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understand the tim e run an d th e gas c on su m p tion . At th e halfway m ark Vanderpool p ulle d in fo r gas an d a front brake lever, giving the lead to the J en sen m o tor but within t wo lap s, Gennai was back in contro l. . On lap 50 Gennai had to stop for som e air in a badly de fla ti ng rear tire an d he jus t co uld n't regain the early pa ce, giving th e little Suzy it s ch an ce fo r the dash to hom e an d a win with a full lap over th e Risners, Kenyon /Yother third over Gennai and a lap up o n the Vermace /Crider Maico. _ Resul ts in Resul ts Secti on. Slick Startup MX By Sue Sykes fought th e mud tw o times but the tr ack passed out gian t brass th at m ad e it all worth whil e. Ward Zeiler rode a great race bo th motos and one of the most honest per forman ces. T oward th e end o f the day th e track was so slic k th e riders were going super cl ose to the t ires to kee p the ir m ach ines up. No rt hwest Mo to rcy cle Asso ciation rul es call fo r a loss o f p osi tion fo r co mer cuts - so afte r m o to on e the riders soon found o ut th e im p ortan ce of keepin g wi th in th e trac k boun da rie s. No questi on ab o ut Zeiler st ayin g in th e track - he can really ride th e mud - and didn ' t even _ ge t out of the middle. Results in Results Section. CMC at Hangtown By Sallee Hilton STARTUP, WASH ., APR. 27 What a dream d ay for m otocross. And what a super place. St artup , Washington . Tho ught we were in the Yosemite Valley. T he Raceway is hig h above town, in an area that co uld be golf co urse m aterial. But there rac ers use it for the best purpose m otocross. Th e natural ter rain t rack was wet and slic k all day - lots o f 180 de gre e tu rn abo uts . Muddy, muddy, muddy. The Pro classes too k to th e co urse first to ge t it wo r ked o ut a lit tle fo r th e Minis. The 25 0 was domina te d by Craig Bosler (Hus ) and Bruce Hill (Yam) with two solid o ne-t wo p osit ion s both m otos. The Open cl ass ra n with th em with winner Rich Binc kley (Yam) sco ring a first and th ird. Blaine Elledge (Hus) to ok the second m oto an d used his fifth in mo to on e to ge t secon d money. The Mini class was the prize of the day . With sure fire d etermination they PLYMOUTH, CAL., APR. 2 7 The first ra ce on the pro track at Plymouth International Raceway sin ce "Han gtown," co m bin ed with a sum mer-lik e day , brough t out so me 300 riders. Op en Expert first pl ace hon ors (and m on ey ) went to John Kent (Bu!) who worked up to a secon d pl ace fin ish in the first rnoto, beh ind Dan Shoo k (Hus) wh o had ta ken ove r th e lead when Buzz Presser (Mai) crash ed in th e fo urt h lap . Kent then p ic ked up a fo ur th in the nex t m oto t o give him th e win for th e day 's racing. Press er, finishin g sixth afte r his crash, made a comeback winning th e secon d moto and second overa ll. Eric Harvey (:'> Iai ) was the to p Expert in the 250 class. He started ou t the first moto in second place and h eld it all th e way to th e finish. After a ba d st ar t in th e second roun d he m oved up an d up all the way to first pl ace in four laps and stayed there th e rest of the race. Second place m on ey went to Flo yd Davi s (BuI ) who worked up to a fourth place finish in the firs t m oto and held second all the way in th e n ext. Alex J orgenson (Can-Am) grabbed the win in moto one bu t reco vered from his problems early in the sec ond m oto too lat e to m ake it up to any be tt er than sixth at th e chec kere d flag. However, he still mad e third pay for his effo rts. Th er e was no doubt abo ut the " innin g 125 Expe rt! It was Pat Wilson all th e way, rid ing his Honda to a clean sweep in bo th m otos. Don Murphy (Suz] go l cl ose to Wilson earl y in the first moto (fini shing sec o n d ) but his chan ces were sp oiled by m echanical problems a fter he led two laps o f th e seeo n d round. 'A sp ec tac ular three bike pile-up on the sta rt alm os t spoiled the Pee Wees ' (u nder seven ye ars o ld) firs t moto, But in the fashion of the true racer, they decided to give it another whirl! The restart saw them off and running with Aaron Hill taking an early lead a nd holding it followed by Freddy Dion , Dennis Schmidt and Jamie Wooten, all on Hondas. Th e second moto was a re-run o f th e first with th e exception o f the preliminary cras h . _ Results in Results Sectio n. three hours , beating the curfew man by some 15 minutes. It took all the cooperation in th e world to do it, but the show was absolute dynamite. With 3 i signed up for 360 Expert. the three heats would only take the first fo ur riders. Pearson took a second to Fenn Pervier while Nick Nazzisi beat out Chris Hudson. In the third h eat McCaul be at out Nevada's Manuel Crummett and Scott Brelsford. This m ade fo r quite a program when Pearson did his usual h ole shot number. It wasn 't to be a one-sided show as both Nazzisi and Crummett immediately put on the pressure. It was allover for Naz zisi as on th e second lap the fire wen t out down below and he h ad Chris Hudson up his tailpipe, literally , going down the front strai gh t, After the shuffle went through the number one comer Crummett was in second with McCaul comi n g from seventh, then taking second on the fo urt h lap . This procession ran the trac k for three laps with only McCaul putting on the pressure whi le Crummett dropped off just enough for Ken Dalla to catch up with Gary Orlando an d Brelsford in ho t pursuit. On th e las t trip around, McC aul put on the turbo an d passed the rookie Oass uC J unior. The two are now tied for th e hi gh p oint serie s which will most lik ely go to a semi-pro con figuratio n in th e summer. Doug Chandler an d Larry Krusemann ba t tl ed it out tooth and n ail in th e 80 Exp ert Main with Doug passing Lightning Larry one extra tim e for the win. In th e 100 Expert mini Mike Frozen came off a winter-long retirement to win o ver Mik e Harrington . Results in Resul ts Secti on. _ .. H Super Wednesday night By W. H. Spencer F REMONT, CA L, APR. 29 Wednesday ni gh t 339 ro de the q uarter-m ile oval in slightly o ver • These riders did ... and WON! Congratulations! LOCATION TYPE PLACE B e nd . O re. Bend. Ore . MX MX MX MX 1st125Pro ts t 125 Pro t st 125 Pro 1sl125 Pro 2·16-75 Tom Street 2-22·75 Tom Str eet 3-30-75 To m Street Ca ma s , W as h . TIg er M t. . W a s h . Sand La ke. O re . Tr ia l s Tria ls Tn a l s l s i Nov . Div .· t st Nov . Div .· t st Open ' 3·9-75 R Obb ie M il am Pin e Bl uff , A rk . Cr oss Cou n t ry 1 s t Wom e n 3-15-75 Ro b en St in ne tt Re n o . Nev . Short Tr ac k l S180Cc 3-22·75 J Imm ie La uer Laurel , M d . MX Bend. Ore . MX Reg. Champ . 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