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- > w Z a: "" o u. w a: o > w :=:=S::l<....J 0 Up goes the flag as wa ve of 250's is unl eash ed on un suspecting Santa Cru z MX track . • BIO-DEGRADABLE • ruMINATES PLUG-FOUUNG • IMPROVES PERfORMANCE • ECONO CAL PE RFORMAN O - ECOLOGY _ LUBRICATIO N FQt. brochUft ...i~ to: LUBR ICATION DYNAM ICS 1109No, Allin AVII'IUI. hm:tena Caliiomia91104 . two CZs ge tting th e hole shot only to crash coming up to o ne of the off-cambers, leaving John Swan to take t he win. Second di vision had Ray M. Berta taking the win after some bal ls-out riding with some insane crossups goi ng down the first straight. In fact, I 'd swear Ray crossed it up once just for the photographers' benefit. Phew! Both the 250s and the 500s had the Amateurs an d Experts, as only six Experts showed up. There might as we ll of only been one Expert, though, as Jim Turner ran away with both classes. It was only in Jim's fourth moto that he faltered and was passed by Tony Borba's Maico. Jim tried hard to make up the time but it was Tony's moto to give him second Overall in the 500 combined and the most exciting race of the day. • Resul ts in Results Section. P rod uction, Novice, 251 ·500 GP, 251-5 00 Production , Open Production and the super fast Open GP. Sunday's race was the firs t of the year fo r man y racers. This became apparent to man y on ha nd as there were several crashes and m isjudged comers, but there was also so me very keen competition. In the GP classes t he winners won only seconds in front of their co mpetitors. A ' special congratulation goes to Diane Cox who won the 125 Single GP class. As in most GP type racing, Yamaha dom inated the field. It has been written that they will co ntinue to do minate unless the other factories do some ho mework. Although Sunday's races were for Amateurs and there wasn 't any money involved, t he over 800 people at th e race seemed to be pursuing the same end result : to have a good time. Th is was helped along nicely at the tro phy presentation with beer for all (over 21) complements of the Ranier Beer Company. In addition to the nice plaques presented by promoter Glen . Newton, racers also received Valvoline oil and racing jackets. • Amateur road racing, Oregon style By Jerry Hutchcroft PORTLAND, ORE., MA Y 26 If you have been thin king of try ing road raci ng, this 1.9 mile roa d course wo uld have bee n a goo d plac e to start. There weren 't more th an 15 rid ers in anyo ne class. Classes ranged from 125 Grand Prix single cy linder and double cylinder, 250 GP , 250 "Boy, it sure gets drafty u p here." The end. RAPE rrHE LANDe A ... ...ltent,..,..·1 20 noltl .... leh ""..'/1 .. _""""0 ~ ........ Reflections off the infield. This 125 GP Yamaha needed a bit of a prod from its owner.