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Cycle News 1978 11 22

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.._._._._._._._._.I " - ' I ff ' J •• ' 11 I" r f YEA, DARRELL! wins. Sco tt Anderson brought his Su zu ki in for the runner-up position a head of T ony Gomez whose Suzuki was running erratically. Darrell Shultz, Maico and WORKS PERFORMANCE shock the troops at Sears Point! Results OPEN PRO: 1. Bob Elliot ISuzl; 2. Goot Br.. er IHusl; 3. Chuc k Pettigrew IMai). 250cc PRO: 1. Jeff Werd IVa ml; 2. Bria n Myerscough (Suzl; 3. Mike Bell lYaml. 125cc PRO: 1. Rick Maki ISuzl; 2. scan Anderso n IES C); 3. Tony Gomez (Suzl . OPEN INT: r. J im B_ ick IMail; 2. Gary Goma les IMaiI; 3. Marvin Olson (Mai). 250cc INT: 1. Merk Page IESC); 2. Rick Zobell ISuzl; 3. Denn y Vordyan IHon). 125cc INT: 1. Bryan Maloney IESC); 2. J oe Bone n i (ESC); 3. Bobby Ryan (S uzl. OPEN ~ R : 1. Soon Child IHusl; 2. Dan Haneb rink IMaiI;3. Bill Phil6ps (KTMI. 250cc JR : t. Gene Van Dyke IMai); 2. Dan Aschcroft IHus l; 3. Mike Cosey IVam). 125cc JR : 1. Mark Darnell (Suz); 2. Larry Peacock IS uzl; 3. Dan Rodriquez ISuz). 250<:<: BEG: 1. Doug Hay es IHo n); 2. Keith Thompeon (Kaw); 3. Paul Marteil lVam ). 125cc BEG: 1. Roger Hayes (Vam); 2. Randy Cody (Sud; 3. Mike Germa (Yam). n OLD TIMERS: 1. Jody Wiesel (Vaml; 2. Rick Siemon IVarnl; 3. James Banning (Hus). Marino, Myerscough, Ward _ CMC Saddleback cash Darrell Shultz flew his wor ks Maico past 011 the top factory nders at the tricky. dusty Sears Point Tran s-AMA on November 5 . One week later . Shultz cha rged to a hard -earned Third Place at the cold muddy. rain-soaked Coca-Cola Su pe rcross Final at Anaheim Stadium . Th e shock Darrell choo ses o ver all others is the Works . Performance S upercro sser . like all priva teer s. DARRELL SHULTZ Darrell kno ws the importance of selecting the best equip me nt to ensure consistant high finishes. Throughout the Trans- AMA S eri e s and at Anaheim. more Maico riders chose Works Performance than an y other brand of shock. Wha tever or howev er you ride -to get "works" performance . choose Work s Performance! Top Privateer : AMA 500cc Nation als Firs' Overall: Sears Point Trans·AMA Third Overall: Ana heim Supe rcross CN CN 1-0 V • • • • Compounded. Dual-Rate springs Lightweight. Aluminum Body Super Fade-Resistance Progressive Damping ..c e V > o Z compl ete with springs Performance Products 20970 Knapp Street Chatsworth , California 91 311 (213) 998-1977 By Mark Kariya .1 ORANGE, CA , NOV. 5 " iarge field of entries combined A' Y.jth a near-perfect day for ra cing to give ea ch rnotocrosse r good reason to put on his best race ' face and have fun Su nday with . th'e Continental Mota-Sport Club a t Saddleback. j.,l1 'In the firs t 500cc Pro mo ta , Suzuki rider Bob Elli o tt took t he lead Im m edia tely and kep t it the entire mota. Robert Ma rino (Ya m) followed .liini the d istance in the ru nner- up s~t. ' Ra nd y ROdriguez (WSM) recovered fr om a bad start to move into fifth on . n . lap four. Three laps la ter, he dropped Bill Jewell (MMM), in his first race since b reaking h is colla rbone a t Carlsbad in la te September , from the llUmber four slot. Rodrigu ez snatche d tIllfd away from Husky-mounted Ro n Tebbs on the last lap with Da vid Ge rig (O P Suz) finishing fifth. " Elliott tried to repeat his first mota jH:rform ance in mota two, bu t Marino s~iled his bid on lap fou r. Elliott hung . on; though , wait ing for a mistake that never came. Their skirmish carried th em a ways frdm Tebbs who was feeling pressure . from Steve Walker (Ya m) all mo ta. Gerig and Rodriguez cla imed 5·6 . Two divis ions plus a co nso la tion race were req uired in th e 250cc Pros due to the high number of entries. T he first eight in each transferred to the winn er-ta ke-all fina l. .,,,Elliott took -the first division win , followed by Chappy Blose (Mai), Steve Blackman (Ma l) and Luc De Le y (Yam). Pete Wanket (Yam), in one.of his first races since breaking his leg" again before summer, snuck in for fifth on the last la p . . New Suzuki ace Scott Gillman won d le 'second d ivision wit h Ya m a ha tea mster Jeff Ward in second. Da ve "W orks" Miller (UFO Han) who hel d an ea rly lead , fin ished third, ahead of B'rian Myerscough , another on e of the Suiuki swarm. Ma rk Lawrence (Ya m) r.iced in for fifth. . ~ Chuck Lunde (Han) and Gary Truesdill (Su z) fought fo r the conSolation win , Lunde com ing ou t on top'.' Paul Thed e (C·A) work ed his way into third , ahead of Phil T abo ada (Mai) and Robert Reisinger (Ka w). J Elliott really had his starts together L DARRELL SHULTZ & CRF The Winning Combination at Sears Point Darrell Shultz teamed with a CRF Aluminum Swingarm beat the best at Sears Point. The CRF Aluminum Swingarm provided Darrell w it!l almost 12" of rear whee l travel to give him the winning edge. This Maico Swingarm is available now along with a complete line . of CRF Engine and Suspension Products. For more information contact: CRF P.O. Box 2084 Goleta, CA 93017 805/968-1786 reF CROTCH ROCKET FACTORY GOlETA . CAlif. Year. • • commq up In End Issue four weeks OBay Area Bultaco Motorcycle Tires KTM-Hodaka Year End Clearance Sale! on 1978250 Pursangs Noon-9 Mon . 16-9 PM . Tues.-Fri. 16-5 Sat. w~ tb ip .D '.~"" - t ot hou r . . il w"Kc 5606 W . Manchester, Westchester, CA 90045 213-:649-1700 Sammy Tanner Di stribut ing WIRI-TECH 213924211 1 17

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