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Pridmore made it a Heavywe igh t double fo r his BMW sponsor Butle r and Sm ith b y wi nning the Op en Gr and Prix at the end of t h e day . Rudy Galindo , th e 35 0 class win ner, hel d d own second place b ut was lo sing sigh t of Reg at the rate of about-two seconds a lap . Harry K l in zm a n n was in third pl ace meanwhi le, doing his usual wheelies out of the hairpin. About t he 10tll lap th ou gh it became apparen t Fred Walti 's TZ-700 was closing on Harry's 35 0. The gap was down to two seconds by the II th lap , an d "Fast Freddy" go t by Har ry -on the back part of the co u rse o n the next lap . Fre d finished second in t he Open class, with Harry 's Pr em ier Yamaha taking sec on d 35 0 , and fourth overall. _ The ' No rt hern Chapter of 't h e AF M arranged for vario us local cycle shops to provide trophie s (down to eigh th in som e classes) an d p rizes , There must hav e been so me raised eyebrows when it came time to award th e 250 Prod ucti on gift certificates . T igert had won a $25 me rchandise ce r tificate from Kaw asaki of Monterey (o ne of T ip McPartland 's sponsors) while T ip was given a $20 certificate fr om San Francisco Ya maha. Results in the Result s Section. Ver ' safe! "Umpire" Dave Garoutte calls his Ossa's slide in the hairpin by the pits. Clear or Pola rized le ns 00 ~ QJ .0 Vent ed with foa m filters o ..... Extra wide band u o Cngineere4 SCOTT Goggles a re en ginee red for profess ional riders. That's why Rolf Tibblin, Brad Lackey, Mitch May!!S, Gary Sernl cs . and many other top pro s use SCOTT. Stop by your dealer or acc essory s ho p a nd try a pair o n and you'll understand W we sa y tha t SCOTT Goggles are ENGINEERED, hy SC:OTT P.O. Box 187, Sun Valley, Idah o 8335 3 U~JPA_ WHEN APROBLEM DRINKER DRIVES, IT'S YOUR PROBLEM. Probl em drinkers were responsi ble for 19,000 highw ay deaths last year. That is your problem. Because they didn 't kill only themselves. They killed People they loved, people they'd never met, people like you. And they didn't only kill. They crippled and maimed and destroyed lives without act~IY taking them . . Over the barrel and through the woods By Jan New man BEN D, ORE., SEPT . 15 \.IS I BOX 2345 I ROCKVIUE. MARYLAND 20852 : - I I : I I I I wantto do something about my problem. I Please lell me how else I can help. I I My name is : A dre6s L Cd y .!.l s Z. l~e=== ~p OJ : ..J DI!.PARTM~NT O f' TRA NSPO RT AT IO N \. ~~ NATION Al. H lCiHWAY TIlAFf'IC SAFETY .... MIN1STR.... D T10~~ 11 was a hal sultry day and the trac k seeme d 10 h ave a co uple of new lin es thai lo ts of guys tri ed over th e top o f th e Barrel and o ff .~ ~ in to th e r ocks a nd trees o n th e back st re tc h . Neith er wor ked very well. Th e 25 0 J un io r a n d In termed ia te classes ro de together. J un ior M o nte Lalack (Ilon ) he ld a slim edge ov er Do n Marcouli er (Ha n) fo r t h e win. Ca lvin . William s (Suz) we n t in to th e final race with a po in t lead and led th at race u nt il he to o k the over-the-barrel tri p. J im Heath (Kaw) came up with the final win and firs t overall. There was a three-way race for th e Ope n J un io rs be t w ee n Bob Ulam(Mai). Nick Anders on (Bul) and Jim Ne wman (Mai) . J oe Merrill (Mai) was up the re , to o. un t il h e went through th e wood s in th e second mo ta and bit off a rock th at hit back . Newman kille d his engine in Coast Mo~o Cycle ~ . Motocross - Desert 2334 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA 92627 714-645-8008 ~~t.~t,~\)\)\. th e fir st cor ne r in rac e o n e b ut cam e back to pass the next t wo for first . wi th Anderson second. The resu lt s might have been differ ent if Ula m had fini shed any of the races with work ing sh ocks. All the Experts ra n toge ther with Rod Kentner 's Yamaha being the o nly Open bike and John Bro wn's Honda the lon e 125 . Nothing at all went right for Brown and no thing we nt wrong for Kentner . Nob ody ever saw any th ing bu t th e backsid e of Rod 's Mon osh ock flo at ing o ver the rough tr ack th at gave every one else .trou bl e. Ron J ensen (Ho n) gained a secon d, a th ird an d a fourth fo r second overa ll. T he T urkeys provided an ex tre me change o f pa ce. The y h ave mo re fun and are more fun to see than anyo ne (b ut probably don 't go as fast as th e Mini s). Chuck Seal (Yam) man aged to tak e three, even w ith one trip ov er the barrel. R ay LeRogue (Hus) ed ged J oe O'Halloran (Hus) out for seco nd . .. Results in the Results Section. r DRUNK DRIVER- - - - - - ----~I -------83 I ~ "",. .to Ci tuneLearn howthe to '\\\'" bikes at BURAK TUNING SCHOOL fo r performance, fun & eco nomy. 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