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last mota to break up a sure win over D. Garrett who had two first go ing into the third 10 minute mota but' had falling troubles. Carlson, an Expert in D-36 Scrambles, wa s a tired smiler at the gold medal line and a very proud deputy Sheriff fro m San Mateo County. . Open mota co mp et ition seemed to be a give away wh en it wa s announced that Gene Cannady was in town to represent LAPD. In the first m ota he lapped all but the second a nd third place riders. His luck ran out on the first lap of m ota two though, when the triple forks on his trick Honda gave up the cause in a an 80 mph area and the Baja ac e suffered a very painful co mp o und fracture of the wrist. Alan Kent came back front running fo r mota two and combined that win with two seco nds for the overa ll over Paul Eat on an d J im Richardson. Loa king over the riders and the fact that many wer e from areas like FBI, CH P and DA' s offices just makes you wonder if this sport may just make it in the big bad world of everyone against the motorcyclists. After all, if you can ride with the law enforcement officers of the state, side by side, then we should have places to r ide, right? • (Right on . . . EtL) Santa Clara County Fair By W.H. Spencer SAN JOS E, CAL. , A UG. 20 Opening night o f the annual Santa Clara County fair now has a permanent fea tu re just like the eastern fair circuit - motorcycle Rory Rundle, after much trying, had his day - and night at .Fremont. Fremont MX By Steve Cast illo FREMONT, CAL., AUG. 26 Rory Rundle has been riding pro .for a long time and he has tri ed it on several bikes; but tonight on his new 400 KTl\!, Ror y pu t it all 32 together and won the 500 Pro class. Rory's story goes like this. At the start of the first 500 Pro race ' Larry Lacey (Suz) jetted off the line with Stev e Scoffone (CZ) in second. Going into a freshly watered turn the charging Lacey hit his brakes and slid out, handing his lead over to Scoffone. Scoffone led for about a lap until he crashed. Rundle was t her e to cash in on Scoffone's error. Dick Wilson on a CZ had moved into second with Bob Geffert (Suz) co ming up to challenge. They we nt that way to t he flag; Rundle first, Wilson second, Geffert third. The first mota of the 250 Pro ra ce was by no m eans a sleeper. Hol eshot artist Bill Johnson (Yam) did his thing; Bruce Manzoni the CZ kid fro m San ta Cruz was right behind. Back fur t her was some pr etty fast co mp any nam ed Kipp Classen and Phil Crane. Classen n ow is charging thro ugh the p ac k, shoo ts by Manzoni, and has his eyes set on Johnson. At the hal f way p o int Class en is rapidly closing; Ph il Crane h as moved into third and Bob Terwilliger has moved in to fourth. When the . last lap flag came out Classen had moved w ithin inches. Coming over the front spectator j ump Classen and Johnson were in the air sid e by side. Go ing into t he sweep er after the jump Classen kept it on j ust a little bit longer than Johnson passing him going into the t urn. At the flag it was Classen, Johnson and Crane. Back in the 500 Pro battle, Rundle jetted out front and proceeded to bli t z the rest of the pack; a fitting finish 10 Rory's hot night at Fremont. Richard Wilson (CZ) picked up second place money on h is Champion Cycl e CZ, with Ihird going 10 Bob Geffert (Suz) . Going into the second round o f the 250 Pros Bill Johnson go t off the lin e first with Phil Cran e second and Curt Berggren (Bul) third. On abou l lap four Crane pressured John son o ut in a b erm turn. Meantim e Clas sen is co mi ng t hro ugh the pack. Af te r push ing Johnson hard for a few lap s Classe n go t by. Clas sen wa s never able to ge l by Crane, but didn't have to worry as he still p icked up the overall. • Police Olympics MX By W.H . Spe ncer LIVERMORE, CAL. , A UG. 12 J ust fo llowing th e dimm ing lights of th e officia l Olymp ics in Montreal, the California peace of fice r s gathered their masses together in the Santa Clara Valley for their o wn brand of olympic competition, and 10 and b ehold, one of the forms of competiti on is motocross. Gathering together at Carnegie Cycle Park, donated by Bud Brillousour with track prep by none other than Buggs Man n and scoring by y o ur truly, some really great ra cing transpired on a ho t Thursday afternoon, G len Cox had an easy tim e of the ligh tweigh t competition with a 1·1 -2 o ver Dave Thornquist an d his 3-3- I. T orn q u ist wa s o ne o f th e nearly two do zen LAPD represented whil e Cox wa s the sal e rider from Placentia PD. Just goe s t o show who does wh at on th eir off tim e in th e hills. Keith Carlso n save d t he da y fo r t he up No r t h tro op s w it h a co m e-fro m-beh ind ca tch- up j ob in th e racing. During the Nati o nal trail, many riders ha ve kept ends together by traveling the fair circuit. There never has been much of a fair circuit for Northern California racers b ut the Bob Barkhimer group knows that there is a need for it, Walt Foster tripped the light for fast . man, o n e of o n ly 13 Ex perts along with 19 Juniors to m ake up three heats. Foster proved t he fast heat man beating o ut Gibbs and Gary T o nda while Frankie Adamo too k the second over Jim Wright and Vince Mead. Ricky Graham won the third h ea t ov er St eve Fortune a s John Gennai saved a third. T he Novices started out with six qualifying h eats -Iead ing to four Semis. Rick y Dela cy downed Randy Mam ola and Dave Nazzisi in the first Se m i while Western Regi onal point lead er Danny Hogu e won the second over Rodger Sla ck and Tony Alves with fast time. Don Bailey took the third over Stev e Carrillo and Jim Mertens. Rod Spencer too k th e fourth o ver Scott Kelson, as Eddie Lawson saved th e final spot after Dan Castelhano dropped out with a tired motor. The Nov ice Main w ent off we ll before 10 p .m. with Steve Carrillo leading Rick Delacy. Hogue took the point for one lap only to also fall off the side w it h a seized motor, giving the lead to Mertens. Jimmie had just received confirmation of a pro number that da y and had gotten his m ilking done early on the Clover ranch SO he could give th is rac e a try. He didn't hold the lead though , as on the fourth lap Delacy and the Cancilla Yamaha took over and led it right through the white flag. Then the chain gave up and bingo, Mertens was a first ti me winner with Slack in for seco nd o ver Spencer and Bailey. Gibbs led the entire 15 . lap Jr/Ex co m b ined. with ease after seeing Do n Car lisle eliminate h im self in T-3. While Vince Mead put on the charges, he ended up on the T-3 ground taking Fra n k Adamo with him. Fo ster also crashed early. J o h n Gennai stu ck on the hot line for third j ust in fr ont of Lowell Moural and Wright. Not the most spectacular o f Mains , but a smile winner for Randy . • Resul ts in Results Section.