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Hoskins. finished second. Gil Martin (TZ750) , a self-sponsored newcomer from San Diego, placed a respectable third . Saturday Saturday's activities were limited. although two finals in the afternoon yielded some good racing. The 125cc GP class is turning into a season -long war. After points leader Fred Winters crashed in turn two , Fred Merkel (Hon) brought his Penero Honda mount across the line first . Jeff Leggitt's Honda MT125R was second. and Greg Goodman , on a South City Honda MTI25R, was third. Merkel's win , combined with W inters' crash and Bill Mullins' fifth place. tightened the current points standings considerably. Less than a dozen points seperare the top four. Richa rd Oliver (650 Kaw) took the Box Stock win in a race that saw Pat Eagan (Honda Hawk) engaged in a spirited dice wit h Francis Mazur (750 H on) for second place. Eagan , on a South Coast Honda entry. finally yielded to the bigger bike a t the checkered . De nnis Dola n (65 0 Kaw) , after running in second place until lap eight, ran off into the dirt in the Carousel and wound up fourth. Sal Avelar and his J.A .M . Suzuki GSIOOO settled for fifth in a class where displacement is no guarantee for top results: Sunday The controversy surro un ding Bill y "T he Bull et " Addington continued wh en . d u ring t he morn ing te ch insp ection . he was DQ: ed for a llegedly bei ng less than sportsma nlike. He was la ter reinstated after a petition was circu la ted among t he r id ers tha t defended his posit ion . not to m ention the e ns ui ng u p r o a r from t h e Addington ca m p. Addington had previously been pla ced on a year's probation for rough ridi n g at the end of last year's AFM season. Billy (Kaw 1000) later went racing, and promptly took the Open Superstreet lead. with Kerry Bryant (Yoshimura Z-l ) hot on his ta il. Four riders contested th ird place. and the proverbial blanket covered them all . Dennis Smith, on a 840cc Del Amo Suzuki. finally ' pulled it ou t. Favorite Nick T hero ux (SR500 Yam) crashed on the second turn of the 600cc Superstreet race, and Rob Renear (RD 350) led Greg Sachs (550 Hon) for five la ps. Sachs . on a Vanguard Engineering bike, then took the lead on lap six and was never passed. Renear, whose throttle arm ran out of gas, mainrained second place, but faded to fifth on the last lap. Gennady Liubimsky (375 Yam) brought his Hunt Racing mount in for the usual win in 410cc Production , and Gipe/Essoff made it two in a row a t Sears in Sidehack competition. Randy Mamola scored two of his three.victories in the 250cc and 750cc GP final s. G ennady L iub imsky provided t he J im Do yle -sponsored ride r with some exci tement in the early go ing. However . Mamola's expe rie nce with th e t ra ck , in addition to George Vukmanovich's ca refu l tu ning; proved to be th e vita l di fferen ce. Randy led th e 750cc G P at the sta rt , with Pa ul Ritter (903 Du e) a nd Alan Barbie (T Z750) in clo se pursui t. Bar bi e pa ssed Ritter on lap three , a n d th e Aero/ Union -Eu roma rt rid er re t ired two laps lat er with a brok en engine. Mamol a , in winning the three largest purses of th e day . m ade of f with a consid era b le amount of cas h from th e AFM . He al so received m any contingency pr izes, as d id th e top finishers in every ot her class . Sm all er purses were awa rde d to a ll classes in what is becom ing an increasing ly popular annual event. Results in a subsequent issue. • DUNLOP WINS THE BIG INTERNATI HAL ROAD RACES. Spanish Grand Prix-4/16/78 125cc Austrian Grand Prix-4/30/78 125cc 350cc1st French Grand Prix-5/7/78 125cc 1 s t Italian Grand Prix-5/14/78 125cc 1st 2nd 3,d 1st 2nd 2nd 3,d 1st 2nd 3,d 250cc1sf 350cc 1st 3,d Le Mans 24-Hour Endurance 4/23 and 4/24/781st Spa (Belgium) 24-Hour Endurance 6/3 and 6/4/ 781st 3,d Dunlop Motorcycle Race Tire Distributors. EAST COASTPerformance Marketing Associates 758 Orange Avenue West Haven, Connecticut 06516 203-934-6855 WEST COASTHun t Racing Products 1203 Grandview Drive So. San Frencisco, California 94080 415-873-8412 When you wan t to win the big ones , do it on Dunlop Tires, the tires that more motorcyclists ride on than any other tires in the world! Available from your motorcycle dealer or . ~DUN~OP Dunlop Motorcycle Race Tlfe _ The Pros Dis tributors. Dunlop Tire & Rubber Corpo ra l ,o n PO. Bo. 1109 Bu tteto . New vor« 74240 . m& Tire II you must go laster, think lirst how you'll look in plaster. 15