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seco nd agai n. Randy Limbeck gr abbed th ird o n his tri ck Po wr oll Honda. Su n h ad a jo y ride in t he O pen class partly due to a ji nx on secon d. In th e first race Bob Leach (:' Iai) blew a gearbox - ru nning secon d . Bert Noble (:'Iai) came off the big jump with a really wild front wheel landing that didn't wo rk . He walked away but his bike didn' t. In the second race Vernon Gabbert was holding second when his fou r stroke Honda quit stroking. !\Iatt James (Yam) also had t he fire go out running second. Marv Azar (Bul) managed to throw off the evil spiri ts to hang in for a second finish. • ...... '" - Hubbard doubles up -' 0.0 - :: < By Rex Backman CHICO. CAL.,JULY 2 7 Jim , few one one Hubbard became one of the riders to ta ke double wins in night a t Cyclcland . T he first came in the 250 Expert Ma in us he look th e class af ter ear ly leader Rollen Eskew dropped out with bike problem s. T his is the third week in a ro w that Eskew has dropped o ut while in t he lead. Anybody know a good tuner for a Yamaha? Little Joe A llen won the 200 Expert Main fro m start to finish on his 125 Honda. beating out the larger Buls and Yarnahas. Jim Chadwick worked his way up through the pack to finish second and John Alves passed Jeff Damon on the last lap to take third. Chris Sauer was last into the first comer at the start of the 175 Novice Main but was in the lead at the end of the first straight as he went on fo r the win . Paul Martin got his third trophy in four races in his second place finish. Jeff Smith. the 250 Novice winner, led the first few laps of the 250 Handicap . but fell back as the Experts came up to put on the pressure. Jim Hubbard took over the lead and went on fo r his second win of the night. Ron Alves was riding hard. trying to catch up with Hubbard. but could not find the peed and finished second. Bob Hill was thi rd after a st rong ride . Mike Co leman led at first in the 360 Handicap. Gary Orlando (lI o n) took ver the lead wi th jeff Serick on his tail. rlando held o n fo r the win wit h Serick .ec ond and Coleman hanging in for hird. • Resu lts in th e Results Section. c z <:: > "' ..J ..J <:: ~ > "' <:: '0 1 De l Silva (22) an d bi g J oh n Gr ant (28 ) lead out a heat of Experts at Cycleland Speedwa y. Ron Davies ca rne up the easy win ne r at the Chris Beck Arena during the Sonoma County Fair. Davies took the lead in the 3 GOcc Quality Cycles Buhaco co uld co as t home. John Guglielmetti won the 250 Expert money race after a battle with Larr y Drew and one of the better speedway guys. Greg Ferguson. who just returned from a few months layoff with injuries. John the "G" came from fourth at the green to go around the outside of the conpetition for a well deserved win and a standing o va ti o n from the a udi ence. John Neuenburg and Craig Vandalealos did good jobs in passing from the back of the pack to take fourth and fifth, respectively. George Blankenship drove over from S acramento and took horne two trophies. winning the 3 60 Novice Main and taking second in the 250 Novice in a terrific race dicing with eventual winner Wayne Peter sen an d third p lace Jo hn Gomes. All three had the lead at least once during t he Main with Blan ke nship holding the majority of laps, but no t the crucial one. Harold, " Haybale" Kunsman reo tu rn ed to t he racing scene after a four mo nt h lay o ff wi th a shoulder injury and won the 250 junior over Rusty Davis and Don Baddeley. • Results in the Results Section. Expert feat ure and built up a tremendous cus hio n so that when Steve Eklund broke from the pack, the Richmond runs, again when both he and Rick Delacy got by Pervier, Ferguson got by Wood on the next lap and took the lead on Lap Five pulling away . Tony Alves and Randy Marnola are setting the 125 Junior class afi re and making it j ust as good a Main as the 360 feature. Alves, riding a Rocky Cycle Yamaha and Marnola on the factory Yamaha along with Chris Dinner, jim .\ Ier ten s, Rodger Slack and Scott Whitaker make the Main look j us t like a professional Main with speed. style and lots of big gonads . • Results in the Results Section. Big A lle n Yarr o w al most ma ke s yell ow·tank SCS OO loo k like a 17 5 MX unde r him as he boogies the 500 Expert Ma in at Pt. Richmond. Davies wins at the fair By W.H. Spencer SANTA ROSA, CAL.,jULY 16 klund, three n a row W.H. Spencer 'REl\IONT, CAL.,JULY 17 an Jose's Steve Eklund is fast re c o ming the new King of ' re mo nt as he won his third .traight short track. In w inning, he noved into ninth position in Overtil points. He Ie t he eig ht lap 'eaturc from the drop of the green a the checke re d wi th Pat l\IcCaul, lob Scal ly and Scot t Pea rso n trailing. l\!eCa ul took the second spot fro m cally on t he fourth go-round and held hat point easily with Scally running his sual antics and super sliding throogh he corners. Al Kenyon had his rea r disc rake seize up and dropped fro m fifth ith Pearson running righ t up onto cally at the close. . Tommy Banks took the 360 junior lain o nce again wit h John Nunnes ea tin g o ut john Tavis for the next two ot s, while Rickie F.klun d (Steve's rother) won th e 360 Novice Main over o n Kirby and ne wco me r Ricky Bible. Greg Ferguson showed lip for his rst ride at Fremont in nearly a year 1d wiped o ut the for midable co mti tian in the 250 Expert Main riding ff Sie rck 's Triumph Cub. :'like Faria d out the eight lap Main with Fenn ervier in second o ver AI Wood. erguso n he ld fo u rth unti l Lap Three By W.H. S pe ncer Dan Pet er so n (27R ) gets it step ped out in fron t of Brad Jo h nson in Chico 25 0 heat. PT. RICHMOND, CAL.. JULY 21 The Richmond Ramblers delied a few laws and some bad feclings but still ran another one of their Super Scrambles at the club house land that . has been under legal questions for some years. They also plan on having some more events and those that attended c z <:: > "' ..J ..J <:: ~ w L- > ...J <:: 0 today wis h they would have some more, too. The land is 011 the San Francisco Bay within sight of the city of San Francisco and within easy reach of just about any area of the District maki ng it tough to beat for fun and fame, especially whe n it 's in t he 100 's in t he Valley and a nice 75 on t he Bay side. Brad Lackey served as honorary starter and flagged off the first minibike event. Brad is resting a sore leg before returning to the European scene for more Grand Prix actions where he is currently running 10th in the World points. Danny Leet turned back all comers in the 250 Expert Main coming from the back of the pack to beat out Joel lIale after Jeff Eide took out himself 19