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Cycle News 1976 08 03

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D-36 Director of Competition Brian Davis and brother Lynn, District Scrambles St e ward are behind it 100% and the results h ave been a bou t 100% in crease in rider turno ut. 'IOc ex pansio n of o ne id ea to a six ra ce series with d ouble points fo r Experts a nd th e ch ance to run at th e St ate Ch ampionship level m a y be wh at it needed. Fo r Dennis Spence , it was j us t the . accumulation o f more points towards his assa ult o n the No . I Black Plate . Spence won th e 250 Ex pert Main aft e r a long duel w ith Kim J orgensen and St eve Brandt ; th en took a se cond to Brandt in the 5 0 0 Expert Main, It was Brandt 's first bi g time win an d t he Concord Yam ah a people are still cele b ra t in g. Little J oc y Schlag put th e goo d old come -fro m- be h in d tr ick 'on 100 Mini Junior Brad Summers to take the o veral l win and the 100 Mini Novice portion of their Main while Fred Merkel continues to dominate the Exp er t Mini portions of anything he runs . . Joey Jaconet ti and Roger Hamilton put on a good duel fo r 10 0. Novice honors with J aconetti setting up for the proper time to lead at the' ch ec ke red. Rich Amaiz surprise Tony Adragna with 'an effort that made him the 125 Junior Main winner. • Results in Results Section. .. Cycleland Short Track 6 Great New Performance Motorcycle Tires That Will Do The Job For YOU ... At Realistic Prices! By Patty Piston CHICO, CAL.,J ULY 10 A large crowd was on hand as th e second half of th e seaso n got unde rway at Chico 's Cyclelan d Speedway. Experts are again co m- petin g for a sh are in - a $500 purse. Po ints will be a cc u m ula ted over a te n we e k period. E x pert Troy , Cu m m ings (Ya m) overcame a 6 0 yard handicap to wi n t he 100cc Min i Hand ica p even t. Bry an Roberts (Ya m) go t th e ho leshot , In ho t pursuit was .Dirc k Sauer , Don Roberts an d Jim Conger . Conger had moved in t o second h y the six t h lap a nd Cummings had taken over third. Cummings, reall y putting the pressure o n , go t by Con ge r and Roberts in th e eigh th lap. Conger gave up second pl ace wh en he went d own in t he ninth lap . At th e ch eckered fla g it was Cummings , Ro berts an d Sau er. Yam ah a .mounted Dave Faria, from Richmond, won th e 25 0 cc Han d icap . . From a fo u rth pl ace start he worked h is way past Dave Na kao , Bo b G ibson a nd Mike :\IcAvoy b y t he fif th lap . He also p ick ed up a fir st in th e 250 Expert sc ra tc h race. Jun ior Dave Rya n (Ya m), com peting in the 3 6 0cc class for the fir st tim e, picked up a firs t in the Han-dica p even t. He was third o ff the line and b y the sixth lap was in fir st. He rode a fin e race and w as a ble to hold o ff Experts Dick Turner and Ch ris Sau er who fin ish ed second and third re spectively. • Results in Results Section. Visalia TT By Cosmic Cat & CO. VISALIA. CAL••JULY 17 Cras hing is still the problem here. With a couple of rough spots and riders running extra hard on the tight IT co u rse, spills would be common in the Main. The most serious accident was when Atwater's Jerry Holzer lost control leaving the sweeper and hit the concrete grandstands. Ricky ' Harper (Yam) sto le the 100 Junior lead from Kevin Pe ck on lap two and proceeded to a comfortable witi. Peck, from there, battled with Bro ck Glover (Yam ) for second. Kev in had the ' advantage leaving the final t!ln! .of , ~h" • ~ 11~ . 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