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(Above) Photo-shy Larry McCall was caught a little loose in the DeAnza 250 Expert race. He remounted and put in a hot ride to f in ish third overall. (Bel ow ) Mark Ellis piloted his Suzuki to first place in both 125 Pro motos at DeAnza. " Friday, May 20 N OVICE ONLY SHORT TRACK [E vening race ) $1,600.00 Purse Saturday, May 21 ~VENING PROFESSIONAL SHORT TRACK RACE $2,500.00 Purse ------ SUNDAY, MAY 22 $15,000.00 PURSE J1MJJ _ Mike Meshkoff ran his first Intermediate race and surprized everyone by pu tting his 250 KT M right out front in both motos. The positions behind him were so confused th at no one really challenged him , until the second moto when Dave O hl (Suz), who got sixth in the first rac e came up from behind on th e last' la p to dice with th e lead er. Meshkoff mai nt a ined his lea d, however , whic h gave him a nice, hea lthy first over all. W ell into CRC's seco nd qu arter , t he po ints fro m the first quarter have been ta illied a nd in the m ini cla ss Paul Cano is in fro nt . In th e regu lar poin ts divisio n , 250 Expert Mark La wrence has compiled the m ost wins whi le Ed Michetti has the CRC Vets wrapped up . At the end of the year the fou r quarters of racing will be added up a nd the win ners will receive tro p hies, fame and un -told fortune . • Resu lts in Resu lts Section. Thomas has big night at the fairgrounds ~ Il7 .. 'i.U"II,... HUGO'S HA RLEY -DA VIDSON, INC. 407 Rockwe n, Dill_holM City. Oklo. 73127 Telephone 4051787-9440 IL-.---------.;..._ _' Less Sound streak of bad luck by winning both 250 Pro motos on his Suzuki . His victory. however. looked doubtful ab out halfway through the seco nd moto whe n he fell handing the lead to Greg Stone (Ya m ) after rem ou nting McDougal slowly 'worked his way back to the front and recaptured the lead in the closing laps. Larry McCall (Hus) also had to make up for lost time d ue to a crash an d finally fin ish third . . .... TICKETS: Friday, May 20 • . • . . • • $3.00 Ch ildre n under 12 . . $2.00 Saturday, M ay 21 • . . . $6.00 Childran undar 12 . • $3.00 Sunday, M ay 22 . Reserved Seats $10.00 Genera l Admission . $7.00 Ch ildren under 12 . . M .OO Advance t ickets ava ilable after Feb . 1 - More Ground By Greg Robertson LANCASTER , CA, APR . 22 The seco nd race of a six race series of night motocross races got underway tonight at the Antelope . Valley Fairgrounds. Yoshimura R&D of America products p roved their performan ce a n d re liability again by dominating the t ough AFM Six -Hour Endurance road . Rich Thomas gassed it ha rd enough to beat the rest of the 125 J u n ior field in the first moro, but it still didn't come easy as Mike McG hee (Ho n) and Alan Anderson (Suz) put the p ressu re on Thomas all the way to the finish . Thomas led th e pack out of the first corner in t h e second m oto with Anderson a nd McGh ee sticki ng to him like gl ue . McG hee reall y wanted to win as he quic kly mov ed An derson back to t hird a nd set out a fter T ho mas . Within a couple of la ps McGhee a nd T ho mas were side-by-side around th e whole track . McG hee m an aged to pass and take the moto win with Thomas right behi nd. Consist ent riding b,y Thomas gave him the overa ll win ah ead of McGhee and Anderson . Cra ig O sb orn (KTM ) totall y record of 155 laps 1 496 milesl. First ove rall wa s t he Yoshimura R&D o f America Kawasak i Z 1; se c on d overa ll t he Mack Cycle-praparad Kawasaki Zl ; third overall the Race · cr afters International-prepared Kawasa ki Z1: and sixth ovarail tha yoshimura R & ~ 846cc Suzuki GS 750. A il ware equipped w ith Yoshimura High Performance Pa"s. During t he race the Yoshimura Zl clockad a lap tima of 2 m inutes, 10 se co nd s. the fa stest a productio n machine has ever gone on the 3.1~ mile On tario Motor Speedway road course. Yoshimura 's comp lete engine. special 29mm carbs. drive cha in . and f o u r -i nt o- on e exhau st made t he unbeatable combination for t he grue li ng, long-distanca co mpetit ion_ Thank s t o M ichelin Tira, Castrol Oil. S&W Shocks, and ND Spark Plugs for aid ing our v ictory. _ (Contin ued on page 26) race at Ontario. w inn ing with 8 ne w Yoshimura R&D of America 5517 Cleon Ave. North Hollywood. CA 91601 213·985·2331 23