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Cycle News 1976 08 31

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_._... =Western hotline ; _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . - ~ . _ · . _ . ~ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . . t 1.0 r-.. O"l ...-t Jim Reddi~g hauls freight for.second OA at Elsinore 0 ·37 point run. (Insenl Corona's 125 Expert TT winner, Mark Milazzo, unwinds. Long Beach's Cycle Haven - open for MX business. The men thundered around the track to th e chec kere d flag with no chan ges or m ish aps. Clark had become better acqu ain ted wi th t he track, but cou ld o nly hold Yo dogawa off fo r fou r laps. Slaughter began to fade and Do ug Heil (250 Su z) passed and began to app ly heavy p ressure to Clark's rear fe nd er, ge tting by in t he eig hth lap . Yodogawa got the checkered flag and a perfect 1· 1-1 score for a grand-slam win. Hei l's second place charge in the final m o t o n etted him th ird ove rall, but Clar k's co ns istent moto finis hes en titled h im to second overall money for the day. • Results in Results Section. Old Timers go International By Dal Calais VALEN CIA, CA L. , AUG. 15 Thirty of th e super-Gerito l set came out to enj oy another challengin g CRC reverse Intern ational track. A big welcome to Chuck 18 Talbott , Ed Scheidler and Mike McCoy as guests fo r the day . Ed also took o n the CRC Vets class and moved up in class, on the first day out, alo ng wit h Mike. In the Master class it was Blackie Lewis, with 1· 1· 1, taking to p hon o rs for the day. Line Steward No rb Brown tooled his Suz uki in for second overall fo llowed by V.P. Marvin Olson in third . Experts were led ho me by Al Denn ler with a co nsis te nt 2-2·2 with Sam J o nes, who wo n the first mota, ge tting the nod fo r second overa ll. Secretary Bill Bird, wearing his spiffy new 4 0 hor sep o wer Yamaha le ath ers. breezed in for third with Al Close right th ere on his mighty Maico for fo urt h . Amateu r action saw Tom Widick win ning ~h.e. last two m otos for top banan a today . Professor John Webb go t a n ew Me tz eler fro n t ti re an d seco nd overall fo r his 50 th birthday t oday. r Fre d Maynard wo n th e fi s t mo to and hung in th ere for third with Boyce Williams on his hot Ho nd a (so on to become a KTM , we u nderstand) for fourth. Darwin Zenzer gave lessons to the No vice bunch today on how to win, t aking th e last two motos and firs t overall Dal p aid Howard an d Ran dy to stay home so he cou ld snatch sec o nd . Results in Results Section . Dorothy RoweSmart fast lady By Elaine Jones CORONA , CAL.. AUG . 11 Prettv Doroth v Row e can claim brain~ alon g \~th beauty as she rode one o f th e best pl ann ed races of th e evening, th e 250 Am /Ex Half-Mile. Dorothy go t off the line first but Paul McPh erson took over on lap two. It be came evident they were using th e same lines, so Doro th y dropped ba ck an d st arte d looking for a better way to go . It d idn ' t tak e her long and so on sh e was riding double with Brian . Sh e found th e hole three laps fro m the fini sh. and that was all she ne ed ed for th e victory. . In the Mo ne y Half-Mile it was Stan Kinsey 's nig h t to shine. Artie Nay and Walt Foster hung in th ere but cou ldn' t even ge t close to c hallenge the smoo th run n ing twin . On th e Money TT Walt used the exp erti se that has made him a t op rid er t o ho ld off Artie for bucks. The onl y double win of the evening was c o llec ted by J im Ch amp man, a flat tracker turned m o to-crosser, returned to the fo ld . On th e TT he had no tro uble

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