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Larry Roessler for two in a row Raceway th e racin g has be en superb in every cla ss in every m or o. The best of t he races had to be th e fin al 25 0cc Pro wh en j eff jennings (Bul) , riding like a wild man after his first rnoto problem of a d ead engine, ca me scurrying through th e pa ck picking off riders left and right. And in the final tum squar ed off t he co m er and zapped past Gary Ogden to win that ro und. It sti ll left him third overall but a heck of a lo t happier. Ogden, for the second straight week, turn ed the trick with th e overall ac e even th ough he di d n' t win a moto. Two sec o nds an d a fifth held up and Dave Carl son (MSC) was second in at 6- I -3 . TI,e 12 5cc Pros was anot her lar ge grou p whic h saw David William s (Ya m) eme rge th e vict or winning two o f the three m otos. j o hn Smi t h (C RT) scored seco nd with a 4-2-3 while Rick Bean (lIon ) co uld not back up his first moto win and slippe d 10 third by th e end o f • th e n ight. Resu lt s next week . By The Weenie Bros. RED MOUNTA IN , CALIF', J ULY 13 Well desert fans this weeks race C'J was held b y the Rovers Me and 'C'J what a fun filled weekend they ;>pr ovided fo r all! Saturd ays :; CMC Irwindale By John Bethea IRWINDAl.E, CALlF.,j Ul.Y I I Three swee ps hi ghli ghted to ni gh t's tough an d ru gged act io n a t Irwindale Raceway. The ra re sw eeps started o rr with David T ayl or (lion) slam ming the door shut o n the rest o f the I 25 cc Pros with three ex citing rides. Twice Dave Eropkin (Hon) was second and hoping for a Tay lor error, but it never came and he settled for the runnerup spot. Chuck Lunde (I'CH) was th e second fi nishe r in round o ne a n d he too st ayed cl o se in th e rem aining pair t o wind u p th ird o vera ll. 'Then, regul ar as cloc kwo r k, j eff Vidic (Mai) domin ated the 250cc Pro s in usual fashion with this week Dan Barnes (Ma i) stashing away runnerup m oney. Dan had a 2-3-3 showing for th e n igh t 's work in holding back john McMan away (Mai), who was just o ne point behind overall with a 3-4-2 performan ce. A s p arse 5 00cc turnout was unshaken when Bill Rubly (Mai) wen t born e t he winner. This wee k, with jeff j ennings (h is closest se ason points rival) down at OCIR, Ge ne Martin (Mai) was sec o nd with Robert Ellio tt (Mai) th ird. Th is co ming Friday night, both at Irwindale a n d at OC IR, it is Van-Stuffing night, with each vanload of spect ato rs getting in for o nly $5. • Results next week. ac t ivit ies started o ut as the sun slo wly san k in th e west, with the Rovers putting o n a hill cl imb. Th e hill was not o nly b ig, it also h ad so me huge ro ck s thro wn in for good measure. When th e dust' se ttl ed th e wi nner was Doug Win ch ell collecting an 80 % payback purse for h is effo rts. When Sunday rolled aro un d the firs t bikes t o see th e ba nner wer e th e T ra il Am ateur/Experts and at th e bomb it was t eam Il odaka rid er Chris " Po tsy " Weber who had to ho ld off th e charges of Mark Cartwright (KTM) and fact ory lI arl ey rid er Bru ce " Over th e Bar s" Ogilvie. On t he first lo o p Potsy was do ing fin e but behind h im .t here was a terrifi c battle for second, Mar k and Bru ce wer e going a t it wi th sec ond pl ace go ing to Bruce . 'Then with flying determi nat io n, Bruce set out afte r Pot sy , ca tch ing hi m on an uphill an d passi ng when Chri s missed a shift. Th at 's the way th ey finish ed Bru ce , Chris an d Mark ! At nin e o 'cloc k th e next b anner d r opp ed an d the Division Two Am ateur/Experts w er e off and running. Dean Modesett (Pen) was first t o th e bom b followed very closely by another Penton rider, Frankie Keepe rs, that's the way they started and t hat's the way they fi nis hed. D.C . Williams made a berserko charge from the twenty-second ~ I USEWHAT BEATSTHE EUROPEANS! Out of the top 13 factory riders finishing in the 125 GP class at Lexington, Ohio, Danny Turner riding a T & M prepared Honda finish ed 5 th overall. Look to T & M for your pipe, .porting (by Gary Blandin), swingarm and radial head needs. USE WHAT BEATS THE EUROPEANS!· -engineering1537 East McFadden - Unit C, Santa Ana, California 92705 (714) 835-3235 Send one dollar for the all new T&M 1 975-76 cetaloq of products 19