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._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._._. ---a well deserved th ird. Larry a nd ~Iart y ca n ex p ect t o tra nsfe r soon, alo ng wi th p lace Ri ck McC a be, Phil fou rth Chand ler ( Bul) b u rn ed up the Beginn er class wit h Rico Man cin i ( BuI) second. , • s. C. T. A. watermelon trials By Pau l Oswa ld TRAB UCO CAK YON, CAL. , AUG. 2 2 With a to ugh sch edule o f fou r loop s, 20 sections per loop , to be co mpleted in u nder five hours, 80 riders began a grue ling test o f ph y sical endurance a t the .Sou them California Trials Asso cia ti on 's Annual Tria l. The h igh Wat erm e l on temper atures and tou gh schedu le to o k its to ll. T here wer e m an y DN Fs , bu t th ose who fin ished had n othin g bu t go o d co rnm e n ts abou t t he trial. . Billy Sammons and hi s Bul ta co o wned th e Novice c lass. Bill y shined all d ay, th en st u ffe d h is sm ilin g fa ce wit h humongo us amoun t o f wat ermelon. R ick Manley. on a sem i-st oc k 3 05 Honda, foll owed Sam m ons in w ith a seco nd. Ro d Tolleson had some unbelieva ble rides tin hi s Honda 12 5 , ea rn ing a th ird fo r t he d ay. Ma rly S tabile o f I.T .A. fame rode his Yam a ha to a solid fo urth. The Am at eu r class was can tr o lled by Tom McKn ight a nd h is Bul, T he Webst e rs, also of I.T.A. fame, filled the nex t three positions , all o n 175 Yamahas. Mark fin ish ed second, broth er Pau l th ird , bro th er Davi d fourth. A tired Ch arl es Fe la nd too k th e Beginners class, on a Suzuki 185 , b y 2 0 points over Kim Griffith (Kaw). Kim wa s foll o wed by Arnold Han c ock. A n early scoring p rob lem posted Feland as a D N F , bu t afte r reviewin g th e score card, the o ffic ials gave Fel an d th e w in . Eightee n Experts sho wed u p fo r some tight co m p e t itio n. Bernie Schreiber a nd Mar lan d Whaley co n tin ue d their ba tt le, with Bernie com ing ou t o n top, while Ma rk Eggar fin ished third, In hi s first trial in some ti me, Ray So ffa (Bu l) fin ished fo urth, Ex-Texas rid er Chest e r Hudspeth (Ka w) st arted his day o ff by wrap p in g h is bo dy arou nd o ne o f th e eve r presen t cac tus in his ve ry Tirst sec tion ! The determ in in g p oi n t in th e Ex p er t class was a monstrous tri p le co m b ined sec t io n in a frighten in g network of wat er runoff ru ts. Eve n Bernie and Marland t ook th eir share of poin ts her e, wi th Mar land co llect ing two fives, , Mik e Lau x en (8 0cc Hon) won the kid s class over Mik e G rant o n a 125 H on d a. T he tough schedule to o k ' it s share of ri d ers in this class with seve n D N Fs . Most of th e ri ders h ad op in io ns of one ex tre me to th e o the r. Aft e r the trial was ove r, 35 0 pounds of wat ermel on were devoured by m o st of SoCa!'s tri al p opulace . • Results in Re su lt s Sec t ion . CRCMX at Corona By Elaine Jones . CORO NA, CAL., SEPT. 16 CRC has go t the "b ad" course bu t the ride rs real ly dig it. Eac h week J erry McNeil and crew have m ade smal l changes b ut this week they reve rse d it. T he result wa s a w in ner, and th at's from th e ri d ers. The Bre ker brothers tu rned in ano ther ou tstand ing p er fo rm ance wi th Goat taking the 250 Ex p e rt class 1·1 ·1 , over Kell y Call away , a nd Bryan repeatin g with a 1-1- I in th e Open Expert ov er Keit h Fair in g and R o n Hann ah. As if th at wa sn 't en o ug h, they teamed up fo r the bu d d y race and the D all as Baker " Dy n am ic Du o " had the lea d by th e end o f tw o la ps. When they ge t in fro n t. n othing short of a', train ' wr ec k w ill st op th em . Sc o tt Bauer a nd Scott Sheed y wen t a t it in the 125 Expert class b u t Scott d idn 't ge t h is ac t to gether u ntil the las t m o to a nd b y th en it was too late. John G lcss had n o trouble takin g care of Chris Par ke r in th e 10 0 E xpe rt class, Chris had to run se co nd to J ohn all three motos. l\Iini s wer e ou t in force and more th a n read y to do bat tle. Do n nie ' Berry gave the Experts a run fo r their m oney and the sm ar t m o n ey was on Donn y. He ra n second to Ern ie Townse n d in th e first moto a nd the n cam e back in th e nex t two to co m e hom e fi rst. Ernie was seco nd a nd Curtis Quails th ird. J eff Quails fared better in th e Mini Novi ce after tw o firsts and a second. wh ich ad ds u p t o number o ne. Mik e Wo rd was a close seco n d a nd Karl J o hnso n thi rd. Chris Gab les , a resp ected flat tr acker, extended h is abilities to th e m oto cross sce ne and wo n his first tr o p hy o n th e alien tu rf in th e Mini-Begi nner. He did it in style too, with three firsts. Kathy Espo sito , with three se conds, ha d th e p lace spot and Mike Sp ecchi o claimed the show spo t, . Kevin Co lwell, th e winner of the 1 00 Nov ice cl as s , is a spunky 14-year.old w ho worked o n a ranch in Idah o to earn th e money t o buy hi s b ike. This in cluded getting u p at th e u ncivilized hour of 4 :00 a.m .! Fo r th at alon e he should ge t a troph y. Todd Ho o p er, who was sec o nd, found out th at Kevin is a ri der t o be re ckoned with. Robert Pfetzing is getting use to w inning and if he keeps it u p he be t te r start takin g a go od look at the 12 5 Intermediate class. Steve Kon gstad a nd " Ar t Martinez nailed down secon d and th ird sp ots early on a nd di d n' t give them up to anyone. The 125 Beginner class c on tained some ex citemen t. bu t it wa sn't for firs t place wh ich J De Specc hi o had nailed d o wn so lid. T o n y Fe ldhaus had a 1-3 go ing in to the third m o to, wh ich looked prett y so lid aga ins t Randy Sh o aff's 3-4 an d Mark Gutebier's 5·2. · Something went very wron g th oug h an d T o ny en ded u p wi t h eigh t h in th e final go and fou rth overall Randy cam e u p wi th second an d Mark th ird. R ic k T-olso n to pped Barb ara Spielm an to ta ke the win in th e 125 Intermediate class. Clifford Mathews, a nothe r misplaced flat tracker who has fo u nd a home in mo to cro ss, is also ab ou t re ady to make a tr ansfer to 250 Novi ce. Clifford's riding st yl e is be st d escrib ed as an ou t o f con tr o l Kami kaz e p ilot bu t he does m an age. to be . righ t there for the chec kere d. Po or Cliff cou ldn ' t get anyone to rid e t he buddy race with him wh en they fo und o u t who he was. The stoc k answer was. UN o way. he 's crazy!" Char lie Strong an d Lo y Beach, who were seco n d and third, will not miss Cliff when he m ov es on . Bu lta eo ri d er S teve J ordan started slo w in the 250 Novice class, but picked up the pac e in th e- se cond and third moto s and came up with the win. Greg Ernst came u p with th e sec on d b y one p oin t over Doug Kramer. Mike Swain and Mike: Hallinas were ti ed go in g in to th e fin al moto of the Open Beginner, but the duel never came off as at trit io n problems took Mike "H" o ut and h e had to se ttle for second. • r Champion motocrosser Marty Smith rides a c ustom Honda. An Electro helmet rides Marty Smith. ,you need something besides-natural abiliti y. To win like You need an e ye for the best equipme nt. The n nothi ng can stop you. Tha t's why Electro ride s with Ma rty in e very race. He appreciates the comfort that our overstuffed ear padding a nd neck roll give. The strength of up to 7 layers of hand-la mina ted fibe rg lass. And th e e ye -catching looks of the most lustrous finish you've ever seen on a helmet. Electro helmets a re n't c heap. They a ren't especially easy to find , e ithe r. But if you're willing to go out of your way to have the best. ta ke a tip from Marty Smith a nd stop by for a fi tting a t your nearest Electro dealer. He's got ma ny styles to c hoose from. O ne just might ride you to vic tory! a samp ling a /Electro styles E1 Rad iant Sliver E2 Ca lifo rnian compe tition orange and sliver E1 Eclip se black and silver E2 Sweeper branre and compe tition orange .. ElECTROFllM INC., 7116 LAUR EL CANYON BLV D. NORTH HOllYWOOD ,CALIFORNIA 91605 _ . 29

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