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J o hn Allison. Starting on th e jump , Pa t ma de sh ort o rder of all three m o tos, leaving the fir st pl ace Am ateur trop hy • to 10-ye ar-old Ro dney Rapp . Results in Resul ts Section. High School MX By Terri Buchanan CO RONA", CA L., MAR. 7 High Sch ool Mo tocross action was at its best at Coro na Raceway Friday with a fiel d of ove r 2 00 riders. North swep t up the win with 23 8 poin ts. Up land cam e in second with 20 2, and Rub idoux had 16 6. Alta Lorn a to o k fo urt h with 62 , and fift h we nt to Hemet-San J ac with 14. Fierce ba tt les be t ween David Williams (Rub i d ou x , lion ) a nd T im Ho o ver (Up land, Hon) in th e 125 Senior clas s result ed in som e grea t raci ng. Wil l i a m s , ri d i n g fo r D & G Performan ce Sp ecial ty , was first off th e line in moto on e, with Ho over in ho t pu rsu it . Hoover th reat ene d in the hill s, bu t William s main tained his posit io n th ro ugh o ut t he race . Ho over, sponso red by J. Hoo ver In d ustri es, go t off first in the second moto , thi s tim e Williams cli ngi ng to th e nu mber tw o sp ot. Mean while , bac k in the p aek J im Lo we (Alta Lorn a ) an d Jim Cu pp (Nor th , H o n ) ba ttled each other for th ird positio n. Lowe final ly gra bb ed it and held on un til the fin ish . The third an d de ci ding mo to was prett y hot . Hoover again led, but h e an d Williams were du eling fo r first, an d Williams lost it for su re when he fell wh ile in th e p roce ss of passin g Hoo ver o n t he tum co ming to th e big d ownhill. 1I00ver claime d first ove rall , Williams second, and Lowe th ird. Willia ms reap pe ared fo r t he 250s and was up against some keen competitio n. Robert Fudge (Up lan d, Pen) gra bbed the lead in moto o ne, but Willia ms m ade a bid for the lea d and got it. He le d th e re st o f th at m o to , an d all o f the seco n d. Fu dge kep t up with the pa ce , n ever far behind, b ut fell o n the last tum before the checke re d flag to give Willi ams an easy win. The 500 Senior class had Hoo ve r an d Fudge both ret urn ing to the scene. Hoover ke pt o n Fudge's tail in the firs t mo to , un t il a stuc k th rottle pu t him o ut o f th at m o tel . A l a n Th om p s on {Rubido ux , Y Z} then came in to take second. Moto t wo h ad Hoover in the lead and Fudge clo se behind. Kelly Callaway (No rth , YZ ) pulled up to take thi rd . • Resul ts in Results Sectio n . SRA Speedway qualifiers share billing at Irwindale Drags IRWIN DALE , CA L. Speed way Racing Associat io n fans an d drag races will share in a rare doublehea de r at Irwinda le Raceway on Saturday nights March 15 an d 22 . Not o nly will there be th e te nacio us sh owdowns between the SR A 's Divisio n II and Divisio n III ri ders who arc hoping to earn enough points to move into the big m oney Divisio n I, bu t also o n tap is a full blown Elapsed TIme Brac ke t and Class Rac ing drag sh ow on ' the qua rter-m ile . All-da y admissio n for both even ts is only $3 be ginning when th e gates o pen at I :3 0 p .m . for t he drag racers tech and time tri als. This inspe cti on ad missio n includes access to t he drag pit area. Th en at 6 :30 p.m. th e Speedway gate s o pen for an adm issio n price of o nly $ 1.50 for sp ec ta tor sid e of th e drag st rip o nly . Brac ket showd o wn s on th e q uarter begin at seven and th e SRA's Qualifiers start at 8 : 15 . These Qualifiers arc in p reparat io n fo r the Ap ril I 7 reg ular season opener at Irwindal e Race way and are the first real chance for th e fan s to get a glimpse at potential n ewcomer sta rs o f 1975 's • Sp ee dway season. Palm Springs to victory at Corona By Terri Buchanan CORONA, CAL ., FE B. 28 Palm Springs High cap t ured the overall win Friday , February 28 at Corona Raceway 's High School Motocross races, with 165 po ints. Pol y claimed second with I 10 , Chi no had 88, Bloomington got 22 and Montclair, 8. After clai ming first overall in the 125 Senior class, Vincent Gonzales (Palm Springs, Hus) came back to clench the 250 Senior class overall win . Nick Barrick (Palm Springs, KTM ) go t a close second, followed by J ack BurchalI (Palm Sp rings, Yam ). Bar ric k marked up firsts in all three mot os of the 500 Senior class wit h excellen t ridi ng. Tom McMich ael (Pa lm Springs, Ho n ) ro de h is way to secon d o verall over Jim Robi ns on (Palm Springs, Yam ). Ro b inson took second in mo to one, b ut handed sec onds to McMichael in the secon d and th ird motos. • Resu lt s pending. Under cover in Rialto In the city of Rialto , six ca dets are being ,trained to ac t as unde rcover agen ts for the p olice department. Ridi ng on mo to rcycles they will Eagle OfT. Eagle MX.E le RIT, Eagle DiS.Eagle AfT':'TMs:~~ GoodyeorTire & Rubber ~ny. Akron.Ohio ag att em p t to mingle wit h o th er riders and k eep t he ir eyes open fo r potential b urglars. Working under a fed erall y funded o n e year p ilot program th e ca de ts are being put through a motorcycle ,t rai n ing class o ffe re d by Kawasaki. Acc o rdi ng to Lt. George Wescott a u t hor of th e program, " we want potential burglars to feel th at every motorcyclist th ey see might be a police ca det. .. Rialto En ten te Plan to En force the L a w ( R . E . P .E .L.) is a co opera t ive p r o gr am coo r din at e d wi t h other co m m unit ies in th e area to exchange information an d try to rid the area of thieves. • . .. . 21