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Speedway Bacia Local hotline cont'd. (00. . Season Opener I "':': Friday, April 18th at the O : ange CO. . -;. .. q' , F alrgrounds, ~~ : t ,1. Costa M esa track ,~~,~. . ~.....-:: gales open 8:15 PM Speedway Racing Pre Sale Tickets Avaiiable ~. ~ Adults . .. $5.00 Children . . . $3.00 C) . 714·492-9933 and all Ti cketron Outlets ~ Ventura open s Ma y 6th Come to another a ll indoor Motorcycle Swap Meet F riday, April 18 5 PM - Midnight Tires, Helmets, Engines, Silen cers, Sp ark Arrestors, Leathers, Boots, Tools, Oil, Shocks, and even Complete Motorcycles! All new & used parts & accesso ries! Clean out your garage and bring your parts an d basket cases to th e new p rod ucts, pavilion building of the Oran ge County Fair grounds. Special seller's spa ce price: J ust te n ce nts per sq uare foot ! 10 by 10 foot 100 squa re foot spaces . . . just 10 ! Giant 400 foot spaces just 40! Se t-up begins at 2 P1\I , Friday. Bu yers: $ 1 (o ver twelv e). 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J oe Johnson (Mail at Irw indale . 28 pts. Tied fo r fo urth are Mini J r. Div, 1 win ner Kevin Bowden (DIIT) and 125 Jr. Div, II victo r Do n Miller (Ha n) with 27 . T op Pro o n th e list, and ti ed for six th, is J eff Vidi c , wh o di aled his \\'h eelsmith Maico in perfect ly for a clean sweep in th e lar ge 250 cl ass with 13 riders. Dave Pessy , st ill see king his 84th ca reer triumph wh ich will ti e him with Tim lI art for No. I on the a ll-t ime CMC win list, co uld do no beller th an three seconds for runnerup spot: The second lar gest pro t urn o ut was the 12-rider 12 5 class headed overall by returning David Eropkin (lion) , wh o did the tri ck without taking a sing le mota win. His 2-5-2 stood up for th e vict o ry as single moto winners Don Bongiorno (lI on - fourth OA), David T a ylor (Ha n- third OA ) and Mar k Lawrence (Ha n-six t h OA ) came up sh ort on po ints in at least o ne of t heir o t he r races. Ch uck Lun de (Ha n) finished no high er than third in h is three tri ps on th e tra ck and still managed second overa ll ! Current C.\IC season p oin ts lead er Bill Rubly (l\lai) co nti nued his seaso n-lo ng d uel with J eff J ennin gs (CZ) and again b ca t th e 15-y ear ·old in the o vera ll res u lts , this time by ta king all three rnotos. J oe J ohnston (l'.l a i) was t hird af te r t he fina l ta lly. Although th e limit o f 26 0 riders was no t met ton ight bec ause o f the poor weather, a full field is expected for th e rem a inder o f the seri es whi ch ends Frid ay night, May 3 0. First overa ll in t he points a ftc r t ha t even t will ge t a choice of eith er a X R 75 Ho nda or an MTI25 Honda c o urte sy o f Long Beach Hond a. In a d d itio n , Top Ge ar is donating two MX boots and 50 super Fo g Free Go ggles. lIusky Training Center i s giving away a co mp let e scho o ling lesso n (the $200 type) and Cycle News and MCW are both givin g awa y gift subscriptions. Because of the series and the prizes . the tra ck does expect some newco mers and wish es to pass th e wo rd to th em abo u t pit racin g. One rider this evening go t his license pull ed by th e Cl'.lC for th e deed. You get one warning and th e next time yo u're d isqualifi ed for th e nig h t. Third offenders get their licen ses pull ed for at least a month . • Results in Resu lts Sect ion. Greyhounds Dual hare scrambles By J im Bissner PONDEROSA, CALIF., APRIL 6 -Mo n tc Lee , winner o f more th an 18 first Over alls and several mo re class wins, smo ke d 'em all again on his 400 Mono at the Po nd ero sa with more than o ne and a hal f m inutes over second Overall, first heavyweight , Von Peterso n (CZ). After t he ra ce so meo ne said , " Didja see that clo wn rac in ' with a cast on his foo t." Well, th at was Campbell's sponsor ed Bill Childers who usu ally rivals lIlonte o n his Su zuki 100. But today fir st 100 in bo th races went to Mik e Midkiff, also a Su zuki fre a k. Mik e is very yo ung and says th at he has never r a c e d a lI ar e S cr amb les be fo re . ... Co ngrat ula tion s. Wa yn e G arr et finish e d s econd heavyweight riding ye t ano t he r 4 00 Mo n o , Fo llo wing Wayn e was Dean Tay lor for th ird b ig bore wit h a CZ wh ile the 125·17 5 class lin eup produce d Don Green (lio n ), Kent Perkins (lion) , and Lee Fabry (lIod). Tw o o u t of th ree ain't bad fo r the Elsinore 's dese rt im age. 10 0 class in race o ne had Tom V orn d ran (Yam ) and U. La lIlarr (Bul) finishing second and third respectively and L. Gonzales (Suz) , J . Jessuph (lIod) ta king sim ilar positions in race two . In t he second race . Lee won aga in . fo llowed by Peterson (ho- h um }, Things c ha nged a t the second and third stand ings with M. Cappello (Ya m) and Rover Mike Aston finish in g there. Green took another 125-175 Division firs t as " Roc ket Man" Fabry moved up ahead of Dave Brads haw (lIon) . Lee' s Dad went hog wild wit h so me of those mod el ro ckets, t he place looked like th e Fourth o f J ul y. At the nex t Po ndero sa Dual on May 4th th e c o urse will be modi fied: which shou ld prove to be in te res t ing . But th e Gre y h ounds will co n tin ue awa rdi ng engraved buckl es to rid ers scoring first in class. • Results in Results Sec t io n.