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. ..... •..._-•..._ .•.................. _ second with a first and two seconr and Bill Ceruera (Bu l) got a second, a fif th and a third, showing how much infighting wen t on. That No rt on? Bless its Limey heart, it came in fourth . • Smith & Reid wrap up another CMC MX By Joel Jami eson ORANG E, CA L. , FE B. 29 The say ing " Yo u beat the nicest people on a Honda" went righ t alon g with today's Pro racin g as Factory Honda's unbeatable ace, Marty Smith, go t his FMF built 12 5 and 250 on th e pipe to totally out-gas so me of the stro nges t racers ever assembled on th e CMC circ u it. . Mart y was led only once in four motos of co mp et ition, and it was by none o ther than FMF's little gasser , Warren Reid, who did a boss job of sna tchin g the holeshot aw ay from Smith. As the pack crested the top of start hill, it w as Marty and PK Produ cts hotshoe Dave Tay lo r wh eel to wheel for the ins ide lin e. As th ey mad e the t urn and headed down, Warren dialed it on and went for t he lead cu tting off t he pair for a one posit ion advantage o n the , National Champ. Reid was showing a great am o un t o f skill, keeping Smith at , bay, lap afte r pressuring lap. Meanwhile , DG Per forman ce mounted Gary Den ton continued to prove that he's getting migh ty serious by h an gin g o n to a solid u third wi thout showing any signs of slo wing o ff the p ace . Fourth was held by one o f those quick . radical T & M ma chin es. this one under Chuck Bow er. Two lap s fro m the end Warren me t his match as Smit h slipped on by for t he c moto win . Den ton an d Bower follo wed Warren across t he fin ish to en d ro und .. one. The secon d m oto was all Mar t y 's. The , best Reid co u ld do was h ang on fo r another second. DG 's Bro c Gl over hooked h is Broc-mo bile in for a. to p three fin ish after a dis appointin g first moto, Denton put toge ther ano t her fine fi n is h (fo ur th) to grab t hird pl ace :Jffio n ey . "to Smith had little challenge from anyone during the 250 Pro race , leaving Ron Turner's RM , Mike Bell's Husky , an d jeff jenning's Suzuki to fall in behind him. jennings and Bell were having a semi-hot dice in the second moto for runner-up, till they both co llided . The cras h jabbed a ho le in Bell's tran s and prevented j ennings from threatenin g aga in . Tu rn er took adva ntage of all this an d pulled a second overa ll fo r T eam Su zuki, and Marty's walle t go t $28 0 th icker fo r his double vic to ries. Resul ts in Resul ts Section . • Climbers conquer fallen' lady at DeAnza By Ann A. Powell S UNNYMEAD , CAL., F EB. 15 A week's worth o f rain had made 'The Virgin', De Anza's big hill , fast , exciting and challenging. Dou g Hall was the first man to crest the hill. He took hi s su per Bultaco right across the line and wal ked o ff with first place in the 250 Modified Class and it wasn 't until Kerry Peterson mad e his 4 00 stock run that an other co mpe t it or marked an over. Only eigh t rid ers managed to make it acro ss th e to p in th e first round of climbs. By the end of the co mpe tit ion, from th e base of the hill, 25 of th e 9 0 plus rider s entered had man aged to top the hill. Mos t were in the b ig b ike classes, with only Hall and Pet e rson riding an ything sma ller than a 450cc mo un t. In any cli mb not ti m ed wi th clocks the starting log is moved upward on the hill as riders strive to eliminate each other from t he com petition . It was soon o bvi o us th at th e first move up was go ing to thin th e ranks very q u ickly. The n um ber was cut in half when only 13 made it ove r from th e first m ove u p. The second move up p oi nt had the co mpet it o rs dropping right and left . .. also upside down , sideways and in circles. No o ne wa s go ing to reach t he top ; now it was merely a m atter of who would reach t he highest p oint o n t he hill. Ther e was no running start, no chance to settle down on t he bi ke , or to plan t your feet solidly on th e pegs. It had be come a m ajor triumph jus t to get to the starting lo g. Doug Hall , the smallest bi ke in conten tion , managed to rea ch th e 8 7 foot mark, only about 30 feet abo ve the starting log . Craig Mock, mounted on a modified 360 Yamaha, stopped at 65 feet. Kerry Peterson man age d to post an impressive 105 foot mark in th e 4 00 I I I I I $745* Super Com bat (97) DeAnza Hillclimb: So meone told him t o go take a flyin' lea p. So he did! SUPHCombal(91} .. .. .•.... S 745.00 0 111 $Qulft(92C) .•.•• .• . ••• . 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