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Whitney hill full of surprises By Diane Polley WHITNEY, TEX.. AUG. 1 In several classes the regular winners were n owhere to be found at the end of the day or at least they were back in th'e pack, The riders all had one opinion of the 240 foot Lake Wh itn ey hill. George Carlisle summed it up best when he said that it was so loose and dry th at it was slipp ery. The women in th e Powder Pu ff class have had a new threat come on the scene lately. Even though nine-year old Jackie Almond is still riding in the Mini Mini class, they are really watching her. Among others, Jackie beat out her older brother, David, with a first p lace ride ' of 190 feet One of the women told her to not start riding the Powder Puff class until she quit riding., Linda Wilhite finally beat Teresa Provazek, the usual first place winner in the Powder Puff class. Linda turned in a fine ride of 9 :04 seconds on her second try to barely edge Teresa ou t of first It seems as if the Wilhite co up le had either put a jinx on everyone in their classes or had found some magic potion. On his very first run in the 500 class, Wayne Wilhite set a time of 6:94 seconds that stood all day for first- Just to prove that it was not a lucky shot he Came back with a 6:99 on the next try. The other class to come up with an upset was the 250. On his first time out on a 250 Bul, Sunny Holmes left everyone behind with a 6:80 second run. In the King of the Hill Championship race things got a little more interesting when Tom .Hairs ton picked up his second overall of the year. He set a time of 6 :33 seconds for the win. There are . now three contenders for the title; Gary Chandler is in the lead with four wins, followed by Mike J ones with three and motorcycles'by bombardier WINNERS THIS WEEK 7-3 1-76 Brya n Edwards - 1st place 125cc Interm ediate MX - Sprockets Park, Bakersfield 7-31-76 Bryan Edwards - 1st place 250ce Inte rmediate MX - Spro ckets Park, Bakersfield 7-31-76 Ern ie Shaw z- 1st place 250cc Old Timers . MX - Sproc kets Park, Bakersfield Texas State Trials ChampionshipKessler still No.1 By Jay Decker JOIN THE CAN·AM WINNERS LIST AT THESE LOCATIONS : DALLAS, TEX.,JULY 5 71 4- 9 34- 6 6 5 8 Trials Association series counted the best three out of four events and Eddy pulled solid first places in the first three rounds. Kessler had an eig h t poin t lead after round one; out-pointed second place by 13 points in the second event; and all but cleaned the third round with a five point total. The battle for ru nnerup honors came down to the wire. Bultaco riders Tom Batchelor, Mark Webb and David Johnson were within a point of each other prior to the final round at Odessa. Kessler, having wrapped up the No . One plate, sat out the final event, attending a two-day event in Oklahoma City. For either Batchelor or Webb to get Texas No . Two, they needed a win. For Johnson, a second would give him the honor. But David had a rough da y, ' dropping . to fifth which placed him in fourth in the final series listings. The win in West Texas went to Batchelor with a 15, ahead of Webb's 17. They both finished the series with 71 scores. . / Plaques in the shape of Texas were given to the top ten riders and the top 15 received a nu mber plate with a state emblem and their respective finishing position on it . The series was put together by Torn Batchelor and he along with the NTTA, STTA, CTTA and WTTA deserve p rai se. R ICHARD M ILLER M O T O RCY C L E S 1 7 2 5 Tomli nson St. Eure ka . 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