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l!') C'J I-< IlJ .0 a IlJ > o Z z « s ~ o « I%l x a: "' This is it folks . Orlands' answer to whompin, stompin, line 'em up, knock 'em down rollerball. Indoor short track. Orland indoor rollerball , By Rex Backman ORLAND, CAL., NOV. 1 You have to see an indoor race to believe it. Riders start the night with sparkling clean machines and leathers. By the end of the evening 26 however, black tire marks are everywhere, including frames, shocks, helmets and leat hers. These black smears tell the story of how close the racing really is and how aggressive the riders are. ' Manuel Crummett, out of Clark's Cycle in Carson City, was on the aggressive side tonight. The Bultaco ace won the 250 Expert main., coupled it with a fourth place finish in the 360 Expert class and earned top money for the night. . After onl y one restart (a record of sorts) the 250 Expert riders were on their merry way, bumping, shoving and kicking for the top spots. Crummett muscled his wa y into the lead as Bob Ross (Oss) and Dallas T urner (Yam) tussled over second. Crummett won quite easily and Ros s took second after Turner faded a little towards the end. Jeff Sierick (Hon) and Robin Hill (Yam) fell on lap three of the 360 Expert main, necessitating a ' single file restart. Yamah a mounted John Grant held the early lead over Greg Ferguso n (Yam). Manuel Crummett and rapid Robin Hill were trailing. Grant is a little o n th e big side, and co nseq ue ntly can take quite a bit of abuse an d still stay uprigh t. F~rguso n tried hard to use Grant 's bike as a berm in th e north comer several times, but J ohn stuck like glue to his precise lines and nabbed the win . Robin Hill , up from next to last, . held off the charges of Crummett for third. Scott Lo ngnecker, John Evan s and Hayden Campbell tried to rid e through the first turn of the 360 Novice class all together, but Campbell was pushed wide and Longnecker took the inside line. Scott went on to win, but Paul Hammers (Bul ) came up from fifth to grab second from Evans at th e finish, • Results in Results Section. Des Chutes MX:' A real chain-snapper By Nancy Thomas BEND, ORE. , OC T . 26 A cold, clear day was the perfect setting for tod ay's mot ocro ss at Des Chutes ' Cycl e Park . It had rained just enough the previou s co uple of days to soak in and create a beaut ifully prepared track. Su per traction an d gian t b erms were eve ry rider's delight and riders too k adva n tage , sla mm ing in to th em , t hro wing huge rooster tails and flat gassin' it. Exci te men t b egan wh en uthe ce ment mixer" J eff Snider (Hon) immed iate ly to o k co mm an d of the 12 5 Jun ior class. Sn ider was really coo kin ' ar o un d th e co urse, lettin g nobody or nothing sto p him. His trusty Ho nda however, had th ou ghts of its own . It fizzled out halfway through the m ot o, all owin g Chri s Sargent (Hon) to ch arge into a comman din g lead foll owed by Matt Ta lbo t (Hon) . Snider was able to co ax his mount into a few more laps for seven th. Second moto , Snider agai n jumped into th e lead o nly to face a repeat performance. This time Talbot turned loose to lead the pack. Talbot was haulin', but half-a-lap away from victory, he was abruptly halted by a bro ken chai n , surrenderin g to Sargen t . T hird moto , Sargent held t he lead for a lap an d a half until he, too, had the misfortune of lo sing his cha in , allowing Lo nn ie Hamilton (Ya m ) to slip by and steal the overall fro m everyone. Jeff Cairns (Ho n) agai n proved he was king of the 125 Intermedia tes at Des Chutes. Sm ooth as a peel ed oni on , an d co mp letely Cairn s holeshot co nq uered all th ree motos, Fast , easy sty lish , Cairns is de fin itely and Dyn -e-m ite ! Th e Expert race is never a let down when top riders Rod Kentner (Ya m) an d Randy Lim beck (Mai) d uk e it o ut. First moto Limbec k, on h is brand new Maico , wast ed n o time jumping in to the lead . Hot o n his heel s Rod Kentner was blazing. He soo n mad e his move and passed Lim be ck fo r the lead. Rod ap peared to be gliding around th e tr ack un til he ca me to an aston ish ing halt. His cha in h ad sna ppe d and wound itself around th e rear spr ocke t. Limbec k gassed his way to an ea sy victory. Second moto Limb ec k again got th e jump, cha sed by Brian Hall (Su z). Kentner quickly zipped past Hall and began clo sing in on rapid Randy. Rod was becoming more and more restless. Finally in a desperate eff ort to capture the lead, he dove h ard into a tight corner colliding with Limbeck. Both riders went down. Limbeck 's Maico kept running, but Rod 's machine didn't. Kentner didn 't give up however. In a final attempt to make up lost ground, he went down on the last lap and Limbeck went on to win the moto and th e overall Op en Pro class ., • Re sults in Results Section. Jorgy closes Fremont scrambles with a win By W. H. Spencer FREMONT , CAL., OCT. 24 It was the last event of the season for night time scrambles, and very . likely the last chance to pick up bl ack plate points before the knobby guys takeover. John Hlebo,Jeff Eide and old man . Duane Spence were o u t to p ack in as many of th e po ints as p ossible. . The bi g class of th e nigh t was the 500 Expert. Six big ones were available to the fastest guy to the checkered and th e 10 lap main was up for grabs . Phil