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Lambert VanderTuig (Ho n) . Sheedy was up quickl y, but Vander Tuig had quite a lead by th en. For th e nex t fe w laps, Sheedy moved closer and closer .to VanderTuig, an d o n th e wh ite-flag lap Sheedy p assed. J ones wa s leader o f mota tw o also , with Sheedy sec ond, and Rus ty Clarke (Oss) th ird. Jones an d Sh eedy st ayed close tog e ther , but Clarke dropped back as time went on. Th en, J ones had bike trouble for th e sec o nd time, giving th e lead to Sheedy an d moving Clarke to seco nd. VanderTuig moved in and go t by Clarke, Clarke dropped out of the race, putting Sheedy way out in first, VanderTuig trailing in a distant second, and Robert Pfetzing (Ya m) scoring third. The final mota h ad Sheedy out front all the way , with J ones second for a while until hi s bike broke for the third time, and VanderTuig second while J ones dropped back . Sheedy claimed first overall, VanderTuig placed second, and Pfeltzing took third. In the 12 5 Beginner class, Dan Sherbondy (Kaw) started with a goo d lead, but afte r four laps the space closed up, Chris Pat encio (Ha n ) taking over, and fin ishing first. The second race had J ames Ro ckwell (Han) doing the same as Sherbondy in mota one - t ry ing to m aintain his first - but Sherbondy followed Pat encio 's example and claimed the le ad . Patencio had all th e final mota to himsel f, Sherbondy and Rockwell following. Overalls went Patencio first, Sherbondy second, and third , Rockwell. Corona Raceway has something new for the Experts, a 300% p ayback on Thursda y nights. In the 12 5 / 2 5 0 Expert class, m ota one, it was David Williams (Yam) all th e way, with Mike Slater (Mai) in second, and J acker Mc Elwain (AM) in a clo se third. Electrical trouble put Slater o u t in the fo ur th lap, m aking Mc Elwain seco n d and m oving Mik e De Philips (Ho n ) into third. Slater was firs t o ff th e lin e in th e second mota , bu t slid o ut in a comer, givin g Williams th e lead, McElwain secon d and De Ph ilips third. Sl ater r e -p a ssed every on e except Williams, who wasn 't going to be caugh t. Sla ter go t the h ol esho t again in the last rac e and wasn 't p assed by Willi ams fo r almost two lap s, an d wh en he was passed his bike was giving him trouble again and h e dropped back, putting Andy Kirker (Yam ) in second. Williams took home the fir st place cash , Slater po cketed second, an d McE lw ain go t third. • Results in Results Se ct ion Record crowds at 395 By Phil Carpente r - MOTORCYCLIST - " We recently tr ied the new Breezer, and must ad mit that it added another d imension to tire chang ing: ' ADELAN T O. CA L..J ULY 19 Nostalgia o f the Fabul ou s Fifties made the cy cle scene at 395 Cycle Park as Norm Lane v took the green flag for th e first time in 20 I POPULAR CYCLING .. . . . . we can state that nothing that we have used is as easy and years alo ng with 2 0 0 o ther entries. T wo heats of 5 0 0 Nov ices and co m plai n ts fr o m th e big bores ab o u t cu tting th eir lap s for lac k o f time co m ple te d th e scene . Number On e 's dear old Dad finish ed a respectable fo ur th ab oard a Hodaka in 100 Novice ac tio n . Ms. Bobbie Hunter, o ur " go-go girl " stole the sh ow from th e 34 m ain even t winners with her sm ooth ride on the half-mile. Scott Thurlow kept the 2 50 Novi ce trophy in the high desert but it was not easy with Bobbie ch asing him. In Mini competition, it was Ontario's Dan Wendt ta king th e brass from Shane Pettis and Alison Hamilton. San Diego 's sons took all hon ors in 2 50 Expert racing with AI Glove r drivin g his Yamaha to vic t ory on the sh or te r 5/8 mil e Tf and Bill Cain 's twin havin g no trouble o n the h alf-m ile. Th e real ac ti o n was for seco nd pl ace as Richie Vo l k held off hard-dri ving Randy Bowsm an . Pu tti ng San Diego in th e winners ci rcle fo r Big Bore ac ti o n was TIm Melancon , ta king both the 5 00 Expert and Op en Expert 'TT trophies. TIm tried, bu t co uld n 't cat ch Rip Sweaney's screamin g Kawasa ki as Rip grabbed the lead from th e re d ligh t an d hel d it to the finish of th e eight lap main. The Open Expert h alf-mile was a two m an d uel o n 75 0 Yam ah as as San Diego 's ace To m Worfolk held off Mike Laney on his home gro und fo r four lap s. Th e Los t Angels weren' t lost - they were j us t way o u t fr ont in Op en Amateu r Main s. Lon nie Martin rode away with th e Tf trop h y but Pat Go rdon (T ri) got h im o n th e half-mil e. Turnin g Amateur didn 't bo ther little J eff Moo n's win ni ng streak. Won do ubles again and he probably can' t spell scram ble s y et! Foll owing in his fathers foo tst ep s was Richie Swe ane y taking both 125 Novice clas ses o n a 100; but h e had to hurry, he turn s into a pumpkin at midnight! • Results in Results Section foo lproof. As an added bonus, we never pinched a tube:' MODERN CYCLE •• . . •. once you 've removed some rubber with the Breezer, chances are you'll want to keep one in your toolbox : ' STREET BI KE - " The tires went on in ha lf the time and half the eff ort . . . . .. CYCLE WORLD -"The DIRTRIDER - "It's a clever inventi on made of the finest m ater ials." r>: \:::Y Prod uct of Rojen B. Van Nuvs, Calif. 91406 Paten ted and Patent Pending AVAI LAB LE AT YO UR LOCAL DEA LE R 14-ye ar· old Bobbi Hun ter does her thing o n th e way to t o p positi o n in t he 250 No vice Half-mile . . 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