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Cycle Rolf Tibblin writes about body building, bike preparation, riding technique, desertracing & nutrition orth ews CMC Washougal: Kids get the spotlight, Sun gets a double By Jan Newman WAS HOUGA L, WAS. ,J ULY 21 you can read about for two dollars. Send $2 .00 for Ro lf's guide, dec a ls and complete information on the t rain ing tel H~;~varna International Training Center 933 Soutn Sanla Fe =2. Vista . Cahfor n la 92083 cec ne 714 724-8091 EUROPEAN'S . ~· SECRET ~ Are yo u tired h alfwa y thro ugh the r a c e ? Try S iberi an G inse ng Extract for 3 0 da ys an d wat ch th e trophies co me in . ~ ~ 30 -day supply S\~~\uO"" $8.95 u~ plus S 1.00 hand ling. Please send 30-day su pp ly of Siberian Ginseng Ext rac t S 8. ~ l5 cas h mon cv o rdc r 0 tJ Mail t o : Trans Western Imports 4 71 3 Ethel Ave. Sherman Oak s, C~\ 9140 3 (2 13) 981 -0 23 8 namc _ address city sta tc _ _ ~ _ Zl p _ RACING PARTS WRITE FOR FREE CATALOG 2 13 4 OLD MI DDLEFIELD W AY M T VIEW,C A 9404 30 (415) 9 6 1- 2446 Fremont Raceway A mateur Short Track Every Wed nesday night All Sportsman & Minibi ke 18 the co mp e tit ion they provided proved that racers are like crabgrass - we'll always have a crop. The first half d o zen fini shers were Intermediate riders in each race with Duane Marker (Ha n ) always in the lead . After those first few it was anybody 's game and there was a lot of shuffling in the middle of the pack. J ay T h orsness (Suz) came all the way from Coer d 'A lene, Ida. to pic k up first place in th e Jr. class. To m Rowland (Suz) was fas cinating to watch as he motored ar ound to three wins in t he Open J r. cl ass. He was so cool an d casual th at he never appeared to be goi ng fast, yet he was always a mile ahead of everyon e. T he Pro s have been asking for longer rno tos an d toda y th ey wer e given the choice. With fe w dissenting votes t hey went for t wo 30 min. mat os. Some held up well - some didn't. Chuck Su n was am o ng the o nes who held up extremel y well. He ro de bo t h th e 250 and Open cl asses and wo n all fo ur races. Rick Burgett didn't fare so well with his Bu!. He was on his way to give Sun a bad time in th e first 25 0 mota when his thro ttle pulled o ut . He was late o ff th e line in th e second race an d worked up to th ird. Kir k Severson " Gear down , f laps up . • . t he y say ever y la ndi ng is a contro lled cra sh , but t h is is ridiculous!" (Hus) got th e ho le shot in this race but dropped ste ad ily when a hot wire burned a hole in his pipe and th e power went pfft, Mike Kinnear (Hus) put o n a real ride to move from de ad last to finish si xt h in the firs t race and was ho lding third in the second when he lost his clutch and dr opped o ut. Barney Newma n (lIlo n) had a fo urth an d was up plu s S 1.0 0 handling chcc k o Eve r ybody has his day at Washougal and today the Minis were in the spotlight. Their race was moved to the middle o f the p rogram and each one was in trodu ced before the first mot a. Each rider also received free oil. Thirty o f them poured off the line and for info : 4 15 :3 27-4461 Rick Burgett f lies, bu t cou ldn't cat ch le w-t o-t he-qro und Chuck S u n. to fo ur t h in th e fin al race when a shock came off - then he came o ff. Mitch Simmons {Hus) finished sec o n d all th e way. Mit ch also rode o n top of the 125 Pro s. Rick Burgett (Bul) led mo st of th e first race but Simmons took over near the end. Simmons led all the way in th e second with Burgett working up to