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Results in Results Section.
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D-G twins
tops at Irwindale
By To m Blatt ler
IRWI ND AL E, CAL. ,
ocr. 15
D-G Perfo rmance twins, Gary
Denton and David Taylor, easily
dom inat ed the 125 and 250 Pro
classes last Friday night at Irwin dale's weekly CMC ni ght moto cross
ac tion . Each ri der scored clean sweeps
in their respective ' classes. Denton
proved wh y he is called the "King o f
Irwindale" wi th three st raigh t five-lap
victories in the 12 5 Pro catego ry, and
Taylor, known as " Bo nes", scored his
sixth st ra igh t moto win in two weeks to
clin ch the 2 50 honors. Val Tamietti
again took the overall honors in the
500's.
In the o p en ing moto for the 12 5's, it
was Denton taking the lead in the firs t
corn er with one of his paltened
holeshots. Taylor wa s second followed
by Eddie Clark, John Atwood, and
T o ny de la Sora, who was riding his first
Pro race . Denton used the horsepower
of his Honda to pull away from Taylor's
Su zuki fo r an easy win. Taylo r had to
settle for seco n d with A twoo d movin g
past Clark for third.
Round two fo und a re pea t of th e first
m oto , as Den ton and Tay lo r ran
one-two. Taylor ap pli ed pressu re to
Den ton in th e final two laps, bu t once
again, Denton 's horsepo wer was too
much for Ta y lo r. Clar k and Atwood
switch ed positions in the second m o to.
. In t he final round, Den ton made it look
easy with a convincing wi n ov er
Atwood, Tay lor , and de la Sota, In
o verall p oint s, Denton too k first, ' with
Taylor sec o nd, At woo d th ird , and Clark
fo urth ,
T he 250 's saw Taylor do minate like
Denton did in th e l 25 's as the " EI
Mon te Te rror" easily swept all th ree
five-lap events. T wo -time Night National
Champion J e ff Vidic was the on ly rider
to challeng e T ay lor all ni gh t. Vidic
briefl y pressu red Tay lor in the second
rnot o , bu t David u sed the o u tside lin e
for power an d traction , and Vidic never
re ally h ad a chance. Following Ta yl or in
the overall standi ngs were Bill Rubly ,
riding a Su zu ki fo r the first tim e, Vid ic,
also ab oard a Suz u ki, an d T am iet ti.
T amietti re turned in th e 50 0 class to
scor e the overall wi n over a surprising
Rob Mari n o, ab oard a Su zu ki. In fact,
Marino defeated Val in the second
m o to, and had a sh o t at the o veral l
en tering th e fin al ro und. Third o verall
was Ro n T urn er.
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Irwindale Friday ni ght moto cross will
co n t inu e through the mon ths of
O ctober and Novem ber be fore closing
down in December.
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Resu lts in Results Sec tion .
CMC RR:
'Giant-killer'
John Higham
By John Ulri ch
ONTARIO, CAL. , ocr. 17
David Emde and Mike Baed er
trad ed win s and DNFs in the 750
and 250 GP classes; T on y Murphy
ran away with 4-st roke GP; and
John Glover made an auspicious GP
debut at today 's CMC Ontario road
race. But the biggest new s - and
surprise - of the day centered around
John Higham and his Yoshima Racing
Service 500cc Honda CB400F.
Built b y 28 -year-old Kazuo Yo shima,
the 500cc Honda ridden by Higham was
ridiculously fast . In fact, the m achine
was as fast as the Pops Yoshimura
1000cc Kawasaki Z-1 r idden by Dick
who
won
both
Open
Kilgroe,
Production and Super Cafe classes wit h
his m achine.
In 4-st ro ke GP , Higham sha dowed
an d harrassed Kilgroe aft er p assing and
be ing repassed earl y in t he race.
Fo llo w ing in wait ju st behind Kilgro e
until t h e last hal f o f the last lap , Higham
d ove underneath t h e drifti ng Kaw in
Tum 10 foll owing the back straight , and
nev er looked back. Higham's effort was
good fo r second ov erall in t he class, just
behind veteran racer Tony Murph y on
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