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_._._._._._._._~._._._._._._._._._._._. PRESENTS THE 2nd ANNUAL 25 '00-'25- Rich T horwaldson (35) and Ron T ebbs battled f or SRC 500cc Pro supremacy. Tebbs took it and Thorwaldson w as second. before I OOcc I ntermediate /Expert , Ladell Eid e co uld get by th e to u gh little lady with th e velvet glo ve. Eid e wen t on to take t he over a ll wh ile Barba ra claim ed the W oman's d ivisio n fro m Deb b ie All en. Ch r is Scott , a su per go.fast mi n i ri der , totally d omin a ted the Mi n is a nd p ut fear into a lot of the b igger bikes as he finis he d second overall. Troy Mathews a nd RickJames , both In term ed ia te riders , were the overall win ners of the I 25cc and 250cc ra ces. The Tea m r a ce , a lways the highlight . saw 86 teams come to th e starting line . The ru les for th e T eam race a re few a nd sim p le . Two ride rs , one bike. Riders must change every lap and no one is allowed to help th em in a ny way. Open Expert riders Ken Morgan and R . Vit ask i had th ei r act together a nd came up with th e overall win for a go od end ing to a fin e day. At five o'clock th e tired riders were on the ir way home, anxious for results and wantin g to know when the next Grand Prix is sched uled at Corona . The officia ls had turned to silly putty and were th inking ahead to the Third Annua l Memorial Day Grand Prix to be held Monday. Ma y 29 . Results in Resul ts Sec tion . SRC long-moto MX growing stronger By Terry W hytal ORANGE, CA , FEB . 26 If you 're tired of spending more tim e at races just sitting and wai ting than you do riding, try the new Saddleback Racing Club's approach . T hi rty mi nutes for J uniors, 35 m inutes for Intermediates and 40 long minu tes for t he Pros. But get plent y of sleep th e night before! . The first 500 cc Pro race pitted Husky rider Ron T eb bs aga inst th e Yamaha of Rich a rd T horwa ldson a nd Henry Schmidt (Ma i). After much dicing . T ebbs fin ishe d fi rst wit h Schm id t edging ou t Thorw a ldson. Moto two saw t he th ree mix in g it up aga in bu t th is time T horwaldson got th e checkers followed by T eb bs then Schmid t. T he ove rall went to T eb bs with Thorwaldson sec ond and Schmidt th ird . . Jim Gibson ran away with both 250cc Pro motos, leaving Yamaha riders Andy Kirker and Jim Domann to fight fo r second. Domann held off Kirker in both races , ca p turing second overall behind Gibson . Open Intermediate action was an all -Maico show, with the first three spo ts filled by th e German machines. Daniel McKinley took two firsts for th e overa ll victory. J im Bel tn ick a nd Marino Bastionell had quite a battle for secon d with each scoring a victory over the other. Bastionell went 3· 2 for second ove rall . leaving t hi rd t o Belmick. Monte Roy, riding a Suzuki, took the top honors in the 250cc Junior class, followed by William Ban ish (Suz) and Yamaha- m ou nt ed Blaine Jacklin . . SRC has run three races now and each time the weather ha s been nic er and th e track in better shape. W e' re looking for perfect conditions on March 12. See you therel Results in Results Section. Tony D greets SSM crowd By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA . FEB . 25 AMA 250cc National Champion Tony DiStefano came out to Saddleback Saturday Motocross and m ade a lot of fr iends . T ony D chose not to race but spent th e day talking to people and offeri ng enco uragemen t. W e a re fort u n a te . to h ave su ch a frie ndly and lika b le you ng ma n representing motorcyclists. The 250cc Pro s provided plenty of spectator actio n, with a top field of local com petito rs. Ga ry Sem ics, on a new Can -Am , Jim Gi bson, rid in g a Yam ah a . Mai co Mieste r 's Da ve W illiams a nd J eff Vidi c a ll went for it. The first moto saw Vidic grab th e lead , closely followed by Gibson and W illiams. Vidi c seemed to slow abou t ha lf way through the race , lett ing G ib son and W ill iams get b y. Mea nw hi le. Semi cs was putting on a ..."" $3000. ~GgSE PRODUCT ~ Ii ~S~~~.. fO~siiO'" MarCh 26, 1 78 'NTNE su NEW I'CAl/F,ftN'"·" ';:;'<"':\'/ '~ :" ':. C(J(JftIE" , :.*::~~ .. .. .- "'..- . • .?. ... "'~,. eI- •• It ENTRY IN O. F CONTACT ~ ~ 213·830·7519 CRC 24518 Isl and Ave. Garson , Ga 90745 41