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Ever ' wonder what
the~rt Qf a d~""ag hil!c1i'~b would I~ok like if they s~rtetl ~r~m t l!e top? F~'r out f
by Scot Clif ton (Hon) : in . the seco nd ," -'Looks tike
· race. The final looked as if .it: be longed, .
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, to David , Taylor ' (Han).' as he ' pu lled a ' ,
'.. quick lead and Denton crashed on the '
first lap. The . second .lap p roved' to . be ,
disaster; three quarters. of the pack went
down 'on top of, the WheClsmith :jump, :which resulted in a huge pile of bikes .
· and -:bodies. The race was restarted ,and .
Taylor took the lead again but his. chain "
broke on the fourthlapand -Dentori was
left alone to take ho me the gold ., " '• .
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:Adamo gets if
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By Phil Carpenter
ADELANTO, CA L.,JAN. 4
Ten Open Experts were ' o~ the
line, including track record ' ~D l d
crs - ike 'Laney and Ron , Powell,
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and ' Frank Adamo . had -t o . be
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b etter than good to win the half-mile!.
today. The " first two ' laps were
wheel-to-wheel Yamahas. Laney pulled.
ahead, only to slide off the south corner
, an d open t he do or " for Rol o ff. The ,
Bakersfield Bomb pulled to within one
b ike len gth of Ro loff to set t he stage fo r
three' laps 0 f dueling. Whil e Powe ll arid
Warr en diced it out for fo urth and fift h • .
Roloff slid off the groove and Adamo
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· drove home to the checkered.
Phil Brooks' Bul taco held its nuts and
, bolts ' together to earn him a first place
trophy in - the TT mains and a second in
the' half mile.
R.R. McLaughlin won his first IT
trophy in Open Novice competition on
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Mci;'riso~ (251 and' Glover (1l1 '~re g~tting ~~adY for Houston:
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