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••••••••• .e ••• ••• •••• • • • 3rd An nual have to ta ke a firm hand with "th ese experts. There were fin isher pins for th e top fift y finishers . This seems kind of tight on th e part of the Fa r West people wh en th e entry fee was $ 15 . 00. However there were on ly 200 ri ders all owed so that perhaps th e economics of the run wouldn't permit a more liberal dispensation of a pin that will be valued as a sym bol of th e perfect en du ro . • Official Resul ts to come. featuring Scott Autrey agains t th e Nation 's finest. OTHG North/South match ~" By Bang Bang Bobo Ingram SANTA MAR IA , CAL. , NOV. 7 AMA Sancncnec The "Over the H ill Gang" toured to Santa Maria to keep a p re-plan ned appointmen t with nort hern chapter members in another mat ch ra ce. The northerners won first place in ea ch class excep t in th e Experts. Northerners Mania c Mike and Phil th y Ph il ra ced hard but had to settle for seco n d and third , respectively , behind Lanky Larry Shoemaker of the south. Anima l AI , Da isy Dave and Ridiculous Rex, all from the north , swept the Amateur class, in that order. The souths fourth place Delicate Dennis made th em work hard for it though . Dingus Dan and Begonia Bill wouldn't let a southerner beat them in their own backyard SO Scabby Skip had to settle for third place in the Intermediates ahead of hard riding Krazy Kit. Beaver Ben returned after hiding out in the d esert to win a third place in the Novice class . Rocket Rodney and Dung Dennis in their own battle for points, took fir st and se cond , respectivel y. Knievel Ken on an evil Can-Am won in the Begi nners ahead of Mutha Mike and Ringworm Rob making it a 1-2 -3 sweep for the North. Lovel y Lee was able to hang on to fourth place. The south will rise again! (Maybe next year) • Results in Results Section. D-3S n Scrambles By Cosmic Cat & CO. PORTERVILLE , CAL. , OCT. 31 Gary Clark powered his Yamaha to the 125cc Expert honors over a very fast crowd toda y at the Spinners track , Clark followed Derek Land (Ya m) through lap on e , took th e lead starting the second lap a nd never looked back . Land defended h is seco nd against Rodney Sull ivan (Yam) th ro ugh laps two , three , a nd four and fin ally fell v ctim in th e swee per. Sullivan seemed i to hav e mor e hor sepower down th e straights. Trampus Bettencourt (Suz) took th e ho leshot and win in th e IOOcc Novice run over Steve Lop ez ( Yam ) a nd Darrel Peck (Suz), Peck and Lopez dic ed for second through out laps two • and three with Lopez event ua lly p assing. Rick Roeder (Ya m) , James Cri sp (Suz) a nd William Rigga n (Su z) tied up th e front three positions of th e :l50cc Junior Main , Going th rough lap one and still running tight , Crisp fell off th e pa ce when he went wide in th e (AboveI Oooo ! A aa h ! M agoo wins f o ur motos at McGill as only he can. (Below) Derek land hold s a short-lived lead at Porterville, Nov. 26-27, 8:30 pm Cow Pala ce (San Francisco) P h. 41S-334-48S2 Advance tickets at BASS Agencies Turbo Charge SAVE $125 Turn your docile stock cycle into a world's fastest street bike righthand er on lap two , letti ng Roe d er a nd Rigg an ba ttle for t he lead by t hemselves th e rest of lap two a nd three. Rigg an led starti ng lap four a nd took th e win with Roeder in second a nd Crisp , who made up h is lost dista nce , a close third . Ku rt is W ild er (Yam) ope ned the Mini Jun iors taking a n imp ressive Victory ove r Mike Hale (Yam) a nd Mike Wesson (Yam). Open riders sho wed up in for ce and pu t o n an excellent show with Rand y Griffith (Tri) a nd Rick Vill anu eva (Yam) providi ng m ost of th e thrills. Afte r a five lap du el Griffith crossed the lin e firs t with Villanueva in hot . pursui t. Results in Results Section. Tonda Makes it Two, Leads Series By W.H. Spencer SAN JOSE, CAL. , OCT. 30 Gary Tonda took over th e overall high point standings after round " three of indoor short tracking' at th e San Jose fai rgrou nds co nc re te oval. With two wins and a seco nd to his cred it , t he seco nd yea r pro Exp ert leads R ick De lacy a n d John Genn a i for the overa ll, and a slim three point m argi n sepa rates him and Gennai in th e 360 Expe rt . T on d a led a ll 10 laps of the main after only one restart with J oh n T avis ro ping in th e seco nd spot over Ge n nai a nd Delacy. Robert Silva was the big winner in the 250 Expert class nippin g out Dela cy and Chuck Miller in a real crash-e m bash -em , Silvaand Miller on re fu rbis hed Ossas are the consistent ou triders whil e Dela cy maintains his point balance with Don Bailey with consiste nt fini shes. Pa t Krznarich took home two more trophies to become a consistent point getter in both 125 and 250 Junior co m pe tition, H e leads the 125 and is second to Manu el Ponte by one point in the 250 class . Bill Miner won tonight'S 250 after three sta rt s with ponte in for second over Pat K, Pat beat out buddy Brad Spencer and Dante D'Arnbruoso in a close 125 m~. Results in Results Section , • Buy you r Amel'1CaO Turbo Pak kit between now and December 25th and we 'n sell .,. u ¥I M TC big bore o custom turbO piston set compete WIth ring s worth .175 for ant.,.$50 more than the price of the kitl For A ll You Need to Kno w Send stam p 1hed self ad dr essed e"", eiope f or Stnlet Bike magazine ,,,print or $2.00 for • fulty illustr ated color - cata40g showing app lication l!Ind instaltation of the fabu lous A merican Turbo Pall Kit . Dept . L7 S.nta An" . CA 92705 _ . 25