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California's F inrst Btll Budllts to tntrants B llt Trophirs to trophu witntrs Off -Ro" Roi, for MotorrycIts Only RIDER AGAINST RflfR NO TEAMS Sunda y, January 2nd 60'\ to ,,10•• E .,...." ~ to c , I". e_ti nplle, A.lL CLA$S£ S EXPERT 4M....n uR c_',,,._ ey_ , Result s TOP TEN: 1. Tom Broo ks IKTMI. 2. Tom Kelly IKTMI, 3. Morgan Malocco (Yam). 4. Mik e Johnston IKTMI. 5. lee Wilson iii IKTM), 6. Brad Henson lVaml. 7. Dean Kirk IHus!, B. Brett Round (Vam), g. Gordon Schmid fYeml, 10. TIm Plant IDMGI. OPEN EX: 1. Tom Brooks (KTM), 2. Bob Balentine (KTMI. 3. Morgan Malocco (Vaml. OP€N AM: 1.Ste"" Clugston (Vaml. 2. Greg Kammerman (Yarnl. OP€N NOV: 1. Rick Burrus IKTMI. 2. Jim Smith (KTMI, 3. Jim Smith lVaml. OP€N BEG: 1. Lenny Hancock lVam), 2. Steve Lorenze (SuzJ, 3. Larry Al len (Yaml. • 250 EX: 1. Phil Stumbo (CZl 2. Monte lee IVaml . . 250 AM: 1. Dean Kirk lHus!, 2. Mike Cole lHusl, 3. Bill TariingIHus). 250 NOV: 1. Rodney Roderick lVaml. 2. Jeff Matthews lVaml, 3. Gary Short (Suzl. 250 BEG: 1. Scott Werd IHanl. 2. Mike Frenk ISuz), 3. Cory Bonham lVaml. 0-200 EX: 1. TIm Plant IDMGI, 2. Rick Muller (DMGI. 3. Kenny Upp IVam). _ ~ Q..200 AM : 1. Richard Round (Yam), 2 . Kent Perkins (Yam). 3. Darren Pritchett (Yam)... Q..2OQ NOV: 1. Mark Ro und (Yaml, 2 . Bob Ru nd q u is t (Vam), 3. Jeff Cannon IVam). 0-200 BEG: 1. John Klohs IYaml 2. Larry Wallin . , (Yam), 3. Chris D uncan {Yaml. SR EX: 1. Gordon Schmid (Vaml. 2. Gus Paull (Vaml,' 3. M .S. Dyott (Vaml. SR AM : 1. Don Lockridge (Yam), 2. Dave Deichman IHusl. SR NOV: 1. Otis CecillKaw), 2. C. Crabbe IVaml. 3. Jerry Moran (Hus). SR BEG: 1. Roy Bonham (Vaml. 2. T.L Brookshire IVaml. 3. Roy Pfeiffer IVaml. PPAM : 1. l eslie Klug IHan) PP NOV: 1. Jolene Payne (Yaml, 2. Lori Farmer IC-A), 3. Miche le Griffin (Hus). PP BEG: 1. Elva Earll (Yam), 2. Mary Ann Schell ISuzl. 3. Pam Van Valer ISuzl. MI NI: 1. Robby Kennedy (Yam), 2. Robb ie Hickman (Hon), 3. Byron Van lYaml. 0.' NOYICE 1'4 • • to 1<:.. c..., ;.. ~c' OLD f._ '1 F IRST POI,.. RUN FOIII 1m T decided, many of them going down to th e last race. Bob Balen tine ha d th e Open class won for weeks. while T om Kell y (who didn't start until May) clin ch ed th e 250 class with his win on Saturday. T im . Plant and Br ad Henson wer e close for the 0 ·2 00 cha m pionship; if T im hadn't raced Sunday, his unofficial margin of victory woul d have been 18 points. Gu s Paull heldoff a strong challenge from Gordon Schmid to ret ain his Number One plate in the Seni or class. Leslie Klug came on strong toward s th e en d of th e year to take the Powder Puff points lead away from consistent Jolene Pa yne. Kelly Kline had th e Mini class championship locked up early. ' . Thanks to Beverly Burpo and th e others who worked 'very hard throughout the yea r to tabulate results in tim e for a Monday morning deadline. Again , it m ust be mentioned that these results are unofficial. • , I". cy TI~ ER CLA U (JS . ...... p ) B, " il.. " Ie ,h•• '0 . 11 ,,, .,.., ) b ; ~ . cl ...." 0-200· 250 · 0 ..... . 10'1< . 1 . i .... . . • ..... . . ... iIl '. ht. 2...f, "'"' J ul . _ •• 11, 1 _ c '''"' I.., cI rite I i... . I _ tu ._ .,_ . Io • " n . .,eu • • ••• cl i• Ohl Ti_ u . ..... f. _ c_ Ii _ ., _ ,,. There was this bump back there . . . prolonged front w heelstands are getting to be an art. far behind, took second ahead of Chris Duncan (100 Yam). Rob by Kennedy finished 10th overall and won th e Mini class . Elva Earll (175 Yam ) was first Beginner Powder Puff. Scott Ward (250 Hon). a winner th e previous week . won th e 250 /0pen Begi nner race handily. Mike Fr ank (250 Suz) and Cory Bonham (250 Yam) grabbed th e. next two spots . Lenny Hancock borrowed a 400 Mono 'a n d took his first class win at fourth. Roy Bonham (500 Yam) moved up from third to win th e Senior Begi nner contest. A close . race-long battle for th e first three position s highligh ted th e 250 / 0 pen Novic e race . Rod ney Roderick (250 Yam) led it all the way . but he was closely followed by . Tim _ Sloa n and R ick Burrus, both on 400 KTMs. The trio fin ished nearly elbowto- handlebar, -with Roderick winning and Bu rrus nudging Sloan at the last second for second. Tom Brooks thi s time led th e Amateur/Expert race to the bomb. Again, Balentine was stuck in the thick of Brooks' dust . The pair were 10 to 20 seconds apart throughout the race: with Balentine pulling to within 20 feet when Brooks pitted. Morgan Malocco again ran third thoughout the race, despite loSing fourth and fifth gears at the midway point. Mike J oh nston moved up to fourth , just as he had done in the Silver Cu p. The top four were set at the halfway mark. Phil Stumbo (250 CZ) . was in at fifth overall, just a head of Dea n Kir k (250 Hus), the first Amateur . Kirk had a n excellent ride the day before , finishing seventh in the Silver Cu p . Monte Lee had to retu rn ' to his Yamaha 250 a fter losing h alf th e spokes in his new H usk y's re'!.r wheel the p revious day. He finis hed seventh . Tim Pla n t (175 DMG) recovered from a multiple-kick -a nd -then -pus h start to pass teammate Rick Muller ( 175 DMG ) for t he ' class lead about a mi le fro m the finis h . Mu ller, who ad m itt ed he go t caught sleeping, crashed trying to get by Plant , and lost a place to Mike Co le (Hus) , who got second 250 Ama teur. Number One plates for 1977 were "0'\ n ,j UPERT -" '" ,", P .... ORA I,e_. . 1 150.00 P." ......,,. ...ltJ $ 165.00 S 25.00 ---llJ!P • C_.M •• _ • .,f , _ . """"'lEUR ... ".,. f.., PI... DIIIA I,e_... ".t20 5100.00 ~ P" . ,..01 0... ,.., ,.,i'i_ _ .., 5 • . i .... . NOVICE ...".,. ...: PI... ORA lice ... . 150 .00 ~ $l1S .oo -try ,._ ltJ 165.00 Pu t S 15.00 _~ ,....1.., Sl O.OO .....n ENTRY OPE... 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