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NORTHERN DATEUNE Darrell Shultz. strong in fourth. Apparently. winning runs in the family because Shultz was closing in fast . letting out all the stops and pushing his way into third. O'Rourke was the only one with any breath ing room whatsoever as everyone crowded together in a mad duel for second. Stromberg finall y managed to break away and found some space in second. Coming up over Coors Ridge. Ed Cummuns (Ca pita l Yam) had moved in to third and was battling Stromberg for second. Coming in for the checkered flag. Cummuns made one final stab at a pass for second and went down. Taking the flag. O'Rourke came home for the rnoto win as well as overall. Stomberg held second for the rnoto, and Shultz took third. Tav Weinrick, with a 6-4 ride, took second overall and third went to Warren. 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Dennis Krumpetman ISun. OPEN JR: 1. Clayton Davis (Yam); 2. Berry Meyer (Yam); 3. Ray S_ls (Mai). 100 INT 1. Bill Peterson (Yam ): 2. J im Coffey (Yam); : 3. Randy Harden (Yam). 125INT: 1. Dave Sarian {Sun; 2. Eric Gravas (Yam); 3. Bill P.....son (Yam). 250 INT 1. Robert O'Rourke IHan ); 2. Toy Weinrick : (SuzJ;3. Chuck Warren (Yam). OPEN INT 1. Robert Congdon IMa i): 2. Jeff : Cunningham (Hus); 3. Bob Bellicitti (Yam). 100 PRO: 1. J im Honey (Yam); 2. Jim Simons (Yam). Lowell lands Cycleland wins 2650 S. E. Park Ave. Milwaukie, Ore. 97222 • 5031653-1666 • By Ernie Aldrich CHICO , CA . MAY 6 Lowell Moural (Bul) squeezed past john P . Sudberry (Yam) on the final turn to take a narrow victory in the 250cc Handicap -(81bAKEWElEIB flElNEh\ Husqvarna Motorcycles - Parts - Service 605 Frwy. at Carson 11747 E. Carson St. Lakewood. CA 90715 213-860-1364 714-521·7112 e\ ~ Thlo and 9 other MX atleb.. for only $3.00: Including FMF. DG. 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Througho ut both mote s, H olley was turnin g some im pressive lap tim es. Both times he had Jim Simons righ t on to p of him . keep ing co nsta nt pressure . Coming home at the end of th e race , Holley wheeled his bik e do wn victory row for top money. followed by Jim Simon s. also Yamaha -mounted fo r secon d over a ll. MAGURA U.S.A. . Par k CORP. P.O . Box 1030 M .C .I.D Cla yton Da vis ( Ya m) t ook t h e overall victory for th e Open Juniors . In the first rnoto Ra y Searls (Mai -Bob's Auto Parts) battled with Barry Meyer and Gary Leach (Suz -H ea lds bu rg Cycle). When the checkered waved them home. Searls led th e pa ck ac ross Lewistown, Pa. 17044 717/242-0311 32 with Meyer in second and Leach holding down th ird. The second time out , Searls led off th e lin e with Da vis right behind. Geroge Maci holding down third and Leach fourth . Maci and Leach had a radical duel go ing with Leach taking over thi rd . With riders takin g on th e j u m ps and berms three abr east . madness prevai led! W ith m an y changes taking place . Da vis moved into the lead , lea ving a tight battle for seco nd between Todd Mcintosh (Ya mMcintosh Construction ). Meyer in third and Searls fourth. In a wheel-clashini( ba ttl e . Meyer too k over th ird and chased Mci ntos h a cross the li ne. When the chec ke red flew Davis took to p ho nors. Meyer claimed second a nd third went to Sea rls. Robert O'R ou rke took ho me the over. all win for the 250cc In termed iat es after a morning of heavy a nd hairy racing, In th e firs t mot o , Ken Palmer held off the avengers for th e m ot o win. H e had to do battle with Ch ris Irigoray a nd Jeff Cunningham . Husk y-mount ed. T h ro u g ho u t th e m ota . lrigoray charged his wa y over every in ch of th e track, ending up in second behind Palmer as Cunningham m anaged to hold on to third . T he second time around. O'Rourke t ook over with Scott Stromberg making a strong comeback from 21st in his first rnoto to a starting position of second. Chuck Warren was holding third with Dean Shultz, brother of Main at Cycle land Speedway Saturday night. It was Moural 's second win of the evening as Ch ico riders gathered 11 of the 27 trophies awarded . In the 250c c Expert final , Ken Gray (Bul), 1977 Cyclel and 250cc Expert High Point champ. took the lead for the first two laps, but from the third lap on the track belonged to Moura!. Gray edged Sudberry for secon d and Mike McA voy (Ya m) was fourth. In th e first final of th e night , 80cc Novices, Junior Tim Aston (Ya m) led from start to fin ish . He was followed by Novices Ro ger Heemsbergen (H on) and W a lt Bevins (Ya m) . Mike Cagl e (Suz). '77 Cycleland 100cc Min i High Point Co -Winner. an nexed the 100cc Expert fina l with a wire-to-wire ride. Cagle was th e only trophy winner in the class . In th e 125c c Novice m ain , Mike Sni der (Hon) was first . re pe a ting last week's win over ru nner- u p Ma rk Gilbert (Suz) . Don Roberts (Suz) edged Vance Lee for th ird . Bill SCOll (Yam) bested the 250cc Novice ma in. Dir ck Sauer (Yam) was second followed by Geor ge Cummins (Ya m) , David De Bock (Suz) and Bruce Sm ith (H ·D). Chico rid ers provid ed the compet it ion in th e 200 cc Junior final as Mike Egb ert (Yam) won over Randy Scoll (Bul). Egb ert went to the front at th e gr een flag and never looked back as SC fou ght it ou t with the pack for Oll second. Sacramento's Phil Baka rick , astride a Triumph , led a trio of Yamaha riders to th e checkered in the 250cc Junior main . Perry Proiette was