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I·Local hotline aFleming is hero CMC RR: t By John Ulrich ONTARIO, CAL.• DEC . 7 " That man is a hero, " said Pat Manning as Lee Flem ing pull ed into the pits at Ontario. Fleming has just won $500 worth of fiberglass from Camber Company by clinching the 1975 CMC Super Cafe Championship. Fleming's win in Super Cafe (a class for ad van ced rid er o n cafe machines) was his sixth in seven recent starts. He als o w on Open Producti on, and was second in Open 4-stroke GP on the same bike he used to win th e Super Cafe Championship. It was only last June that Fleming's motorcycle was destroyed in a disasterous J I-bike acciden t at Willow Springs. Cut, bruised, Fleming was left with a twisted hulk because of someone else's oil slick. But instead of giving up. Fleming rebuilt his ZI and went racing again a few months later. It seemed to take awh ile for Fleming to build . back up the confidence and speed he exhibited before the serious crash. But then one day Fleming was as gutsy - and as fast - as ever. And today he won twice, finishing his last race of the day with a front tire completely bald on one side. David Norton expanded the " d irt bike" trend in small-bore production racing. using a Man tesa King Scorpion to win 250 Production. Bill McGrill's Bultaco Metralla took second. with several Yamahas trailing. Dick Fuller has lined up Korbs Trading Post (a Levis store) as his sponsor for next year on the AMA circuit. To show them what he could do, Fuller took out an obsolete Yamaha R5 and won 350 Production against the latest and fastest R0350s in CMC road racing. Then Fuller used the same bike to take third in Super Cafe. a class filled with larger motorcycles. Next year Fuller wm ride a monoshock Yamaha 250 for Korbs in the AMA nationals. Philippe DeLespinay won 125 GP easily, using a Yamaha he has extensively modified. He said that the addition of ASI street bike barrels, with porting. improved the power characteristics 'o f his TAI25. DeLespinay's runaway win proved his modifications to be significant. Dale (26) Reed leads this group of 250 GP starters as eventual second place man Robert (74) Murray looks for the outside line. David Emde won both 250 and 350 GP. In 350 GP . Harry KIinzmann led in to th e last tum after passing Emde on the last lap. But Klinzmann got on the gas too soon, and slid sideways off the track. While KIinzmann tried to get himself sorted au t and back on the course, Ernde shot underneath to the finish line. In 250 GP , Emde led from the start. But Pat Eagan, the din tracker who first gained attention by road racing a 650 Triumph half miler last :year, had his ratty TZ250 in third. Always before Eagan had been an also-ran on his GP bike, thanks to mechanical woes and handling problems. But here, as the leaders first hove into view on the long Ontario road course, was Eagan in a solid third place behind Emde and Vince Mead. Larry Koop and Robert Murray . slipped past Mead and Egan on the next lap, which was Eagan's last. His bike broke again. Murray passed Koop for second, and ArId a merry "Bah. Humbug" to you. Jim Haberlin. 14 Mead settled fo r fourth. KIinzmann had fouled his plugs on the line, starting almost a lap down. He came up through traffic to take eigh th at the finish. • Results in Results Section. Glover, Jennings & Sherf!1an _ grab first '76 CMC points By Joel Jamieson ORANGE, CAL., DEC. 7 Broc Glover, Jeff Jennings, and Doug Sherm an all started the 1976 CMC points season off right with a win in the 125, 250 and 500 Pro divisions respectively. DG Performance started off the 1I1"St 125 Pro mota in fine style with DG The Great Dirt Bike Invasion continues into the 350 ranks - Mark Fulton hanging off his XL. riders John Tessitore, Broc Glover and Don Bongiorno grabbing the top three slots at the start. Glover took over first on lap one with Bongiorno and Bruce McDougal (Yam) in pursuit. Glover then took a tumble allowing Bongiorno to lead momentarily before McDougal zapped him. Bruce started to move out, but Glover was up and charging. Brae put some of that DG power to work to get past McDougal right before Bruce's mount slowed with problems. Meanwhile Ron Turner had pushed his Suzuki into second. Another hard charger, Alan Smith on his FMF rocket, came from way back to pick up third. The second mota found Dave Taylor on his Crown Cycle Yamaha out front before Glover moved in to take first. McDougal, running third, soon put it to Dave for second. Smith had gotten a good start and took over third slot. With Bruce way out front and McDougal out of it. Alan hangs on for his second third