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; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------I: West~rn hotline d isp lay of their new "After-burner " pipes, and wh ile th ey may lo o k a bit out o f th e ordinary, they sure are eas y on th e ears. Gregg Toyama and his FMF Honda are fast becoming an u nbeatable co mbination in the 100 Pro class. Gregg zapped a strong field o f sleeved down racers for the fifth week in a ro w. Toyama has yet to be beaten sin ce the new one-mile track opened! • Lawson lays it on the line at Corona By Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL., FEB . 18 "Fast" Eddie Lawson, riding for Kawasaki of Pom on a, is in a large way resp onsible for some heart st opping raci ng Wednesday even- Val Tamietti is the current point leader in the chase for the CMC Number One plate at Irwindale. modified class, but his Maico is half mountain goa t anyway. The big bikes weren't doing too well at all. Most were stopped well below the 100 foot mark and only Dick DeResa, riding his 500 modified Yamaha in the 650 modified class managed to hit the 104 foot mark. On e foot was the only difference between De Rosa and the top eliminator, Kerry Peterson. The Virgin has really fallen and she has lost mu ch of he r power to intimidate the riders. Still, this hill cannot ye t be termed easy. Victory will s till be reserved for the very best of th ose wh o make the attempt. • AMC night MX By Joel Jamieson IRVI NE. CAL. , FEB . 18 12 Con sistant J eff Vidi c, the new Premier Cyle Research ride!, in g on a track equa lto th e occasion. In th e Open Expe rt Short Track , Ed die led off followed clos ely by Dan McWhorter, who was out getting rea dy fo r Daytona. Lawson never gave him a chance and he found t he winning line. Third place Gary Pettis wo rked his way around Jack Lan gston to ro un d ou t the field and it earned him a tra nsfer to Amateur when he co up led it with a photo fini sh on the hal f-mil e over Denny Aguirre. The Open Expe rt Hal f Mile was the Pace Mak er Special. The featured pl ayers were Eddie Lawso n, Dave Lujan and Mike Ti dw ell. Some fantas tic riding ensued wi th so me n ear m isses but when it was allover it was Lawson all the way with Dave second and Mike third . Tidwell wo n four but th e Ch allengers are gaining in forc e and are really applying the pressure. Duane Gallagher, in the 125 Expert, went so far as to lead Mike on the half-mile and it too k the last tum on the last lap for Mike to get his chance and pick up the win, Joe Steffen was the fly in Mike's ointment in the 250 Expert classes with Amateur Mike Allen third on the short track. Mr. Allen had Amateurs to run with on the half-mile and got his win over Gordon Loar and Wade Marshall. Mitch Zehner is following in his brother's footsteps and he picked up both the short track and half-mile 250 Novice wins. Mitch comes from behind for his victories, for what you might call doing it the hard way. Rob Selvy took a good fall in the semi but finished second on the short track and third on the half-mile, trading places with Chris Choisser. Mike Paulson re covered from a good 'knock the wind out of you' crash, which gave Terry Singleton the win on the short track, to come back and run away from Paul Smith and Shawn Pettis on the half-mile. The noise . testing for the 750cc machines is scheduled for February 26 and the big boys should be able to start running March 3. • Results in Results Section Mike Tidwell (38) and Ed die Lawson (64EI. puttin' on the Pace Maker Special .