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Local MX hotline Who's riding what... And who's Pat Hubbs? By John Beth ea Ie. Foaming O RAKGE , CAL..JAK. 5 Th e New Year 's Scramble , all inst itution for American moto cross racer s, seems [a be cooling off, but th ere arc a few loo se ends whi ch br and cha ngers h aven ' t t ied. And at the Cl\IC's 19 75 kic koff to dav at Sadd leback Park th e q uestion of wh o is go ing to be riding what was o ne o f two ·- major topics. In case you haven't he a rd by n ow, Bruce ~ Ic D o uga l has left Ho nd a , and he mad e that clear t h is outi ng by showi ng up on a Yamaha. T h en there is To m my Croft, th e form er wo rks- Fran ks rid er wh o is still negotia ting with American Ho nd a . Add to this the appearance of Gary Sernics on a factory Kawasaki. Unhappily, h o wever, non e won, But o ne who did, Rich Th orwaldson , isn't sure if he'll be working for U.S. Suzuki next week _. contract agr ee me nts haven't eve n been dis cussed. a p p a re n tly. T he switc h d o esn't end there, either. Gay lon Mo sier . w ho wa s riding for Wheel sm ith Eng ineering after bre a kin g rela tio ns with A merican Ho nd a, showed up a lso with a fa c tory prepared Ka wasa ki. I1is was the b rightest effort, sn agg ing the 25 0cc Pro class fro m a determined privateer Ri ch Grafton (Hus). Although tied with three points apiece . G aylon 's final ra ce win is even m or e impressive in th at he had Dilly 15 min u tes of practice o n the bike before signing in Su nday ! T he sa me was a lmos t tru e fo r Se rn ics, wh o co m b ined a sixth a nd fourth fo r fourth overall in th e 5 0 0cc Pro s . won b y Thorwaldso n a ft er Doug Sh er m a n came up with p ro b lem s ea rly in the second m o t o after capturing the first. In t h e same vein. both Croft and McDougal got off slowly for their fi rst efforts. And Bruce, with a seventh and fift h, took fo u r th 250 whil e Croft, in th e same class , could n't get th e b ike unwound in either ra c e, fin ishi ng bare ly wit hin the top 10 . So me o f th e b est p er fo rm a n c es of the day came from lo ca l hero es w ho have y e t to reac h th c n at ional sta rdom sta ge . like Bill Rubly a nd Bob Messer . two ~ Iaico riders. Both Boh in the 250 and Bill in th e 5 0 0 . led o r ne arl y led a t the st art of eac h mo to . Rubly held on for a sec ond over l a f ter Sherman 's al demise and Messe r ap pea red t o h ave a t leas t a th ird 01\ until his expansion cha m ber c ame o ff m id wa y through th e fina l ev en t. Th a t. gave Mo rris Mal o n e (.\Iai) th e opening for th ird . Saving th e best fo r last , the finest sh o w ing h y a nyo n e ca m e: fr om a lo c al young man wh o h as b een a n y t h in g hut spec ta c u lar in th e: past y ea r o r so . Pat lIuhhs (lion) uncer emonio u sly nearl y destroyed t he p owerful I 25 cc Pro ra nks in a n ast o n ish ing displa y of newly acquired powe r. When l lu b bs fin ish ed fourth in the first mo t o , this rcpo r tcr wa s su rp rised . But when he toved with th e b est the west h as t o o ffe; in ligh tw e igh t talent, an d dang near c ame fro m hehi nd to nip Tim I.unde (H o n) in th e fin al, everyon e on hand was to ta lly amazed. Not o nce , or twice. but a t leas t hal f-a-do zen times Hubbs fough t back aft e r losing ground in a fierce five -rider battle and even tually took over second with a b o u t fo ur laps re main ing. be hind Lu nde who wo n the first ra ce b y 20 seconds. O nce in second . an d six secon ds b ehind. he started to close an d was n ip pe d at the chec kered b y less th an a tick of the clock . It resulted in a tie for secon d with Mike Bell (Hon) , w ho showed his No. One plate fo r the first time. But Bell 's fourth in th e fina l wasn' t good enough . 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Use th is c oupon Rich Grafton, top priv atee r in 250 Pro on a determined effort. r-;;;~~~;~~-;;;~;u~;~, 172 13 Roseton Ave. Artesia. CA 90 70 1 213-924-2111 Pat Hubbs (w ho? - F 1) almost stole the baco n in 125 Prb at Saddleback. Rush me li terature and FREE DECAL. [' 50. enclosed Name Add re ss _ . Stat e Make 01 mv bike .. • _ _ Z ip _ __ _ _ .. ---------------:v~ THE ~ ~. INTERAMA WINNER MACHINES THAT WIN AT COMPETITIVE PRICES Coast Moto Cycle Ramona tops HS MX By Terri Buchanan CO RON A, CAL. Dec. 20 No rt h High and Ra mona were lied for t he H igh S c hoo l MX Ch am pio nsh ip with 2 I 8 points ap iece, but Ramo na had almost all the wins in the last ra ce to take the defending champions, North, who until this eve ning were u n d e fe a ted a t Corona. _ Ramona had a total of 258 p o in ts, North scored 232, Poly , 78, A lta Lorna, 5! and Corona. 46 . The third moto of the 500 Se nior class w as o ne of the m o st exciting ra c es o f the n ight. Ric k S to u t a n d Go rdy Co llins p layed ca t an d mo u se a ll o ver th e tra ck, swap ping posit ions u ntil th e las t tu m before th e finis h line. Collins look it away fro m S t ou t. However Stout had two firsts a lready giv ing h im first overall with Collins taking the second. Both were from Ra mona. North had Wayne Fuji moto in to take third. • Results in Res u lts Section . 2334 Newport B lvd _ Co sta Mesa, CA 92627 714·645-8008 Mike Patrick 's, YAMAHA 01 CORONA JI 01 E. 6t h Street. Corona. CA ._ . ( 714 ) 735 ·7721 'ti:i' Ra ce o n racetracks. 13

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