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• Sprockets TT By Cosmic Cat & CO. BAKERSFIELD. CAL.,JULY 3 Rider turnout was light at Sprockets Park tonight, but the track was in -th e best shape seen in quite awhile. . Most of the classes were combined but the spectators still witnessed a lot of close, down-to-the-wire racmg (among those watching from , the stands wai Bakersfield's asphalt hero, Ron Pierce, who started his career here at Sprockets). After th ree restarts, two Mains, and 20 minutes of arguing and protesting, the 500 Expert run was ove r, with two' different winners. The story went like this: With everyone on the line and ready to go, a couple of dudes with itchy clutches kept jumpi ng, but the starter never sent them back to th e penalty line . When we di d get a decent start, two went pown in tum one and restart nu mber three was in effect, T he starter was told that this would be the fmal star t , n o matter what h ap pens. So down come the flag, even though a f ew men had their hands up waiting for the rest to line up! It looked as though J ocy Brown (Yam) was the only one ready to race for he took an enormous holeshot and won the race, leading all the way. ' Frank Ad amo ' returned to the line and proceeded to give his views about the start and was soon joined by Paul Gates and the rest of the riders and even some spectators. After a long (and sometime vulgar) discussion, it was decided to run the race over (naughty, naughty] and give trophies to each race. Paul Gates won the second Main with Ken Parker second. Incidentally, Joey Brown and Adamo are both Class C Experts and were o nly riding as an exhibition. Ron Mendenhall [Honjju mped to an early 125cc Expert lead b ut was relieved of duty in the right-hander by Kirby Shropshire (Suz). Shropshire held his lead and went on to a commanding win with Mendenhall second and Brett Butterfield beating out Ron Bowman for third. Danny King (Yam) held the 200cc Expert point for four laps but lost it to a smooth going Steve Boswell (Yam ) in the first tum of the fmallap. • Results in Results Section. Flat track in Henniston By Sharon Bailey HERMISTON, ORE. ,JULY 10 Acti on at the Triangle Speedway included seven year old Karney 'Rider from the Dalles barreling around the track with dust flyin g, winning a Courtesy trophy fo r her efforts. Being th e yo ungest female rider in the Mini didn 't seem to p ut a harness on her efforts to be in front across the fin ish. .Bu t Bugsy Boo th from Hood River was first with Mike Stanley from Irrigon ca p tu ring second. John Mattox from Sp okane claimed first in the Open A Main, with J ohn Stewart co min g from behind for second. The Open B Main started out with Dave Steifel from Hermiston goin g head over heels at the first of the race , and a re -start w as called, The race e n d e d with Ken J am ison leading and Dave St eifel, despite his crack-up earlier, claiming se cond. Trophy Dash co mpe tit o rs had to wait while the track was smoothed out a little, t hen they go t underway_ T he 12 5c c Trophy Dash was won by Bugsy Booth. John Mattox raced around for first in both the 250cc and Open cla ss Trophy Dashes. • Fireworks in the 'Valley - Lodi rr & Pioneer ST lires, By Ann Carr SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CAL., JULY2&:3 Racing in the Valley was up to Bicentennial standards this weekend as the Lodi Cycle Bowl and Pioneer Arena both put together fine tracks and racing was especially competitive. Kim Jorgensen moved into a commanding lead for the Valley Racing Association to p rider award as he returned to the winner's circle at Lodi on Friday and finished second o n the short track Saturday. Dennis Spence _ continues to win o n scrambles but does not compete on the short t rack . Kim now leads by 12 o ver Spence and by 20 over brother Alex. Lodi TT the only thing between you and the cold hard ground! Be sure you 're riding on IRC , Suzuki, Honda and Yamaha know, !hey choose IRC as original equipment! , Jorgy's win in the 25 0 Ex pert race was .n o t easy as the lead changed nearly every lap. Kim dropped back as far as fourth on one occasion. Fellow Can-Am rider Ken Jackson finished second while Duane Spence moved into third. New Expert Mark Rizzuto of Antioch eked out his second fo urth in as many weeks aboard a Kawasaki. Spence , like J orgy, won his sixth of eight Mains in the 500 Expert class at Lodi. Steve Brandt purchased Ken Roberts' Pontiac TT motor and except for a wide drift in the pit tum Brandt appeared headed for the win. Bryant Gannon of Acampo jo ined the Junior ranks by topping a large 80 Novice class, while Brad Summers continues to "in Open Mini Junior. 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