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ELocal hotline cont'd. -= s t ." 250 Expert Russ McAfee 'up l!iterally) for the win. Th e sea t fell off in the first lap. Blazing saddles at AME MX By Barney Drake RIVERSIDE, CAL., JA N. 19 After th e 250 Exp erts th unde red around th e first tu m, lying in the trac k was a black object, Ru ss McAfee's seat. As they _carne The St eve Hurd crew pounces. Revell's Raiders at the Dunes By J ohn Grout VALENCIA, CAL. , JAN. 26 Revell's Raiders dominated all th ree of the ,pro classes during today's moto cros s that marked the return of the CMC to th e Sha dow Glen track. Revell riders who swam ped their respective divisions included Bill Payne (Mai ), Will Harper (CZ) and Don Draz (Hon). During the IITSt he at event for the big-bore crew, both Joe Johnston (Mai) and Jeff Jennings (CZ) were generating some pressure on the front-running Payne. It didn't last for any length of time - Johnston dropped out with mechanical problems, while JenninR$ began to fade in the stretch. Will "The Harpoon " Harper, Expert champion of the 250cc division at the 'Dunes, fought back a number of first-mote bids that cam e from Husky-racing Bob Hannah. Though Hannah worked to within a couple of bike lengths during that IITSt round, he Studied concentration. was qu ite some dis tan ce behind Harper in th e nigh tcap, Don Draz, still an oth er Revell ripper , ra t tl ed a Honda to tw o straight, lo ng-yar dage triumphs at th e 125 cc Pro level. While racin g in a comb ine d grouping with the 250cc m ach inery, Draz ac tually ca ptured a th ird place overal l in the fin al go-round, allowing only Harper an d Salm on to fini sh in front of him! Not t oo shabby at all. • San Bernardino MC Hare 'n Hound: More fine tales from out Cuddleback way By Ji m Bissner CUDDEBACK DRY LAKE, CAL., JAN. 26 A splendidly dus ty day for a race as Smoke Bomb Gaetz hauled in his Dick Allen sponsored Yamaha for first Open and first overall at San Bernardino MC' s secon d annual Figure-Eight Hare and Hound. After the race people weren 't talk in g too mu ch ab ou t the co urse, but those wh o did said eve ry th ing was swell exc ept a few very d iffi cu lt, an d unn ece ssary, up hills (fo rmerly downh ills). Despite that, ho wever, everyone looked as if they had enjoyed the tw o ho nes t 47-mile loops which crossed m ost every kind of terrain available out here. Behind Gae tz, Bob Ballentine (Hus }, to ok firs t 250 an d an unthreaten ed second overal l being fo llo wed a little la ter, b y Dan Dawson, also on a 25 0. Firs t Division Two and fift h overall was Andy Kir ker (C-A) , carrying th e nu mb er one pl atter for his efforts last yea r. Beh ind Kirk er in th e clas s were Dean Modesett (KTh I) an d Bill Friant wrestling with his Penton. Everyone from the SBVMC cr awled ou t of the woodwork and, despite a few whines from participants , put on one of th e finest races we might see this year. San Berdoo brought out th at reporter who raised such a fus s last year about " Barstow" and impress ed upon him, as well as a councilman from down there, th e family n ature of our sport. Incidentally , instea d of burn ing tires the sponsoring club used two six-foot helium bal loons to mar k each b omb due to the threat of legal ac ti on by the A.P.C.D. It was really clever and they got the gas for ch eap; expressing th at th ey 'd like to see more clubs cap ital ize on the idea. • Resu lts in Resul ts Sect ion. ar ound fo r th e first lap, th e leader, McA fee, was standing up and it appear ed th a t his ch ance of winning was lost. How ever , as th e mo to progresse d, McA fee kept th e advan tag e. With apparen t strong legs (or a sore behind), Russ held off T obi Taki (Mon) an d West Cy cle 's Mike J en kinson (Hus). The start o f the secon d moto was li ke the first, except this time McAfee kep t his sea t , but J en kin son p assed Taki and slithere d by McAfee. J en kin son co uldn't ho ld off the ons laugh t of the mon ey-hu ngry McAfee, wh o passed Mike an d Taki foll owed suit , puttin g , J en kinson back whe re he started, in third pl ace. Ta ki t rie d everything b ut co u ldn ' t ca tc h t he flyin g Mac. Ace Mike Sullivan , Bultaco handicapped wi th a bad start , had his work cut out fo r him as he slowly gunne d th em d own for th e 50 0 Expert win. AME Number One 500 Exp ert Tom Claire (CZ) cra shed in the fir st comer, leaving him with the catch-up game, an d finishing with a second. In the second moto Claire made sure he wouldn 't crash at the first comer. Sullivan again was plagued by a bad start, but desire for the money overcame this obstacle, and he angl ed by Claire. AME has jus t in tr oduc ed a new class - th e 100 Experts, comple te with 100% pay back just like the other Expert classes, and a big $5 00 purse to the po int leader at the end of the year. So all you Mini Expe rt s, here 's your chan ce. Little Johnny Welchel cap tu re d th e 100 Junior win with eas e. It 's amazing First place winners from Sadd leback Hillclimbers' Assn. for 1974 Back row (I to r) Neal Mackel, Open Class; Bill Estes , 360 Stock; Alice Hudnall, 175 Class; John Jefferie , 650 Stock ; Chuck Peterson, 450 Stock; Clyde Peterson, 500 Stock and Modified; Carl Collier, '250 Stock. Front row (I ro r) Doug Hall, 250 Modified; Mike Powell, 125 Class ; Kerry Peterson, 400 Stock and Modified; Craig Mock, 3 60 and 4 50 Mo dified ; Ron Saffel, 650 Modified. No t shown : Gary Hall, Mini Class and Dave J avis, 100 Class. 14