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riders drew for a trip to Disneyland on top of their other prizes. Awards and money were donated by Can yon Raceway management and Lancer Leathers of Phoenix added a bonus of $1,000 in gift certi ficates to the winners of each class. To m Pulver co m men ted that it was probably one of the " best paying series" Phoenix has offer ed, and the money would probably " p ay off his bike. " During the 250 Expert race, Pulver crashed and suffered a shoulder separation and will be out of competition for awhile. 250 Expert Doug Raines (Kaw) pulled the holeshot the first mo to with Gary Wells (Ho n ) in second and Mark Mayo (Kaw) in third. Raines rep ea ted his ride in the second moto an d fi ished n firs t overall. • J Lucky John Luck By Andi Gangewer ELSINORE, CAL., JAN. 17 -j ohn Luck cranked up his 250 Kawasaki and shot out front of th eSpecial Novices in moto one. Chris Choisser (Yam) was right behind and tried first the o utsi de , then inside but just couldn 't get clo se en ough to stu ff it under Luck. Mo to tw o was rough and rowdy. Chris Choisser was rust off the line this ti me followed by J eff Wise . By the t hird lap , Luck had gotten by Wise and had h is sights set on Cho isser , Lap four came to a close and it was Luck, Wise and Jeff Morris, o ne, . two, three to finish, Chris was o ut of it. Luck was once again off and running in moto three, leaving the rest of the Spe cial Novices to worry about themselves . A group of fifteen 250 Novices were out to fight for the three trophies. Mike Krugh started off with a bang but his shot wa s somewhat m u ffl ed by Chris Cho isser. Mike led the rust lap , but Choisser dived under Krugh to take the lead and held the position to the finish . Heat two went to Ho nda mo un ted J eff Wise. The time came to decide the vietor of the 250 Novice m ain an d after the snap start it was Mike Alle n (Yam) , J ohn Luck (Kaw) and J eff Wise. Mike had a co mfort ab le lead and Luck was a so lid seco nd, bu t Ch oisser was giving Wise a run for his money. Allen, Lu ck and Choisser fin ished in that ord er, all three taking home trophies. • Resu lts in Results Sectio n . Corona opens the oval door By Elaine Jones CO RONA, CAL ,JAN. 21 •• Expansion Chamber Cone Sets Sale Ite ms New Bikes: Accessories: 460 x 18 Cheng Shin 425/450 x 18 Cheng Shin 350 x 21 Cheng Shin 3 00 x 2 1 Dunlop . : NGK Plugs 12 YOU'RE LlIIN6 811E11 $20 .95 $20.95 $17 .50 S 6.95 591t MX 250 B DT 100 B DT 125 B DT 175 B RD 350 B 650 - Buy YOU R bike from racers who know -what th ey need to go fast! ~ ml iV7 ~ "" fh"" We will meet ~LJU@LJLJ LMJ~®[p&3 UromJG...lLJUGJ or 3365 E_ Century. Lynwood . CA 90262 beat any deal offer good till Feb. 28 76 2 13 -564'2533 213-564-2534 20 Ga . steel r o ll ed an d seam sp otwel ded . ready t o design y o ur o w n chamb8f. 3 Pc, sets. $12 .0 0 . 4 Pc. sets , $14.0 0. 5 Pc. sets. $16 .0 0. Po st p a id . P lu s $.ales Tax. Qua ntit y d tscourtts a vaila b le. Sen d y o u r d i m en sion s to Alrco Sheet M e tal . 15 2 0 9 Grevillea A ve. Dept . WI Lawnd al e , CA 9 0260.213-6 75-529 0 , 1300 East Ed inger Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705 7 14-835·7821 I In spite of the fact that tile Riverside District Attorney has not yet approved any bike larger than 450cc's a large turnout was on hand to open the season on th e Corona ovals. Leading the way, fro m wh er e he left off last year, was 14-year-o ld Mike Tidwell, riding five and winning five . Bo t h the 125 Am/Ex short trac k and half-mile fell to Mik e. Tidwell looked to the 250 Ex perts for his nex t d uo, and he encountere d resistance from Mike Minnig, ' Way ne Raney and Ti m McWhorter. They spread the we alth ar o und a little, with Min nig taking seco n d on the short track and Raney getting the nod on the half-m ile. In the 25 0 Ex pert Twin half-m ile Minnig m et a y oung man fro m Phoenix, Arizo na named Danny Mullins who hitched a ride on Mike's tail p ipe and never let go. Eddie San Roman was in for third. Gordie Kidd picked u p a double win in the Open Expert. The sh o r t track gave him no problem, but o n the