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Bill Joyce comes north to Suntargets MX By Susan Wiley YAKIMA . WA .jULY 17 Bill J oyce (Suz) m ade an appea rance at Suntargest m o to cross track a nd proceed ed to cleanup in the 125 Pro races with hol eshots in both m otos and held it to t he fin ish easily. It was a cha nge from t he regular co m pet it io n b etween t he Northwest riders; Gary Racca ( I w) , Pa t Ja cobson (5w). and Lee Voss (2w). who usually ba ttle it ou t for the first position. How ever. it was th e fier ce competit ion following Joyce that held the spectators' attention. Voss (Suz) wa s holding second position with Jacobson (Suz) in third and Ma rk Gregson . Oregon's Number One rider pushing hard from behind. jacobson . and Gregson ca me together and in th e battle of handlebars Gregson lost it and had to take a minute ou t to straight en the bends. As for Washington's top rid er. Gary Racca . he had a long day as m echanical problems led to DNFs both motos. Gr egson ca me ba ck to lead the first 250 Pr o moto fro m sta rt to finish. jacobson held second with Kev in jansen finishing third . The second 250 Pr o moto was a matter of endurance as jacobson leading fough t hard to hold off the ch arg e of Gregson . Nevertheless. Gregson m ade th e pass on th e fifth lap and proceeded to extend h is lea d and execute some sty lis h c ross ups over the double jumps. Both Open Pro motos were Gregsons from beginning to end . • Results in Results Section. Superflow 110 lAbove) Lee Voss leads Pat Jacobson over the double jumps at Suntarget MX. (Below ) On the inside Hubbard and Mike McAvoy bang handlebars as John Sudsberry (37J) and Emergy Gray hook up traction at the start of the 250 Expert Scratch event at Cycleland. (Bottom) A ·Ot ah motocrosser and marble-cake sky. The popul ar suoernow 110 is used by more than 200 racers around the world for accurate testing of engine cylinder heads and intake manifolds. 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Ballinger and then Elam succumbed to the pressure applied by Aston who took over the lead on the third lap. Elam finished second and Ballinger third . In a three way battle for first in the 100cc Mini competition . top honors went to Bobby Thomas. Al Ramirez got the hole shot followed by Thomas and Mike Cagle in third . Thomas did not get by Ramirez until the white flag lap but get by he did and came away No. I . Cagle finished half a wheel behind Ra mirez. The battle for money points continues in the Exper t Semi -Pro race . Saturday night was no exc eption in what turned out to be a four way battle for first . Putting a y." of a lap between them a nd the res t of the pack a nd engaging in their own private battle was j eff Fowler. Cliff Hylton . john Sudberry and Dennis Frisbie who finished in that order. Bylton who has been out of competition most of the season also placed fourth in the 250 • handicap . Result in Results Section. Archibald supreme in CMC night MX Public lands U~ belong to all of q iiU'. By Roger Glazier (Ride sharefullJc) .. eRA .oTOJIC'f'CLI AcelS SOf UD SALT LAKE CITY , UT . j U LY 22 WIRDS RIVlRSlD ! ,..OJAVI By Bene l h I PARllll CIPR IDLD MV IG USTI 150 BII.CH I CIPR I SCDOHR S Total supremacy by Kenny Archibald on a finel y-tuned Suzuki was quite evident in the 250 Pro class at Bonneville Raceway. The closest cont ender still keeping sight of Ar ch ibald was Danny Wood riding to a very consistent sec on d overall , lea ving th ird to Maico-mounted Dale Bohm . While the battle for first wasn't rea lly a battle. th e action back in th e pack proved interesting as so me fa mi lia r d esert riders turned out to try the night MX scene for th e first time. One suc h rider mixing things up was Prest on Gerber , re cent 250 class winner of the " L as Vegas 400 ." Another was Dave Bla ylock , wh o seemed to have made friends in the night business but not fam e. yet. Highlighting the Open cla ss was th e weekly wheel crushing Pete Watson on his red -fra med Maico. Dialed out in fifth gear over Plaza Peak. Watson had to attem pt a ch a nge of direct ion in mid -air in order to avoid a dodging flagger directl y in front of him. Cursing. he fin all y came to a stop a fter taking ou t 60 fee t of sideline flags a nd for gin g a deep. rutted irrigat ion d itch . Ma nagi ng to d islodge what look ed like Hand Washab~ a Fourth of july Ma ico flag floa t . he rem oved the co lorfu l residue from his rea r wheel asse m b ly a nd handleb ars the n returned to ac tion for a first overall. Second was left to you ng Bulra co rider jerry Sorens en , foll owed by a smooth Rand y Evans who encountered some minor crash-and burns. which took him out of t he content ion for th e top spot. Once again it was Dan Letchinberg who wound up top 125 Pro of the evening after staying well in front of a p ersist ent G reg Madsen. 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