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.............................................. " ;~ ' '\ - second , Comproni held th e lead un til he was fo rce d o ut when his bike threw its chain, givin~ the overall win to Don Bolduc (Suz) . • Tidwell sets tempo at Corona By Elaine Jo nes CORONA, CAL. , APR IL 7 Mike Tidwell reap ed the lion's share by winn ing bot h the TT and half-mile mon ey races, and was never in serio us trouble during either o ne. J eff Allison co llec ted second on the IT, and on t he half-mile Tom · Stahl followed Mike aro und, beating out _ J eff for second. Mike also collec ted br ass on the 250 Expert TI' and half-m ile and the 125 Am at eur/ Expert IT. 'His do wnfall came at the hands o f Danny Perkins in th e 125 Am ateur/Exp ert half-mile. On lap seven Mike 's bike blew an d Danny was all alone fo r the win . Clifford Math ews, ri din g h is brand new Can -Am 250 MX-Il, flat smo ked th e co mpe tition on bo th the IT and half-mile 250 Nov ice goes. Terry Sing leton hit for two, winning the 12 5 Novice TT over Bart Grish am an d t he 125 Novice half-mile ' over Rober t Callaway. Stan Kin sey was lead ing th e Ope n Amateur hal f-mile whe n he d id a sp ectacul ar get off down the front straight turning the vict ory ov er to Terry Trave r with Denny Aguirre second. Open Novice Steve St one edged out Paul Cook a t the finish line on the IT, .~ . . ..... ...... z o 0.. < '" UJ :;; cl: .., .J UJ • o .., Mini Pro, Dea n Cates, puts his best foot fo rwa rd at OCI R. Here are the parts all othermanufacturers will repair orreplace if theybreak,fail,ortnalfunction during the first 60 days withno charge for parts orlabor. but Paul turned around and grabbed the half-mile from Don Diggs. Wayne Rainey put it all together in the 250 Expert Twin half-mile leading it from start to fin ish, Doug Davenport was in for second and came back to win the Open Expert half-mile, Mike AIlen reclaimed the title taken from him by Bobbi Hunter a few weeks ago by winning the 250 Amateur IT. David Callaway was second and Bobbi third. • Results in Results Section. AMC night final at OCIR By Joel Jamieson EAST IRVINE, CAL., MAR. 31 Piloting an ultra-quick YZ80, out of Harry's Cycle, Steve Shippy shook the Mini Pros with a three moto sweep while stylish Miller Mano ace, Dean Cates, nabbed second overall. Scott Watson was kept busy putting together three third place rides for a third overall. Jim Gallagher out-powered all the 100 Pros aboard an FMF prepped '76 Elsinore. Jim tucked the first two moto wins under his belt and just hung back in third for the final moto leaving Randy Skinner an d an ot her Harry's Cycle racer, Tim Murphy , to go at it for second and third place spots. Consistent rides paved Richee Collins' way to top 250 Pro on his sano Collins & Son KTM. Coll ins went 2-2-2 with second place man Aar on Bassett going 1-1-7. That seven t h r eally blew it for Aaron . Tom Cro ss collected third with his Premier Cycle Resear ch Suzuki. • Results in Results Section. . CMC night opener at OCIR By Joel Ja mieson E. IRVINE, CAL., APRIL 7 Attendance at CMC's opening Wednesday night race was a bit down but the racing still made for good spectating, so all you CMC H Husqvarna-towin! Husqvarna Motorcycle Co., Inc., 933 Richards Road. Ant ioch ,Ten nessee 37 013 (MTc:) i/li~ aces come on out and grab up some points. y ave Carlson, a name you've probably been hearing quite a bit lately, nabbed another 250 Pro win with his Competiti on Cycles Maico, going 2-1-2 for top ' points and money. Morris Me lone , mounted on a Premier Cycle Research Suzuki, took one of the other moto wins on his way to second overall while Mike Bell (Hus) picked up th e last mo to victory along with third overall. The rac er all you female spe ctators should be cheering on is Kim ApHng. The young lady pl aced fif t h in a fiel d of 15 125 berzerko Juniors. Go get 'em Kim . • Results in Results Section . .. 25