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School collected two first p lace tr ophie s, one of them by Pearson 's consiste nt first p la ce finishes. In 250cc actio n , J erry Mc Brayer of Durham an d George Lam o ur eaux o f Lassen started strong, bu t it was Steve Gard of Burney who pic ked up firs t p laee b rass, wi t h Me Brayer and Lam ou reau x ta king sec ond an d third respeet ively . Larry Fa theree an d Rick Baglin d uel ed head -to-head in both Ope n m otos to give Hu g High School a one-t wo fin ish, sq ueezing Ch ris Cash of Lasse n to th ird p lace. Amate ur riders Way n e Hat ch an d Bob Uni on High fill , both of Nevada dom in ated their division by consiste ncy . Tad Gum bm ann of Burney im presse d th e cro wd with hi s wid e o pe n style o f riding, ho wever, his a ttempt at fue l ec on o my proved unwise as Gumbm an n dropped b ehind Hateh an d High fill fo r th ird pl ace . On May 17 th Burney will be host ing their first hi gh sch ool MX. Fill it up , Ta d! • Results in Resul ts Sec tion . Sunny Valley TTopener By Lynne Diltz SUNN YVALLEY,ORE.,MAY 11 After a who le m orning o f sweatin' o ut the weather, a super b ig thank you to all th e riders an d specta to rs who used their cars, pi ckups, vans, and gas to d ry th at trae k th e second ti me . Without their help , there wo uld have been n o openi ng d ay . When the early birds arrived, th ey fo und the track wet after a night's rai n, and a couple of co rn ers be ing pump ed . Ve hicles d ro ve t he t rackrto dry it and practice got unde rway at I I : 30. Two gro ups of b ig b ikes we re le t o ut and as t he secon d gro up was be ing waved in, t ha t dirty , big, black clo ud overhead let fly with a ' 'spring shower' that just about ruined t he whole t hing! Th at 's wh en ail those kind p eop le began to drive o n the track until it was useab le . Because of increasing populari ty of t he Men ' 5 Mini ,classes at indo o r raci n g, a new class ha s been added to the Sunny V a ll e y ros ter . . . the Elderly Gen tlemen's class . 11,e bike size is lim ited to 10 0cc, t he gents must be 30 years or o ver and not riding in any other classes. ' Big Daddy ' J im Miller, of Mini bi ke fame, lo o ks some better on a 100 bu t rid es 10 times as good and he ran second o nly to Gordon Campbel l. Chu ck Brad ley had the same trouble with his 100 as he did with the Mini ; he took a header-an d-a-h alf th a t really knocked th e wind out o f hi m . The heat races we re fast and furi o us; we not ed Randy Wing , a m otocross pro, try ing, out his win gs (no pun intended) on the IT. Dan a Hansen is ba c k after spendin g some time on crutches from knee surgery . Jeff Campbell an d Bob Hansen battled ro yally un t il the las t lap o f th eir heat w hen Jeff pulled th e edge . Frank Word was forced wide off t he line by an unco n trolled bike an d had to wo rk his way back ; he m ade it from 10th to second. Pete Simonsen an d Lo uie Boo th had a set-to un til Pete sat down and Lo uie sailed on . By the way, we are wo n der ing what happened to , the skull t hat Louie sported on his helmet last season ? Wit h o ut it , he doesn 't 100 k ne arly as m ean ! T he 250 C Main like d to never got around t he first co rne r ; Rick Eme rso n los t a chai n o n t he line, at t he same time two other bikes were tangling an d one was being dragged up the tr ack. The res ta rt saw Jeff Cook slide ou t with John Hardey all over him . The ambulance was called for Jeff who had possible crac ked rib s. 11,e third restart was not red- flagged but lost thr ee m o re riders during the co urse o f th e race. 'The 250 B Main wasn 't much better, t wo bikes were put back for creep ing; t hey did it ag-ain and were p u t lo a third row. 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