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Dusty start at Sandhill, and sombody back there seems to be trying for a little altitude in oder to see out. Yamaha-mounted Benny King in the 500 Expert race whil e David Burton survi ved a hard ch ar ge by Jeff Eide in the 2 5 0 Main. Other racer s in contention for th e four end-of-season payoff sp o ts are scram bles ace Dave Bostrom in th e Open class, Ric k Otto , heavy weigh t rid er John Tavis of San J ose, and 125 hotshoe MitchDavidson, Leadin g in the sportsm en ranks are Penton 's Dan Foley an d Op en Junior George Taylor o f St oc kt on. Foley took his fi fth win for th e season as h e beat out Suzuki rid er Gary Bedford of An ti och . Ta ylor, meanwhile, mov ed to within one p oint o f Foley by fo llowing a slow heat with a strong win over Redwood City 's Bruce Rollins in the 65 0 J unior Main. Oth er ri de rs wh o still h ave a mathe matical chance at to p h on ors are Lodi MC p residen t Dennis Kritzer who took a hard fo ught win over th e o the r possib ility Sal Ho ffman in th e combine d 35 0-500 Junior even t. • Results in Results Secti on . Sandhill MX By Steve Castillo BRE NTWOOD, CA L., J ULY 20 Charlie Halcomb, fresh from his win last week at Wats on ville, did the job tod ay at Sandhill Ranch . Halcomb picked up th e 25 0 Pro win but it didn 't co me easy for the ~I'i's ky..fider from Santa Cruz . ~ Moto o ne was a batt le be t we en super-aggressive Bill J ohn son (YZ ) and Halcomb wh o is also known for keeping th e gas wide op en . It 100 ked like any bo dy's race as th ese two swa pped back and forth. Com in g down the hill before the flag Johnson had pulled ah ead of Halcomb and held him off till the finish. Halcomb had to settl e for second, but everybody had a feeling he'd be back in the sec ond mot o tryin g harder than ever. Everybo dy was righ t. Halc omb ca me back in the second m oto with a ven gean ce. Charlie had to work up from abo ut fift h so it made for some pr etty in te re sti ng racing. Curt Ber ggren had ju mped to the lead but soon go t passed by Duane Joice (Yam ). Bill Johnson now had th e lead and was holding on like no tomorrow. H al comb finall y moved within striking distance of Johnson. It didn 't take long before t he ch arging Halcomb soon shot by . Gary Murphy (Mon) h ad a good second moto, fini shed t hird which co mb in ed with his fourth pl ace fin ish in moto one fo r th ird overal l. No ne 0 the r th an Dick Mann cleaned up in the 50 0 Pro race. Dic k cou ldn 't do any better t ha n two firsts , riding t he old r eli a bl e BS A. Di c k 's only real co mpetitio n ca me in th e fo r m of San dhill fast-guy Mike Ca tes (Y ZM). Mike held up Mann in bo th o f th e mo tos, bu t Mann 's st am in a hel d up • better th an yo ung Ca tes . Results in Results Sec t ion . MX course? Whoo, they have enough rocks here for a So Cal trials section . T-Car MX goes Semi-pro By Bobbie Jo Hershman CARSON CITY , NEV ., JULY 13 It was the first semi-pro race o f th e season , 'and th e p rogram was run up side do wn, giving the Open Expe rt class firs t race of the day. Wa ter cros sings used for th e first ti me th is seaso n in the first mot o caused rider s to pile up in the mu d . Th e race director rer outed th e co urse, stating he would no t use th e wat er cro ssings again unl ess it cou ld be d o n e le ss harzardo usly . A rep eat grudge race be twee n Kim Adamson (Yam ) and She rwood Hall (Hon) in the 125 Ex per t class was th e ey e-p op per of the day. Kim led the first m ot o until he dropped his bi ke on a sharp right tum , givin g Hall the ch ec kered flag for the first moto . Th eir sec on d moto , Kim got the lead o n Hall an d kept it, wi th Hall breathing down his ne ck until the last lap. Then Hall pas sed Kim on a turn onl y a qua rter of a lap fro m the fin ish line. As th e two ap proached the last jump th ey were neck and ne ck. Kim came ov er the jump alone , as Hall lost con tro l o f his bike just seconds before. The spec tat or s went wild when Kim du cked under th e ch ecker ed flag. In th e 250 Junior class, Conrad Stitser (Hu s) rode his second race as a J un ior an d took second place as Matt Hansen (Hus) ro de lik e a pro for first. Cherry-picking days are over for 125 Junior Sam Penrod and Open Novice Steve Shaw as today 's race moved Penr od up to Exper t and Shaw to a J uni or. • Pioneer Short Track-going strong By Ann Carr OAKDALE , CAL.,J ULY 19 The seventh race in th e Oakdale MC short track season happened on a strong note this evening as 267 race rs vied for 48 trophy spots and 12 semi-pro payoff positions. Ray Hook of Blendzall Corporation also sweetened the po t for the 125, 250, and 360 Novices as he donated a case of Blendzall Oil to each cl ass winner. Foll owing his win at Lodi Friday night in the 125 division was Stockton Honda rider Steve Alb erdi. St eve jumped in front of the large field on lap one an d ca rrie d to the finish ahead of Randy Bradshaw ; Randy Martin, Randy Bereman , and Fran k Hannah. Mr. Hook's oil was captured in the 25 0 Main by Cere s rider Don "Mudder" McBride in his first 250 win. Don was strongly challenged by Tim Cook of Salinas, Modesto 's ' Don "T aylor , and Louie Orozco. Expert ac tion featured a near up set in the 360 ran ks as Carl Yerby (Hon) had th e somewh at slic k cou rse dialed in th e Main , leading top Pro Novice Ted D avids on fo r 12 laps b efore going wide in th e spe ctator tum and giving Ted a chance to duck under for the win. Th e 125 Expert Main noted a couple of new faces tonight as motocrosser Chu ck Goodrich topped a good field. Second to Chu ck waS another new face, Rod Spencer of San Jose. • Results in Results Section. Medford Raceway short track By Lynne Diltz MEDFORD, ORE., J ULY 18 There was ac tion aplenty at Medford, with a slew of new numbers on th e sce ne. Th e track was in sup er condition, so there were very few spills and no serious injuries. Three of the riders were from Kingman , Arizona. One trophied in the 12 5 class and one didn't but got the most attention. He was six-year-old J ames Williams, riding a Mini in the Kids 23