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............ " .. ... • • • • • • • • ~ . . . . !'! • • J • • . .. . . . . • • . and some had none at all. Haney and Roger Harrill inherited the payoff spo ts. The wi ld est Expert ri d e , however, was turned in by Salinas' Mall Car o th ers who decided to wash his bike in the rej uven a ted co n fines o f Griffi th Lake. Matt 's swan dive o ff the " s" tu m earned hi m "Most Spectacular" honor for the day and a tro phy . e CMC Central MX By Duane Garrett D UNLAP, CAL. , FE ll. 8 Pro ride rs J ohn Rogers (Yam), Milan Garrett (Mon) and Perry Klassen (CZ) riding on an all new Dunlap MX track took hom e to p honors today. A small field of In te r mediate and Novice rid er s added to the program, keeping the ac t io n go ing between the Pr o races. J o hn Rogers (Ya m) p ulled the ho leshot in the first mota o f the 12 5 Pro /I n termed ia te race with Jim Lesniewski (lI us) and Ste ve Parker (Ha n) following close be hin d . Mid wa y through the mot a Lesniewski made h is bid for th e lead, b u t fell wh ile attempting t o pass Ro gers th rough the sa nd w ash . Aft er Lesniewski 's fall, Ro gers had n o pressure fm ishi ng w ith Steve Parker a d is t an t se cond. In the second mota Rogers aga in j u mp ed into an earl y lead but this time Steve Parker (l1o n ) w as re ady to race as he passed to take the point. It took J ohn ·Ro gers t hree laps of WFO riding to regain the lead, an d stay in front o f Parker. Jeff Parker (lion) was well be hind, but sti ll th e first Intermediate, giving h im the o ve rall. In the first 2 50 Pro-In term ed iat e mot o Milan Ga rrett (Ma n ) we nt un ch allen ged wire -to -wire. Ma rk War d ell (Yam ) was seco n d until h e o vers ho t a tu rn o n th e fir st lap allo w in g Jim Lesniewski (Bul ) an d Clarence Derr ick (Ilu l) to m ake the p ass. Derri ck p asse d Lesni ew ski at th e h alfway point m ovin gint o secon d where h e stayed. Derric k gra b bed the lead in th e second m or o, o n ly to be p assed hy Garre tt before th e e nd 0 f t he fir s! lap. G arrell wen t o n to win the m ot o w ith Derrick, Lesniewski and Wardell fini shing well behind. Donald Franklin (Hus) stayed on the gas to fin ish ahead of the large In term ed ia te class taking the second m ota an d the overall In te r rnediate win . e No.1 Kaw with Bob Sward aboard captures overall at Poor Boy SN.PER.RADAR~ :::.~:G·:~IT Dealers Save $10 .00 on th is ad· NOW!! 1. N er vo u s ab out looking for those bears? Forget By Marty Gregory the: veteran desert ra cers who do minated the 70 ·miler, and big Bob Sw ard took t op honors after a mixed-up first lap . Sw ard m isse d some markings o n the initial lap a nd had to go b all s o u t to m ake up time. Meanwhile, a t the he ad o f th e pac k , Dan Muller (lio n ) was riding h is u su al ra ce . .. WFO ! Muller held th e lead until the last lap when Sward fin all y ca ug h t an d passed him . The o t he r hotsh ots wh o co ul d h ave m ade thin gs rough fo r Sward in cluded the cu rr en t 250 de sert ch am p Ron Dillon of Cald we ll. Ron rides a monoshocker from his dad 's sho p a n d usu all y ra ces righ t up with the leaders. Ron suffered hi s se cond breakdown in as man y races at Mu rp h y this weekend . Owy hee Club moto cross st ar s Kenn y Ga llego s and Buffingt on su ffered their 0 ",'Tl problems with Kenny crash ing hard o n alrea d y weak k nees off the startin g line and Muff Diver', Kaw asaki develop ing in tern al ills. 12 5 sp ecialis t J ohn Sto ne wa s th e first seven an d o ne -ha lf in ch mo to r to finish wit h desert race r J im Puett \ !Ius ) seco nd in th a t cl ass . S lo ne rid es ~ tr ic kc d-o u t E ls ie (w ho does nt P) .md is a fo r m id ab le m o ioc rosse r ill lili ~ are a . 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