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EXPANSIO 00 ... U ~ o .... u &000 square leet o $100,000 in inventory Dan and Pat Miller (N or) ge t it o n as th ey hum p their way to last p lace in an AMC sidehack exhi bition at OC IR. CMC Saddleback By A lan Shepherd . O RANGE. CAL.. SE PT. 15 It too k almost two years, but Ji m Wilson finally ma de hi s co meback . Wilso n , who dominate d motocross on the West Coast before breaking his leg in 197 1. came through with a dean sweep in the 500 Pros today at Saddleback aga inst some pre tty to ugh co mpetition. He battled fro m fifth spo t in 'th e first rno to, led ear ly by Lu ke Messer (Mai) and t ook o ver with o nly thr ee laps remaining and then had captured the lead onl y three laps in to the final on hi s CZ. During that second round, Messer, who appeared to have second locked up, lost his rear brake and flew off the co urse, nearl y co llidi n g with some spectators. They leaped out of the way just in time. Messer then got back into the moto in fifth, worked to third and ended up tied on points with Wayne Boyer (Che). Boyer got the runner-up spot, h o wever , due t o his second place • finish in the final round. Sage Senior smacks auto By Carol Benton - RIDGECREST, CAL., SEPT. 15 The lead changed five ti mes during . the 250 Senior race at Sage Park today. Randy Crawford (Kaw) led three laps o f the first mota before he crashed on t o th e track, shooting his bike into the side · of a parked car. Bru ce J ones (H on) inherited the win. Kem Park (Yam ) held th e lead through out the second moto while Bruce and Randy teased second. Randy shot ahead in the final moto only t o crash again. Bruce was ready to za p the lead and rode to first overall. • Pessy gets 80 By Alan Shepherd IRWI ND ALE, CAL.. SEPT. 13 To nig ht Dave Pessy won a rugged battle with Jeff Vidic (Mai) in the 250 Pros at Irwindale Raceway, his 80th ca reer triumph under the CMC lights. Vidic started the night bent upon victory. cap t uring the first moto with' Pessy second. Then. in a side-by-side showdown in the second. they swapped positions se tting up a tie going into the final. Torco Oil ; N.G.K. Plugs Leather Motocross gloves Bates style Kidney Belts Plastic lever assembly (Guarant eed ) Black Ox ide Motocross bars Plast ic fenders all colors (Guarante ed) Pessy was th e fir st t o rea ch the first tu rn and th at was abo ut it fo r t he night-racing star. J eff J ennin g -( Hon) nudged his way in to second by the finis h line wit h Vidi c thi rd. Vidic still earned second on points wh ile a more consistent Ray Lopez (Bul) had third over Jennings. • $ .69 No limit $ .69 No limit $4.95 a pair $5 .~5 $3.95 a pair $5 .95 " $1.95 front 52 .95 rear Free Cycle Parts T-shirt wi th mi ni mum purchase of $20. CYCLE PARTS c a: UJ J: 133 29 Sherman Way, No. Hollywood, CA 9 1605 (1 bloc k west of Fulton ) 213 -983-0210 or 213-983-0213 - Q. UJ J: VI Sale lasts until Oct. 13, 1974 Z « .J '-'-"'''---=--~« Open 7 ~ays a ""eek It t oo k aw h ile. bu t Ji m Wilso n has made h is return k no w n with aCMC' 500 Pro cla ss win. Griner gets to it By Tom Blattler CORONA, CAL., SEPT. II The half-mile main event for the big bikes proved to be what everyone figured it would be: fast. At the start, it was 17-year-old Terry Griner and Dean Sykes of Vancouver, Washington fighting for the lead into the first turn with Griner taking over the top spo t down the back straight. Th e a mazing thing ab o u t Griner taking th e lead on the straigh taway is that Terry was ridinz a 360cc Yamaha co mpared to everyo ne else 's 650cc an d 750cc mach in es. Griner has become so quick on th e big half-mil e th at it t ake s a very goo d rider with a very quick ma chine to hold him ba ck. By the seco nd lap, th e field was beginning to stretch out just a bit with Griner st ill amazingly holding on to the lead over Sanders, Smith , Voge , and the rest of the Open ma chines. By the fourth rou nd , Smith had moved into the second position ab oard his new 750cc Triumph, and down the back straight Chris got by Griner for the lead, as the riders went into turn nu mber three. By th is time, everyone was wondering what was wrong with Bob Sa nders. and his Norton was not running la o . well in sixth place . By the six t h lap, the top three posi tions were prett y well set, as Chris Smith had o pe n ed up a go od size lead over Griner, wh o was still in sec ond o n the 36 0 . Yam aha , with Nic k Voge running in th e th ird spo t. 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