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_._._._._._._._._.. came down the straight for t he nag" Pfelzing just held it on do or die : whic h resulted in his looking a bit worried as Ill' tonk an exceptionally wick Iine a rou nd turn one! Hedstrom won the main after rhev all cam" off till' lim- hanging into and off each other , while Dave P.. ters (Tri }: moved on up hy Bell for second as Bell lost his hOISh,"' in rhc fray . Steve Loomis was a rider who forger about t he- chang" in the track in the heal of hallie: rhat it lighlt'ned up after turn 0111' goin,~ into rhe infield and not over 11 hill. Ill' took a wow of 11' a trip around il with anchors dragging in t he 500 Expert class. Do n G rigsby and Don Frauenberger took off out fro nt in the mai n but T · Bone ended up in the lead leaving Fra ucn berger seco nd whi le Loom is r e a lly worked 10 get up to th ird pas t Ed Steffen a nd J im Redd ing . T he 125 Expe rt wen t t hree st r a ig h t rnor o s 10 SIeve Po lson whi le C harles Ca rro ll a nd Ro b Pferzing sh uffled t hirds a nd secon ds arou nd betw een thorn . T hey were ha ving o ne wha le of a rime , joe Steffa n wo n th e 250 Am at eu r wit h three stra ight. T he 250 Ex pe rts ha d m ore action. J t'ff Springman too k the firs t moro, reall y laying it down on the cases arou nd turn om' . J a y Bal es started into tha t turn on one la p holding a beau tiful slide that unfortunately just kept on Koing pasl the point of no return, a nd Mike T'idwel l, who was sliding riKhl along with him lucked in ready for rhe quick drive up rhe inside. gOI his w hce ls e ntangl e d w it h Springman's bike and got hung up too , Bo th riders finished rhe round bUI far hack . f.'/('xt moto the whole group was so antsy that Tom Fortune Iinally let th e m hav e a lap of the Irack 10 Kt't it o ut of t heir syslerns. T idwell was ted no li m e co ming off t he line in the wild restart - he had trouble shifl ing in turn one a t t he c nd of th e first la p and yo u co uld hear him usi ng the co mpressio n re-lease a ll the way arou nd to keep things under co ntrol, while Spri ng man skidde d a ro u nd be hind in seco nd. La st ro un d it was Rit chi e Volk off a nd ru nni ng o u t fron t. with Larry Bird second on his Montesa - witho u t its t ric k head hc to ld us later - a nd Tidwell th ird . It was n' t very lon g be fo re Mike had kno cke d t hem bot h off (no, no t li tera lly) a nd was OUI fro nt aga in, H is IW firsts a nd a sixth gave O hi m th e overa ll. T here were o nly five A mateurExpert Open e1ass bikes o ut. bUI the OIll'S t he re had a ba ll, SIeve Fortu ne a nd Bo b Sanders in pa rticular. The pai r of t hem we re " u nder a b lanket " first moto in t he busy Sluff a t the back of the track whe n Fort une had his bike ge l away fro m hi m and dow n he went. Sa nders d ashed off wit h Steve Miller after him , while Fort un e got h im self together aga in and was off in pu rsuit. T ha t o ne en ded Sa nders, Mill er a nd Pa t Do bbins. Sanders led off again next go , and Fo rtu n e passed him with Bo b jusI Kiving a n inch. Last round. sa m,' Ih ing a nd they ca rne across th e li ne j ust abou t side by side, bUI Bo bh y ha d just a n t'dg,' o n St eve. Non-wo rt h y fo r the day was the prest'nn' of tw o Yam ah a execu ti ves. Ed Car roll o f O range Cou nty Cycl e ha d invi te d t hem OUI 10 show th em th er e's a m a rket other th a n m o tocross. Both g" nt lem t'n , new YMC Pr esid ent Ues hi rna a nd Test C hief J im Ko ike , ex p ressed great pleas ure a t Ih eir firs l loo k al scramh les, a nd we re o hvious ly "njoyin g " vt'ry bi l of it , especia lly whe n Ihere is practica lly wall -to ·wa ll Yama has oul t h"re. • Rt'su lls in R"sul ts Section . 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