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.~. .. . .~ . .. courage almost everybody. A few brave souls ventured out to Mt , View Cycle Park to join the officials in a cloud watch. The rain stopped just long enough for the officials to decide if the guys were crazy enough to ride - they were crazy enough to let them. The bigger bikes were sent out first in hopes they could work up a little traction for the smaller bikes. Nobody will ever know if it worked because every ti me you turned around there was a new downpour. , { Among the Pros were three Boise riders who had come to Oregon for a full weekend of racing. Th'ey showed amazing poise for a bunch of dry landers accustomed to sandy soil. Local rider Lewis Swan rode way out front like his Suzuki had an o utboard motor. Larry Buffington' had a second going for hi m un til his Yamah a died in the last moto. : He held a brie f Memorial serv ice fo r it . Randy Lee st ruggled ,to second wi th a throttle t hat spun around as bad as h is rear wh eel. Te rry Blas ke (lIon ) was o ut fro nt th e en tire firs t 250 J un ior rno to and slithered in to first in the las t lap of the second whe n .Mar k Kraft (Suz) got into mud trouble . Mark Ruple an d Mike Glenn traded Zookie wins in the Open In termediate , Rupl e too k the final m oto checkered an d the overall with a great wa r whoop. The T urkeys came, o ut in fo rce but the flock di mi nished drastically by the second moto. They're not so dum b th ere was no life guards o n du ty . A very determined looking Bob Williams (Suz) stayed mostly upright and out front for first. • The worl d' s leading lubricant for 2 and 4 strok e motorcycles caB teel' Memorial Day MX By Annette Fedan DUN LAP, CA L. , MAY 30 & 31 Two days of raci ng, a spaghetti dinner, movie s, 'and -trophy presen tations highlighted the seco nd annual Memorial Day Race at Dunlap. The spaghetti feed was en ded with the naming of t he te n high-p oin t moto cro ss win ners of t he year. In the n umber one p ositio n was Milan Garrett with a total 202 points, f ollowed by Jim Elliss, 198, T on y Vidaurri, 193. Jim Birges , 19 2, Steve Par ker , 192, Ted Hill, 18 7, J eff St allin gs, 186 , Mark Ginger, 178, J eff Park er, 176, an d Kevin Phillip s, 175. With 47 racers showing for the 125 J r o n Sunday, 't he moto was di vide d in to two divisions. Division I showed a hard-pressed victo ry for Charles Brady (Han) over Doyl e Beagles ,(Yam), who had worked his way up from six t h. To n y O 'Reilly (Ha n), Bra d Martin (Hon), and J ohn Lo nginetti (Yam), swap ped p laces all through the Division II race, with Martin winning. In 125 Pro, J im Flowers held th e lea d from the beginning until the checkered flag went down, while TIm Wo rth an d Kevin Frazier fought for second place. Frazier to o k sec o n d, an d the $30 that went w ith it, an d Flowers wo n $50 for first p lace . Milan Garrett (CA) reclaimed his fir st place standing in the 250 Pro category on Mo n day a ft er losing it the day be fore . On - Sunday, Garrett had been holding a strong le ad in the race , which hel d a SJ10 purse and a $5 0 co n tingency fro m Mission Distribut ing, when bi ke t ro u ble caused him to drop to , fourth . Scott Karl (Mai ) took firs t , that da y. Monday's Open Pro race ca n only be describ ed as "fantasti c. " Fr o 25 minutes o f the 30 minute race Bill Ho wa rd (Hus) and Gre g Peroli (Bul) b attled side by side for first pl ace. Durin g the flag lap they cr ash ed with ea ch other on a berm , and Bill Son (CZ), who had been a dis tant th ird , came out nu mb er o ne . They we re compe ting for a $30 prize, plus an other $50 bo nus fr o m Missio n • Dist ributing. . Resu lts in Results Section. Burmah-Castrollnc, Memb er Burm ah Group, Hackensack, New Jersey , 0760 1 Speed smoothes out the bumps in life FREE 1978~2 MX CATALOG Why pay list price for hard-to-flOd name brand MX item~? Try us. CyCle ProductsWEST WORKS Performance Long/Run Phase 2 saw SUN , GRAHAM C:r. Alloy BASSETT BankAmericord T F Ra~ino P.O. Box 2 15 209 TERRYCABLE THOR Enterprises Mark Charles J TRacing Universal HI- PO INT Wiseco Pro-Tec Moto-X Fox master chorfltl Enterprises AverYJ..Ca.95224 795-2~81 ' • CUSTOM CITY YAMAHA ~:-ANNUAL PARKING LOT SALE Drastic reductions on 1975 Yamaha close-outs. ' Plus . . . Specials on Mini-bikes, Go-karts , A TV's, ' Sale starts June 5 Trailers, Parts & Accessories. Examples: ' Plastic Fenders $2.00 . . ' . Helmets $8.00, New ~I res $6 .00 Custom City Yamaha 15721 S. Atlantic Ave. Compton 213-635-8058 "Someday, You'll Own'a Ysmeh e" JAMES BROWN . INC. 125I ,B BEACH BLVD, LA HARRA .CACM631 (714}fli79-6940 12 1])947 .~ Open 7 days..o1l