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DiStefano had appar en tl y crashed but was still in second and Staten still holding down third and that's the way they finished. DiSt efano ro cketed away in m o t o two with Gay lon Mosier (Mai) running sec o nd and Ric h Eierste d t (Hon) th ird. Tim Hart (Yam) who finished 28th in the first moto due to bike problems was pushing hard and by lap two was in second. Hart started to really pressure DiStefano an d in a tigh t off-eamber Hart went inside on Tony D. Th ey bu mped, DiStefano killed his motor and that was the last h e saw of Ti m Hart in th at m o t o, Hart won , DiS tefano got going again still in second. Eierstedt , after a problem plagued first m o t o , 'p icked up some valuable qualifying points with his third in moto three. Bru ce McDougal and Tim Hart the Dynamic Duo from Ya maha blasted in to the front of moto th ree. Hart wasted no time in going ab o u t bus iness. His business this m oto was again with Ton y DiStefano who was playing the villian with Hart this time. Marty Smith (Ho n ), who fini shed sixth and ninth in his first t wo races was turning it on in th ird pl ace. About th e halfway point Hart ran into trouble an d dropped back to six th. DiStefano was now out fro nt with a fairly co m fortable lead o f abo u t 11 seconds o n Mart y Sm ith. Smith go t sto ked and t oo k o ff afte r DiStefano with a vengeance. Cuttin g three t o fo ur seco nds each lap Smit h had worked up to within three seconds of DiStefano when the last lap flag came out. Smith had the cro wd on his side as th ey urged him o n in his pursuit of the Suz uki rider. Smith tried hard, but this t ime it wasn 't to b e. Less th an one second separated these two at the finish. Jim Weinert (Ya m) had the 5 00 rac e pretty much to himself today. Mo to one .J-. 0.. -e HEILUF'S HEIDS UP PEIFIIMIICE CIPTUIES 1975 DI'TIII CLISSIC. The Ossa dealers of Amer ica co ngratulate Her luf Joh nson for his overall win at the 1975 Dayto na Alligator Enduro . Herlul's new Ossa Sup er Pioneer gave him the light weight. the handling and the reliability to out-p ace 594 com petitors. " T ony D. brea kin g in his first factory ride. fo und Jim West (Mai ) out front with Gary Semics (Kaw) close behind and Terry Clark (Hus) in third. Weinert was back abou t sixth at th e start and was on his way up , passin g r id ers in giant swoops. It was n't long before the 500 class champ caught and passed Sernics. Weinert wasted n o time reelin g in West and won the race with time to spare. Gary Semics opened the stops on his big b ore Kawasaki and too k the hole sh ot in moto two. Jeff Foland (Pen) was run ni ng hard in the second spot wit h Terry C lark up again in th ird. Everything lo o ked good fo r Semics, a nine second lead on Foland and Clark. At this point Semics pulled off the track and fooled around with his front brake. It was later learned that a rock had gotten stu ck in the brake activating arm causing scary handling up fro nt. Sern ics ' stop cost him too m uch ti me as Fol and zoomed by. Weinert was up after a poor st art an d about the same time Semics sto p ped Jim pulled over to ha ve a b en t brake lev er straigh te ned. He go t go ing around six th. Clark and West closed in on Fol an d but the Penton rider from San Die go heid his o wn and finish ed out th e race See your Ossa dealer for the "last word" in a 250cc enduro motorcycle . . . the Super Pioneer. Y ~~~ .~B= ~ P. O. Boll36, ScNllKbdy , N_ YOI'k 12301 1537 E. 0.. AmoBl d., Canon. tllI f. 90744 v . .... au.oo. Pv.rT. e--- • See your name in Cycle News -- win a race! ' 1' (714) 894-2623 Penton. Monark & T yran & Rupp Fun Machines Sa les Service Part s Accessori es May 2nd D&R Cycles 718 1 Westminster Ave. Westminster. CA 92683 MOTORCY CLESO a PARTS l!)" COMPLETE ~~ . •• ® PISTONS \.r:; (71 4) 630- 5720 0 aE .. . ,.: 8: 15 PM MACHINE SHOP,REPAIR B SERVICE ON AL L MAKES rx» Season Opener Cvcle Enai neer lna a Supply 114Q · A N Kra emer • Ana heim Co e 92 a 0 6 Cal-Expo Sacramen to .-.-.~ Speedway Races Class A & Jr. Speedway motorcycles Adults $3.00 under 12 $1.00 27