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JOIN THE WINNERS WHO RELY ON Phil Oveland brought out a rarified CZ o ut of the old Charley Brown stables and whizzed the Division II Open Novice class with style and grace while old man Bob Towery did it in the Division lover Mark Halcomb and Tom Pries. Dan Leet led off the first moto of Open Experts but was done in by Self o n the second lap. Dave Longcor moved by on the next lap and ran the distance in that o rder with Chris Grewer in for fourth. In the secon d moto Self didn't bother with foo ling around, he copped the lead and the win over Lo ngcor. • Res ults in Res ults Section. Garrett, Kusanovick win fat Dunlap By Duane Garrett DUNLAP , CAL, MAR. 21 The most com petitive race of the day was the 125 Pro/Interm ediate combined. Mike Montgomery (Yam), pulled the plug in the first moto fo llo wed closely by "Ken n y G uilbut (Bus) and J ack Keese (Yam) . The battle was on as each of these three riders got a chance to lead "the race at one ti me or another. Keese was able to break free about m id wa y through the moto and it looked as if he wa s on his way to the finish line when for some reason he dropped back to second. This was a lu cky break for Montgomery who took over the lead and pulled in for the win. After Keese the next '\.CTO SS the finish line was In termediate rider Kevin Phillips (Bul). Phillips had to work his way up through the entire pack of 12 5 Pros as the Intermediates were required to start the race with a 30 second disadvantage. The second moto of the 125 Pros was a co m plete turnabout as all t he riders that did good in the first m o t o did po orly in the second. Steve Ku san ovick (Hus ) after starting slow in the first moto won the second moto . Due to the poo r finishes of the other riders, Kusanovick took the overall. Mike Barnett (Hon) was secon d behind Kusanovic k and with his 4-2 . per formance was awarded th u d o verall. Milan Garr ett (Mon) h ad ' n o trouble winning both mo t e s of the 250 Pro /Intermediate race. Clarence Derri ck n (Bul) fi ished the day second ove rall wi th Bill Keese not far behind in th ird. Results in Results Section. • Knob Hill Ranch "pilot" plan By Lane Campbell PESCAD ERO , CAL., MAR. 25 Don Ivan's Knob Hill Ranch, still ' mired in bureaucratic quicksand, took one more falte rin g step towards reality when the San 1\1 a teo County Planning Commission OK'd the opening of the stillbo rn private cycle park on a test basis. It will take 45 to 60 more days to untangle the' red t ape to issue the park a use permit. 50-1 In the me an tim e Don Ivan co uld starve. He estimates that he has spent $50,000 over two years of hassle - ihe expenses of applications , st udies, re ports , and t he m o nt hly lease payme nts with n o th in g coming in having lo ng sin ce gobbled up the proceeds from sale of his motorcycle shop when he and his wife embarked on 'w h a t was th en a dream. 50-1 6 GOLD MEDALS California City • I " Bill.. Eisele 125 Yamaha Luckily , Don has not had to fight to t ally alone . Lately, Roger Selby at Selby Motors , Redwood City , bore the cost of a mailout to 4,000 riders, soliciting bo th political legwork and co n trib u tio ns to an aid fund to get the p ark over the waiting period. Apparently' th at effort has begun to take effect, County Supervisor Edward Bacciocco and Planning Commissioner Kenneth Strom have publicly expressed their impatien ce a t delay by the county 's planning st af f in its handling of the case. + 1st in class , Ron Bishop Open Class -: I R ST n on smoking petroleum FIR ST no n fouling pe t roleum FI RST advertised 50·1 pet ro leum ASk your dealer fo r Duralube 50-1 " MOTHER'SMILK FOR YOUR PET 2 STROKE" LUBE, 1111 N. Allen, Pasadena, CA 91 10;4 Don" and the park's supporters st ill have to negotiate through a maze of guidelines imposed by the pl anning staff, so me of which could hamstring the operation of the park. Plus one anti-motorcycle neighbor, a Robert Card, has hired a lawyer and continues -to harass the project at every turn. $529* One fa ct wh ich has influenced some officials o n the park's behalf is the existence of roughly 40,000 registe red off-road bikes in San Mateo County (according to a work group study) whose owners as yet have nothi ng to show for their "Green Stickie " fees . ' That's a lot of disgruntled vo te rs. Interested part ies can get in touch with Selby at Selby Mo t ors by calling (4 15 ) 369·411 2 or may contact Don Ivan by mail c /o Kno b Hill Ran ch, P.O. Box 540, Pescadero , CA 94060 . • Road Toad (99) An Ossa in the "full squash" position at Sean' MX season closer. Hit the ROAD TOAD .. . A street legal trail bike . .. And check the features .. .9&c "C" engine with oil injection . . ,26mm Mikuni racing carb . . . MX type handle bars .. . There's more . . . So come on in and see the "TOAD" and the rest of the HODAKA line- up, Road Toad(99) .... .•...... .. 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