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~A Half-Mile Pacific Coast Region~hampionship FRI. MAY 16 - 8 pm MOTORCYCLE RACES Exper1s Laww ill Local hotlii anything remotely resembling a single, smooth, controlled line around the bumpy to wer tum and chicane approach. Phillippe deLespinay tried some new porting tricks on his ul tra-sane TA·125 during the week, and it paid off. Leaving everyone far behind in a very short time in the co mb ined 125 /200 GP class, it looked like the two-time French 50 cc Champion and two-time World Slot Car Champion would pull off a Harry Klinzmann number. Alas, it was not to be, as an ignition failure brought the likeable Frenchman coastin g into the pits. That left Don MacMullen (200 Hon) in the overall lead, with Art Fri edman, on a newl y deLespinary-prepared TA, leading th e 125s. Around the tower " Freed o" slowly reeled in MacMulle n. Suddenly , a lower end or transmission seiz ure put hi m o n his head , with a following rider going along for th e slid e. Peter Kushdillian (Ya m) wo n. Back in the pits, Ar t's teamm ate Larry Lim qu o ted Win n ie-t he-Pooh 's bi rt hd ay book for May II t husly: " No m atter how much you like him. you co uldn' t den y it - he did bounce. " John Cherm ak (Yam) won 200 Production with Friedman second after sec uring a loo se spark pl ug cap and p icking up a three-quarter lap deficit in six laps. Dick Hewitt (Yam ) led 125 Production fo r an entire lap . • Results in Results Sect ion. Irwindale MX By John Bethea IRWINDALE, CAL., MAY 9 Oh, how the Spring Championship Series is getting tight at Irwindale Raceway a fter six weeks ! In fact , it is now tied three ways up front SAT . MAY 31 - AMA PRO TT -- 8 pm F R!. JULY 25 -- GARDENA GOL D CUP 8 pm SAT . JUL Y 26 -- AMA NAT IONA L TT -- 8 pm (Camel Pro Series) ! ;$ 18300 VERMONT . GARDENA (213) 321- 1610 - (213) 323-9710 "WHERE THE HARBOR & SAN D IEGO FREEWAYS MEET" Rex Beauchamp vvins Chicago's Ice Indoor Short Track on . total Red Wing • suspension. , , Late race resu lts another Red Wing win-thanks to a cornoennon lork that' s the finest ava ilable . bar none It' s " ~>l""'''' 11 got premium mere -no seals to keep Ihnd In . dirt out. high-performance damp ing . With hydrau lic stops to preven t bottoming. IIght we 'ght auov slider s . tem pere d stanchion tubes . 3-POSltlon preload spnnqs . externally adjustable . ana lots more All fitted- wi th shocks . op tiona l sp rrnqs and stee ring darnpers -c-mto a tot al. tuneabl e susoensron system that bu ilds winners Just ask the Red Wing team AMA Grand Nationa l expe rts Don Cast ro . John Gennai . Ric k Hoc king . Cha rles Seale . Enduro sta r Alli e Henncn . and Motoc ross winners Tony D,Stefano and Bob Harns Red Wing suspension systems are .pa rnc ipan ts In the AMA ma jor connnqency programs 20 ! Special offer : Exclus ive Red Wing " Rid e Gu ide " , with int rod uctio n by Dick Mann,tells you how to choose, mount and ad jus t the idea l com bi nati o n of Red Wing component s :0 sui t your build , b ike , and the test y o u're go ing to p ut t hem to. Desc ribes the exact technique for forw ard mounting rea r shock abs o rber s. Only $3 .00, with Red Wing s h o ulde r Pa tch, decal, and product catalog . Write to : Maruben i Am erica Corp., Red Wing Grou p, 2 00 Par k Ave ., Dept. CN 414, N. V.C . 100 17 When it comes to performance, you can't beat The Sys tem . be t ween Dan Hendricks, Vince Van Hook and Don Miller with 149 points each. In Pro ac tio n, David Taylor again took the 125cc class for the third week in a row, rou nding up three moto vict ories for the sweep ove r Don Bongi orn o and his th re e-three-two. Mike Bell mad e his return to Irwi ndale ni ght raci ng after a two month layoff and took th ird. Tay lo r, by th e way . is th e top Pro in the Series ranked fifth at 142. The 250s were also swept by another regular. J eff Vidic (Mai). David Pessy (Mon) tried twice in t he final t wo motos to ca tch and pass the" Rabbit" but had to settle for seconds an d sec ond o verall. Val Tamietti (Mai) had two strong co m e-fro m -be hin d rides to take third overall. Nothing unusual in the 500s ei ther as Bill Rubly (Mai) wo n yet an ot her in hi s drive for CMC No . I honors this year. Rex Staten (CZ) overcame a first moto last place to fmi sh third overall behind Dan Barnes (CZ) . As it was announced last wee k , th e 49 top ranking High School riders who are non-MIA Pros will be qua lified fro m the series for the High Sch ool Coliseum Championships, the night before the Superbowl. • Perris night scene By Maureen Lee PE RRIS , CAL. , MA Y 3 With a good group on hand early for the next day 's Dinosaur race, it mad e for good rac ing Saturd ay nigh t. Th e Perris nigh t sho rt track, if you haven 't seen it , is supe r ! Traction is grea t and those t urns are wide, wid e , wide. In t he m ini d ivisio n, Ro n Byars , David and Bob Callaway, all on Kawasakis mixed it up fo r three m o tos with David eme rging tri umphant. Man y spe ctators though, had th eir eyes on Randy Bennett in very spi ffy leathers