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NORTHERN DATELINE gun kote. PROTECTIVE FINISH Mark Legarra leading at Benton Lane with pressure from Sonny Burres (691. Don Dodge (71) and Billy Oliver. Howcome these guys are straight up and the track's tilted? hole in tum t hree's hay bales. It looked sp ectacu lar ; Roberts was fin e. The Op en Pro was a st ar-studded even t with na mes like Dodge. No va. Oliv er. Burres. Davis. Legarra, an d on and o n fo r 13 pl aces. Sonny Burres wh o is u suall y No . On e at Benton Lane. was he ld to a second by Billy Oliver . Davis. Gary by n am e. had to work hard to pull o ut of the pack. d oin g most of his passin g down the back straigh t with a p owe rfu l T riump h.Don Dodge an d Mar k LeG arra h ad quite a battle for third. and whil e t hey were mat ching the co rn ers wheel for wheel . Davis shot by both and int o third . Dodge. winner of h is heat and the TD was sim ply overpowered by the front three, finishin g a fo urth ahead of Ken Celorie, wh o st arted from the third row aft er being ca lled as an alternate. • Res ults in Res u lts Se ction. National Motorcycle Patrol Benefit By Sallee Hilton DIXON. CAL.• OCT. 3 It just goes to show ya! The Motorcycle Patrol volunteers really are appreciated in Northern California! 415 riders showed u p ~. ,12'CIlE4 ~i 2ACt~ ,- Stainless Steel Brake Lines $18.50 (specify length) 410x18 (MT 111 Pire lliTyres $43 .39 Brake Rotors thinned $16.50 Brake Rotors drilled $16.50 Distribut o r f or : HUNT RACING PRODUCTS Including aluminum brake roton DUNLOP RACING TYRES AZUSA ENG. PRODUCTS PIRELLI MOTORCYCLE TYRES ND SPARK PLUGS & TUNE -UP KITS D eal ers for: Laverda, MV A u gu sta, M oto Mor i n i, Moto GU ZZI , Rick m an Motor:cydes 444A East Monterey, Pomona, CA 91768' 28 714-622·0533 As two fu ll rows o f 100 Amateurs left t he start. Dan Ben net t ried to give t he line ju dge a ride. Bot h we re okay and the ra ce was restarted . Doug Moo re came out the back chute in first and it took a hard-ridingBill Davis nine laps to get around and pull away, The 125 Main had 13 riders and Rick Rice held the early lead. Bruce Sm yli e worked fro m sixth to second in two lap s. slid by Rice comin g o ut of tum four and tu ned o n th e gas. Mo vin g o ut of th e rear pack came Steve Co p ley . closing on Smylie each lap . He tried too hard in one-two. his re ar tire washed o ut and Smy lie fin ished all alone. It was Rob Muzzy. Ross Roberts an d Phil Harless at the head of the Open _Sportsman u ntil Roberts punched a big at this event to prove that they want the Patrol to continue to be available for First Aid an d Rescue. After such a good turnout of riders and spectators the Patr o l will be ab le to replace a good portion of the bandages and splints they have used all year. often to the tune of $200 or more w orth of supplies in a single day . Many of those 4 15 rid ers have directly benefitted when they went down an d were tr ea ted at one ti me or an o th er. Another possib le reason for t he riders be ing there co uld have been all the ca n ti nge ncy prizes wh ich were don ated by sho ps an d m erch an ts who also wanted to sh ow their ap preciat io n ! Ther e was a wi de range o f prizes. fro m win e (for t he old ti mers. of co u rse l] to ti res, from salmon fishing trip s to hel m et s. an d j ust about everyth ing imaginable in between wi th d onors far too numerous to list . Outside of individ_ual donations. this race , the second an n ual NM P be nefit. sp onsored by Fred Dia n of BOSS MX. is the only source of revenue for th e. Patrol.