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9 OUT OF THE TOP 10 PRO'S AT MIDLAND CHOSE HI-POINT place to " race Saturday nights. Rich MacMurray, the defending champion, just smiles and says, bring-em on. Back yard money was plentiful with Choo-choo Robinson winning off the 40 while MacMurray did the same off the 50. Charlie Morse: put it on the big boys for the first Semi. Faria took along Dave Coo per and Duane Yarrow from the other Semi. Ken Eggers crashed and suffered three broken bones in his leg and . will likc:ly miss the rest of the season. . Division II grows wi th the addi tion of about as many class "C" guys as new . Spc:c:dway troops. The antics are the craziest with th e "C" riders getting booed for not riding like sideways, but still win ning. Tony Alves, just his third time o ut, wo n the Main. Definitely on th e gas. MacMurray continued h is winning ways in the first Scratch heat. No p roblem for the Main with the Reno racer in fu ll co n tro!. In the Han dicap Main he came off th e 50 se t up fo r the first corn er under Faria and Robin son. Coming do w n the back stra ight, he set up for an undern eath shot and was in complete control by the finish line. Three Handicap rides, three wins, ' all with back yardage. A wi n in t he Match over Robinso n and the tune of $250 sings as sweetly as Howard Keil in "Showboat." Sears Point, June 27 Happy Birthday Bill, 35 today, defini tely over the hill. Sears Point Raceway's Bill Benck called the riders meeting to order with most knowing full well the meaning. Sears Point would " run its last Sunday show for awhile. Just not enough warm, paying bodies. With assistance from Dave Murrell today, the track was just what it should have been. A rather wet, slightly deep cushion and it was really sideways time racing. If it hadn't been over 100 degrees without benefit of shade, it would have been a neato day. It went quickly with MacMurray doing the double win o ne more" time, being chased home twice by Mike Faria. Jerry Bowers won his first race in some time, the Scratch Consolation. Team Crackpot Dave Cooper took t he Handicap Consolation over Ro nny Long and Sam Vanderh oof. Rusty Davis be rserked his way around for the Division II w in ove r Ric k Shafer an d the class "C" types still see m to have it the ir way. • BOB HANNA, DON KUDULSKI, STEVE WISE~ MARTY SMITH, JIMMY ELLIS, RON TURNER, BROC GLOVER,WARREN REID,MICKEY BOONE Th e top ·125cc riders in t he nation do agree on one th ing in rac ing . • , The protection of thei r fee t and legs in t he fas t and f urious sport of pro Mota-Cross. That's w hy you 'll see more pro 's us ing Hi-Point boots than any ot her brand. Hi -Po int offers quality, protection and styling for the Mota-Cross and Cross Country racer. At your Hi-Point dealer in sizes 5- 13 inc lud ing Vz sizes i n M-X or Endu ro styles . Take a tip from the cha mpions, make Hi -Point your n ext boo t . Bailey makes it Distr ibuted by Hi-Poi nt Accessories 3709 W. Erie Ave., Lorain. Oh io 44053 By W. H. Spencer FREMONT, CAL., J UN E 23 P. O. 8 0. 232 7. Amarillo. T•. 79705 9604 Oates Dr.• SSCT em o. Ca. 95827 am " Don Bailey and his Boss-framed Yamaha now have eight straight wins in about five races. Bailey once again won both the 250 and 360 Expert Mains with Delacy tagging along for the two seconds. The Sonny Kenyon Cycles' team scored thirds in both Mains with Al Kenyon riding brother Mike's 250 Astro in the little class an d new Expert Eddie Gonzales surprising most bystanders in the 360 Expert Main. The biggee in the min i class is the 100 Expert with a full fic:ld of 12. Doug Chandler is still the one t o beat while Tony Dea th erage has troubles so rting o ut a new Boss-fr amed Hodaka. To rr ey Arguello took second over Marvin Lewis. In the second round of q u ar t er-fin als, Fremon t Ho nda racers Errol Lo ngb o y a an d Bernd Koegler sq uared off for th eir shot at th e SK Cycles $500. Lo ngh o ya had the edge all the w\lY and will m eet Fremont's Chris Paulson next m on th in the semi-finals. Mark Eslinger took the 360 Novice win despite a hard charge by Jody Emery on . the Dave Hansen Husky. Jerry Cerro peeks around the Expert comer with a win over John Hegarty an d the lead in the 360 J un ior class. • go-ng 10 · ba A ll for only 19.95 , :: ~ 6IIIJJJ;.L, - All the answers in the most complete Baja tour book ever! 12 detailed , large ref erence maps in color hiqhli qht. Veh icles for various road cond ition discussed in the " A bout the Wheels You Dr ive" section. Over 100 f ull-colo r and black and . ~ wh ite photographs. And much more ! -. , ~.. . r---------------------- .. I Enclose check N ame I or mon ey order to I CYCLE NEWS Address I PRODUCTS City I 2499 Ce rritos Ave., I Long Beach, C A 90806 ..., "'t-at:-e--------='"-- S Zip 35