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Mike McCoy (74y-Yam) leads 125 Novices Tony Oxford (6z-H-D) and Richard Podergois (Yam) in the Rockyhill IT sweeper. Big brass to Dinkins, Garrison at Rockyhill TT / Boot Bargains Major Brands Value $70.00 to $80 .00 for only By Cosmic Cat & Co. $49.95 .,., also PORTERVILLE, CA ,JAN. 16 Today's program was highlighted by the presentation of three of AMA District 35's highest awards to Scott Dinkins (see accompanyin~ story) . Sharing honors with Scott was High Point mini rider Mike Garrison of Tulare. retain in g his division's ch ampionship. Pa ssin g out big trophies wasn 't th e only thing ha ppening toda y a t Rockyhill , th ere were some fin e ra ces. Yamaha pilot Ri tchie Mo rris took the h oleshot in th e Mini Novice Main fo llowed by Tim T eows (Ya m ). T eows sat in second h alfway through lap three , th en slipped by Morris comin g out of the r ight -hander. T eows stretched his lead leaving Morris second and Steven Hill (Su z) th ird. Mike McCoy (H on). edged his way to th e .125cc Novi ce laurels, two bike lengths ahead of Tony Oxford (H -D). McCoy led all th e race but the real action was on th e las t la p in a battle for th ird , as Mack Bail y (Ya m) snatched the position from Ken McCoy (H on) in th e first tu m only to tangle up McCoy one tum later in th e right-hander. Ri chard Podergo is (Yam) saw opportunity knock, took the third slot, and carried it ac ross th e fin ish line. Mark Sumner (Su z) rode an excellent 250cc Junior Main. coming from third to first. Sumner follow ed Ricky Sullivan (Yam) and -Ma r k Chuwels (Bul)thefirstlap.Onlaptwo Sumner rode th e outside line of the sweeper to second and then took the lead and the win on the final la p, going by Sullivan over the jump. Rick Reeders' hard riding late in the race earned him second when he beat Sullivan out of the right-hander. Bob Garrison (Yam ) led all of the 250cc Expert Main until the final lap when Scott Podergois (Bul) took the lead in the first tum . Garrison fought to hold on to second but had it wrestled away by Jim Birkle (Yam) at the fin ish line. .., -- - - :: _ -. _ ; :: _- _: : :. ....-:- _ . -.-. Children's Buckle or Men's Lace '" . also Over 250 St y les of Boots and Work Shoes Work Shoes Unlimi t ed Tom Claire (6) and Dave Haugh duel over the iump at AME Sprockets MX. W hittier. 11227 W ashington Blvd. 69 5-6266 Garden Grove, 12086 Brookhurst 5 1. 537~5 Orang e, 1 N. Tustin Ave. 998 ·5400 rn Cappin g off the da y was the announc«;ment th a t Mi ni competitor Mike T eague was the recipient of th e Sp inners' club a nnual "Sportsman of the Year Awa rd ." • Results in Resu lts Section . A.M.E.MX Sprocket's Park By Lee Taylor BAK ERS FI ELD , CAL.. JA N . 16 The 500 Pros had th e fastest and ha iriest race of th e day at • k AMEs Sproc et Park motocross . The battl e wa s _ . between T om Claire , (CMS Maico) and Dave Ha ugh . (Co le Bro s. Maic o) . These two rushed into th e berms a nd over jumps sid e by sid e and on top of eac h other. They kn ew onlyone spee d and th at was full-t hrott le . In th e first mota. Haugh took down th e ch eckered flag after fighting Claire a ll the wa y throu gh -ou t th e mota. J im Den son (Maico) an d Skeet W ym an (Ma icoCMS) kept th e heat on and were rea lly push in g ea ch other. W ym an a nd Cla ir e m ay be teamm a tes bu t W ym a n : ~ -... -: ... ~ . .. ... --.. -.. . - -_ was still ou t to sto p C lair e fro m winni ng if he cou ld. In the second mota Cla ire ca me b ack on the lin e to sho w H a ugh where it 's at. Cla ire had a fantast ic ride with H augh p ushing him arou nd every turn . It was u n b e l ie va bl y close between these two , right dow n to th e final checke re d flag where Clai re took a firs t for a first over -a ll and H augh takin g down secon d . Denson and W ym an stayed in tight for th ird and fourth over -all respectively. T he 125 Interm edi a te race was wrapped up b y Ku rt H e a d lu n d (Ho nda) early in ea ch of his two mot os. Both tim es H eadlu nd gra b bed th e hole shot a nd se t u p inc redi ble leads for him self. H e was so smooth it was hard to bel ieve his la p tim es were as fast as th ey were. As fa r as th e rest of the class went . th e com pe tition was between Keith Sim s (Suz) an d John Whelchel (Suz). It 's hard to believe Whelc hel is only fourteen - he has the spe ed a nd en dura nce of a mu ch olde r and more experien ced rider, but of co u rse he rode minis for quite a few yea rs. 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