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B list e in ' Jo fama Carrera ~i."Y . ~ Tre lleborg • ~ Twi n Ai r Tibb lin Scott DALLAS YAMAHA D ir t B ike Spec l ~lis is ( 21 4 ) 321·2444 34 M ~ i1 Bell Order Parh and Accesso ries 120 8 3 G ar land Ad ,. Da Un, TX 7521. tw o of the m o ut of the cra tes an d do minated the 25 0 and Op en Exp ert classes easily . "Tve been having a tim e even fi nishing o ne race , and now this ," exclaime d the pleased Cowt o wn e r, In contras t to b ig-bore racin g was the wild and wooley 125 Expert bash, eve ntually wo n ' by Hond a mo un ted Lo u is Presley with two se co nd pl ace fin ishes, wh ile cr ash es and ON Fs plagued most of t he 18 other entries . Presley, Richar d Reeves (Hon) , Mel Newman (Suz), and Dan ny Doss (Ho n) flew in tight formation in the o p ening laps of moto one, with -n o o ne able to pull an y daylight. Then on lap four, Reeves got off line in the scoring tower ess tum , saving it but taking Newman '5 front wheel in the pro cess. Mel jumped up , but h is bike wa s hopelessly loaded up an d wouldn't crank. lea ving it to - Pres ley, Reeves, Doss. and Ed die Roberts (Ya m) , wh o sp illed o n the next lap, p utting J imm y Martin (Ho n) in fourth. Lap six saw Reeves go ahea d to stay , holding off Presley and Dos s a t the flag. Newman ret urn ed to ch arge by Presley in the final, but Louis kept a cool head to take the overall, as Reeves got a poo r start, and Doss was out of action. Reeves m oved t hr ou gh the fiel d in to fo urth , which wo ul d h ave secu red sec ond OA , bu t on the las t lap became an other victim o f Whitney 's infamous h osp ital swee per, going h igh off his sideways Honda . With three of th e first round's top' four out of it , Eddie Walker ' (Ya m ) moved into second overall at 5-5 , ahead of Glen J ohnson (Ho n , 9-3). Ed die Ro be rts ( ~ ), and Lar ry Sm ith (Ya m , 7-6 ). Houston riders Jay LeBlanc (C.A) an d Scott Smi th (Hus) we re head ing for victory in th e 25 0 Novice after goi ng 1-2 in the first mo to, bu t p iled up j ust after the start of the fmal in tum th ree , where Reeves had bought it in the 125. Duncanville 's J oe Harrison (Yam) went on to win it with 4- 1 m ar ks , edging Austin Hus ky ride r David Oliver , who was third both times. This same turn was also the end o f the line fo r Stan Cross (Bul), crashing out of the lead of the 250 In terme diat e sec o nd mo to. Advancing Novice Dennis Goodson (Suz) too k class h on ors finis hing 3-1, wi th firs t ro und winner Boyce Gh olson (Suz) fading to 12th , an d Ch arles Wiese (Ya m, 6-2 ) moving to seco nd over Doug Thompson (Hus, 4.4) . ground-sky sh uffle 50 feet fro m the checkered flag . Af ter a day -long bat tle with Hawthorn e, Cajun Todd Young (Suz) then crossed the winner, trailed by Tommy Cure ton (Yam) . Mosier Vall ey is n o w offering letter jackets to those winning five races, and 12 5 No vices Terry Mad dal oz zo and David Donaldson are on t heir way to getting the firs t ones. T erry took his third straight class win in Division I, an d today made t wo for David in Division II. Wide open at Mosier Valley By Dave Nielsen ARLINGT ON , TEX., MAR. 21 A newly routed, jump.filled trac k greete d over 350 entrants at Mosier Valley MX Park to day, as many who were in to wn for the Texas Stadium MX stayed over and discover ed the true mean ing of WFO . The co mb ined efforts of Bill Simp so n, George Neil, DeVau ghn Mitchell, Dale Edgeworth , J oh n Woolley, Mixo n th e 'dozer man , an d th e rest of the MVMX P crew p aid off with an outasight track built, as in the p ast , to be a tr ue ri der's track - well prepared and demanding. One out-of-town Expe rt was heard to say while watchi ng a 125 Novi ce moto, .. . . . and thes e ar e jus t t he Novices? J eez, ho w fast are t he Expe rts?" Indeed , th e mo rning' s Novice program was a gas it) itsel f. Jay Zea (Ya m ) kicked it off wi th a 3-1 to take Junio r Mini honors over J erry Martin by Derek (Ya m, 1-4) , foll owed Wed d ing's sweep of Senio r Mini. Proving th at old flat tr ackers never die , Leo Schellen berger made a rare ap p earance to upset Vic Doyle in the Over 30 second moto, Putting two thirds together won the 100 Novice class fo r Barry McClish (Yam) , as heat winners Mike Pierce and Skipper Franks ended seco nd and third. During the second moto of the 100, Gary Culpepper of Dallas smacked a tree and w as rushed to t he hospital with a serious head injury. When racing resumed, it was showdown ti me In t he 100 Intermediate, and Mike Hawth orn e had it wo n , bu t got crossways o ver . the last jump, sending hjlJ1_ an~_ his ~uzuki }g to ~ In a tremend o us 34-rider 12 5 Intermediate race , it was tooth and nail all th e way, with David Jones (Ho n, 2-2) edging David DiCorte (Ya m, 1.3) in a tie for the overall first. Dennis Bishop (Ho n) smoked 'em a ll in the second moto, but it ad de d up badly with his DNF in the opener . Always qu ick David Gaunce (Ya m) marked 3-4 to take third, while Light Brown Jr. Lan cione (Hon) went 5-5 over "Zcb" Terrell 's 4-6. Hal Seeker (Kaw) crossed the finish line fir st in b o th 2 50 Intermediate mo tos, but un fo rtunately, didn't start the fi st race from t he starting line, r wh ich is a b asic no-no, Seek er 's dis q ualification m oved Stan Cross (Bul) to first, followed by Sco tt Hudson (Yam, 2-4 ) an d Char les Wiese (Yam, 7-3 ). Cleburne Yamaha's Ken t Sm ith handled th e Op en In term ediate s easily with firs ts in both roun ds, wh ile Richard Davis (3-2) d rove a Husky in to the runner-up slot. Im agin e 24 bikes with stuck open th ro ttles and you have today's 125 Exp ert class. Ho us ton flier Sh aun Kelle y (Ho n) holesh ot both mo tos, but each ti me wen t down under e xtre me pressure from such as Richard Reeves, Danny Doss , Louis Presley , Dicky Turnbo, and class winner Ricky Madole , yo ung Shrevepo rt pro who defied great odds and won his second straight 125 class ra ce at Mosier with 1-2 finishes , Crashes claimed Reeves and Doss, pulling them from the overall list, although Reeves was a strong second in round one, and Doss won the final , both on D/FW Elsinores. Presley 's rocket Honda carried him to second at 3-4 behind the similarly-powered Cajun, while Turnbo and his YZX Yamaha picked up third at 6-3 over Doug Cook (Yam, 7·5). With many AMA pros absen t, it was Randall T arter's day to cash in. Randy won both the 250 an d Open Expert classes, keeping h is Buls in con trol all the way, downing 24 in the 250 and 20