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• .II " f" I . _ • •• c • •• • • I' education as he led a nd t hey followed in the 125cc Sen ior class. Ray Currie of Esperanza took a page from Doug's book and did the same thing in the 100cc Intermediate , topping teammate Kevin Colwell and Colton's Ben Limon Ill. • Results in Results Section. also riding for Cole Bros. on a Maico , won th e Open Pro class, Mark Lawrence won both 125 Pro motos without m uch effort astride a Yamaha . John Atwood (Yam) and Dea n Taylor (Hon) were the ones that trailed Law rence most -closely. • Strauss waltzes to CRC 250 Pro win Fortune outpowers Tidwell at Corona halt mile- By Harold Tyndall VALENCIA , CA , FEB . 6 By Elaine Jones l Ha l Strauss was easily the fastest of CRC's 250 Pro s, taki ng his Cole Bros. Maico to two easy wins . In t h e second m ot o , Strauss passed a ll t he Open Pros as well despite a 10 -second handicap on the "two-wa ve sta rt . Andy J anni ngs, CORONA , CA, FEB. 9 Racing at night at Corona , Mike Tidwell won the battle but lost the war. The setting was the hal f m ile Money race. Tidwell got the holeshot with Steve Fortune and Craig t . .... I • C , _ 4 .. Armstrong second and third . Tidwell , mounted " his 250cc single had his on work cut out for him matched against Fortune's powerful 750 . Mike gave it one heck of a.go. hanging on for five laps and turning times in the high 22's . Fortune got the lead on the fifth lap , simply outpowering Tidwell on the straight. The battle was on with Tidwell moving on Fortune in the turns only to have the Harley pull away on the straights, Meanwhile back in the pack. Craig Armstrong had his hands full trying to keep Don Grigsby from snatching away third. At the chec kered it was Fortune with the win but never th e times to equal second place Tidwell . Armstrong hung on to third. Tidwell, mo unted on Dylan Neihart's 750 for the second time, gave Fortune fits in the Open Expert half mi le. He took th e lead from Fortune Race Through the - April 1-2, 1977 On AprU 2, 1977, 'the world's: fastest SOOcc and 7S0cc road " racing machines will meet on the demanding 2~02·mile Grand Prix road circuit through the city·~treets of Long Beach, chasing over $22,000 in prize money! ! . Please 'Bill My Mastercharge Please Bill My BankAmericard, City . State Zip Telephone Total Amount E"nclosed Please make checks and money payable expires . • Signature jf~ I I I I _ Name Number J .. I • on the second lap and this time he ha d the power to run with him , Bu t , on la p five a spark plug wire came off and it was over. Fortune went on for the win with Mike Ba eder second and J im . Vendley third. Don Grigsby had things his way in the Money "IT. Almost , anyway sin ce he didn't have to play catch u p. He didn't have much chance to relax either with Tidwell knocking at the door the whole way trying to force "T Bone" into a mistake that never came. Terry Singleton got a ,brea k 'when Neihart went out with problems a nd he collected third. The heartbreaker of the night had to be the duel between Todd Brown and Pete Hames in the 125cc ha lf mile. Both riders and equipment were evenly matc hed. It was Todd off firs t but Hames wasted no time, ta king over on lap two . He .held it u ntil the last la p when h is mo tor went sou r a nd he co u ld " do nothing -rno r e than hel plessly wa tch Bro wn fly by and tak e the checkered. Eddie Tafoya rounded out the field wit h third, -T he 250 Nov ice half mile saw a good race between David Cot e a nd Bob Callaway. Callaway had been riding a hot streak the past two weeks and Cote was trying to cool him off. COle took the lead off the line ahead of Callaway and Ron Hlavka. Callaw ay picked up the lead on the back side but made the mistake of goi ng high in tum four. It cost him precious ground as well as the lea d he picked up on la p four when he took Cote on the inside. It also cost him the win when he made the sa me mistake on lap seven , Ron Hlavka was third. • Results in Resu lts Section. Mike Griffits of T eam Montesa stormed "the ITA Expert class. Un -bearded Greg Lersch followed G riffits into seco nd pl a ce. I Friday/Saturday April 1-2. Only - $7,50 Seating in stands 2G-25-29 Quantity Amount Enclosed_ I Friday/Saturday/Sunday April 1-2-3. - $12.50 Seating in stands 20-25-29 Fri/Sat Only I I I I . ;1 I ord~rs ~. I I - to:lONGB~ACHGRACn oml AND MAILTO;~;;LGw~ CA~802 L Address IJ~" IRVI NE; CA , FE B. 6 .r------------------------,I I Special CYCLE ·NE WS Off.e.. Enclosed . .... ( . t l ' l . f By P~ul. Oswald Championship has entered. Gary Scott, with his new sponsor, Evel Knievel, will be there. Other top riders will soon be announced. Watch CYCLE NEWS for the word. In addition to the AMA, FIM Sanctioned Bike Event, Friday and Saturday action includes qualifying for the Sunday, April 3, Long Beach Grand Prix, for Formula One cars, featuring Barry Sheene's pal, World Champion, James Hunt, Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda, Clay Regazzoni and 20 other top stars of Formula One. Check the CYCLE NEWS Discount Deal below • • • that gives you a regular $10 ticket for Friday and Saturday's Bike GP for $7.50 (or all week-end for $12.50) with CYCLE NEWS Readers Only seating in stands 20-25-29 on Friday and Saturday! Amount C I', • I " Gritfit s "dominates ITA trial " iC soeee World as his.onlyl977 Sheene has confirmed the 7s·mile Long Beach "Do It in The World Champion Barry Streets" GP U.S. appearance. Gary Nixon, Number Two In the Formula -7s0 Quantity .» _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._~_._._._._._._._._._._._._.-.- Man to: LDIIO f!EACH GRAMJPfIDC . I I I I I ~ J e ff "Mr . Moves" Fish, Tea m Montesa's newest member, finished t h ir d Expert. G riffits, Fis h, and Martin Bela ir will make up Montesa's National Team for the upcoming National series , Paul Webster was the man to bea t in the Amateur Class but that never happened as Webster rode to his familiar number one SP01. Webster's closest comp etitor was newly transferred Greg Bu yers . In third spot "Gil Smith gave the younger riders a real run for the money. The closest competition of the day was in the Novice class, with only two poi nts separating the first four places. O n the first loop Greg Welleve r dropped only -two points, then went on to take a five. With the lead up for gra bs the fun started. Wellever, J ack Weir a nd Paul Oswald cleaned the nex t two loops, ending in an eightpoi nt tie. "But whe n t he final cards were tall ied , Larry Emge was th e big winner , dropping only' six. T he tie for second was decided on cleans, with Wellever h avingSfi cleans , Oswald 35 and W eir 34 . T hey finished in th a t " order. Bob Soltys was the number one Senior , 'fo llowed by Ge ne ' Farrell . T hi rd Senior went to Novi ce winner Em ge 's d ad Wayne. T a king top honors in the Begi nner's class was Osca r J ackson followed by Lonnie Johnson . • • 27