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and p rid e , Balent ine screwe d the throttle to th e stop and headed for the crowd wa iting eagerl y at the finish line. Soon Brad Henson crui sed in , losing his overall win streak bu t still keeping his class win streak intact. Mom ents lat er , t he race of the day ca me to an end . Br ia n Wright , hounding " Roa d ru nne r" Schell all da y, finally powered his Yammie by for second 250cc Exp ert; Schell took a happy but tired third. Novice/Beginner Kern Park on his Torco -sponsored Husky 250 wasted no time in taking / th e lead. Ex-trailbiker Juan Ben ividez was ru nning second overall, second 250cc as th e bikes funneled down the wide wash. Steve Brookshire was trying to close the distance on Open bike leader Adrian Ahuero. Clea ring the winding trail through t he high rocks in th e was h , Bill Conger and Da n Ashcraft op en ed up their bikes ' and flew thro ugh th e smooth secti on just before the vee . Rick Beck was the temporary C bike leader; his pa l Keith T ullar was two bik es back as th e racers cleared th e wash . Rounding the righ thand sweepe r Bill Vande1"Byl, Jeff Moeller a nd Brad Hunsinger had th e first white stripe r T im Saueressiq in pu rsu it . Upset wit h the whoo ps, Blair Swallow and Fre d T revert entere d the rock strewn mo uth of t he wash . Clearing t his , Bob Bauman and Lou O rta li sho t through th e 'cross country sectio n before t he pin n a cles. Tra ilb ike le ade r Bob Ishm an was next with no one near to cha llenge. Park had exited th e opposite canyon and was heading ac ross th e valley floor for th e pits . Streaking acr oss the bomb section , J im Short , W ayne La ngn er and Jesse J ames turned left u p th e wash a nd vanished. Ne ver looking back , Pa rk led the pack from start to ' finish doing th e second loop in fine sty le . P enetrating t he Am ateur/Expert ranks at 68th overall, Park is ready for a yellow stripe in the mail. B r o o ks h ir e t ook seco nd unc ha llen ged , while Ben ividez ca pped off the t hird spot. "Cras h" Con ger was th e O pen cha m p at fourth . T he H uevos awa rd goes to Bru ce Ogilvi e com ing from behind to fini sh 10th ove r a ll. Th e determ inat ion trophy goes to J eff Blix, fin ishing firs t C Exp ert , rid ing a wiped-out rea r flat sans a few spokes th e whole rac e. If you liked th e race thank Cutacross Shorty a nd Ben LeFebre, referee . Thanks to Rescu e 3 for the ir ou tsta ndi ng job as usual. • Results PENNZOll "- OPEN EX: 1. Bob Balentine. 2. Chuck Pettigrew . 3. Ed Zorp . OPEN AM: t . Lee Sheffers. 2. St eve Nicholson. 3. James Lawrence . OPEN NOV: 1. Bill Cong er. 2. To ny Epperso n. 3. Mike Kimber ling. 250 BEG: 1. Tim Sau eressiq . 2. Chuck Sickler. 250 EX: 1. Brad Henson . 2. Brian W right. 3. To m Schell. OPEN A M . 250: 1. Chris Gr.y. 2. Sco tt Postma. 3. Chuck Herma nsen, Jr . 250 NOV: 1. Kern Park. 2. St eve Broo kshire. 3. Bill Vander Byl 250 BEG: 1. Ken Lesser . 2. Dave Paiment. 3. Gordo n Bun on. C EX: 1. J eff Blix. 2. J emee V incent . 3. Jody What's happening? CALENDAR Hon da dOE. Tr iumph ~a'l. k£.£.j, Motorcycles Under New Ownership Large New Inventory Try us for Triumph parts BMW UPS same da y 2509 Broadway Secremen to. CA 95818 916-452-5491 10% Beiknap. CAM: 1. P. Cain. 2. Rick Davis. 3. Joe Wilson. C NOV : 1. Keith Tullar. 2: Rick Beck. 3. Fred Trevel. C BEG: 1. Mike Bird. 2. Tom Willis . 3. Mark Day. TRAIL EX: 1. Joe Lock hart . 2. Kenny Dodd. 3. Karl Mill er. . TRA IL AM: 1. P. t F. rris. 2. Dean M eltzer . 3. M. ... Dav idson. . TRA IL NOV: 1. Bob lshma n. 2 . Oren Beck. 3. TIm Suzuki West ~[j)m~·ad. . CYCLE ~]]~~ . on.n ...rts& Discount=d 8941 E.• Valley, Rosemead 213·285·1251. Open Mon. thru Sat. 9am-7pm S inclair. SR. OPEN: 1. Ron Bebo . 2. Dick C.mp. 3. Ch. rlie Hmmansen. SR OPEN AM : 1. Keith Soesbe. 2. To m Est ep. 3. Dick King . SA. OPEN NOV : 1. Bob Stat s. 2. Tom M.rg. n. SA. 250 EX: 1. Dick Bur ley. 2. Earl Roeseler. 3. Earl Carpenter . WOMEN'S EX: 1. Trudy Beck. 2. Shei la Hopkins. 3. Winona Richardson. SR. C EX: 1. Bill St ew art . 2. Ron M illig an. 3. Chu ck Alexnder. I would like to a ddr• • • th l. m....gt1 to the riders and d..l.... ot the fo'iowing brand• . S UZUKI: The 2 new model s of RM 250 ', are ItIe finest Suzukis 8'V8f made and are probably the best 2 make f acet'S in the world today. HONDA: You Honda peop le have co mplai ned tor years a bout not hav ing a facer · well, the CR 250', ere grea t and they are dirt ch eap - ther e are t hOusands of used ones around , jf you cannot afford 8 new one . CAN AM : This is the most powerful 250 engine going . They IlI e the result of years of power dervelopmenl and r are made ,iQht next door . KA W ASAKI: r ee KX 250 Kawasaki has the largest transfet' por t afea of the new generatio n of bikes and has a tremendous potential as a w in~ . I dia not me ntion Yama ha. Harley Dav idson . 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