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go ing over the top. (Below) Doug Hall in the m idst of a Bul-dogging session.
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ha s been kno wn to wa lk away with a
tota l of four trophies. He has even
bee n known to wa lk off wit h a fifth .
the highl y cove ted top elim inator
brass.
Todav Pet er son was to tak e a firs t in
th e 250 Stock class . a second in t he 250
Modified class and Hal l's mon ey in the
400 Stock class . JUSt to kee p t hings
exci ting , he' a lso m an ag e d a no the r
firs t in the 400 Modifi ed , a nd , as th e
on ly man ove r th e top , he natu rall y
clin ch ed th e top e Iiminat or trophy .
De Anz a is fast becom ing known as
th e place for th e ' newcomers to get
th eir feet Wet in thi s high ly sp e cia lized
spo rt . Entering his second climb of th e
yea r , young John DeRosa took lessons
from his big brother , Dick, a nd
walked off with a firs t pla ce in the
Mini class . T wo newcomers, Ted
Ridling and Bill Doot y fin ished first
a nd second in the 175 cla ss. a nd Don
Flower s took over th e 250 Beginner
class.
Another rid er fairly new to
hi llclimbing , Butch Couture , took
hom e a third place trophy in th e very
tou gh 500 modified cla ss. He had to
beat ou t some of the top climbers in
Sou th ern California . a nd given time .
he ma y just top his class .
The Open class ga ve a rather
d isappointing ,
sho wing
today;
d isa ppointing for th e riders. not th e
spec ta to rs. This h ill was JUSt not m ade
to handle the weight of th ose big
T riu m phs , H arl eys a nd Hnndas. T heir
cha ins. exotic fuels and specia l
modi fica tions JUSt weren 't enough to
ge t them lhrou gh th e rou gh and ruts
of the hill.
T he to p m an in this class, Ron
True. set a high m ark of 303 feet . but
th at wasn't en ough to rea ch th e crest.
T he on ly other rid er to com e close was
Ron Saffel with a m a rk of 300 feet.
The rest had to sett le for far less
foot age , most of th em in t he low 200s.
Now t ha t his hill ha s been topped ,
Doug Ha ll will begin looking for a new
ch a llenge . If he find s on e he thinks is
tough enough. he ma y even p lace a bet
on the hill. One th ing is su re, he isn 't
likely to repeat thi s month 's mist ake
and pUt money on a hi ll that has
a lrea dy been tri ed .
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Results in Results Secti on .
Minnig twice,
McWhorter once at
Corona trip/eheader
By Ela ine Jones
CO RO NA, CA , MAR. 6
The half mil e Mon ey race probably had the stra nges t turn of
events. Leading see med to be
the kiss of death. It was Mi ke
Minnig who jumped out ahead on his
'250cc single with Cra ig Armstrong
right behind him .· Armstrong would
hav e th e adv antage down the straights
with his big Harley a nd lose it to th e
quicker 250 t hrough th e turns .
T his game cont inue d for four la ps
and a ll of a sudden Minnig was out
with wh at was lat er di agnosed as a
broken clutch . Arm strong took over
th e' lead only to see it lost in one la p
when his m achine went sour. Tim
McWhorter mov ed up to take over the
fir st with Marti Halkola second and a
