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[; ··iLittir-·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_·_· LEAKPROOF" FORK & SHOCK SEALS *NOW* 11II • ~ t t- r-- Wagner collects ' trophy and cash at Action Raceway TEFLON@ 'COATED O"'l 1"'""1 00 Q,) c ~ -, By L. Moore · COR NI N G . CA , M AY 22 In the last rac e o f a four ra ce se ries. th e 125 Junior class Rick Wagner (H a n) and Ri ck Nye (Su z) were tied on points because , UP TO ,80% LESS STATle FRICTION SIZES TO FIT VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING INCLUDING LEADING AXLE MARZOCCHI FORKS. AT BETTER DEALERS WORLDWIDE utIVEISAL ACWSORIES, INC. P. O. BOX 15744, DALLAS 75215 214-428-8357, 565-1770 THE INVISIBLE WINDSHIELD WIPER 'Qln~ A MUST FOR THE CYCLI ST IN THE RAIN COM PETITIONRIDERS.• Ust> R& ~ ln on go RRI~. W :; and g!a ~~ tHolo,,. l'itl)f a ' u P Wilen thp ram teus ' hi'~ hawp no Vl!.lOl' build up t1 'otll£'m ~ Larry Roeseler led the V irginia City GP f rom t he f ourth lap on Sunday to fin ish first ove rall. du.. 1 /If ler 0 , l RO R AD IDERS . .. 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' Sa turday: , It looked like it m igh t not be a normal Virginia C it y G rand Prix : th e sky loo ker! clear. the co u rse wasn ' t d ust y b ut t hese condi tio ns o n ly lasted t he fi rst lap . For orr th e second lap th e sky st a rt e d r!roppi ng s n o w . a nd everyone kn e w t h is was Vi rgini a C ity . II wa s m ise rab le for t he ride rs a nd p its . As the Grea t Nevada Seer Frank. Tri po li sa id . " N eva d a is t he onl y sta te t ha t ge ts fo u r se aso ns a day ." A nd a lways the d a y of th e Gra nd P rix . T he 125 Ex p e rt s aga in do m inated a nd it was ex pe cted as the re we re some very fast ride rs: L a r ry Roesel e r , Br u ce M cD ou g al. C h uc k Ca rtledge , W I'S all N ort on a n d Low ell S piva pot ential winners. a n d o u t to win the '1. Sil ve r Ba r Trop hy , b u t J a ck son smoke d t he m a ll. _ Low e ll Spiva borrowed Ph il Sm it h 's (anot her 125 fast guy who was inj ured the week be fore ) Husky a nd was o n ly a m in ut e behind in the firs t two laps before he D N Fd wi th a b ro ke n ca se . Roescler h a d m in or bike prob lems and j ust cou ldn't ge t it a ll toget he r [0 ca tc h t he flyin g J a ck so n. Ph il C ra n k rode hi s heart ou t wi t h a flat ti re but held in t he re fo r secon d pla ce . A ll g'ood ri ders . bUI it wa s J im Jac kso n on a Hu sky who neve r m a d e a m istake . rode fas ter as th e wea ther got worse a nd [Oak h ome the silver. Sunday : ' The weathe r was perfect for the racers : overcast a nd cool. The 18 ·mi le co u r se was damp . tra ction was exce lle nt a nd ve rv litt le dust - not a rt;peat of Saturda y a nd . no t a repeat for Jim J a ckson (H u s) , Jackson led t he first three la ps of t he nine-l ap r a ce h ut Larry Roeseler (Hus ) took o ve r on lap fou r a nd j u st kept increas ing his lead . J a ckson o b vio us ly wa s feelin g the stra in o f racing two da ys. •Where he would fly o ve r a j u m p ea rl ier. he wa s just hangi ng in there , but R oese ler was flying furth e r a n d fu rt he r - t he sign of r- x perien ce a nd s tamina . Di ck Buttner ( Ya m) ha d p roblem s but st ill passed J a ck so n on t he last la p fo r second o verall. Jackson was first 250, t h ird ove ra ll. DarrelB rown ( Ha n). who h as won t h is r a ce a nu m be r of ti m es was nea r t ht- to p . C h ris Carter (Ya m ). of ISD T fame . was r unning strong but I m issed hi m ne a r t he e n d of th e race. Terrv Go ug h . a lwa ys a pot enti al wi nn e r . h a ~1 fl a t tire pro b le ms an d la st year's winn e r J a c k Jo h nso n ( Hus ) did n ' t corn p lr-u - th e firs t lap hi s m a g woodruff kr-v shea red off. • A ny m en tion of resu lts is u n o ffici al ; o fficia l resu lts will fo llow . b ad sc o res in la st ra c e dropped W agner . By virt ue of the m ost first p lace wins. W a gner received the 5 foot trophy a n d a 51 5 g ift ce rt ifica te to seco nd . The 25 0 Junio r cl a ss wa s won b y a long sho t b y Denn is C a ssid y (Ka w) , a nd second to Steve Lu ck (C· A ). for a 51 5 gift ce r tifica te . In th e Open Juniors the points were a gai n very clos e. only four points difference . The 5 foo t trophy went [0 Ro llie W aldon (Y am) of Susanville a nd the 51 5 gift ce rt ifica te to Bill Wellman (Yam ) from Fai rfield. The hottest ra ce of th e d a y wa s in th e 12 5 In te r m e d ia te class . Lanc e Ollar. a loa l fa vo rite. h a d a b ad st an • in the firs trnoto bu t worked hi s wa y to , firs t. Bert W ilson (Suz) wh o wanted . the t roph y was in a close secon d . T he secon d m ot o woul d decide if th ere wou ld h e a wi n ner of t he t ro phy. Wi lso n h a d th e holes hot b ut Lo llar h ound ed hi m a ll t he wa y , fina lly Loll ar broke th ro u gh for th e fi rst p lace . L oll a r h a d fi rs t place a nd W ilso n from M inden , Neva da a 525 gi ft ce rt ificate. T he 250 Int ermedi a te class was very good with J aso n Lamoure aux ( KT M) well a hea d in t he poi nt s. hut second pl a c e very m u ch in doub t. M ik e Yoc hum ( KT M ) wrap pi ng it u p by tak in g two seconds . a nd a 5 25 g ift ce rti fica te home . O pe n Int e rmedi a te was ta ken by Donn ie Brown (Yam ), and second [0 Tom Cargile (Ya m) . R esults in Results Sect io n. • Thompson tops the 250 Experts at Salinas By Bu rt Di nner SA LIN AS . C A , M A Y 22 H o t races to ok t he chi ll ou t of th e a ir as q uarter m ile act ion reo turn ed to th e Sali nas Airport . After the m inis (50 rid ers strong) put o n their program a nd set new lap r e co r d s . the sportsman . not to be outdone . re -est ab lished some of t heir own . Br ian Thompson (Y am ) o ut d istanced Ke it h Da y ( Ka w) in th e 250 Expert class and a t the same time set a new record for one la p . Ke it h Da y ( Ya m ) to ok home his se c ond troph y of th e a fte rn o o n fi n ish in g a ga in se-cond in the 360' event . t his ti m e behind Steve Grier ( Bu l) . Ji m Filice and Dav id R osa . ha d t heir own b at tl es with neit her wi nning the wa r. In t he Jun ior 125. Rosa (Ya m) n ip ped Filice (Ya m ). And in th e 250 r ace Fi licr ' d id it to R osa . C la v C h a m b r- r s ( Ya rn ) loo ked good i ~ winning th e 500 Expe rt eve n t. j o h n Ma so n ( Ya m) wh o a lways se-e-ms to win t he 50 0 Ju nior cl ass . did it aga in . T he ligh tweights p ut o n t he ir sho w with Ri chard Sm ith (Ya m) taking th e 100 Navin' cl a ss a nd K irk Brew er (Yam) the Novice 125 .