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by Jim Birmingham 0 f Posa- Fuel and Tom Denner from Duralube added ano ther $5 00! Another big winner was Ed Unin i o f San Fran cisco , who earned th e position of t he Num ber One Produc tion clas s rider o f 197 4, domin ating the 200cc an d Open Production class es. Afte r the awar ds th ere were movies of th e Laguna Seca National, an d the party fin ally brok e up aro und II p.m, Co mplete awards list in Results Secti on . Super Bowl Qualifiers High School MX Ascot - Every Saturday Info : 213-321-8859. L.A. Coun ty Riders . OCIR - Every Thursday Tight slalom at Helvetia Open Qualificat ions Info : 714-559-0580. Ora nge County . OCIR - Every Saturday Open Qua lificat ions . Indian Dunes - Every Sat. By Doug Murphy Info: 805·259-80<10 days , 805-942 -267 1 eves. SACRAMENTO, CAL., JAN. 26 Helvetia Park's nat, smooth, tight track m ay not measure up as a motocross track, but it provided spectators with some wild co m- Carlsbad - March 8,IS,29 Info: 714-744-2 161 . Special " Goodie" High Schoo l MX club assembly available Free . Call 2 13·257·12 13 or 267 -467 8 for reser vati an f or y o ur high school. 213- SAMI.; s~~~, 321- ~' ~ ~. (.,l 8850 As . ' /c • "'0,,0 18 300 S. Vermo nt , Garde na. CA 90247 The chase is on as Jim Len iewski leads the 125 Pros through the t ight stuff at Sand Hill Ranch. Expansion C hamber Cone Sets 20 Ga. steel rolled an d seam spotwelded ready t o des ign your own cham be r. 3 Pc. sets, 512.00. 4 Pc. sets, SI4.00. 5 Pc. sets, $16.00 . Post paid . Plu s Sa les Ta x. Quantity d iscounts availa ble . send you r dimens ions to AireD Sheet Metal , 1 5 209 Grevlllea Ave. Dept. W. Law nda le. CA 90260.213-675-5290. AFM awards banquet PRESCRIPTION MXGOGGLES ~T' BERKELEY, CAL., FEB. 8 CLEAR -.54.1S PHOTO GRAY -tSt.lS Mail your presc ription along w it h cashiers check or mo ney ord er to : ~ PRODUCT. INC. ;l"~ Q.D Mtoo.J. ~ Il! LD W{4v 0 "" _. VII W .CA IWQ4 J OI4'!11 961 "'46 .ride silent .. w-. _ _ _.~--~ _ .... yow ,.. ...... .. .... l ~ ... ...............-.,. -......""'-t.-,-. ----- Iwwe _ . . of HOOUR ..DUST'JtrES Mwdoah W_ ........ decML Wrtt. .... ttooto. ........ 1D)2W _ . --... It..Onurto.CA "7C. M.0.8.£. r 30 An o verflo w crowd of 236 at tended the American Federation of Motorcyclists' annual awards banq uet, t o he ar a tal k by Dick Mann and witness t he presen tati o n of the class awards fo r the 1974 raci ng season. Dick Mann began by saying th at ro ad racing in the United States had chan ged a lot in the years since it was first introduced. He convinced everybody by telling a story about he and J oe Leonard racing at Dodge Cit y , Kansas, several years ago. Dic k explained tha t the rac e was hel d at an unused air field where two run ways th a t fo rmed a "T" shape were used to lay out the co urse. The only pro blem wa s tha t the two .runway s di dn 't q ui te meet ! There was a sizeable stre tch of dirt betwee n the two section s! Die k wen t o n ex p laini ng ho w the event was run , the problems and th eir solu tions , encoun tered pai n ting a picture very di ff eren t fro m th e high-pressure big money even ts th at Nati on als are today . Th e sto ry amazed and amused the crowd, most of whom were to o yo ung to know abou t the " old days. " The rest of the evening was devoted to giving ou t the awards to the class winners. Over 40 t rophies were presented in 14 diff eren t classes, b u t th e one that is m ost coveted is t he Over -all Grand Prix winner, going to th e rider who gains the m ost p oi nts co mpeting in GP events d uring the year, who is then the AFM Number One rider for tl.e next year. Rudy Galin do from Santa Fe Springs , California was given a four foot high trophy, but wh at really set the group to clapping and shouting was the $1500 in checks! Rudy was presented with $ 10 00 Rudy Galindo w ith the world 's b iggest $500 check. Dick Mann (righ t) approves. n.2l ..cl Or with a sec ond and first for th e o verall. Bob Terwillinger (Kaw ) also ha d little tr ou ble pic kin g up seco nd place. Th e scoring at Sandhill Ranch left much to be des ired but the rid ers went along with the prob lems in st ride and Tom an d his gang promise a smoother show ne xt time. Results in Res ul ts Section. ~ of California ~ 11 29 N. 11th St . Sacramento, CA 95826 petition. In the 250 Expert class, Dan Turner (Hus) got the h ole shot an d nob o dy ca ught him. Jim Turner (Bul) had a bad start an d had to make hi s way th ro ugh traffic most of the 25 minute mot o, He almos t took second place over Brian J odry (Mon), but had to settle fo r third by a foot. In the sec ond moto , J im Turner and Dan Turner, after just a few laps, were in t he lea d with Dan trying his best to get by the Bultaco ace . He failed, and Jim Turner had the win the second moto and a second overall for the day behind Dan's one-two placement. The 125 Experts were the fastest riders of the da y with clocked times as low as I :06. Dan Turner on a 125 Husky won both motos with Mike Preston (Ho n) and Darrell Shultz (Bul) righ t on his tail finishing second and third respec tivel y . It really wasn 't an Open clas s track due to th e fact th at the winner John Kent (Bul) had a fast lap time of I : 09, three seconds slower than the 125s and on e sec on d slo wer than the 250s. Delmo Becker (CZ) and Steve Byers (Y Z) took secon d and third respectively in the Open Experts. • Results in Results Section. Sand course MX By Doug Murphy PLYMOUTH , CAL., FEB. 2 Today's race was scheduled on the nat ural-terrai n track where Hare Scrambles are fre quently ru n . Ho wever, due to the enormo us amo unt of rain, promoter Fred Dion decided to go o n the sand course. It was a new circuit with plenty of water holes and mu d. Dave Lo ngcor (Bul) fou nd this o ut fast with two h orrendous spills during early m orning practice in the ' very same waterhole. This did not stop Longcdr, as he put in a very good ride in the Open class with a first in the first moto , and a third in the second moto due to a small crash. This was just enough to cost him the overall victory as Bill Carter (YZM) new to victory with a tw o-o ne score. Mike Marshall (Bul) got th e th ird overall. In th e 25 0 classes, Rodney Pogue (Y ZM) received t he overall Am at eur vic tory with a win and a third place . Nick Geranio (Ho n) managed to get sec o nd overal l o ver Gre g Hebard (Hus) who ap pe ared to be the fastest in the clas s. Hebard only managed a fifth in . the first moto, but really stormed back with an easy win in the second moto whil e Geranio scored a three-two placement. Mark Gib so n (Bu l) won the 250 Experts with two first pla ces . Practically everybody else DNF'd except fo r Kevin Henry (Bu l) and Kim Reeg (Bul). They both tied for second place as Kevin took a second in the latter moto and Reeg took a third. However, Reeg had more leading laps and was given second place honors as well. Danny "Mago o " Chandler (Hon ) totally wax ed t he 125 Experts with wins in both of th e 20 min ute mote s. • Results in Resul ts Sect ion.