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to hav e on e of those great YZ's, th at's what y ou put down as yo ur hike. Perish the th ought you sh ould put just Yamah a! But it 's o bvio us in th e results that YZ s do go fas t. The 12 5 Junior/Exper t b ash was th e firs t to try o u t the s tar te r wit h so m e of the over-anx io us o nes pro gr ess ing to th e second row for th eir ex h uberanc e, My notes o n th e first moto read u22 - C - 24 whoopee" and th ese th ree number s wer e n a t getting wi th the pro gram. J eff Springman, Charles Summers and Mike T id we ll o n YZs a nd Steve Woskoski o n a plain o ld Yam ah a mixed it up for three moros, wit h T id well wi nning . We missed the third moto of this class ta lking with ligh tweigh t ste ward Clyde Re es e who wa s o n han d to se ll new numbers to riders wh o hadn ' t app lied ye t alo ng wi th h eavy we igh t steward Diane Connoll y. Clyd e desp erat ely wants to see TT scrambles ge t a sho t in the arm . And he's got so me ideas th at can h ell', if th e District and th e Al\IA will go fo r it . On e idea is a regional cha mp io nsh ip . Clyd e thinks, an d righ tl y so. th at b eing able to say you ca n be a t th e guys in tw o o ther Districts will provide all the motivation ne cessary . We also chew ed o n ge tt ing the East -West b attles goi ng aga in . My co lu m ns will keep you post ed on th at information , so b ack to th e racin g. Th e n agger had a n embarassing th ing happ en" to him during the 25 0 Junior /Expert. Whil e smartly giving the white n ag, th e mat eri al n ew o ff th e stic k. That d id n't ca use any tr ouble th ough , an d that class. as alway s. pr ovided some of the b est racing o f th e day . Up fro nt th e Bultacos an d Mi ke Reyn o ld s and St eve Fo rtu ne we re having at it with th e Ya maha co n tingen t of Mike Tidwe ll, Eddie Beason and Mar k Presco t t. Bu t a t th e ba ck a di ce was go ing o n th at q u ite a few of the spec tato rs were watching . Walter Whi te o n a Hus ky and Gary Wo ods on a Mon t esa were having a ball and prohabl y enjo y ing it more than th e fron t ru nners, alth o ugh Wh it e dro ppe d it o n th e last lap . Mar k Presco tt fi nis he d th at round w ith h is p ip e d ragging an d in th e seco nd round h e an d Bruce Reyn olds were really wo rkin g on eac h oth er. Steve Fortu ne got in the middle and thi ngs got very m uch wo rth wat ch in g as th ey sta rted lappi ng slower riders. In th e last o ne, Fortune a lmos t tied him self to Pres cott's rear ti re and reall y pushed him, but Mark held on , sh oving his face sh ield up in a gest ure of relief as the m o to ended . For s uc h a small turn out th e re was a CYCLE PARTS COUPON fair numb er o f b ig bi ke s a nd to th is th umper lover the so un d o f them firing up brought th e usu al chills . If yo u love Triumphs. th e o ne No vice Dave Destl er has will ma ke yo ur mouth wa ter . It 's Devon So well's ex -Ascot moun t w ith a ll th e proper mod s. We do n't th in k Da ve will rema in a Novice fo r lo ng when he and Triumph ge t it t ogeth er. Anoth er Novice w h o won 't be o ne fo r lo ng is the winner, Clyd e Den nen on a Su zuki. He fia t new and another two-stro ke, a Yamah a ridden by Earl Park er finis hed second. Junior winner was Da ve Reese (Yam ) and he rea lly smo ke d 'em. St eve Miller (Yam) an d Charles Pe tt y (Bul) wer e th e race to watch , wit h Pe tt y finally ta ki ng an easy slide o u t in th e -t h ir d , lim ping o ff with a pain full y twisted kne e m usc le . Th e big guns. th e Exp erts. were the o nly o ther class to end up with so me o n th e back ro w each m oto, fo r jump in g. Tu t , tut, ge ntlemen! Bu t th en a b ig bo omer isn't th e easiest bi ke to h old in che c k o n a st arting line. Dave Grigsh y (Ya m) wo n with ac tion all the wa y . In the seco nd mot o Jim Wright went o ff th e co u rse, par alleled it at spe ed fo r a bit a nd shot ha ck o n again and in the third we saw racing to d o your heart good . You co uld have lit er ally thrown a blanket over th e first five. Gri gsby broke loose b ut St eve Fortune co uld n ' t get aro und an oth er rider fo r a co uple o f bps an d so mix it up, but h e st ill fin ish ed second ove ra ll. Th e only ma in was th e 175-25 0c c Novices who h ad ra c ed HARBOR CITY 1290 PACIF IC COAST HWY. 12131 530.()9C)4 HAWTHORNE 12942 HAWTHORNE BLVD_ 1213' !I73-!MO!I SAN BERNARD INO 473 W. BASELINE 17141 885·9509 PASADENA 1890 E. COLORADO BLVD. 12131449-9613 T O R RA NCE 20928 HAWTHORNE BLVD. 1213 1371-3611 EAST LOS ANGELES 400 s. ATLANTIC BLVD. 12131264-4107 L A HABRA 901 WHITTIER BLVD. 12131697-9126 BUENA PARK 6871 BEACH BLVD. (714 ) 994·3580 NO . HOLLYWOOD 13329 S HERMA N WAY 12131983·0210 SANTA ANA LONG BEACH 205 N. 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