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•.._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. 1:1 ~ Western hotline I " t l' l' ~ ~ c<") C'l s-. v ..0 8 v :> o Z At the DeAnza Old Timers motocross, Ray Arnold ran away with the first two Novice races but crashed in the last. Bruce W indham slides his Suzuki t o second at Elsinore Raceway in t he Special Race. Shekell, wh o had not raced fo r a month. showed he had not lost much as he jammed in right behind. Pete Wanket . riding his Yamaha , was close with FMF riders Hess and Le tt follo wing. Gom ez kept on cookin ', making no mi stakes and going on for the win with Shek ell , Wanket , H ess and Lett behind . In the second moto Gomez and Shekell ta ngl ed just after the gate fell , ca me o ut of it , and as everyone squeezed in to the first turn t hey tangled again. Hess cranked around t he turn with Lett a nd W a n ket behind. but Gomez and Shekell were still not m ovin g . Gom ez got goi ng and filed in behind the pack. Sh ekell finall y go t rest arted and went W FO after th e pack . H ess led it all th e way as Wanket slip ped into seco nd with Gomez working into third. Sh ekell , wh o was flying, took fourth with Lett fifth. ' In th e 250 Pros Hess took both holesh ots and both wins. Wanket had b ike probl ems a n d Tim Lunde crashe d . Mike St earns took second overall as Tim Ma rsh (Yam) got third . In the Open Pro race Chris Chaffee won top honors, Max Maple wa s seco nd and Cha rli e Backus third . Results in Results Section. 'd iffe ren ce bet ween t he firs t and seco nd pl a ce fin isher s. Dorot hy ca me out o n top an d picked u p her t ro phy whi le Summers a nd W in d h am nu rsed the ir defla ted egos . ' Mota one of the Special class went to Bud Wa nbaugh, a rider who is a lways righ t in there for the second place. But this was his starring night. W ith a back row start every race , be cause th e novices were also included in here , Bu d managed to win every time. Tony Flo res led for the first three la ps u nti l Wanbaugh saw the white flag waving and made the kill. Bru ce Windham was third. Mot a two Flores agai n led fo r three la ps, bu t Bud wea ved throug h the p a ck fro m hi s b a ck row star t. Windham go t Flores as he fo llowe d in Bud's wa ke . T he last and fina l race , W anb au gh reall y did a job o n th e ot her Specia l riders. Aft er only o ne la p Bud ha d th e win in han d . W in dham was second and Flores agai n th ird . Don 't forget the C h all enge Race Dec em be r 4 a t Elsino re Raceway . Resul ts in Resul ts Secti o n . Rowe, Rowe, Rowe By Betty Bird your bike By A ndi Gangewer ELSINORE. CA , NOV . 5 . Jim Summers. just turned amateur. was up against a' hot shoe of an expert in the 250 Amateur/Expert class. Dorothy Rowe. the one and 20 only expert came up with the win every mota. Mota one Summers led for two laps until Dorothy came roaring a rou nd him. She had started on the jump . Race two Summers held Dorothy off until lap four when the white flag signaled one more lap . Dorothy turned her Yamaha on as Summer s m ade a mistake that cost him the win a nd th e second too, for Bruce Windham used this o p po rt u ni ty to snatch seco nd. The fina l ra ce Jim finally got his win , Doro th y ki cked ba ck th e who le ra ce a nd let the boys h ave th e to p two positions. T here was only o ne poi nt Old Timers trick or treat MX DE ANZA , CA , OCT . 30 Blackie Lewis (Ma i) was a treat to watch in the first moto, but the second moto his new engine played a trick on th e last lap. giving that win to Marvin Ols on . wh o came from last place. Lew is came b ac k on the third mota to take the gold. Marvin Olson had no Maico problems , but did have some physical ones. He looked like the ladies volunteer firs t aid group had been practicing on him l He managed a second. With masters and experts going off the line together, it was hard to decide if Cal Browning was an expert. Ca l, taking the expert gold , came in right behind Olson on the first mota , rig ht on AI Dennler in the second and the third mota found him looking for Olson - both masters. Sam J ones has to be in the best sha pe ever, riding the firs t two rnot os flying into second . Third m ota bike problems gave him third overa ll. Amateur Jim J ones went all theway taking firs t. The Jones brother s must be o n all the right physical fitness programs because th ey just don't get tired . Pete Kla ssen , riding his Yamaha as if he was a rodeo rider going for top points, stro ked in for seco nd . Kenny W atts had a rea son to rid e well today - he wanted to impress h is new brid e , Dottie, Kenny took a third , but to Do t he's a lways in first pl ace. Don J e nsen o f the Novice cl a ss moved into firs t p lace on the th ird m o t a after two seconds. ta ki ng n umber one. Ray Arn old had the two firsts , bu t went down in t he third moto to inspect the track. T hese o ld birds a re tough , When they go down, they a re a little slow getting up , but once on th eir machines, they finis h wh at th ey start . Ro bert Beasley m oved into th ird overa ll, with a th ird , fou rt h a nd a second. Twisting turns made the Manning I RR a real thriller. Mitchell (Ossa) b a ttl e , with Peck ending up the winner. 250 Expert riders had a tough time keeping th eir bikes together , but R . Blankenship ( Ka w) led all th e way with G . Ludwig (Suz) right behind. ' Open N ovic es had B. Bib ee (Yam) leading and R , Porter (Ya m) who had bik e trouble, came in second . Open Experts had one he ck of a race with B. Oxley (Ya m) leading the pack and Rich Ba rn es on his ne w '78 Yamaha chasin g hi m all the way. Results in Resul ts Sect ion . Billy the Bullet wins three at ManningRR By Jim Lester WILLOW SPRINGS , CA , NOV. 6 New winners in Perris Short track andTT By Phi l W ul ff PERRIS , CA , NOV . 5 The 12 week High Point Series got off to a slow start , but the ra cing was fast and heavy. With not enough 80's to make a short track class, Nov ice Rob Hassey (Yam), J eff W illiams (Yam) and Baron Bibee (Yam) o n his 100 , had q uite a race. H assey took over firs t pl ac e on the third m ota . The 250 Novice race , saw Steve Peck (Ya m) a nd Gro ve r Riley (Ya m) battling for fir st with Peck taking the lead . T he 250 Experts bunched tight with Terry Singleton (Am m ex) in the lead, b ut he soo n fell back to third . Jack Sm ith (Yam) . took over and Gary Ludwig (Su z) pulled out a second. Baron Bibee, loc a l Perris resident , riding for th e first tim e . won the 500 Open Novice race . Expert Brad Oxley (Yam) , ri ding at Perris for the first time since opening night , picked up a first with Rick Blankenship nip pi ng at his wheels. With no TT class for the 80 's , J . Williams (Yam) tested out his 80 wit h th e 125's and ga ve them a run for their money. Dale Whitem an (Yam), took the lead ea rly a nd kept it, with Brian Gotschall (Han) and Pat March (Yam) trying to make th eir mov es, but with no success. T he 250 Novice T'T sa w St eve Peck (Yam, Grover Riley (Yam ) and Bill Nearly 100 pavement aces trekked out into th e desert near Lancaster, braving icy wind gusts up to 40 mph . for the penultimate Manning Road Race of 1977 . Le e Fleming (Kaw) , Billy "T he Bullet " Addingt on (Ka w), and Did Kilgroe ( Kaw) thundered off th e line together in the Open Production race and got into a sensational battle for th e lead . Fleming's m ot or was the first casualty of the bl isterin g pace , as he coasted into t he pits on t he third la p . Addingt on held th e lead going into the last lap , with Kilgroe dra fting, an d th en p assin g him a t turn one . With Addingt on breathin g down hi s neck. Kilgroe tri ed to brake too la te at turn two, and went off into the d irt at over 90 mph. Addington was left to cruise to the checkered flag ahead of Chuck Parme ( Ka w). Bill also won th e FourStroke Grand Prix and Super Cafe races , and might have won his fourth race of the day, but the scheduled Match Race against Kilgroe had to be cancelled a fter Dick's crash , David Emde (Mack Cycles Yamaha) took ove r the 250 G P points lea d fro m Ron H lavka wit h a wire-to-wire win over G len Shopher (Concord Yamaha) and Eric Ba tt OBS Yamaha) . Harry Kl in zm a n n 's potent ial cha llenge fizzled when the 250 he 'd borrowed from Eddie Lawso n seized in practice. Emde (750 Yamaha) also breezed in th e Open GP race , but John Glover (25 0 Yamaha ) a n d Addington (Yosh im u ra Kawasaki) scratched back and fort h for seco nd , with Addington slightly faster o n the stra ights , and Glover quicker through t he turns .