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Cycle News 1974 09 10

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Choice of Champions DeCoster - Robert Wolsink - Geboers SUZUKI Thorwaldson- R nyard u !BA~ KAMERICARD Terms &Insurance Available'- l . . DALE BROWN SUZUKI Now Available Complete stock of all Models Danny Turner (552) and Mike Preston (Ge) carried the ir place ·swapping duel th rough both 125 Expert motos at Live Oak. }~ ~ New 0-36 night mota-show at Live Oak YUBA CITY, CAL. , AUG. 17 Danny Turner (Hus) made his motocross debut at the all new Live Oak Racewav a successful one, as he won the 125 Expert class in a ha rd-fought bailie with Mike Preston (Hon). Turner won the first moto bu t found himself trailing Preston in the second. Numerous times Turner pulled side by side with ' Pres to n but could not find the right combination to get around. Turner was declared the winner because the first rnoto was the longe r of the two. Turner was not so successful in the 250 Expert class, though he finished a solid second behind Kevin Henry, a Dist rict 36 blue pla te holder for 19 74 . Henry (Bul) won t he class by win n ing the first m oto an d pl acing second behind Charlie Vo llenweider (Bu l) of La g u n i t a s Ln t he fi na l m ot o . Vollenwider's win in t he second m oto , com bined with his fifth pl ace finis h in the first mo to, was goo d enough fo r an overall third . • Resu lt s in Results Section. l Hylton, Hall win two in Chico By Rex Backman CH ICO , CAL., AUG. 17 Cliff Hy lton and Mike Hall both took home two first place t rophies in the nigh t short track races. Hylt o n's first win came in the 200 Expe rt Main, as he put his Yumaha in fro nt of th e pac k at the start of the event and wen t on unch allenged. J eff Damon worked lip to second after a bad start and Pau l Quiring (Bul) was third. Win number two for Cliff came in the 200 Handicap . Tom Cantrell (BuI) led at first but fell back fro m the leaders as the Experts worked their way up through the pack. After a few laps Hylton was in the lead and riding on for his second win. Mike Hall led from start to finish in the 250 Novice Main as he held off a hard-eharging Paul Meyer (Cop). With Hall's win to night he is now three.po ints ahead of Meyer. In the 250 Handicap, Hall agoain jumped to an early lead with ~leyer trail ing again in second . Hall continued to lead but Meyer fell back to the press ure of John Ga rdine r (Yam) and Jim Hubbard (Yam) . Hall was out front with a comfortable lead b ut Sha ne SCOll (Ya m) was having it out withj im Hubbard. Coming o ut of the last corner it loo ked li ke Scott would get Hubb ard but t he bid fo r third place fai led as Sco tt had to swerve out of his line to miss Matt Jackso n, whose b ike ha d jumped o ut of gear. Steve Diet z is ho t. Last week he wo n both 360 even ts, he too k a sec o nd a t Quin cy , and toni ght he wo n th e ,360 Scra tch . Diet z led at th e dr op o f th e flag with Lo well Moura! an d J ohn Gran t having th eir o wn race fo r seco nd p lace. Moural would ri de on the inside whil e Grant wou ld try to get around him on th e o uts ide. D ietz we nt o n for the win with Moural ho lding off Grant fo r JOin 7Scc, .IOOcc,12Scc, 250cc.400cc DALE BROWN DISCOUNT CLUB No Largest parts invent ory in Californ ia in ~o\lll 11' T ry us f or all hard t o get Suzuki parts .\0 213-427-8941 244 1 Long Beach Blvd ., Long Beach, Calif orn ia (2 blocks south of Will ow) With th is ad Q£lJ¥ Save 10% off List Prices .. .. BobWoJf supports. . . M.O.R.E. non profit second. Cliff Ada ms was t he early leader in the 360 Handica p but gave up the lead when he crashed into the fen ce . Lowell !\Io ural too k over with his super quick Yamaha. Kur t Falor was second until he a lso fe ll. The Carson City comet, !\Ia n uel Crummett (Bul) then too k second with J eff Sierick getting third. • Results in Results Section. The 360 Handicap sk ims the tires at Cycleland . Winner Lowell Moura l (15) is lyi ng second, loo king fo r a ho le to sco ot thro ugh . Can you do . I~') any~. ",01 M.O.R.E. of California e Ic&eeI 'V 1129 N. 11th St . Sacramento , CA 95826 $10 a year prevents bad laws and gets yo u aII th e state news. SAMMY TANNER DISTRIBUTING IUIRI-TECH 213·924·2111 515 N. Vic tory Blvd. BURB ANK , CA LI F ' (213) 849-7295 19

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