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._._._._._._._._._.- ' •'¥, Bob Balentine ~ mmn:LUB~l 1977 ® Open Expert first team, at third overa ll. was Dave W o od and Eddie Sm it h. R ick The 20· mi le co urse incl uded several fast straights a nd even a water crossing on the edge of Soggy Dry La ke. Jerry Carpen ter a nd Mike Martin teamed up to place fifth overall , first O pen Novi ce. Mc Neal , CRC president , managed to find som e ra rely used trails. running th e racers over some nearly virgin ground. Mal occo and Sal tzman had such an exten ded lead ov er t he balance of the pack that few teams actually made the full six laps. Malocco averaged 24 .5 m inutes per la p on th e first four times around. Eric Swan, overall winner of the Adelanto Grand Prix 0-200 race, teamed with MXer Mike Price to take first 200 Novice, against the stiff competition of th e Michele Griffin/Rick Beck team, who were running as a prelude to .t he . Parker 400 . CRC is planning a ser ies of these team e ven ts . with possible contingencies for ind ivid u a l and team performances, • Result ran last week. ~ ,~ 0 U Tom Kelly 1977 R A 'L U 19n I:' I:' O'l " After 4 months of hot California desert racing, I couldn 't measure over ® 250 Expert 1.0 B ~ C ~ .0001 wear on my 250 KTM." Tom Kelly #1 250 Expert ~ M ..0 QJ ~ Duralube - Reliability Ask Your Dealer for the Best 1977@D-37 125 E ~ ~ @ Lightweight Expert Jeff Kaplan t Du ralube sweeps Numer One plates in the Ca lifornia desert ' Tim Plant Ron Bishop DuralLibe 1111 N. Allen, Pasadena, CA 91104 213-797-1162 Watch the Dur.lube 2nd Overall Baja 1000 Colton Commands R.A.C.E. HS MX Victory Box In Results Sect n 1ltt·II . l r~ II .II .II .11 .II . II . II .II .II ~II .II .II .II .II . II .1~" . II .n .n .II .".n ._n_n _" • I CRC By Elai ne J on es " •e@ iMAi"M i .' .. i I = In t 'l. MX course tAU Super T rophies - Heavy Finishing Pins Double CRC points ! • ! Colton , H emet , Pomona , Notre Dam e and San Be rnardino high sc hool m otocross teams b a tt led on the longer Corona d a yti m e Reneg~de Gr3:n d PrIX a~ ~a ; CO RONA, CA L.. JAN . 22 co urse. with Colton sweeping several events and win ni ng th e team title . The · Colt on team sta rted with th e 125 Senior where Ro bert Cu ellar and Ben Limon ended up first and seco nd . Dou g Linc oln ca rrie d on the Colton win tradition when he and teammat e T od d Baldwin turned it into a two man ra ce a nd went afte r eac h other. Lincoln ca me up with a 1·1 ·2 tall y with Baldwin spoiling his grandd slam by getting the holeshot off th e lin e th e th ird moto and hold ing off Doug in a wild on e. Steve Peck made it a Colton rou t when he picked up third . Brandon Baldwin and Mike T aylor , another Colton " Dyna m ic Duo," r an away with th e 250 Nov ice cla ss as th ey ran first and seco nd all three mot os. Jim Hyer of Hemet kept Colton from another sh utout wh en he clai med th ird . Thin gs st arted goi ng r ight fo r Hemet in th e 125 No vice class. wher e Clyde Smith took a back sea t to Mark Montgomery. in the first mot o, th en won the next two , Keith Booher of Pom ona pic ked up the second in a tie b rea ke r . droppi ng Mon tgomery to thi rd . In non -high schoo l action , Bobb y Ha rt and h is litt le Ya m aha 80 put on some ki nd of show agai nst the 125 Novices . Han no t on ly started behin d everybody , he started backwards. It took him two laps to ca tch everybody. a nd ta ke the first mot o lead . H e was in fro nt q uic kly in t he next two m otos and too k t he overa ll win . Bobby d oes his best work on th e hill sid e wh er e he ma kes th e little bik e go pl aces a nd do things a bike isn' t su pposed to do . Second- p la ce Tony Feldh au s was the onl y one who reall y ever ga ve H art a ny trouble . Sco tt Davis beat Curtis Reeves th ree stra igh t times to win the Mini Class. Ron Lawson had a g rand slam to his credit in th e 250 Nov ice. wh ile Ken ny Reeves a nd Dou g Ph elan played follow th e leader a ll three motos. • (Western Hotline continued on page 23) .• [I Sportsman entry $12 mail- $15 post Expert entry $15 post only Cash payback to Experts Special Team Race-2 ride~s/l bike-$8 .per rider 3 mile GP course includes ! ! I ! I i ! I I • ! 'i . · ~c:~ for mail entry send 1 S.A .S.E. or send any standard entry form to: CRC, 24518/slandA ve. , Carson) CA 90475 gat es op en 7 am - pra ctice 8 am ! am - InZ ! l Oam. - 125'B eg, Nov • llam-125Int,Ex • 12 pm - 250 & Op en Beg, Nov ! 1 pm - 250 & Open Int, Ex ! 2 pm - Veterans & Women ! 3tJm -TeamRace 1en.u.II.u.U.U.J I.u.n.u.a.u.u8ll.n.u8ll.u RedJmufs Suvdti Sal es & Service ::: Fast UPS Mail Orders Any wher e .~~~ 829 W. Colto n Ave. ::: Redlands, CA 92 37 3 ::: 71:1--793-2041 H~ Port ing, Raclial Heads,S na il Pipes CR 12 5 - 9.5 FrDnt Forks, FDrt< AecumuIatars; Dealer Prog, arll; CataIoc $ 1.50 Hwy. 19 N. Rt. 2 Port Richer, FL 33568 (S131863-2121 I • I • i ! i I t • • II. ~~ i i i , ! I , . . . . ~7~.----- C ~~ I . [ORO ! - ~ ! E ; mfo:213-830-7519 ; I U U 8ll. .u.u.u 11• ••11• •••• 21