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Mike Palrick 's O " YAMAHA al CORONA 110 1 E. 6th St ree t, Coro na, CA - ( 714) 7357721 . 24 " ... • .I By Greg Neukam SACRAMENTO , CA , FEB . 5 A new track was laid out for the second CMC/ Suzuki Golden Sta'te Series Sportsman Day at Sacra mento Off-Highway Vehicle Park, a redesigned track number one. Fred Dionand Boss Promotions d id a great job for Saturday's race, and rumor had it that Brad Lackey helped des ign the professional-caliber course. jay "The jat" Lewis holeshot the first division of the 250cc No vices a nd led the first moto until Dennis W arren went by. Back in t hi rd was jim Stewart. Lewis and Stewart fought for second while Dave Sterling moved into fourth. Stewart finally got by and held second as Warren easily won the moto. Lewis held on to third with Sterling in fourth. Mark Palmer led the second moto 'til the halfway mark when Tony Patterson took command. Ken Palmer ran in third when Stewart moved into fourth and began challenging for the third spot. Krumpleman moved into fourth 'and in the back of the battle. At the flag it was Stewart in fifth, first overall. Lewis took second overall after finishing seventh, with third overall going to Mark Palmer. Krumpleman ran fourth. Racing combined were the 100cc Experts and Int erm ed ia tes. The only Expert, Mike Beire, holeshot the first moto and went all the way unchallenged. Cory Cantaloupi was in first for the Intermediates with Richard McCord and Mike Leurret following. Willie Miller ran in fifth . At the flag Mike Holm es got around Cantaloupi for the Intermediate win. McCord took third with Leurret fourth. . Second mota ac tion aga in had Beire in the lead, followed by Cantaloupi. Willie Miller and Leurret ran threefour. After two laps Miller took over first Intermediate behind Beire. Holmes moved past the fad ing efforts of Cantaloupi and into second Intermediate. Leurret made his move to pass Cantaloupi for third Intermediate, leaving McCord behind Cory . At the checkered, Beire had another first with Miller taking first Interm ed iate. His first mota fifth gave him second overall. Holmes took the overall win with a second, Leurret took third , good en ough for fourth overall. Ca ntaloupi held on for third overall. . Only two Powder Puffs ca me out, and Donna Mitchell took the first mota after stopping in th e middle of the race for ad vice from her hu sband · when Katrina Wallis fell and couldn't get going again . In the second rn oto they battled it out with Katrina taking the first . Donna took the first overall trophy in only her second race ever. NMA Awards recap By Elrae Morgenthaler _ SEATTLE, WA , FEB. 6 The 1977 N MA Trail Division Enduro Series was recapped a t the annual awards presentation Fe bruary 4 in the Bell Plaza Building in Sea ttle. Eight enduros began in the mud and snow the first weekend in March. The 'Coyote', sponso red by the Roadrunners M.C . of Tacoma , is notorious for its wet cla y, This year snow added to the cha llenge for out of shape bodies. Ron Mo rgenthaler (O pen B-Bultaco Alp ina ) took to p honors in this even t. Bremerton Crui sers M.C.'s 'Spa rkpl ug ' is set in beautiful rocky soil without much mud. What makes it tough are the tight, fresh trails set up for trials bikes. Dan Brecht (250A-PE 250) bested the trialers in this event for first place. Mt. Vernon M.C . used new trails developed with ATV funds on state land for its 'Webfoot'. Steve Church (250A -Yamaha) outlasted a broken kickstarter and embarrassing fall at the start line to come home in a first place tie with fellow club member Alan Drafs (125 Yamaha). The 'Mayday' , sponsored by Everett M.C., tried new terrain for the event this year. Organizers claimed it would be a roadride. However, a short section of roots , ruts an d river took its toll of even seasoned riders early in the even t. Non -license holder, Gary Norman, rode to first place. Mt. Baker M.C.'s 'Spring' covers mu ch the same area as its 'Cowbell' in the fall , bu t it has the du biou s distinction of starting in a working garbage d ump. Ken Norris (Open B· Yamaha) , who would rather go elK hunting than ride an enduro, was a popular first place tie -winner along with repeater Dan Brecht. After b reaking for the summer months , th e fa ll season began in th e . shadow of Mt. Rainier with the 'Evil Spirit ' , spo nsored by Cross County 'Sports. In its first attempt as a poin ts event and short of cl u b m embers, wives of rid ers were called in to m a n checkpoints. In sp ite of so few people, it was a well-run event , through area most of the rid ers hadn't seen before. Ron Morgenthaler made this his second win for the season. The ' Everg reen', spo nso red b y Seafa ir City M.C. , was held in Capito l Forest, the most developed State AT V: area. Good weather and good trail conditions made this one of the most pleasa nt rides of the season. Van Rhooes (Open A-Yamaha) and Bob Hockett (Open B· Rokon) ended die l Otl -mile event in a first place tie . The finale , Mt . Baker's 'Cowbell' , ran through the foothills of the Cascades nearly to the Canadian border. This event 's contestants ' included not only endu ro regular.' ISDT rider , Charles Betha rds, but 750cc World Champion Road Racer , Steve Baker. Lyle Duronso bes ted good-buddy Carman Bunker by one po int for first place. Dan Brecht will be th e first name engraved on the pe rpetual trophy dona ted by Mt . Baker M.C . for the high poin t rid er of the season. Dan, former motocrosser and owner o f shops in Ferndale and Seattle, took top spot by four points over Ro ',! Morgenthaler. T Results in Results Section. Anderson, McCormick, Burgett wax Woodland Winter MX By Action OZ WOODLAND, WA,jAN . 28 W oodland Winter T ra ck pulled their largest att endance of riders for this season as all classes -were full and some had .to be split into two groups. jim Anderson , Mik McCormick and Rapid Rick Burgett pulled the ir own show a nd took overall wins in th eir Pro classes. By the tim e the 1OOcc juniors came off th e line it was ra ining and George