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Local hotline z a >- a: ., :J .J UJ :J Z d: :: It's Joe (no t Ed ) Steffen out for a win in the 125 Amateur class at Elsinore Raceway. Not just beginners luck By And i Gangewar ELSINO RE, CAL. ,J UL Y 19 A g rea t cl as s o f 125 Am ateur/Experts sho wed up at the lak e Satu rday night! Two first place trophies were awarded in th is class. J oe Steffen was fir st Am at eu r an d C h as. Summers too k first place for the Exp ert class. Summers was th e number one man in th e first moto , with J oe Steffen a clo se second and fifteen-year -old Randy Thron e th ird. Chas. was secon d the next go 'round with jim Strain pouring it on to finis h in the lead. Summers came back to win the last moto and earn himself an o the r troph y . Steffen was the sec o n d, which gave h im enough points to tak e th e o th er tr ophy . A new recruit to o ur 12 5 Begin ner class was 23-y ear-old Mike Rowray fro m San Diego . Mike brough t in tw o firsts and a seco nd in that orde r. Gre at riding ! Honda mounted Bill Mo on was secon d in the first m oto and th ird in the next two . Norco's Larry Arnold sco re d second by ta kin g a first and a sec o n d an d a co m ple te miss his first m oto. Our newcomer to ok h ome th e trophy and . new rank as Novice . Chris Kelbel was ou t to win an other firs t p l a c e tr ophy in the 250 Am ateur/E xp ert class. Kelbe l and Greg Zehner had a close race go ing . Chris was first , second and third in th at order to ge t him to the h ead of the p ack and win the trophy . Zehner (Yam ) Was a clo se second in th e fir st moto, bu t had so me trouble getting to th e lin e the sec on d race and m issed it alto gether. He made up for his absen ce in th e last ro und by scoo t ing to the win an d second place overall. • Bast blasts at Inland Speedway By Bill Kolberg first to attack the course today , with George Speck (Hon ) grabbing the holeshots in both motos, But it was Tex Collingwood, all th e way from San Francisco, wh o took th e ch ec kere d on h is Yam aha monocross. Rich Bowles (Suz) ended sec o nd , Ken Sch aechlin (Hon) took third:When it final ly got down to the Pro co m bine d race, it was South Bay ho t . shoe J immy Martin gra bb ing the early lead on his CZ. Smith st arted dead last, but he quickly worked his way up , with Chuck Rouse (Hus) and Steve Rhyan (l\lai ) givin g him a little tro uble. Martin so on dropped o u t with a flat re ar wheel, allowing the swift Smith to take all the marbles. Rouse moved up on Smith, p assing him several times, but Smith was long go ne at th e finish . Nigh t racing really works on yo ur st ar ts, as J im Martin once again proved by grabbing the lead in the secon d moto. John Smith soon zipped past roared to the lead on the first turn from his ou tside slot and repeatedly turned back Sh aw for th e victory in th e four-lap finale . Onl y a flawless performance by the fas t-risin g Jim Fishback prevented Bast from securin g a clean -sw eep for th e .even ing. Th e "Fon tana Flyer" was registering hi s fo ur th Main win of th e seas o n , h alf of which h ave co me at San Bernardin o . Dri vin g fr om the 20·yard marker , Fishback left Mike Curoso, Dubb Ferrell, Mark Ch erry and Larry Sh aw , in ad di tio n to runner-up Bast, in his wake. Dave Sims an d Bruce Penhall div ided up the con so lat io n heats, securing th e H andi cap a n d . Sc r atch portions, respectively. Mike Gross, the "Blue Blazer from San t a An a", cap tured his second Division Two Main in side a week with an easy score in the final. Montclair's jeff Sexton, runner-up in the 1974 Nationals, and Mike Curoso , 1973 runner-up, waged a see-saw battle in th e featured tw o-lap Mat ch Race , before Curoso found a high groove an d then held o ff Sexton for th e win. • John Smith continued his winning barrage at Carlsbad. Still Up to winning ways: John Smith By Hidden Images CARLS BAD , CAL., jU LY 26 SAN BERN AR DIN O, CAL.,J ULY 23 Two-time U.S. Nati on al Speedw ay Champion Mike Bast dazzled th e spec tato rs en route to a triumph in the Scratch Main and a runner-up in the Handicap . In the all-star Scratch field o f J eff Sexton, Larry Shaw and Bill Cody, Bast J ohn Sm ith and his Nightingale Man uf ac t u r i n g ai r-s us pended Honda are going ho t and heavy afte r winn ing the 125 Expert High Sch ool Ch ampionship. John backed up his Superbowl victory wi th a win at OCIR a week ago, CMC South Bay , and today a t RTMC Carlsbad. The 125 J unio rs, Division I, were the l/l UJ o d: :: Z UJ o o J: FMF Low Pipe FMF Porcupine Head used by : Marty Smith Mickey Boone For: Hon CR ·1 25 $58.00 Yam . YZ-e 125 (in cl udes flange) .. $59.95 Suz RM -125 $54.00 Ya m YZ-80B (Hi-pipe) • . .• . . . . . $59.95 Less he t buildup a Special FM F Combust ion Chamber $57.00 Fo r: Hon CR ·125 YZ -c 125 . . . . . • . ..• . . . .. . .. . $60.00 T M -125 $54.00 FMF Hi Pipe ~ New ues ign Increased T orque Fo r: Hon 125 . . . . • . ... . . . . $59.00 YZ -C 125 $74.95 (A vailable fo r RM -125 soo n) 32mm Carb Sen d 50¢ fo r new catalog FMF 520 Chain Kit Develo ped fo r LTR Suspensio n Correct ed Gearin g Fo r: Hon 125 Yam YZ-C 125 : $42.50 $47.95 FMF H.D. Clutch Springs I Includes sPecial Fi lter All Mo unting Brack et s Fo r: Hon 125 $39.75 (Available soon fo r YZ -C 125) Less Fric t io n Plat e Wear Longer Lasting Fo r: Hon 125 , $6.95 ORDER FORM Send to: Fly ing Machine Factory 1418 W. 259th St. Dept. 2A Harbor City, CA 90710 30mm Carb Qty . De scr i ption (t y pe b i k e. y ear, S ize) Price Send Part s To : Name Ad dress Pre-set fo r Sea Level In crease Fuel Flow Wid er Powerband Fo r: Ho n 125 Y Z·C 125 RM -125 _ _ _ City St at e $41 .95 $51.95 $41.95 More To rqu e Ideal for Hon 125 Fo r: Hon 125 Zi p $38.95 _ All orders sen t COD unless che ck or money order enclosed 17