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.~ 0.. < 75 Honda CR125 Lo Pipe "Super Horsepower" Ours really works. This is the one they copied. Broader PO;';'reased IIPM Advanced Tumbling 201 : Ted Davidson. abo ut to d isappear. to the left. avoided all t hi s ha ssle during his heat by being f irst. Wright ran off and hid with it after the track was cleared. In the first of two Expert heats, Shorty Seaborne char ged to an ea rly lead with Tom White , Eddie Wirth, and Walt Foster for company. This settled down to a trio as Wirth dropped back, the n Foster drove up the inside of t he north tu m to win it , wh ile Shorty held White at bay. N J o rgensen wo n t he othe r Expert he at, as Allison worked u p fro m mid -pac k for second. Nic k Nazzisi worked in to the final by winning the Junior Se mi , while th e Experts spent several m inut es m illing aro und th e st art area in a war of n erv es with Al Mintz. Would have b een funn y if t he ni ght weren 't getting long and chilly . When it did start, Wirt h , Tom R o c k w o o d, John Sperry and Pat McCa ul were a race-lo ng place-swa p ping traffic jam th at se ttled down somewhat after McC aul got fo rced o ut into t he marbles, an d Sperry to o k over. The tro phy dash go t settled quic kly as Tom White went wire- to-wire with o ff-and- on pressure fro m Allison, as S h 0 r tv Seab orne and Al Jorgensen tra iled. "Crabb er To m 's" tuner go t a sho t at t he tro p hy girl over T om 's sh oulder after To m came up for air. Th e J unio r Mai n re newed the Steve Eklund / Dan McWh orter rival ry carried ove r from th eir Novice ye ar. Dan j um ped out ahead with Ek lu nd in to w , th en J im Wrigh t and Fran k Ada mo go t by briefly . St eve waited for a couple of laps, th en d uc ked under both of the m in a half-lap long swoop to resume the chase o n l\lc Who rte r . T he orde r s tayed unchange d pas t th e halfway mar k as St eve p robed for an openin g. He finally go t o ne up th e ins ide in the no rth tu m , bu t McWh ort er st ayed besid e him up th e straigh t before ge tting forc ed out o f th e groove in the nex t t um. Wrigh t hel d A d amo off as th ings se ttl ed do wn before t he chec ker. Th e first Ex pe rt Main st art was pretty ragged, then Tom White wen t down in the poc ket entering th e north tu m and To m Rockwood we nt over Whit e 's bike, landing ha rd eno ugh to have to go fo r ob serva tio n o n an injured arm.' On the res ta rt, AI J o rgensen again grabbe d the lead with Walt Fost er , J o hn Alliso n , and a r e k i ndled Whit e in t o w. Allison a d o p ted a strategy o f han ging th e o utside edge of t he gro ove , try ing for maxim um drive. Th is final ly go t hi m by Fos te r aft er Walt had rep ea t edl y shut t h e do or on him. He closed with J orgen sen and repeat ed the o utside charges , finally blo wing b y on the back A crucial pass - John (83 1Allison. hanging the edge of the cushion. fi nally sees an opening on AI Jorgensen . Write or call for details: F/ying Machine Factory 1418 W. 259th Dept. CN Harbor Ci ty. CA 90710 sc. 213-530-4656 TAILLIGHT MYL TIPLEXER BE FOR E A FT ER oao~ WIT H BRA K ES ON NOW AVAILABLE ! Setle -etate sw itc hing un it all ow ing r ear t ur n· signal li ghts to ope rate both as tu r n·si gn als an d bra ke li ghts. 5 simple conn ect ions with ccm plete instr ucti ons . Size l 1f. x2x 2lh . . INTRODUCTORY OFFER S16.95 PPO Cheek or money orde r O W . RUBE EN TE RPRISES Op t. C, Box 608, W lnch e.ter , Or. 97495 "T heSnake Strikes" Resumed rivalry as Dan (791 McWhorter and Steve (74) Ekl und transferred t o Ju n io r t ogether. Jones MX Products Distr ibu to rs: EAS T P.O, Box 204 , Prospect . KY 40059 (502) 228 ~ 02 5 CE NTRAL 23 13 L ud elle , Ft . Worth. TX 76 105 (817 ) 535 -748 7 waSe ,.. h .' abl H And S ta y Soft Ot n m. " OI\trlb u t l"9 ce • ~'o~ ~~r1~~~,I ~":. S~i 3 2 4 straigh t after near ly being stuffed into th e wall . Un de r the white flag, Walt Foster d uc ked unde r j o rgyIn th e south tum, go t repassed up the bac k chu te, th en mad e an inside cha rge agai n, t his time knocking J orgy's fo o t o u t fro m under and p utt ing N down in th e north turn. Fra n k C ilIesp ie had su rvived a th ree-way b attle w it h Pat McCaul and Tom White to ta ke third. AMA Pro s will run re gu lar ly Friday nigh ts on the Asco t half-mil e through the end of May . • Resu lt s in Results Se ction. .. R id ing • RAcing ~ . .. Street h. ' ' ''-. ~ G LOVES ,,~. ~ ~ I' • Oe••• f 'nQ Ulf l", In\tlle a (2 13) 363 ·6 2 30 Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 213-538-2914 13