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hottest r ide r in th e class, Sco tt Ros e of Lathrop. Als o in t he 80 ranks - .Juniors th is time - ro ug h t rack ace Scott Nuge nt of Mo desto to o k h is first sho rt trac k win ahead of T u rlo ck' s Larry Dunnagan. Fo r th e women' s libbers a fir st to nigh t also as Debby Ro ch a o f Escal on finally put it all to geth er fo r the first win by a gal at this trac k th is season and ma ybe ever. Debby h eld o ff St o ckton' s Rick Ros e for th e 200 Nov ice w in in a pr essure p acked event. Nat i o nal rider Alex J orgensen became the firs t Expert to win tw o Mains in the 250 ranks wh ile Sto ckton's Carl Yerby be came the fourth winner in as many ra ces in the 3 6 0 class. Alex was pressured hard by Da ve Fari a wh o tried to slip under on the concession tum but didn't - get quite en ough drive. Both riders were under th e 16 second bracket. Yerby meanwhile battled with Dennis Huff's Bul and Danny Mills • • Spillway Park MX By Bill Morley SANTA MARIA, CAL. , J UNE 27 It seemed th at th e water wagon was on the tr ack more than the - racers. At almost every t um, friends with pails of water were throwing cups full as th e boys went b y to ' try to ke ep them a little co o l. As usual the water missed them m ost o f the time, but t hey had a lot of fu n trying. However, th ere was a goo d crowd present and th e Girl Watch ers had a fi eld d ay. 1 think a few words o f ap preciation are in order for th e fine ambulance crews. J ack (Doc) Fuller a nd h is wife Nan cy, also Ray Marshall ar e all doing a wonderful job. They ar e co n stan tl y o n the alert, and get to the spot of need immediately. We like yo u. . All the frien ds of Bob and Sharon Griswald wish them the very best on their new arrival, a baby boy , ' Casey '. We should be seeing Bob back in action in the Expert Opens soon. The thriller race came in the last mota in the 25 0 Expert class. Bill McEl m urray took the lead, closely followed by A lan Griswold. They pulled away from the pack and passed an d repassed each other at least five times. In the las t lap Bill wen t a lit tl e wide on a tum, and Alan grabbed the lead for the win. A good one. • Dale Bernards twice at Asbury By Chuck Iken ALB ANY, ORE. ,J UNE 2 3 Dale Bern ards (Yam) of Salem, Oregon was hot on the throttle tonight in both of his classes, the 100 Junior and Open, taking first in each class. Brother Gary Bernards scored a se co nd in the 250 class . Craig Lambert (Yam) had a goo d race going with John Buyas (Yam) in th e Expert Mini class. In the second mota John had gotten behind and was turning some pretty mean and fast laps on this small tight co u rse. Just in front of the high ju m p on th e front straightaway he crashed hard, tearing off his gas tank and bending his bars but was up and not seriously hurt, o nly disgusted with hi mself. Also scoring a double win to n ight was Mike McCormick (Yam ) of Corvallis, Oregon: in both the 100 and 125 Expert classes. In the final 12 5 mota, his las t race of the evening , Mike go t the ho leshot off the line and started to 'str e tch his lead when all of a sudden his strength and endurance seemed to start fading. But he stayed cool, controlling the inside line and not making any mistakes as Su zuki-m oun ted Mike Cannon pressured him d u ring th e fin al hal f of th e race. • * Vintage Motorcycles datingfrom 1903 NewMotorcycles Competition Machines Accessories and Clothingdisplay Join us at the AMF Harley-Davidson "Sa lute to American Motorcycling" - a t the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Oly Superbowl of Motocross, Saturday, July 24, from lOam til midnight. The largest collection of vintage Harley-Davidsons ever in the West plus. road racers. drag bikes. dirt mllers « hill climbers. motecrossers e desert bikes. show bikes and more-something for every motorcycle fan. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. . , FR E DMISSO IAdirt bike makes a better roadracer than a ~acer makes a dirt bike. I at .AMC NI'T'tJlO~' RAe/Nfl • 3 LIVE BANI>5 fJAjSA/fi MI 1\1, "ICE PACE. • 3V A"NVAL. • ~PEGIAL ~lJR.PRI~£$ Bassani Mfg, (714) 630 -1821 saddleback Park SlIlday, July 25 10A.M. til 8P.M. ~3.!.!. ~~ . 33