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NORTHERN DATELINE i ~ Short track king Delacy (11 and Regional high point No vice Danny Hogue hook up at San J threw the chain . J ensen rode the moto out to an easy win followed in b y Racca and Troy Falk (Hon ). Moto two, Eddie Davis again got the scratch followed by Mark Gregson, Gary Ra cca, Troy ' Falk, and Kevin Jensen. On the second lap , Gregson had set up to pass Davis and for th e second time today he lost his chain. Davis rode on to win the moto followed in by Troy Falk, Kevin Jensen, and Gary Racca. Mar k Gregson an d Monte Mitch ell met today in tw o classes with No . 1 winning both the 2 50 and the Op en . In moto two it looked as if Mitchell (Maico) was go ing to get the m on ey but running close behind Mit ch ell, Gr egson (Kaw) was alert to Monte 's missed sh ift and go t by to take th e win , and also the overall. • W~ole lot of dicing .gomg on By Patty Piston CHICO,CAL.JULY 31 eye it . try it . buy it Mike Patrick I s YAMAHA af CORONA 34 ,, 1101 E. 6th Street, Corona , CA p (714) 735·7721 ... , .'.. :: :. 1 Expert Dan Fowler W arn) battled his way to a first in 200cc Amateur, riding under a 40 yard handicap. Fowler was in seventh in the second lap . In the third lap , two riders all over each other stacked it up and Fowler, taking advantage, grabbed up third place. Putting the pressure on J ody Patterson in the second paid off in the seventh lap . On the che ckered flag lap Fow ler won a dice with Mik e McKe e (Y arn) wh o had held first for five laps. A t the fin ish it was Fo wler, McKe e and Paterson. In .the 25 0 Ex pert Ray Hubbar d an d Rick Schambler do wn ed it in the first turn for a restart. In a close , tight race, it was Dave Fari a, Ken Gray, Mike Freeman, Scharnbler and Jim Hubbard fo r the first couple of laps. Schambler relinquishcd fourth to Hubbard in the sec ond lap and in the th ird lap they both m ad e their move zapp ing it to Freeman. Leading the way p ast t he checkered flag was Fa ria foll owed by Gr ay, Hubbard and Sch arnbler . One o f t he hottest ra ces o f th e evening was the 3 60cc handicap. The holeshot went to Monty Heath but he was shot down in th e secon d lap by Dave Ryan . Ryan held o ff challenges by Chris Sauer and Dick Turner , in second and th ird resp ectively, for six laps. Sauer won the dice in th e ninth lap and sustained his drive to th e ch eckered. Turner, winning a nip and tu ck battle with Ryan, took ov er seco n d in the eleventh lap . Sauer, T ur ner and Ryan , in that order, finished a full half lap ahead of the fourth place rid er . • NorCal MX at Dixon By Steve Castillo DIXON. CAL.• J ULY 25 When it hasn 'C rained in over five m onths and the temperature on th e track is ncar the 100 de gree mark you could say the racing at ' Ar gyll Cycle Park was hot! Eve ry ride! ou t there knew it. , With a small tu rn out, it was decided to co m bine all th ree pro cl asses. Bill J ohnson (Yam) led both m ot os of the combined race. Neal Snar r also m ounted on a Yamah a rode two hard m o tos on his 125 bu t wa s no m at ch fo r J o hn son 's 250 m o to r. .: .