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by 90 seconds near the finish of the first loop. Within five minutes of the leader came Adam Padilla, Claude Maynard, Hensel, Boyd Taylor, Bill Mike Thornburn, Rick Finger, and Wayne Thorton. Gruner was the only man still in close pursuit of Tibblin by the end of the second loop. The home checkers recorded Gary Moon in third at that point with Claude Maynard being challenged by Bo yd Taylor for fourth . Tibblin fmished the third and final lo op at 1250 with Gruner in at 1255. Claude Maynard arrived at 1258. Fourth place Boyd Taylor, a Ifi-year-old Amateur, was the first medium weight finisher among the heavies. Next man was the Open class Expert Paul Nachant, Mike Hensel came in as winner of t he 25 0 Expert class ri di ng a Harley-Davidson not of the FLH- 12 00 variety. First 125 finisher wa s Expert J ohn Bomenka in fourtee nth overall. Shanno n Taylor o n a RM Suzuki w on the 125 No vice cl ass, fmishing eighteen th overall. Seventeenth man in, n umber 203T, won the Open N ovice class. • I I Elliott bests Jennings at CMC Carlsbad By Mike Yada CARLSBAD,CAL,DEC14 After placing second behind Honda's new rocket, Don Kudalski, in the 25 0 Support show of the American MX Finals on Saturday, Jeff Jennings couldn't get it together to topple Robert Elliot o n a new Suzuki for the 250 Pro gold in CMC action. John Tessitore and Ron Turner had a tremendous battle going in the 125s, with Tessitore snatching it during the final moto as Turner ran out o f steam in his hard charge. Mike Sixberry sh owed the w ay ar o und the rai n-soaked course by taking car e of the 500 Pros as the CMCers head on in the ' 76 poin ts race. The 50 0 Pro s got t he da y o ff to an early start as Mik e Sixberry and his RM Su zu ki le ft ev eryo ne behind. J e ff Borden (Mai) fr om Wes tminster Cycl es hel d fast to second in t he firs t mo to , ah ead of Curtis Lessel (Suz) . It w as the same story in th e second m oto as Sixb erry left the pac k be h ind, while Bo rden tr ied to h old do wn runner-up sp ot. Borden took a short sp ill in the drop-off co mer, bu t not en oug h to let Lessel by. Le ssel then gained enough mom en tum to overtake Borden within two laps and grab second ove rall . Ro bert Elli ot has settl ed hi mself quic kly to h is new RM Su zu ki, as he both mo tos without hol eshotted hesitation. Ellio t led the first moto parad e with Jeff Jennings (Bul), Val Tamietti (Mai) , and Ron Turner close behind. Turner got past T amietti d uring the first go-r o und, as di d Ra y To pham (Bul) , n udging Tamietti back to fifth. Tamietti soon fo und himself back in fo urth as T opham did a strange endo over the d ro p-o ff when his Bu l's forks snapped in half. J ennings ducked Elli ot's roost for a few laps, bu t soon decided to m ak e a p ass, knifing under and then ar o und the outside of Elliot as the p air sailed down the score tower chu te. Elli ot co uldn't m atch the No rm Ree ves rid er's speed o f I :45, as Ro n Turner p ut some press ure on Elli ot, bu t ran out o f ti me, taking th ird at moto's e nd. Elliot di d his tri c k in the seco nd .moto , bu t Val Tamie tti soon zap ped him wi t hin the first lap . Up on completion o f the second lap, Elliot had regained to p spo t, but this time wit h Jennings o n h is tail. Tamie tti ran a short dice with J ennings, ending when both fell together in the back section of the track. Bob Wharton (Hus) then (Continued on page 26) ... Dealer Inqu iries Invited. Write for Free Brochure. For Immedi ate De livery Phone 216 • 232-9030 THE LESTER TIRE & WHEEL CO., 26881 Cannon Rd., Bedford His., Ohio 44146 A div ision of Lester Industri es Inc. a.M.W. IIIId Honda Gold Wing - . Front & Rear $335, Front Wheel $125, Rear Wheel $210, F.O.B. Bedford Hts., Ohio At least 30,000 motorcyclists will read this ad Why not put your name on it? RON HOLSTaJOH"'UA"" 51-lEI I J'J\O'fORS Yj.\J'I\ j.\I-Ij.\ under new managem ent Yamaha TT 500 C Terry Front End Kit The ultimate in front end suspensio n. 8" of travel for the serious competitor A ir or springs with air valves included in kit Complete line of motorcycles, part s, accessories, & service. We are Los Angeles city's newest KTM dea ler. 90 day money back guarantee $50.00 Dealer or Direct S to p boy an y t im e TERRYCABLE 3365 E . Ce ntury Ly nwood , Ca li f. 90262 2 13-564-2 5 3 3 21 3 -564-2 534 I '. .) i 1 I ,. ~ •• 1.'1 .' 4 4 '1 , (,. \, 1 CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE If y o u are in terested in savin g money on you r M ot o rcy cle Insurance we sugge st you phone (21 3) 67 9-33 18 o r wr ite to CAL I FOR NIA M OT O RCYCL E INSURANCE AGENCY, P.O. BOX 9 2867, LOS AN GELES, CA 90009. We will be pleased to give yo u a quote on the phone o r m ail current a pplications and rates to you. Dianne Fogarry, Underwriting, See our ad in "Want Ads"