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---- rn • IlIlI 2: s t l!') r-C7l 00 ... 0.. < By choice••• Ope n Ex pe rt wi nner Ch ris Bartlett (Pen ) leaning it way over . Mosie r . b ut on th e sa me lap GayIon r epassed Rex fo r th e le ad. Gay lo n dropped out wh en his han dlebar s broke on the downhill straightaway, an d Rex wen t o n to tak e th e win with Bo b lI a nn a h in second. Danny LaPorte loo ked as if h e was going to win t he 125 Pro class again th is wee k, as h e le d th e first m oto from st ar t to finish. Warren Ried (lion) was right be hin d, but had to settle for second place . In the second moto it was Ried in t he lead and LaPo rt e in seco nd. Both rid ers ba tt led it o ut for an en tire moto , witb Ried tak ing th e vict o ry an d th e o vera ll win . LaPo rte finis he d seco nd and Alan Smit h took t hird. Bill Rub ly (Mai ) led the first 500 Pro m oto until he went do wn. At th at p oin t Winner of 125 Nov ice class Neil Wolfson. 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R a ci n g st arted w it h the :-'Iin is , Exp erts Mik e Brown and Mike Le wis di ced it o u t between t he mselves fo r th e gold . Selling a pa ce th at lef t eve ryone else behind in a ll three ra ces th ey a p p e a r ed to he t ied toge th er , th e distan c e between th e m h a rd ly changi ng . Le wis 0 1\'Fed in the last race but st ill fin ished in second pl ace in th e ov erall standings. The 250 Intermedi ate class lo ok ed like it was go ing to be a tw o-way bat t le between a co up le of -: Z Yamahas, All of a sudden o ne of th e Ya m ah a r id ers we n t over a b er m. st o p ped. s hr ugged hi s sho ulders and pu sh ed hi s b ike off th e tr ac k. T his lef t the o ther YZ rider . ~ l:tr k Rick ey , to b ail ie wit h D ave Po tts (~ I ai ) fo r th e lead. Dave ro ok over a t the ha lfway po int in the first m o to and c ar r ie d it through th e nex t two ra ces fo r th e o ver all w in. J eff J ac kson [Xlai} an d Brad Bielcc (CZ ) wer e rid ing like an y thing b ut Be ginn ers as the y c ha sed ea ch o th er from sta rt to finis h in th e firs t mo to , Th e secon d time a ro u nd it was a ll J ack son 's show as he to o k th e lead at the sta rt and d id not let go until the checkered . In th e th ird moto things ti gh tened up qui te a b it an d in th e excit ement J ackson went dow n. li e lost two pl aces but was ab le to ho ld o n to th ird pl ace and grab th e overall wi n , • Results in Resu lts Se ctio n . iIiJit. 100 O rego n St ree t , E I Se gu nd o , Cal iforn ia 90245 AscotTT pilot program By Maureen Lee GARDEI\' A, CAL. ~ lAR . 2H T h is F r id ay the p r o h a l f-m ile seaso n wi ll o p e n m ovin g t he pi lot progra m to T u e sd a y n ight s on A p r il 8 t h. Thi s last r u n n ing, 13yea r-old ~Ii ke Tid well (Yam ) did 'em in in t he :!50 /360 class, ~I a n y o f those riding agai ns t hi m carry professional licenses bu t ~li k e had th at b ike ru nning an d th e trac k d own p at. There wa s to be no ca tc h ing hi m . As usual th e 25 0s had th e largest t u rn o ut a n d had tw o se m is. T h e o rga n izers always t ry to give each ra cer at least t wo rides per n igh t and generally each rid e r gets th ree c ha nc e s. so th e re arc n o co mp lain ts o f n o t e no ugh t rac k tim e. Vince Mead (Yam) had Ch uck Petty (Bul) fo r co m pany in .the first se mi bu t Mead won it. Shawn Leip old o n a very snorty so unding Ho nda to o k th e lead in th e secon d se m i bu t three ri ders wen t to " th e inside a n d p assed b e fo re th ey \vc rc in to th e esses . Doug Davenport (Ya m ) became th e fro n t ru nner b u t the battle was b et wee n Mike Th om sen (Suz) and Mark Reichert (Yam ) for second and third . Greg Wilb urn (lIo n) came withi n a cats whisker of being put ba ck fo r j u m p ing th e sta r te r in the ma in b ut got by wit h it and t he race was o n . Right fro m the firs t turn ~I i k e T idwe ll had the race in hi s p o cket b ut the re was so me rea l 'TTving going on behind in the ranks. Ear ly lap s. had. be h ind the leader, G r e g Wi l b ur n (lion), Mead . St eve Fort une (Bul), .l im II'r igh t (Yam) and R ic k Ma r qu i s ( lio n) . Wright a nd FOLLOW IN ROGER DeCOSTER'S BOOT STEPS Take a boot designed by a 3-time World Champion an d man ufacture d to Torste n Ha llma n's exacting spec ifications . and you have the Roge r DeCoste r boot! Padded s kin a nd ankle . st eel sale support a nd steel toes make this boot o ne you'lI want to wear for maximum comfort and protection. Quick re lease positive buckl es a re just one of the ma ny fe at ures t ha t a world champion dema nds. 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