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Fo r th e sec o nd week in a row, Luke Messer (1\la i) ran aw ay with th e 500cc Pro s, alt ho ugh thi s week he won only one race . In the second and third even t , J im West provided the co m pe ti ti on , but his fir st race I I th had spo ile d his overal l bid. Jeff Vidic [Mai] also gave so me ha rd foe- manship, win ning t he th ird clash , but he too had tr oubles in race N u m be r O ne, taki ng a 10th. Rick Carrisos (Mai) wat ch ed co ns isteney pay off wit h second Ove ra ll as he totalled 12 poi nts in his th ree o utings. Messer had six. • Indian Dunes sideways ... <:.J ...0 By John Gro ut E <:.J VALENC IA. CAL., AUG. 24 0<:.J sr: NO FR IL LSOR DO-DADS....• PUC HS ARE BUI LT T O TA KE PUNISHMENT. The wo rd "bullet proof" is t he only way to describe them . With a new and different look from any bike on t he ma rket today . 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Then Bon gio rn o went to work. winning the second moto while Bell slid back to t hird wi th Lunde ho pping u p to seco nd. T hat p ut Bongiorno in the points lead for the final mo to, but Bell, this time with a better start, was th ird off th e line an d soon too k over the lead. Here ca me Lunde again wit h Bongiorno third and each really putting on the dici ng show. With the final ro und win , Bell got th e Overall, his 15 t h in t he past 16 night meetings. T ha t 's some kind of showing. J im West (flus) made the tri p back to Irwindale after his rece n t st int back East and picked up right were he left off three mo nt hs ago by winning the 250cc Pros by one point over J eff J enn ings (Hon), T hey were tied into the final with a vic tory apiece and while Chuck Lunde (l\Ion) was winning the third leg, West was besting Jenn ings' attacks for second. It's been a long and rather d ry spell for Lunde and his works Montesa, and he was quite happy with the third round race. even if it did only mean a third Overall. l A familiar sight this summer: Mike Bell picking up the win at Irwindale. you can read about lor two dollars. Send S2 .00 for Ro lf's gu ide. decals and complete information on the traini ng ~. H~;~varna International Training Center 933 Sou th Santa F@' = 2 I/.Sla Cal ilornia 920 83 o ecoe 714 724· 80 9 1 YE L L O W O R BL UE NO N·S L IP OU RY NATU RAL RU BBER G RI PS ~ ..... -:- .t::! y Foll owing a firs t co rner tan gle between Rick Smith an d Bob by "Joc key" Schwartz, th e ride rs in to nig ht 's SRA Handi cap Main event a t Indian Dunes Par k had to return to th e starting barrier fo r a restart. And th ough bo t h o f th e downed ra cers made it back to th e line, neith er of th em was ab le to repea t victories of previous programs. Smith disco vered his machinery was not o perating properly, an d Schw artz aga in crashed. So, with the field reduced to j us t four contestants , Tom Sawyer , who is cur ren tly leading the Indi an Dunes point s tan di ngs, slid to st ill an other triumph whi le defeating Ran d y Marsh, Gary Miller an d St eve Hein . Miller, who was down from Sacramento for the second week in a ro w. kee ps on improving each race. • Resu lts in Results Section. Snakes and "sprains" at Lake Mary Trials By Ga ry LaPlante LAKE ~IAR Y, ARIZ., AUG. I I T he first C.A.T. (Cen tral Arizo na Trials) po ints trials of t he ' 74-' 75 seaso n, dubbed t he Lake Mar y Trials, was held in the cool pines sout h of Flagsta ff, Arizona. The coo l te mperatures in the pines came as a welco me relief fro m th e 110 degree to 115 degree heat recorded "down" in Phoe nix . Every trials has a man that does m ost o f the work, better known as a Trialsmaster. This time it was Arizona Expert Eri c Eppard. Eric's known for his unortho dox rid ing style and beliefs on how se ctions should be set up . Neve r t he le s s "Bonzi" Eppard put together an event to be pro ud of. :\1any spectators turned out to see Arizona's finest trailers battle it o ut, The course was very short to allow the spectators to watch all 10 sections. Jus t before the trial, Southern California Suzuki star Jeff Koskie "sprained" his ankle p racticing. Jeff, rode the trial finishing second Master. Later he found out the ankle was really broken . Later a large number of rattlesnakes were uncovered in Section nine . T he critters were d ispose d of and th e day's events got underway. Master winner was Gary LaPlante losi ng 28 points. Second was J eff Koskie with 36 points. Arizona's answer to Bern ie Schrei be r is Rand y Clar k Yamin' his way to th e lo p Exp ert posi tio n wi th a loss o f 58 ~i n ls. • Yamaha wins first Baja race By M. F. Dryden SANTO TO~ IAS, BC. ~IEX .. AUG . 24 Pete r Colbert and Steve l Io llada v learned lip on a Yamaha 360 t:, win t he Baja Racing Association's