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(7 14) 894-2623 ...., Penton, Monark & Tyran &Rupp Fun Machines Sales Service Parts Accessories D&R Cycles 7181 Westminster Ave. Westminster, CA 92683 PARTS World', lu ge,t invenlory lor Itlli. n molorcycles Rebuill Engine EJch. nges COSMOP'OliU • • aTOIS-11te H at b o ro . Pa 1904 0 30 One more to go! That 's h ow the riders felt after a long, hard day at Elkhead. This Sunday sta rted off wit h a co ld , damp fog, cleared o ff to where several got su nburns and then go t rained on befo re day's end. Typical Oregon weat he r ! When t he rubber ba nd sna p pe d fo r the 12 5 Expe rts , Ran d y Wing was n't with the group. But he di dn't waste more th an a second - he went fro m last to second th rough th e first hazards an d passed first place David Reimer before th e en d of the first lap . Wing whip ped th e co mers as though he was on a TT track and ex tended a good lead. Jeff Nowak and Way ne Olsen changed seco nd and third pl ace every lap u ntil Olsen du mped it. The second m oto Wing wen t o ff last and ha d to work har d to ma ke a third. No wa k and Reimer chased each o t he r over th e ro ug h mile t rac k wit h Nowak taking a slim win . T he co mbined 20 0 an d Old Men 's class was so me set o f mo tos, Medfor d 's Randy J or dan was rarin ' to go un til his chai n broke. He pushed his p utter ho me fro m th e upper end o f the cow pasture. Jordan tr ied again - and thi s time slid d own goi ng out o f th e water hole , twisting an arm . End of his day . His p artner Ru ss Sal m ans, went from seventh to fo urth in m oto o ne an d chewed on' Roland Miller, to eat him ou t of second. Salmans go t the holeshot th e secon d rnoto, setting a fast pace . Jeff Phillips slid by o n lap three but lost a chain. Salmans sailed o n to a first with n o o ne close . "Gran dpa" Coutts (Ka w) popped into first , le avin g Elmer Reimer to ca tc h up. It took four lap s, but Reimer ca ugh t Cou tts an d p assed on the t gun lap of the Elderly Gents division. The 125 class boasted more riders than an y other. Twelve crowded the hazards in the first lap o f Novices while the 13th lost it on the line. That rider was Yamaha-seated (or u nseate d, as the case may be) Kathy Montgomery. She ro de hard to finish in nin th and the second moto gained eighth. Lindsay Wurn (Ho n) go t the Open spot in the Junior division, le avin g Don Sutphin, Steve Hartley , Tony Speck and Ron . Sutphin in a gan g for th e next spots. The 250 Novice was a m ess! Seventeen riders go ing for th ose narrow hazards; somethin ' just had to give. The first rider, who wo uld n o doub t prefer to remain- na m ele ss. was at leas t t wo bike lengh ts ahead of th e o the r 16, tucked the first berm rather th an riding it and went do wn. Po or guy , he just so rta ' co wered as 16 machines ca me in hard . Two flew over th e be rm ; three wen t down on top of th e dude already oc cupying the comer an d th en t he rest sca ttere d every wh ich "''''y. Dave franklin hit the high sp ots o n th e rest art but Bill Edmonds go t him after a co up le laps an d kep t go in ' away, with Rick Faltersack h anging close for a seco nd . Edmonds went for first on mot o two, crowded heavil y by Big J ohn Broadwater on a h onkin ' Honda. Matt Rich to o k over afte r Big J ohn wip ed o u t , an d was cl osin g on Edmonds when he lost it through a rough set of whoops, tried starting the Suzuki by rolling it over a jump and was almost wiped out by fo ur other riders. The 25 0 Expert was sho rt on riders but long o n action as this class was in a four-way tie for the season high points. David Reimer go t away in first and was enjoying a fair lead when he be gan having so me so rt of troub le with the bike. He kept on pushing, made it over the last jump, through the whoops, bounced, crossed, then stopped dead. St eve Hartley was ready to grab number one .bu t . killed it over the water hole. hump and Wayne Olsen had trouble, too. That left Craig Praus (Yam) to a first and he m ade dam sure no one go t . near him . He rode the same in mo to two, making perfect berm shots, f1at-tr ackin' co rn ers and poppin' wheelies on th e straights. By the time the Open Juniors got going th e du st was unbelievable. One luckless rid er ad ded mud to dust (insult to injury ?) when he fell in the water hole, eight inches of oozey bl ack mud. One side clea n , o ne side covered ; he loo ked lik e The Sh ado w ! Mike Stubblefield b ro ke the band of the Open Seni ors and didn't waste a minute get ti ng away. He held off charging Ske et Hise until the second time th rough that ic ky wa te rhole. Hise and Boyd Smi th both sen t by and Stub had to ri de lik e a demon to regain second. Hise had it all hi s way in moto two ; yelling like a wild man all the way . The only rac e Hise didn't win was the Money Race, where he got pounced by a Prau s, reerned by a Riemer and slopped on by a Smi th . . Jim Thorpe ripped off to first in the Kids class, but Mike Briggs an d Frank Reid weren 't go nn a give it up that easily . Reid beg an to close on Thorpe, kicked off the last berm down low and shot under for a lead over the jump. It was nip an d tu ck through the hazards and Reid be gan to stretch out. Thorpe _ pushed Reid all the way and went under on the first berm. Reid then chased three-quart ers o f the lap , shot by Thorpe on th at last berm . They charged the last jump, went airborne, Reid came down and took the checks by a slim bike length! Second moto , Thorpe got a good ' start that car ried him out of the hazards in th e lead. Brian Narzisi gave chase in second with Reid right behind. While Nanisi and Reid were trying to settle second an d third, Thorpe wound his Suzuki tight and when the moto wa s over, he was 200 yards ahead, despite a fall . Guess he musta' been chewed out