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Sacramento, CA 95826 $10 a year prevents bad laws and gets you all t he state news, 'Gris wal d easily t oo k the heat wi n an d looked to be the favori te in th e main as he seem ed unbe a table in the heat. Woo fo o led all present as he jetted o ut to a 10 y ar d lead at the start of t he seve n lap main and led till the finish. Jerry Griswald tried hard to ca tch th e speedy Woo b u t he an d hIS Maico just co uld not close t he gap. Ken G ray seems t o be ab o u t unbeatable at Cycleland no m atte r wh at he rides. Today was no exce p tio n as the you ng rider took th e top honors in th e 125 Novice class. Beh ind Kenny were Ti m Dempsey (Yam ) in sec o nd a nd Allen Sh ackleford (Ho n) in , th e third place spot. Jim McMahen and his Su zuki held the early' lead in the 100 Novice Main but Tom Od ekir k, was determin ed to stop him, Working his way up fro m his 10 yard handicap, Odekirk was quickly in second an d putting heavy pressure on the elder McMahen. McMahen hobbled slightly under the pressure and Ode kirk jetted by in to the lead, while J im McMahen battled the windy gusts and the charges of Dave Pearson t o h o ld on to the second place trophy. • Results in Results Secti on. Minis added to marathon By W. H, Spencer F REM ONT, CA L., J AN . 26 Everybody had to get up a little earlier for the third ro und of T ro y Durham Bene fit series mara th on racin g at .Fremon t as a sep'arate • A ld in, • Rlle in9 * Str• • t GL OVES O t t'lm.l n O, ,,t f .DloIt lnl) C'1 . :"~~~~r ~~:~":.S~ iJ24 0 ... .. , " 'lQVlf"" In,lIteo 12J31363 -6230 minibike class was to be inau gu rated. The 2 0 teams th at signed up will m o st likely m ake it a regular p art of the m arathon scene. The next eve nt will run 4 5 minutes and if the kid s like it a nd want more, it will go to an hour o n the full cou rse. . Rick Delong led all b ut the fi rst lap on his tri ck ed o u t X R·75 . Mike Sprenger lost h is b ra kes right off a nd then deflated tire to drop from co mpet it ion lea ving Delong wi th a good lead over Andre Alb a. , T o e n te r the m ini eve nt requires a par ent, and 'a bike un de r 90cc wit h 16 inc h wheels or smaller. • M ~ king a .special. trip . ou t . ior. ~ .. e a 24 be ne fit was Pete Scarlett an d Scott Au stin teamed o n a Cy cle Center Elsinore. They led from lap ni ne until the end. The tw o m oto cr osse rs ca p ped off th e p erforman ce by donating t he cost of th ei r trophy t o the Troy D ur ham fund. Bill Key s p roved to him sel f th at hi s ' win from three we e ks ago was no flu ke by taking th e 250 riding the Gr and Prix , ' Penton to a one lap advan tage ove r th e 3 0 bi ke field and d oing it so lo . His hands sho wed it afte rward! Taki ng second, once again, t he team o f Car lisle/Ingoglia (th is time o n a Honda) with Ingoglia fin ishing in a neat slide and high sid e that left him s tanding on both feet . \ The Open class turned out the m o st numbers with 32 and the m otocross team of Joice and McN ay (who took third 25 0 ) came up the win ners on the , same motor, a D & D Bultaco . • Results in Results Section. Goleta MX: All new track By Terry Ash m ai n ta in hi s po sition to guarantee hi m the overall win . Man ny hu ng o n to 'th ird , and his consis te ncy paid off. The 250 Novice class saw Ray Dally (Pen) take the lead o n the third la p, managin g to stay there fo r a nother eight la ps. While Dally was buildi ng u p a sizeable lead. Terry Ash (Hon) had managed to work his way u p into second, setting his sights o n Dally , A lap p ed rider al lo wed Ash t o close th e di sta nce. finally pass ing Dall y o n the insi de while he was ou t pl ayi n g with a gigan tic berm. In the second mo t a , Dally aga in grabbed the lea d on the t h ir d lap , however , this time his lead was sh ort lived, as he crashed in th e mud, all owing As h to tak e ' th e lead. T ony Segale (rid ing a sto c k Honda XL 1 75 fou r-stroke l) slip pe d in to secon d as a re sult o f Dally's ge t off. However, Tony's bik e prov ed to be a little d own on p ower, as Gr eg Meyer (CZ ) took second, an d Dall y m an aged to work his w ay bac k up to t hi rd. Sorry ! No p ies, my camera seized • (m ust be shooting t oo lean ). Resul ts in Resul ts Sectio n. On t he line . Ste ve Holladay looks for a time GOLETA. CAL.,J A N. 26·27 St ar te rs M.C. reall y got th eir act together for their first !\IX of '75. Completely dest roying the old traek an d ca rving an all new circuit jazzed th e racers an d spectators alike. As the ru b ber ban d sna p pe d on the first moto of 250 Exper ts, Ro b Roll ins (Bul) grabbed th e lead . followe d by Bultaco m ounted Mark Garn bett a. Rollins, d e ter m ined to leave every one in his du st. (even though dust was held to a minimum by th e fog), kept up a hard pace , never lettin g Gambe tta within ' stri king distance. Danny Waller, who had fin ishe d a dis ap p o in ti ng I Oth af te r tan glin g with " Rocke t" Ro ger Egger s in th e first mo t o, ran away fi om every bo dy and hid in th e se c o nd roun d. Gambc tta wen t down har d in th e first tu m and was out for th e m ot a . Al thoug h Rollins led agai n b riefly, he drop ped back to 10th after ta king a ' sp ill . leavi n g Wall er an d his Bul taco all alone. Mean while Man n y Angulo (CZ) was ci rculating in thi rd. . not lmowiag that ",II. he -haW to d ....as sc v e- ::~R400 PARt< E R , A RIZ a AREA CHAMBER OF COMME