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NORTHERN DATELINE ~ ".- 1 .A !t# ~ J.e. Agajanian presents • Half Mile Night Races AMA National Numbers Experts Juniors Novices Every Frida Night 8 - ~ .: , lo':" ' • ... ....-~~ ", Th ursday night racing cancelled u nt il further notice f or . f 0 In " 2 13 - 321 ·1 100 213 -323- 1142 FREE -parking for motorcycles 18300 S. Vermo nt , Gardena, Californ ia So this is (oof! ) why they. call it "rough scrambles!" Open Expert Frances Lopes looks for a soft spot. "_-(junction Harbor & Scin Diego Freewaysl _ _" Blow your mind in Bates bigger-than-ever Leather Shop! Come in for a look at our newly enlarged leather Shop _.. walkout witha head full of exciting Ideas in leathers! We've got it a ll. Displays of custom and ready-to-weer l eathers for Street Wear, Motocross . Oft-Read , lhe Track, you-name-it. Gloves . Sweaters. Custom and Factory Team styled suits. In fact, everything Bates makes lor cyclists is on display-including Accessories. And remembe r. at Bates you'll be fi tted by the same lealt!ers specialists who outfit the top names in racing . . Open Monday-Friday, 8 to 4:30, and by appointment. Come on In and enjoy yourself! ~A~Leather . Shop 660 We 16th' Street. Long st Telephone (2 13) 435-6551 Beach, CA. 90801 ' Neat Long Beach Freeway and Pacec Coast HIghway. , t ime through most of the m ota he hears the thundering Triumph motor of Ben Mattoon. What a show! Nate keeping his cool and holding Ben off. Ben trying to ge t around by gping outside, Ben trying the inside, trying to ge t his wheel under, no luck. Nate tiring a bit lets Ben get by on the last lap . The scratch of the third m oto is ditto of the second. Also, th em two old timers were a t it again. Have some mud in your goggle s, " says Nate to Ben. "OK" says Ben as he clings to the CZ 's rear tire . Mean time the last lap flag flies. HIt·S t ime for those who are second to try harder," says Ben as h e twists th e throttle of his 250 Triumph. "Thump, thump, thump, thump, " it says ba ck a little faster. uHav~ some mud on your goggles Nate," says Ben. "OK," says Nate as Ben receives the checkered flag. . The 125 In termediates scr atched off, the lineas Mother Nature spent her fury with a shower of hail foll o wed by rain. J ace Craun (Yam) of Po rtland was no t upset by her actions as he won this and the other two motos. . Faster than a speeding Yamaha, able to dive dee p in to turns, more power than the six cycles behind him, able to leap high jumps, Kevin Jansen (Hon) beat out blazing Bill Cook (Yam). By the way Bill Cook's son Bill took second in the Mini J un ior class. . . • Oakdale rough scrambles . By Ann Carr OAKDALE, CAL, MAR. 28 Ante lope Valley Land near High Vista 160 Acres - 27UO sq . ft . house - 3 bedroom - 2 bath - 2 f ireplaces - 2 car garage adobe - cinder block workshop & "". .Iarge many other features. Adjacent 480 acres a vail. in 160 acre parcels . Ideal for development i nt o M /C rec. area . We have sma lle r parcels a vailab le starting a t 5350 an acre . . Stello Real Estate 1209 W. Ave. K Lancaster. CA 93534 805 -948-47111 Husqvarna Sales - Seroice _ Parts Factory trained mechanics Machine shop facilities . Full service engine work "If we don't have it, uie'll get it for you" T~" YAMAHA 24020 Narbonne Ave., Lomita. CA 90717 (213 ) 534·23 11 FOR SALE ' 1800 50cc SACHS MINI BIKE ENGINES Less than % Wholesale Price! .28 (if entire am ount is purch ased ) Call Ji m Worley 404/482-4332 Double victories were snatched today by Stockton ' riders as 60 and 80 class Novice Jeff J ones captured both of his Mains while Alex J orgen sen whipped the troops in the 250 an d Open Expert events. Alex's best competition came in the Open where he managed a third from a poor start in the heat but dialed in starter Gerry Carr in the main. The margin of victory was shortened in an abbreviate d race which saw new Expert Phil Helse l miss the righ thander before the ju mp an d completely su bmerge in Griffi th Lake. Esca lon's Francis Lopes shut out current p oint leader Do n Taylor for the first tim e in ma ny weeks and captured second. Other fine rides were recorded by Scott Bak er who continues to blitz the 100 Experts, J e ff Mason of Turlock who came off a serious crash Saturday night to beat the 80 Experts , and 100 J unior Terry Lewis who is topping his class with regularity. Pioneer Arena will stage its last rough scrambles on April 25th with class "C" traction events to begin May 9th and 23rd. . • Results in 'Results Section. Winter Series finale By W. H. Spencer SEARS POINT, CAL. , MAY 28 Ron Self tried to dominate the entire Expert portion of the final round of Winter Series Motocross by running all three classes but when apprised of the rule allowing only two he dropped out of the lowest paying. one and went on to win the Open and take a second in the last 250 moto for a 1·2 co mb o an d seco n d overall. All this after winning the first t hr ee class moto s. The last of the five round series saw a very dry and hard track that left man y disgruntled but with the' near drought co n ditions of the winter mo nths, it was just too ' had. Lots ' of tire an d wheel problems. Mike Beier .sign cd up for his lust AMA/D·36 run and won the 80 Novice portion ove r Dave Jorgensen an d Bre tt Bisel who just recently started himself. Melissa Rose took the 100 Novice mini por tio n to keep the little la dy ra cers prominent. Greg Muscatel did an outstanding job o n th e 125 Novices. Greg, returning after an eight m o n th layoff, crashed in a pack just past the IU"St comer an d remounted dead last in the first moto, By the end of the first lap he was up to 17th.'out of 22 and then pic ked his way through to take the lead and the win on the last two laps. The second moto was easier and the win was en o ugh to make him a Junior. With Self out of the 125 Expert class. KTM teammate Dan "Magoo " Chandler had it to h ims elf with a p ush or so from D-36 No . One kid Ran dy Los h. Larry Lacey copped a big win in th e 250 Jun ior class despite a restart that left eig ht riders in t he snow fence of the lust tum. The 27 riders had a real good st art but d ropping into the tum to th e tra ck , o ne rider go t h it , was straightened up an d bein g in the m iddle of the pa ck, wo un d up ta kin g seve n others th rough the fence. . Se lf took t he 25b first moto win over Phi l Crane bu t Crane turned the tables in the second moto , Self to ok the lead o n t he sec o nd lap with Crane moving up to second on t he fourth lap and then getting by on the last lap for the c h e ckered with Chris Grewer outpoin ting the field for t hird over all.