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Derek Land was th e only rider to co p a do ub le , with wi ns in the 125 Exp ert an d 250 Expert. ' • Resul ts in Resul ts Sect io n. Three-way tie at Sand Hill By Marvin Patton BRENTWOOD, CAL. , NOV. 30 From MX to TT at Sprocketts Park See th e New Bu ltaco at your dealer now. By Cosmic Cat and CO. BAKERSFIELD, CAL., NO V. 23 P.O. Box 6254 7. Virginia Bea~h. Virg inia 23462 VEra's lEathErs Mile after mileride instyle Ride inVera's leathers Vera is p roud to announce in addition to he r factory she is now handling rid ing apparel : Boots, gloves, jerseys, socks, 90ggles and of co u rse her famous leathers. 11511-A Washington Blvd. Whittier, CA 90606 Sp rocket ts Park ' returned to 'the old TT co urse for th is District 35 run and the track surface shape d up pre tty good, co nsideri ng it had been mo tocrossed to pieces. Mini Novice Mark Hannah (Yam) starte d off th e cool afte rnoon, lead ing wire to wire , but t he real race for second rage d on behind him . Kevin Cox (Suz) an d J o hn Lawson (Ind) rac ed wheel to wheel until lap fo ur when Lawson took the inside groo ve in th e firs t tum to st eal second. Cox tr ie d to co m e ba ck sever al times but Law son hu ng on . Derek Land (Ya m ) was ne ver h eaded in the 125cc Expert main. Duane Sne ll (Yam ), right be h ind waiting for him to make a mistake, was n o more t han two bike lengths away for th e entire ra ce. Richard Torres (Yam) oc cupied the third slot. St eve Boswell (Yam) garnered the 17 5· 200cc Expert h onors after pickin g Th e sun ny but cool b risky morning, pu t together with a few hundred motorcycl es an d a motocross track made Sand Hill the righ t place to be. Bob Myers, wh o has do min ated th e 25 0 Expert class wh en he could kee p his Maico to gether, fouled a plug at the Open Ex p ert s ta rt , c ha nge d pl ugs an d was gon e, almost taking his dad's hand with him . Bob set his mind to ~or k usi ng h is smooth bu t stylish riding abilit y to mak e up t ime an d distance. Bob Sullivan (Yam) an d Sco tt Davis (Mai) were too far in fr ont an d o u t of reach . Mye rs, wi th his p assin g ab ility , co uld . see Tony Littman in fr ont running third. Myers go t by an d fin ishe d third. The second moto Sullivan, Davis and Myers all needed the win. Myers to o k the holeshot w ith his n ew Suzu ki, with Sullivan in pursuit fo llowed by Davis . Myers soon was 25 sec onds ahead of Sullivan . The real rac e was on between Sullivan and Davis . Sulliva n needed a second to win o verall an d Davis ne eded the same second to wi n second ove rall. Sulli van got off makin g it easy for Davis to go by and take th e second. The line of 250 Experts looked very co mpetitive with riders like Chris Grewer (Hus) , Neal Davis (Suz), Phil Crane (Su z) and Bill Johnson (Yam) . Fremont Hu sky 's Duff y Collins (Hus) sat wi t h the to p riders fo r the lust time. It did not take lo ng fo r Phil Crane (Suz ) to get in fro nt. Chris Grewer was slo wed at the start when a ri der whe ele d an d sat down in fr o n t o f hi m . He rounded th e first tu m abo ut sixth . Chris, having fel t his turn of bad lu ck had ended, settled do wn to racing. Ge tting by Bill J ohnson (Ya m) t hings looked a li ttle easier fo r him. Chris go t off ea rly in th e mote, but without losin g much time was on his way agai n. Phil Crane (Suz) was way ou t of reach for Chris, so he settled do wn and finished second. The second mo to was almost a repeat of the fir st, With Crane in fro nt and Chris wo rking his way up to take a seco n d . Th e closes t ra ce of the d ay was the 125 Novice , Division I. Ken Ries (Ho n), as always, go t th e holeshot and le d the entire moto. Ru ss Da lq (Yam ), Dave Leat (Hon ), Rich T rag o (Hon) an d Mike DeHerr era (Yam) were all wi thi n a bike 's length o r less. As the riders ap proached the fi n ish Trago and Dale y go t by Ries an d finished one and two leavin g Ries with a th ird. The sec on d mo to was a repeat. of the firs t wi th Ries in fro nt follo wed closely by the next five riders. At the wh ite flag, Ken Ries tired and five riders went by . • Resu lts in Results Secti on. Gregson plays superstar at Puyallup MX By Sue Sylces PUYALLUP, WASIL, N OV . 23 Con diti ons we re pe rfect, the crowd was cheerin g an d 336 eager motocro ss ride rs were ready to get it on at Puyallu p R aceway Park. Kaw saki m ounted Mark Gregson thrilled the crowd with su pe r rides in t he 125 and 250 Pr o clas ses. Gregson chalked up 213-699-2349 Ride in Style It stayed t h is close the en t ire 125 Expert Mai n as Derek Land (8) held Duane Snell off on the Sprockets TT course. 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