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.ay •• Pennzoil Performer Award timed turn as Chris Pfl aumer (KTM) got around him. With Hersman's twin wins givin g him th e overall, Hilton pic ked up second place ca sh fo r his 3-4. T he Open Ex pert racing was bas ical ly a figh t for first be t ween Dan Leet (:\Iai) and Ted Rogers (H us ). Although Leet had the most leading lap s in bo th motos, Ro gers was in the fran t for some of them too. In another fight goi ng o n for the t hir d and fourth settlement Robert N orton (B us) took third t he first time and Rick Long (Yam) got it the second run. A last lap slip pu t Norton to fifth that time wi th Ti m Dallara (KTM) ge tting fourth . Lett, Rogers, Long and No rto n cashed in in that order. • Results in Results Section. RO LF TI BBLIN Three-time World Motocross Champion, winner of the grueling Baja 1000, winner of three Mint 4oo's, first overall in the International Six Day Trials, a desert superstar, and most recently a flashy dune buggy racer , asks for Pennzoil. Rolf Tibblin knows what it takes to win, that's why he specifies Pennzoil. His Team Husqvarna entries get winning en9'ne protection from Pennzoil 2-Stroke Motorcycle Oil, while the buggy (second overall Class 9 in SCaR E's World Off -Road Championships) gets lasting engine lubrication from Pennzoil SAE 40 Racing Oil. Take a tip from this champion . .. whatever you ride or drive, wherever you go, Pennzoil is worth asking for . Soupy Startup By Esther McAllister STARTUP, WASH., AUG. 15 PENNZOll COMPANY On ce upon a Sunday at St artup MX track , nestl ed in the pi cturesque Cascad e Mountain s, somethi ng angered the m otocross gods and th ey caused th e skies.to op en an d a downpo ur to fall ju st as practice began . The track was soo n turned in to a slippery, soggy mi re. Only th e very b ravest dared attem pt the chal lenge o f the soupi est track sin ce last Novembe r Track Man ager Ken Vanassche was fo rced to cu t the mo tos short, no t o nly out of concern for rid er safety but also for the sake of their engin es ; to say noth ing o f t he eyestrain suffered by lapcheckers as they tried to identify the riders who were quick ly converted into look-alikes, mud-col ored fro m the t op of their helmets t o th e soles of their boots, rendering number plates us eles s. Proving himself to be a real mudder , Gary Carter (Bu l) go t the holeshot in the Open A Main and went on to a win after a second pl ace finish in th e first mota . The winner of th e first mota, 15 year old Mar k Hopkins (M-V) wound up seco nd overall. After n earl y a year of racing in Europe, Seattle's Tim Sullivan returned to the local motocross scene to slip and slide his Maico to a 250A class fir st. Taking 250A secon d pl ace honors it was 'again that hard-chargin' Mark Hopkins (Y am ) who rides two classes. _ Wiping the mud fro m his face as he took the chec kered flag, Duane Bow en (H a n ) claimed th e winner's share of th e money for th e 125 A class, followed by KTM-mounte d Brian Sessions. With his , Au ro ra Cy-cle RM 12 5 Suzu ki throwing up a rooster t ail of mud, Ch ris Gray dominated the 125B class, wi nning bo t h the fir st elimination ra ce and the mo ta . Second pl ace , also on an RM 125 Suz u ki, was Steve Houlbjerg of Seattle . In Mini B c ompe ti t ion , Shane Sp ence (Yam) took a first place trophy ba ck to Vancouver, B.C. with him, second going to Pu yallup 's David Holloway (Y am). • Results in Results Section. Speedway Central HA NFORD, CAL ., AU G . 27 Hanford's second annual allscratch p re-championship program went o ff like clockwork. Five rounds of four heats each provided th e format. 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