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... Bob Church won the Fresno Qualifier 125 Expert Main. back and Pri tch a rd found himself in third behind Garrison and Ke n t Bowser (C· A). Bo wser took the front spot on lap three but it was Garrison coming ba ck again , ta king the lead and win down the st ra ight on the fina l la p. One time lea ders Bo wser and Pr it ch a rd followe d . T he fro nt two pos it io ns in th e 250 Ex pe rt Ma in never cha nged as Rodney Sulliva n (Ya m) , foll owed by J esse Torres (Ya m) led the eve nt fla g to flag . Jim Birkle (Yam) ran in th ir d throug h lap o ne but lost the posi tio n to Mark Su m ner (Su z) in the fou rt h turn of lap two . Bir kle cam e back on the th ir d lap taking t he spot in t he first tu rn a nd went o n to thi rd , Scott Dinkins (Ya m) was fift h go ing into th e first turn of th e 500 Ma in but exi ti ng , he was out fro nt a nd th at was tha t. No o ne co u ld catch Dinkin s as he sped on to the first pla ce points. Ken ny W elch (Suz ) and Fred Gill ( Bul) slipped by then seco nd placer Rick Roeder (Ya m) on la p two and stayed in those slot s to th e checkers. After three starts (due to first turn crashes), the Open Main was finall y u nderway with Bo b You ng (T ri) in tot a l command . J im McCracken (T ri) took second from a spi n ni ng Ri ck Vill anueva ( Yam) o n the firs t lap and tried in vai n to ca tch th e hi gh flying Young . It looked as tho ugh You ng ha d the m ain wr ap ped up wit h a sizea b le lead entering th e final tu rn bu t that was wh e n his T ri um ph threw a primary chai n and left th e leader j um pi ng up a nd down . tryi ng to 'pum p' his broken b ike to th e fin ish ing flag . Fo r a seco nd, o ne m igh t of thought Yo un g co u ld pu ll it off. b ut speed ing o ut of th e fo u rt h turn ca me McCra cken , a nd sho wing no m ercy for h is br oken co m pe titor, edged ou t Youn g by in ch es for t he win . Villanueva was th ird . Mik e Vita l ( Ya m ) took th e top hon o rs in the Min i Ma in followed bv Rob Ely (Yam) and Chad Bett enco u (t (Ya m ). • Resu lts in Results Section . Skiver scoots at Sidewinders TT By Robyn Fisher C LACKAMAS , O R . MA Y 13 With threa t of a rai n-ou t from the om ino us clo uds over head . the tim es wer e running in the 14 second slot. T he tra ck was fast in sp ite of th e bad wea th er. Don Dodge . Na tio na l Num ber 7 1 (Tri), had fast tim e - 14 .65 seconds. E xpert Br ad H urst , a boa r d a Triumph , gra b bed t he lea d in th e Expe rt Trophy Dash o n the first la p , Pu rsu ed ho tl y by Randy Skiver (T ri). Na tion a l N um ber 35 , a nd Billy O liver N at ion al N umb er '2 2 , (T ri) , resp ecti vel y, Hurst thunde red through fo ur laps de mo ns tra t ing the skill re q u ired when a co nsiste nt win ner is brea thing down you r neck . Hurst went o n fo r th e win and th e to p m o ney afte r ge tt ing int o th e dash as a n a lterna te . Du e to t he wea th er th e p rogra m was reversed , tha t is, the expert . event s \~ere ru n firs t , then the ju n io r . and fina II y t he novice . In expt'Tt actio n , Ra nd y Skiver , showed his heels to th e com petit io n in sna ring h is second main event win of th e season a t Sid ewinders. J eff Fisch er (T ri) was able to hold off Lester Huey (T ri) un til lap five when H uey grabbed his cha nce to take th e lead . • Resu lts in Resu lts Section . WR 250. WR 400. WR 450 Brown unleashes Honda at Sidewinders TT • By Robyn Fisher C LAC KA MAS , O R, MA Y 20 Som e of the best racing isn' t always out fron t or in the expe rt class, In t he Sid ewinde rs T T novice class, Mike Adai r (CanAm) and Butch Brow n d iced throug h t he first tu rn of the ra ce . Then Bro wn unchain ed his Ho nd a to sh ut the door o n the d a rin g Adair. T hroughou t th e race J eff Celorie (Ya m) , in th ird positio n , was closin g in fas t on Ad a ir. Brown , Adair and Cel ori e ende d o ne, • two a nd three. Resu lts in Resul ts Section . Skiver tops Joyner at Cast le Rock TT By Robyn Fisher Now available! 9.25 INCH TRAV EL FRONT AND REAR • ELECTRONIC IGNITION • VDO SPEEDO • CENTER STA ND • SKIDPLATE • WR GEARBOX • READY FOR YOUR ENDURO AND CROSS COUNTRY WINS. .. CASTLE RO CK , W A , MA Y 2 1 Enthusiastic riders made th e fir st race at Ca stle Rock quite exciting, A go od n umber of C a lifornia a n d Id a ho riders show ed up besides the usu al Oregon a nd Washingt on co mpetitors. In th e Exp ert Main , rookie Rob Go re (Ya m) took off in fir st , holding o ff th e h ard c ha rgi ng , N ati on al Number 35 R a nd y Skiver , o n th e Skivco m a chi ne (Tri) , for two o r three la ps. Following close behind was two - . time Cas tle Rock N a tio na l winn er , Chuc k J oyner , o n a Tri u mph , It was Ski ver a nd Joy ner th rough out the ent ire race . J oyner tried to get t he drive com ing out of the big sweeper onto t he straight to gel th e whi te flag , but missed a shift. If what w e've seen so far thi s season is any indication of t hings to come - Ra nd y Sk iver might just be the man to beat at the '77 Castl e Rock National on J u ly 9. The Ju nior Ma in was a terrifi c ra ce ; the m ost exciting of the nigh t. Mik e J osep h (T ri), getting the scra tch , held t he lead for five la ps, with Jim Mert en s ( Ya m) a nd T e rry W eig a nd (T ri) di cing fo r second p la ce . Me rt ens bobbled , letti ng several riders under hi m . J oseph and Weiga nd d ueled m ercilessly, unt il Joseph went too tight in t he co rn er , which ca used hi m to h it t he ba nk a nd he lost it. T his left W eigand to th u nder into the lead pursued hotl y by Dan ney Hogu e (T ri) . W e want to give th e spec tacu la r "get off ' awa rd of th e even ing to J ack Da rlin g li o n). As Darling go t a' hard d rive o ut of th e big swee pe r, he go t up in to th e loose stu ff. t hen g ra b be d tract ion , which provided th e cro wd with a n o uts t a n d ing hi gh -sid e . followed by a spee dy t rip to th e hosp it al. Aft er loun g in g in t he emergency roo m for t h ree hours, t hey • to ld him he co uld go hom e . Resu lts in Resu lts Section . SEE YO UR D EAL E R OR E A S T : Mai co Mo to r c v ct es. Inc. • WR I T E FOR 1 0 9 Electri c Ave nue - MID-CEN TRA L : Deoennern Imp orts . FR E E B R OC H U RE L ew i st o w n , Penn. 1 7 044 R o u te 1 , Box 2.'1 . WE ST : Ma ico West , Inc . • 1 10 Ea~t San ta A nita Ave n ue . An t io ch . I ll i n o i s 6 0 00 2 Bu r b an k, C ali forn ia 91 5 0 2 Sammy Tanner Distributinq TERRYKIT 10" of Travel for Marzocchi 9" of Travel Sm o other ac t io n - 1\l ore I mpro ved co ntrol hand lin g - Mo re travel Differen t dampen ing Air o r sp rin gs. 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