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I NORnERN DATEUNE ~ E • Scott Peanon having some good S-Xy fun winn ing t he Fremont marathon on the t rick Harley . ., Pat Richter is almost invincible in th e Open class on h is CZ, pu lling off ano the r tw o m o t o sweep wi th Nevad a's J eff Lo ff (Hu s) finis hi ng secon d in b o th ro un ds. Ch ar les Lop em an was th umping aro und the co urse pretty well in moto one, ridi n g a Che ney m on oshoc k wit h 350 Hon da engi ne until it b lew u p. Hu sky m ou nted Gary Murph y n o tch ed a 3·3 score fo r third ove ra ll ahead o f Ch arl es Lo ngm ire (Suz ). • Resu lts in Results Sec tion. Magoo ri p Sacto MX By Rex Backman RANCHO CORDO VA , CA L. , J AN. I I Danny " Magoo " Chan dler and Pat Rich ter walked off with the top spo ts at today 's motocross held u nder clo udy skies at Sacram en to co u nty 's fine off-road vehicle park . .' 18 Magoo, m ounted on a KT l\t these days, to ta lly destroyed the competition in the 125 Exper t class. Magoo took the holeshot in each moto and never looked bac k fo r a two moto sweep of the field . The new KTM see ms to be very potent, as it eas ily pulled away from the other riders on the roIling course. Mike Presto n (Nog), Dan ny T urner (Yam ). and Eddie Bro wn (Ho n) tussled over the nex t three spots with Prest o n winning second place cash. Dan ny Turner. m ou nt ed on a stone stoc k YZ, nabbed a fou rth in ro und one, in round - tw o wo rked his way u p to get another fo urth. Pat Rich ter borrowed Ken ny Rickabau gh 's Ho nda and rode it to an im pressive tw o moto sweep over 19 76 0 -36 num ber o ne, Ran d y Losh (Bul) . Honda mounted Dan Gerr y go t his usual holes hot o n th e pack as Pat Rich ter, Losh , Kevin He nry and Bria n Jodry foll owed Gee ry up th e loam y sta r t h ill. Rich te r was soon in the lead with Losh fo llowin g as G ec ry slow ed on the high-sp eed tr ack . A lex J o rgens on she d his steel sh oe an d took th e ear ly lead in m oto two wit h Geery , Richter and Loshjrailin g. Rich te r an d Losh was ted n o tim e and co nti nued thei r day-lon g due l. ·hen J or gen son's day ca me to an en d \v he end oed b adl y o n the only jum p on the course as his Can -Am d id two perfect barrel ro lls before tou ching ' ground. Losh settled for second overall • • ' 'i,th a ,Cp ~iste t Kim l\c:.eg in t4 ird._ . Pearson astounding on Harl ey By W. H. Spen cer FRE MON T. CAL., JA N 4 , Something fo r th e New Year en tertained th e 250cc Marathon class at Frem ont in the fo rm o f Class "C" Junior Sco tt Pears on on . th e new 250 cc two stroke Harl ey- Davidson. A rad ically de signed su sp ension sy stem with for ks at each end. a wide power band and neato ho rsepower that do esn't go away made for a fun day with Pears on winning th e class over Dan Castelhano and Alex Ande rso n by three laps. Pearso n led the our of ca m p and never pack relinquished the lead with three gas stops . In the Open Class it was tooth and nail fo r th e d istance wi th Da ve Frazier winning his firs t ever two hou r ru n on his b ig-tank Yam ah a. Th e firs t part of th e big class was a duel with J o h n Tavis ar d Rod Spencer. Spence r . out again on th e new Hodaka, took the lead from Tavis o n the ninth lap, but lat er th e r ear brake st rap bro ke o ff once agai n and it was retirement city. After Spencer dropped back Frazier became t he new kid o n t he blo ck abo ut ?9. ~~~