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Send fo r F RE E Clta log a nd decal 2415 Brown Rd., St. Loui. , Mo. 63114 YZ-aO Ii & L CYCLE SPECIALTIE Distr ibutors 01 DG Products Retail sales and serv ice 800 TELEPHONE RD. HOUSTON. TEXAS PHONE: 713~41-o475 Don't defy it Keep it quiet Phont I3 14142~959 o r Ch a s Cha p ple Toby Kovalef f 3 1 3 . ~35 .5~53 .1 .:-..~~ ~.(L- I1t. 2, Bax 75 B 1530 Bedlord IIo tor Way Corona. 735-0540 20 radi al haad Dealer sale s welcome FRAMES ft,. I t le,,". u . " ,,,ou .<'_ Ca. 91720 (714) Naw 17-1 ln Monoshoek Irame Xil-75 ~ cf!' •••~ ~~y (J 1Ik--w .,,,,,,--" ~ '.~' or 1lo.. ~~V ... I,.W ~~~ V~ Fast service Mall Order Send $5.00 dep. l or COD ZI and KX Speci alists ' 9 5 1 E.lrving B lvd. Irving, Texas 259-7656 Dave, as he sm oked th e 125 Pro s as usual. Bru ce McDo ugal put together two super rides on h is Competitio n Cycles Yamah a to totally dominate the 25 0 Pro class while The Rocket himself, Rex Staten, sunk all th e o th er 500 Pr os on his Basset t -eq uipped RM 370. Dave Ero p kin shot in to t he lead of th e first 125 Pro m ot a , fo llowed by a full field o f hard -eh arging 12 5 ho tsho es, Dave saw his lead d isap pear o n the first lap as anot her Dave , this on e Williams , squeezed h is FMF Mon o by for the lead . Mike Bell th en soon put his Long Beach Hon da past Ero p kin fo r number two spot . Er op kin hel d on for third. Mike Bell slid o ut wh ich allowed Ero pkin, Dave Taylor, and Alan Smith to all slip by. Dave Williams avo ided all this by st ill being o ut fr on t. Mike Bell th en sta rted his climb b ack. Mike ward ed o ff so me fast ca ts to wo rk his way up to seco nd. The second mo ta , Williams on ce ag-ain left t he rest of t he -pack. Bell had to again work hi s way up t o sec on d with Eropkin close be hind. But Danny LaPo rt e aboard a Fra n ks won t he co me fro m behind award for th e day as he ca me from t he middle of the pack to dispose o f all th e Pro s excep t William s. Danny had his problems in th e first mota so he h ad so me t hing to prove in thi s second mota , and he proved it . Williams wen t o n to win the race with LaPorte second, Bell third . Overall it read Willi ams , Bell, Ero pkin, La Porte, and Bro c Glover o n a DG q uic kie Hon da. Bru ce Mc Dougal sp arkled in t he 250 Pros as no o ne co uld tou ch the Yamah a p ilo t in eit her m o ta . Af te r J eff Jennings the Bultaco Bullet dr opped du ring the early stages of m o ta o ne, th at left Bassett Racin g ace, Re x Staten and full-faced J eff Vidic to ba ttle fo r second the res t of t he day. McD ou gal too k t he first mota with Rex secon d, a ft er Re x had a little tro uble getting by a lap ee on th e las t lap wh ile he was starting to charge o n McD ou gal. Maico ace, J ef f Vidi c pulled a th ird . I\IcDo uga l d id his first m o ta racc all over in the second mota. Rex and Vid ic were havi ng it o ut fo r runnerup spo t on ce again till Vidic dropped back. Now that Rex did n't have Vidic, he set his eyes on McD ougal. McDougal won, but no t by much 'cau se Rocket Rex was right o n hi s tail when the flag fell . Doug Sherm an took h is Bike Shop CZ to third with Vidic back in fourth . J eff J ennings u se d up all t he track he could in an all-o u t e ffo rt to put a m ove o n Rex St at en but couldn't q uite ca tch t he Rocket as Rex zapped the 50 0 Pros with a one, on e sw eep. Check o ut that Bassett swingarm o n Re x 's RM 370. It's a box-st yle alumin um arm an odized in blu e. Tee rick. Back to racing, Jenning s had a two, two sco re fo r seco nd money w h ile Bo b Maxwell put together con sisten t fo ur," four placing fo r third. Resu lts in Res ults Section . • Pacifica scores record victory in HSMX By John Bethea EAST IR VI NE , CA L., OCT. 25 Pad fica High Scho ol's 25-rider squa d sco red a maj or victo ry in High Sch ool Motocross acti on at Oran ge County Intern ational Raceway . The team talli ed up 28 p oints to easily defea t ru nner up Lo well H.S . (15) an d th ird p lace Ediso n High (10). It was t he largest margin o f victo ry by any school in the six wee ks o f hi gh school co mpe t it io n at t he OC IR faci lity , and th e 28 team po ints is the mo st sco red by o ne school a t any meet . Leadi ng the te am effo rt s with class vic tories were Gar y Goesling (100 Beginne r Div, f), Garry Fa ulks (25 0 Expert), Don In gels (125 Junior Div. I) and Greg William s (25 0 Beginner Div, II ). The sq uad victo ry also m oved Pacifi ca into first p lace o n th e team to tal po ints sta ndi ngs, passing idle Sadd leback and Hun tington Beach High Schools. For the seco nd week -in a row t he co mpe t it io n was he ld in do ubleheade r fash io n wi th afternoo n and even ing progra ms. Earlier, Cerr itos sco red a vic to ry o ver So nora , seven -fiv e , in th e sm aller tu rn o u t of da ytime racers. Total ride r tu rn out slip ped fro m the previo us week 's 205 co un t down t o 1 79 Saturday. On ly three more this weekends are o n t he sched ule fo r th e Fall sea son wh ich finishes with th e Champion sh ips in mid-No vember at near by Saddlebac k Par k. The High School Mo tocross program is ru n u nder th e san ction o f the Schol astic Associ ation of Moto rsports, a T.ust in-based o rga nization. (Con tin ued on page 34)