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WINNERS/ 2·DAY QUALIFIERS
CALIFORNIA: Higgins, Larsson, Goodpastor, Pillsbury .
M ALABAMA: Pillsbury, Higgins, Larsson, Good pastor.
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TEXAS: Messer, Higgins, Larsson, Pillsbury, Uhl.
MICHIGAN: Larsson,. Pi."~:, Uhl.
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WASHINGTON: Higgins, Pillsbury, Larsson, Uhl.
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MOXEE. WA , SEPT. 25
Mud and two new jum ps provided .
some su r prises today for a good
turnout of racers. Pra ctice and
t he first m otos were a mud bath
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second moto , La Pierre moved into th e
lead and began to pull awa y when he
• dumped it in th e first corn er letting
Pomeroy by. Jacobson came by just as
La Pierre was remounting a nd kno cked
him to the ground again and knocking
all the spirit ou t of him . Pat never
looked back as he overt ook Pom er oy
for th e lead a nd th e win .
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but by mid-afternoon the sun came
out and dried the track to perfection.
J im Anderson (Hon) roosted on the
125 pack as he took an early lead over
Bill Joyce (SUl), Pat Jacobson (SUl) .
and Ron Pomeroy (Yam). Jacobson
flew past Anderson on the downhill
jump to take the lead midway through
the moto as the first four riders pulled
out a big lead . Joyce held a
' comforta ble lead over Pomeroy with
Ron Sun (Hus) ending up fifth after a
poor start.
Ron Pomeroy was really going for
the money in the second moto as he
pushed his bike to the limit trying to
hang on to his lead over Joyce and
Jacobson in the second moro . Joyce
showed thai he really liked the dried
out track,.taking the lead on the sixth
. lap. Pomeroy held on to second over
Jacobson who captured second overall.
Joyce received the first place money,
Pomeroy t hird, and Anderson fourth.
The 250 . and O pe n Pr os were
com bined because of a small turnout
in both classes . Pa t J acob son (SUl)
squirted into th e first corner a head of
the pack and bega n to pull away for a
convincing win . Mogan David
. LaPierre (SUl) fell on the first lap and
began a charge through the pack
which left him j ust short of passing
Ron Pomeroy (Mai) for second at the
finish. Bobby Clark (Yam) built up a
large lead over the other open rid ers
until his bike started mis-fir ing. Ron
Davis doubles at
NewmanST
By Ann Carr
NEWMAN, CA , SEPT. 23
White Plate number seven Rusty
Da vis got back on the winning
tra il a t Newman, winning both
the 250 and 360 Expert m a in
events. Acing buddy Charles Gondola
in the 360 race. Rusty ignored the
' d ogfi gh t behind him between A lex
"J orgy" Jorgensen and Ted Davidson
to concentrate hard and grab first in
the 250 . Alex and Ted swapped
second place in nearly every corner but
T ed judged the final shot and took
second money. Jorgy retu rned sho rtly
to blitz the "King of the River" troops
ou t of first spot payoff.
In other expert action . De n nis
Kritzer took his first win on wife
Ka thy 's birthday present (a TT500
Yamaha ) while Ra nd y Taylor
outlasted Mitch Davidso n in a close
125 m ain . Mini Black Plate number
two Tracy Hays got back on the
winning trail b y nosing out Do ug
Cha ndler in both Mini Expert ma ins.
T ra cy now trails the current n um be r
one . Ch a ndler by 10 and as rough
trackin' looms, th e mini battle shoul d
be a good one.
In other mini action , referee's son
Woody Rogers led the 80 Novice main
for seven laps but excitement got the
best of him and a wide exit - of turn
three all owed Boyd T urner to slip by
for th e win . Woody held th e second .for
his first tr ophy;..
