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... _-.. - - -• 11II ~ Fantastic racing at Lodi Bowl t t.O By Ann Carr r- O"l WDl, CAL., MAY 30 & 31 ~ The Sto ck ton and Lodi Motorcycle Clubs followed the Archie Clark Memorial Satu rd ay night with two additional TT's on ~ C'J C'J II) s:: = Sunday night and Mon day of this Memorial Day weekend. Strong, gusty winds and cold weather for the weekend did not hamper a well-prepared course which provided tac ky racin g Sun day' night and a Lodi blue groove Sp~eciai Monday. Fred Merkel raced tw o classes, win ning both Mini Ope n races handily. He also won the sec ond 80 Main and led the fir st but lo st a head gasket on th e white flag lap for some to ugh lu ck in an exciting race with Bill Arbogast. Bill managed to m iss Fred for the win . Richard Thur ma n literally b lew away the Open J unior Minis both nigh ts. Richard also makes extra money by cleaning up the re mains of "adult" beer fights in the Lodi Clubhouse. Alex Jorgensen tested his IT machine an d fo und it -worthy by winning both Open Expert events. Alex jumped out front quickly in the night event and was ~nofficially clocked at 22 .30,a very fast time for a 40 incher at this track. Rick Raanes, Bob Mast ers, and Steve Hall picked up the points and bucks behind Alex Sunday. Masters doubled for a second Monday while Phil Vitalie picked up third when Steve Hall lost an engine on the white flag lap. Kim Jorgensen almost went three for three after winning Sunday 's race over fellow Can -Am riders Ken J ackson and Dennis Spence, but fell behind Steve Brandt at th at slippery Lodi tree on Monday . Young Spence's points over the weekend moved him into the number one spot (or close) as current leader Matt Carothers failed to show. The hard luck award this weekend goes to , novice Hal Hook who led the 250 Main Monday for two-thirds of the race (on a 175 Can-Am) but washed out in' .t he pit turn, p ulling muscles and ligamen ts in his knee. • >-:l The same team of rebu ildable and tunable components wh ich command the attention of professiona ls such as Gary Scott', Gary Nixon and Yvon DuHamel are available for you . Every product on the team 'is designed and built to take the pun ishment of competition ridi ng. The conventional MX and SS lines allow rep lacement of yo ur original equipment witho ut mod ificat ions. The LTG (long trave l gas) shock with its longer travel accommodates those of 'y o u who require a modified suspens ion set up . c e sign to buddy Dave Diller (62) _ th .. \ A complete selection of springs, replacement components and special long t ravel MX forks round o ut Team Mulholland the championship team. iiilifjiit ® For ln f o r rner ion o n tn terpe r t 's compl et e line o f mctorcv cte product s. send $2.00 to Dep t. CN -4 P.O. Box 390 , Ga rdena, Californ ia 90247 A pound saved normally costs several hundred dollars Terry Kit The front end kit that works! W it h ai r o r sp rings - be tte r dam peni ng - sm oo ther act io n - more co ntra I lo nger travel - des igne d for rac in g o ver r o u gh t er rai n . Bo l t s r ight in . 90 d ay mon ey back b,;,a ran!e e Kit s availab le fo r Beto r , Cer jani , Kaw as aki , ez, Suz uk i, Yamah a , ' Mont esa . Dealer o r direct o ut o f st ate call lo ll free 800-854-4691 :.=.:? ~ :; n n: :thr:HHHHf;~ · <:>~~ ~ f:::::;;;h;H HHH H H H H H Hnffn;ffnH!hnH ntfrnrtftftn; ;~!~ . ~:,L;;\ S~",~~~:aki of Van NUYS~,-,~ ·; ~ ~ ~'~' CALIFORNIA # l ' ~ ~3 I :: : ~.;;~ ~~' , . : I ~: E~:, _ .: ~~~~~'> Q BICENTENNIA l. SA l.E · Now thru July 4th we'will be selling RM 100's, RM 125'5, RM 2S0 's, & RM 370's at a ridiculo usly low price Don't miss out on this sale Call now or come in Over 100 motorcycles in stock to choose from § ~m :::: ::::: ;3 :3 1 1suzu~i:~~;:Nuys 1 * $1 S.UZu. ' 161 41 Sherman Way . V an Nuys. CA 213·994·28 0 0 213 -9 9 4 -2 882 3 bloc ks West of t h e San D ie g o F re e w a y .~ SUZUK I ,3 ·1 :: :. ~ ::.. -==;}"j !fij::f;iii i iiif iiiiifHiiiiiHijiiiiiiiHiiHiHiiiiiii,H iii iiiiiiiiii iii;i::iii:::: iHi:::iftH:::: 1!{.•~~ 31 If-