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... .. . . - , .. "" g. III -= ~ \\ t OU '" i..o t tDe ~~e r--- C7l 0 c-r .- <6OOc\s~ .'6 , - . 0 00 0 ~ 0.. ~ 0 . Scott Dinkins (108) went just short of a triple win at Porter: ville. second in the first heat. Paul Bostrom and Foster played patty ' cake in the second heat exchanging the lead with lots of sliding while Bob Scally surprised many with a very good third place finish on his ancient Triumph in front of Jim Wright. The bumpy parts of the track were telling their tale with riders unable to hold the line through the comers and '- the problem of tires becoming a very touchy one. Hocking captured the third and fin'al heat (after a red , flag for one crash victim) leading from wire to wire with Chuck Joyner beating out a slipping Gene Romero and sliding Eddie Wirth. Scott Pearson (H'D). Kirk Tardiff (Yam), Ted Davidson (Yam), and Earl Roloff (Tri) all won Junior heats. , The 20 lap Main was another Hocking benefit with Eklund tailing him for the nine minute event but never -really able to put a strike on the Harley. For . Hocking it was eight main event wins so far this year with 12 starts. Mark Smith made some good moves early 'in the race getting by Burres on the second lap and then Foster on the fourth to tail the front runners. Jo yner moved into fourth over Romero and Bostrom while Eddie Wirth became the only casualty of the Main, expiring a motor on the II th lap and coast in g in to the infield. The Junior Main was another two man runaway with Scott Pearson taking the H-D to the point over Davidson and the ex-Rick Hocking Yamaha. Ted was berserking it once or twice to tty and get by but the lines were pretty well drawn. Getting wide on number three co m er on the white flag lap he nearly lost it but managed' a credible save to take the second. . Rick Delacy took th e Novice Main but it wasn't easy. Steve Carrillo put a pass on Delacy ' in each co rner -bu twas thwarted coming out. Steve led the fourth lap but dropped to fourth at the end with 'so m e power loss and tire troubles. Danny Hoguerode his first pro . half mile up behind Del acy, givin g ch ase for two more laps and than was replaced by Rod Spencer. The 't wo had the stands on their feet for the last four laps with Rod trying to ge t under, over and around to no avail . _ Results in Results Section. Jammers "Wild Hare Olcltimes" By Geritol Racing Team PLYMOUTH, CAL., ltIAR. 14 The old-timers team and Potter (Vacaville) ' to their arch rivals, Elliott. The Vacaville of Hughes finally fell Gallo and old-timers have been usi ng Gallo and Elliott for traction at every o u t ing. It looked like it ' was going to be another repeat right from the Le Mans start. Hughes and Potter broke on top. Lap 'six was the beginning of the end for our Vacaville old-timers. Potter's mono shocker threw a chain and lunched his case. Lap 10 the clutch bearing on Hughes' Maico gave up the ghost. Gallo and Elliott hee-hawed all the way to the checkered • flag. . The duel will be continued at Forest Hill April 25, the Polka Dot Enduro, May 2 at Redding, the Whiskey Town Enduro. The championship will be decided May 8 at the Virginia City " ' Gran d Prix. ' _ - Bowser bags Porterville IT By Cosmic Cat & CO. PORTERVILLE. CAL., MAR. 28 Kent Bowser (C-A) did the job in the 200cc Expert Main today after a five lap dice-out with freshly ' transferred Expert Brad Helton (Yam). With Helton leading at the start, Bowser went from fourth to second, via the in side of th e right-hander, and was immediately on Helton cha lle nging for th e lead. On lap tw o, Bow ser went sidew ays in the righ t-h ande r, giving Helt on ab ou t a four bike lead and le tt ing third pl ace r, Steve Boswell (Yam) in on the action for second. Both Bowser and ' Boswell ca ugh t up with Helton on lap three, but Helton managed to protect his lead from the two intruders behind. Starting the final lap, Bowser pushed by Helton for the lead while Helton 'th war ted off a last ditch effort in tlre sweeper by Boswell for second. ' . Mark Ritchie (Suz) had no trouble putting th e 100cc Juniors ' aw ay as he won by a su bstan tial m ar gin over second placer Broc Glover (Yam). Hard-chargin' Glover snatched .the second slot on the last lap from third place Bryan Adkins (Yam). ' ' .' Scott Dinkins (Suz) pu t on a strong show today when he won what m ost people t hink are the two most competitive classes, the 125cc and ' 250cc Expert Mains. Dinkins tried for the triple treat but h ad to follow Mike . King (Suz) and Kirk Smith (Suz) across _ the 360-500cc Expert finish line. Results in Results Section. Kevin Jansen wins at.Fox Hollow ,. Want Ads do-it! By Chuc k Iken WOODBURN, ORE., MAR.: ,28 They rode in rain and hail, yes even the sun at Fox Hollow today. Some of Oregon's best had to ride hard against some of Washington's best, Most of the motos' were not decided till the last lap or tum. One of Oregon's fast 125 jri ders has returned to the sport, Judy Winter is ba ck ab oard a new Yamaha. Judy was hurt quite b adly las t summer at MacM innville MX Park suffering a broken wrist and pulling tendons in her leg. She ,dem olished her bike. Yamaha Country of Gresham, Oregon, her sp onsor, gave her a good deal on a new motorcycle and some support. She is back a t it, 'ding well, today taking , third in the 125 Junior class behind Robby Robbins (Yam) and Jeff Walker (Yam) . If th ere was su ch a thing as a feature race it had to be the Old Timers class. The first moto was run in the slick mud, co ur tesy of that Great Water Truck In The Sky .-and Nate House (CZ) ran away with the win . In th e second m oto Nate got the holeshot again, however, this 27 .