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Apparentl y . no o ne to id Dean th at th ey d o n ' t handle. Mike Ho llin gswo r th (Suz) kept h is on the groun d eno ugh to take the Open Beginner even t and so me guy from Van co uv er . B.C. nam ed Mar t y Sm it h (Really!) p ut it on a field of o n e-t w o- f'ive s , Ru n ning a single poi nt -payi n g m o t a . th e 125 Main even t was the re sul t of th ree "q ua lifiers" wi t h Smi th (Wasn't he t he one wit h t he orange pi pe ?) emergi ng 011 top of the heap. Asp iring Suzuk i sta r , John Elro d rode his bicycl e fo r a mo nth getting in s hape a nd s t ill didn 't do th a t good . .. he crashed . • Resul ts in Resu lts .Secti o n , Small turn-out, blown transformers at Boise short track By Marty Gregory BOIS E, ID AH O , AU G . 1 7 A sma ll field of pri mar ily local riders marked the 1974 running of th e Idaho Stat e Ch am p ionshi p short track races th is Saturday . Man y of the Beginners stayed away becaus e th ey feared the ap pear ance o f out-of-town hot shoes ' (who fai led to materialize) and the race drew fe wer riders th an th e n ormal weekly af fai r. Larry Mer ideth walked wa y with the 25 0 Semi-Pro t ro p hy an d a li ttle lo ot but he was not witho ut compe ti tion from Lew A lt er (B ul) and Nat e Gross (Ha n ). Ada Co un t y Deputy Sheriff Denny Neib aur had to drive a pat ro l car that pa rti cular nigh t and was n' t able t o co n test th e event . Bill Co ok rod e Neibaur 's bike (a Champion- fr am ed 3 6 0 Yamah a) ani:! had a bit of bad luck when t h e ' engine wen t so ut h . Bill may be re luctant to te ll a man wi th a badge in h is p o ck et that he broke hi s scooter. In the h o t ly co ntes ted Minib ike cl ass, . it was m icr oscopic Danny Atkinson waili ng the field o n his Yamaha YZ Mini . Danny also ran t he m ini in th e 12 5 Expert race an d won that to o! . What do y o u tel l yo ur t uner when a fou r foo t high kid za ps yo ur tric k Elsin o re ' with his m in i? Soft spoken Nat e Gross took the 125 Se mi-Pr o event o n a Honda and loane d th e same ma chine t o Dan Taylo r t o wast e th e 125 Begi nn ers. J ust as t he first heats wer e ending (abo ut 9: 00 p.m.) the ligh ts wen t o ut. A blown transfor m er was the culpri t an d t he Idah o Power Co. pe op le fina lly got th ings sq uared away about 10: 3 0, • allo w ing things to gri nd to a finish . Re sults in Res ul ts Sec t.ion. Nite 'crossers chuck dirt at Woodburn By Bill Eckstein WOOD B UR N, ORE. • AUG . 9 With a drag race . goi ng o n ne xt door to t he regu lar Fri day nigh t Ci\1C mo tocross, Woodburn had so met hi ng go ing for j ust about every body. For those that did n't care f or the drag race or mo tocross noises, the managemen t held two separate foot races d uri ng th e night . Very quie t. About t he on ly thing t hey didn 't have was a b ig ride r t u rnou t. \Vith t h re e co n sec u t ive night race s a week in t his area, most of t he riders elec ted to m iss t his one. T h e 125 Intermediate races were plagued wi th all kinds of hassles. Th e first mot o saw just abo ut every entra nt leading a t least o nce before falling do wn. The sh owdown was in t he third mota , with five different rid ers in. co;' te ntion for th e Overa ll win . It looked like J im Richards on (HOI:') was go ing to win the last m o to convi ncingly, but th e ra ce was red-n agged towards the en d o f t he last lap after a pro t est ab out t he s tart. Five ri ders had fa llen down at th e s tart but th e race was n ot red-fla gged at t ha t time. Shortl y after th e restart, so me of t he light s went o ut due to a faulty bre ake r switch . The race co n tin ue d in t he dark, Brian Hall (Ha n) ta king the win by virtue o f a terrific s t ar t as com p a re d to poor st arts by his t wo cl osest co m pet ito rs , Tony Bu yas (Suz) and ' Richardson. At t he fla g it was Bu yas over Ri chardson by a smal l margin a fter a race-lo n g battle. The Pros had to run a co m bi ned 125 / 2 50 bash d ue t o the fa c t t ha t on ly tw o 125 riders an d three 25 0 rid ers showe d up . Eld y Sw en d sen (Han) startled the res t o f th e field by charg ing into a fa ntastic lead at the s ta rt with his 125 and holding it for three laps befor e being ecl ipsed down the ba c k st raigh t by ' Larry Nibler (250 Man ). Pat Em mo ns (250 Bu l) wo rked his way up from a bad s ta r t to pass Swe ndsen o n th e fourt h lap . then final ly wo r king h is w'a y past Nibler on the sevent h lap , co nt in ue d to stre tch his lead until th e fi nish. Nib ler hung onto secon d and Sw endsen was a di st ant t hi rd to ca rd firs t 12 5. Em mons led t he last mo t a fro m start t o fin ish followed b y David Pec k ( 125 Ha n ) wh o h eld his Elsino re 's throttle WFO fo r the en tire mota t o fen d off Nib ler , wh o na bbed seco nd 250 . T he la s t m o t o s ta r t saw both Emmo ns a n d Nibler ch arge into the lead within in ch es METZELER TIRES t;',.motocross and street treads in stock .~ '=' wholesale -retail ZDS MOTOR CORP. 465 5 San Fernando Rd., Gl endale, CA 9 1204, (213) 2 45-8695 Distr ib uto rs for 5 Wester n states . Idaho Short Track dilemma: What do you do wh'en a fo ur foo t high kid (Danny Atkinson) on a YZ-80 smokes the stat e's hottest 125s? Magneto $79.95 Fits an y 12 5cc Yamaha End ur o th r u ' 75 or M X th r u ' 73,' Bolts righ t o n. Yamaha of EI Monte 28 59 No . Durfe e, EI Mon t e, CA 9 1 732 (213) 442-580 0 BUY ING? SELLING? Cycie News Want Ads do it . ~~ . .. ·; ~ . 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