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fI2 .. II l1li NORTHER DATELI • ~ t 1.0 rOl ~ ~ CC") ~ >~ ~ At Washougal. some birds fly in flocks (Bryon Bates. Ron Sun . Nich Rhine) - and so me fly alone (Mike Kinnea r - inset ). Racing thro ugh Mt. View 's dappled shade . 125 Juniors Allen Sm ith (2 1 ) Record setting at Washougal By Jan Newman WASHO UGAL. WASH .• J UNE 13 It was a sup er day. The track was sm ooth and fast - fast enough for the o ld lap record to be brokcn and rebroken bv several riders before thc day was ovcr. > Cl o '" fo I Kevin J an se n (Ilon ) was the first to set a new fast time in the 125 Pro fir st mo to . Mike Kinn ear (Ilus) led th e pack until Ron Sun (Yam) wo rk ed up from a mid pack scratch. llis lead lo o ked secure until his clut ch we nt bye bye and Les Womack (Ya m) took o ver. Kevin had a lousy scr at ch then went down and dropped cle ar to th e "To ng end of the pack. Undau nted, he hustled, and ac tually took over th e lead near the en d of the moto, Mo to two belonged to Ron Dim eo (Ya m) be ginning to end. Les Womack was ho lding third un t il his b ike qu it. His last st ro ke of fo rt une for th e weeken d w a s the new so n presented to him by his wife Saturday eve ning . His bikes failed him in all three Pro classes today. Mark Gre gson (Ka w) and Barne y New man (Il us) di ced it o ut in t he fir st 250 Pro race. Moto tw o New man led all th e way while Gregson fo ug ht his way u p fro m the middle of th e pac k to seco nd . Gregson was bac k in th e O pe n Pro s to take a first mo to wi n after a tremendo us batt le with Mat t James (Ma l), Th e first tum of moto tw o found both Ma tt and Mark goin g tooeleep into the be rm 'and, Xewman co m ing o ut in front. Mark's second place we nt dow n the tube when his bike broke , :"Iatt se t the fas tes t t im e of the season in takin g th e lead fro m held the record briefly in thei r 250 battle. Mark • Smalley (Ho n) al most jeopardized his overall win in the first 125 Ju nior d ivisio n . With one win in t he record ho o k he led aga in most of th e seco nd rnoto . In th e la te lap s Bo b Cice rchi (Yam) ended a drive fr o m dead last by taking th e lead. When the one lap fla g came out :"lar k thought it was all over an d slowed to pull off the tra ck , Seve ral ri ders ra ced by before he was • awa re o f the m ist ake. Father's Day 'at Mt. View By Jan Newman SANDY. ORE., J UNE 20 Dann y Maggs (Suz ) holesho t both m otos in the 125 Jun io rs but yielded in b oth to Mike Rankin (5u z) who to ok both win s. Maggs was se co nd o ve rall wi th a tw o-three reco rd. Scott Greene (Ilon) was second in th e fin al race bu t w as ou t of th e brass be ca use o f a disappo in ting 10 th in the fi rst m oto . Frank Botts (l1on ) led wire to wi re in th e first 250 J unior mo to , Kurt Spack (Suz ) led ro u nd two until the last two lap s when Bo ll s too k over. J im De Rosa (lio n) exchanged 2-3 finishes wit h Kurt t o ro u nd ou t th e top t hree. Mike Allen 's seco nd outing afte r a year's lay off with a knee inj ury showed a lot m ore promise th an h is first. li e sh ow ed definite signs of becom ing acquain ted with his new Su zuki. lIe o nl y m ade two mis takes. o ne ver y costl v . In the first moto he missed the line and landed in a wa ter hole on the scrat ch. Due 19 some nag co n fus io n the race was restarte d . Th is time he. staye d high and dry. Mar k Kr aft (Suz ) led . Alle n m oved up to take over, mud and