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UJ 51 DQ ;;= DQ ..:::lI g ;... g ~ tO') ...... ... ~ .CJ '" ..... ~ u 0 z « :; ~ w Z z « -s R ick New ma n (Yam , Open Int ermed iat e ): 'Wh o oooo ps! . . . (Whump!l I t hink I' ve hi t a land mi ne!" th ird and a first. Brian lIall (Han) was righ t be h ind wi th a firs t and a third. (Suz) and Mik e S Ca li B e r g r e n Thorsfeldt (Han) altern ated in seco nd and fo urth. It was anybody's b all game all t he way b ut Th o rsfd dt go t th e b ig tr ophy . A second for th e day gave BiB Wallace (Suz) the Open In termediate series win but the real rid e was put in by Rick Newman (Yam). With a first moto win b ehi nd him he led to the corner in th e seco nd and went down. lIe was dead last going. By the end of the sec ond lap he was up to th ird and push in g on until he t ook ove r th e lead . It was a stran ge day for mo st of the Pros wh o normally ride two o r m o re classes and fi nish at or near th e top. Mit ch Simmo ns ble w th em all off th e tr ac k o n a 125 Ho nda but starte d the first 250 m ot o by getting hi s foo t cau ght between his Husky 's rear fender and tire. From th er e thi ngs wen t downhill . Ri ck Burkinsh aw (Han) hung in tight fo r a sec o nd in the 125 class . Mike Kinn ear (H us ) nev er go t s tar t ed in the 250 but wa s looking gr eat on a 125 until he cam e off hard. Chuck Sun (Bul ) had it all his wa y in the 25 0 clas s but seiz ed his BuI in the Open class battl e with Rick Burgett (CZ ). Rick w on the Open clas s an d had a second in th e first 25 0 mota but sac ked his CZ in the second race . R ick di d ma nage to hang in fo r third place on • a 125 CZ . Result s in th e ResuIts Se ction. CMCAscot: Pessy wins No 81, Bell loses legit By A lan Shepherd GARD ENA, CA L., SEPT . 18 On the nex t-t o-last night of ClI-IC motocross at Ascot Park, veteran Dave Pessy rambl ed home with another clean swee p of th e 250cc Pro class a nd in t he process set one record an d closed in on ano ther. 'It was Pessy's 20th win of the season and it mak es him the firs t ri de r in th e CMC 's seve n-year hi st o ry to have at Icast t ha t m an y wins in three consec utive seasons. It was also his 81s t career victory ~ w hi ch d ra ws h im to with in th ree of , T im Il ar ts a ll-t ime mar k. That record co uld fall before th e m o nth is o u t . Dave 's prim e oppostio n came fr o m J oe J oh nston . also on an Ossa. while third pl acer Ray Lo pe z rode a Bultaco . " First gear , hang o n tight - seco,!d gear, lean right .. ." (Ho nde ls, circa 196 6) Sin ce coming out o f retireme nt five weeks ago, Lo pez had always been righ t around th e ove ra ll win positi on. It was up set time in , the 125cc Pros as Mar k T yer Ieg i t im a t e ly de feat ed Mike Bell in a night race for th e fi rst . time in 12 we ek s. Bell did no t cras h , no r did he have probl em s with hi s Hon da : Tyer jus t 'bea t him off th e lin e eac h time and held it twice. The on ly tim e he di dn't was in the first moto mi d way through wh en Bell pu lled alongside Tyer fo r a narrow pass and banged into him to send him o ff th e track. In the seco nd mota. Bell co uld n ' t get close and in the th ird stayed right o n T yer 's tail but failed to find an open ing. Johns ton also ro de this class on a Kawasaki and looked good whil e taking a thi rd overall. Of note also is that T im Lunde is ba ck on a Ho nda after spe nd ing ab o u t tw o mo nths on a Kaw asa ki. With Lu ke Messer absent fr o m lhe racing ra n ks due to problems with his Maico t hat haven 't heen totall y so lved ye t. BiB Rubly (CZ) app eared to be th e favorite in the 50 0cc Pros. But in the first mota he came from fifth to win it. only aft er first Rob Zingg (:lla i) and then Dan Barnes (CZ ) each dropped o u t wh ile in the lead. Rubly then led from st ar t to finish in the second, but in the third it was Jim Wilson (C Z) getting on th e th rottle hard and turni ng in his fi rs t night m o t a win in about t wo se asons . Because o f i t , he ea rned seco nd ove rall with Rubly eas ily • secu ring th e tr iumph . Department of Transportation eases mo-peel standards A fter waiting the a pp ro priat e time for co m men t. the Department of Transp orta tion moved to alt e r ce rtain safety standards as they wou ld ap p ly to mo- peds and lo w-po wer moto rb ik es. ef fec tive October 14, 1974. Machin es no t ca pa ble of rea ch ing 3 0 MPH w ithin a sta ndi ng s tart mi le will not ne ed turn signals . need n ot p ass stringen t br ak e fade t est s, and need have only half as hri ght a bra ke light as th at req uired o n o ther types . How ever. th e dep rt rnen t r efu sed to ease he adlight standards. so mo-ped manu facturers will s till have to provide . st rong enough electrical sy ste ms to p ass the fe de ral te sts in o rder to sell them ~~ ' P.l.T.Stop Pickins ' Red wo od Cit y P.I.T.S. elected new o ffi cers Augus t 15 , 1974 . They are : Presid en t Vice. Pres Se cr etar y T reasurer T om Cullen Gary Owens Steve Darrow J oe Laconio Their ch apter meets on th e second Wednesday of each mo nth, 8 p .m . at 84 0 Cherry Lane. San Carlos. California . '(b e Redwood City Chapter is especially proud of their ability \0 hold m o n thl y trials on club pro per ty near Sk eggs Poin t. What wi th the legalfliab ility angles. it 's st rictl y a closed membership gro un d . Con tact a chap ter memb er for details. Bakersfie ld P.l .T .S. cha pter meets the first Tuesday of eac h mo nth at Sh akey's Pizza Parlor on Alta Vista in Bakersfield, Cali f. Their officers: President Vice. Pres Sec-Treas Soc. Capt, Ron Sprayberry Larry Melton Joyce Sprayberry : .Dw igh t Fearing . 21