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HE :\lcKenna 's dri ve. McKenna led for the rest of the race, Woodsen and Roberts also got by Wood earl y, and the finish was determined. Mark Hilton (Suz) was the first 250 Expert over the hill from the star t, fo llowed b y Larry Rippenkroeger (Ka w) and Eugen e McKenzie (Hus) wh o both got by him by the end of t he first lap on th e lo ng track. On the wh ite flag lap Alex J o rgensen pushed his Can- Am into first and the 'Iine-up behind h im underwent drastic cha nges wi th McKenzie and Hilton moving into se co nd and third, Rippenkroeger dr opping to fifth an d Floyd Davis (Suz) sne aking up on all o f them from a previous tenth, and just breaking by Hilton in time for the checkered. Holeshot Hilton did it again in the second moto, but this time J orgy onl y needed two laps to take over the lead , after the two of them put on a good race with some place -swapping going on in th e back areas of the track. Mid -race, McKenzie and Hilton battled for second with Hilton winning out, only to have to pi ck up the battle with a determined Davis who nearly did it to him again at the checkered flag. Hilton managed to hang in there for second. • Gennai takes over By W. H. Spencer SAN JOSE, CAL., DEC. 13 J ohn Gennai to ok over the San J ose Indoor overall high point and 360 Expert class tonight, winning his fourth main in six weeks Mark Eggar hits the l.;:g:j~~bhl in Trap Six as ' And~ Plouffe (lip brush an' all) studies. Delno Becker (CZ ) was the early leader of the Open Expert class followed closely by Danny Mancino. Becker maintained his lead while Mancino dropped off the pace slightly. With 15 minutes gone in the 30 minute mo to , Delno pulled off the track. The 'two year old CZ had quit for the second time in its career. Man cino took the lead. Bul rider Harry McMahon who got a bad start took over second and that's how they finished overall. Tom Odekirk must have been one tired person after the day was over. Odekirk, a Junior, had entered the 125 and Open classes which were both running 30 minute motos due to the light rider turnout. Tom took third in the 125 class on the Conway Yamaha. Moun ted on a Kaw 400 he failed to do as well in the Open, as the sandy track had taken its toll on his body. • Jorgy takes 2505 at S.O.H.V.P. By Sallee Hilton Bernie was the first to read this boulder in Trap Two correctly. SACRAMENTO, CAL, DEC. 14 With the new program' being run by BOSS CMC MX, all th e Intermediates and Experts ran both their motos in the afternoon. The Novices ran a co mplete program in the morning. Th e first 12 5 Expert moto got underway about 1: 30 p.m. with Danny Montgomery (C-A) ge tt ing the holeshot on th e uphill start, AI lI all (Hon) righ t behind him. Th eir glory was brief as Chalm a Roberts (lion) buzzed them bo th whil e cresting the hill , heading down into th e first tum. Roberts held ou t for o ne and a half laps un til he misjudged the velodrome tum and Eric McKenna (lion ) didn't ! McKenna 's lead was established an d maintain ed , althou gh Rick Woodsen (Suz ) h ad been moving up on him , taking over sec o nd from Montgomery after Roberts had crashed an d no odled o ut h is bars with two lap s to go . Dave Woo d (Ya m), rid ing wit h a flat rear tire, had bee n ba ttling with lI all fo r fourth pl ace and finall y to ok it. Second moto , with t he tire fixed. Wood grab bed th e lead for t he first lap bu t co uldn't ho ld o ut against despite having been ou t for one wee k on a suspensi on. He: is hard t o con tain despite good buddy Gary T onda leading up until th e white flag. John put th e wh eel in the right spot and just m oved Tonda over. Rod Spencer kept a hold of third overall in point standings behind John Tavis with a 250 Expert win over Scott Pearson and Frank Borba. In keeping with a tradition for Rod he won yet another 125 Expert to make it something like 16 in a row for the little class . Paul Pearson survived a ro ckem-sockem 350 Novice Main to beat Chuck Gondala. Rickey Bib le picked up some more points in his attempt to pick up this class win. Duke Ponte, Manuel's elder brother, is Rickey 's big competition and he crashed in this one. • Results in Results Section. Fits all "Monoshocks with no frame modifications. Three spring rates ava ilab le. 8 + plus in ch es o f travel $45.95 also aoailable: Snake pipes for Yarnana 125, 250, 360,400 Monos from $59.95 Yamaha TT 500 pipe $49.95 Westin Heavy.Duty Bronze Swingarm Bushing for Honda CR 125 & CR 25 0 from $10.95 Westin Handlebar Riser Setbacks (F it all Hondas, Suzukis, _ Kawasakis & Yamahas) $9 .95 Westin Fr ont Fork Extenders $ 5.90 Westin Chain Tensioner $21.95 West" MotorC)'cle Acc_rln 114 So ~ Cen t .r St.• sa nta A na, CA U 703, 7 1 4 -5 58-. " 0 Send or Free Catalo fremont Marathon By W. H. Spencer FREMONT, CAL, DEC. 21 The early hours belong to the kids and despite a late arrival by the crew, the minibikes got to run their entire . hour with some strange outcomes. First of all, Rick Delong was there an d didn't win. Before practice, father, Carl decided to not run the Noguchi and instead Rick would team with Neal Nelson. After th e comp letio n of just two laps, it was no Neal Nelson and so Rick started chasing o n the not-so-good motor. Th e Schaa boys were firmly in control with Kirk Hoeppner taking second from Ron Travis. On lap six Delong unl apped himself o nce and was charging fo r th e seco nd unlap on number 16 . Then, while running fourth and ready to undo every th ing , he 'lo st his chain in a muddle and missed the last lap in whi ch he just might have pulled it off. Ar t Fleming led out a go od sized group o f 125s with en oug h 100s in be tween to m ake fo r two trophies an d some more in teres ting racing. 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