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. ; th e win . How erton go t ba ck up and finis hed second. "Th e Bear" got m ud an d gri t in his ey es as St ack ab le bl asted o n up to fin ish third, Semic s held o n for fourth. Mosier was fifth, an d the mud ca ked Gro ssi six th . The results were obvious as J am m in ' Jimmy went o ne-o ne to clearly grab th e 500cc points lead . Gary Sern ics was a surp rise second on his Ka wasaki, b ut Serni cs was pro tes ted and disqualified fo r n o t we ar ing a jer sey with his na me and num ber on it . Gary h as ap pealed , an d th e res ul ts will awai t t he M IA hearin g. DiS tefano sum me d up the d ay by looking at his mu d p ie m otorcy cle an d said , " Let's take it ou t to California an d plant it. " Da -= ~ t l!) ('-. o» , ...... ('-. ...... Q,) t:: ::l 250 Support ~ J im Turner (Yam) won the 25 0cc Support class that sa w some super rac ing as several Natio nal caliber riders were unable to get big bikes. Tommy Croft to ok his LAFD 250 Ho nd a to a ru naway victory in th e first mo to ahead of a t igh tl y bun ch ed J im Turner , Ken Zah rt (Ma n), Bru ce Baron (Yam ), an d Ron Self (Han ). Cro ft go t off the line poorly in the second mota as T urner turned up th e wick to tak e t he win. Kenny Zahrt took second and second overa ll. Bru ce Baron was th ird o verall ahead of Kan sas h ero J im Witt. Cro ft fell bac k to finis h 14th in th e sec on d • mo ta for seventh p lace mone y. :SA MC Results 1. J i m ( Kaw). and his body was one giant bru ise. Th e fmal in dign it y for th e fo rm er Natio nal cham p io n ca me when someone st o le his he lme t and b oo ts. Billy Grossi was sec on d, an d said, " It was easy. I j us t took it easy and rode ar o un d. " Gary Sem ics too k t hird when DiStefano 's cha in unrailed with Rex Staten, Gaylon Mo sier , Kent Howerton, . an d Bill Clemen ts filli n g o u t fo urt h th ro ugh seve n th . Texan Steve St ack ab le un lapped himsel f up to eigh th p lace in a determined ride. Th e heavy rains saw the crowd of 3, 000 specta tors d iminish to a hard y group of wet fans. Bet wee n moto p it activity was mostl y ai med at fin di ng ways of keep ing t h e mu d off, wh ile o ut on t he trac k sp ectators were d oing lon g b elly slides do wn th e slimy mud co urse. At the dro p o f th e ga te the second moto was all Wein ert 's as h e displ ayed his east ern mud pro wess by pulling away at the firs t tu rn as T ony DiStefano crashe d hi s already injured leg into a fence p ost . Gary Sem ics co n tinued h is red le tter day b y hold ing second ahead of a r api d Gay lon Mos ier . Kent Howerton an d his Husk y proved th at t hei r previous wins in the mu d weren't flukes as the y oung Texan ca me fro m seven th to seco nd in th ree laps. Weinert and Hower ton ro de thro ugh the go op like it wasn't even there , whil e bac k in fo urth and fifth, behind Mo sier, Billy "The Bear" Gro ssi and S tac k were sw appi ng posit ions with full lock slides and mud in the eye dicing. Then j ust as in the first moto all th e tension en ded wh en Howerton co llide d wit h J ohn Ayers (Mai) al lo wing Weinert to _ta ke ISuz ). We in ert (Yam). 2 . Ga ry se m i cs 3. Ke n t Ho werton (Hu sl. 4 . B ill Gross i 5. Gay lo n Mo sler (Mall . 6 . Stev e NoW's the time to get moving with a tine that's m oving l..•because a limi t ed number of Montesa dealerships are now ava ilable in Stac kab le (Ma i). 7. Re x Staten (CZ). 8 . Jo hn A ye rs (M ai ). 9 . Wyman Pr iddy (Kaw) . 10. Le e Miller (Mai). 11. Pat Richte r (CZ) . 12. Shan M oore (Y am ). 1 3. R o ger Sm ith ( Husl . 1 4 . Bi ll Cl em en ts (Husl. 1 5 . D ic k ey H o w ell (Pen ). 17 . Wes Patterson ( Yam). 18. Way ne Boy er (CZ) . 19. Jose ph G r etch an (Ma i) . 20. Gary Chap lin (CZ ). selected areas. We need a few good dealers with plenty of enthusiasm. The Montesa line boasts 15 great models now - MX, Trials, Enduro, Off-Road. Street, Mini, and Moped - with three great new modals due shonly - a 125ce MX , a 348ee Trials, and a 360cc MX. And we've got a reputatio n for qua lity and performance that' s unmatched l Ju st c heck the road tests in recent 250 S UPPORT : 1. J im T urn er (Yam) . 2. Ken Zahr t (Mon) . 3. Bruce Baron (Vam) . 4 . Gar y Wit t (Ya m). 5 . Arl o En glund (Bul). 6 . Gar y Sm ith (BUI). 7 . To m m y Cro ft (Hon) . a. J im Slife (Mai). 9 . Lo y Bu rne tt (Ya m). 10. John Joyner (Hu s) . . issues of Cyele, Cycle Guide, Cyele News, Cycle World. Din Cycle, Popular Cycling. and others. 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