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Corona win to
Taylor on last lap;
Hemet nabs HSMX
By Elaine Jones
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CO RONA. CA . MA R . 4
R a nd y Dougl a s got t he jump on
t he 500 Pros, le a d ing t he first of
two rnotos for fiveIa ps . U nfortunately for Do ugl as, t he moto
HANNON TAKES PACIFIC NATIONAL OPENER
was seven la ps. Pat H olli so n was the _
firs t one to pass h im . and to add insult
to in j u ry. Ken Taylor a lso passed him .
t h is ti me on t he final la p .
Do uglas again picked u p the lead
off the start. He held everyone at bay
u nt il t he fi nal lap . when Taylo r got by
for t h e moto win . Tay lor .e nd ed up
with all the dough . while Do ugl a s was
second a nd H olliso n third .
, Dean W ilk erson wo n ho th rn oto s to
lOp th e 250 Int erm ed ia te class . with
Too y Fel dhaus and P ryo r Ca mpbell who was riding his first Int e rmed ia te
race - coming in second and third .
A new fac e at Corona . John
Ma ttocks. m a d e an impressive debut .
winning the 125 Pro class with a twomoro swee p . Kin ney Jones wound up
second whil e Don Mciver rook third :
H emet wa s triumphant in the High
School portion of the even ing . topping
Pacific, Moreno Valley, Charter Oak
and Pomona . Clyde Smith ' took the
first of two wins for H em e t in the 125
Novice class - with a little help from
Lady Luck. Keith Williamson of
Pomona had two moto wins going into
the final round but a sixth in t he final
put him down 'to second ove rall .
behind Sm it h 's 2-2-1.
H em e t's cause was fu rt her abetted
by a serious ( no n -exisren t. actually)
la ck of competition in the 175 Novice
Class. Todd H oughton , Ro bert Young .
and Kevin Faucett wer e the top three
in the al l- H emet e ve nt.
Pa ci fic 's M ik e Marschke found
h imself in a C h a rter O ak sandwich .
e nd ing up between 125 Sen ior winner
David Coy le and third-place Gary
Vi nson.
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Results in Results Section .
March 6. 1977.:.Placentia. Ca.
Mike Hannon took his 250 Buh aco Frontera to Overall victory hon ors in the opening
Pac ific Region round of the National Championship Enduro Series. This marks Hannon's
first appearance on the 197i Frontera and his first .win for the new seas on . ~losdy
following Ha nnon was tea m mate Ben Bower who fin ished fifth overall and 3rd 111 th e
Open class. Not a bad sta rt ,
BULTACO SWEEPS
SPANISH ROUND OF
TRIALS WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
March 6. 1977...Barcelona. Spain
Wo rld Cha mpion Ytjo Vesterinen led a
Bultaco sweep thi s weekend in the fourth
_round of the t977 T rials World Cham pions hip Series . The biggest news of the
event cernes not from Vesterinen 's expect - .
ed victory , but from the th ird place fin ish
by th e Ame r ic a n se n sa tio n , Be rn ie
Schrei ber. Only last week Schreiber raised
eyebrows all over Europe by tak ing fifth
place in his very firs' World Ch ampionship
event. With this week's finish Bernie has
answered all qu estions as to whether it was
luck.
Results:
Finland
BULTACO
1. Vester inen
BULTACO
England
2. Lampkin
BULTACO
U.S.A.
3. Scheib er
Montesa
Swed en
4 . Karlsson
BULTACO
Fra nce
4. Cou ta rd
BULTACO
Spain
6. Soler
Raunchy Ray fops
OTHG Sin City MX
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March 6. 1977...Washington State
The opening round of the Northwest Motorcycle Association 's En duro Championship Series was
turned into a Bultaco benefit.
FIVE Bultaco riders (all from
Auburn Motorsports, Auburn ,
Wash.) received first place awards. The winners not only . displayed
their own talents, but also the
versatility of the Bultaco motorcycle. FOUR different models
were used by the five winners:
Results:
lSI OVERALL Ron MorganthaJer A1pina 350
Is t OPEN"A" Don Rhodes
Frontera 370
Ist OPEN " B" Ma rion Dukes Front era 370
1st 250 " B"
1st 125 "A"
Glen Brown
Gene Brown
Frontera 250
Pursang 125
March 6, 1977...Ocala, Fla.
Lance (ho-hum) Jones does it
agai n. -Over 300 Novice, Junior
and Expert racers showed up a t
Ocala's shor t track for some pre.Daytona act ion. Lance Jones, one
of onl y two juniors in the final ,
handily defeated the start studded field . Future race reports on
Jones ma y be restricted to his
losing, since it appears that it will
be bigger news.
March 6. 1977
Amateur motocross stars, Troy
Bradshaw and Scott Edelstein,
BULLed their way , to victory in
their first appearance on 1977
MK-lO Pursangs. Their results after six motos were six victories.
Both riders were claimed to have
said that the only problem with
the MK-10 was that it made the
competition look too inferior. Too
bad , guys.
By Lucious LeRoy
LAS VEGAS. NV, MA R . 6
A new c hapter of the O ve r T he
H ill Gang is now forming in Fu n
City. The first official race was
held in January wit h seven
members showing up at the line. Now .
two months lat e r , the gang h as grown
lO over 20 mem bers with new g uys
coming in all the time . A lot of interest
has been generated on a class of riders
from t he prune j uice set.
The Over T he Hill Ga ng rode the
Gra nd Opening o n March 6t h to help
ce le brate W ill ia m s R a ceway's c ha nge
lO a ne w loca tion at t he base of Su n r ise
Mou nt ain .
T he Expert class was made up of six
st ro ng (at lea st for t he fir st m o to)
riders . Rau n chy R a y. in h is fi rst
a tt empt . sq ueezed Ju icy J ohn o ut of
firs t p lace . Fearless Floyd ..w ho t ried lO
use the sno w fe nc e a n d score keepers
fo r a new be r m settled behind P hast
Phil . wh o will be Phaster a fter a
couple more rid e wi th the G ang .
s
Ba ck wa rds Bob , wh o can be fou nd
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