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aNNOUNC.N. YRI F.RST ANNUAL f c1o/J"" ODYSSEY ~....~ ~\o. .A TC ~~. And 'NT N LCHAMPION.SHIPS' AIO A Pr•••• tecI ·.~ South Bay Pork SPEEDWAY -t 17 CALL (71 41 420·n14 PO. . . . SAN DI••O /SU DY• NOVEMBER 6th N AA.M. to Pra~ce Pits Open 7 8:30 10:30 First Race 12 P:M. CLASSES Class . , . 2 .3 .5 _6 _7 Powd.. PuH'3'CG1D~ 9l ee to 112cc 1130c to 132cc ~ 33cc to Open .8 M/C Engi"" - A ll ,lUI .B - OdY-V Stock .10 Od.,-V Modified Boll Stock lOco .4 ~ (A bov e) M idwest re gional half mile w inner Te rry Poov ey with nephew T~d Jr . Clns to 16 yfl . - BcDc $todl: onfy Powd., Puff 900e eo,. . ALSO. A HDNDA ODYSSEY R. 2SI WlTw TRAILER GIVEN AWAY TO 'A LUCKY SPECTA TOR OR PARTIC IPANT DONAT ED BY HOLIDA Y'HONDA C.V•• SAN DIEGO HONDA S.D., PACIF IC HOND A, PACIFIC BEACH. Poovey, J r. on hi s lap. (Below) Ted Boodyl ed the first lap at Oklahoma City. ., . Acx:euories do nsrtNJ by: I 3~ P~cific • Gr~; • 1. Hond l of San Diego; 2. Hol iday Honda. Chula Vista ; Pacific HOnell, BelICh ; 4 . Honda, Lemon 5. HOndl , El Cajon ; . 6. House at Hon da, San Diego; 7. Hond a. Fun Bike Center . San Diego; 8. Honda .. North County , EICO.nchdo : 9. AI. BI Honda, ~ e nci nitas~" 10. Honcla of Ocea nside; 11. One Nicko llOn Supe r Trick ATC Frame to wInner of Stock class With Most Entries; 12. K·H Ca ms and T·shirts; 13. Powroll Performance Produ cts , Blind, Orego n . , , -- --- - -- -- -- -- - - - - - - - - ----- -- --- V BLANK----- -- ---- - -- - - - ~ - -- -- - - - - - - ---£ NT R (InclUd e! Pit Pm ) MA IL ENTRY - $10.00 POST ENTR Y - $ 15,00 Mllil En rrv cfosesOcrotJ.r 31sr S~tGn: CLOSED PITS - PIT PASS - $4 .00 13-17 - $2 .00 - 8·12 - $1 .00 Adul ts - $3.00 - , Under 8 - FREE A" Nl me _. City No _ Clau a: _ WAIVER OF ALL CLAIMS Sl ...~o' McMullen took first and the accompanying $125 . . Holmes (3-2) , Harding (2-4) and Karr (5 -3) followed McMullen in the overall order. Thirty-one 250 Exp ert s chased ~ick Holmes in both motos to , no avail. Gary Kueast (Suz) had a 3-2 tally for . second ahead of Ed Bezanson (2 -3) . The best racing 'was .a group of fo ur riders trying for fourth . Tom Pearson finally took it due to his terrifying passes in the com ers : The 500 Experts were dominated b y this year's 500 c h a m p io n Don Harding. Harding edged out Dan Huls for the title by two points in the last points-paying moto of, the season , Sept. 1: Hardi,?g, sponsored by Mike Tingley SUZUki, a lso. won th e 125 championship for the past four years. Harding won both motos , beating Dan McGuire (2-2) . The track 'was dust-free after a tremendous loa d of water was duinped on the track before the race : This created several m udholes , -the worst of which was located at the bott om of an uphill turn and took a large toll of bikes.and riders . Results in Resu lts Section. t Midwest half-mile enlivens Oklahoma state fair By Frank Harrison OKLAHOMA CITY . OK , OCT. 2 Oklahoma fair grounds \.02 -mile clay oval was in fast enough • "~ condition for three riders to break Bubba Rush's old record of 24.25 , with top honors going to Denver's Chubby Armor with a 24 .03 sizzler. The Midwest Regional ' Novice Championship was the high point of the day with over 100 novi ces p resent. Grandmas and little sisters jammed the grandstand to cheer for their riders from virtually every area of th e nation . The cliff-hanger was that Oklahoma City's Ronnie Jones had handed California's west ' coast ' c h a m p io n Wayne Rainey th e first defeat of his career th e previou s. afternoon . after Rainey seized when the main had to be restarted . . _ With ten 10-man qualifying heats out of th e way . semis wer e won by Jones : Rainey , and Ricky Fiscel of Des . Moines. The tension for th e 8-lap novice main began to build as Jones and Rainey lined up for the expected duel. Zap! Jones ' was in the lead with Rainey on his roost, but not for long as th e first lap ended with Ra iney leading across the start grid with power to spare. Thethird lap saw Rainey in the lead by three lengt hs with th e pa ir followed by Rus s Davis of Vall ejo , CA and Rick Fiscel on h is pink and blue Yamaha com ing on strong. Rainey in cr eased his spe ctac u la r lead until he suddenl y disappeared into the pits on lap six. Jones th en had a comfortable lead to the . finish. followed by Fiscel , Ca liforn ia 's Keith Day. and Davis. Mike Tidwell of California was fifth and Bobby Elliott of Carrolt on , T exa s sixth. Sonoma. Californ ia 's regi onal . cham p Jim Mertens finish ed th e year / If " ._ It _ _ 18\< ' • . _ _ Of ..... d NO - - . . . . ........ - F,.. 0-,. !iI'" _ '''''''' #1. Suzuki of Van Nuys#1. Invites you to stop in U see what's new for '78! 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