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Box 498 L ong Be ach, CA 90801 r-~Ycle Ne~~ln::~hris:: G~ting----~------ ~ f I a m e nclosing $ for ---,,=--=-_ --cAd( s) t o ap p e ar in _ _ Issue 48 . U Issue 49 Issue 50 0 Pl e ase bill my Nov . 23 Nov. 30 Dec . 07 accou n t Circle yo u r ad choice o o N o.1 N o.2 No. 3 N o.4 N o .5 No . 6 Name - _ Address _ · City _ State _----:- ~hone- . ------: -------- . ip Z By Jerry Burns UKIAH , CA , OCT . 23 The fir st CMC m ot ocross at the newly-prepared Ukiah Raceway was held under excellent conditions . T he track itself, located a t the Ukiah Raceway - 12th District Fairgrounds, was designed and prepared by local racers under the auspi ces of CM C wit h financ ial support from the Lake Mendocino Li ons Club , a lo cal service organiza tion . The track offered a deep loam racing surface with no dust! Laid ou t running inside and outside the old high banked stock ca r tra ck, th e rac ers were challenged by a very wide (30'·40') track with m any off-camber sections and some high speed stra ights that let even th e most throttle hungry stretch th e cable to the max . N a tion al m otocross star Pat Richter was on hand to view th e d ay's racing and made the comment that the track was very well prepared for a first effort and offered on ly a few suggestions for ch ange . Perhaps the best com m ent made by Pat was that th e races at Ukiah wer e a fine return to local grass roots level motocross whi ch is good to see in thes e days of high costs of traveling long d istances to race . T he day's ra cing lent itself to very sp o rtsm a n like co n d u ct am ong the racers with excellen t com petition in every mot o. The 125 Junior cla ss was. very hotl y contested and highlighted by a very good come-from-behind ride by Tim McK eever. The 250 and 500 Junior classes were ma rked by exce llent rides by Steve Enzler (250 Mai ) and John Thompson on a 410cc Honda four-stroke. The only classes that were lacking in rider su pport were in the expert ranks and seeing as how this is a se mi -pro event , some enterprising experts co uld stand to pick up some extra ca sh , if they show upl An added attraction was in the Honda Odyssey motos , They provided good racing m uch to the delight of the spe ctators. Any of you Od yssey owners are welcome to come to Ukiah Raceway to sample the competition . T he next motocross at Ukiah Raceway will be held on November 27, 1977 . Results in Results Section. geasons rfl reeti ngs Grass roots MX returns to NorCal _ 24 L~~-------------_----_------_---J Cantaloupi bests Turner in SOHVP MX duel By Greg Neukam SACRAMENTO, CA , OCT. 23 Dan ny Turner ca me ou t to the . Sa cramento O ff Highway Vehicle Pa rk track num ber two wit h new leathers and a bra nd new Art Stone/DG Yamaha , ready to give Donnie Cantaloupi and h is Dirt Werkes R&D Ya maha a lot of competition. When the firs t 125 Pro moto started, T urner got the holeshot but, after half a lap, Ca nt alou pi went by. T he duo began to pull away from the pack a t the rate of 10 seconds per la p . Turner , co ntent to keep Can taloupi's pace , waited until the white flag to get things really hot: Tight action at the Ukiah motocross races, They diced for the entire lap unt il the downhill jum p just before th e finish . Turner flew off first , but Cantalou p i pulled alongside in mid- air. With the more powerful bik e , Donnie took the fa ster line into the last turn ; Turner tried an inside pass , but at the line it was Cantaloupi. T he second moto was just as excit ing as the first . Don nie "Can-heloop-it" ho leshot th is one but Turner was close behind. O n the uphill near the start area, Turner went down , quickly got restarted , but had put a big ga p between him and Ca ntaloupi. Aft er cha rgi ng hard , Turner came within striking distance on the last turn . Cantaloupi rode it flaw less and ~. took th e win . . The 250s saw Cantaloupi out again to do battle. John Minor hol eshot the race on his bo x-stock RM with Cantaloupi seco nd . Brian jodry, in the middle of the pack , go t caught in a pile-up. As Cantaloupi and Minor pulled away, Jodry restarted and took out for the leaders. Cantaloupi slip ped by Minor , and held on for the win with Minor and Jodry , all the way up to third, following. 1 Second moto action saw Ca nta lou pi take th e ho leshot ahead of Minor and Jodry. Jodry soon passed Min or , who kept the pace for as far as his tired sto ck susp ens ion would last. At the wire Cantaloupi held off Jod ry for his second win , and Minor held on to ) th ird. Jodry came back on a Dir t Werkes Maico in the Open class and easily won after Bill Swartze (Dirt Werkes Maico) crashed and reinj ured h is arm . Swartze, choosing not to ride the secon d moto and chance further damage to his arm , left the door wide op en for Jodry, who took an eas y win. Sedillo sweeps AME Spillway MX SANT A MARIA, CA , N OV. 6 Steve Sedillo , the "go fast kid" from San ta Maria, not only took the 80cc J unior class in whi ch he is presently entered, but also the Intermedi a te and Expertl In moto one , ex pert Blake Renolds blasted off the line with Sed illo , a junior , right behind . In ter m ed iat e T ro y King followed Sed illo , b ut at the checkers was 30 seconds behind th e winner Renolds, and St eve . When the se con d moto rolled around , Blake and Sedillo ro unded the track side by side with Todd Hovator (junior) third. Sedillo made things really interesting when he slid around Blake. Hovater too k note of th e pass an d soon copied Sedillo's mo ve to catch second place . Laterit ,

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