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Whittier Blvd. Whittier. CA 90605 213-945-3494 W hen In doubt, gassit! I ~ UlC~O~.. ~@)lffi~~~ •• Van Suspension Kit 1:m1 S.W. Tualatin Valey Highway Bea verton, OR 97005 503-646-8600 Hiiesalu MfE.Co. 120 W. Cypress Ave. BurhaM, CA 91502 213·845-7161 28 Speedway 117 250cc Intermedi at e ru nner-u p Rick Relucio (981splits inside Lee Ramage (8701 and Calvin Smalley (A90 I. \ off to take over the lead. It looked like Yorba had the win in his pocket but then disaster struck, Yorba was down in a cloud of dust and when the dust settled , it was Spencer taking the overall win . Tripes, Moates, Gerig take Speedway 117 MX By Rod Eschenburg Photo by Photocross CHU LA VISTA, CA . MAY 24 El Ca pitan High School picked up two firsts and three seconds compared to Santana's one second and two thirds bu t lost 16 points in the 1978 Coca Cola/San Diego High School MX Series point r a ce at Speedway 117 last Wednesday night. With two programs left in th is yea r's series, it appears that Santana will repeat as the champions due to a good , solid 10-12 rider team effort each week . The feeling is tha t Santana will be a very strong representative in the Scholastic Association of Motocross/Continental Mote -sports Club State Championships at Saddleback on June 3. Outstanding individua l riders going to Saddleback appear to includ e Tracy McMillen and Keith Finch of second -place EI Ca pitan; Clint Hardick and Woody Carlson of thi rd-place Monte Vista , and Chris "Hurricane" Harrold and Rich' Agu ndez of fou rt h-place Morse Hi gh , pl us David Gerig and Lee Ramage of la te-st a rting seventh-place T orrey Pines High. .;' The 125 a nd 25 0cc Pros again p rod uced th e fireworks with LGS mount ed Mike T ri pes gra b bi ng his secon d straight 125cc class win over a loaded field with FMF rider Rand y Hess second and Ma rt y Moat es third. Moates (H on) come .back for a tiebreaker second moto win in t he 250s over high school rider David Gerig , who in turn took the 500cc cla ss over EI Capitan High rider Steve Walker . It was repeat cit y in the Intermediate classes with Matt Carter of Mission Bay High taking his seventh 500cc Intermediate win and Scott Meyer of Crewford taking his second straight in the 125cc class. Chris "H u rrica ne" Harrold of Morse High came back for a 250cc class win over last week's winner Rick Relucio . The ou tstanding J unior rider again was EI Capitan's Tracy McMillen, who went four-for-four in taking a 125cc J unior a nd the 500cc J u nior classes in runaway victories. In other Junior competition, 100cc class rider Gary Rod rigu ez go t tired of ru nn ing seco nd and blas ted Monte Vista rider Dan Tron for a tie -breaker second moto overall win . Another " b r a nd new course greeted t he riders . as Racing Director Bob Basile had a 75 % new course, necessitated by the addition of a new TT and ATC layout on which racing will begin Friday night. June 2. Results 500 PRO: 1. David Gerig IESC·Suzl; 2. Steve Walker (Yam) ; 3. Lee Ramage (Suzl . 250 PRO: 1. Marty Moates IHord; 2. DavMl Gerig IES C·S uz); 3. Dave MmerlYaml. 125 PRO: 1. Mike Tripes (LGS); 2. Randy Hess IFMF!; 3. Marty MoateslSuz). 500 INT: 1. MatteanerlYam); 2. Ron Tuzinsky (Husl ; 3. Peter Berg lYaml. 250 INT: 1. Ch irs _ ISuzl ; 2. Rick Retucio lYam!: 3. Scott McGarvey lYaml . 125INT: 1. Scott Meyer ISuzl;2. Keith Finch (Suz); 3 . Keith Pagel. 100 INT: 1. Ken Coon lYam!; 2. Woody Carlson lYaml; 3. Vanyo Samarin lSuzI. 500 JR : 1. Tracy McMillen lSuzI 2 . Bin Pionte lSuzl ; ; 3. Dovid Hammond (ESC·Suzl. . . 250 J R DIY 1 : 1. Bm Silvers lYoml; 2. Scott Weinbrandy lHonl; 3. Tom Nimtz 10SSAl. 250 JR DIY 2: 1. Todd Ekeroth (Yaml; 2. Skip Gallagheo lHonI; 3. Gordon Dawson IYoml. 125 J R DIV 1: 1. L.orry Milhone (Suzl; 2. Bobby VocheilYom); 3. Bob B_ dsIey lYaml . 125 JR DIY 2: 1. Bill Knorn lYaml ; 2. Rich Agundez (Yom); 3. Dale Gutzmer lYoml. 125 JR DIY 3: 1. T,IICV McM ~1en (S uzl; 2. Chuch Swanson lYaml ; 3. Maotv Koenig ISuz). 100 JR: 1. Gary Rod rigu ez lYom); 2. Dan T,on (Yoml; 3. Gregg Benson (Yam l. WOMEN 'S OPEN: 1. Teo... Nolin (Yoml; 2. Ap'il Dun lap (Suzl; 3. Cindy Monahan ISuzl. MINI EX: 1. Bryon Ant onacci IYoml; 2. Robb ie Nolin lYam) . MINI INT: 1. Scott Swift (S uzl; 2. Chris Swift (Suzl. ISuz); 2. Glen Davis lYoml; MINIJR: 1. Kevin _ 3. TMy Murro y lSuz) . CHAMPIONS HIPS TOP TEN: 1. Sante.,. 1510; 2. E1 Capitan 1291 ; 3. Monte V .... 930; 4 . Moose 888; 5. ~1SSion Bay 848; 6. Mt. Miguel 662; 7. Torrey Pines 8. MontlJOl'*Y 523; 9 . Clairemonl 318 ; 10 . Granite Hills 281 . sn , Meyers masters 0.38 desert race By Loretta Pipkin P LAST ER C IT Y. CA , MAY 14 Greg Meyers, aboai-d his 250 Yamaha, topped the light turnout in over 100 degree heat in Imperial Valley M.C.'s shorty Coyote Chase. Sta rting in two waves five minutes apart the heat was blistering, u pping the time to 35 minutes for a usually faster 26 -m ile loop. Pau l Eddy had a slight lead on the first rou nd, follo wed by Meyers, Da n Dibb , Pa t Flannaga n . Leo n Livingston and Cla ude Mayn ard neck and neck . Rid ers were stru ng out in packs. By the fini sh, Edddy had dropped to fourth overall, Dib b hung in for second, Maynard was third. Livingston went out and Flannagan finished fifth . A pretty good battle went on in the 125cc Novice class . Glenn Madden Jr. led H .J. Rinard III by one place on the first loop while Lance Luccender was 12 spots behind Rin a rd . At the finish , Maddin beat Rinard by two places a nd Luccender moved up 10 spots, giving him a well earned third in class. A very determined lady, SandraAnthony, got fourth . Perry DePa lm er again do mi nated the Seniors on his Maico with a p retty good tussle from Cecil Hollenbeck. Hollenbeck moved his Husky . past all b ut one in the final chase. Yamaha mounted T om Brown finished thi rd, six spots off De Palmer. IVMC added an event for the under 16 set. The average 'age was 12 yea rs, but seven-year-old Pa t Sti dman pu t it to the m. There was a course ma rking mistake but you ng Pat wen t the righ t way - and t he lon gest -:- to get a ll his checks a nd still finish ahead of the u nin tentiona l shortcoursers. Pat will receive his trophy whi le IVMC will be giving trophies to the other finis hers as well. Imperial, CA motorcycle mechanic Jack Hettinger received a beautiful floral bouquet at the shop where he