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half-mile Gordie found ano ther boy
from Ariz ona, Marti Hal ko la, who gave
him som e very anxious moments.
Gordie led fo r the first five"lap s, but all
of a sudden he found himself following
Marti, and it wasn't until th e last lap
that Gordie got the lead and the win.
Dave Lujan wa s third.
Cliff Whetstone won the Amateur
250 short track and half-mile . Miss
-Bob bi Hunter transferred from Novice
and gave him a heck of a run for his
money. Bob Eary was third.
Terry Sin gleton will be a rider to be
reckoned with among the 125 Novices.
He topped Jeff Eary to win the short
track, and Joanne Redding on the
half-mile. Little Mike Word took the
.I 00 Novice win by winning his semi and
was the only one able to make it back
to the line for the main.
The best race of the evening was the
Open Novice half-mile. Stan Kinsey got
off on top , followed by Gary Pettis and
Ken Griner. On lap four Ken moved
into second but dropped back to third
on the last lap to set up for a
spectacular finish. On tum four Stan
and Gary went high but Ken dropped
under both riders and came up with the
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AMCdoes it
in the dust at OCIR
By Joe l Ja mieson
IRVINE, CAL., J Ail:. 21
O.C.I.R. premiered its all new
one-mile track tonight, only to
.have th e watertruck come up with
a couple of flat tires and the
course turne d into a mini dust-bowl,
The new track arrangement has a couple
of pretty long straights, so all yo u ' guys
with lo ts of top-end horsepower, co me
o n ou t and gas it !
J Gregg Toy ama literally d u sted the
100 Experts with three hol eshots and
very comfortable leads at the end of
each moto , Gregg and his FMF Honda
appear to already have the track wired.
Although the 12 5 Pro clas s was a bit
. small it produced some mighty fine
dici ng be tween two young fast cats,
Scot Clifton and Marty Miller. Marty,
on his Miller Mano Honda, challenged
Scot's T & M machine heavily for the ·
lead in all three rnotos, He chalked up
the first moto win after Clifton got a
little wild and went off the track while
leading the race. In the remaining motos
Miller stayed only a couple of b ike
lengths behind Clifton, with neither
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David Taylor (Hon) scored t he biggest victo ries of his career at
Irwindale Racew~y , as he captured both the 125cc an~ 250cc Pro.Elasses.
100 Expert, Greg Toyama , gears up for the AMC
_win at O.C.I.R.
rider o ff the gas or giving the o ther an
inch . Scot collected th e well earned
overall W
ID, af ter a super close bout
with Miller in the th ird moto,
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By Tom Blattler
IRWINDALE, CAL.,JAN. 23
David Taylor rode ' off with the
wins in both the 125 and 250 Pro
classes, defeating some o f th e best
Irwindale Raceway has to offer. It
was the first time Taylor has ever won
two classes in one night.
The 250 Pro class proved to be the
st iffest test for Taylor, and it was 'o nly
the third time David h ad ever ridden a
250cc m achine in co mpet itio n.
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