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NORTHERN DATELINE z '::; " o c • ;:: iii l-- :c....::: ..... Chain reaction . New Expen Jim Siegle's slip brings Chr is Sauer int o a clean laydown durin High Point action Cycleland rages on By Ann Carr By Patty Piston LaD!, CAL., JULY 23 J Cycle Nevws_ant ad. are CHEAP!._ Want ad blank. YOU R LARGEST GOODFYEAR STREET TIRE SOURCE ~ rmmmBJ ~ 111 1 N . A llen , Pasadena, CA 911 04 SAMMY TANNE R DISTRIBUTI N G . 32 ._ lUBBI-TECH .' 13 9 24 2 1 1 1 GAR Y BANG CYC LE P.O. Bo x 472. Canoga Park. Ca. 9 1303 12131341-8474 25¢ is what I t costs per letter t o pu t you r na me o r riding nu mbe" on you r favori te jersey . sweat shi rt, o r T ·shir t w hile yOU wa lt . Phone (213) 53 4-23 11 ,~" YAMA "fA 2 4 020 N arbonne A ve •• Lomit a. CA 90717 I CHICO, CAL.,JULY 24 Scrambles for high point honors became intense tonight in the elventh o f fifteen TT races at the Lodi Cycle Bowl. Dennis Spence , The 250 Novices really put on a show. In a nip and tuck battle which lasted the full eight laps it was Rick Fod gc (Yam) at th e currently lead in g co mfortably in the Black Plate co m pe ti tio n, ga ined addit io nal p oin t fund breath ing room by winnin g h is e igh th 5 0 0 Main in eleven races. Me anwhile Kim J orge nsen d ropped back tw o ad d itional poin ts as Steve Bran dt dialed the 25 0 Main sta rt an d ran aw ay. Kim rem ain s second in th e p oin t fu nd wh ile Ma rtin cz 's Dallas Davis m oved ahead of an idl e Alex J orgensen wh o su ffered a hard fall a t . Sidewinders in Oregon. Brandt 's win m oved him t o with in stri k ing d ist an ce of J orgy for the fourth pl ace payoff. Sp ortsm an ove rall hon ors rem ain with ju nio r ra cer R ich ard Arn aiz but Richard has not raced regularly since turning Junior. Open Junior l\like McD on ald has moved within tw o points by pl acin g cons isten t ly in his class. Am aiz sti ll remain s the easy winne r in th e 125 class as does Fred Win ters in the 100. He avy ac tio n rem ain s in th e 250 ranks where Expert J ohn Jones is ab ou t to be aced from his perch by Junior J ames Gre en and Nov ice Matt Pemberton. Two other rifers have ou tsid e ch ances - Junior Dennis Davis an d Novi c e Jam es Woods. A real d ogfigh t h as developed in th e 3 6 0 ran ks wh ere J erry Kennedy and Steve Hageman have sw app ed the lead for several weeks. Both riders are now Juniors and will be racing head to head. checkered fla g foll owed b y Bo b Gibson (Bu l). D aryn Spies ( Ya m) an d in fourth Mike McAv oy (Ya m) . On th e sta rt it was Fodge, Sp ies an d Gibson. McA vo y, sta rt ing 15 yards do wn fo r cree ping , was in fif th b u t wasted no tim e ta kin g over four th. Sp ie s, di cin g it ou t with Gibson, final ly rel inquish ed second pl ace wi th onlv two lap s to go. Ano the r close co n tes t was in the 36 0 Handic ap , between Dic k T u rn er (Yam) and Chris Sau er (Yam) . Sauer to o k ove r the lead in th e fourth lap, T u rne r moved in to second on th e fifth lap and th e race was on. It was wheel to wh eel combat until the tenth lap when Turn er triumphed. Sauer was inv olved in ye t another duel in the Semi Pro event, this time wi th Jim Hubbard [Y am]. Nipping away a t Hubbard's le ad Sauer was unable to sneak by and on ce again had to settle for second. . , It was an entire ly different story in the 80 mini handicap. Mike Cagl e (Yam) made it look easy . Getting an e ar ly le ad , he won the eve nt by ha lf a lap. With this win Cagle will be riding u nd e r a five yard h and icap. Doug Dorman (Yam) ridin g under a 60 yard handicap, worked ·his w ay up to second. The week before Dorman earned the highly esteemed title of " Sc ratc h m an " by winning the 80ce Handicap from the 60 yard lin e.