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Cycle News 1976 04 13

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llIm - ..s-. . 0.. < @l rr@w ~@rr IRfi~lk • By' James Brammer CHULA VISTA, CA L. , MA RCH 28 Eight national numbers challenged the Cal Rayborn Memorial race at South Bay Park Speedway, but Rick ' Hocking's (H-D) most serious , 12 . competition came from rookie Expert Steve Eklund (Yam) , who finished a n close second in the 15·lap fi al. E klund broke Hocking's previous one lap record on the South Bay oval, lowering it one full second to 25.92 seconds on the half-mile. Hocking qu alifie d with 25 .98. Eklund went on to win the first Expert q ual ifying heat with a time of 2.12 .65 . Hocking won the other heat with a faster ti me, and ran away with the th ree- lap trophy dash in 1.20.18. Mark Smith ran second with Ekl u nd p assing Terry Dorsch fo r. third in the da sh . In the ' 15 lap feature, Mar k Sm it h tried to pu t the pass on Hock ing-in the second turn, bu t wen t wide an d slipped back to fourth . Hocking was hol din g off Eklund, Eddie Wirth, Gene Ro mero , Sonny Burres, Chuck Palm gren , and steady Eddie Mulder. The riders separated, with Ek lund chasing Hocking, Romero and Smith trying for third. Romero got third and Smith took fourth on the final straigh t before the challenge for the final half of the race. Their time at the finish was four minutes, 26 .75 seconds. It was ditto fro m San Jose for th e. Novi ce winner Steve Carrillo running wire to wire , taking the first of five Novice qu alify in g heats . Eddie Lawson and TIm McWhorter held second an d third to the flnish, Steve Eklund wasn't the only record setter at the Cal . Rayborn Memorial 'races. Winner Rick Hocking's ti me of six minutes, 29.97 seconds, for the 15-lap Expert final, is a South Bay Speedway record for the half-mile traSk. • Results EX PERT FINAL, ! . Rick Hocking (H-D); 2 . St ev e Eklu nd (Vam); 3. Gene Ro m « o H' D ); 4 . M ark Smith ( Vam); 5. Eddie Wirth Trl) ; JUNIOR FIN AL, 1. Scott Pear so n H-O) ; 2. Ted O.Jv ld son (V.. m); 3 . R o bert urray (Yam) ; 4. Craig A r m st ron g (H-C) : 5. B rad N icks (Vam) . 6 . Laney Wright (H-D); ~ NOVI CE F IN AL: 1. S te ve Carrill o (Y a m); 2. Ed Lawson ( Bul ); 3 . Ti m McW h orter ( Kaw). The out "to lunch bunch te sting haybales at South Bay.

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