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BETOR AIR FORK KIT for a super smooth ride . No coil binding springs to sack out . Prices start at $10.9 5 . Write or Ca ll. + Steve Scott's Mach ine Works PO Box 871. Arleta, CA 91331 . ) 213-89~09 WHITTIER HONDA Motor cycle Trailers Bell Helmets Full BoreProdu cts 14324 E. Whittier Blvd . (213) 698.Q065 Complet e stock of parts and accesso ries for street and dirt. oss~ cao-am The previous week's Medford show saw Kerry (7) Himmelw right working to hold off Todd Puett in the 20 0cc Trophy Dash. : HONDA After ab out three laps it was MacDannald way out front with Ron Self about eigh t seconds behind an d abo u t six seconds behind Self came Bob Myers on a Maico . Furthe r back there was quite a race sh ap ing up for fo urth be tween Greg Heb ard (Hus), Gary Murphy (C-A) and Wayne Morrell (Pen) . With two laps left to go in the mota MacDannald seemed like the proverb ial shoo-in; but he lost co ncen trati on in a dusty turn and went down. Th e crash was a simple one, but Ron Self was there to cash in on it. MacD annald go t going again bu t back a bo ut seven sec on ds beh ind Self. My ers droppe d out with b ike problems giving third to Gary Murp hy and fourth to Way n e Morrell. Everybody in th e p its kn ew th at the seco n d m ota would tell all in th e Se1f-MacDannaid duel. MacD annald pulled on e of his famous holeshots, and Ron Self fell righ t in behin d in second place. Neil pulled away fro m Self and Ron just sat back and made the mos t of his position. Once again th ere was a real battle going on between Murphy , Heb ard and Morrell. Murp hy was again able to keep ahead of the gang and finishe d third behind MacDannaid and Self. Gre g Hebard picked up fourth for his day 's efforts. Overall MacDannaid picked up the win with second going to Ron Self and third to Gary Murphy . MacDannaid also dominated both motos of the 500 Pro class. Neil won both ' races hands down with a little competition from Bill Johnson (Yam). Gary Murphy (Hus) was consistent enough to take second. Bill Johnson, after battling with MacDannaid briefly in the first mota had bike problems and dropped back to third overall. • H0DAKA Soggy trackin' Sales • Seroice • Part: HO N OA OF G L ENOO RA 723 Eo Alest. (Hwy. 66) Glendor., calif. 213-9 63-5984 By Ly nne Diltz motorcycles as a do zen took to the muddy mes s to dry it out. After 56 minutes of th at, th e first bikes were let out for practice wh ich was called off after 25 minutes because the track was still too slick. At race time , eight p.m., vehicles were again put on the track and by 8 ;,30 it was 'done up proper,' There 's an 11 p .m .-curfew at this tr ack and afte r an instant riders mee ting, the h eats were started with the 125s. All classes wen t quickly despite th e lar ge number of entries. The Open classes had " Q" numbers allover th e p lace - th e Bo oth brothers Louie and J im , J o hn Schauble, Randy Johnson ; Greg Wilson and Bob Th orpe back from a to ur of Cali forn ia ; Jeff Hurd, Frank Word and J eff Campbell. This wa s Campbell's first r ace on a big 01' 750 Triumph imported from down south and he did right well . After hi s 125 TD wh ich featured a restart, Rich Word stormed out on the tr ac k to have a little tal k with starter Ray Copeland. Word s flew and Word ended up as starter for the remainder of the TD 's, doing a good job and getting a heavy roun d o f applause from the crowd. The Open B was a wide open race. Louie Booth looked like a winner until he washed out in three-four, and positions two and three left the track in a fine effort to miss him. That put Andy Dressler in Number One and he went up the front straight kickin' his feet and y elling "Whoopee l," only to make one lap and bomb out on three-four. That left it up to Tom Oliver from Klamath Falls, who played it cool and took home a trophy. • Jeff Snider pours it on at- Deschutes By Nancy Thomas BEND, ORE. , AUG . 17 MEDFORD, ORE., AUG. 22 Mike Patrick's YAMAHA •• CIIRIINA • 30 1101 E. 6t h Street, Corona, CA ( 714) 735-7721 (~ .~. Someone forgot to tum off " Th e Tinkler" (that's Medford Raceway's appropriately named water truck) and as riders arrived in droves, they viewed a soggy, wet, short track. Vehicles crossed up better than Another rainy day in Bend as Deschutes Cycle Park re-opened after being temporarily closed. The rainy weather created a variety of track conditions to challenge the riders. The turkeys started off with the second largest class of the day . Jim Walker (Bul ) go bbled up all three motos from start to finish to emerge as top Turkey. The 125 Junior class was exciting with several riders taking their turn in the lead . After lots of passing and WFO ridin g it was Jeff Snider (Han) the cemen t mixer who h ad come all the way from last to take the first mota win, Seco nd mota held just as much excitement with cl ose bat tl es going on from th e lead ers all the way down to the last o f the pac k. Will Beard (Han) flash ed by in first followed by Dan Hartsfield (Yam), Steve Stewart (Ha n ) an d cement mixer Jeff Snider (Han). Points wer e so close goin g into the third m o ta th at all the riders were really berser kin ' it. Will Beard had the top spot but wa s qu ickly challenge d by ceme n t mixer Snider and a hard ch arging Chri s Sargent (Ha n ). Snider cop pe d th e lead , but was overtaken by Sargent wh o ended up the eventual rn a to winner. The cement mixer (Sni der) took the overall, followed by Beard and Sargent. Expert classes were combined today with some fantastic racing and grueling 30 minute motos , Local hero Rod Kentner captured the overall after lots of hard work. Kentner was challenged by top Experts Bad Brad Lecklider (C-A) who captured secon d overall and Mark Matheisen (Yam) who gassed his way to first place in the second mota and third overall. • Results in Results Section. Stormin' Norman wins fifth Expo feature By Warren Bradley . SACRAME NTO , CAL., AUG. 8 With the four st arters in t on ight's Scratch Main being the onl y rid ers