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.- NORTIERN DATEUNE s .eO .e :~ .. :!l Z·~ &!o .. c :a :; .~~ u ... . e· c .,"'. _ • c c .. •• ... _ll: lEo 'i: • . • • -,, I , • , , , ,• .. , ,.I ; '. ~. • ~: ;;:;:::::::o>Q~ • A:I . il i: .~ f Tad Gumbmann goes after Gary Racca for the holeshot honors in the Puyallup 250cc Pro Dealers Challenge. ~ ~, ts; Bob Dawson out-flies Randy Wing in a fierce 125cc Pro battle at the Puyallup Rainier Beercentennial. , (Jot It's a whole.new I feelingl = .. ! 00 lj.. _ , _ ""ttl.:: "", Advertising that works ! .. t1... , .... _ _... , ...... ' ...... ' ..... fl l l ..... ... ,H' .... , ' .. " ' ..... '''tl l '' .. ' .. ~ Service. Motorcycle Sales Parts. Accessories 7ed 'n 7zavet, We4t 34 O n Saturday, all Amateurs ran two motos and Pee Wee, O ver The Hill and O ld T im e rs conso lations ran th ree. The transfer riders hit it again Sunday between Pro dicing . Bellevue Suzuki 's Pat Jacobson made it a good pay day, picking up the winner's sha re of 125cc Pro and 250cc Pro classes with a $750 payoff for each. Jacobson hit a 1-2-1 in 125cc actio!" only giving u p one win to Bill Joyce (Suz) in .rou nd two. Joyce got out in fro nt o n the start and stayed there for thefu ll 12 la ps. T he bes t comp liment paid to a rider I is often fro m th e co mpet ition . T he Pros a re. sti ll tal king good th ings about #37 1. That about says it for Ca lifornia rid er Da rrel l Shu ltz . The Maicomounted Open Pro 'got it altogether for wins in a ll three motos , becoming the only rider of the day with such an honor, for the overall. Shultz had a nice plan - gel eas y starts and take over midway through each moto . 2663 E. Co lor ado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91107 213.79S.2 ~11 - - - - ' Da rrell took some of the best lines around the Ra inier Beercentennial track and making a clean sweep of th e field of the Northwest's best is proof the Ra ncho Cordova Suzuki Pro is a rider to watch. Shultz and Washington are a good pair , just last month he made a great showing in the Kingdom with a semi -fina l win . 'C MC Northwest #1 Mark Gregson (Yam) was in great shape for t his Challenge. Out for Burien Suzuki, Gregso n was clicking o ut in the nu mber two spot throughout the day un til the last two la ps when .a wh eel gave o ut. Mark ma naged to stay with it fo r a fourt h a nd second overal l. Third overa ll went to an old fr icnd of the Puya llup track , Dou g Raines on a Yamaha . 01' Bu ck Murphy on the Highland Honda four -stroke got the holeshot in rnoto IWO , then waved a left hand 10 the fans as he crossed the tunnel jump. What a sound , that fou r-stroker , and what a ride by Murphy . Mike Felt (Yam) added his win to the Northwest Yamaha team effort and ended a long stretch of tight racing started in January . Felt hit a 22-1 score to out -point Winter Series winner Brad Balmes. Balmes was out in front with a 1·1 score when Sa turd ay ended and when mota three got u nderw ay so did Brad . I n the second la p he got in troub le a nd dropped to number 12 . C urtis Roberts too k over the lead for one lap but couldn't hold off Felt . who zipped o n by for the lead and the moto win. A pat o n t he back goes to new Intermed iat e rider Roger Kenny (Suz). who took th e win for Aberdeen Su zuki. Roger took this 'as his first ra ce as Intermed iat e a nd a lready he's on to p'. Intermedi a te ' Ken New added h is six- poi nt win to Bellevu e Suz uki's ta lly and was feeling good about the whole affair. New took a second place back seat in the Winter Series bu t no w has the same " I want to quite, win ners" look at 100ccJunior Mi ke Felt. Mark Stevens (Suz) had to romp on it all weekend to share the wi nner's circle. Enumclaw Suzuki claimed the win here and Mark came out on top with 45 riders jammed in this class. The 250cc I nt erm ed ia te stampede was a rugged coneest , 33 riders clanged together all three rnotos. Willie Schrader (Yam) brought the glory to Hand H Yamaha and Rob D iMa rco added five team points 10 Northwest Yamaha . . Open Int erm ed ia te Rusty Hoehn (Yam) was pretty close to righl all weekend with a 1-1-2 tota l for the overall for Northwest Yamaha . H oe fin had the lead on all t he la ps bu t th e firs t and last. The last la p cost him 'a perfect sco re when Wes Sam of Sal em , Oregon , rid ing for Fo ur Seasons; took his Ma ico righ t o n by for t he '!'oto wi n .. Ba xr o n Che le t t e and B r u ce Hackney held on to a 1-2-3 in each mota but in this game it's the order that counts . Chelette. for Ke n t Ka wasa ki, held on 10 a 3-1 -2 that out did Hackney and Paulson's Lacey with a 1·2 -3. Mini bi ke riders shar:d the glory on