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T he fron t end kit th at beats them all. out of stale ca ll '10 11 free ' 800-854-4691 90 day m 01ley bach guara1ltee $50.00 Dealer or Direct Southland Cycle 26 TERR }'(;AULlj' 8141 Garden Grove Blvd Garden Grove, CA 714-893-5091 PO BOX 13 2 1 Hesperia , CA 9 2345 Sales - Parts - Service - Financing 71 424 7·2646 th e other top 15 riders were fro m California. • Winners in the Exhi b itio n class collected from 5750 to 5 15 fo r th eir efforts . T he biggest bike to p lace in t he top 15 was C liff Lamb's 1500cc Harley, 14 th place; a nd th e sma llest was Wes Evans' 4.00cc Suzu ki . l l th place. Following the Exhibition class , it was back to the center lane and a second run for those .in the 371-500cc class . It was getting late and the shadows were becoming tricky . M a ny of the riders. perhaps because they cou ldn't see clearly, and couldn't be sc-ared off by what was ahead , managed to ge t ever highe r on the h ill,..Still . it wasn 't ofte n tha t a bike got past a reall y rough j ump at the 700· foot mark . T hen Kerry Peterson did it. H e not on ly got well over the 700 -foo t mark. he went beyond the 900-foo t m ark . Bu t luck was aga ins t him . In m aking his ru n he had crossed the cha lk m a rks ' o utl ining th e tra il a nd was m a rked ou t-of- bou nds in the mid -BOOs. Near t he , very end, wit h on ly five m o re riders to go , Clyde Pet er son rea lly got it a ll together. ' H is 500 Ya ma ha j ust 'wo uld n't be 'sto p ped . He breezed past th e ' 700-foo t troub le spot witho ut a fa lter. cl imbed beyond t he ' BOO foot marker . T he n he passed th e men wit h t he chain wh o wou ld have to score his run , a nd passed the 900 -foot sig n. The crowd cou ld rea lly apprecia te wha t was happening, and horns bega n to blow wildly . Fina llv, still more than a third of the way fro~ the top , Peterson 's front wheel came up , and bi ke a nd rider came to a ha lt. Top footage in the class, top foo tage for the day , was 969 fee t. Good . but not an over. Trophies were presented in the da rk, th e area clea red . and rid ers loaded th eir bikes for the long drive home ac-ross the co untry. Mem bers of t he Bees M oto rcycle Cl ub loo ked forwa rd to seei ng t he ir fa m ilies aga in. some for the first tim e in nearly two weeks. a nd T he W id owrn ak e r j ust stood sti ll, un beat en in 1977 . . It 's a good thing th e W id owma ker H illclimb comes on ly o nce a yea r. T he to ll o n th e sponsori ng Bees is g rea t, a n d t h e e xci tem e n t ge ner a te d is eno ug h to last 12 fu ll m on th s. But exc ite ment will begin to bu ild , as each d a y 't h a t p a sses m e a ns th a t W idowm ak er '7B js , one da y closer. Wh o kn ow s? M a ybe ne xt yea r • someo ne will go over again . Results in Results Section. Lewis nabs '. Masters win· at'Spiliway Old Timers MX ByO. T. Dal SANTA MA R IA , CA, A PR . 17 T h irtv -t hrec of t he Gerit ol Gentl~m e n m ade it for t he An nua l Elks Ce reb ra l Palsy Ben efit Motocross which turn ed ou t to be one of the mos t cha lle nging trac ks in a wh ile. In th e Mast er s class. Blacki e Lewis had it all toget her with his new Maic o to day . staying up a nd staying hot wit h a clean sweep . N umber One plate AI Denn ler nipped at Lew is' rear ti re and to ok secon d fo r t he d a y. Dou g Arch ib a ld seized his new ly bu ilt engine in th e firs t m ot a . but re-jetted and ca me ba ck to pick u p th ird in th e seco nd m ot a a nd t he sa me overa ll. T reasurer J im Ward en sa nd b lasted a ro und fo r a 4 -4 score a nd the same in the fin al tall y. It wa s Flying Joh n R ice's turn to closely inspect t he track co ndi tions in each m ot a - some days a re like th a t. Expe rts Tom W id ick and Bob " B u rn pst art" Millner traded wins in each moto for fi rs t and seco nd respect ively, J o hn Se ider , powered by a ge nerous helping of Elks C lub BBQ ribs, m uscled his Mai co in for t hird. wi th Sam Jones righ t be hind for fourt h . In the Am ateur class. Dick Mosel y m ade the ot her clean sweep of th e day wi th Sargeant -at -Arms J e rr y Sco tt kee ping o rder at second ove rall. C hief Line St ewar d Da n Harris got th e lines be tter eac h m o to wit h a 6 -4 tall y and third spot. On ly o ne po int dow n was Di ck V arvel , c ha rgi ng hi s "Fu zzy G ree n" Greeves to fo urt h . - In th e Novice g ro u p . Secr et a ry Dal Ca la is had a g rea t da y wit h a 2- 1 and took hom e the br ass ring . Roy Kin g . cam e up o n Friday and p racticed his wa y rig ht int o second place . followed by Do n Ed lu nd. Kid Co ffma n m ad e it to fourt h by berm shooti ng his m oped. Bill Lyon s hooked his Hond a to a first mo to win . but d id his " close tr ackinspect ion" a long wit h J oh n R . in th e last mo to . •