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Ran dy Thompson (Yam) a n d J . D. Amen (Hon ) cach had a l\lini win going in to the thi rd race. Randy got o ut fro nt and poured it o n for the final wi n . • Resu lts in Results Section. Roseburglndoor wrap-up By Lynne Diltz RO S E BUR G , O RE .. MAR. 8 Thi s short track alwa vs hos ts a crowd and they are 'never d isappo inted because even th e pr ac· tice is exc iting. Fast bik es, eage r riders, and a sho rt tra c k - n ow ho w ca n a co mb ina t io n like th a t be dull ? So m e of th e h igh p oin t tr ophies were cinched b u t as th e ac tio n go t under w ay , th er e was a tie in the Mi ni class be tween Ric k Bradley. of Medford and Scott Toy f r o m Dra in. Bu tch Coc h ran had a chance to pass th e lead er Gary Thomas in th e 2 50 class. As it tur n ed out. Butch missed the go rgeo us, fo ur-fool, gr een an d gold trophy by o ne cotton-pickin ' point ! An d lit t le Rick Bradley p u lled the Mini high point trophy in th e A-1\lain. The 125s ra n f our hea ts and A thro ugh D·:'la in . The C· Mai n co uld not get il to ge ther : Brian Peterson, Todd Chestnut and T im Adams wrapped up on th e sta rt, all wer e O K a nd m ade it back fo r restart No. One. Ch estnut and A lliso n K elly rac ked it u p again, Chestnu t was unable t o ge t b ack o n th e lin e. On restart t wo, a few goosey rid ers ju m ped and th ree wer e put o n the second TO \ \ ' . 1110se sa m e three. w h o shall re main n a m el ess. jumped again . ca us ing r est a rt num ber th re e an d th ey were put crosswis e b ehin d t he second lin e. In the A-Mai n , J eff Ca mpbell just laid it o ve r to th e han dle bar an d simply flew aro un d th e tr ac k. In th e 20 0 B·1\lain , Grants Pass rid er I\la rk Det wil er ha d a fine tim e, aw ay out in fr on t o f th e p ac k, un til th e last lap . He los t a cl utch. c oast ed in to a c o m er an d wa tched t he rest ge t th e b lac k a n d whi te . TI, e second hea t 0 f th e Op en class was a corker - t hey j us t wo uld rr't sp read out ; five bikes star t ed toge ther and finis hed al most the sa me way . Bill O liver fro m Corva llis was h a v ing fu n 1 '!., the A-Main until he la id it do wn . Mr. Oliver go es to th e races in style . we no te . He wa s sport ing a black 101' h at m ost of the eve ning. No tails, j ust red an d black lea th er s. Je ff Campbell we n t h ome 10 richer: h is 125 was th e quie tes t b ike in the Trophy Dashes. The se ason high point troph y winners : l\linis Ri c k Bradley, Med ford , Or ego n : Me n 's l\li n i - Tom Rust , Drain, Oregon ; 10 0 Kids - Mike Bishop , North Bend, Oregon: 12 5 class - Je ff Ca mpbell, Gra n ts Pass, Oregon; 200 clas s D ou g M c W' i l l ia rn s , Roseburg. Oregon : 2 50 cl ass - Gary Thomas, Roseb urg, Orego n : Open class - Ga ry Davis , Reed sp o rt , Ore gon . • Results in Result s Section . Semi-Pro rough scrambles By Joan Wort h SA LINAS, CAL., ~I AR. 9 Heavy rain the week before the inaugura l ro ugh scramb les at the Salinas Airport forced ca ncell ation. T he weat her in the area was q u ite dry un til th e fo ur days before the r e s c h edu led d ale. Rain , Thursday , Fr id a y . and Sat u rda y ! O n ly 76 optimisti c b ig b ikers braved the m u d dy tra ck on foo t before p ractice began . C o min g b ac k i nto the pi t area c o m m en ts su ch as " Oh well. it m igh t be fun " we re o verhea rd. The sh ort stra igh t afte r the first tum wa s to rt u re to any o ne th at h adn 't ri d d en mud be fo re. Even though this wa s th e o n ly b ad sp ot on t he tra ck the c h arters were worried . There w a sn't a legibl e nu m b er pl at e in the pi ts . The 12 5 cc Novice cl ass wa s a close th r e eso m e wi th Steve Harv ey . Ken Nett o an d M ark Sc hmeck even ly sp aced . Netto helrl Harvey 0 ff un t il th e last la p, the n Harvey m a de th e pa ss. Two re a l ve te rans had a fa n tast ic duel in th e 25 0 Ex p er t Se m i-Pro class. Bill Sei rn an d Fred Ben nett we re never m ore th an a bi ke 's length apa rt. The final lap showe d Benne t t th e flag wi t h Se irn right o n his la il. . David Rosa an d J im Cu nningh a m pass ed a nd r e - p a s s e d ea ch othe r t h r o u g hout th e 80c c Junior/Expert Modified class with Rosa taking t h e win ~ i=h~ • 6 Results in Result s Section . , ... J,. a. .Il..-'.. _• .6 • • ·~·4 ..' Trockin' Trial By Dennis Schreite r H O LLI ST ER , CA L., MAR. 9 T he co m petition was clo se fo r riders at Sa n Jose P.I.T.S. thi rd an nua l Truc kin ' Tr ial. The II sectio n . fou r lo op event p ro vid ed close scores in all classes. T he leaders in the Expert class after the firs t lo o p were Steve Darrow (4 ), Lan e Leavitt (5) a n d Don Sweet (6 ). T he second lo op Darrow and Leavit t were cle an while Sweet lo st thre e mar k s. A ll three rid ers cleaned the th ir d lo op an d th e pressure w as o n fo r th e fourth loop . Leavitt finish ed with n o m arks lo st fo r a total o f five f or the ev ent. Darrow w as cl ean as h e started th e last se ction unde r th e watchf ul eye o f Lane Leavitt. If Da rr o w los t a m ar k o n th is tr ic ky sectio n Leavi tt would w in o n cle a n s. This trap I I was a fav ori te of the spec ta t ors as it was o ne of th e m o st difficu lt of th e day . I I w as a ride ac ross the face of a hill, over two b ranc hes then tur n up th e face of the hill in lo ose traction and through th e fo rk of a tree fo llowed b y anothe r fo rke d tree , tum left and exit. But th is w as a good ride an d cle an fo ur th lo op for Darrow to win the trial. Do n S weet fro m Ne w York cleaned th e fo ur th lo op t o ta ke th ird. The A m ate u r class was j u st as co mpe tit ive . Gary Owens j ust edged Ha w ley Slay t o n (h o tsh oe En d u ro rider) 32-33. 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