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the slide , attem pt ing to fix the cab le, and keep turning left. li e w as luck y to hav e a little b it o f a c ushion o ver Pat Lawle r and Larry T holcke, and man aged to get it all t ogeth er going off the co rne r , down t h e ba ck stra ight an d aro und to the checkered. Rick Ryan wasn't m uch affected by t he change to Expert in the 60cc minibike run, downing arch rival Mike Fru zen once again. Onl y difference is that now they ar e fighting for t he same points. • Results in Results Se ct ion . and neck for a while . Brad Le ckl id er (Can Am) survived for a win. Op en Ex pe rts jim Swendsen (Hus) and Mike Cra ndall (CZ) su rvived for o ne-two i n a race w hi ch gave leaders a bad t ime . In the fir st race Barney Newm an (Ma n) led un t il he be came o ne of many to lose a chain (which in his case also broke everyt hing it came nea r). Se cond m ota New man led until he crashed . Crandall led the thi rd race until he broke a chu n k o ut of his fram e alo ng with his foot peg. Swe ndse n then to ok the lead until h e pulled in w ith his b ack spokes looki ng like sp aghe tti. Rod Kentner (Ya m) won this final race . • Res ults in Results Section . 0-36 Directors reverse their field Reversin g a decision made b y th e District 36 Sp ortsm an Association o f o ne week ago, the Board of Direct o rs vo te d to allow Clas s "C" Busted spaghetti. Cold, dusty mud at Deschutes MX By Jan Newm an BEN D , O REGON,MAY 18 It 's no t easy to re me m be r it 's t he middle of May when you wa ke up to a gray morning with gobs of frost and cold wind whipping right off the ski slopes all day. So m e of the earl y arrivals fo r Sunday 's Qu alifier fou nd t he change fro m Sou th ern California's smog prett y hard to adj ust to. At first so me spo ts of the trac k were like qu ick sand w hil e ot he rs m issed being wat ered at all because o f th e wind . , Ald en Sw endsen (Ha n ) led by a m ile all th e wa y fo r th e 125 Int ermed iat e . A real tr eat in thi s class w as watching • Nan cy T ho mas (Ha n) give th e guys a bad tim e. Marion Kern (Ha n ) also rode with this group but sh e didn't finish . Mark Tyer o n a super trick Honda fro m SoCal bl ew th e doors off all th e 12 5 Experts. Mit ch Simm ons (Hus) pulled o u t a seco nd while all his biggest ch alle nge rs dropped au t wi th var ious bike problems. Mik e Kinnear (B us) held second mo st of th e first race but dropped b ack with b ugs t o finish th ird and failed to ride t he next tw o . Th e 25 0 Interm edi a te w as t he ne ar disas ter bunch to day. The t rac k w as becom in g extre mely ro ugh an d dust y in the w ooded stretch when in th e second race a wh ole gang went into th is section toge ther. Steve Baldwin (Ha n ) bi t off a t rac k.side j uniper tree. His bi ke bounced back into the t rack w here Ch uck Hagen (Hus) and Skeet Hise (:\Io n) both hit it. T he sce ne loo ked like a battlefield bu t no o ne was serious ly hurt . S teve will carry a very large ras pberry o n his face Ex pe r ts to rid e in sp o rt sman co mpet it io n within District 36. T he co ntro versy is an ything but o ver, but a 2 / 3rd s majori ty of the , Distric t cl ub s will now be req uired to o vert urn t he new ruling. T he effect is m in im al b ut will allo w jim Fole y to con tin ue to ride fo r a Bla ck Pla te an d so me ot he rs to just p lain ride . • Ridgerunners break in new track By Devore Fortney SANTA.CRUZ , CAL., MA Y 26 Th e opener at t he San ta Cruz Coun ty Fairgrounds ca me off a success for th e Ridgerun ner s M.C. excep t for o ne ite m: dust! Even nine hours on Sat urday with a water tr uck we re to no avail as the finely powdered b ack stra ight co uld n 't be reac he d wi th th e t ruc k. The Ridg erunners are go ing t o sprea d sawd us t through the dirt to try and stop this co nd itio n for th e ne xt race . Dus t o r no dust, th e almost 200 c o m p e t i t o r s h ad n othing but compliments for the track. T alking with 250 Amateur Gary Murphy after h is first moto win ga ve me a fir st -hand view of th e layout. He felt the track was a fine example of what real motocross is all about : co n st an t altit ud e ch an ges, off-cam be r turns, bi g powdery berms an d none o f those bi g long straigh ts. I suppose Gary gave th e tra ck hi s finest co m p lime nt when he said the 20 minute motos felt like at least 3 0! Th e ac tio n started off with tw o divisio n s of 125 Novices. Th e first d ivision had Dennis Brown field ta king t he first m o ta bu t fal lin g back in t he second to le t Claus Cab ad ing take th e Overa ll , s how i ng the value of co nditioning as Claus rode two classes to day and loo ked as good in the last moto as he di d in th e firs t. T he 250 No vices hit the track with Cycle . Dealers Only! BEFORE YOU RENEW YOUR DEALERS INSURANCE .. .or if you want to save money now... Let us show you how we have saved other motorcycle dealers up to 25% on th eir prem iums - yet with abso lut ely no reduction in coverage: Underwritten by an Insurance Company with over $60-mi ll ion in assets. Call 213/385 -3231 TODAY - and ask for the Cycle Department or mai l the coupon below. Insurance Serving the insurance and fi nancia l needs of the leisu re time industry for over 37 years. Dusty mud is what happens when the water truck misses some spots and slops others . Here Mark Tyer leads 125 Experts int o the slop. 2411 W. 3rd St . 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