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Cycle News 1979 02 07

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Corning who passed all three riders to take home the first place trophy . _ When the Open Novice got underway it was Lou Sim pso n (Yam ) of Redd ing in the lead with Tony Zoppi (Suz) of Corning in second . T hey put on quite a show moving wa y out in front . In th e wh it e flag lap . Zoppi was able to edge his way into first and take the checkered flag . Simpson had trouble just before th e jum p . Losing control . he went down , but managed to get under wa y and held second at the finish . The O ld Timers and Veterans race was a co mbined eve nt . Norb Brown (Su z) of Oroville , shot ou t in front with Gordon Mill er (Tri ) of Sacramento right behind him . O n the second la p Robert Mars (Mai) of Lincoln passed Miller a n d p ut the pressures on Brown. Mars gave Brown a to ugh go whic h wo rked for hi m in the sixth la p when he m ove d in to f irst le a ving Brown in second at the finis h .. I n t he 250 cc J unior eve n t it was Tony Patterson (Kaw) of Dia m o nd Springs in the lead and J im Bu rbaker (Mai) in second . Coming around in the third lap Bert Wilson (Suz) of Mi nden , Nevada got around Bru ba ker and kept going to take first in the fifth lap . Bru ba ker wa s able to take second back again from Patterson. Results 80cc MINI NOV: 1. Tommy Seidel lKawl; 2. Corbett Toma lSuzl. l00cc MINI NOV: 1. Denn is Archul eta (Suz). 80cc JRIEX: 1.l.arry DeLeon ISuz). 125 NOV: 1. Shannon Hort on (Vaml ; 2. J immy King ISuzl; 3. Ma0 I r:.~ i I "..; " Saies- Parts . Seroice .:::x.. .r~ 1,..,0 I 1 1 t Mall Order Service a Specialty Try us first for the hard to find Bultaco parts I 1 t '1 11176 M.......ppt. Della• • Te,... 75207 1 L_~~~.:2°1~ _J Come and m eet Tom and Jac k. the new own er s of Canoga Park Suzuki ~ Servic e is our b usines s W e carry a full line of parts an d accessories (2131 884-0413 7045 Ca n o ga Av e . Canoga Par k. CA 91306 27

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