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night into a ne arly unbearable one. From Labor Day on the Colorado we ather is co mp le tely unpredictable. For this reason th e Cougars have deci d ed to canc el their remaining three even ts. " It's just not fair for the traveling teams, all who have to co me over a th ousand mile s, to come: outhere and quit e possibly no t get to ride," a Cougar official was Quot ed. " No t to mention t he specta to rs who are freez ing thei r rears off!" Next season is pl anned to begin in • May and run to September. Bailey takes two By Pete and Repete RENO PARK, NEV., SEPT. 28 Don Bailey won both of his classes, 250cc and 360cc at the Reno Park half-mile Sunday. Bailey, taking the high cushion ~ ~ ;: "' z z « .., Fint moto at Mt . View, Open Pros Jeff (7111 Walke r, Ve rn (8E) Ga bbert and Ron Lo ng (hi dde nl were able t o sh uffle aro und with dean jerseys. .And the rains came ~. - By Jan Newman SANDY, ORE., OCT. 5 It all started out so beautifully. The track at Mt, View Cycle Park was just super all through the first motos. Then the predicted rain came and turned everything into slop. Today's race was the last of the summer series and found many of those present 'adding a cushion to their point lead . Billy Parker (Hon) has led t he Minis throughout the summer and added another win today. David Cooper (Yam) led all the way in the first moto but he an d Billy exchanged positions for the second round. Cole Chancellor (Pen) took the 100 Junior win with two seconds beating out his series-winning brother, Vint, Vin t had a spill in the first race and came in fifth . He returned to win the final moto, Leonard Trujillo (Suz) won the first round but fell victim to the mud in the next. 26 Jim Turner and Mark Sun provided the show in the 125 Intennediates. Mark was out in front all the way in the first race with Jim just waiting for a mistake. Round two was a replay un til the middle of the race when Jim slipped by. The first 125 Pro found Steve Phillips (Hon) leading a tight pack for four laps. Ron Sun (Yam) was off the line second but goofed his way back to seventh. From there he blasted through to take the lead in the fifth lap. In the second race it was Phillips, Mike Kinnear (Hus) and Sun out first. By the second lap Ron and Mike got o ut front to begin a 30 minute battle. In the next to last lap they approached a tum and another rider almost side by side. Mike got by, but the lapped ri der went down and took Ro n with him. Ro n 's bike required a push to the pits for quick fixings before he could continue to a sixth. Kevin Jansen finished second in this round. He was in second in the first race when the fire went out in his Honda and the race was over before he discovered an unplugged wire. All the Pro races were affected by mechanical problems. Barney Newman led the first 250 Pro moto until his Husky started gasping for power. Kirk Williams (Suz) moved up to the lead. When the rains settled in for the second race Kirk really 'came alive and rode away from everyone. Newman rode a Maico out front in the first moto of the Open Pros while Kirk worked up from a late start to move into second before his chain broke. Williams ate up the muddy second m oto again and Newman rode behind hi m until his kill button drowned. Ron Long (Hus) took the overall with three-two finishes ahead of Vernon Gabbert (Hon) . with a two-three. The Turkey class was the only group who encountered much more than a sloppy bath in the second race. Some of these guys were in real trouble with their worn tires, etc. as the mud deepened. Dwight Lind (Suz ) won a nice hunk of brass for his first race. He was very enthusiastic but admittedly preferred the dry first moto to the sloppy second round. • Results in Results Section. Team speedway By Mi ke Davis COLO. SPRINGS, COLO. , SEPT. 26 For the second week in a row the Colorado Cougars defeated the Golden State Grizzlies by th e identical score of 40 to 38 . This week the ever improving Cougars led most of the match but the Grizzlies were in it through the final heat. In fact, if Grizzlies Jerry Bowers and Wally J arman could have come in first and second in the final heat rather than first and third the match would have been tied and forced to a run-off match race. groo ve and scattering the crowd, powered his Boss Frame Yamaha to an exci t in g win over Princeton's John Alves in the 25 0cc Expert race, and over San Lorenze 's Carlo Lucia and Reno's Mike Lupoid (Yam) in the 360 Expert race. Lupoid only minu tes before flied his seized piston with a bas tard file and came in a very close third, the bike still intact and running strong. The season-long battle in the I25cc Novice class between Scott Thompson (Hon), and Rich Dennody (Yam ) continued with Thompson taking the win over Dennody for a close finish. The 360 Am ateur class saw Perry Smith (Hon) leading the pack until fuel lin e problems developed, then Reno's Tony Evans (Bul) quickly took the lead. They had a double feature by running an Open class Semi-pro TT utilizing the front straightaway of the half-mile track with a kidney shaped infield and a jump. There was a shortage of Open class riders causing Novices and Experts to ri de for a co mbined class. In the main event, Expert Charley Stewart (Nor) got by Novice J eff Smith (Tri), who fell trying to regain his lead, putting Brandon Carn ah an (Mai) in first Novice position after Stewart. • Six Pak Day at Puyallup The Champion of the Evening was also a repeat of last week. " Flying" Finley Wallace went all th e way for his second in as many weeks. Finley's body was a little down this week but the "Mountain Man" still managed top scorer of the m atch. No sooner did 'th e checkered flag drop for the final event than a cold 3040 mph wind came up, turning a nice By Sue Sykes PUYALLUP, WASH ., SEPT. 28 Bill Joyce (Hon) pulled off two great 125 Pro rides and bagged second overall. In moto one Honda-mounted Ed Davis jumped Team speed way comes of age in Colorado as Cougar Rick Oppenhe im works t o hold Joh n McDonald of the Grizzl ies to the ouuide in the Ra ins Raceway season finale. III s « o "' ~ s to the lead and for two laps really stretched it out. Next thing we knew Davis stopped in the far part of the track, pulling off his helmet. Joyce took over for Davis as leader and was never challenged. When they left again, Joyce held it on to grab the lead through the opening tum , a ju mp , and two more turns. The racers were pressing Joyce coming down a rough stretch when he came off everywhere but the grips. Rider and bike finally parted company in the hardest way and Ed Davis (back in action thanks to a snappy pit crew) took over to finish out the nine laps up front. Joyce bounced back but had to wait till over 20 riders passed him by. He really got it together those few lap s because when the flag came ou t he scored an eighth fo r second overall. Lee Voss (Suz) happily picked up that first place check for his two-four score . 250 Pro Rick Benek (Pen) passed first moto winner Rick Weidman (Hon) during lap three and finished out moto two in front to cash in. Weidman rode second for the remaining laps but just didn 't get close enough to pass.