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The Best Wheel - The Best Price ,.1. ')' " 1 .11l 1 1l n . _ ~ l r n n !l:,· r . ' fu n ' , hr ll ' ·" l. \ r ' \ l h ill lo: \' "U ~lo d i , } 1l ., ~ t " ll ol r.U I' · p ru " t' U . ,. \1 lu ur 11m ",. ' I Hlll l(l " Ih.m n' ll \r lll i"n .l 1 .... anh·d III .I .,h ", '1. Illt' .•lIu )' ....he-el ,\ ~I'f\~ " Bob Stem an d Bruce Baron battle it out on th e ro ugh Ca rlsbad course. w lw. " , . It • .tIl 'rdtll" l ilT n... d id so me fin c racin g with Dan Frost (Suz) ta kin g the night's o vera ll win . 11 1<: second ro u nd go t und e rwa y with Ron Tu rn er (C-A) and Ken Frosl (Suz ) taking th e lea d. Fro st fell in the second lap giving T urner a health y lead and th e . 12 " o verall for th e night. The 250 Pros were ho t aga in with an excelle n t ba ilie between Randy Bums (Yam) and ~like . Steams (lIlo n ) in the lead. Th e tw o were on top of ea ch other fo r th e entire rnoto , but Steams p ut on an im p ressive race an d took the overall for the night. Carlos Contreras (Yam) to ok the lead at the st art of the second Intermediate 250 moto and was never he aded. Gary Ogdon (Ya m) and Gar y Standrige (~Ion) dueled it out in the final 500 Pro race, ex changing places repeatedly , with Ogdon finally taking the lead and the overall win for the 500 Pros. • Results in Resu lt s Section. Stem & Foland clean up at AMC Carlsbad By Hidden Images CARLSBAD, CA L. , JULY 6 . Afte r a mo nth of b ike p ro b lems, J cff Foland fina lly go t back to his r winning ways by tak ing the 5 00 Pro class by storm today. Craig Adams (Jl us) gave the Pent on ride r a little bi t of troubl e at th e st ar t of th e first moto , but J eff so o n p ull ed away leaving Adam s second an d Frank Steiner (:' Iai) in th ird. Ada ms pulled th e h ole sh ot in the sec ond moto , but Fol an d p assed h im by the first tour. Adam s agai n took second, while J im Masser took thi rd , and also third over all . Bob St em cle an ed house in the 12 5 Pro clas s on hi s quick 125 :'Ionoshock Yamaha. J ohn Smith of th e CRT di d n't give him t oo much t ro uble, sin ce J ohn 's Honda fro n t wheel lost some of its spo kes. Kevin Crawford (Ha n) put together two th ird place finishes for second, while a sixth and a second for Smith gave him thi rd o vera ll. Stem and Bru ce Baron (Yam ) dic ed it out in th e first mota of the 250 Pros , the lead switc hing back and forth . Morris Malon e (lIIai) o f Competit ion Cycl es moved up from a bad st art an d ca ugh t up to th ird sp o t. Bru ce Bar on edged o ut Stem for th e top spot in th at moto. Baron go t underway in fro n t d ur in g the first lap of the second mota, but a rear n a t tire forced him back t o ninth place. Malon e worked his way to second and seco nd o verall. St em rode to an easy win , wh ile Bob Haag (C-A) grabbed th ird overa ll, foll ow e d by Chris Grewer on a Honda. • Results in Resu lts Se ction . " I h,' , 1\ 1i,,1,... , . 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Willi Ih,' I II'' ' l ui ... · In ~ lI to _ . ....IIt l iun II' ''' ~ lu ntl ill h.m '" ·, "Ilh 1.. ·.1111' wh .. n il ' U III" ~ I.. ,Ii.. SAN ll ER 1':ARDI NO, CA L.,J ULY 2 first lap , then virtua lly c oas te d home in lIntl n ,,'rr ..11 "'T llIllI .1Il.1 ,'r ill•. 11 Illl'p nllll( " ('1(111 I I ~ .II' I'1U\ IIII.I,,·1\ :' 11> .\n. \ Fishback nearly sweeps Main events in San Bernadino bow Main events in his local debut at San Be rna rdino's In l and M o t o r cycle Speed wa y. Hol ding t he dubious ho nor of being In lan d 's firs t and only 50-yard man on th e ini tial nigh t of handicap raci ng, F sh back roared p ast his five i rivals in the lIIain event to cam the top award, his second in less th an a week . On I y a de t e r m i n e d a nd p er fectl y-tim ed ride by lo cal newco mer ~?bby Ross in the Scr atch ~Iain kep t Fish bac k fro m a doubl e for th e evening . Iro ni call y. fin al o utco m e was a reversal o f the pair's order of fin ish in th eir first Sc ra tc h he at ea rlie r th at evening. Cutting it close in th e top dolla r race, Ross assu med the lead at th e midway poin t o f t he fin al tum on the last lap, dr opping inside to slide by Ballard, wh o led t he fir st three lap s. Fishb ack, also o n th e mo ve through the be nd , mad e a str o ng bid fro m th ird to edge Ballard , while gain ing o n Ross at t he tapes. Newport Beach 's Gene Wo o ds , you nge r b ro t he r of th r ee- t i m e Na tio nal Ch ampio n Rick Woods, rounded ou t the fi nal conte st , finishing fourth . Fishbac k's Handicap vic to ry ran a so me what par allel co urse . no t securin g the lead until the final lap, whe n th e lead er, Bo b He tri ck, fell less t han 80 yards from the tapes. San Bern ardino new comer Denny Scopelitte darted p ast the fallen He tri ck, wh o took th ird, to sn at ch runner -up honors. Dave Galvin, a full -time fireman whose nights of ri ding arc lim it ed due to h is ever-ch an gin g schedule, ca pt ured ba c k-to-hack vict o ries in th e consolat ion even ts . In the handicap portion, he edged Chr i s H a ines a nd t h e steadily-improving Gene Woods, while coming from the 40 as long yard-m an in the heat. Two races later, in th e Scratch consol ation, Galvin returned to lead all the way , taking the measure of Hetrick, Keith Te nnis and Ralph Castor. EI Centro's Ron Preston easil y routed his five rivals in th e Third Divis ion Main , putting up a flawless ride in b oth of his heats. Preston, drivin g off th e 10 y ard marker, circle d his fellow riders and was already drawing off by the time he reached tu m three of th e "'''Ill'' n.,\ h..,d r i.l illll . -1111" I l., ~ 1" 11.1 , \ p ro" 1\1"11 ' ·II (1llf'\-, .. ,1 l o r I rll o' •• >!I . " lI l , i , 11\ '. I I - h u n l • • •.•. •.. •.. . .. . • . 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