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Ron ran out o f gas while in MOTORCYCLES~® 8 PARTS ~ PISTONS _."'. COMPLETE MACHINE SHOP,REPAIR a SERVICEONALL MAKES (714) 630-5720 C8E Cyele EnQineefinn a Supplv 11 4 0- A N Kraeme r . Anaheim Ca_ 92806 jM fishbACk's YlMAllAoi[f©!m). !ro).\ @ \ (714) 822-2252 9008 Sierra Ave., Fontana , Ca. ,.§n.§,.. Central Californ ia's . . . . . . . . . . . .. largest dealer Servi cing : Fresno. Merced. & Modesto Yosem ite Sport Cycles 211 W . 17t h si., Merced, CA 95340 209-723-3802 Fremont Raceway " Every Wednesday ni ght Sportsm an Short Track 415·327·4461 Bu.'acG Paris ")Q '0' "' urgest inventory on West Coast .;"TL-.. Bu ltaco CZ Hodaka Mall orde r /will ship anywhere m Qu.ality Motorcycle Repair .' . ..' Fast . dependable service 30 - .vI . 1123 Francisco Blvd .• San Rafael ,'{'·""O"""° . CA 94901 415-454 -3406 , ! the lead with a short two laps to go in the second moto of the 250 Pro class. Huffman, on board a new Can- Am , blasted aw ay in the first moto and no one eve r got close, Ch arles Longmire (Bul) and Chris Grewer (Hus) were havin g it out for second. After abo ut four lap s Grewer shot by Longmire and finish ed second to Hu ff man . Moto two was a different story for Huffman. In ste ad of getting t he start as he did in the first race he was held b ack to third off the line. Bill J ohnson (YZM) h ad grabbed th e lea d foll o wed closely by Chri s Grewer (Hus) an d Huffman. It took Huffman th ree lap s to wo rk by Gre w er, After Gre wer came J oh nson o n h is su perfast YZ . Huffman played Johnson cool fo r t he first lap . He was upon him o n th e turns, b ut J ohnson kep t it open o n the straights an d was ab le to stay ahead. The next tim e around Huffman held it wide o pe n goi ng in to a tigh t hairpin and after bum pi ng wh eels with J ohn son he sho t in to th e tum firs t. Th at looked lik e all Hu ffman needed to wra p up his first win since hi s last ride at Daytona where h e fractured his shoulder. But fate , luck or wh atever you want to call it caugh t up with h im, when the bike start ed to sp utte r an d cu t out. Next thing Ron kn ew he was on th e side of th e tr ack wat ching Chris Grewer go blasting by followed by Gary Murphy (Mon) who h ad worked up fro m a poor st art. It was later learned th at w ith two m echanics a n d numerous friends and han ger-ori s tha t so me o ne had forgotten to . put gas into Ron Huffman 's bi ke. Pat Brown (Bul) co n ti n ued his domin at ion of th e 5 0 0 Pro class b y winnin g b oth m oto s with lime to spare. Mike Mid d leto n (Mai) led t he fir st racc for th ree lap s un til rne chan ic als forced him o u t. Brown moved into first with Gary Murphy (Hus ) co mi ng up in sec o n d. Back furth er J eff Mu llins [Hus] was also on the move up battling with Wayne Morrell (Pen ). Mullins go t th e advantage and finished third to Brown and Murphy. Morrell j um ped out front in moto two and it wasn't long before Brown . had ca ugh t up to th e ac tio n . After a short duel with Morrell Pat went by. Jeff Mullins, runn ing third , went by Morrell after a short bout. Murphy up from fo urth also go t by Morrell and th at 's the way th ey finished . • Results in Results Section. Lucky 13 MX series By Sue Sykes PUY A LLU P, WASH .,J UNE 6 Philip Larson rode his Honda to a win in both motos o f th e Mini A class at Puyallup Racew ay Park for Series Race No. 10. The " Blonde Speedball " held it on to score first in line in the co m bined runnin g of 17 minis. . An dy Yarringt on (Ho n) took a firs t in moto two to cinch th e first overall in th e B class. Perrish An derso n - winner o f moto o ne was pushin g Yarrin gton until th e fo urt h lap , then fell back abo u t four riders an d just co uld n ' t ca tc h up . Gary Racca (Ho n) was th e winner of th e 12 5 Pro money with a series 100 percent pay b ack t o make it an even swee ter victory . Rac ca did it all wire to wire and su p er smoo th . Steve Nolen to ok hi s new Can Am on th e tr ack for th e first time and went for second o veral l. Nol en go t a rough st art in moto two but pulled it past Richard Merritt (Ho n ) and Paul Overland (Ho n ) to score in go o d eno ugh for second money. Spe cial " Hu rry Back" to nice guy Gary Potts (Suz). Abo ut tw o wee ks ago thi s 125 Pro rid er took a fall a t Seattle Internat ion al Raceway while leading a m ota . Se ries lead er s : A -Steve No len (C-A). C-Rick Bs-Marvi n Sy ke s (Hon). Dittman (Yam) . Mini - Perrish Anderson • (Ya m). Resu lts in Results Section. Gold Bar National Trial By Bud Mylerberg GOLD BAR, WASH ., MAY 3 1 Clear skies and 85 degree weather on trials day were a welcome variation from Gold Bar's usual steady drizzle, but at the National they threatened to scuttle the whole event, as run-off from the melting snow in the surrounding m ountains swelled creeks to the bursting point an d caused many a National co mpe t it o r to fill his Dunlop boots without the sat isfaction of a steadying dab. A hastily constructed log bridge over May Creek's fast-flowing three-foot-deep water saved the loop, and last-minute replacements for the wettest sec ti o ns saved riders from the worry o f d ro wned igni ti o ns and bent connecting rods..' Lane Leavitt, 1974 U.S. National Champion, won the event in a strong co mebac k after his d isappointing finish in the first round of th e series in Southern California, but he almost gave it awa y with a p air of careless rides. In his first lap , he hung on too long in the rocky , up-hill entry of section 20 and th en couldn 't accelerate quickly enough to ge t over the three-foot rock step in the middle, and traded in an easy one for a five. But it was wide-open section I 7 th at almost un-did him. On his first lap he ignored the easy line everyone else wa s using in favor of a spectacular drop-off-the-ro ck, ride -the-Iog route . And he cle aned it, to the delight of the spe ctators, but on the second try it pitched him o ver the handlebars and gave him th e on ly five of th e day in that section. The sections included about every type o f ro ck imagi nable, from dry arid moss-covered to wet and slimy, and from horizon tal to near vertical.