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.. . - 0.. ""' <: 250 Seniors was something else again; Randy Wing was never out of the number one slo t for long but Wendell Dilt z. J oh n Nichol s a n d Brad Watson spe n t three motos figh t ing for two, th ree an d four. Go ing into the third rn o to , Nichols an d Watson were tied for second. with Diltz 16 points down. Wing took comm a n d (as he alway s does ). Nichols a n d Dilt z be gan a long see-saw fo r second an d th ird . With o nly two lap s t o go. an d Nic h o ls occupying sec on d, h e mis sed a shift going into a co rn e r. slo wi ng bo th h imself an d Diltz, and Watchful Watso n shot by both and hu ng o n to se cond pl ace. The Open Seniors was a tight race for one an d two. J im Fouts pulled number one by a mere 2 7 points, Mr. Fouts p u lle d a superb wheelie , too, at the ch ec ke red fla g o f th e third moto , but something went wrong. The bike kept on going. flipped o ff dO"TI the track and left Fouts on his ba ckside, just as though he'd sat down for a rest! Randy Wing ca m e out number o ne in the wi nner -take-all money race . The MX season is drawing to a close; (Ray says his first TT will be May 11) an d' everyone is keep ing a close eye o n p o ints. For those intere ste d, Sun ny Valley's point st andings as of March 9, Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, April 18, 19, 20,1975 Cycle World laternational Motorcycle aad Bicycle Show are : M IN IS: 1. D onn ie Miguel 5 13 9. 2 . Rick Brad ley 41 14 . 3 . Tony Jenkins 2925 . 4 . Brad Jo hn son 249 0. _ 10 0 KI DS : 1. K evin An der so n 6425. 2. Joe D iltz 4 9 0 1. 3 . D ana Whitaker 139 8. 1 75 CLASS' 1. Tim Frye 3 771 . 2. Greg CLASS, 1. Wendell Diltz 559 7. 2. Wilson 24 0 0 . 3. Mike Blac kert 2313 . 250 Rand y Wing 5550.3. Larry Hooper 2100. OPEN CLASS : 1. Johnn ie Beckett 42 00. 2 . M ike Stub ble f ield 3769 . 3. Don Du rrant 2925. Results in Resu lts Section. Dicing in the dust By Jan Newman BEND, ORE. , MAR. 9 l\lotocr ossers lead a to ugh life . With sno w, ice and mud still fresh in the ir minds they wer e faced with d us t tha t resem bled a sand '- Exhibit Hours: Friday, Apr il 18 -'- 6 PM/Midnight . Saturday, Apr il 19 -1 2 Noon/Mi dnight, Sunday , A pri l 20 - 12 Noon/9 PM 2 BellualitY. Super Value at Buckles Highest q $5 .95 plus 50 t postage/ hand ling. Antique brass color . Leather belt avail able 53 .50. Send eheek or money orde r to: Pobanz Sales Co. 4 5 po Box 3577 . Anaheim. CA 92803. Specify bue kte number. belt size. color (b tack or brown ). ,..~~ ~ Expansion Cham Cone Sets ber 20 Ga. stee l rolled and seam spot w el de d ready to design your own chamber. 3 ec. sets, $12.0 0. 4 Pc . sets . $14 .00. 5 Pc . sets. $16 .0 0. Po stpa id . Plus sa les Tax. 34 Quantity discounts av ailab le. Se nd you r dim ension s to A l reD Sh eet Meta l. 1 5 2 0 9 Grevi llea Av e. Dept. 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Steve, Mike and Kevin. have alway s been win ning riders he re bu t today it was a long ta le of crashes . b roken bi kes or both for them . Kim Widm er ( lI o n) ca me from be h ind in ea ch moto to finish first 125 Intermediate. He re ally h ad a ride in the se co nd moto wh en he was involved in o n e o f th e m an y group cra she s o f the d ay . He was ba c k in the p ack on the scratc h and in the second tum he went do w n w i th Qui nti n Mc Bain (Suz} , Mo n t e L al a c k ( H o n ) a n d Mitch Kir kp a tri ck. lI e wo r ke d th roug h to be beat en o n ly by th e fro n t wheel o f St eve Fisher (Ho n ) at the flag. Fish er was second o ve rall . The 250 J unior· ln te rmedia te race was led by Inter mediate Rick Bu rger (Hon ) wi th th e excep tion of t h e last lap o f m oto two wh en h e threw his c hai n. Ed Ru ddick (Yam ) won the Jun ior b rass . I n the O p en Ju ni or·Intermedi ate ra cin g Do n Ma rcoulier (Suz ) too k all th ree Junior wi n s. Ron Long h ad bi ke p roble m s in p ractice so h e went t o th e adj ace n t shop for so me Ma ico part s and returned with a wh ol e 1\laico! G ary Wilks (Ya m) t ook th e Op en Expert money a lmost ea sily . " Alm o st" because he almost had to wo rk fo r it . Barne y Ne w man's Husky quit in ·p rac t ic e so h e rode Ron Long's newly ac q u ired Maico , In the first moto he was p ushing for th e lead when the thro ttle cable pulled out . By this time the Husky was going so he finished o n it for a disq u alificati on. He won the second moto and was o ut front by hal f a hip in the third when the lIusky went cold wi th h alf a lap to go. Brad Lecklider (C-A) finished second overall. The first moto start was del aved while he replaced the o il wh ich he 'discovered in a puddle beneath h im while he was on the line.