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------- • ~ ., r...._"!""I'~":""'lm:-r:~:"'r.::'::"::"':";":':":''':'':~~''':''''::'7'':l'':'':~':T:'';"'I''I'':'':-;,'''':''::-:-:'''':':mrTr-~-r....- - - - - - - . . . . ; , - - - -.....~., .-. 11II • ~ Bill Ru b ly .easily cap t ure d the 5 00 Pro overall class honors with Chu ck Lu nde sec o nd an d Gen e Martin third. Ru bl y ca p t ured two motos and Lun de _ t ook the fi nal five-Iappe r. Results in Re sults Secti on . JACK JOHNSON C- Jack and teammate Rolf T ibblin o utran the fi e ld fo r overall honors i n the rouqbest-ever Mint 400 , where only 23 of 97 starters f in ished. The Team Husqvarna riders covered the grueling 420·mile course in 10 hours, 59.57 minutes. This was Jack's second straight M in t overall w in . In last year's classic , he teamed w ith Mark Mason for t he victory. Th is year's winn ing entry got lasti ng eng ine protection . from Pennzo il 2-Stro ke Moto rcycle Oi l (m ix ed 32 to 1). Ta ke a t ip from Jack Johnson and Team Husqvarna, whatever yo u rid e, whe rever you go, Pennz oi l is wort h as king f or. Middle-aged minis match up at Corona By Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL., MA Y 5 T he Over 21 m inicycle race tu rn ed ou t t o be a huge success as seven Dads and cra zies m ou nted th e little back break ers and perform ed o n t he TT . Lo u Gim em ez, of Lou's Ho nda, riding a sup er fast Honda ran off with all the mar bl es. Ken Co n over , owner of CiH, Moto rcy cles , was sec o n d on a stock Kaw asaki KM-100 and Paul Smith, on an o t her Lo u 's Honda, was in for t hird. By p opul ar demand the Over 2 1 Min i Race will bec o me a monthly ev ent . Mike Laney made a profitable t rip fro m Palmdale to top Brian To lson and Harold Buck smith on th e Open Expert TT an d backed it up with a win in the Money TT. In th e h alf-mile Open Expert it w as Ve rn Maxw ell fro m start to fin ish. Ste ve Miller worked h is way through tr affic to nip Rich Plueger o u t o f seco nd. For th e m o ne y it was Way n e Rain ey all th e way on a 250 Yamaha single th at went so fa st you had to see it t o believe it. Way ne also ad ded the 25 0 Exp ert half-mile t o his credit and it was Mike Tidwell who loo ked fo r t he mistake th at never ca m e. Mike Allen was t hird but w as co nso led by a vic tory o ver Mike in th e 250 Expert TT. Mike T idwell is st ill kin g of th e 125 Amateur / Expert class as he proved by winni n g t he TT o ver Ro bert Pfetzin g and _ then turned the tables on Danny Perkins on the hal f-m ile, Freddy Conover hit for two in his first real go as an Open Amateu r an d it was wire to wire for him in b o th . _ Old Timers Maypole MX 11' -r VA LE NCIA , CA L., MA Y 2 Forty- n in e .o f Geritol's fin est sho we d up fo r a go on th e new revised Shad ow · Glen co urse at • In dian Dunes. In the Mast ersclass D -" it was Mo vin ' Marv in Olson all the wa y fo r gra nd slam t op ho no rs fo llowed by ~. J oltin ' Jim Warden , wh o wouldn 't give 1 u p even th ough . his Maico d id and fin ished the third moto on a bo rr o wed mo noshock er. .. Hut ch Hutchin son sh owed the o the r .. 12 Exp ert s whe re to go by scra m bli ng " 1-5-4 to th e o vera ll win . Dou g Arc h ibald ,. has really warm ed up his new Maico , h co m p le te with electri c sta rte r, an d ca me ac ross fo r seco nd . '".. War ren Fon ten eau an d his Bultaco .",? stayed o n to p for th e Am ateu r win with III Dick Do yle an d Dick Varv el right the re I : fo r second. and th ird. Professor J ohn it. Webb go t t he hol eshot but th e fir st t urn • go t hi m back - no fair grading yo ur own co urse , J o hn. J erry Scott go t a • tr op hy fo r spendi ng th e m ost time o n fJ th e gro un d. Seems as t hough J er ry is o u r newl y app o in ted tr ack insp ector, b ut tha t 's su p posed t o be before the race, J erry . ~ Ran d y L y all an d his h on kin ' Husky tau ght les son s t o the Novice gro u p on Ql how t o win. Ho wa rd Zim merman rea lly OJ put h is Monte sa th rough its paces t oday to fo r three so lid rides for seco n d with Ed , McBride , ano the r bran d new m ember , takin g thi rd. Wat ch o ut Novi ces, an other ho tshoe is in o ur midst. gang, Mammoth Don 't forge t Mo untain biggie o n June 19-20 . Result s in Results Sect ion. 1. 'r t tD Ol ...... PENNZOILCOMPANY Oil City, Pennsylvania o o SNAPPY DESIGN Right-th e Roger DeCoster visor is special-h as 5 ,. o :I DG"S DG"S ~ ~ew C3ene..atl()n ..;; A. 11()~"',j • > Swine ""..m 8 76CR125 ~ ~ ~ g snaps for positive holding power. Add the DeCoster design Baruffaldi goggles and the super light Hallman see-thru rock guard and you've the ultimate in head gear. They're the choice of the super stars. 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