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(I l1li • ~ t r-.. r-.. 0') ~ r-.. .CN OPEN DISCOUNT PRICES! 7 DAYS ************************* fJBN~ ,L PlPEUNJB AWEEK! ~ ~ 0.. < VERA'S · NYLON & LEATHER PANTS (Abovel .125-A winner Jim Letellier leads a group of Sunflower riders through the woods and out of the picture, (Belowl Tommy Thompson won the 250-B class in the Sunflower Enduro, points to earn a position in th e ma in eve n t . HAWTHORNE 121M2 HAWTHORNE BLVD. LA HABRA 901 WHITTIER BLVD. 1 2 1 31 6~· . 56S 12131 676-1202 NO. HOLLYWOOD 13329 SHERMAN WAY LONG BEACH 12131 983-0210 12131 .23·9236 PASADENA 1890 E. COLORADO BLVD. SANTA ANA e2131793·. 226 ONTARIO 5869 AT LANTI C BL VD. 205 N. HARBOR BL VD . In .1 8J9. Ss.1 1S20W. HOLT BLVD. 171.1 913·8210 TORRANCE 20928 HAWTHORNE BLVD. 12131371 ·3611 Ride silent, think deep. Wi de Z i p pe r e d ,ip pocket le a the r l e q s t r i pe Hea v y dut y zi o pe r s Rei nforc e d Joubl e thic k n ylon p lus padd ing t o pro t e ct pants fr o m te a ri n q Removeabl e plast ic knee & Sh in qu ards adju stable f o r your he i gil t , Avai l abl e \Ja t er -repe lle n t nea r l y t e arpr o o f ny lon Re in f orc ed ' le at h er c ro tch Ge n u ine l ea t h er se a t a nd i n s ea m Chandler turns it on at Whitney Hill By Diane Polley in YELLOW SLUE , YE LLOW/BLACK , RED/WHITE/S LIIE / Sizes 28 through 36 ASK YOUR LOCAL DEALER TO COtHA CT 34 Twenty scrat ch hea ts we r.. run off in whi ch each of th e 16 rid e rs facc d eve rv o t he r rid er at I..ast o nc c. Ea ch ride~ sta n e d fr om e ac h sta r ri ng positi on a t least o nc c. At th e com p letion of the 20 horl y-contesu-d heats . J im ..Coffee Break " C astor from La Mirada . Cali f. had a p.. rfect scor e of IS points. T ra iling Cast or in points hut a lso qu al ifying for rh e m a in even t wert' M ik.. MUOl .. a n fr om S an Juan Capistrano . Calif. with 12 points , T on y \\'t'Sthroo k from Huntsville . Ala . with I I points and Donny Faulkner from Los Ange les also with I I poi n ts , Th.. fans w e r.. on th ..ir ft,..t as th e stag e was set for what turned out to I,.. a v.. ry ..xciting final. Castor. the pn' · ra c.. Iavo riu-. took an earl y lead and looked as thoug h he wou ld repea t his five e arli e r heat p e rf n rm a n r es. Su dden ly. ~o i nio( int o rlu- th ird lap Castor ove r cooked ie and cras he-d hard in tu rn one. This ~avc' Mi ke Munu-a n th .. lead . But not for lo ng as t he " H u nr svil le Hot S ho e" (W estbrook) got by o n the inside to tak .. the Dallas Speedwa y On In ' Champions hip . Munt ean finished seco nd , Donny Fau lkn ..r third and t he fal ling Castor fini shed a ver y di sa ppoinu-d last. Speedwa y On Ic e had four major c ha m pio nshi ps in th is 19ii win u-r season , Mark Ch.. rrv from Rr-sr-d a , Calif. won the J anua'ry 13 Oklahoma City e-veru on a Wt,stl akc' machine ' . Ma rvin We st from Oklahom a Cit y won th e January I " Amarillo . T ..xas ran ' o n a Jawa . Rick "The Rocker " W orkman won t h .. F.. bru ary 18 Tucson . Arizona ran ' 011 a J.AY . \\'estb rook won t lu- Sl'.·.. dw a y On In ' Dall as round with a J a wa . • Sal", re ps wa n ted INTERNA TlONAl ACCESSORIES 4225 30lh 51 • Son O,ego, Co llf 92104 • Phone (7 14 ) 280-3344 W H IT N EY, T X . AP R . 3 T he o ld sa ying " April Showers bring Ma y flowers" co u ld ha ve been cha nged to "A pril showers bring rutted hills" a t the Whitney hillclimb . Peo ple showing up for p racrice Sa turd ay we re greeted with one big rain ru t rig ht u p the m iddle of the hill . It was al most impossible to stay o ut of it. The Texas H illcl im b Assn . (THA) members worked it over Sunday morning. It was interesting to watch riders taking off angled across the hill. Two groups from Iowa came down to thaw out in the 75-degree Texas weather. A ll of them but Maris Massengill were having troubles after not riding since October. Ma ris showed how to do it . She rid es a 175 Bu l and a 'newly tricked -out 750 Triumph . In th e 175 class sh e had two very good rid es with times of 8: 52 and 8:5 3 seconds and it look e d like she might get fir st , but Norris Meeks twea ked his throttle just a hair more to ea k ou t a 8: 51 seco nd ride for first. Ma ris was having . a litt le trouble ge ll ing us e d to th e extra 100ce added to he r Triumph . but she st ill came o u t wit h a second. It looked like the top time was goi ng to a sma ll bi ke whe n t he " big boys ' sta rt ed ha ving a littl e tr oubl e ha nd lin g th e ro ugh hill. At th e end of th e first ro und Will A lford was hold ing t he top tim e on a 370 Bul and th e big bike rid ers did no t like t ha t at a ll. Gary Chandler had his 890 H o nd a fo ur entered in the Open class and his 750 Triu mph pu lling chai ns in the