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Ron Bishop & Duralube 'The Durable Independents' Ron Bishop + Mike Harper . - ="..",..,. . . . Bajal000~ Bike prepared by rmJIIJJ.UB~ 2nd Open Bike 'l:Y 3rd Overall Escondido Suzuki ' at the Baja 1000 against all bikes & cars using Duralube 50 to 1 DURALUBE, 1111 N. Allen, Pasadena, CA 91104 213-797-1162 Thinking ol.eDing 'he 01' .coot -Cycle Ne_. WanCAds Small-bore stylist Brad Henson has enough lead on his class to play narrow lea d in the 250 class sta ndings. Malocco finished fifth , third O pen Ex pert. A new (to DRA) fa ce showed up at sixt h: Al Ba ker (4 10 Hon). Al didn't get a chance to see the course until the second loop, bu t he said he had fun and wou ld re turn . Kevin Hasten (400 (CZ) continued h is co m back; a lt ho ugh he got stuc k in the d ust for half the race, he moved up four places in th e last 30 miles, I Brad Henson ( 175 Yam ) continued _ n in g in the small-bore class, ",in . getting by two competitors early in the race and finis hing eighth overall . Mike .'Joh nston , still getting adjusted to his .new 400 KT M , fi nished n int h . Rou nding out the top ten was Amateur winner Mike Co le (250 Hus). At 14th overall, Monte Lee (250 Ya m) , showed co urage mixed with a healthy dose of insanity, fi nishing third 250 Ex pert after going the whole way with a broken colla r bo ne. Tim Nething (250 H us) made it two in a row when he won the Novice race. ,Ge tting by fell ow Sodbuster J e rry Leath, he built up a big lead. He relaxed a little and nearly got ca ught by Rod Roder ick (250 Yam ), wh o fin ish ed second. At fifth , Tom Maddocks (400 Yam)I was first Open , • • . " • • • • ~ Novice , wit h Da rren Pr it ch ett (175 Yam) ta king a no ther small -bo re win . L eslie Klug (250 H o n ) had a tremendous lead over the other girls (as usu a l) when she came upon an injured rider laying on the trail. Sh e flagged riders awa y unt il th e man was coherent , hel ped him off the trai l, got ano the r ri de r to watch over h im , finished the race a nd still won . Lori Fa rmer (175 C oAl won the Novice class , just ahead of Jolene Pa yn e (Yam), Jolene and Lesli e will probably go down to the last ra ce in the contest for the N umber One plate. _ T im Sloan (400 KT M) , a previous class wi n ne r , won overa ll in the Beginner class . Beh ind him as last week's Beginner winner, Mike Sa pa no (175 Yam) who got to rid e another Beginner ra ce wh en points weren 't posted because of the extra work invo lved in the previous , timed, ra ce . Mike Frank finished th ird , firs t '250 on his Su zuk i. T he Mini class on ly went 30 mi les, but it was a 30 -mil e battle between Alan Dryden (H on) and Kell y Klin e (Yam ) with Dryden winning. Rider com ments about the co urse indicated it was rougher than most , but ge nerally well-received. Results in Resu lts Section . • A necessary tool for EASY engine work Greatly reduc es time spent by securely holding engin e in upright and sideways positio ns. Guarant eed precision fit Now available for 73-77 Honda CR 125 76 Suzuki RM 125 A 7fr77 RM 250 - 370 A ll Maico's All Can-Am's Other models soon available-Please inquire Only $14$ (Maico's $19$) THE FINEST IN COMPETIT ION DIRT BIKE RIMS FROM YOUR HI-POINT DEALER Plus $1.50 shi pp ing Calif. res. add 6% sales tax Cashier's check or money order only VH Motocross Products PO Box 3584, San Clemente, CA 92672 Dea ler Inquiri es Invited 21