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Who won Hangtown? Cycle' ews knows.' .-. .- 0.. ~ One half of the Wall ingsford/Beardsley team, 'p ut t in' throug h the puckerbushes. Wallingsfordl Beardsley win DRA Team #face By Dale Brown FREI\IOr\'T VALLEY, CAL.. A PR. 4 Sled Riders Brent Wallin gsford and Jim Beardsley j oined forces to dominate DRA's 132-mile Te am Race, finishing up with a big lead. Cordis Brooks (360 Bul) led it . to the smokebomb, with Ed Den bow, a Senior Novice, right behind. Denbow was out of his ! leagu e mixing with the fro nt-ru nne rs; bu t he made a gallant effort , only to fa ll an d break several toes. Wallin gsford (250 Ya m) Was third to the bomb and t o o k second q u ickly . Morgan Malocco (400 Yam) had cut his fin ger to the bo n e when he loo ped h is bike on Satu rday, bu t despite the pain , he w as in th ird befo re th e firs t te n mil es had - gon e by . . Brooks held a n ar row lead -co ming into the pits but his p artner, Tim ~oB owman (4 00 CZ), broke on th e second ,b loop giving Wallingsford a big lead. J ack ;w' Orn d off (4 00 Yam) h ad co me into the im p its sh o rt ly ' after Mal occo an d his ""'par tner J amie Ave ls soon caught u p b nwi th Wayne Garrett, Ma locco's p artner . 3ruT hey swapped positions for awhile, with 3f1JJ amie leading into the pits. qt>J Beardsley, an Amateur, rode two laps 80 in the lead all by himself. Mal occo passed Orndoff o n the third loop to ~r take second. The top three position s remained static to the end, with the w Wallingsford/Beardsley team finishing with a five-minute lead: It w as th e first ORA over all w in for the pair and the y pi ck ed up over $ 100 ap iece in purse and can tin gency money. Garrett d ecided he co u ld n't le t Malocc o o ut-do him, so on his se cond lo op. co ming oui o f the pits, he pulled the fr ont end up, up and o ver ba ckwards. In sp ite of such shenanigans , they' fini shed second, first Open Ex p er t. T hen ca me Orndoff and Avels. In fo r fo ur th was the te am o f R ick Shirey an d Heath Hibbard (4 0 0 Yam), a co up le o f fa st and co nsis tent guys wh o always fini sh in the top ten. This race gives Hibbard the Open class p oints lead, sin ce Bob Balen tine is re sting . a leg tweaked at th e Silver Bear. Howard McCasland (3 6 0 Hus) b roke his throttle on the way to the bomb, came back and gave the bandoleer to George Harvey. Starting a u t dead last, the pair worked hard all the way to finally finish fifth an d earned so me champagne. The firs t all-A mat eu r team, Monty Lee an d Neil Crane (250 Sua/Yam), were in next. At seventh was "Team De structi on ," Tom Kelly and Bo b Romine ( 125 Yam). T hey go t first small-bore in sp ite of a b lown CDI on R o mine's bi ke an d a bro ken pip e on Ke lly 's. . "Team Grey Hair , " the m aster ful Senior team of Gus Paull and Go rd onSchmid (4 0 0 Yam ), again won th eir class, finishing eig hth. De an Miller and T ony Steffms (Yam) grabbed n inth and second 250 Expert. R o un d in g out the top ten was the firs t Novice ' team, Malcolm .Smith -spo n so red R alp h Griffin and R on Richey (250 KTM/Hus). Righ t behind them were S tev e Grenke and Tony Stuart ( 125 Yam ) who won th eir class as well .as taking second ove rall Novice. Jolene Payne and Jennifer Wilson (Yam/Han) maintained a steady pace to capture first Powder Pu ff ho nors. • Ask the man who reads one. Subscribe! ., • .• - . - - , ·1 I I I· I DEPT . SUB. P.O . BOX 498 LONG BEACH , CALIFORNI A 908 01 CYCLE NEWS WEST (1 y r .) .. . • •. . $12.50 CYCLE NEWS WEST (2 vrs .l . . • •• . . 22 .00 CYCLE NEWS WEST (3 yn. ) •.. . . . . . 30.00 Via 1st class mail for on e year 44 .50 Via air mail for one year 5 6.50 Th is is a Renewal . . .. .. . .... .. . . . . . . . .• Piease bill me I enclose check or money order • • • . . • • • . . • 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 • I Nam e IPiene pr int leg ibl y ) I Addrft l Cit y • • ,,- - - - '--- - - - - - - - .- - - - - - - - - - - I , --• S tillie Zi p SA iii And the y' re off, to another gang bang ORA day in the desert. ~ • FMX Forged Pistons REED INDUCTION KITS 2 Cycle Engine Oils CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTOR OF THESE QUALITY HIGH PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS Wholesale to Dealers only - try us for faster delivery! Tu GeeEnterprises Inc~ 731 EAST CYPRESS, MONROVIA, C'ALlf, 91016 • (213) 359-2415 SOLID STATE -RA C IN G & SPORT IGNITIONS FROM YOUR H/-POINT DEALER 21