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.... 1:.1 ..0 o .... u o Rick Fe rris motors th rough the greenery . Track is near the site of t he Bad Rock Two Day . Fo rmation jum p. 125 Pros T im Eide 13A) and Rich ard Earl (10) do it togethe r. Mac CMC windup By Jan Newman MacMINNVILLE, ORE., SEPT. 2 2 It was the last race of a six -race series and the wrapup of an other season at Mac. There also was a sportsmanship trophy donated by Superior Ambulance Service, Ten names for this award were chosen and th e riders voted their choice. Rick Ferris was voted the best sport of the season. Each year the Gary Hamilton Memorial Trophy is awarded to the rider with the most points for the entire season. Mike Mather [Yam] held a sligh t edge over Rick Ferris (Yam) as the day began. Mike sewed it up firmly by adding another class win . Mike proudly accepted the award but the real admirer was his four-year-old son who stared in wide-eyed awe at the trophy which stood half again as tall as he did. Les Womack (Bul) was the Expert series winner and took home the S 150 prize. Les also won the 250 Pro purse today . Chuck Sun (Bul) got the Open Pro win. Only two 125 Pros signed so they ran with the Open class . The Junior classes were close for the series points win and went berserk in the first race. There were so many broken legs you cou ld have ricked them up like cord wood until the announcer suggested th at the gifts , nice as they were, were not worth it. Todd Walker (Yam) was the point leader after his third place fini sh today in the Mini Junior but he declined the series award because he 's sponsored by the track. This left two Open Junior riders in contention. Ronald Heck (Hus) took a fifth for the day and the big series prize whil e John Devore (Mai) won for the day and was second in the series. Jim Anderson (Yam ) was first for the Mini Intermediate and top .lnterm ediate series winner. It was a big day for all the Mathers when Dick took his first winning trophy in the second 250 Lost carb top ended Mo nty Mitchell's ride rather dramatically. That dent in the tank is no t on ly ho rrendous, it is -uh , ru inous. 42 Junior class on another Yamaha. Pat Abel took the win in the first group on an Ossa. • Resul ts in Results Section. My Daddy wo n th at? frightening dent in the tank as a memento. Jerry Allen (Mai) survived for the win and Butch Waymire (Yam) is beginning to look like his broken leg is past history as he fini shed second. • Results in Results Section. New faces at the front Night Rain-Q-Cross By Jan Newman By Kent Nicho lls WASHOUGAL, WASH., SEPT. 29 Today would have been a disaster for anyone betting on their favorites from past performan ces here in most of the races. Some o f the usual front runners weren't entered while many were victims of upsets no one could predict. Scott Bergren (Suz) took command in the 125 Intermediate class in the second moto after Cliff Ingham (Hon) encountered problems. Cliff won the first round and dropped to 11 th in the second for third overall. Wayne Christensen (Hon) had a second and fourth for the number two spot. In the first 125 Junior group, Jeff Talbot and Dave Brown exchanged wins and thirds while Tim Fellows rode second all the way for a three-way tie. All rode Hondas. The second 125 Juniors really raced it up . Bill Cranfurd (Yam) won the first moto and dropped clear out of contention in the second . Jim Wahl (Yam ) won it with a third an d second. Judy Winters (Yam ) really gave the guys some racing in this o n e. She finished second in moto one and was right up there in the second race until she slid o u t with one lap to go and dropped to seventh. Judy wound up fourth overall. The Pro money went home in d ifferent pockets. Ric Burkinshaw (Ho n) nabbed his first 125 Pro win here with two great rides. Ron Sun (Ho n) was second all the wav , There were a lot ~f new 250 Pros some just moved up from Intermediate and so m e just here for the first time. Charles Strayer (:\Io n ) sorted his way through the pileups to win . The Open Pros had all kinds of upsets. Chuck Sun [Bul] would have to be called the favorite, but he had a flat tire in the first moto and crashed in the second. Bob Leach inherited the lead in the first race and held it until the last lap when his Maico blew a head gasket. He tried to hold things together with one foot, but didn't have the oomph to get up the big hill. Bob Rush (Bul) took the win. Round two found Monty Mitchell (Mai) out in front and Rush was second until he came around a comer and the Bul went dead. Monty then had a huge lead until he started up the hill and the top of his carb came off! With the bike wide open he went over the uphill jump and halfway up the hill before he landed with the worst tank-slapper in all history . He left a TUCSON, ARI., SEPT. 22 After the Mini Beginners and Novices ran their race, it was the old men's turn. Now, the only difference between a regular racer and an old timer is that the old timer has more experience and sense and I'm not even sure if that's so after watching the first three place finishers in that class tonight. All three were riding big CZ's. Feature in your mind those two-wheeled tractors rocketing around a racetrack being piloted by three of the smoothest, most competitive riders ever to nose up to a rubberband and you have tonight's oldtimer's class . Larry Losey won it, followed closely by Bill Ewing and Doug Black. In the 100cc Combined class , Novice winner Renal Cox (Suz) and Amateur victor Larry Hardy (Car) had the start-to-finish duel of the year. Off the sta r t it was Cox with Hardy close enough to touch. Every lap the Carabella would pull up on the Su zuki down the straights and in t o the corners only to fall back as the two machines exited the bends. When 1 he white flag cam e out, Hardy knew that it was his last chance, then in the last comer Cox went wide o ut into the berm as he had every lap before. Hardy sq uar ed off the comer and Cox looked over and saw a 100 Carab ella dead even with him in the last straight. Three hundred feet late r a t th e finish line, Cox was a mere tireknob ahead. While all this wheel-to-wheel combat is taking place, up in the sky all the little clouds are gathering together into one big thunder head. During the 125 Novice race in which third place finisher Brian Carey (Puc) led until a fifth lap crash, the th under head cut loose with a fair amount of wind-driven rai n. It was not eno ugh to discourage riders. After Carey crashed, Honda pilot Mike Bardo and Gary Goodrich (Suz) had a three-lap battle, neither rider able to pull up on or lose the other. When it was allover, Bardo owned the lead position and Goodrich held a very close second. After the first set of motos a rider meeting was called and a vote taken to see if the riders wanted to continue to race. We all know how fun it is to play in the mud and besides a new sand surface was just put on the track, so all the riders voted to race on. Just as the Minis were lining up, the heavenly water truck must have split a seam because the rain began coming down like it was being poured out of a boot. At this point the promoters told everyone to go home and there was no argument. • Results in the Results Section. Corona MX By Laurie Ellis CORONA, CAL., SEPT. 19 The real action in the class of 125 Seniors didn't begin un til the seco nd moto. J err Crump, riding a Honda, go t the edge on Hodakamounted Dave Williams and held onto the lead for two laps, until Williams passed him going into a turn. They exchanged places again when Crump passed Williams, but Williams took the lead once more coming out of a tum in the fourth lap when Crump discovered he had forgotten to tum on the gas tap. A real break for Williams, but apparently still stunned by Crump's startling challenge, he dumped it, getting up just in time to cross the finish line in last place. However, Williams claimed first in the third moto, at the same time taking the overall win from Crump. • Teach-a-new-rider course offered The ABC Unified School District in Southeast Los Angeles County will be one of five California districts to participate in a motorcycle drivers training program in cooperation with the State Department of Education and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. How -to -ride and classroom instruction begins October 8 and will continue for five months via a series of five-week instruction periods at El Dorado High School, 16800 Norwalk Boulevard, Cerritos. Students, aged 15 and one-half or older, can enroll at seven p.rn, on Tuesdays or Wednesday. Enrollment is now open. George Suttles, who conducted a popular learn-to-ride program last Spring, will lead the classroom instruction, while a motorcycle officer from the California Highway Patrol will provide the on -bike training. The bikes . and helmets will be provided by the foundation . ..All non-riders will be experienced riders by the time they leave the Suttles said, noting that course," instruction will enable students to qualify for their motorcycle drivers license. More information on enrollment or the co urse may be obtained ' by contacting the ABC Adult School, (213) 926-5566, extension 350. •