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~._._._._._._._._. finis h line w ith h is usu al b ig sm ile for the spe ctators. Stephe n Pigage (Mai) , Bar nard, an d Brian Hop wood (Su z) got the goodies at th e end ' o f the ra ce. 125 Intermedi a te Mitch Musgrave (Ha n) h ad the mos t co nsistent ti me d uring the last mota. Mitch seeme d t o h ave th e track under co n trol a nd w a s o ut to wi n , which of co ur se he did. Fra n k Pilato (FM F) and Brian McN amara (Ha n) fo llowed him for sec ond an d third place poi nts. • Results in Results Section. Jennings, Elliott sweep Saddleback Saturday ! By Danny Raymond IRVINE, CAL., J UL Y 17 U.S. Suzuki's R&D Te am of Jeff Jennings · a n d Bob Elliott continued their domination at Saddleb ack Park. Jennings smoked both his 500 Pro motos while Bob Elliott shook off a sec o nd mo ta crash and went on to als o score a perfect I -I score on the 250 class, FMF's Tony Wanket took home top honors in the 125 Pro division after a great race with Q&E's Kurt Sofka, this race was neck and neck all the way through the mota until the checkers dropped. The firs t 250 Pro mota was a breeze for Bob Elliott , as he led from the start to finish. Jeff Vidic quickly moved to a strong second while Ron Turner (Su z), Greg Robertson (Oss) and Steve Rhyan diced for third. This battle ended halfway through the race when Turner went down an d Rh yan started to fall off the p ace. Before the mota ended Ron Tebbs motored hi s Kawasaki into the fifth position. During the ear ly part of the ra ce many ti me Na tio nal Champ Gary J on es did some re search and development on his leg muscles as he again pu shed his Am m ex o ff the track scoring an o th erDNf t o hi s list. - Agai n in th e second mota Elliott pulled a nice h olesho t an d wa lked into an o ther fine lead. Vidi c, Ro bertson, Teb bs an d Jeff Witherell were in cl ose pursuit. Moments lat er El1iott took a dive for t he dirt allo wing Vidic , and R o b ertson t o pass . After El1iott restarted. he was going ne arl y wil d to regain hi s lead. As Ellio tt pulled up o n Robertson 's Factory Ossa they pi cked up SUCh, a q uic k p ace that wh ile dicing th ey were also p ullin g up on Vi di c, Five handleb ar bashing laps later Elliott ma de his m o ve on Ro bertso n 'a n d set out for Vidic . Before El1iott bega n to press ure Vid ic, J eff lost his gas line an d dr o pp ed back to seventh . Ellio tt to ok first and first o vera ll fo r t he day, Ro bertson held off Rhyan's last m inut e attemp t fo r secon d to fin ish sec o n d. • Results in Results Sec tion . Stabile alld ITA Two in a row When you drink the beers ,- Don't shift the gears ~ for 1976 is HereReady to win. 'Take a close look at all the new KT M GP Replicas. Yo u'll find : Cust o m h i g h qua lit y ny lo n ra ce j e rs eys . w it h pa d ded e lbows , f or deale rs . clu bs . teams . etc . Any colors in any quan tity . fOlnnf) ~ ,~~ ~~~::;s BILL ~ No HollywOOtl. CA91605',(213)982,3738 Fl ex -f r ee ch rom e-rno tv steel f ram e: ligh t , r igid , provi d ing unsurpa ssed handli ng Ma rz occh l off set ax le magn esi um f or k With 9" tr avel Mar zoc ch i reb ui ldab le can t i lev er gas shoc k pr ovidmg up t o 9. 5" rear a x le t rave l Sho u lder less Sun alloy rims m ou nting . 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