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Roughin' it wfth ORA By Da le Brown ADE LANTO , CAL. , A UG. 18 $55,000 Summer Championship Heath Hibbard came back fro m a six-month layoff to take the First Overall cash . in the Amateur/ Expert division of the DR A Euro- Final Friday night in Series Novice - Junior - Expert. pean Scrambles. Hibbard, riding a 40 0 Hu sky, watche d Allen Kneb el ( Yam ) boogie to a h uge lead at the bomb, Special Attraction Sept. 1 & 2 & Ken Mackow jumps! Sunday .. Monday nights. 18300 S. Vermont, Gardena, Californ ia .. ,--------------------------, I Save $1.00 I ._------------------------_. I I I I o nly to break down short ly the re after. Troy Breker grabbed the lead a nd held it throug h the pi ts , o n ly to get du st ed b y Dean Modese t t (Pen). Modeset t had fini shed four t h in a D-3 7 ra ce ea rlie r in the day a nd t o o k advan tage of a d ela y ca used by an am b ulance run to sign-u p and try for t he $75 at t he end of th e t rail. Modeset t really 'wicked t he ' Iii Pento n a nd opened up a huge lea d over Bre ker a nd Hib bard. Meanwhile. the ne ver -end in g sea rc h for a smoother line caught several riders trying to avo id a gna rly sand wash by going up on a nearby ridge . When these riders spotted a chec k ahead and tried to return to the sandwa sh, t hey me t up with a big ro ck that claimed George Harvey, Howard :vtcCasland, Bill Co nroy and 0 thers. Harvey, Conroy and :'IcCasland were running fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, at the time. The sand wash claimed l\lodesett, who retired with a seizure. Hibbard stretched it ou t to finish a good distance ahead of David Taylor (Yam). Gus Paull (Hus}, eve r-co nsis ten t, m o ved u p into th ird , ahea d of R.E. Sa nds (Hu s). Mon te Lee (Yam) finis hed fifth . T ayl o r pi cked up $5 0 fo r taki ng fir st Am ateur o n h is 125. He's been sidelined fo r much of th e year with injuries, b ut he appears to be o n the pipe no w. Red Sand er s (Hus ) p icked up $ 25 a nd a ye llow plate wi th a n Overall victory in t he Novi ce class. Co rning f ro m somewhe re in t he to p ten , he gass ed it' o n t he last lo o p to ge t in fro n t. T om Kibbe ( Hus) a nd Dennis Tipton (Ho n) foll owed. Ric k Nu n by ( Yam) ope ned up suc h a lead in t he 250·500 Begin ner even t th at it was easy to ge t bo red wai ti ng for second p lace to go by . Da le Leni k (Yam) head ed up the pu rsuer s. l\la u Avarice (Suz) and Robb ie King (Suz). frie nds o ff the trac k, spen t th e early part of t he 0· 20 0 Begin ne r race di ci n g wi th each other befor e Avarice pull ed away to win. T he DRA course was ro ugh . Lo vely if you were trail rid ing, it Was grueling if you were pushing it. Nine miles long and well marked , it was whoo pdie st rewn throughout, with hills, rocky sweepers and plen ty of rollers. • Resul ts in Resu lts Section. I I on Adult ticket for any Fr ida y A MA event Yo u may hring {/ fn'cud & save 52 .00 I I Phil Stumbo pushes his little brother's bike up the hill, while the rest of the Half Fast Me pushes 1 il Stu mbo up. Flagrant cheating! "Oh, some go fast, and some fall down, ee-ii-ee-ii-oh." Grand Opening ,'-- _ NEWLY EXPANDED SELF-SERV ICE ACCESSORY ROOM Thousands of top quality items to choose from at competitive prices for the dirt & street· rider. The largest and most complete selection of accessories in the Southland. I BONUS WITH THIS AD Regularly priced $3.95 Dirt Rider T-shirt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ----' W thisad only $1.50(one per customer) ith T & 0 Yamaha, 24020 Narbonne Ave., lomita, CA (213) 534·2311 Sales & Service for Yamaha, Norton, Hodaka & Noguchi Since 1964 16 WARDS RIVERSIDE MOJAVE (By Be.8m ) PARILLA CAPRIDLD MV AGUSTA ZSO BIANCHI CAPRI SCOOTERS PARTS World's largest inventory lorlIalian motorcycles Rebu ilt Engine Exchange. COSilOPOUTU MOTDIlS.INC . H at b o ro , Pa . 19040 C unk sh .1ft Rebu ild ing DR~CO/. F1a~~~rl..~ r~d~~::~ Santa Ana. CA 92705 (71 4 ) S4 1·5 217 De a le rs We lcome