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Start Fast Go Fast Finish 1st with NPG Dealer inquiries invited NPG Lubricants, Inc. 120 E, 23rd St. Costa Mesa, CA 92627 714-645-2300 . YOUR LARGEST Powell pu t his 125 Yamaha up for sal e and proceed ed to prove its worth by winning both rounds of 125 Novice, despite plenty of heat from J immy Jones and his Irv ing Suzuki. Keith Jernigan (Suz) made it two str aigh t this week in 250 Intermediate, as first heat winner Kevin Hawk (Yam) could not return for t he final with broken motor mounts and cases. Jernigan's 4 -1 tie d wi th Marvin Saunders' 3-2 finishes, but a better second rnoto broke th e tie in Keith's favor , and was only on e po int better than David DiCorte, third OA at 2-4 . . In a spirited O ver -Sf) race , Ron Tomlinson (Pen ) mo ved from third to first on the last lap of moto one, and led the final round to win over Dud Gage (Suz) and John Talbot (Bul). Britisher Talbot also took third in the 250 Novice class , a contest in which the two leaders of the first mo to ,' La rry Colvin and Kirk Holcomb , ran aground together on th e last lap of round on e. The m ysterious overall winner rod e Bultaco #02 , but his name could not be found . The crowded 250 Expert class was holeshot by Dicky Turnbo (H us), but not riding for a month began to tell , not to mention pressure from Mel Newman, Rick ey Kidd , Roger Brown , , Bobby Pickard , and Trey Jorski. Halfway through , Newman took over and Pickard's bik e quit sparking. The first four were still pretty tight at the fin ish ; Newman (Su z), Turnbo, Kidd (Pen), and Brown (C· A) . It wa s Newman and Turnbo again leading the final , but Dicky ran out of steam, and Mel drove on in for a I -I payoff, followed by Kidd (3-2), Brown (4-3) , andJorski (H us, 5-4). Bob Pickard's ign ition bugs again haunted him in the Open Expert, and as he mo ved in on leaders Jorski and Brown, the plug wire came loose . The DNF bug th en bit Jorski's Pen ton , Brown ( Pe n) , Darrell Hollingshead (Hus) , Ch ris Dublin (Mai), and Dickey Nowell (Pen) finish ed in that order. Trey Jorski bounced back to win the last mota; b ut a tie for firs t overall was d ecid ed in the race for second, won by Hollingshead wit h Brown on his back wheel. • Results in Results Section . GOOD!yEAR STREET TIRE SOU RC,E ~ lAbove, left) Keith Jernigan got the holeshot and the win in 250 Intermediate at Whitney. IAbovel Dav id Greenhill chases Bruce Hallmark at Mosier Valley. [mJmImJl ~ GARY BANG CYCLE Impressions of a WFO Sunday in Texas By Dave Nielsen ARLINGTON , T X , DEC . 19 Every other week, Mosier Valley Motocross Park is different things to different people. Riders and fans from three states congregate here for the u nique form of recreation th at is mo tocross ra cing in the non -stop land , of WFO . On this unusually pleasant winter day, th ese thoughts remained with us . '. . Over 340 entries, all wishi ng for one thing - a holes hot from the traffic light starting system .. . Keith Jernigan's amazing leap from winning 250 Novice to win n in g 250 I n term ediate , in th e sa me da y . . . 125 Novic e Alan Spry overtaking everyone from a mid-pa ck start, in on e lap .. . th e coming of age (again) of 125 Exp ert Danny Doss, full tilt now after almost two years ... Craig Riddle blowing away from th e Senior Minib ikers on a new RM80 . .. a good day for Wyman Priddy (for once), first Open and second in 250 Expert . . . an unlucky day for Expert Mitch Milson , down with a broken . arm .. . 125 Intermed iate so big it had to be split and a su pe r rac e in Division II betw een Da vid Greenhill and B ru ce H allmark . . . Over-Stl cla ss getting fast er a nd faster , Dud Gage first t his tim e in fr ont of 25 rid ers .. . Mike Walcott looking ve ry in te nse in winning th e 100cc cla ss over Ha rry H einze an d Mike Cupito . . . Bobby Pickard sta rt ing to realize how fast he is after com ing from last to second in P.o. Box 472. Canoga Park, Ca. 91303 12131341-8474 both Open Expert motos . . . th e free keg beer "Gone in 60 Seconds'" after the r a c es . . . whe el -swallow ing whoops .. . short, frenzied mo tos to get all -11m off before sundown at 5:00 p .m.. . . not to mention that th e Cowboys game started at 4 :30 . . . Emotions a n d e nergi es drained after it's over, but that we know will be b rimming b y next weekend . . . • Results in Resul ts Section. Porting , Radi.1 He.ds,Snail Pipes CR 125 - 9 .5 Front Forks. 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