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_._._._._._._._._.. took over the lead, crossing the finish in first with Haugh second and Claire third. All three riders were tied for first place with five points a piece. The determining factor was the order of second moto finish and the win went to Jannings. Bobby Jones (Hon) was at top form in the 125 Pro class with a convincing win in both motos. In the second moto Gary Denton (D&G) emerged from the first comer with the lead but within a short time the flamboyant Jones, with an incredibly fast C&H Industry Honda, passed Den ton and mo to red off into the distance . Mike Pillar trie d every conceivable way to get by Denton. Wheneve r Pillar tried to pass , Denton would shut the do or . This was how the positions stayed un til the flag with Bobby Jones going home with a $120 smile on his face. • Resu lt s in Resul ts Section. CRANKE & JENSEN DO IT FOR THE 5th TIME IN A ROW!!!! BAJA 500-1000, PARKER 400, MINT 400 AND NOW THE '76 BAJA 5OO!!!! Corona Raceway By Elaine Jones CORONA , CAL .,J UNE 16 Mechanical failures and a bad fall by Mike Tidwell brough an untimely h alt to th e money races. Although Junior rider Gordie Kidd, back in the sad dle after getting his cast off, had a good lead over Experts Dan McWhor ter and John Allison on the half-mile, everyone was given a refu nd ' to try it again another day. Mike was checked over thoroughly and is OK , but very sore. The Po lson brothers again scored double victories with Steve winning the 125 Novice IT and Half·Mile. On the half- mile Steve Karsten got by but Polson was in fron t when it counted. Dann y Pe rkins and Richard Volk shared the 125 Expert honors with Dan ny taking the half-mile an d Rich getting the nod on th e IT. Scott Polson scored his dou ble win s in the 259 Novice goes. He led the IT from start t o finish wit h Mark Butler taking over seco n d on lap two from Bob Kivrizis. On the half-mile Kivriz is nailed do wn secon d and never gave if up. Jim Beck won the Divisio n II - 250cc Novice Half-Mile from Mark Covert an d David DeTemple. Joe Steffen was th e on ly other rider to hi t .f or tw o by snatch ing off wins in the 250 Exper t IT and Half-Mile. J oe pu t such distance betwee n himself and th e rest of the fie ld that h e has been transfere d to Expert. Rich Vo lk h ad everything working so fine in th e 250 Ex pert IT that he topped Mike Tidwell , which j ust doesn 't happ en everyda y. Dyland Nieh art, who is re ally starting to co me into his own , captured the 250 Expert Half-Mile victory an d Volk had to settle fo r second. Mide Tidwell claimed the 250 Expert Twin from Eddie San Roman who has dominated the class. J ohn Allison was the fastest Open Expert on the IT and he does it by luring the co mpetition into a false security. During heat and semi racing you never fmd h im up front bu t when the race counts, it's all the other riders can do to keep him sigh t , Dan McWhorter gave the big bike Experts a tour of the half-mile as Tim Melancon and J im Alliso n partook of the education in seco nd an d third. Freddy Conover was back to his winning way s as he took the Op en Amateur IT from long time rival s Dylan d Neihart an d Kip Johnston. Don Drigges continued to dominat ed th e half-m ile and has just ab out earned his transfer to Expert. Ray Lovell an d Dylan Neihart can hardly wait. Bob Bell gave a large field of Open Novices -a hard time on the IT and everyone thought that was the way it was supposed to be. Bob looked like he might have the half-mile sewed up but problems struck and Dave Peters, Ken Griner and Lou Gimenez went on by to fill in the gap. • Results in Results Section. -' Whit a to.... 1 Cirl Cran ka o f Placerville ..d Erie Jensen of Los Angeles hlMl toamed up on th l light weight PenlOn mot o rcy cle to put together 5 straight wins in the light we ight c1_ It th_ c1l1S1ic off-roed races. Their lilt big win Wli the 76 S ljl 500. Crlnke Ind Jensen to.... ed up on I 125cc Penton to sweep the light we ight cles eftar using the 125cc Penton in their previous Plrker, Sljl, Ind Mint wi ns. If you're looking for equipment that can taka thlt type of blllting in the _ rld'i toughest races .nd wins, look t o Penton Sporteycl-. The King of Cross-Country machi..... be it ISOT Trials, EnduTOl or C......country races. Penton Cross -Country and Moto- Cross Sportcvcles in 125, . 175, 250 and 400cc. 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