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~_._._._._._._._._._._._._._.~._._._._._._._._._._._.- . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . Western hotline Denton's teammate was holding down third followed by Greg Sheets. On the second lap Miller ran int o problems that dropped him to sixth' while Bauer. Sheets and Davey Williams moved in to take up the slack. Lap four saw Sheets run into trouble and Williams and Sheedy both got by to round off the top four. Denton kept right on doing his thing safely out 'Of traffic and home first. Bauer . Williams and Sheedy wer e next. In the second and final rnoto it was again Denton off on t op with Miller, Sheets and Williams behind. Sheedy and Cancino rounded out th e field and Bauer was left in the pits with a sick bike. The status quo lasted the whole race with Sheedy the only victim , going out on the fourth lap. The overall saw Denton again the victor. with Williams claiming second and Miller third. Marty Miller fared much better in the 250 Pro class where, he ca ught a case of Dentonitis, which is a disease that causes the victim to run in front and win. Dwight Wilkinson had a less severe case and had to settle for second with Steve Bauer rounding out the field with third . It was a good night for the Poly High School MX team and a great deal of the credit goes to Vinnie Di Padova who came up with two big victories for the green and orange. Di Padova's first win came in the 175cc Intermediate where he c a me away with a grand slam. Jim Schneider and Randy Rirchotte, also of Poly , added the icing to the cake when they picked up the second and third spots. Riding a hot streak, he came back in the 250 Novice race and did the same thing winning three for three. This time Greg Guinn of La Sierra broke up the Poly machine when he got home second ahead of Poly's Steve Sparks. Bobby Hart and Chuck Beck claimed two victories for La Sierra. Bobby had the Mini win in his hip pocket. Greg Jones of Norte Vista was able to keep him in sight but .ha d problems of his own trying to keep Stacy Simon of Corona from passing him. He held him off in a close one and some - he lp came from Efren Collins of Norte Vista . Chuck Beck followed Bobby's lead and came away with a grand slam and the win from David Way of Poly in the l00cc Intermediate. • Corona HSMX: Colton wins a close one By Elaine Jones CORONA , CA , FEB. 5 Colton High School pulled out . the team victory over Esperanza in a neck and neck battle that went right down to the final Old Ti mers President NQrb Watch Barry Sheene_ * Streets of Long Beach Miller masters Masters at Old TlmersMX By Betty Bird " . VALENCIA, CA . FEB. 6 The Bakersfield whiz , Ron Miller, did it again to the Masters' class at Indian Dunes with a very decisive three-mow sweep . Treasurer J im Warden wound up in second , with Activities Manager Andy Anderson gunning into third . Dick Moseley . who makes it a habit to be out front , did just that today, and demonstrated to the rest of the Amateurs how to become an Expert by grabbing the checkered first . Pat Terlizzi hustled through traffic for second , followed by Randy Lyall. In the Novice class , Big John Bollinger won. Amid shouts of "Move him up," Bollinger was commissioned an Amateur on the spot. Bill Lyons was really on it today with a fast second, followed by "H oleshot" Kid Coffman. • Results in Results Section. Brown. class . Esperanza had fielded a ' good team that was in the winner's circle but had few 175cc Nov ices and Colton took full advantage of the situation by picking up the first and second and bunches of points. Ron Rich of Colton followed his second in the first 175 moto with two firsts and the win by one point over teammate Da vid Stevenson . Jeff Becker of Hemet came in four points below them for third . -T he 125cc Novice class was a cavalry charge with 14 brave souls leaving the line. together and heading for the south sweeper in what can be best defined as a horrendous game of chicken. Clyde Smith of Hemet was able to get in front all three motos and come out victorious. Two other riders, Bill Bayes of Apple Valley and Keith Williamson of Pomona also had angels riding on their shoulders as they got through traffic with no serious mishaps to claim second and third spots. Doug Lincoln of Colton gave Leni Fausof Esperanza and Steve Pezic an ,