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running a long m oto bUI didrl :t parLicuarly e nJoy it w hile it w as ha p pening. Dale Sw eet (w h o go t a well-earn ed fo urt h in h is se co nd race as an Expert) said he liked ge tting in sha pe. but the best th ing a b o u t run ning a gruelli ng m o t oc ro ss w as to be a b le to talk abo u t it afterwards! • Results in the Resu lts Section. Burley, Idaho pulled a repeat o f last weekend's feat at McCall by Charl ie Brown won it going away. Don Smith (Tri) p ro ved to be too fas t fo r Bruce Ha n lo n (II .D) in the Junior :' Ia in. The Junior Tro phy Das h went t o Norto n mounted Darrell Hen drickson. In th e Novice class it was a re peat of the last Regi onal at Clackamas w ith Mar k Sm ith (H o n) winnin g the Trop hy Dash and t he Main . Smith ro d e the 1U lap s with Frank Word (Bu l) fo r a 'shadow, b ut Word cou ld find n o room outside the groove to p ass. Steve Tofdah l (Yam) was a close th ird . • Resul ts in th e Results Se c ti o n. . Billy Uhl designs a motocross circuit an ISDT rider could love winn ing th e 2 5 0 Expe rt even t a nd beat ing a ll o f th e O pe n Experts as wel l (th e classes were co m bined) in th e lo ng 30 m in u te mot os, T h e 2 50 an d Open Ex pe rts rode toget he r an d we re score d se parately with Hol me s dominating ev er yone on the track. Rick is so smooth and fast that it d o esn 't look like he 's even exert ing. Only Tim Wright (w ho was away c on test in g the Support clas s at Carlsbad) and BiU Uhl (if he felt like riding motocross) seem to be able 10 give Hol mes a run for hi s mo ney aroo n d Id ah o . Rig Greg :' Iarl in's 450 Maico was ted the Open class with Boise 's Luis Landaluce an d Mike Healy com in g in second and th ird. Bob Nancolis took the 125 Expert on a Honda (What else ?). In the Novi ce races, it was Kevin T aylor (VR) doing a nu m ber on the 250's w ith M ike Alpaugh (CZ ) sandbagging his way 10 an Open No vice win . Stan Ta te won th e 12 5 Novice o n a Suz ie wh ile Ron Lew is cli ppe d th e 10 0 ' s on yet anot.her "yel lo w screa m er! " Most o f the racers li k ed t he idea o f Novice winner Kev in Taylor VR's the Idaho dust. By Marty Gregory IIAILEY,IDA. ,J ULY 14 Vi th a m oto cr oss co urse des igne d y ISD T star Billy Uhl and his rother, Mike, t he Wood River Valle y C ycle Asso ci ati on's first ace had abou t 100 riders on hand for o pen ing day. Rick Ho lme of s Chico short track Ro llen Eskew, b ack at Cycl ela nd afte r a year 's ret irement. won the 250 Expert Scrat ch Ma in. Cliff Hylton (Yam ) jumped t o a ea rl y lead a t the s ta rt of th e event with Eskew and the rest o f the pa ck following cl o se behi nd . Then o n Lap Three Hylton high sided in the second corner . cau si ng a restart. Jim Hubbard ( Ya m) and Eskew the n ba t tled for th e lead with both ride rs making m istakes as they ro de. The two ride rs c on tin ued t o lead as th ey slid wi d e in t he turns, falling out o f the groove . A t the finish it was Eskew get ti ng h is fir st w in of th e season . fo llowed by H ubbard and Ste ve Die tz (Coo ) riding a 250 fo r the firs t time this season. Bruce Koistinen (Bu l) too k home Iw o first place tr ophi es tonigh t with his victories in the 200 'ovic (' Main an d in the 200 lIandicap. In the Ha n di ca p , Ko istinen led from st art 10 fin ish , with A llen Jones a close se cond after ge lli ng by RonJuney. The pattern fo r most ra ces was: w ho ever led the first tum won th e ev e nt. T hai pattern held true in the 25 0 Novice Scrat ch :'Iain. With highpoint leader Paul Meyer sitting the night out. Mike Hall was ab le to take t he win as he led from start t o finish. Jeff Smith was second and Dave Barnes got his first trop hy o f the season for h is third place fin ish on a Cooper. • Results in th e Resul ts Secti on. - mu st a nd 1h e SI!=J n th a t Prot ect ion Cont ract, .mv f light depo s i t al l pr io r reservat Ion s, m o n i es . 'tV (lS as~f,Ag Talladega Road Race Talladega, Alabama Septembe r 'lst , 1974 lo'tV S (l (l~\!»1- Ontario Road Race Ontario, Califo rn ia October 6th , 1974 Interested? ~ Send co upon for com plete ,nformati~ co m p lete P a ss en ge r ta tors ca me fro m a ll o ve r the d istrict. Lillie Larry D unnagan m ade a grand sta n d play al th e finis h lin e t o pass lead er Mike Win fr ey to take the 50cc Novice Min ib ike Main . One of the h ot tes t Min ib ik e ride rs is e ver fas te r Ji mmie Ryan (S an J osc ) w ho has wo n eve ry 60cc Expert ra ce th a t he h as _ entered here . Again tonigh t no one co ul d ca tc h that fleei ng Indian. A lan McGehee d id a beau ti fu l job takin g the win in the 125cc Junior Ma in to n ight. Mike Bowlin g had to figh t h is w ay through the pa c k t o lake second w ith Rick Woods ke epin g hi m ho nes t and wai ting f or a mistake (w h ich never ca me) . Mit ch Davidson w on h is fourth in a row tonig ht again holding off all co mers in 12 5 Expert. The whi te flag lap fo und Mit ch m a kin g a smaJl bobble and Steve Ferroni was there waiting. He to o k over th e lead o n ly to make Mit ch's mis take in the same place. allowing Mitch to regain the lead an d take the win . With enough riders in th e 250cc Novice class to m a ke up two Main e ven 15. we foun d o ne of the ne wer Camerino, Ita ly September 9-14 Inclusive, 1974 See th e biggies and save lot s of money o n o ur new To ur Packages ab oar d regularly schedu led air t ranspo rtati on to a number of major m oto rcy cle events th rougho ut the U.S. A spec ial pac kage progra m is inclu ded for the upcoming INT ERNAT IONAL S IX DAYS TR IAL. We are offe ring th is as a n ad ditional readers service . under s t a nd T onight the Pio neer R acing Arena held a bene fit for the S tanislaus Tr ail Bike Riders Association to help in raising fu n ds to set up a r i d i n g ar e a in La Gr u n g e , Cal ifornia. The benefit was a resounding success as 29i riders an d well over a th o usand spec- InternationaI Six Days Trial - Italy From most major U.S. cities partici pa n ts OAKDALE, CAL. ,J ULY 13 CIIICO. CAL.,J ULY 13 Motorcycle Racing Tours F'! v 70 ith us! 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