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By Jan Newman
SANDY, ORE., MAY 26
Many of the entrants today at
View Cycle Park were out for
third consecutive full day
racing. By the third moto,
Mt.
the
of
the
strain was showing on bikes and bodies
al ike.
Mini riders Rowdy Blasdell (Yam)
and Randy Webber (Hon) each won a
moto , then Rowdy led wire-to-wire in
the third for the win. Rob Williams,
Mike Smith and Billy Parker (all on
Hondas) finished in that order via the
final moto finish with all three tied at
13 points. Kurt Spack (Suz) wo rked
from las t place to finish fifth in th e first
moto and we n t on to win the nex t two
to t ake top 100 Jr. ho nors.
Ald en Swendsen (Yam) took th e 125
Int. wi n while Mark Hambelton (Bul)
battled for the 250 Int. win afte r a bad
first moto, Lewis Swan won that one.
In th e 25 0 J r. class Doug Ringe r
(Hon) cam e fro m a mid-pack st art to
ta ke the lead in t he fin al lap in m o to
on e. He wen t fr o m th ird to first by lap
th ree in the seco nd. Kirk Co rn ell (CZ)
led both race s un t il Rin ger go t b y . In
the final race Steve Witt (Ya m) an d
Darren Johnson (Ho n) were one-t wo
b u t Rin ger an d Co rn ell p ulled o ut th e
top two spots ove rall .
Doug Gab bert (CZ) an d
Vern
No rq uis t (Su z ) ex changed th e lead in
the first Op e n Jr. race wi th Gab bert o ut
fro nt a t the flag. No rq uis t came back to
lead al l the wa y in the second with
Gabbert traili n g. Norquist j ust co uldn 't
ge t with it in the final race. Gab bert led
all th e way this ti me and J im Newman
(l\lai) squeeked in to secon d o ve ral l
behi nd him .
The Pro s were all run to ge ther wi th
separa te scoring fo r 125 an d Open
classes. Mt. View is th e on ly lo cal tr ack
to ru n 30·m in ute moto s fo r the Pro s,
and the y a re p aid for ea ch m o ta as we ll
as ove rall finishes . Cla y Azar (Yam )
cam e fro m beh in d to win the first two
and cap ped it off wit h a wire to wi re
win in the th ird fo r to p 125 m on ey.
. Ron Dim eo (1Ion) was secon d. Marv
Aza r (Bul) to o k th e Op en lead in th e
first race whe n Barn ey New man (H us)
slid o u t in the t h ird lap . Th ey spe n t th e
remaining 15 lap s like Sia mese twins but
Aza r kep t the door closed . Azar to o k
th e lead in t he seco nd race b u t
m ech ani cal pro blem s sidelined h im in
th e fo urth line. Newman we n t o n for
the win . In the th ird mota Newman led
all t he way wh ile ' Les Womack (C-A)
nipped at his heels.
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Resu lt s in Resul ts Section .
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Jorgensen routs
Lodi Semi-Pro
Scrambles
By Ann Carr
LO DI , CALI F. , !\lAY 24
Remi niscent o f the old tim es
when Gennai and Hocki ng do minated Fre mon t, Davidson topped
Oakdale, and Foley had Hayward
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Rick Ellison wins
Dunlap season
high point
Memorial Day
at Mt. View
di aled, Kim J o rgen sen seems he ad ed thi s
season to a d omination o f th e Lo d i
smoo th sc ra m bles much in the fashio n
o f o lde r brothe r Alex in 19 72. Riding a
J orgy 's Can -Am in 25 0 Exp ert an d a
well-aged 4 0 0 Su zuki in th e 50 0 class ,
Kim wal ke d away wi th th e cash and
points in both events tonigh t. J orgy
j u m ped in to the lead at the sta rt of both
races and p layed cool lin es wh ile
Scroggin s, Hlebo , Burton . and An derso n
di ced for the extra payo ff spots . llI eb o
was m ost successful as he cap t ure d a
DUNLAP, CALIF., MAY 25- 26
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The final motocross of th e season
at Dunlap Cycle Park was a two
day even t, ove r the Memorial
Weekend, with over 300 entries.
The sprinkler system aro und the track,
and the lake in the middle, seemed to
help the 90 degree weather not see m
like 90 degrees.
The 250 Expert clas s was won bo th
days by Tom Rapp (Bul) of Santa Cru z,
b ut n o t without a fight th e last day
from local Expert Parry Klasse n (Mon),
who had a first an d second, b ut Rap p 's
second and first took ho me the top
m oney .
Dennis Brand, trying for the firs t
time the 125 Expert class on a ne w
Suzuki, won with no problems both
day s.
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Sunda y night the sn ack bar cre w,
headed b y CIa Patte rson , and daughter,
Karon Bin gh am, se rve d 400 spaghe tti
din n ers to the hungry rac ers an d
spect ators wh o spe n t the ni ght. Du ring
dinn er, the top te n riders o f th e season
re ceived tr ophies : \. Rick Ellison , 2.
Ke n Fursman , 3. John Kelli tt, 4 . J e rry
Collier, 5 . Darry l Alco rn , 6. Larry
Albert , 7. Gordon Bergen, 8 . Mark
Wardell , 9. Don Ro ufs , 10. Joey
Rodgers an d Evan Mah affe y. La ter in
th e eve n ing , raci n g m ovies were shown
o utside .
Eac h d ay was ru n as a separate race,
b u t th e third o verall win ne rs for both
days co mbi ne d. received hu ge trophies.
They we re: \. Den n y Enochs, 2. Mike
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Ma rquez an d 3. Bill Case .
Kreegah! Bundolo ! Ran dy Shanks lo o ks a bout to pounce
on an u nwary Ed Williams off a Mt. V iew ju m p .
They destroy berms up North , too.
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