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the lead in the rirst moto while in the second moto Bob got the "Rocket" go ing up Tower Hill. From there Hannah slowly pulled away and ended the race with a nice lead. Hannah's two firsts earned him top money while Rex had to settle for second. Jeff Foland (KTM) picked off third with a consistent th ree-four tally. Is " Hurricane Hannah" unstoppable? After racking up a clean sweep earlier, Hannah went on to a repeat performance in the 250 Pro race as well. During the first moto , Bruce McDougal (Ya m) pulled the holeshot, and soon fou nd himself having to hold back Hannah . McDougal and Hannah really pu t on a show for the race fans un til Ha nnah flew by to take over first place. Bru ce hung on for second while Gary Ogd en squeezed past Bill Rubly for th ird . In the opening laps of the second mo to Han nah was up front as u su al. Bru ce Baro n, who h ad his Yamaha right up th ere with the leaders, overshot a wide sweeper bu t sti ll kept the gas cracked open wh ile try ing to re-en ter th e trac k, only to get tan gled up in the tr ack banners. McDougal ran seco nd while Morris Malone was right on McDo ugal's tail. Hannah gassed his way to another win while Malone edged by McDougal for second in the closing laps. McDo ugal's third co mbined with his first moto performance, was good fo r second-place money. J u st as Hannah has been ru nn ing away from the bigger bikes, Warren Reid has been smokin' the 125 Pros. Rei d, o n an FMF·built Honda , made sh or t order of the first mo to , with Long Beach Honda shoe, Mike Bell maintainin g seco nd throughout m ost o f the mo to while Alan Smi th, a new FMF ace, worked h is way up from six t h to third. Th e second m o to featured razor-close racin g fo r the lea d. Mike Bell ho o ked his Honda in to f irst with Reid bre ath ing right down h is back. McDo ugal (fifth in the firs t moto ) held on to third. Alan Smit h , back a few spots, began to make his drive toward the fro n t ru nners but both his shocks snapped coming do wn Ban zai Hill. Bell and Reid soon put some time between them and the pack, p utti ng on a race an d a half for top money. Bell held off Reid while McDougal an d Franks' ace, Danny LaPorte battle d for third. Reid flew over an d p ast Bell for t he lea d on Ban zai Hill, b ut Bell kep t up wi th Reid anyway. LaPort e, who seize d in th e first mo ta , whipped past McD ou gal for third. With t he race nearing an end, Rei d and Bell were out in fro nt of the res t of the pack. Brae Gl over, on a DG jet, really put on a dri ve on the last lap to drop McDougal to fifth. Reid went home wi th another win under h is belt and more money in h is wallet. Results in Results Section. Hard chargin' at Elsinore IT .. CO C'l l-o aJ .0 o .... u o 11....-- _ A fool and his cycle are soon parted. By And i Gangewer ELSIN O RE, CAL. , SEPT. 27 Th e green flag waved and the 100 Am ateurs charged off the line with J ack Smith (Ya m) out fro nt, follo wed closely by Chris Mino r. Be fore the end of the firs t lap Mino r zapped Sm it h and h eaded for the lead. Brian Burch, pu shed Min or, and by lap three, h ad t he win . Mo to two found - Smith again in the first place position with Minor right behind an d soon to be the fr ont ru nne r again. Sm ith was at it agai n in th e last moto , th e hot one off the line. J ac k went to o high on the first tum and Minor took advantage o f the open doo r and slipped in to first. Chri s Can n on was working hard for second but the door stayed clo sed. Minor was again the victor with Smith seco nd and Cannon in third. The Special Expert W;lS the last class . to be run and the best for sure . Ron AIR FORKS OR SPRINGS The Front End Kit that works either way or you r Money BackI Designed for RACING over rough terrain. Will give you a ride second to noneI No modifications. just bolt in the new units. B" of travel - Kits for: CZ red or black frame; Vamaha Small leg 125/175 MX , Vamaha Enduros, MX, VZ and Monoshocks; Kawasaki KX 125, KX 250, KX 450, new KX 250 /4 00 ; Suzuki 250 /400 & RM '73 - ' 75; Betors. Dealer or Direct Send for Free Liter atu re TERRY INDUSTRIES P.o. Box 132 1. Hesperia, CA 92345 714-244-3139 Frontera Pipe Mods $24.95 Make you r Frontera run f ast er, coo ler, & longer Fron teras are ou r specialty 1 Week On l y 25 0 Pu rsang ..•• ..••.•••••••• $ 1 05 0 3 60 Pu rsang ....• .. .. . ...• •.. $1288 . plus t ax & li e. CYCLE CENTER 1300 East Edinger A ve. Santa Ana, CA 92705 7 14-835·782 1 1m med iat e Dellv.ry. Road Race . Dirt T rack. MX. De se rt Any length to 36 " - We 'll S p any whe re In U.S. hi or stop by fo r Inst alla- tion. 164.95 184.95 to Phone f or de tail s Hi-Per Kine tics. Inc. 15745 Ukewood Blv d . Paramoun t . C A 90723 213-630-4796 (adjacent to Norm Reeves Honda) 25