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Suite 410 Le Mirada, CA 90638 (71 4) 522-0581 (2131 921-1055 By Suzanne Thumhart RAI N BO W FAL LS P K.. CO . FE B. 6 T he ice races a t R a in bow Fa lls Pa rk. Colo. drew 150 riders and 275 spectators , enough of a crowd to ma ke H arry 's Roamers. Sold ONLY at Motorcycle DEALERS. ! Cycle Sport Bultaco ~----] , Mail t§:.T~(\, , Order Parts ! m90! 713-781-()428 . 6111 G Windswept Houston, Texas nOfil iii i ! " ~------~ • Oarland Suzuki :!!. Largest Parts Inventory in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Ov ern ight d e live ry via Bu s ava ilab le in most parts of Texas. Oklaho ma . & louis iana 300 l a von - Hw y 78 N Gar la nd . Te xa s 7504 0 214·494·3374 CARTER 'S YAMAHA BMW ' Can -Am Comp lete p .i r h & serv ice Oyn o - Po rt ing - Mu .h in e ShOP F.nt Mil i l O rd e r 21 4-241 ·9 135 36 13 8 6 0 N . S t em m on s Frwy .• I Oil ll.n. Te x ilS 7523 4 the sponsors . wonder where it will all end . "We figure t ha t , using our present organization, we can handle up to 200 riders," said organizer Dave Ca rriker. " If more than th at start showing up . we may have to make the races a two -d ay eve nt ." The competition began wit h three mote s fo r th e 12 min i-b ike entries. When the snow had settled back o n t he ice. Mark Iler , II , riding a H onda , was th e winner of a ll three m oros to tak e fir st pl ace . Ma rk rode very well . cran king it on hard in th e straig hts a nd ridi ng th e co rners tight to th e inside to th e cheers o f the fa ns a long the first stra ig ht. Ma rk go t h is first bike when he was five a nd loo ks forwa rd to a lot m ore ra cing . Second p lace went to j arnie Gi bso n. who ra n he r last officia l m in i-ra ce at th e Roamers' track. Sh e t urns 13 next wee k a nd 12 is the upper age limit for the mini -bi ke class. Club officials plan to let the other entrants vote on he r re quest for permission to rid ,' th e fina l race of this season wit h a han d ica p . T hird p lace in th e m in is went to Bo b Phi llips (Ya m) . T he third-wheeler class ra n a tig ht . aggressive race . Dave Ca rri ker a nd Fred McGlaugh lin continued t heir lo ng -stand ing duel for firs t place. bu t McGloughli n's co rneri ng p ro bl em s caught up with him in each moto and forced him to scule for a second place trophy. Carri ker stands three firsts for three ran's th is season . The 125 Ba re Tires class boasted the most crea tive conglomeration entry ridden by AI Nesshoefer, who rode it well for ' a firs t place. Nesshoefer's " Bulonda" is a homemade construction pu t together fro m a H on d a I 25cc e ngine bui lt in Texas as a road racer and put into a '7 1 Bult a co Lo biro fra me. A I added Su zuk i wheels and swingarrn . Ceriani forks, a nd a Yamah a seat. H e says th e bik e feels good. but the flywh eel is so light that it is "rea l er ra t ic comi ng o n a nd turning off. .. Next up wer e th e l7 5cc riders with Dave Beck retu rn ing on his Yam ah a - spo rt ing a Norto n label o n t he tank - to ta ke fir st. Ph il Edwa rds rode again to place seco nd on a Hon d a . T he num ber s o f Fath er s a nd sons (and daughters) ridi ng at Ra in bo w Fa lls suggests t hat t he Roamers can plan on successful events for severa l years to come. Third place went to Bob Podall . whose brother Cary a lso ran . but missed a trophy by one place. When the last Ba rt' Tire class. the Open, was over. Dave Beck had taken his third first plan' trophy rid ing his Automatic Rokon . Second place went to Bill Brok a w. a Co lorado Springs Yama ha dealer who raced a Moruesa , Bill Wi lliams placed third on a Montesa . T he studded tire classes had ove r hal f of the to tal en tries for the th ird time this year. The I25s ran first with o ne o f t he oldest co ntests of th e afternoon bet ween Steve Gibso n • Mo nroe Hilton .' a nd Brian An d erson . a ll rid ing Yarn ahas. T hroug h th e fir st la p of th e m ain . th e three riders wer e side by side with Ander son just a tire len gth a head of Hi lton coming o ut of th e last co r ner. By th e th ird lap it was H ilt o n , Ander son . a nd Gibson . Gibson won by a two -bike lead with Hi lton seco nd a nd Anderson thi rd . T he 175 st ud ded class ro ared off th e lin e in a tight pack with Ann ie Brok aw pulli ng ou t into first as th ey came o ut of th e first corner . St eve Scott pressing hard to get by . SCOIt moved int o first o n the back st re tc h. but Bro ka w stuck with him th roug h th e last lap , when sh e had to qu it because o f engi ne prob lems. SCOIt ( Bul) to ok first. Rick St eel e (lio n) second. a nd C a ry Rip ley (Hon ) th ird . The 250 studded class had the biggest dra w of a nyone cl ass with 26 e n t r ies a nd tro phies goi ng' to t he top five p ian'S . Merl yn Pl um ley's record stayed intact wit h his th ird -straight first p lace o n a Yamaha . Steve Sch ro ck ga ve him a ha rd ru n fo r firs t . but finished second. T hird pl ace went to Lynn Diller , a lso o n a Yam aha . The last class , the Open st ud. saw the big upset of th e day . Craig Levens . riding his short track Hond a . held onto first place throug h bot h hea ts and f"11 in the last la p just after gl"lti ng the white nag from the starter. " He had a 100 foot lead ," said Jerry Capacious. " He could have played it sa fe and won. " Even after th e fa ll Craig finis hed fou rt h . Mike H all o n a Suzu ki 40 0 too k first a nd Dan Geick too k second on his Yamah a 500 . Tom Decka rd beat Leve ns o ut fo r t hird a fte r th e two of th em had battl ed for first plan' throu gh the first six la ps. Russell brothers dominate 125 Experts at Oklahoma City By Rebecca Sands OK LAHOMA C ITY . O K. J AN . 30 The Russell bo ys on Suzukis d ominated the 125 Expert class. with Mark win ning it and Randy r a ck in g up secon d overa ll. Clarence Fo rt ney (Ya m) . who just re tu rned to raci ng after reco vering from a broken collarbone, rode two fi ne m o tos fo r t h ird ove ra ll. Trey Jorski, who finished second in the firs t m oto, fo uled a plug in th e second , forcin g him to pus h his bike for last place poi nts. The 250 Am at eur ra ce was on e of th e day's most exci ti ng - and the most exaspe rating for H a rley Darnell (Pen) . Darnell won the fir st rnato with T y Bowers (Suz) second and Carl Smi th (Suz) third . Then came t he showdown, in the seco n d moto . Bow ers pu ll ed th e holeshot , wi th Sm ith close be hind . Smit h pressed ha rd u nt il he passed . Me a n wh il e . Darnell was third a nd look in g for something be tter . H e fou nd his cha nce and pulled around Bower s, then took off a fte r Sm ith , only to cras h. Bowers n ew by for seco nd . Ca rl Smith go t t he fir st ove ra ll. with Bo wers second . and Darnell third ove ra ll. • Resu lts in Resu lts Sec ti on .