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. _._._._._._._._._. ,. - ~ J ohn McDaniel led the first two loo ps by a minute and a half. H is pinging engine getting worse, John ga ve it up at his pit. Romie T ay lor led for a half a lap before discovering a fl ~ when he stopped to a nchor down his helmet. Adsit moved by, and then realizing he had the overall lea d, reall y started truc king . Fl anagan was smoking it but Adsit hung in there for his first overall win . O ne h undred degree weather took a heavy toll , putt ing out 70 % of the field in four laps. Darlene Cottrell jum ped a rock down a hill , endoed and broke her collarbone. No way would the lady leave till hubby Lee fin ished the race. . This was the couple that got married last year at a 0 -38 race. Must be dedication - they both act perfectly sane. H ard luck story for the day goes to Russell Esca lera who kille d the b ike two feet from the checkered flag. H e struggled to start it a good three minutes as the cro wd yelled for him to push it. He would n' t and was la pped by Ch arles Baker just as th e bike reli t. (R esults in Results Section. - - -. - . Saturday , December 31: Pract ice f or . 2 4 Hou r on l)' ; 24 Hou r r ac e Ring in the NEW YEAR! Sunday , January 1: Monday, January 2: Spend your New Year's week end rac ing or watch ing the best Roadracen in the U.S. and Canada compete on the challenging 1G-t urn , 2.25·m ile Palm Beach Inte rnat ional Circuit ••• Watch Roadrac ing su perstars like 15'year-old Fred die Spencer an d ot her internat io na l greats as they engage in 160 ·mph asph a lt battles for a t o tal cash purse :'J. '. ~ " '. Practice ; ~ Heat Races Practice ; F ina ls ; Awards Banquet v' a 1977 Dodge van and AGV helmets ••• Spe ctator pack age includes free camping and pit pass • •• Races RAIN OR SHINE •• • Ear spectator inf ormation: TCRE, Btlx 539. Bata via, NY. 71 6-344-1838 ••• For racer informa tio n: WER AA - Racing Division. Box 5 13 , Wayne. PA 19087. 215-687-8422. of $4,500 plusmore than 510.000 worth of : motorcycles . 0' be OTHGjefsaf EdwardsAFB By Bang Bang Saba Ingram < EDWARDS AFB , CA , OCT. 16 Pte over-3D age group met in th e desert - not to see NASA's Space Shuttle , but to try their racing skill on .Desert Wheels' cJjallenging motocross course. ' It was La nky La rry Shoemaker (Xa m ) again winning it in the experts , ta ki ng a com m a nding lead a n d holding it in both motos for a I- I win . Absu rd AI (Suz) came close to th e '[Sh oe" a co u ple of times , but had to ~~tle for second . Altho ugh Maniac Mike (KTM) pressed ha rd , keeping Al Olson aware of h im , h e was only a ble tp, sco re third pla ce ahead of Ph ilthy . ' r hi l. •.,T he a mate u rs shared the track with the expert s, the two class es go ing ou t of th e gate in se p a r ate groups . In flu en ced perhaps by the close prox imi ty of th e Air Force planes, Beau tifu l Bruce (Mai) jetted off the line , too k th e holesh ot in both mo tos an d held onto the lead for a first qye r a ll, d espite th e e ve r- p resent pressure of Delicate Dennis (Yam) who finis hed seco nd . H onky Her b and Flak ey Fr ank had their own ra ce going for th e th ird place spot. Herb held on to a slig ht lead to take it. The large group of int ermedi ates were grip -to -gri p at the starti ng gate , leavi ng no m argin for error. Slimy Steve steered a st re nous straight line an d found himself in front of the pack at t he first tum . Although Steve placed seco nd in moto two , he too k first in class. Lizard Lou (Ossa) , apparently at ease in his own element. went 4· 1 to garner th e second p lace , Nauseous Norm (K aw ), went 3-3 for third overall a head of Begonia Bill and Decom posed Dan. b T he no vice class was do mi nated by Cu te Connie (Mai) and Droop y Dick (Ya m) . 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