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The co mb ine d classes were started, b y skill level, abo u t 15 seconds apart. The 101 · 200 even t tu rned o u t to be a war of attri tio n. Fir st lap lead er J o e Padilla dropped the lead to Jeff Sh arron, but o n ly briefly . He spun ou t spectacularl y right in fron t o f the whole crowd at th e home tum taking o u t course makers, hay bale s , s treamers , o ffi cial s, etc., and sin ce discretion is still the better part o f va lo r, hu ng it up to sip sud s. The w in went to a No vic e w ho zapped them all. Who ? Mi ke Bierman, fr esh from a tr e men do us heads tand crash at the November Riversid e Gran d Prix , Open class KTM rider Craig Ad ams easily outscored th e rest of th e p ack 'til he sto p ped for gas. Moto crossers sh ould tak e some lessons fro m d esert riders in gas p it te chnique as Crai g jo ined th e list o f fa t alities from o ver zea lo us p it cre ws. Seems the fuel hit the engine a n d st alled the KTM long enough for Steve Stricklin 's Kawasaki to ge t b y . The rem ain in g two laps was quite a race with Steve taking the chec kered by about six feet . This brough t an immediate protest from the Adams pit cre w that the race "wasn 't long enough," (all races went 9 laps) . Ah! The tr agedy of defeat ! • AMC Saddleback By Danny Raymond ORANGE, CAL.,JAN. 11 AlVIC put $1000 on th e line and Team Suzuki ea rned the ir share bv sweeping all th ree Pro classe~. Gary Ogden and Bob Elliott were o ne-two in the Open class, J eff Jen nings and Elliott in the 250 Pro and J ennings aga in in th e 125 Pro . Open Pro s Gary Ogden (Su z) , Mike Gilman (CZ ), J o n Derh am m e r (l\lai) and Bob Elliott (Su z) all go t down to serious business. Elli ott shot into second sp ot while Jeff Fo lan d (KT l\I) darted through t he pack, moving al l th e way up to third o nly t o cr as h with two la ps to go in t he m ota . Elliott was looking go od in th e second m ota until the last th ree lap s when Ogden a nd Derhammer bo th put the pass on h im. The 250 Pro division lo o ked like a m at ch between T eam D&G an d T eam Su zu ki. T his week D&G took the defeat. • Johnston sweeps -CMC night opener By Jon Hayt IRWINDALE, CAL. ,JAN . 9 A capaci ty crowd clamo red a t the gates and 250 racers readied thei r machines and bodies while ano ther d ozen riders were turned away at th e gate . Fift y-four m oto s were scheduled to o pen th e ' 76 Cl\IC n igh t ra cing season at Irwindale. r The man o f the night was Joe Johnston (Suz) and he proved it by _ winning all three motos o f the 500 Pro class to takehorne the go ld . Joe's o n ly competition in th e first race was Mai co mounted T ime Lunde. The two raced down the st arting straight -side by side a nd things were bu ck le to bu ckle for the .first couple of laps until Joe got down to business a nd won with a clean lead. Joe had to tum up the heat in the second race after Curtis Lessel (Suz) got th e holeshot and a n early lead . Joe an d Curt is diced it ou t fo r the first two lap s b ut J oe finally got by o n the third lap . Curt is didn't lose much ground though , a nd finished a tight second. Val Tarnie tt i (Mai ) and Johnston diced it out for the entire last mota but Joe final ly too k the win an d the overall for the ni ght. Gary Denton (Ho n) was the hot shoe in 125 Pro racing. He .beat ou t Ro b Zamora (Ho n) in th e IITst mota. by a _ . ~liglJt _lI) ar~ . ilnQ .was then edged .o!'t Can-Am All models in stock If it' s for a Can-Am we have it Factory rebate discounts , Motorc:yc:le Racing Specialists 21 0 Los Molinos San Clemente , CA 92672 714·492·1000 Husqvarna Fac t ory tr ained mechan ics Machine shop facilities Full service engin e wor k HI! we don 't have it , we '/I get it fo r you" T~O '1AMjl{~ Hwy .5 Sou t h to Pica off -ramp ~_:~:==: ~~~ Sales - Seroice . Parts 24020 NarbonneAve., Lomita, CA 90717 (213) 534 ·231 1 E xpansion C hamber ConeS ets 20 G a. steel roll ed and sea m spo t we l ded read y t o design you r own cha m be r. 3 Pc. sets . $ 12 .0 0 . 4 Pc . se ts , $ 14 .0 0 . 5 Pc . sets , $ 16.0 0 . Postpaid. Plu s Sal es T ax . Qu a n t it y d lscou rtt s av ail abl e . Se nd y o u r dimensions to A ir ea Sheet M eta l, 1 5 20 9 G rev i llea A ve. Dept. W , Law nd a le, C A 9 026 0 . 213,675·5 290. _.. ........ . . ...._ _1. _ _ _ ......... IOf ,.,.. .. _ _4---- --_ ..---.---... ...........-.. ........ --.....-..-----.. ........--...... ------_-... ........... _-_ ..... _ . . . .. 0.. .... _ ., _ ...... . ~...-..- _ _ _ ,1»_ ........._ _ -..e:~ Hand Washable ~a~ , .. ~. . ' ~ ;~~ Othman Distr ibuting Co, Box 35 6 San Luis Obsipo . CA 93406 (805) 544-6181 . • Aiding • R acing • Str eet GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invited ..... ..... ' , ..11