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.~_._._._._._._ ._ ._._._._ ._._._._._._ ._._._._ ._._._._. _ . _ . _ ...•._._._.•._.•. Western hotline' . Old Timers MX: Lewis shows how; Rice shows the way ByO. T .Dal EDWARDS, CA . MAR. 13 A two-day practice/racing session was held at Edwards Air Force Base by the Old Timers MX Association . Saturday was a • Mike Montgomery 1131 leads here. but by the end of the 0-37 Elsinore TT. Don Grigsby 111 had " T-boned " his way to the win. - 26 T Z250 fro m last place to fifth . behi nd Tony Sm ith (Yam) . Terry W augh led the two first la ps of ~50 - 750 - 0pen Product ion on his Yosh imu ra R&D of America 84 5c c GS750 Su zuki. Two first laps. you ask? It see ms th at Dick Full er forgot wh at he was riding ("I think I upshifted for a TZ. which would be brake on th e Triumph.") in turn two after th e sta rt and crashed th e Mr . Jags Dunstallpiped Trident . ca using the red flags to fly at th e end of th e first lap to ac commodate debris removal. W au gh led a t the end of th e second first lap afte r th e rest art . with Paul R itt er (750 Du c) and Ma rk Homch ick (750 Mr . Jags Norton ) right beh ind . as it was th e first tim e a round . But Ri tt er wore on W a ugh , a nd passed to tak e th e overa ll win . Hom ch ick . ma king lI:ood use of th e No rton in the fast esses a nd othe r parts of th e t rack whe re g round clea rance ham pe red th e Suzuki. a lso passed W au g h . who still too k first O pen Production . It was a lmos t th e same slOry in Open Su pers t ree r. except t ha t . R it ter didn't enter. W augh led th e ope ning stages of the race , but Hom chick gOl by and m a d e it stic k with t he ve nera h le No rton . Wh en Wa ug h's bike started m issing at hig h rpm . J im Ha berl in ( 1.000 La v) got by. tOO . Gordon Seim co ntinued his rece nt do mina tio n o f 25 0 Production on th e fastest . most rel ia ble Ca n-Am TNT eve r see n on a ro ad course in Southern Califo rnia . Last mon th at O ntario Seirn beat Kevin ·And ress (Ya m) a nd Wall y Karpynec (Suz). Thi s tim e Sci rn showed th e way a ro u nd to And ress a nd John Chermak ( Berkeley Yam ah a spo nso red Yam) . Bob Crossm a n won th e Box Stoc k classes overall o n his S3 Kawasak i tripl e. ' a nd su rvived ' ma ss disqualifications to take first over all . first 41 Occ honors , • Results in Results Section , Doug Archibald . Old 'Timers' Vice Pr esident. won th e Expert class with Richard Lyons as runner·up. Tom Widic won all three Amateur moros . Randy Lyall (Mai) grabbed second. with Dick Mosely third . Novice Bill Lyons (Han) edged OUt Kid Hoffman and Don Edlund for the win. • practice and training session taught by Blackie Lewis. Lewis taught 24 ' old men severa l " hOI tips." The Nov ices sta rt ed off th e ra ce da y with Killer Kenny Watts turning three second -place fini shes into an overall win . Big Don Edlund's two moto wins were only good for second. ''' Kid '' Coffman's fin al mota win gav e him third overall. The Amateur class was led home by n ewl y-prom ot ed -to -Expert Tom Widick wh o breezed in with a clean swee p. followed very. very closel y by thumper-powered Dave Hutchens. The Expert ga ng had a .good on e go ing with J ohn Seid er a n d Bob Milln er going at it , Seider go t th e nod on two mota wins and the first flag at t he finish. with Millner taking th e other win a nd seco nd SP01. The Master class sa w J ohn Ri ce (KTM) find th e fast line . and m ak e a few of his own to swee p th e cla ss. Dave McCo y ca me d own fro m Mammoth Lakes and took a well -earned second overall , Mavin ' Ma rvin Olson and Rice reall y had a classic dice in th e third moto , cha ngi ng leads in almost every lap. and had the gang's eyeballs popping at . their speed and corner maneuvers. with Olson finally ending up with third sial. . • Results in Results Section. Alta L oma wins close Corona HSMXbattle Riders M.C. D-37 Scrambles growing, gets Yamahoncho visit By Elaine Jones By Maureen Lee \ CO RONA. CA . MAR . 5 Bob Millner was seen testing this higly-exper'iment. top secret Pogovarna prototype. Olson an oldie but goodie at Old TimersMX ' By Betty Bird VAL ENCIA . CA . MAR , 6 Bob ~M i ll n e r brought out a brand -new Husky , Aft er no one could stan it , whe n Millner's back was turned. a sign appeared on it, reading "For' Sale. never been started . " Marvin Olson really mov ed for th e first pl ac e Masters ' gold . with AI Dennler in second. ELSINOR E, CA. MAR . 13 Alta Loma ca me ou t on th e win ning- end o f a close battle with Corona , Espe ranza a nd Cajon a t Co ro na 's Hig-h' Sch ool moto cross co n test. Scrambles a rc indeed showing a sm all g-rowth . This District 37 point run ended up with some m a in events instead of all classes runnmg rnoto s. Teamma tes Pa u l Dworsha k a nd Jeff Moore pUt importa nt points to th e Alta Lorn a tall y. Dwor sh ak won th e 175 Novice class via a gra nd slam . wh ile Moo re took secon d . Fu eart Wheeler added more points wit h his seco nd p lace in the 100 Nov ice class , beh ind Kevin Co lwell of Espe ra nza , Riding as a n un att ach ed co ntesta nt, Terri Bender be at th e II:UYS in th e 125 Novice class . Wh ich , if not h ing else, proves hi gh sc hoo l mo to cross is ed uca t iona l. . While John Clcss of Co ro na was busy winn ing th e 125 Pro class with rhree straig ht firt s, T ro y Manning (Co ro na ), Luk e Landmesser a nd Stcve Felo (Alta Lorn a). were co nsiste nt ly seco n d through fourth in th e first two rnotos. The final flopped the order around but th e overall tall y was th e same as the first two mot os, • Results in Results Section . Sa m Burns put it a ll togethe r in th e 125 Novice bash . Bash was the word when Dave Hulbert , co mi ng a bit 10 0 fast into turn on e , fastened his eye ba lls o n Ch uck Pcn y who was JUSt sitt ing off to th e side adjusti ng his bik e a nd ran righ t in to h im : bu t no d amage was don e , Burns won the main just like had his heat . chase d hard by Ron Evans a nd Mike Paulson . Hardest trying rider was Jo anne' Redding whose fou rt h pla ces in both heat and semi ju st wer en 't quit e en ou gh to ge t her in th e ma in . The com bined big-bore Novices had a progress ive program too . Bob Bell (Tr'i) a nd La rr y Hedst rom (Yam 'IT ) won th e two heat s a nd Stan Kemp (350 Han ) th e sem i. Friends a nd relations 'coached a nd encouraged Ca rl Pfcrzing (Yam) and T erry Carter ( Yam ) as they fought over rhe last transfer position. Ca r l wouldn't give a n in ch . and as th ey