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behind in t hird. Ben ny Spears of Tascosa High school watched J ohnson and Tripp as he finished fourth . J ohnson is still the ove rall point leader with 675 but is closely ch allen ged b y Tripp with 600. Gary Sooter continues to remain unbeaten in the 360·B Sportsman. He easily won this main and collected his third 300 point night of the year . He now has an overwhelming 900 points. Clay Bishel tried to challenge Sooter but midway through the race, Sooter on his . Bultaco raced aw ay from the pack. Carrol Vermillion finished third and Terry Brown was fourth. Todd Tuckness swept the 125cc class winning the all important main, his semi, and his heat race. His 3 00 po int nigh t p lus his combined 20 0 po in ts gives hi m 500 p oints and second place in the overall point race. Tuckness on his Bul ta co outd istan ced No lde n Smith , Ricky Higgin s, an d J erry J ohnson. Results in Result s Section . Priddy Buls Mosier Valley Experts Richard Reev es (125) an d Do ug Cook (26) b racket Mos ier Valley leader Shaw n Sm ith at th e start of the 125 Pros . By Dave Nielsen ARLINGTON , TEX., NOV. 16 Wyman Priddy blew away the 250 and Open Ex perts today with ammunition supplied "y Bultaco Sales o f Dallas, while his nemesis Bobby Pickard was a few miles south showing the cross-country crowd a trick or two at the Midado Gran Prix. Good weather and a well-groomed co urse drew 31:2 entries here 1't Mosier Valley MX Park to co ntest for cash ~'!d tr ophies on the wide, sandy layout, and again, the pro gram had to hustle to beat the 5:30 sundown , although mo tos started at 10 a.rn. Winter ho urs defin itely m ake it hard to ' give the 13 classes ample practice an d racing time. In contrast to Priddy's clear wins was t he crash and DNF·plagued 125 Expert class, eventually won by Glen Boyett (Ya m), qu ick and consiste nt wi th 3-2 finishes . Louis Presley (Hon), after smo kin g the first ro und, challeng ed Rich ard Reeves (Ho n ) and Shawn Sm ith (Yam) un til lap th ree of th e fin al wh en his .up per rear frame tubes broke. In the field of 24, th ose in tending to be in the pay lin e had to hang it o u t 100 %, resulting in crashes and breakage eliminating four of the first mo to's top six, including Shawn Smith, who disappeared from second place o n the last lap as Reeves took the chec kers. Eddie Roberts (Yam) trailed Boyett in :hirct fur secuiid uveraii at 5·3 over Reeves (9- 1) and Amarillo's Rick Pettis (Yam , 8-7 ). 1975 's f i f th-ranked National Minicycle rider David J ones today won his second straight 125 . Novice event, transferred himself to the aftern oon 125 In term ediate class , and eve n led th at very tough 23-rider division 's first moto until David DiCorte of Waco nosed his Steakley Yamaha b y at the black and white with no tim e to spare. Crashing twice put Jones (Hon ) eighth in round two placing him fourth overall behind th e impressive DiCorte ( I -I ), Jesse Wheat (Suz, 4-3 ), and T yler's Pete Florence (Ya m , 3-4) . Of the thirty-two 250 Intermediates, Yamaha of Texas r ider Fra nkie Thomas survived the intense competition by finishing second twice to take first place honors from Brian Stacy (Bul , 4 -1) , J ohn Rubin (Suz, 3- 3), and Benton Wofford (Suz, 1·6 ), while Mike Girard 's won him the Open last gasp In termediate second moto to top t he winning tied scores. Mike and h is 400 Mono marked 3-1 to upset Vic Do yl e (Bul, 2-2) and Andrew Cooksey (Mai, 1-3). In 250 Novice action, Longview 's Tommy J ester (lion) had the edge in co nsi stenc y to be at the 28 en tri es. Min i·mite David J ones is working his way to the t o p. g:4.~~o:J~CK ~ ::~~o Circuit will be .t.~ ~ :o!!!jn~ expanded to 10 even~~ year, so wat ch fo r the schedure ana make plans to attend all ten. mechanical problems in second overall as Robert Coreale (6,2) turned a strong seco nd moto performance into third place cash ahead of Peter Goolishian. (4,4) . Consistency paid off for Keith Duffy (3 ,1) as he came from behind to win the 250 Expert class. Bill Green (2,4) placed second after a tight battle with Allen Humphrey (4,3 ) as Lewis Dill filled in the fo urth position. Keith Duffy fou nd competition in th e form of Mark Pardue and Tommy Craddock in the Open Ex pert class but couldn't be denied first as h e won both motos. Pardue (2 ,3) was held to second as Phillip Yarabrough (3 ,4) slipped into !..~!!d place a:l:.ea