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Plymouth and good wea ther, beautiful blue skies with white fluffy clouds that looked soft enough to endo into, and a superb track had a lot to do with it. The riders' reason was that this was their last chance at getting dialed into the track before the April 9 Hangtown classic. Darrell Shultz used the " Magnu m " force of his Maico to rocket off the line first in the first Open Pro moto , followed by Delno Becker and Bill Swartze; Tad Gumbmann was comi ng up quickly through the pack. At the rate he was going, "T ad Pole" could catch Shultz by the end of the moto , By lap ' fou r Gumbmann took over second from Swa rtze whi le Shu ltz was pulling a slight lead . Tad was really closing the gap and by the white flag had moved u p to where he might have a chance in the last la p . W hen they came around before the finish , Tad was close and Darrell looked back and saw him moving up. He then turned, saw how close l1e was to the finish , then set his pace to assure him a win. He took the checkered with Gumbmann right on his tail. Swartze finished back in third . Moto two was another one of Shultz's holes hots but this time Gumbmann was there from the start to put the pressure on . Swartze was again in third . Shultz was pulling a lead by lap three but when the white flag started waving, "T ad Pole" put his Maico into W .F. Overdrive and impelled himself into position to do battle with Shultz . The battle never resulted in any lead changes so Shultz took the win and overall with Gumbmann second for second overall. Swartze was back in third and Delno Becker fin ished fourth overall. .... - It took three tries to get the 250cc Experts started but Shultz had little trouble making it to the first turn ahead of Gumbmann and Don 'Ferraro. But when lap two started "T ad Pole" zapped Shu ltz and decided to do a little pace setting. Shultz followed along for th ree laps, then took the lead bac k . Ba ck aways, Donnie Cantaloupi had worked up to fourth behind Ferraro. M 0.. < . Ferraro was trying to keep ahead of Ca nta lou pi a nd hopefully catch the two leaders but with a co uple of la ps to go his chain ca me off. Shu ltz motored on to a nother win while Gumbmann . had to settle for seco nd . . It looked li ke t he second moro would be all Tad's . He was out in front of Jim Lesnewski and Canraloupi, while Shultz was in fourth for the first ' time today. J us t before the end of the rnoto , Shultz aced Lesn ewski for the win after Gumbmann bit it out in the back part of the course. This gave Cantaloupi third for second overall behind Shultz. Gumbmann ended up in 10th but still came away with third overall and Floyd Davis was fourth overall. Here's a good shot of the i25cc Pro winner Donnie Cantaloupi's butt. Danny Turner was the rider to beat in the 125cc Pro class, especially since everyone knows how hot he is at Plymouth. Turner holeshot the first moto followed bv Chalma Roberts on a Suzuki. Tume~ was sitting backand gassin' it , putting space between him and Chalma while Ferraro and Cantaloupi moved up to third and Danny Turner won the first Puyallup 125cc Pro moto. fourt h respectively. By the end of the race Cantaloupi took second away from Ferra ro and wouldn't give it back. Turner was in command of this moto , with a comfortable lead . Roberts ended up .in fourth after Cantaloupi and Ferraro slipped by before the end of the rnoto. Ca nt a lou pi rode his way to victory and the overall after working his way VIV,f Machines will arrive In the USA approximately mid May and are going to be very limited. The Items below are Just a few of the Improvements that the Montesa factory has made on their new enduro,and desert racing special. The new 360 H6 enduro machine from Montesa. Atter two years of extensive development work Montesa Is sendingover a small supply of the 1979 enduro machines. These machines will be In short supply so contact your dealer now. 360 H6 ENDURO • 36mm carbo w/choke • 6 speed transmission • torque tuned engine • high exhaust pipe • effective muffler • tool box under seat • new, larger fenders • brakes from 360 motocrosser • suspension 200mm front - 220mm rear Viva Dist. Co. 10625 Vanowen • • • • 2.59 gal. fuel tank front light rock guard '& number plate , rear taillight & lic. mounting bracket the following can be removed without tools: seat, fuel tank, shift lever, countershaft sprocket • frame similar to motocrosser • center stand Burbank, CA 91505 (213)766-6101 31