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; III • ~ t l-o QJ ..r:J E QJ > o Z I Larry Roeseler gets th e happy news that he's first. "Padilla/ Mark take top ORA team honors By Jim Reed ADELANTO, CAL., NOV. 9 Benny Pad illa and Rich Mark teamed up to take overall h onors and the $200 first pri ze at the Third D RA Team Race, but it wasn't easy . Padilla (Yam 400 ) started th e first of h is 25 -mile lap s and led up to the sm o ke bomb where Wayne Garre t (Yam 400) p assed him t hrough the first sand wash. Padilla then swooped Garrett as he took a b ad angle through some ro ugh terrain, When Garrett's Yamaha broke down, Benny fo und hi mself in sole po ssession 0 f the lead . On the second lo o p Rich Mar k (" Sweet Du ck " Suzuki 370) too k over for Padilla and bu ilt up a tw o to three m inute cushion they maintained , for th e whi ch remainder o f th e race. Th e work in the Padilla/Mark pit d uri ng the race. was ex cepti onal. The Dean Miller (Ya m 25 0)/ Mike Johnston (KT M 250) te am took secon d overall ($1 00) and first in the 250 Expert class. Af ter a frustrat ing five-kick sta rt that left Jo hnston trailing Padilla, Garrett an d Bill Conroy (CZ 4 00) , h e eve ntually cap tu red second foll owing Garrett 's an d Conroy's mechanical failu res. Third overall 'w en t to Gordon Schm id and J am ie Avels, the Twenty -nin e Palms Yamaha team. J ohn Gre gory be came a ve ry popular figure after winning the firs t DR A Team Pool. Entry fee of o n e d ollar permitted anyo ne to cho ose a numb er ( 1· 10 0), J oh n p icked five and the resul tin g $1 00 paid fo r his gas and b eer on a profit able weekend at Adla n to, The pool will only be use d at team ra ces for obvious reaso ns. (Ever try to sell a S1 cha n ce on all of the numbers in DRA? ) Rick Starrett (CZ 250 ) j ust ba ck fro m winning a class n ine race in th e Baj a 1000, te amed with Ed Rodine (Hu s 250) t o tak e sec o rid 25 0 Exp ert. Ron Dugan (B us 3 60) and J o hn Dykstra (Yam 400) h eld off a pack of Amateur riders to take the number one trophy in the Amateur Open. Van ce Schmid (Yam 250) a fter a "terrib le start" p laying catc h up thro ugh the sa nd w ash , took first 250 Am ateur. Ch uck Fowler (Yam 400) an d Sid Perry (Ya m 400) fo ught off an asso r tment of .relen tless co mpetitors to take the Novic e Open Class. Mart y Lee (Bul 25 0) and Neil Cra ne (Yam 25 0 ) outclasse d Chuck Lo yd (Yam 25 0) an d Dave J ensen (Yam 250) to cap tu re a well-earn ed firs t in 250 Novice. In th e Open Begin ner 's class it was tw o bro th ers Robert and J im Biccum on Bu ltacos, who to o k first p lace honors no me to Mom and Dad . • Uno fficial Resul ts in Res ults Section. (Continued on page 32) ' 110 AHA Performance Proven Products Put a bite on the competition Snake Pipes Super Rat part No . T ·332 Super Combat part No . T ·333 Sugg. retail $79 .50 Dealer inquiries invited TIGER DISTRIBUTinG co. 653 West Broadway Glenda le, CA 9 1204 2 13·246·7132 WE HAVE SOME ROUGH CUSTOMERS. LIKE KENT HOWERTON, STEVE STACKABLE, DICK MANN TERRY CLARK: TOM RAPP, MARK BLACKWELL SONNY DeFEO: RON SELF, DAVE LONGCOR AND MIKE KESSLER. FOX SHOX. • GAS PRESSUR IZED • REBUILDABLE • MADE IN U.S.A. • ADJUSTABLE DAMPENING • FIVE LENGTHS ~.... AVAILABLE " 12, 12 %, 13 , 13 %, 14 '.4 in. $99 per pair plus springs r Available at your local dea ler or direct from: ~ moro:i'FFOx-, r 520 McG Ll NCY LANE Suzuki RM Sale New New Ne w New RM RM RM RM 100 125 25 0 370 $6 9 5 $749 $1 09 9 $1219 While Supply Lasts! ATTEN TION RACERS l St op b y and pi ck u p yo ur free ra cer discount card Go od for 10% off on all parts & accessories - We also d o mail orde r Suzuki of Van Nuys 16141 Sherman Way Van Nuys , CA 213-994-2800 213-994-2882 3 blocks West of th e. San Diego Freeury 11