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Ricky Dunlap (Suz) suddenly put th e 250cc Novice win in the hands of Ritchie Fe rreira (a ss) which he glad ly acce p te d. Crisp walked away bu t Dunlap was hauled a ff with a possible broken leg. Henry Boudakian (Suz) too k second and Mark Boye tt (Yam) third. Greg Billings (Bul) was on the point the entire 3 60-500cc Novice main but fell ' vic tim to Jim Ro ckwell going in to th e sweeper on th e last lap. Billings finished seco nd with Kell y Witz ell (Suz) third. Mik e Garrison (Yam) dou bled aga in tonight taking the . Min i and 100cc Expert mains. That's t he fourt h time in as m an y races he's acc o mp lishe d this at Porterville. Scott Dinkins (Suz) wa s t he o nly other rider to Ba uble taking t he 25 0cc an d 360-500cc Exper t trophies. B.O.S.S.·CMC MX By Sallee Hilton SACRAMENTO, CAL., APRIL II Although young Don Cantaloupi (Nog) took twin wins in both 125 Expert rnotos, the hot and he avy stu ff was going on behind him. Rockyhill Night IT By Cosmic Cat & CO. PORTERVILLE, CA L., APRIL 17 District 35 scrambles re turned under the lights tonight at th e Rockyhill Speedway in Port erville. Turnout was 'good and the riders were su rp rised in fi nding a rather tac ky track in stead o f the usual slick surface Rockyhill is asso ciated with . Chad Bettencourt (Ya m ) held off all corners in the Novice main to t ak e top honors over fellow Yarnaha'ers, Nic k Del Rio and Tim Patton. Patton was in the second slot behind Bettencourt at the start but halfway through the main, Del Rio put th e bite on Patton for second and sta rt ed closing in on Bettencourt the final lap and a half. Del Rio 'co uld n 't make up the distance in time and h ad to be content with second while Patton finished third. Robert Land (Yam) rode an impressive race to take the top trophy in the Mini Juniors over Vic Williamson • and Kurtis Wilder (Su z) . (Lo o ks lik e little Land may be following in big brother Derek 's footsteps.) entering the sw eeper A crash i~volving leaders James Crisp (Su z ) and The Cantal oupe Kid took th e hole sho t in the first mota and Ro y Seiler (Ha n) pulled out of the p ack , taking ove r se co nd before a shock bro ke. Meanwh ile Robert No rto n (Ha n), who had been rig ht on Seiler, too k over - se cond under pressure from Mike Pre ston (Nag) . Preston and No rton battled at every tum, staying close and swa p ping slots. Pres ton ended up with . the sec ond for the rna to. Norto n took the lead for a couple of laps o f the secon d .....mo to before Can taloupi fo und th e opening he neede d to ge t by. Then it was Norton an d Pres ton dicing for ' second again! Th e spotlight was o n t hem un til Preston lost con trol o n a be rm an d bit the dust fo ra DNF. Pat Wilson ha d no tro uble win ning bo th 250 Expert ro un ds, as he led every lap , building a good lead . Mike Hersman and Te d Ro gers , also on Huski es, fell into lin e beh ind Wilson and at times th e racing got pretty ho t between those two. The fini sh order was the same for both mo te s, but in th e second run Hersman had to work harder for his second after a bad start. The Open Expert races were almost re -makes of the 250's with a different cast of ch ara cters. Danny Leet (Mai) led every lap by a long, long way after a quickie fall and remount in the first lap of the first mota. Brad y Farris, on a new Mota Vill a, had also spun ou t, but rec o vered to.run second every lap . Doug Hart (Bul) finished third twice , alth ou gh he ha d to work up to it in th e first round, and wasn 't th ere to cap italiz e on Leet and Farris spinning o ut . • 0. CR££KOS HERM OSA BEACH . Reco rd AI There 's a k id in there , somewhere. Min i Nov ice winner Chad Bettencourt at Po rterville. bu rns fr om LICORICE +. PIZZA. to4USIC RED ON'ION D,rtnc" r\ MAL IBU GRAN D PRIX R.l(l nR Cc rt, t, . c e re s a n d MOTOR . CYCLE WEEKLY ~b · ""' P "on~ . etsc O,nnPf\ a' SA N DY'S. A hrr Iht" 'd( '<" AND MORE!! ADM ISSION $3 .00 H.S STUDI NTS n .oo 'IT tt SPI CTATOR AU A SAI.n Pili e l UND ER ' '( IlS. fAn fA ll . ...RKING GAn S OPEN AT S ,OO .... ' l ACTI CI 6 :0 0 TO ' .00 .... 1., MOTO AT ' ·JO 1'.... C M e . OI N TS TRA N Sf l RS tt 18 300 SOUTH VERMONT AV E. . 11 4 11 37