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Ha ck at th e ' p i t s ' in the Expert/Amateu r/ Novice race, the leader wa s no w d ue, Mod esett come s through th e pits with a two minu te lead on the bigge r b ikes, really s moking it. T he lead th e little bike has, puts th e en tire communications crew in a di th er. Seco nd ri der on loop one is Dennis McEvoy (400 Hus) . Sa ltzman (400 H us) was third, wit h Jim Irby rid ing h is first Expert ride putting his 360 Yamah a in next. Going out on loop two, Sa ltzman passed McEvoy before the secon d check. Dea n Mod eset t of "M ode se t t Pipe and Accessories ." still h ad comp le te contro l over the Expert/A mateu r/Nov. ice race after three laps to take th e Jim Irby gets airborne on his way to fifth Overall at ORA's Fire Cracker 66. checkered flag after 66 hot miles in one hour. 40 minutes . Dean won first Expert money, $75 .00, plus $25 .00 for first small bike : total $100. • Results Overall: 1. D . Mo desett; 2. W. Sa lt z m a n ; 3 . H. McCasland. 175 E x : 1. D . MOdesett; 2. J . Marsh . Open Ex: 1. W . Saltzman; 2 . J. Ir by; 3 . G . Pa ull . Open Am : 1. H . McCasland . O pen Nov: 1. D . McEvoy ; 2 . R. San ders ; 3 . D . R o tu ndo . 175 Am : 1. M. Edy; 2. P. Stu m bo , 25 0 Nov: 1. G . Erl : 2 . D. T i pto n. 2 5 0 A m : 1. R . Wa dlow: 2 . G. 'rwc m e tev . 125 N o v : 1. E . Spaeth: 2 . M. St o n e r . O pen Beg: 1. M. No rma n ; 2. J. McD ow e ll; 3 . P. N el son . 2 5 0 Be g: 1. J . Wil son; 2 . J . Arn old ; 3. S. L ee. 1 25 B eQ: 1. K . T ho mas; 2 . O . Be rn ard in o . 1 75 Beg : 1 . V . Heth; 2. R. W h ee ler. 1 0 0 Beg · 1 4: 1 . M . Ki bbe . 1 0 0 Beg: 1. T . Pla nt. Min i 7 5 Beg : 1. J . M o n p o r te ; 2. T . Jones. 1 7 5 PP B eg : 1. L. B r ou ssard ; 2 . T . N orm an . De Anza MX: New faces and a pair of Phast Phantoms By Tim Mi ckey S UN N YMEA D, CAL.• JUNE 13 The new Ossa 250s were out in the fron t of the pack early this Sat urday at De An za, but me, chanical pro blems pulled Richard DRA Firecracker 66: Modesett snatches the bucks and Mike Norman swoops the Beginners CALI FORNIA CITY , CAL "JU LY 7 42 The DRA Firecracker 66 Har e Scra mbl es was a tigh t riders' co urse . Th e loops feat ured off cambe r secti ons, large rollers, small hills, an d so me giant sized ones, too. Tight sections were th ere for t he experienced, and abo ut ha lf th e course was fast. Dean. Modesett wi n ning on a 175 KTM pro ved it was a rider's race. The banner d ro pped a t 9 a.m , Art Kn app (Hus) w as out early after ge tting off j ust before th e b omb with three o the r riders . A t th e sm oke it w as Ray Lowe on the righ t and Dennis McEvoy on the left, and Modesett lea di ng th e pack right d own th e middle on a KTM 17 5 . Fo llow ing were Jim Irby on a 3 60 Yamaha, How ard McC asl and (Hus 400 ), Bill S altz m an (Hus 400 ), and Kevin Has ten trying h is lu c k on Ben ny Padill as ' Gringo, Heading o ut p ast check one into the first set of big ro ller s. Modese tt h ad an early lead on his newly accq uired KT M. Ray Lowe in second di d a spectacu lar get-o ff', leaving hi m out o f th e race . Den nis Mc Evoy and Howard McCasland were m ixi n g it up pretty heavy an d How ard crashe d hi s 4 00 less than h alf w ay aro un d . Kevin Hasten w as ta king hi s chances on the Gringo; it threw its chain on his first loop. Ab out h alfway, Mode sett on h is 175 had re ally s tre tc h ed ou t h is lead with a m inute and a hal f ove r secon d place McEv o y, on a 400. Jim I rb y w as th ird, Bill Saltzman forth, an d sta rti ng to push . George Ed had hi s 2 50 Yamaha san dwiche d between Saltzman (H us) an d Bill Co nroy (H us) wh o were bo th ri di ng 40 05: -- - -- - • - Martin's o ut of t he Junior res u lts , an d Tony K ir kpa tric k fell j u st long en o ugh to let S teve K ir k lan d 's CZ , wh ich was in close pursui t. past for the In termed ia te victory. With Martin out o f th e way , Mike Leclair (Yam) made hi s move and co llected the Junior Overall, an d Terry Co wdin (Kaw) got the second. D avid Call aw ay showe d off h is fas t new K aw asaki 125 by ta ki ng t he 12 5 Beginn er wi n ahead of th e h andful of Elsinores, Steve Ellingto n (Hon ) be at him twice , but n o t by en o ug h to offse t his second m oto ge t -o ff. so in the en d he h ad t o settle for th e seco n d Overall . After Ron Cain (Su z) went down in th e first moto , hi s brother Gary Cain (Hon) motored p ast an d picked u p his usual w in. Ron ca ugh t o n to th e c h ase in t h e final two m otos, and with lap times 2/l 0 t h's of a second slower. kept pushin g G ary until time finally ran o u t. Gary re tired u ndefeated with a t h irty foot le ad. • Resul ts in theResu ltsSect io n .