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-.._-_._._-_._._ .. was riding th e big four-stroke to perfection an d took the victory . Bell m ade it a clean sweep in th e third moto, th e o n ly sweep in the Pro classe s, with an other excellent perfo rm an ce. Second th is time went to "J ump in ' J oe " with third to Messer, Overall top finisher was Bell , sec ond . went to Messer and third to J ohnston . RICHARD BUNTY LEROY KYGER Ric hard and LeRoy teamed for the 176251cc Class title in the roughest-ever Mint 400. The hearty Las Vagans covered the grueling 420-mile course in 12 hours, 51.69 minutes ... nearly ten minutes ahead of the field . Part of their winn ing combinat ion is Pennzoil. The strong runn ing Yamaha got lasting engine protection from Pennzoil 2-Stroke Motorcycle 011 mixed 32:1. Take a tip from these winners: Whatever you ride, whereever you go, Pennzoil is worth asking for. insert correction , above graph Kidd - McWhorter nip and tuck By Elaine Jones CO RONA, CA L., .r UNE 23 This wee k' s Half-Mile 1\1 one y Race was a 15 lap duel between 10 of Calif ornia's fines t and what a show it was. At th e half-way poin t it looked like Gordie Kidd h ad everythi ng under co n tr ol, if his bike and bod y held together bu t, with five lap s to go, Dan McWhorter sudden ly shot by Gordie , turning it int o a whole new ball game. Now it was Gordie playi ng ca tch up , lap by lap . With tw o to go h e go t by and it was all hi s. Dan was a close second and Don Grigsb y fin ished th ird. After t he race , Dan said he go t th e lead be cause hi s bra kes went o ut and co m men te d that it was no way to p ass. Dan co llec te d firs t p lace in the Open Exp ert Half-Mile , leavi ng no do ubt in anyone 's m ind, a fter a wir e-t o-wire vict o ry . St eve Miller was sec ond a nd Dan's little brot he r Ti m was in for third. Th e be nc h raci ng th at goes o n in th e ~IcW ho rt e r house must be something else wi th those: two fi ne: riders . Wayne Rain ey an d his flying 25 0cc . Yam ah a pic ked up t he bu cks in th e Short T rack Mon ey Race an d h is racin g bu ddy, Mike Ti d well, supplied th e . pressu re. Don Grigsb y w as agai n in th ird. Rainey also ad ded t he 250 Expert Half-Mile t o his eveni ng's work, topping Gre g Zehne r and Dyl an Neih art. Mike Ti dwell, st ill extr emely sti ff an d so re fro m his crash last week, pu t in a fan tast ic night's work. He wo n the 25 0 Exp ert Sho rt T rack but he had Bob Russell, a visto r from Arizona, to con ten d wi th . Tidwell also co llec te d first in th e 125 Exp ert Hal f-Mile wi th Dann y Perkins argu ing the p oin t every lap . Bob Russell ' was third. , On the Short Trac k it was Perkins wh o wo n the arg u me n t wi th Tidwell second and Russell again third: Bart Grish am tie d up th e 12 5 No vice goes by ta king bot h th e sho rt t ra ck and th e half-mil e. Kirk J o hns on was seco nd in bot h . Eddy San Ro man , loo king super smoo th an d co nfi de n t , showed the 250 Twins the way it's don e as he easily took t he win . Ro ber t Cain was sec o nd . The Hulbert bro thers, Darren and David, played you win o ne and I' ll win one as the y sewed up th e Min i Division I. Darren too k the short trac k with David second and Kirk J ohnson third. David won th e h alf-mile with Darren second 'an d Kirk agai n t hird . Th e Division 1\ Mini had Richard J o nes winning th e sh ort track while Bobby Gar abedian to pped the hal f-mile. J eff Wise and Mike De Bru yn p laye d the share game in th e . 250 Novi ce Division with J eff tak ing t he short tra ck over Mike and David De'Temp le and Mike ta kin g t he hal f-m ile ov er J eff and David . Bo b Kivri zis who has had more t h an his sh are of bad luc k th is seaso n pu t it all behind him alo ng with th e re st of t he field as he wo n th e 250 Nov ice II Half-Mile. Dyl an Nei h art , just st arting to get the feel o f his new bi g bike, wo n the Op en Novice Short Track fro m Lou Gim en ez and was tryin g fo r a do uble u nt il he ran int o Denny Agu irre o n the ha lf-m ile, Denny, wh o had just go tt en his own machin e back together, was feeling go od so it was not to be an d he settled fo r seco nd. • PENNZOIL COMPANY Oil City, Pennsylvania f'fio ";TA 1 MM;:"r'.'~~!fn~ T o T r ~O ,.. 0 " I: ! Super Magnum.........•...•......•.•••••. ..$4.3.95 Star 120............................•...... $53.95 Moto Star $56.95 £, (J Bell Helmet Sale _ SPECIAL OF THE WE E Limited to stock on hand - No mail orden 24020 Narb onne Ave.. Lomita. CA, 90717 . Phone f2 131 534231 1 f"("'f'(.C.'T"~") T"t() t"(OT tO T"t() i,,,, r,o re o r .o r. o t 0 1" :; '(£ We fall down by ourselves, but i t takes a friendly hand to lift us up. li~ PUBLIC NOTICE Ju ly 10. 1976, at 10:00 AM ttu u 5 : 0 0 PM. L on g Beacn Honda is ha vin g a race and dirt b ike cl ose out sale. Mot orcycleS w ill incl ude new and used r... e and tr ail b ikes of c all sizes in t he HUSQvarna. Bultaco , M al ea , CZ. KTM. Kawasa k i, and Honda brands. A lso included is th e 4 stro ke racer and w inner of the 1975 Parke r 400 and Baja sao. Mi k e Belts CMC No.1 CR 125M Honda M X'e r and many more. Th is Is not a gimmick. but a genu ine high bid buys i t sale. w ith m in imum bids posted on sale mac h ines. Sealed bids onl y w ill be accepted. and w inners will be notified Monday morning 7·1 2·76. The store will be closed to normal business during bid sale. . and lim it ed terms ar e offe red. Sorry - due to t he nature of th is very low cost sale - no trace-re s w ill be accepted. You will never again bUY a new or used dirt b ike so cheap. 5105 Atlantic Ave.• Long Beach. CA 90805. No dealers please !