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-- CHitS AGAJANIAN & DON EMLER ' .M .". I ACI He PRODUCTS. WULHOL.L.AND C. Shods & Sc:w;np. &..vis Sk ir ts 6 Sandal s from canKOS ., MIIWOSA ~;o;:;;:;::;=:;:-:1..., IIACH , Record AI. lin,.. . burM from UCQa IQ MUSIC+ . ION om-. ..... LIIU elAND niX- RK i"C Cert.t.. C.. t~1 and MOTO • • VERY..~~:~~~= ~ ~ GIRLS FREE NIGHTS U o :1 III o U Mil IlMtO = ~. "Don't shoot until you see the wh ites of their eyes" - Tripping , t he strobe at Tulare are t he mighty Min i Juniors, who w ill all be as blind as bats for the next five seconds. brother?) was movin g up fast on Butterfield but ran out of laps . Ever since Steve Boswell and Brad Helton moved up to Expert, Roger Lady (Yam ) has been a familiar face in the 175-200cc Juniors winners circle, but tonight he had to follow Bob McClure across the finish line, as McClure led the en tire Main . Leaving the final tum of the last lap , Lady tried to power past IIlcClure but lost in the drag race to the checkers. The above-mentioned 175-200cc Experts Steve Boswell (Yam) and Brad Helton (Ya m) , with the help of Ricky Hicks (Bul) put on the closest and diceyest ru n of the eve ning. Hic ks was the lead m an a ff t he line and held o n .th rou gh lap two wh en he started to feel t he pressure of Hel to n. On lap three • He lton moved in to the le ad exiting the firs t r ight-hander. At th e same ti me Boswell came o ut of th e darkness and go t by Hicks for second on the back straight. The lead was juggle d between three speedsters down the fro nt straight. Leaving the first tum, Bosw ell and Hicks were elbow to elbow. When they reache d the line Boswell had edged out Hicks while Helton finishe d a close third. • Lodi short track and scrambles £ . By Ann Carr La D!, CAL. , MA Y I & 2 T he Stock to n and Lodi Motorcycle Clubs co mbined for a neat Saturday night short track an d Sunday afternoon scrambles this May Day wee ken d. Fo ur hundred seven hard-core tra c kers seemed to enjoy th e now-famil iar 1/ 6 mile flat tr ack . and many old faces re turned fo r the first ti m e t h is seaso n to challenge the banked IT co urse . Short Track High point ac t io n tig hten ed in so me classes while w ins o r pl aces stretched lea ds for o the rs. Fred Mer kel move d o ut fron t of the 80 Expert cla ss wi th his second victo ry in three races. Fre d 's convi nc ing first was preceded by an outstandin g win by San J ose 's Gary Blodge tt w ho moved from the Novice ra nks to J unior. Sportsman ho no rs go to brothers Ro bert and Joe Cunnington in the 100 l1MIl IWNNEA. ~~1lM RISTER. """_ I\EIJD.Ilu. CIU class as they have taken turns winning the past two events. Davis's Scott Rasmussen has topped the 125 field the last two races and leads a consistent Dave Busby by two. e we P OI NTS. T. ANS.r .S A ca... Cl:OSS raooucnON 11100 SOUTH VU MOHT AVL • CA..DlNA. CALIFORNIA 12.).11 42 TT Scrambles Maxi racers put on the show today as 10 (of 20) black plates showed to contest for Pioneer Arena's $50 in cas h. Alex Jorgensen drew number one spot, jumped ahead of the pack on his national BSA machine, and survived pressure from Dennis Spence and J eff Eide fo r the win on a wide-grooved b ut slippery track. San Jose's Steve Hall t urned the trick in the Open Expert Main as he held o ff his da d's lo ngtime racing buddy Rick Otto fo r the full te n laps (aboard Dad's old m ach ine , n o less). • Go faster - drink more prune ju ice and eat more kelp ! Helvetia opener By Floyd Lewis All the answers in the most complete 80Jia tour book ever! , SACRAMENTO, CAL., MA Y 2 Money seems to bri ng the best out in all the Ex perts, and this Sem i-pro event was no different as Jim Lesniewski too k the 250 12 deuiled. large reference maps in caklr h-ighlight. Ex pert class wi t h a clean sweep of bo th motos. It was no easy feat as a crash by second mo ta leader, and first m oto seco nd place finisher, Dave Longcor helped. Longcor's fall moved Kevin Henry in to the second overall. 'leIoides for various road conditions disaIssed in the " Abo ut the Wheels Y_ Driw!" section . 1()() full-color and black and photographs. And much more! tried to make it Lesniewski two-for-two in the 125 class, b ut a bro ken mo to r in mota two after winning the first put J im out of conte ntion . J im's t ough b re ak gave Jerry Bro wn t he class win . w ith Scott Ro dgers in seco nd. CZ mounted Delno Be cker swept both ends of the Open Exp er ts , winning th e se cond most eas ily. In one o f the day 's most hotly co n teste d events, J im Deprato won th e - 125 Am at eur class by nosing out Cori Roberts an d J im Blagg in mota on e. The sec o n d mota saw Blagg take th e ch eckered first, wi th Deprato secon d and Ro berts in t hird , and third for the day : Ro bert so n and Kend ell J irnmy Powers co llided and crashed hard on the white flag lap of ' the second mo ta in Ex pert class. Ro bert son 70·80 scra mbled to his bike first to win the mota and the class, after finis hing second to Powers in the first mota. • J • ;;' r . 'fir • -, ~ncl~heck ~ I or money order I to CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS 49 9 Cerritos Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806 ~ Zip 35