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DIAMOND@1st AGAIN! Local hotlii CZers explode at ORA Firecracker 66 By Dale Brown CALI FO RI'\IA C ITY. C A I... jU LY 6 Bill Conroy, rid ing ~ lulh olland-sp onsored Harrington, DE. 1/2 Mile &-14-15 Jay Springsteen used DIAMOND to win! Rex Beauchamp and Gary Scott finished 2nd and 3rd with DIAMOND. Asic Jour dealer for DIAMONDliTHE CHAIN OF PROVEN PERFORMANCE" 6 P~nnzoil P~rform~r Award Peter Lamppu Thi s factory CZ rider swept both 500cc motos at th e Whitn ey, Texas, AMA Nati on al. Rid ing flat out for 30 minutes puts a big stra in on engine parts, t hat's why Pete r asks fo r Pen nzo il . Pen nzo i l 2 -St r ok e Motorcycle Oil provides the last ing kind o f engine pr otection it ta kes to finish in the money . Take a tip from t his winner, whatever yo u ride , wherever you go, Pennzo il is worth ask ing f or . Pennzoil 2-Stroke, 4-Stro ke and Injector Oil are availab le at you r motorcyc le de aler . 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KX 450; SUZUKI 250 /400 ' 73.'75 BETORS Deeter or Direct Send for Free Lite ratu re TERRY INDUSTRIES P.O. Box 132 1. Hesperia, CA 92345 714-244-3139 a Bogel -too CZ, led a o ne-t wo-three CZ sweep at the DRA Firecracke r 66 triple Hare Scramb les. Last week 's sensa tio n Dean Miller (2 50 Yam) was bumped up to Am ateur. Running righ t up the middle o f the sta r t area, he forged into the lead w ith Wayne Garrett (4 00 Yam ) pressin g off to one side. Garrett se ized . the fourth tim e in a row he has b roke n in or near the lead. Kevin Hasten (4 00 CZ) pressured Miller for t he firs t 10 mil es but h ad to slo w down w hen o ne of h is shocks went had . Mille r stayed o u t in front u n til h e clouted a ro ck and crash ed, Sportin g so me nasty cu ts. Miller finished th e race a t a m ore subdued p ace. Hasten took over the lead until j ust before th e en d o f the loop, th en he retired. Conroy and Benny Padilla (25 0 CZ) w er e ripp in' th rough th e p a ck after in di ffere nt starts. Conro y m oved into seco nd by bl a st in g p ast Morgan Mal o cco (4 0 0 Yam) o n a do w nh ill just before the p it s a nd th en m ov ed p a st Hasten to occupy fir st a t the e n d o f th e loop. Malo cc o dro pped ou t with a broken th ro ttle ca b le . Padilla was 'ar gu ing possessio n of second p lace w ith Ric h :\Iar k (4 5 0 Hu s ) as th e leaders sta r te d th e seco nd lo op. Mar k , j u st o ut of th e Marine s, w as m akin g h is first DRA ap pearan ce in ne arly a year. Com pleti ng the second lo op. Co n roy c harged into the fin ish c h ute. h it a bu sh a n d did a n end-o ve r-en d num her right wh ere a ll th e sp e ct ators co u ld see . Emerg ing from th e gia n t dust cloud , Bill p icked up th e b ik e a n d set o ff fo r th e th ird and final lo op, e m ba rrassed possibl y . but unhurt . Padilla moved into second pl ace as Mark 's long layo ff was b eginning to tell. lIis h ands didn't h ave th e n ee de d ca llo uses. a nd th e huge blisters h e w as de vel oping made j us t h angin g o n a m ajor e ffo rt . Give h im a c o u p le o f ra ces to ge t ba ck in sha pe an d he'll be a c o n te n de r fo r an ov era ll win . P h il Stu mbo (25 0 CZ ) to ok advan tage of the si tua tion as well . sort o f snea king b y Mark a t th e be gin n in g o f th e third loo p a nd closing so me of the d ista n ce o n Pa d illa. Co nroy had a go o d le ad o n h is CZ compa t riots as he fin ished th e 66- m ile rac e. Mark got a fo ur th. ahead o f Go rd o n Sch mid (4 0 0 Ya m ). Sc h mi d ha d to work his way t hrough the pack today a fter ru n ning 131h o n the firs t lo op. A lo ng th e way h e had 10 batt le w it h his so n Vanc e (2 50 Yam ) wh o ;lid n OI let hi s " o ld m an " by wit h o ut a fight. Va nce finished seve n th, rig ht behind j amie Avel s (4 0 0 Yam ) b ut he did ge t first Amateur. All en :\le e k ( 125 Hon ) had a reall y good ride to d ay . m oving up fro m 2 0 t h to 10th, ca p tu ring first Novi ce honors as well as firs t sm a ll-bore:. Le onard j ones (25 0 Bul ) w as the fir st o f th e Old Timers to finish. Lesl ie Klu g w on the "A" Powderpuff division as usual and Michelle Griffin ( 125 Hus] made it two "B" w ins in a row. Ken Maas ( 1 75 Pen) led the Beginners o n th e first lo o p a n d a t the finis h as we ll, passing Tim Ca t terall (250 Hu s] just before t he fin ish. Ca tterall ro d e th e Hu sky fo r only the seco nd ti me and had no ide a t ha t he was lead in g b ut h e still m ad e it close. j ames She rida n (360 Yam) finished t h ird and won h is cl ass . The 22-mile co urse was a m ix t u re of fast open country and tight. winding ca nyons and sa nd washes wit h so me good uphill-downhill sections. • Results in Results Se ction.