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125cc Expert Main was his first win as Dinkins took the lead at the hal fway poin t after trailing eventua l second placer Kirby Shropshire (Suz) . Six races later in the 250cc Expert ru n, it wa s once again Dinkins followed by Frank Adamo (Yam) and Scott Podergois (Suz ). Dinkins capped his successful night in the final race of the program when he sped to his th ird victory over Greg Bookout (Tri) and Mik e King (Suz) in the 5 00-Op en Expert eve nt. Dinkins wasn't the only success sto ry tonight. J im Nation , who prepares small bore bikes for a few Bakersfield riders, had fou r entries on hand and the riders on t hose miniature rockets walked away with three firsts and a secon d. It started off with Kirk Gilbert (Yam) winning th e Mini J r . bout and righ t behind was Logan Glover (Yam), closing fas t. Rob Ely (Yam) supplied the t hi rd trophy afte r a five lap dice-out wi th th e ever tough Mike Garrison (Yam) of Tulare. Bro ck Glov er (Yam) ad de d the fourth an d final p iece o f iron with a win over a very p er sist en t Darin Lan d (Yam) in th e .l OOcc J r. Main. _ Two whi te flag lap s ca used some co nfusion in th e 250cc J un ior fin al but all e nded we ll. Rick Roed er (Suz) took th e win with Johnnie Alexander (C-Z) and William Riggan (Yam ) in second and t h ird slots. • Denny/Delacy split Speedway wi_ns Mike Ragan (4) and Terry The Pirate exercise the ir right legs at Sprockets TT. [Inset] Dinkins on form. By W.H . Spencer Rob Ely (8) put it on Mini-rival Garrison (1 ) during this round. brother Frank and wo n that heat. There were only two heats in the Open class, so t wo fro m each advanced to the TD where Frank got his reven ge by keeping Rich ard in his dust. Leaking oil kept Richard out of the A Main in which Dana Hansen held Frank to a second. • . Res ults in Res ults Section. Puyallup CMC Motocross By Sue Sykes PUYALLUP, WASH ., AUG. 1 J im An derson (Hon) , the Lon gview J unior High School student, did it again at PRP . Jim ran away with the overall in his 100 B class . T erry Phillips hit Ron Henderson, dragging him a good hundred feet be fore bot h bi ke s left th e track an d hit a fen ce. It took almost 15 m inutes to ex trac t Ph illips from the rear wh eel o f By Lynne Diltz Henders on's bike. Aft er two attemp ts th e 12 5 C was waved off and aga in, it SUNNY VALLEY, ORE. , AUG. 8 was Phillips an d Henderson with out the An other p oint race is over ; o ne crash. Debbi McCr ack en did th at on th c m ore to go as the ch am pion ship inside right-hander. Phillips won theC but was held to a second in th e B by , day get s closer. One of th e acc o rd ing to the result sheet, .. Fast " squeakiest, that will . go right to Hill . That must be Krai g. There was a the wire is the 100cc class between Bill tangle in the same right-hander in th at B Main that pu t Randy Linker and Do ug Davis and Bruce Smylie. These two speedsters broke even in points, Blagg o ut of commission. It took three attempts to get the allowing Smylie his slight edge. Both were pitted in a heat alo ng wi th Robbie third heat of 250s off and more than Speck. All thr ee ca me off the line and two-thirds of the line had to start from throu gh th e firs t two ' turns togeth er, the second row. Kir k Ho ward edged out pavis then downed h is Suz uki co mi ng Jo hn Robert s but co uld n't get arou nd o u i ~f the ;::~ide righ t-hander, Speck_ Ray Dugan fo r a T D win. Cecil Arispe we~ t-;-"ide to m iSi ~i!!1:-~n;;'!!c c_oppe~ sh~t ou t o f h is slump to win the 250 A . the lead arid went on to' a win i~~:~ ~d :::l _~ ~~ aln..:....... .. _ L.. . ... in the TD . In th e Main Event, Smy lie's . !lie Operrl1'~.~ TD and Mains took bike bogged o n the line, giving h im awh ile to ru;;.- 5~eme~ ~he ;;'~:le gan~ tenth in to the first tum. He had worked was on a two-min ute w';'~l~2' ana his way to fo urth before th e checkered nat ural ly, o ne at a ti me . Randy Hu n te r spent more tim e down than up, he slid flag , giving Davis first, Speck second and Don Bram b lett a third. out o n the p it t um. On the fourth ti me Th e 125 eve n ts seemed down, he just stayed t he re . It really acciden t- ro ne at best. Firs t heat saw wasn't his day. Richard Word passed Sunny Valley point race then took the flag for the S50 Grand Prix fo r the second time in as manystarts. 25 0 Pro 'act io n was a t its b est with some o f the favorites on hand for the good ra cing. Rick Benek (Bul) rode a great 2-1 for that first over all ah ead of Gary Potts (Suz) . Ron Pomeroy and Mitch Simmons rode both motos but trouble s at one tim e or anot he r held them up . Mit ch did put a m oto win and a ninth togeth er for a little m oney . WFO T eam Lee Voss and Pet J acobson held o n to firs t and second in the 12 5 Pro class with Marvin Sykes > (lion) taking a 4-3 for th ird overall. This was the second race of the Bicentennial Three Races Series with leaders as follows: l\lini A Ken New: 100 B Jim Anderson ; 100 C J oe Harwood ; 125 Pro Lee Voss ;' 125 B Ti m Michlitsch ; 125 C Craig Glaefke; 250 Pro Bill Jone s; 250 B Tim Michlitsch; Open Pro Blaine Elledge. . - . Dinkins pulls 'hat trick By Cosmic Cat & CO. BAKE RSFIE LD, CAL., AUG . 14 " r.o tt ninkins [Suz] m ade his trip to B akersi;e:.:J'~ TT at 5pn,ckets Park worthw hi le as the ? cnerville rider bagged three - firsts. :filt: 1..1'. .. _ \ R ENO , NEV. , JULY 27 Regular - uesday night Speedway T rac ing is in full swing .in the biggest little city in the West under promotion o f J eweler Bob Ince, The very short track attracts ju st about all the regular troop s fro m th e North and every o nce in a whi le so me from the So u th . Fo r tonight it was an all North .show with Norm Denny stormin g to th e Scra t ch win and Ric k Del acy goi ng fo r the Division I Handicap Main checkers. . With thunder sho wers disa pp earing ju st be fore ra ce time, the t rack t urn ed o ut well de sp ite m ud and fu nny sh aped co mers. Sh ort t rack specialists Delacy an d Ru st y Davis t ook advantage of short yardage m arks for an ea sy 1-2 in th e Han di cap Main. Denn y t rie d to ' come off the 50 fo r th a t win, to ' no avail. Getting the ju mp in t he Scratch, Norm won over Dennis "Choo-Choo " Robinson. Ran dy Davis, returning to racing after a month off to rest a back injury, wo n the two Consi ra ces eas ily with some good passing in th e Handicap. He hopes to repeat ne xt week so he can celebrate . his 21st in sty le at the local boomtown parlors. Gle n Hutchison beat ou t Denny Hart schorn for th e Div. II honors and trophy girl kisses while Steve Lucero proved unbeatable in the Juniors. • Resu lts in Results Section . ' Speed \:yay Central mid-season roundup HANFORD, CAL., AUG. 13 Full m oon , Friday the 13 th and mid-season. T his combination spelled disaster for several Hanfor d co mpe tito rs. The mid -season synd ro me of injuries, ailing motorcycles and worn o ut riders has been sh uffling roste rs everywhe re with Hanford no excep tio n . T he Handicap Main had o nly one regu lar - J ack Mart in. lIe face d five "vou ng lion s," Faulkner, Tracy and Fle tcher were o n the te n , McClain o n the 20 and Mar tin going fro m the 60. lt was a f!!!.!r-man dogfight up fro n t with T racy finally puliing ou t about a t hree foot lead. It stayed t his way fo r