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t=~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. ~~~~ ' . _ - Gaylon Mosier (33) and Jon Derhammer in a moment of Wheelsmith glo ry . ahead of Carls o n, who is o n th e mo ve agai n. Both Tyer and Doman drop whi ch allo ws PK Products racer Dave Ta ylor to tak e th ird. The 50 0 Pro rac e was a t wo -mo to figh t between KTM ace J eff Fol and and fac to ry Su zuki racer Ga ry Ogden. J oe Johnston led the early st ages of th e first moto be fo re falli n g prey to t he Od gen / Foland dual. The top t wo opene d up a lar ge lea d at t he end of th e race wi th Odgen an d Foland u nch an ged at t he checkered . Val T amietti viewed the ba t tle from a distant third. Mike Bell, o n a trick 4·stro ke Honda, pulled the tr oops o u t o f the gate to st ar t moto tw o , Odgen an d Ta mi righ t behin d. Fol and is cu t tin g his way up fro nt - and so on ies another Od gen /Foland race with Bell han ging on to third. Od gen ca n't hold Foland t his time and t he KTM pilot takes the lead. Od gen is havin g a tough time holding Bell 's Honda bu t m an ages to keep secon d till t he end. Fol and takes first overa ll cas h fo llo wed by : Odgen, Ta rni, an d Bell in th e final results. Results in Results Section . • CRC ends '75 at De Anza By Gus SUNNYMEAD , CAL.. DEC . 28 Morgan Malocc o gave the desert sand a rest today , and t ook home to p cash in the Open Pro class at DeAnza. With all the Pros running togeth er the only rider to stay with Malo cco was Keith Patt en. Both mo tos were instant repl ays. Malocco go t the ho leshot with Patt en hot o n his heels throughout. Patten fellon the las t lap of the last . moto . but rem o u n ted before being p assed. Patten to o k home top cash in the 250 class , while Vince Va n hook io ok top hon ors in the 125 class , lead ing both motos wire to wire . Keit h Wisegarver put to gethe r three mo to w ins to take home the top spo t in the Open Beginner class an d J ohn Buxto n stayed close eno ugh to gra b secon d. Henry Clif ton p u t it all to get her in th e fin al two mo to s for th ird. The 125 Novice class co n tin u es to o ffer so me o f t he bes t racin g a t DeAnza incl uding regu lars and newcomers. Danny McD ougal cleaned h ouse in the first mo ro , with occasio nal threats from Rich Sh ro yer . Behin d t he tw o , David Dieterle grabbed th ird and Dan n y Burtt worked his way from last to fou rth . In "F seco nd mo to Mcfr ougal and Shroyer uat tlc d for top spot with Shroyer taking the win . In th e fin al m oto :\IcD ougal fell and co u ld o nl y move up to fourth at the finish. Shro yer went o n to win the mot o an d overall in th e class. McO o ugal s till re ceived second o verall and Danny Burtt third. • Results in Results Section. Movin' right along: Saddleback AMCMX By Danny Ray mond O RAN GE , CA L., DEC. 14 F;'\IF's Warren Reid clearl v ran away with to day 's 125 Expert raci ng. Maico m ounted Tim Battens chl ag put it to the 250 Experts by sweeping up with a I -I scor e. At th e start of the 250 Ex pe r t J ohn Petty (Mai) was in fro nt , an d doing a fine j o b , u n til t he last fe w laps when he was pass ed by Batten schlag (Mai). Before th e m o to en ded Scott Mille r (Mai) mo ved in to th ird and Steve Mon taque (Mai) p ulled in to fo u rth . In the seco nd moto Petty shot in to the lead bu t w as again overt aken by Ba tt ensc hlag. Steve Ma n taq u e , Jeff Sz ueber (Ya m ) and ' Kevin Crawfo rd were keeping the leaders in sigh t. Gr eg You ngb lood jammed it wide o p en, tryin g to make up for a poo r start, and moved into a str o ng fo urth putting Mon taq u e down to fifth . Warren Reid's (H a n ) clo ses t 125 Exp ert co mp etitio n came fro m D&G 's Bob Welch, w ho p retty eas ily locked up second . T ag Turner rode a co nsi sten t th ird despi te losing his p ipe in th e firs t rna to . • Resu lts in Res ults Section. Break away at Saddleback with AMC ~. ~ . ~'": .. ..'. " ;" . YAMAHA GOLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP HOUSTON ASTRODOME JANUARY 23 AND 24.8:00PM ~ THE BIG BIKES ARE COM ING ! And along with the American Motorcycle Association's high speed two whee lers-the circu it's to p and toughest ride rs. The record breakers. The big boys . See 'em eat up the track while they compete for cyc ling 's heavy prize money . You ' ll want to catc h all the act ion from the first flag on. So come on out-early! ~ -~ TICKET INFORM ATION: Tick ets may be purchased at all area Yamaha Shops, Foley 's and Astrodo me Ticket Office. For further ti ck et informat io n phone Area Code (713) 748-4500. Prices : $4, $5, $6 and $7. By Danny Raymond ORANGE , CAL.. DEC . 28 David Williams (nIF) .too k the 125 Expert win, but only aft er Dave Erop kin (PK) was shut out o f ·the second mo to . with bike pro blems. J o hn Pe tt y came thr o u gh wi th th e 25 0 Expert w in , thanks to b ike prohlems o f D&G's Mark Tyer (Yam) and David Williams (Suz) . Gay lo n Mos ier held off J on Der h ammer lo ng enou gh to sweep the Open Expert class. Du ring the first moto of 125 Experts , Eropkin w as in fron t with the ho leshot , Dave Williams ( H I F ). S teve Sch illings (lion) an d Bob Welch (D&G) were hot Warning : T Surgeon General H lletermined he as Ihat C igareneSmokingIs Dangerous 10Your Health, 1 mg:tar".1.3 mg.nicotine 9 avoper cigarene. FTC Repon SEPT. 75. 9