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D on Can t alo upi (N ag) h o ld in g out against D ann y T u rner (Ya m). T urne r di d get arou nd and stayed there, but Can tal oup i was not about to give ul;' sec on d. Mean wh ile Mar k T y er (Ha n) w as try ing to make u p ' for a bad start and was p ickin g off rid er after r id er on his way to his eventual third place fin ish. In the second 125 m o ta Can taloupi an d Turner m ix ed it u p again, wit h the same en d resul t, Can talou p i cou ldn ' t hold o ut aga ins t hard ch arging J ack Keese (Han) an d dropped to third in the last lap . Dave Carlso n had fo u rth an d th is t ime Tyer w as fifth . The eiljh t p aying positions w ere : ( I) T u rn er , (2) Can taloupi, (3) Carlson, (4) Tyer, (5) Keese, (6) Wanket , ( 7) Jim Dom ann (Ha n) , and (8) Pete Wan kel. . The Op en cl ass was a Pat R ich ter swe ep. Th e eight Open riders ge t t ing a share o f th e $2400 purse we re ; ( I ) Richter, (2) Ken Sisler, (3) R ic k Lo ng, (4 ) Ted Ro gers, (5 ) D an iel Steel e (Suz}, (6 ) Du an e J oi ce (Suz) , (7) Bob Norton, (8) Eddie Co le. Th e r ea lly big race, 25 0 Pro, brou gh t on a lot of DNF d isapp o in tm en ts. In the first lap of t he first race th e order o r th e f ron t runners was Hal Strau ss (Mail , Marty Moa te s (Rl>I), Ken Zahrt (O ssa), Greg Ro bertso n (Ossa), Val T amietti (Mai), Bo b Elliott (Suz). All but R obe rt son and Zahrt DNF ed lat er! R o bertson got the eve ntual win for the rno to with Zah rt secon d. Rick Lo ng (C. A) was third, ~Iike Hersman (Hus) fourth (He starte d frontwards this ti me!). Pat Ri chter was fif th in th is first mota but led the wh ole thing the secon d tim e arou nd . With Rich ter no t abou t to give up th e lea d, R o bertson and Zahrt h ad to settle for sec on d and th ird. Mik e Hersman was fourth again and Scott Mon tgomery (RM) gra bbed fifth. Only 17 of th e original 5 0 m ad e it through the q u alifiers and b o th m o t os! Results in R esults Section. Sauer wins Scratchman title By Pat Upton CHICO , CAL., SEPT. 4 Chico's Chris Sau er ear ned the right to the title o f " Scratchma n" by winning the 360cc Handicap fro m the 60 . yard line . Sau er is only th e 15 th ri der to earn t h is hon or in the 13 year hist ory of Cycleland. Riding co m petitio n for th re e years, h e also h as th e distinct ion of holdin g th e nu mber ten spot in CMC 's top ten in short track In' other ac tio n, a t igh t d u el deve loped early in the 20 0cc Amateu r Scratch even t betw een Dave Up ton and Leon Fowler. Upto n was still in the lead goi ng into the third tu m on the final lap wh en Fow ler , charging har d , got a wheel under Upton, sp latte ring them both all ove r the trac k. T hi s opened the door for J ody Pat t erson (in th ird) to take the lead with D ou g Reiswig finishin g second. The 125cc Junior race had its own b rand of excite ment, Se ttling into first an d second early wer e D an Benso n an d Clin t Egbert, T hey wen t unch allen ged to the ch eckered flag. The real battle was fo r third between J im Gollihar and Mike McA vo y . It was side by sid e action wi th G ollihar h ol d in g on t o third b y in ch es at th e fin ish. • Results in Results Se ction .. Fremont night championship bash ill@[pffi) JiJffi~~@[P~ are here! ~ © '~ Here's how they work ';~ ~: down t,he straight ~:vay -. , In straight -up ru n n ing 5 -26 puts a narrow but Ordinary tires use the fu ll t read in con t ac t effective tread pattern for l ight hand ling and mi nimum d rag. with ma ximum drag and heavy steeri ng. i th .r» I n tu rns or berm s S-26 puts mor e to t he grou nd for rubb er m a xim u m b i te and traction . 5 -28 425x1S 475x1S Or dinary t i res ru n ou t of t read w heA YOu need it the most . Dealers call ar write:- - - - - - - - By Steve Castillo F REl>IONT, CAL. , SEPT. 24 What a night of rac ing at Fremont! Anybody who was anybody in nigh t m oto cro ss in CaliIor nia showed up at Fre mont R a c e w ay f or t h e No rcal Night Mo tocr o ss Ch am p ion sh ip . T hey wer e paying double p oints to n ight so it was extra profitable for the Sou th ern Cal ifornia rider s t o m ake a sh o win g at Fremon t and make a sh owing they did. In m ota one o f the 125 Pros Gre g Toyama ( FMF) p ulled out fro nt with lo cal riders Don Can taloupi (Yam ) and Mike Preston (Suz) runnin g in sec o nd and t h ird positions. Prerace favo ri te Dan T urn er (Yam) w as way back in abou t 22nd at the start, things lo o ked bleak for th e Ya maha fa c to ry rider. Cantal ou pi an d Pres t on started pressu ring each other which brou ght th em qu ic kly up to battle with T oyama. T o y am a was give n a hard time by Cantaloup i and Don fin all y go t by the ta lented SoCaI rider an d t ook off $ it h the lead. Mike Prest on fo llo wed Can ta loupi's example and also sh ot by. Back in th e p ac k Danny T urner was ridin g like a m an possessed o n his vir tually box st oc k Yamah a. Getting way b ac k on the scat Turner wou ld keep it on longer in th e turns th an h is co unte rparts u sin g all of h is national ex p er ience to th e fu lles t. 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