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2}...-.-0'-Twice' the 'Buy NORTHERN DATELINE Rain drowns Sears Point race By Denys Arcuri SEARS POINT, CAL., APRIL 11 A spirited debate over the merits of racing in a drizzling rain was abruptly ended by a' heavy downpour at Sunday's AFM road race at Sears Poin t. The Open GP race had been red-flagged after on ly two laps, due to the fact that about half the field had slid off the " track and Rudy Galind o 's bike was on fire in tum two . Jack Baker, who led the race until he crashed on tum seven, was awarded the victory. Baker argued against further racing, even though it wo uld co st hi m his first pl ace points, since he felt the tr ack was too da ngero us because of the combination of drizzle and ' oil left on the track from an autocross held Saturday. "(Expletive) the points!" was , the way J ack p u t it . The rain also ru ined the day for Bob Tigert who had won his heat o f 4 10 Production, and the Featherweight race on ' a "box stock" Can Am 175 motocrosser. Scott Pearson won the only other race run, the other 410 Product ion heat, on his S-3 Kaw. Riders who didn't get to race will be given a_ 50% discount at the next Sears Point event. • Womack does it twice at Fox Hollow By Charles Iken WOO DBURN, ORE.,'APRIL 11 Les Womack (Yam) of Tigard, Ore., has served warning to the Pro class by taking wins in both Open and 250. An d to add to his treasury and points for the day heraced to a fourth in the 125 class. The best race of the day featured on ly four riders, but what a race it was! Places were n ot decided till the flag at the finish, Less than 100 feet from the finish line in the second moto, T om Tr ial of Gresham , Ore ., riding his .4 00 Yamaha put his front wheel inside Car l CHAIN TENSIONER & GUIDE Trosper's Yamaha, and took the overall. Carl had won the first moto by barely a bike's len gth. Bill Cook of Carlton, Oregon, former national rider ' was back doing his thing by winning the 125 Pro division aboard a Yamaha out of Yamaha Country, MacMinnville . • Results in Results Section. LOOSE CHA IN· LO ST RACE Becker, Plant, Hall sweep Marysville MX What ', THE most trustrMing face PRO ·TEC expe" enCll1 Loosing because of CHAIN • thrown chIin ••. _fte, lpendu1g TENSIONDl hundreds of dollan to get up front! And todly', kJng travel fear suspensions are milking the experienot more common. Our By Rex Backman . chain tensionsr. now featuring the ... dusive "'Prolon " roller · ends this eo~ition. "Pro lan " : s~. hIgh denslly poIYrTM!' avalla~e o nly to Pro.tee, resists wear beller lhan any ol her ecm . po und. II" mont upensive and str onger than Ny lon , GS, Oelrin , and Tef lon, bUI Pro-Tee's new exira heav y dUl y, precision manufactured chain lensioner is 01feted wit h no increase in price. A dual pur.pose aeatllQry . _ . high les t 'prIng keeps CNlIn taut; rugged moun t am as chain qua rd, keep ing brush lro m the spr oket . Used by the best ellper ts o n popUlar models of Yam aha: Hon da; KTM ; S4.lzuki Kawalakl; Husk V Penton ; ; ; CZ; Maico ; Bullaco; Hodaka; and MONDA MARYSVILLE, CAL., APRIL 11 YAMAHA Delno Becker, Arnold Plant and Al Hall all won two mot os each to take theirrespective Expert classes on the rough and sandy MarysviIIe course. KAWASAK. Becker got one of his rare ho leshots to lead th e Open Ex pert pack aro un d the first lap . Yamaha mounted Ken . Sisler trailed by a few seconds with John Caldwell and the rest of the pack behind. Becker got another fine MAICO MUSKY ez kTM POITON SUZUKI 8U LTACO =-::~'" oth.s. ,-;;,= = = =-- -Availlble upon request: 29 ,000 RP .M. swiss bearing. 8423 ROSEMEAD BLVD, PICO RIVERA. CA. 90660 Open Expe rt Doug Veerkamp (96 ) finished just one place out of a trophy spot on Marysville's bottomland circu it. Dee'III' llI"d D il tr ibu t Df lnq u ir lfl e.e In",itlCl. Riders looking for Bel-Ray products... Dealers looking fo r BelRay distributors. . . Call us fo r the dealer or distributor in your area. western Dealpn and Distributors conbct : Be I· R a y COm~ny, Inc. Mo t orcY cle and AUtOrnotM Lubr gntl DiY iston · 146 70 Frrestone Blvd" Suit. 410 La Mir8da. CA 90638 17141522-0581 12131 921 ·1055 Dist ribut o r inq uir ies vvelcomed. Sold ONLY at Motorcycle DEALERS. OUR OWN QUALITY TESTED PARTS FOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND MORE GARY BANG CYCLE WEST P.O. Box 472. Canoga Park. Ca. 91303 (2131341-8474 z c( s :.: u c( III X OJ ~~=...lroJC: Bullaco Pari Largest inven t ory on Wist Coast ':!; r..1!!1. ~ Bu tt ac o CZ Hodak, Mail order/WIII Ship anywhere, Fast. d e p e n da b le 5ervlce ' Qu .a Uty Mo to rcycl e Rep ai r ::.)D~ In .' .01 ' ' ,-..00'--,(.0 i 1123 Francisco Blvd.. San Rafael. ,~" CA 94901 415454·3406 • 27