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Western hotline .... - 1-0 0.. < 'Here's your chance to own 'that new Maico you've dreamed about! Lenore Babi rode her first race ever at O. ~. I.R. . OTHGSouth stages surprise attack at Dunes By Lucious leRoy v ALENCIA, CAL., MAR. 28 . In what was billed as a northern chapter club race, the south showed up in force to retrieve their lost gold from the Ponderosa New Maico 1975% 250-MX Brand new '75% 5-speed Maico 250-MX at a super low close-out price! See your Maico dealer . . . he can get it for yOU WHI LE THEY LAST! EAST : Ma lco M otorcy cl es. Inc.*109 Electric Ave . * Lewistown. PA 17044 MID-CENTRAL : Oebenllam Im ports*Rt.l Box 211*Antioch .IL 6000 2 WEST : Coo per Motors *110 E . Santa Anita A ve. * S u r ban k . CA 91502 18 race. Between the Over The Hill Gang and the Old Timers, the geritol set produced about one-third of the riders present. . In the Expert class we split the two available trophies with the south's Lanky Larry finishin g an unexpected first. Man iac l\·like from the no rth took second. Stubby Steve ash -canned his 125 for a new 250 monoshock and thras hed his way to third in his first race on the new bike , . . Amateurs were led to the flag by Janitor Jerry as Jaws John ended up with second overall. Cheap Chuck to o k a th ird an d was suppose to submit this article, but hi s head was so swollen he co uld n ' t see to wri te . Retarde d Ro n co u ld n ' t make it, Acco rdi ng to a reli abl e sou rce he had to stay home a nd kn it a sweater for h is w ife. The I n termediates were a little shy on riders, b u t the south's Sycho Sig stayed mentally competent for first, with northern pres., Dingus Dan, taking time out fro m his duties for second. Rabid Rocky was re leased from q uaran tine for th e so u th an d smo ke d to wit h a little help from Miller Mana. a win in th e Novice class. He rea lly put t he b ite on the m. T ip sy Tom can' t squ eeze ou t a win b u t has no tr ouble with se conds. The Begin ner race was a free fo r all, except fo r aging Ban g Ban g Bo Bo who swe p t the cla ss. Rusty Roger pulled o u t th e stop s fo r second as T oilet T om was wi pe d o u t of ano ther tro phy b u t came up with third. If he ever gets a win we'll need an oxygen te n t to revive hi m . • Resul ts in Resu lts Se ction. Carlson at AMC/OCIR By Joel Jamieson EAST IRVINE, CAL., l\IAR. 17 Straddling a Miller l\lan o Hon da and a Comp e titon Cycles Maico, Dave Carlson pic ked off victories in bot h 125 and 250 Pro s. T&M Engineering ace, Scot Clift o n , stuck his Honda out fro nt the first two 125 m o to s, but Ca rlso n rocketed by a nd on to co mfo rtable lead s, wi th Marty Miller (Miller Man o ) and Ro b Za mo ra (Wh illtier Ho n d a) tradin g second pl ace fi nishes in m o to s o ne and t wo . Moto th ree was a strange o ne . Miller edged Scot fo r hol eshot ho nor s as Ca rlson go t a bum start. Dave rode his way u p to n u m ber o ne spot on ly to signal by a ll the guys he just passed, and pulled over joini ng the race in fo u rth , which was still good enoug h fo r t he ove rall. Miller grabbed the m o to win alo ng with second overa ll while Clif to n