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,-,form., Award ! Howard took th e lead over Hlebo and Sp ence . Lynn Ge o rge pushed th e GB Pizza Special hard in fron t of Ted Baile y. Dan Castelhano and th e pack. Pressure was b rought to bear . Ho ward let it slip for just a second allo wing bo th Hlebo and Spence to go ar ound. T h at shou ld have been th e way they fin ished, but th e 44 year old racer wen t righ t on by the yo unger veteran an d kept up the pace. It was eno ugh to w in by a fo ot or so and he gra bbed th e big poin ts . Hlebo held ont o hi s top spot on th e bi g lis t. Kim J orgensen came from e igh th on t he first lap t o take t hird in front of Ge orge. but th e 250 was yet to co me . With Black Plate fever in full bl oom. all th e t op 10 h ave at least two motors available. just in case . But, when Kim Jorgensen sh o ws up with his Can-Am, yo u mi ght as well hang t he win up for th e night. One y o un gst er stands out as a possible J o rgy equal, Steve Brandt. Steve has done it before and eve n led the first few laps tonight. But th e points were really on the lin e. One little mistake in turn one with the gear shi fter, and bingo, Jorgy had it, with Bran d t in for seco nd in fron t of Jeff Eide. Only eight points separate Hlebo, in front of Jorgy . It sh ould be a close on e a t the end of November. In the 650 Expert bash , Dave beat brother Paul Bostrom in a romp-em . stomp-em night. John T avis was still the man to beat , bu t his starts weren 't the best. Trying to catch an d pass, he fell twice. in the hea t an d main. Dave led th e main o ff th e lin e, Tavis fell, and foll owing very cl ose, Bill Calieura , new Exp ert Rich Lu hdorff and Paulie we re dueling. Paulie go t a go od p ass go ing , and Luhdorff pic ked up his firs t brass as an Expert. • Results in Results Se c tion. .o r- To say A I is having a GREAT year is an understatement. He was the Class 22 w inner at th e Baja Internaciona l and most recently, the Overall and Class 22 wi nner of t he SCORE Baja 1000. He also appears to be a shoe-in for t he SCORE Off-Roadsman of the Year Award. Engine lub ricati on is cri tical in events li ke these, th at's why wi nners li ke A I ask for Pennzo il. Its last ing engine protect ion makes the . difference. Take a tip fro m AI Baker, whatever you ride, wherever you go, Pennzoil is worth asking for. ::Tl --i l!") ='S l-< II) .0 S II) ::> 0 Z r ' PENNZOIL COMPANY Oil City, Pennsylvania SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23 Featu ri ng the wor ld 's fi nest motoc ross riders battling for the title and 519 ,000 posted awards. .. V.I.P. He licopter furnish ed by Astra Copters LTD. Oakland A ir port Oakland Cali forn ia Rides available to the pub lic (there is a charge) Good weather fouls up Cowbell Tickets $7 .00 per person (a d ult) ad vance , $8 .00 per person at gat e; $3 .00 per pe rso n (children 6-12 ) advance , 54 .00 per person at gate Ove r·N igh t camp ing : 54.00 per veh iele No eharge lor pa rking By John Orr LAKE PILLSBURY , CAL. , OCT. 18 TheCowbelI Enduro was zapped by the weather again, but this year it was good instead of bad. The run was laid out expecting either rain or snow, and mileage was run during co ndi tio ns described by Hayward M.C. spokesman Rich Brown as " slop py wet. " A mil eage erro r between checks one and two and unusually go od mid-October we ather co ndi tio ns fo r the Lake Pillsbury area co mb ine d to m ake mos t riders arrive too earl y a t the last four check points, and led t o a storm of protests at th e fin ish line. The mileage error and a protested key-time between ch eck fo ur an d th e finis h line m ay cause the enduro to be declared a no-p oint run by District 36 officials. Mo st riders st at ed it was a b ea utiful ride. well laid o ut. and good en ough to be co nside red a success even if no p oi n ts wer e awarded. . Th e course was well-su p ervised by the HMC. Radio co m m un ications were provide d at each check point and on t he co urse by the California Bru sh Bust ers. a 4 -Wheel Drive club o ut of Dal y City. The jeep club han d led several emerge ncies d uri ng th e race very e ffic ien tly eve n though it was th e first mo torcycle end uro th ey had eve r worked . "They did an outstand ing job," HMC presid ent J .B. Woo ds sta ted, " especially in ge tting hel p fo r riders injured on th e co urse. " Most serio usly injured was a rider who su ffered a co mpound fr acture o f the leg after co llidi ng h ead -on wi th a lumber tr uck th at wandere d on to t he co urse . T wo o ther rid er s require d tr eatment fo r injuries, o ne a bro ken co llarbone, and th e o ther a disl o ca ted kn ee . An a ttem p t was mad e a t the finis h lin e to work out a fair-for-all adjus tme nt to th e key-times on the U-Chec k cards. E AL BAKER Ra in or sh ine the super mo tocross races begin at 12 :00 noon ; gates open at 8:00 A.M . ; practice starts at 9 :00 A. M . For more information call : (415) 447·9027 Check with your local dealer or at all BASS out lets (Bay A rea Seat ing Serv ice) inclu din g Pacific Stereo and Mo ntgo mery Ward stores. 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