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Slow Pokes Me supports.. . M.O.R.E. non prof it Can you do anY"'?..e -,0. I I M.O.B.£. c&ee '\.A of Ca lifornia 1129 N. 11th St . Sacramen t o, CA 95826 $10 a year prevent s bad laws and gets yo u all th e state news. z o 'Jl ..J ~ UJ 1 --' Tw o rows o f eager Northwest Nov ices get the green at Cast le Rock Regio na l. SALES SERV ICE Welding Port ing Accessories 1352 Centinela, W. Los Angeles Corner of Sant a Monica Blvd. & Cent inela Open 9 to 6 Tues·Sat 9 to 9 on Thursday ~ n ta Monic.a F rwy . In the Junior Division it was Bruce Hanlon (H .D) that captured the Junior Trophy Dash and ~Iain Events. Diane Cox got off the line in good position and held off all comers to give her the number two spot . Randy Skiver picked up win number two of the weekend after winning at Cla ckamas. Oregon on Friday night. Mark Williams was sen t to the penalty line on the start. After working his way through the pack he slid out in the sweeper at the end of the straight. Mark jumped back in the racc a half la p down thcn proceeded t o burn up the track . He finished fourth after coming from dead last twice in the race. Dick Waschcr did some track burning of his own. lIis bike burst into flames just as he was going into the dog leg. It didn't seem to bother Wascher though. When the race was rest ar t ed Wasc her was back in it. Jimmy Jones and Alan ~Iundt dueled it out for the second and thi rd spots, and it was Ike Reed and Chuck Joyne r doing the same for fifth and sixth. Mark Williams bagged the Trophy Dash with a time of I: 15 :38. _ Results in the Results Section. Cycle News North Editor Lane Campbell AMA Western Regional Championship PRODUCTS INC. 2134 OLD MIDDLEFIELD WAY MT VIEW .CA 940430 (415)961 ·2446 LIGHTWEIGHT AXLES HOLLOW. $12.95 HEAT TREATED. 413 0 AXLES. WITH AIRCRAFT LOCKNUTS 17MM RE A R AXLES FOR MA 'CO -BU LTACOCZ - VAMA HA - KAWASA KIAND 250 PEN TON Fremont Raceway Amateur Short Track Every Wednesday ni !#lt All Sportsman & Minibike for info: 415:327-446 1 By Steve Wil son CASTLE ROCK, wASH., J UlI:E 15 Bad luck and mechanical d ifficu lty befell Del Spinney and Mark Smith in the Novice class . Spinney fell after leading his heat Meyer wins two as Hylton hauls and Smith blew up in the Main . Steve Eason won the Nov ice Main event giving him his second victory this weekend. (He won at Clackamas. Oregon on Fr iday). By Rex Back man CHICO, CAL., JUNE 15 Paul Meyer's first victory came in the 250 Novice Main as he held off the charges of Mike Ha ll and Bob De Fc hr an d we nt on to win with a large lead over th e pack. Win Number Two came in the 250 Jun io r/E x p crt Handi ca p. With h is win in th e Novice Main h e was Randy Sk ive r put head d own and charged , made it back-t o-back Ex pert wins at Cla ckamas and Castle Ro ck. z o l/l ..J ~ !oJ 20 Keep those cards & le tt ers coming > UJ i;; able to race in this event and started on the zero yard line. At the drop of the flag he Icd into the first turn and stretched ou t going down the back straight. In second place was Mike Han (!lui) and John Gardiner in third. On lap fo u r Bill Zirkle (Yam) moved past Gardiner into third. Second place rider ~Iike Ilall started to close on Meyer, but just as hc was gctting close he fell in thc third turn. After lIall"s crash Zirkle was able to move into second with Malt Jackson coming up thru the pack to take third. Junior rider Zirkle now started to close in on Meyer' the Novice but the race ran out. The first corner at the start o f t he 250 Expert Main was very crowded as Cliff Hylton, Ron Alves and Dan Pe t erson were side by side thru the corner. Coming out fi rst was Hy lton o n his Noguchi Yamaha with Alves second on the Cycle Factory Suzuki. Da n Pet erso n had been forced to the inside , causing him to lose th e third place posi tio n to Bob Va ughan and Joe A llen (Han) . Hy lt o n and Alves p ulle d a way from the pack with Al ves try in g h ar d to catc h the Yamaha rider as he slid t he bike thru the corners. A fight for thi rd place was going on be tween Vaughan and A lle n with A llen losin g as hi s Elsinore was au tpowered b y Vaughan's Yamaha. Steve Dietz took the lea d at the start of the 360 Expert Main even t. Lo well :\10 ural was a very close seco nd with John Grant third. Then on the third lap, with Moural trying to get by Dietz fo r the lead, the two riders ta ngled an d Dietz fell in the first turn . Moural was able to stay upright an d to o k ove r th e lead with John Grant second a nd Ri ch ard Hatler in third. On the next la p Grant passed Moural and wen t on for the win. There are not many Powder Puffers in the short track scene u p he re, b ut tonight the track regular Da na Cover t took her first trophy of the season with a second place in the 10 0 Novice class. Results in the Results Section. Sidewinders MC Track By Steve Wil son CLACKA~ IAS, ORE .. JUNE 14 Tri um ph mo unted Ex pe rt 33w Charlie Bro wn of Castle Ro ck, Wash ., set fast time for the third week in a row. I\lark Williams [Na t ional 70) a nd Randy S kiv e r (National 35) took the lead in the Main ru nn ing wheel to wheel m ost of the race. Skiver finally edged in to take the > UJ l/l ~