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Name . _ Address City, State, zip L Fill out, tear out, and mail to: Bentree House, 2424 Brayton Ave., Signal Hill, CA 90806 Dept. CNW -3 I NORTHERN DATELINE red ' came the duo of Mike Kelly and Doug Storey on their 125cc machines . Moving up very fast . as they recovered from horrible starts. wer e 250cc Experts , Ron Dillon , Mark Dowers. and Steve Henry . A tight pack of machines left . the first check together and continued to dice around for most of the first 25 mile loop . Entering the pits for the first time. the arrival order was Dillon , Muller . Stepens, and Kelly . All but Dillon had to stop for gas which allowed him a sizeable lead. Back out for the second loop , Muller, determined to go for the lead , wicked up the throttle which dearly cost him . A few miles later he endoed on a road. breaking his clutch, lever off. Muller wasn't the only rider to have problems. Curt Stepens slowed down with engine trouble and Mark Dowers threw a chain , All of this misfortune put Steve Henry's 250cc Honda in second overall and helped Mike Kelly to maintain third overall on his 125cc Suzuki . Rod Milliron and Golden Wordle moved into fifth and sixth overall. The checkers were amused with Dan Muliers' style. Riding with a mangled bike. after his crash , Muller seemed to get more and more excited . As one checker described it . "H e would come sliding int o the check, kill the mo~or, and swear loudly. Then , after we checked him , he 'd click it into neutral , fire up his bike, and wind it up to about 12 grand while stomping it into gearl" For sheer excitement, the rest of the race couldn't begin to compare with Muller. Dillon extended his lead to finish first overall while Steve Henry put his Honda into second and Mark Dowers made up a whole bunch of time to finish third . Mike Kelly held his little 125cc in fourth and Rod Milliron finished right behind him for first Novice honors of the day , The biggest applause came when poor old Dan Muller, battered and beaten. idled in for sixth overail and pulled off his muddy farmer's overalls to reveal a shiny new set of leathers! Results MINI NOV: 1. Kenny Bach (Yaml; 2. Jim Jones ISuz); 3. John Kipper IYam). MINI EX: 1. Danny Farnham ISuzl: 2. Ricky Meredith ISuzl; 3. Ricky Wehr ISuz). 125cc: 1. Mike Kelly ISuz); 2. Randy Conner (Yam); 3. DougStorey (Yaml . 250cc NOV: 1. Rod Mim,on IHusl; 2. Henry Reimann !Yaml; 3. John Tate (Yaml. 250cc EX: 1. Ron Dillon IYaml : 2. Steve Henry IHon): 3. Mark DowersIHus). OPEN NOV: 1. Golden WOfdie IHusl; 2. T err( Berg IHusl; 3. TOfn Penon !Yaml . OPEN EX: 1. Ollie Todd (Husl: 2. Chuck Steeees IHus); 3. Brian Ledbetter IYam). OLD DUFFERS: 1. Rob Brown (Suz); 2. Ed BOfnes IHusl. POWDER PUFF: 1. Ann Gibson. Shipley lowers the boom at Sears Point By W. H. Spence r SONOMA. CA,jAN , 7 . It is unlikely that Sears Point will ever be successfully run in the rain. Buckets of wet stuff proved to be the undoing of what started out to be a great traction course for today's District S6 motocross. Although this first event of the new year, and second of the annual Winter Series. started out under a drippy sky, it had all the earmarks of a good day of racing with some SOO riders on hand . Very abruptly , after the first rounds of motos , the track became nearly impossible to traverse and slightly dangerous. Open class riders were turned onto • laps.. Closing in from behind, Robert the track first and speed was the Congdon. also Maico mounted , took necessity with a Pennsylvania rider over to win the first round. The turning the win trick over Dean versatile riding ability of Schlag is Wiggins on the Petaluma Cycle Center what won him the second moto, He Maico. Clay Shipley came west for the crashed while leading, but picked up W inter Series to prove that the his Maico and took off in hot pursuit easterners can dice it up good with the of Congdon who was way out in the best from the west. Shipley disposed of lead . On every lap of the SO -minute Randy Rundle , Wiggins and Ted moto Schlag would close ground and Cabral in one lap and left the rest to in the last lap he passed Congdon for the flags , The rain didn't dampen his the win . ability and he increased his lead ever Congratulations goes out to Steve so slowly while the local pack could Machado for earning his number one only hold its own. plate in the Vets Expert class. Steve Bob Stone and Rory Bartolomei came out to Sand Hill Sunday for an kept the scorers guessing throughout exhibition of why he was the top rider the Open juniors as both riders in '78. Mike Williams. of Cycle City. sported the number five plate. but was cooking in the Vets class first Stone 'm ade sure he was at the front. moto . He passed Machado and then . john Scruggs and Gary Leach had a jerry jackson to take the lead . only to little dice in the early laps of the Open lose it over the berm! jerry jackson, Novice before Scruggs departed for one of the top 10 Vets for 1978. won greener fields. the Vets Experts class today, _ By the time the 250cc Experts got on In the 250cc Novice class Can-Am the track it was really raining . Dave mounted Robert Farris dueled all the Wood proved to be the best mudder, way to the wire with local youngster leading all laps for the win over jerome jerry Wallgren pushing hard right Heiberger who put .a pass on Wiggins behind him , jerry rode the 125cc at the third mark . When Wiggins Novice class also and picked up a crashed in the slop , Shawn McConn second for his efforts. Chuck Aksland and Mike Snyder made the pass for the encountered problems with staying final laps. Snyder almost felt at home upright. but look outl Chuck is super with the cold wetness . He came to fast. When he get s all dialtd in he will . NorCal from Fairbanks. Alaska to get be a winner. away from the cold. harsh winter. A low turnout in the 125cc Novice Former speedway rider Nick event didn't slow down any of the Geranio tried out motocross racing, in riders. Ken Small took it to the limit between stints with the National for a I -I and looked good in each Motorcycle Patrol. and won the 250cc moto. jerry Wallgren held off Kent junior class over Tom Landgraf and Allen for second. Ross Liberty, The first division .of Bill Moseman won the Mini class 250cc Novices slotted Craig Christian when the hero. known as "the bum" on the Karl's Motors Cycle Gear Bin Mon Avery, blew his motor. Yamaha in a come from behind win james Nunnley smoked a small over Mitch Manning and Andy . turnout in the Open Novice division. Tchirkine. Division II went to Willie Gary Magann , riding for Valley Cycle Conley after a mid-race pass over Tim Supply of Livermore , won the Vets Bucholtz. Louie Russo held the third Novice event with a 2-1 ride , spot all the way for third over Mike Resul ts Subolz. 80cc MINI NOV: 1. DavidSanchezISuz). l00cc MINI: 1. Bill Moseman IYam!. The Mini class was run just before lOOcc SPORTSMAN : I . Darryl Anthony !Yaml. the big rains hit. which allowed most 1250c NOV: 1. Ken Small ISuz): 2. Jerry Wallgren kids to get in some laps, J.D, Harris ISuzl; 3. Kent Allen (Suz!. OPEN EX: 1. Robert Congdon. 1-2 IMail ; 2. Bob beat out Taryl Weinrick for the 100cc Sullivan 2-3IMai); 3. Joey Schlag. Cl-I IMai!. class and Kurt Moore .took the 80cc 250cc JR: 1. K.T. Barry ISuz). . 250cc NOV: 1. Robert Farris ISuz); 2. Jerry Wallgren class over Vince Pirlo. Result s MINI : 1. Kurt Moore ISuz); 2. Vince Pirlo ISuz): 3. Charlie Venegas IYam). 100 MINI : 1. How ie Ross ISUD; 2. Taryl Wei",ick ISuz); 3. Man Ritner ISuzl. 100 SPTMN : 1. Dave Carrara ISuzl. 125 NOV : 1. Garvin Andrews ISuzl; 2. Man Lorenzo ISuz); 3. Ron Picken ISuzl. 125 JR: 1. Joey Pet"""'" ISuz~ 2. Jeff Akers !Yam); 3. Mark Hearn !Yaml . 125 EX: 1. Phil Crane ISuzl; 2. John Middelton ISuzl. 250 NOV DIY I: 1. Willie Conley IHon); 2. Tim Bucholtz !Yam); 3. louie Russo (Hon). 250 NOV DIY II: 1. Craig Christian IYaml: 2. Mitch Manning lKaw): 3. Andy Tchirkine (VarnI. 250 JR : 1. Nick Gerenio IHon); 2. Tom Landgraf !Yam); 3. Ross liberty IHon). 250 EX: 1. Dave Wood IYam); 2. Jerome Heiberger (Mail; 3. Shawn McConn IYaml . OPEN NOV: 1. John Seruaggs ISuzl; 2. Gary Leach ISuz); 3. Tim Etchison (SuD. OPENJR : 1. Robert Stone lYaml; 2. ROfV Bartolomei lVam); 3. Doug larson IHus). OPEN EX: 1. Cary Shipley IMai); 2. Dean Wiggins IMail ; 3. ROfY Rundle IM ai). VETS: 1. Ernie CabrallSuzl; 2. Mike Heiberger (Mai). aT: Bill Mooney IHon); 2. NOf,is Rancourt (Honl; 3. Robert Hurst !Yaml . -e , Congdon pic~s off Schlag at Sand Hill MX By Pam St roski BRENTWOOD, CA. JAN . 7 Joey Schlag. riding his new Maico for Cycle City of Walnut Creek, is almost unbeatable, Schlag was leading the first Open Expert moto when his Maico lost its chain and Bobby Sullivan took over for a' couple IHonJ; 3. PhillipGribnau (I(aw). OPEN NOV: 1. James Nunnley ISuzl. Hills Ferry hosts D·36 black plate opener ByAnn Carr NEWMAN , CA ,jAN. 7 About 65 die-hard rough scrambles riders and/or plate seekers ' bra ved a drizzling rain to com pete in 1979's season opener in the AMA District -Sfi black plate competition. The rains didn't start until the racing contingent arrived at Hills Ferry so owner Lionel Nunes polled the racers, who elected to contest the event. A steady drizzle did not hamper competition until the last few main events as riders agreed that the track surface was excellent for practice and the 'hea ts whi le becoming a bit sloppy for a portion of the mains. Experts Dale Hansen, Hector Alcala , and Chris Carr garnered the plate points in the 250 , 100 and 80cc mains. Hansen . a former Mini Expert who plans to contest the plate circuit for the first time this season , followed a heat victory with a relatively easy main win . An expected challenge from 1978 's number one Dennis Spence did

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