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Huckans wins at
South Bay
By James Brammer
SAN DI EGO, CAL . , AU G. 14
Rick Huck ans won the final
spe edway race, until nex t Ap ril. at
Sou th Bay Park Speedway. He
came fro m a 3D-yard handicap
start to edge " u t Frank Bollinger for the
o
lead on the last lap in the Handicap
Main .
Hu ckans continued his winning
performances in th e Scratch Main
against Brad Oxley , Doug Skil es and
Bryan Buffington,
The 1976 King of the Hill Cup was
aw arded by Advance Blueprint to Bryan
Buffington who won a series of match
races to settle a three-way tie among
Oxley , Larry, Kosta, and Buffington,
Buffington defeated Kosta an then Brad
Oxley. It was the first defeat in four
match races for Oxley.
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,Sout h Bay MX
on the line
By James Brammer
SAN DIEGO, CAL., AU G . 11
Mike Stearns halted Mike Tripes'
win streak at South Bay and
practically wrapped up the surn- »
mer seri es for th e 250 Pros with
IAbove) Buffington bites hard at South Bay. (Below) T. Gomez and R. Wadel28HI synchronize - again at South Bay.
54 points counting th e night's win .
Though there is one more race to go,
Mik e Tripes is second, with 42 , and
Marty T rip es third, wi th 32.
Mike Tripes (OG Yam) lacked the
speed and enthusiasm th at had carried
him to three ex citing co nsecut ive wins
in previous bouts with Stearns (Hus). He
finished se cond to Stearns in the first
moto and fell in th e second, finishing no
better than third. Stearns said they have
been doing some things to his Husky.
He won both motos. Marty Tripes broke
in practice and didn 't co m e to the
starting line.
Brian Webster wrapped up th e 250
Intermediate Championship on dealer
Vic 's Montesa, but Ken McClendon
(Mai), Chuck Trent (Suz ), Robert Storrs
(BuI), Rob Hollinghead, and David
Fisher (Kaw) are all going for second
place on the final nigh t.
Rick Wade has run away with th e
point lead in the 125 Intermediate class.
Always a competitor Wade dueled with
Tony Gomez , taking a spill while trying
to pass in the first moto. In the second
moto George Speck jo in ed the battle,
but Wade still placed thirdovera11 with
Gomez second and Ken Olson winning.
MX returns to
Long Beach
By Bob Ottow
LONG BEACH, CA L. AU G. 8
86 riders rode thei r first !\IX in
Lon g Beach since the close . of
Lions Raceway when Long Beach
Safety Council supp or ted Cycle
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Haven held it's fir st bi -weekly MX ra ce.
No 500 Pros showed, so the three 125
and fou r 250 Pros decided to co m bi ne
their classes to mak e a bigger payoff.
125 Honda m ounted 'Fast Eddie'
Clark jumped into t he lead with Jason
Yodogawa (250 Suz) and Jim Slaughter
(250 Suz) in hot pursuit but the race
was flagged because of a poor start. The
restart was a photocopy of the first one.
Yodogawa passed Clark on the first lap ,
Slaughter foll owed suit a lap lat er. By
now, th e 125 riders realized that th ey
were out-horsepowered coming off the
soft berms. Slaughter fell in the last lap
to let Clark by for second.
Mo to two saw Yodogaw a grab the
lead and never look b ack, Slaugh ter
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