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It took about 3 0 seconds for th e rear wheel ' t o destroy itse lf and th e Honda barely made it to th e pits. • Results in Resul tsSection, Johnson returns/ Silva doubles By W. H. Spencer FREMO NT, CAL. , MAR. 2 b Y Gordo n Jennings explains c I early and in great detail how ___ and why a 2-eycle engine works a nd how to ma ke it work better. Includes how to d!!Sign and bu ild racing expan sian chambers to your engine's specs. Lavishly illust rat ed , How to Win Motocross 56.00 Motorcycle t uning fo r. performan ce 6 .00 How to ride Observed T rials .' .. ... • . . .. .. . . . . 6.00 [ J The Boonie Book , . . 6 .00 [ I Escape by Tra il Bike 3 .75 [ I Two-stroke tuner's handbook ; 5 .00 Climbing up the rankJ as a sportsman racer on a 100 Yamaha from Auburn Cycle WorkJ is Jeff Denny, brother of Speedway's famous "Stormin' Norman" Denny, and equally as talented. Keep an eye on this one, he finished second in his very first race as a Novice sportsman. 250 Experts put on the big show, with David Burton on a Gringo, John Green on a Honda an d J eff Stadel on Ya maha trading places in the lea d th ro ugho u t the race. Stadel slipped o ut of the tires on the last lap an d was disq ual ified, giving third to Bill Bisel on a Su zuki. Bret Stadel won his first Junior race on a 360 Yamaha and Joe Hale (Yam), John Gre en (Yam), an d J erry Bland (Bul) put it on the 3 60 Expe rt s. The Op en Experts gave a touch of nostalgia as Charley Stewart hel d off th e pack on his " big iron " Norton. The Old Timers put on a duel and even passed a co up le of th e' 200 Novi ces they were combined with . Gordon Banserner diced with te ammat e Bob Lamb throughout th e race until, at the last lap, with Lamb stuck in traffic, Banserner jumped ahead to win as first Old TImer. The day was a su ccess for St . Joseph 's church and a great opener for a sea so n of racing in Auburn. • I It w a s j ust o ver a m ont h s ince the la st o f the Troy D urham Benefit M a rathons a n d t he two wee ks of no r ain h ad dried out the shallow water holes and even made the high spots dry an d dusty. With Daylight t ime in ef fect , the minis ran their p ra ctice in th e dawn 's early light , th en ra n a 4 5-mi nu te even t wit h but 11 entries. Once agai n t he sh o w was a figh t for first be tween Mike Sprenge r an d Rick Delon g. Just before the start Delo ng t rie d warming up his X R-75 and it di d n't so und so good so he we n t to his other XR -75 , the old reliabl e, an d started with it . At the 'go it was Sprenger with a good lead while Delong had to wo rk hard to ove rcome a poor start. J e rr Halloc k led out th e 125 class with every int ention of winning as before but ha d to co n te nd wi th an old hand at th e ga me. Former Na tio nal Scrambles Champ ion Paul J oh nson and his brothe r Cam m came out of semi -retirement to run a n ew CR 125 Honda and take h om e the big brass. The first 40 minutes was a five way ba ttle for the front spot alt hough the lead only changed when J o hnson pitted for an early an d cos tly gas stop . At the Johnson gas sto p J o hn Hall took ove r the lead but gave that up to Halloc k with in two laps, then dr op ped o ff th e pace when he gave wife Irene the controls. Hallock led for another 10 laps only to lose to the overpowering ability of the Johnson boys. A sm all cro wd o f 21 teams lined up for the 250cc bash le d off by Pat Lawler. The newly cut grassy strip must have confused Lawler as he returned to the :.IX part of the course by a new route and took along the pack as he we nt . . Silva and b ro ther 1\im Navarro never relinq uished th e lead although both Simmons and Taylo r trie d to catch the I\lartin Cycle Ossa. The Spa rro w /Will is Honda held o n to second until th e 42nd lap and then gave up th e chase . Adding so me flat trac k Experts and a fe w lo ng dista nce guys to th e usual Open class cre w ca me up with a total of 26 st ar ters. At the go it was short track specialist Bob Scally holding o ff Paul Schwafel wit h J ohn Silva on board a new 250 Pursang over Blue Plater Bru ce Kell ey. Leaving late fr om the line was Gary Van derp ool on the so rta trick 35 0 XL fro m PoP Ken y on 's. On the fifth lap Scall y pulled in to rebend a ben t brake arm. Rid er changes pu t Silva into a sma ll lead whil e Vanderpool mad e up so me ti me . Fathers an d f1a9men t o the rescue as the 100 Kids' class struggles in the mire. MRA Medford muddy-cross By Lynne D iltz MEDFORD, ORE., MAR. 2 Med ord's M otoc ross Park must be o n e of the to ug hest tra cks in S outhern Ore g on . Th e one a n d o ne-eigh th m ile course is lo aded wi th whoop-de -docs, cr eeks, hairpin comers and a c oup le of double-super jumps design ed to kee p ride rs awa ke. T oday because o f glue- like mud, th e track had to be changed sligh tly .th ro ugh o ne Scorner and it was st ill tough o n bikes and ride rs , especially afte r rain started d uri ng th e secon d m ot o , giving the t rack so me "finishing to uches. " Minis, both J un io r and Senio r, used only a p ortio n of t he b ig track and so me still bogged o ut. One p oo r little guy reall y go t sucked down; he was too mu ddy to get a number but it req uired Dad an d t wo flagmen to get th e bike ou t of it s hole. The 100 Kids clas s, all th ree divisio ns, were ru n together with a fin e ride by 13·year-old Kevin Anderson of Rogue R i v er . Al though riding . a s an Intermediat e , Kevin too k the chec kered flag ahead of the pack, not bothered a bit by th e mud. The 125s we re run by class (lunio r, In termediate and Senior) . The Juniors boasted 15 of the 35 entries wi th spill-a-minute action. Rid ers rimme d and sp lattered, lost chain s, over-sh ot be rms , and one guy lost a n engine. Co uldn't help but notice o ne flyin g rider, In termedi a te Bob Connors, fr om Gran ts Pass. Th is is hi s first full season at m otocross ; he st arted out as aJunior an d the Expe rts had be tter watch put. T he ve ry ca pab le ana ' witty (?) an nouncer, Mr. Tyrrell Hart , noted th at th e 250 Expert class c ould be ca lle d th e " Yamaha Race " because all but on c o f th e 10 bikes were Yamahas. The " Crash and Burn" trophy went to Mark Mathieson who just happened down after th e starting whoop-de-does and was promptly run over, in the first seconds of the Open clas s ' second moto.