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.._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.NORTHERN DATEUNE To mail order an~thing from a gas eap to a set of leathers to a fully equipped Busily, just eall (213) 475-4541. z s ~~~ >a:: a:: • L..:~..:- ......:=-=- "' " >- CD o o J: >......::::...<<-_ ~ , o . 125 Novices , Div. I start their f ir st lap at Watso nville. Klassen tops 250 Pros at Ridgerunners Motocross By Ge rry Reagan WATSONVILLE . CA .. MAY 22 The R id geru nners Motorcycle Club of Santa Cruz held thei r second motocross race of the 1977 season with 356 riders' and close to 1500 specta to rs sho wing up for the event. Jeff Watts (H us) took th e early lead in mota on e of th e 125 Expert event with Pat Richter (Suz) clos e behind . Watts co nt inued to lead for th e first la p , but R ich ter squeezed by on la p two for the firs t pla ce spot. Watts wasn' t about to let Ric hter ge t away t hough . and d ogged him throughout most of th e mota . Meanwhi le . ba ck in th e pa ck. Paul Turner (Suz) . Dan Geery (Ya m) a nd Mike " Neezer" Marquez (Suz) were hav ing a go od dice to see wh o would pi ck u p th e third pl ac e spo t. As it turned out . T u rner was able to m ove past th e ot he r two and hold off u nt il th e end of th e rn ot o . The seco nd m o ta saw Ri chter agai n with t he lead and W a tts follow ing in seco nd pl ace . This tim e thou gh . " Neezer" was ab le to hold off G ee rv a nd Turner to tak e t he th ir d place ho nors. The tra ck was run in the reverse direct ion th is tim e wit h some new twists added ro inc rease th e ch a llenge . a new left -b ander was in corporated a t the bottom of t he down hill off ' th e st a rt in g lin e wh ich m ade for less co nges tio n. giv ing the riders a chance to get so rted out a little before the new "sta irc ase" uphill. Parry Klassen rode his Yamaha to an easy win in both motos of the 250 Expert class and then came back to do battle with Richter in th e Open Expert race . In the first m ota . R ichter and Klassen m oved to a 30 second lead by t he fif t h la p . but R ichter was ab le to maintain the first position and take the win . C urt Wilcox (Yam) a nd George McNamara (KTM ) had a close race for third . with Wilcox holding on until the finish . The seco nd moto saw Richt er again ta king th e ea rly lea d bu t Klassen hung in th er e a nd got int o th e lea d on the fou rt h lap . Richter followed for a la p and then slipped by Klassen to again ta ke over the first p lace spot . whic h he held unt il the chec ke red flag . Former Natio nal C ha mpion . Dick Ma n n raced in the O pen Expert class on a 500cc Yam aha th um pe r . bu t t he younge r ge ne ra tion proved too fast and Ma n n was on ly ab le to finish sixth ove ra ll. Rob Stuart (H us) took th e lea d o n t he fir st lap of th e 125 Amateur ra ce bu t qu ickl y crashe d by th e oa k tr ee. Tha t pu t him ou t of mota o ne a nd Br ia n Bowen (Suz). wh o inhe ri ted th e lead . went o n to win . In th e seco nd m ot o , Bowen got th e holeshot but Stuart m oved up into the lead o n th e fifth lap . Bowen rnaintaned seco nd until the last lap when Mickey Sander s (Ha n ). who had not finish ed the fir st moto. sn uc k by to take sec ond . Bowen 's sm oot h riding had given him th e best overa ll fini sh . In the 250 Am a teur 11 even t. Phil Ovcland ( Bul) go t a ter ribl e start a nd ha d to m ove th rou gh th e pack until t he sixt h lap wh en he got by J oe Headley (Han) a nd T ed W estover (Bul) to m ove into first. In m ot a two . O vela nd ran away with Head ley and Steve Nutter ( H us) d icing for seco nd . Headley emerged as seco nd in both m ot os for a seco nd overa ll. Tom Ross (H on ) p layed a wai ting ga me in t he seco nd m oro of th e 250 Novice I cl ass. wa iting u ntil th e last lap to m ove past Mark Haml in (C· A) a nd Vince Ron das (C -A) to ta ke the win . Ross had finis he d third in m ota one behind T om Winklem an (Suz) a nd Rondas but the first and third pl ace finis hes wer e enoug h to give him th e fir st overall tr ophy. In th e Open N ovice I ra ce . J ohn Schloer (CZ ) rode to an ea sy win in mota on e . followed bv Ni ck Boos (Yam) in sec ond in mota' two howeve r . Doug Swarthout (Suz) got a good sta rt and held off the cha llenge by Schloer all the wa y t hrough the ra ce . Until th e last lap . at which time Swarthout got wide on a turn . a llowing Sch loer to get past and tak e t he overa ll. Boos finish ed third in mota two. behind Swarthout. and took th e seco nd pla ce prize while Doug's fifth and third fini sh es gav e him the third overall spot. • Results in Resu lts Secti on . J"---. Or write: --------- ,\ 'oJV' »>: OO~~~~W~~O~!'~!~A~~~~:o~.t.,'!: Telephone : (2 13) 475-454 1 Sales - Se rvice - Accessories - Parts - Leathers H U S O V ARNA . CZ . SU ZU KI . 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