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Cycle News 1978 06 07

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-; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. - ~ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . _ ~ := Western hotline : ~ t 00 t"O"> 1""""4 (A bove) Kerry Peterson was t he only one to conquer the DeAnza hill. (Below ) George Ti dw ell held the high mark after the first round at DeAnza. Hall , sa id this was "one of the most competitive hillclimbs we have ever run ." A group of 125cc Juniors in ac tion at Saddleback 's Kawasa k i Series ra ce. Williams 'walk s away with Kawasaki Series MX ByTom Corley ORANGE, CA , MAY 14 The Continental Mote-sports Club is now sanctioning races every Sunday at Saddleback. On the second and fourth Sunday of \4 each month a race is put on solely by the park 'crew but is sanctioned by CMC. Right now a really fine program is being put on by the park : The Kawasaki Motocross Series. One man will walk away from this series with the best prize he 's ever won and this will be a new Kawasaki 250cc motocross bike. Many riders were surprised to find that the SAM high school program merged with this show so things didn't end and the riders didn't clear out of the pits till after 4:00 p .m. David W illiams of Wheelsmith Motorcycles proved to . be the most successful racer of the day a long with Lenny Giger. Williams had a very worthwhile race in the 500cc Pro class and ended up walleting the win . His Maico cranked hard in the fi rst rnoto and he downed the eight other' riders with no problem and this included close followers Alan Smith (Hus) and Val Tamietti (Mai). .Wjll!j1ll\S .ma in ta ined his first place -, spot in the second moto and th is time two following riders switched places as Val moved u p to second and Smith was shoved back to third . Dave Williams' two firsts chalked up to the overall victory while Tarnietti captured second over Alan Smith , John Hormuth , Carl Gieselman , Brian Craze, Steve Pflug, Jonny Clopton and Charlie Backus. Results 100 PRo: 1. Adam Renteria (Yaml; 2. Tim Hines (Yaml ; Tom Wilson (Yam) . 1251NT: 1. Steve Pfaff 15u21; 2. 2ach Halopoff 15uzl; 3. Jim DeGaine (Yam ). 125 PRO: 1. Lenny Giger IKawl: 2. Rid

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