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Cycle News 1978 08 23

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; _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- =Western h()tline ~ CMC Speedway g - t .... J. 'J. 7 MX: Hardick 00 returns, wins two t" 0') By Rod Esche n burg CH UL A VISTA . CA , .AUG . 2 Clint Hardick returned to action at Speedway 117 last Wednesday night after being out for three weeks with a hand injury and The 500cc Juniors in action at AME's Bosch Sum m er Series at the Dunes. with pro blems . Th e g ap b et ween Callaway and Holbrook , J r. was too gr eat and he had to se ttt le for thi rd thus ending in a tie wit h Holb rook , j r ., who gOt the second ove rall on the basis of his higher second moto finis h. J im Hoover, not to be outdone by his brother , took control Of t h e Odyssey Modified Division and a lso came up with a perfe ct score , topping Steve Gildea of Redla nds Honda a nd brother Tom a lso driving for Redlands . Eric Arras, another DG rid er , gOt the best starts a nd he cam e up with the lead in bot h motos. It was hanging onto that lea d that became a p roblem as Hoover a nd Gild ea p roved . Arras ended in a tie for th ird with Tom Gildea with th e nod going to T om. Lisa Lippincott made her mark in th e AT C d ivision s. T he Wom an's clas s saw her in a tight ba tt le with Vickie Shi p m a n and Nat a lie W oe rt h . Sh e took th e first moro with Na ta lie seco nd and Vickie th ird . T he retu rn ma tch saw Vick ie get the j ump on the field a nd tak e it all t he way to the chec kered . Lisa was second and N atlie third . The overall was Lisa's by one point with Vickie second by 'one poi nt over Nata lie . Lippi ncott then took on the men in the Division I Class II Modifieds . She ca me from be h ind in the first rno to to lOp Bru ce Coons 'and Ha rold Keller. In the second moro she went out in front off the line a nd that 's wher e she stay ed . Coons followed he r ho me wit h J oe Va ccarino pick in g up thi rd with the dem ise of Keller . The overa ll was the sa me . ISuzl: 3 . Randy Ross IDM Gl. 125 PRO: 1. Glenn Pag e (S uII; 2 . Tim lunde ISu zl; 3. Ross Maeda ID MG). 250 JR OIV 1: 1. Brice Worden (Yaml; 2. Mike Geiger IMail; 3. Mi ke O'Neal (S UI). 250 JR OIV 2.;' 1. Rick Fennell (DM G1; 2. 'Tim Ftsher lHon); 3. Devon Farley (Honl . 250 INT: 1. Ronnie Ray tAMXI: 2. Tony Greaves (Yam l; 3, Jerry Zimmet' ISuz ) 250 PRO: 1. Gary Jones IA MX); 2. Ron Stabiein (Yaml ; 3. SIeve Bauer (Hanl. 500 JR : 1. Brent Yahn (Yam); 2. J im Roac h (Yam ): 3 M ike J ansen (M ai). 500 INT : Co

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