim bo rrow d his brother's bike and managed to ge t back to t he starting lin e j ust as the ba nner was being raised, fin ish ing second in class behind McE,·o)' . Finally came the last double hitter of the day. On the Prison side Gary Sigm an took over the lead about a mile au! and he ld it all the way (250 and Open ) Novice earning bis second first Open fo r the day ove r second place C. Carson. Meanwhil e, the 0-200 Beginne rs -16 and Po wd er Puffs had finished getting it on, o n the mountain lo op a nd Lo uise Whi te (2 50 PP) really shined co m ing in first Overall! G . Campbell will get th e 125 trophy for sure as he ca m e in second Ove ra ll whi le larry E mge cla ime d the 100 crown this beat. G lo ria Farvou r was ne xt Powder Puffer to lay hands on th a t cove ted d ust co llec to r wi th D. Hilburger sti cking in the re t o co llect th e first 80cc br ass. Lo uise was informed th at she will be tr an sferred out o f the PP class into t he 250 Beginner class and her co m me n t to tha t was " Gee , that's grea t, b ut are th e y read y fo r me ?" Well /(UYs, I don' t know abou t all of you bu t I d id overhear one fe llo w groan and tell Ron Vin cell ette " T ha nks a lot, co u ld n ' t you wai t un til I got o ne mo re tran sfe r to Novice before tu rn ing her lo ose on the Beginn ers? " Better do so me extra fine tuning all you 250 Beginners, she 's dy nam ite. • OCIR SRA speedway By Tom Corley d ese rt VEra's IRVI1'\ E, CAL., MA Y 8 custom made leathers of Azusa . Buy d i r ect from the fac - tory and save. Pants custom made . t he b est of Canadia n leat he r. Yo ur ch oice of co lors & st ri pes. sr., Azusa, CA 91702 213 -334-0015 - 120 E. 6th , Test: Harley-David son 175 SX . Nati onal : (7 141894-2623 Denver Hal f-mi le Penton, M6nark & Tyren & Rupp Fun Machines Technique : Sa les Se rvice Part s ' Accessorie s /" Russ Darnell MX A cademy D&R Cycles 24 7 181 We stm in s ter Ave. Westminster, CA 92683 Around 65 second and th ird di v ision speedway riders traveled around the Ora nge Co u nty In t e r nat ional R a c ewa y's track to nigh t in the first in the fac ili tv 's serie s o f Wednesda y n igh t shows. Whi le th e ho t shot first d ivisio n dudes go at it a t Bakersfield , the sup po rt classes gas it here. Gary Densford explode d to the fro nt of the pack in t he Handicap Main , Gary tas ted di rt wh e n he ate it o n th e first tu m, but he w alk ed a way fro m it. Bob by Ro ss t he n to ok co m ma nd and won. The only problem havi ng to d o wi th the track eq ui p men t was when th e star ting ri bbons d idn ' t lif t on bo t h sides at 'the same time. T his happened in the Scra tch Conso la tion eve nt an d this ti me it clai med Bobby BUll wh o was psy ch ed out when it happened an d did a wheel ie w ith the I::SO ending up on top of him. Bill Ma nley then greased away \\o'ith th e win in the restart race over BUll and john Flanders. •