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._._._._._._._._._._._.__ ._._._._._.. If ROBERT BOSCH .. a zq APRIL 3 e1re CRC Ent ry Fee: Sportsman Pro $10.00 mail $25.00 mail $15.00 $35.00 post post Mail Deadline March 15 24518 Island Ave. Carson, Ca. · 90745 Phone: 213/830-7519 BOSCH BIB BONUS Obtain a bib on the day of the event. Winners with BOSCH Plugs receive: Rocket ship bl a st ed by. Fo r t he d urat ion o f t he rnot o it was Mosier. Staten . and Anderson SO far ou t in front of the other rid ers th ey were on a not her section of th e track by th e ': tim e the othe r riders ca me int o view . c J im O 'Neal (Mai) a nd Fr it z Schlegal q (CZ) were go ing stro ng until Kevin ~;~' V I VA" Rod gers (Mon) got d ialed and ".,bum ped a ll but t he leaders. I ' In th e seco nd mot o " Rocket" Rex Staten took the holesh ot , but th e lead was sho rt lived - Mosier h ad th e front positi on by th e ti me t he rid ers were to th e hairpin turn . T he leaders were the same in this race as th e last , Mosier. Staten , Anderson a nd Rodgers . Allen Ortiz (M a i) a nd Schl eg al were fight ing to th e checkers but Ortiz got fifth . John Smith (Yam) a nd Marty T ripes (H- D) ca me screaming around th e start turn to geth er to get a jo int holeshot in 250 Pro . As th ey smoked around th e turn th e ne xt five gu ys cra shed into one a nother for a gi ant bike pile . Am azingly enough, no on e was seriously injured. T he leaders wer e Is T r ip es, Mo sier , Smith a n d .Mike "Little" T ripes, who has not ridden .:; since October. Marty "Big" T ripes was oJ forced to DNF when his m achine quit , :1 gi ving th e lead to Mo sie r. C a ylon op en ed up th e lead to th e point th at he was a ble to sh ut down in some of th e t urns a nd not h;v,' to worrva bo ut it. Alan Sm ith (H us) a nd Rocky McKee (MCA) go t going and moved past Tri pes with Smi th ge tting by Smith for seco nd. The ne w order of th ings was Mosier , Alan Sm ith . John Sm ith a nd McK ee with Tim Marsh (S uz) followi ng . Mosier was off the lin e a nd go ing first in th e second mot o , with W es Sutt on (Ma i) in hot pursu it. J ohn Sm it h was thi rd a n d Al an Sm ith fourth . Sm ith swoo pe d Sutton at the bottom of th e downhill to take ove r seco nd lea ving W es a nd Alan to d ice it for th e three/ four slot. McKee was co m ing on strong when he d id wh at so many of th e 250 rid er s were doing. he crashed . When the rnoto was over and th e poi nts tallied th e pa yback went to Mosier , John FMF Sm ith. Alan Smith and Mike " Litt le" Tripes.' T ony and Pet e Wanket wer e th e su per sta rs of th e day's racing . The 125 Pro ra ce was unreal with excitement . Tony was able to out -gas his brother to take th e lead , but for th e en t ire race Pete was onl y inches behind. In th e seco nd moto Pet e got th e hol esho t to lead Tony arou nd th e tra ck until th e very la st lap , when Tony sco ot ed a ro u nd Pete to ge t th e over a ll win . Rand y Hess a nd J eff Tom lin . bo th on Hond as, ro d" a third an d fourth in bo t h races, • 1st 2nd 3rd All $3000 Purse $2000 in Products Bell He lmets to every class winner . ..compliments ofBELL. RACING WOR LD TRABUCO CA NYO N 714-581-6400 17