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._._._._._.•._._._.. MICHELIN WINS 2 IJ CHARLOnEi 4 IN VENEZUELA! pro b k-ms. W he n t he c he ckered fdl it was Mille r . Mattocks and W ilk inso n . with second overall ~oin~ to Wilkinson and r hird 10 Ra wley . ' Ihe Open l n n -rn u -d ia n - was an interesting: race as it is a class Ih3:1 ha s bee-n ra cing- a g a inst the same ,guys week after. week. It wa s Tony Fe ldhaus who wa s off on lOp in I hr- first motu wi th J im Canon in the second slo t. On rh« rhird lap G anon ran into rrouhka nd Pr yor Ca rn pbr-l l to ok fu ll a dva n ta ge to loc-k into S("C'OIHI. Jo(, P ri,'" move-d 10 third a n d th ai wa s the order of finish . In the se cond moro , Pri c« h ad it ofT t lu- line" 11l'1,! "\"'ryoTH ' throu~h the . hills but met h is W aterloo when he hit Ih,' infir-hl , Tryin~ a different line in t hr- turn th at approa ches the '1"1' jump . he we n t high on t hr- outside . co u ld n' t hold it and wen I dow n . Th at was a ll Fe ldhaus n",'ded as he took over th e k-ad with Cam plu-ll in sccond and ( ;arton in t h ird . They fini sh ed overa ll in t hat order. Jim Scott ro ok t hv win in the :!"O Novice cl as s a nd d id it t he hard wa v. In th e fir M mnt o it was \\'a )'n(' Be n d ;')' who put it a ll lO~etlll'r wit h- Scott second and R ic k C ha "t'/ third . Scott g-ot h is swcr-t f( ' \ T lJ gr in I he sr-cond ,g o ' ro u n d a s he' h rou,g hl it h o rn e first w it h Bentlt'\' in se-co n d a nd 1.('(' P alm e r thi n \. :I' h is sct u p a first I'l a ,'(' ti,' !{oi n~ into rlu - fina l m o i o . II was Pa lm er that ...... .... 1-0 0.. < Winning mot or cycle races is a Michel in tradition and winn in ... " is jusl what Miche lin did at Charlott e, North Caro li na. Molorcycles equipped with Miche lin raci ng t ires took firsl, second and Ihird in Ihe Superbike Productio n Race and firsl and seco nd . in Ihe Novice Race, Miche lin cont inu ed lIs impressive st ring of flrs l place ' wins In for eign compel itlon wil h firs! place finishes in 125cc , 250cc , 350cc, and 500cc cl ass races in Ihe prest igious Grand Prix of Venezuela, Also , Michelin-equipp ed bikes l oo k three seconds, Ihree Ih ird s and a fourth plac e win. • Michelin's leadersh ip in motorcycle racing co mpetition here and abroad is a good reason 10 Ih ink Michel in First ... for all the ti re your money can buy! . sho t o u t in Fron t wi i h Sc o n h ot on hi s Ill'cls a n d Br-nth-v in third . Scott didn 't ca tc h Palm "r ';ut hr- did ho ld o ff Bt'lltl ~, ,,, ( 0 t a ke the win bv one poin t Iro rn ili m , Paln u -r roulH t"ed OUI t he fi"ld with t h ird , II was a not her 1I 1Hlefe a led night for Ih" miglu y I'\on h lI i ~h School u-arn as tllt' y r ar ked up r lu- , p oint s ove r Arlin~ l on , C h i n o , C ohon and Morn cla ir . Two out stand ing: r-ide-rs fo r North ca rne u p with double wins. They W"C(' Wad" 1I 0d ~,' and Dennis Wooldridg« . . Wooldridge pi ck ed up' his wins .~ It opposiu- r-nds ri din!{ both 100 Novi ce an d O pr-n Novice. It was a dean sweep in t lu - 100 c lass with C ray Crr-aso n of Co l to n a nd S h e i d o n K a r r-sh of M on tcl a ir ta king it do wn to t hc wire if .' a ti,' wh ic h Cra y b ro ke w lu -n lu - c a lli" ho rm - se-r-oud to rake second ove-ra ll h y o ne poi n t from Shel don . II was ~I r"p"at in t hv Open Novice bat tle a s J oh n C lilll' a n d Za ck Peterso n . bo t h of Mont cla ir . pl a yt', l fo llow t h," k-a d r-r W Wooldridg« . Hod gr didn 't have it quiu- so easy in rlu - 125 c la ss. 11,· d id win t he first two but Alan Chium,'n al a of Arl ington was pushing: to (' h a n~ t' t h ings around . Ill' had a se cond the first moto . hk-w it the St '('olul round , and c a m e b a c k st ro ng in lilt' linal to rake t he win . T'hroverall W"1lI to 1I0d!{,'s wit h Ch iume-nara second and Terrv Fra n ks, a not her Nonh rid.. r , in third'. lIod~,'s didn 't mess around in t hc 17 5 l nn-rmcdiau- and went nut and won t hrcc slfai!{lu . Ro n Rich of Colton had h is name on ,,'con,l hUI a D N F in t he third moro t ~)()k him o ut of the picture' , a nd Non h ride r M ike S""!{"r pi cked il Sunday, April 17 Super Trophies Cash to Experts Heavy Finish Pins Special Team Race \...-uu.n Each class races so minutes Sportsmen-entry $12 send 1 S.A.S.E. to: 24518 Island Ave., Carson, CA 90745 Post $15 . Expert entry - Post on ly $15 . Team race - Post only $8 per rider $2 discount to all19n CRC members FREE set of AMCO/Lakewood motorcycle fenders to all class winners .----.... 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 -