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Bump t ime - Chuck Mille r, before t he carb dropped off his Ossa, gettin' fr iend ly with Ste ve Ek lund (74) . Ric k Hocking is going un de r Pearson one way or anothe r, t o win the Gillesp ie Ben efit . WIN THIS GRAND PRIZE: TOYOTA 2.2 litre 1/2 ton pick-up can be t he perf ect solut ion t o add lot s of fun befo re you even get to Hodaka land. Sty le by Cobra Body, Torrance, California. owner Don Weaver has done more th an a dozen Indy cars. GOODYEAR Polyglas Custom Wide Tread t ires ...60 series F60-14 front and H60-14 rear mounted on CRAGAR TRAILMASTER wheels 7" x 14" front , 8" x 14" rear. Style wit h quality that lasts while others fade away. PACE, a quality Cit izen TwcrWay radio, CB-143 MAXI-MINI just right for th e Toyota . PACE Communications. Harbor City, Californ ia. ALEXANDER steering wheel because it's t he real th ing. Distri but ed by Marchal. EI Segundo. Californ ia. DESERT DYNAMICS Fender flares fro nt and rear. and Roll bar for that fini shing touch. GABRIEL HI-JACKER AIR SHOCKS for rear load adjustment is the perfect answer here. So t here it is. You have everyth ing to win and nothing t o lose except your record for never winning anything. After all, everyone who comes by will get a free Hodaka glow-in-the-dark key fob or the useful Hodaka cycle slide rule. So come on in and tell us which Hodaka featu res impress you most. With a little luck, you'll end up driving the most impressive bit of machinery that ever hauled a Hodaka. All the rules are at your participat ing Hodaka Dealers. FIRST PRIZE: 5 SI LV ER T RAIL. cycle tra ilers employing indepel dent suspension lor that low bi'e look by Silver Tra il C0rporat ion located in Tempe, Arizona. SECOND PRIZE: 10 GRIFFI N ri ding suits ... total rider protect joe from Visa-Thenn I'rtxU:t:s. ElricI:IeDOrt. Qlnne::ti:1Jl, the pecpIe that bro t he MX leather barri er. ke 1MIRD PRIZE: 25 B.£CTRO H8..METS !'OW . the tops in Europe. w:wn by Karsmakers. Jell Ward. Petty. by ELECTROFILM. INC.• North Hollywood. California . Scott Pearso n was the fastes t qualifier around the slippery sauc er on board a 250 Su zu ki from Jensen Motors, beating o ut T he !lock, wh ile Ro dger Slack topped the Novice troops. Novi ce he at s wen t to Slack, Rick Delacy and Sal Hoffman , while Ru sty Davis surprised many with the first Semi win . Jo hn Tavis got the j ump in the sec ond r o und to be at o u t little Randy Mamola trying out the pro stuff for the first ti me . In the Novice Main Mamola put it all together with a fine start. The pint-sized speedster had no problem with the win and donated the procee ds to t he fund. In t he 15 laps, Randy pulled out nearly two seconds with Davis holding a t ight second over Tavis and Delacy who did some fancy passing fo r fou rth over Slack. J uni o r· Expe rt heats saw Pearson win the first with Kirk Tardiff having hi s rear wheel full of Steve Foster for t he distance. Ho cking had his han ds full o f Chuck Miller in the second heat with top rated 19 75 Novice Ted Davidson in th ird. Gary To nda survived the crash-ri dden th ird heat over Fenn Perv ier and Steve Die tz wh ile J ohn Gen nai an d Steve Eklund battl ed in the fourth with Ricky Grah am third . The 20'lap Main had nearly h alf the field in the back row by th e t ime it go t go ing fo r re al and Pears on too k the point fo r the fir st lap . Miller's Ossa lost a carb ure to r on the first tum and reti re d with Ek lund do ing his best to hol d back Gennai an d Tardiff. The second lap went to Hoc king as Pearson u nloaded down the back side giving Eklund second with Gennai righ t on him. That held fo r six more laps. then Gennai got off and Tardiff moved into third. The rest of the field was ge tting strung o u t and lots of bump and run wa s the ca ll. Foster and Scally were doing a lot of work on each other but Scally laid it down and let Gennai by while Rick Grah am held o n for a few more laps th an Pearson tha t ca used th e scorers a FOURTH PRIZE: SO SCOTT GOGGLES used by top d'lampions. Foam vent ine system to reduce rrcetcre, dust and fog. FREE PHONE NO. 800-547-8120 Call for the name and address of your nearest Hodaka dealer. Or check the Yellow Pages or write PABATCO, Box 327, At hena, Oregon 97813. FIFTH PRIZE : 100 BROWNLI NE fie down web st ra ps. You'lf Hke the super lock buckles . Brown hne, Torra nce , Calrtomia . few ago nizing minutes to tally up the sheets . A special minibike rac e was won by the top rated sportsman kid Doug Chandler wh en heat race winner Bob Cunningt on go t p ut back for rolling o ver the line . Chandler rode away with win over Jun Cunningham with Jimbo Filice taking the th ird and Cunnington co m ing back for a fifth . The racing world was saddened this night by the loss of 0-36 starter Hoy Odom. Hoy suffered a fatal heart attack while sitting in the grandstands after having started the heat races. T he fat he r of Nat ional No. 18 Jim Odo m was talkin g with friends when he had his attack an d despite efforts of a pa ra medic and atten dan t , he succum bed. lI o y had re tired fro m act ive star t in g at least twice before , but always felt a need to do this job. Du ring the course of the evening the donatio ns to the Gillespie fund h ad people lined up ab o u t 20 deep behind th e announcer and Frank was kept busy thanking the fo lks we ll after th e show was o ver. 21 .