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•• -- NORTHERN DATELINE I II ~ t • / z UJ " ..:..::'--"-...::......::..."--''--''~..:..::-' The first churn at Helvetia. Lesniewski (94. out-of-focu s] about t o disappear. TERRY KIT Suzuki 250/370 RM's g" of travel _ . Smoo t her action - More control Air or springs. The front end kit that beats them all. out of state call toll free 800·854-4691 ~}/J I ltl ~, "" nll 'Y "" C/~ guu ran J" f ' $50.00 Dealer or Direct ~ OUR OWN Q UALI T Y TE ST ED PARTS FOR' HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND MORE GARY BANG CYCLE WEST P.o. Box 472. Canoga Park.~. 91303 . (213) 341-8474 Fruzen takes over By W. H. Spencer FREMONT, CA L., MA Y 19 As highl y u nlikely as it may seem, a 12 5cc !':ovice is in con trol o f the overall high p oin t title at Fre mo nt Racewa y 's Wednesday nigh t series. Mik e Fr uz en won h is sixth straight Mai n and -no w lead s the series o ve r Dave Faria who too k second in th e 3 60cc Expert behind a . very d et ermined Da n Cast elh an o. Fruzen's next p roblem will be in win ning the 125 Junior class as nex t week he wi ll li kely have a new ca rd in his pos session. In th at class Lou ie Mazur has been the domin an t force winning again tonigh t wit h Wayn e T hom pson right behind. . In the 250 Main e ve n t , it was Cas tlcha no and Re gio nal Novice po int leader Danny Hogu e fo r the first seven laps in so me fin e lead swi t ches with Hogu e t a king t he po int and p ullin g away a bit af ter lap four but ta king th e b lack flag on th e seventh fo r not having a silencer. -Dan n y then went o n to v·vin whil e Far ia kept Rocky Malynn at bay. In the So nny Ken y on Cy cles' 5500 match race, Kevin Fr ench and Ro ck y Maly nn p aire d and sq uared off on Ast ros , French led off and th e two had a te rrific dice go ing until Fre nch laid the H&S Cycles Bult aco down a nd g- ve the a next chance, t o Ro cky . • Classen stops Lesneiwski By Floyd Lewis Expansion Chamber Cone Sets 2 0 Ga . s t e el rolled and s ea m spot welded ready t o de sign your own chamber . 3 Pc . sets, $12.0 0 . 4 Pc . se ts . $14.00. 5 pc . sets , $ 16.0 0 . Postpa id. Plus Sales Tax . Qu ant ity di scounts ava ilable. Send you r dimensi ons t o Atrcc Sheet Metal , 15209 Grevillea Ave. Dept. W, Lawndale, CA 90260. 2 13·6 7 5·5 2 9 0. Twin Air Foam Air Filters & Filter Oil ... 30 SAC RA MENTO, CA L., MA Y 23 J im Lesneiwski look ed like an unstoppable force moving into the second moto of t he 125 Expert s. Jim had alread y wrapp ed up th e 25 0 Expe rts , sweep ing both motos , His task in tha t 25.0 competition ,was made easier as the hard pushing Kevin Henry to ok ou t t ime to practice his free-style get-o ffs, allowing Brian J odry to take second. A lt ho ugh Kipp Classen had made a m id -m oto run at Lesn eiwsk i in th e firs t 125 go-ro und , he fell o ff th e pace giving Jim three easy victories in three st arts as th e 125s lined up for m ota number two. Lesneiwski ju m ped to the lead ·fo llow ed by Class e n . Si x minutes in to t he m o t a Kipp m ad e his m ove , slip p ing by Jim, and fro m th ere ne ver loo ked back , ' win n in g the m o ta an d th e cla ss. Taking home third was Ben Cro c co. In Open Expert Ron Jun kert too k , the ov e rall wi n p lacing one- t wo , Kevin Henry finish ed second by winnin g the secon d m o ta a fte r ta king fourth in th e firs t. Third wen t t o Floy d Davis. Co mpet it io n wa s h ot in th e three 125 Novice di visions. Sam Foard co ntin ue d hi s . winnin g strea k in d ivis ion Ill. Kendell Powers rid ing hi s fir st race o u t of the m ini class fini she d secon d in Division I · with fi rst going to Craig Pattison. With the su m m er heat he ad·ed this way, Helv etia co n t in ues to p ro ve it sel f as .o ne of the m ost popul ar su m m er facilities arou nd. Adding to the tree an d grass covered sp ec ta t or a rea , the· Jun e 13th even t will mark th e swimming pool's o pening for public use. What a way' to spen d th e d ayat a moto cr o ss ! • Competition keen at Cycleland By Patty Piston . CHICO , CA L., M AY 15 Although it is still earl y in the season , t he co mpe tit ion at Cycl eland Speed way has already begun to toughen up. A good examp le is the 80cc Mini Handicap race . Off the line it was Bri an Ro berts, Richi e Hiatt , Bob by Tho m as , Mich ael Cagle and Jeff Valentin e, wh o rides a 20·yd. handicap . By the second lap, Thomas had taken ove r the lead foll owed b y , Roberts, Valen t ine, Ca gle an d Hi att. Valentine , pushing hard, d idn 't ge t b y Roberts un til the sixth lap; th en in th e seven th lap he took over the lead from Thomas . Thomas battled to t ake th e ' Iead back from Valentine on ly to finish in ches behind him . A restart was required in th e spe cial Ex per t point ra ce when Steve Dietz (Bul) fell going in to the second tum. . Jim Hubbard (Yam) lost out while , trying not to hit Dietz . A second restart was required when Dietz, Dick Turner (Yam) and Shane Scott ( Ya m ) went down before the first tum , When the ra ce fin ally got under way it was Del Silva (Yam ), Ken Gray (Bul), Turner Dietz, Hubbard and Cliff Hylton (Yam) . Everything went fine til the fourth lap when Hylton fell and Turner followed suit in the sixth lap. At the fin ish lin e it . was Silva, Gray , Hubbard and Dietz. • North smokes at Spillway SANTA MARIA , CAL. , MAY 23 Jerry Shore brought some of his best southern motocrossers north for the Fourth Annual North vs. South A.M.E. Motocross Challenge , an dTf you listened to Jerry , the North was in big trouble 1 But - it didn 't w ork out quite that way as the South got smoked ! ~ The first 125 Pro class showed so m e fine riding by Jack Keese sponsored by Sambas . lIe took over first place on the third lap from fellow North rider Mark Gambetta (FM F) and kept Gambetta and th ird pla ce speedster Bobby Jones far enough behind for the win . In the second 12 5 mota, Gambetta reversed things and w as never head ed by Keese o r Bobby Jones. Magoo Chandl er lo oked like a favorit e fr om the start but ended up in th e ch ainlin k fence to finish his bid for .the da y. Mota three fo un d Gambetta with a lunched rod sho rtly a fter the mota st arted wh ich let Jack Kee se take the ove rall fo llo wed by Bobby Jones in second. Willy · Sim on third and T ony Wanket fourth . The 250 Pro class w as the lar gest and the ac tion just as fierce with Pat Richter on a super quick KTM from Pacifi c Performance t aking moto o ne away from U, S. Su zuki 's Bob Elli ott followed by another No rt h rid er Sc ott Karl on a Mai co and Tom Rapp fr om Dirt Factory takin g fourth on one of the ne w KTM m achines. Mota two sa w Bob Ellio tt getting a great start and cat ching Sherman Schne ller (the lo cal holeshot artis t ) to le ad for the entire 20 minutes; followed closely by Pat Ri chter o f the North and Rick L ong also from the North. The third mota (250 ) agai n saw Elliott the leader with a quick and co nsiste n t Pat Ri chter right on him the whole time and Scott Karl in third. A steady T om Rapp finished fourth, but enough to put him in the m oney since Karl had been down o ne lap in the second mota. Overall, Elliott did his thing for th e South followed by Ri chter, Long and Rapp for the four money envelopes. The Open Pro class looked like Magoo Chandler's day as he manhandled the bi g KTM like a 125. But a protest