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over. Joe Dilt z co uld n ' t get running room and settled for second . Last moto Was all mixed up with Diltz second and Bradley fourth, giving Gr ants Pass Su zuki po wered Diltz a first place for the da y , and Yamaha-m ounted Brad ley second. Dennis Pool grab be d the folding gree n in the 125 Pro; he and hi s fam ous purple jersey weren 't to be be at , even by Randy Wing. Wing can' t seem to start off anywhere but last , although he can work up ground fa st er than anyone we know. Today he worked over everyon e but Pool. Two he ats of 250 Juniors kic ked up a bit of dirt. Th e first class was never doubtful for first; Mike Hamilton dominated both m oto 's, Chip Vilarino sec o n ded it, and th at rangey Ioo kin ' mutt sponsored by the Montana Dental Flos s Farm (???) nailed down third. We're speaking of Rocky Schatz, of co urse. Wendell Diltz (Mon), with a slow st art, soon ga in ed top spot in , the o t her 250 heat. He missed so me tires and had to go ba ck, putting him in third . It took h im half-a-lap to recov er , an d t hen stretched o u t a lead. 250 Expert Bob Connors and his new Bul ha ve it down pat , and it 's a pleasure to watch t ha t kid ride. J oe Ivo ry was hung up in traffic during th e first mo to , giving him a third , then a secon d be hind Connor, for second overa ll. The Op en Pro class brough t the cro wd to t he fen ces as Gary Wil kes too k a solid lead with Mark Mattheisen camp ed in sec on d. Matthcisen go t under Wilkes on th e flag p ole berm , Wilkes went by him through the cree k, and Mattheisen re-passed Wilkes coming off the big jump with a d istance jump that must hav e broken all re cords. After th e rac e ; Matthcisen was declared di squalified an d down a lap for supposedly cu tting the course. Clo se observers say he veered fr om the new track in an ess group bu t did no t cu t tires and did not gain a position or put NOVEMBER 1-2 any o ne down a positi on. Bu t t he officials rul e . There was some sta tic about th e cla ss for 3 0 and o ver. It was called the Old Men 's Class bu t so me women's libbers protested, so it w as change d to the Old Person 's race . Th ere were no women entered! • ~ Corvallis Cow Barn capers I-< (1) ..0 8 By Jerry Mathel (1) > o Z CORVALLIS , ORE., OCT . I I The rain in Sp ain falls mainl y in Oregon so from pure necessit y nearl y every co un ty fairground has a giant enclo sed livestock arena. As the rain p oured do wn o n th e outside, sp ec tato rs j ammed the Benton County Fairgr ounds' Co w Bam but on th is evening the bulls and co ws in th e pens were Bultaco s and Kawasakis and th e 4-H Club roster read Brad Hurst , Jack - Heeter, Lester Hu ey and Dave Howard. The track is abo u t 100 yards aro und and th e su rf ace is a m ixture o f clay , granite and saw d ust mixed with so me so rt of o di fero us organic matter . Th e su rface was primo for racing but face sh ields were definitely r ecommended. Te ch in specti on included sound tests and a check for ex cessive sm oke. As the bikes took to th e tr ack it be came o bvi o us why. Earp lug s and Visene were stan dard equipment for both spe ctators and competitors but smoke, din and all, the spectacle co uld hardly have been topped by Roll erball. Th e big Number One plate on Scott Nelson 's Hodaka should h ave given the 100cc riders some kind of warning. After a brief tu ssle with Mike (Yam), Scott showed McCormick ever yo ne how he got that number. As if .J UJ :I: t- « :; > ex: ex: ... UJ Ste ve Eason ponde rs his slight miscalculation . He also put one heck of a hurry on our fleet footed photog. McCormick d id n' t have en ough problems with Nelson, he soon found him sel f bulldozed out of second by Scott Miller (Ho d) and then bumped ba ck to fourth by Kawasaki-mounted J e ff Celorie, Not satisfied with his 100cc w in, Nel so n cam e back in the 12 5 class with wha t has to be the trickest Puch in the whole wide world, set up just like a speed way bike, Bill McCormick grabbed the holeshot off t he rubber band start in the 200 class and it looked like he had a runaway win until Doug McWilliams stuffed his super s anitary Champion/Bultaco under Bill's front wheel and sent him wide in the marbles. Re covering, Bill again found himself in trouble under the pressure of Mike Pier ce (Bul ) and Warren Bolton who finished two, three with McCormick fo urth. Brad Hurst (CZ) and J ack Heeter riding one of Mark Williams' Triumph singles played the "Concentration Game " watching th e rubber band on the starting line and when starter Rob Muzzy pressed the launch button Brad was the first to see the band disappear. 'This was the one for the money and Hurst wouldn't settle for anything but t he win, no matter how hard Heeter pushed. • NOVEMBER 7-9 Championship Motorcycle Drag Races FREMONT RACEWAY FREMONT, CALIFORNIA ~ (- \IRWINDALE RACEWAY , 'IRWINDALE, C.ALlFORNIA' NiIRItI F..-., IHlgttw., 17) 0urtI .... tur-" -'-"fI:_ e-210F...., .. Irwlnd. A.... _ t "'. ~ of .F-.y QlmtleAoH la.tllftcl .... IO InlW..' 27 ..