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Ron Hall and Bill Mossman failed to negotiate an off-camber hill and wound
up in a lake. They won their class anyway.
Roeseler might be out of the running .
La nding fro m a sho rt, sharp jump , " I
po p ped my kn ee out ," sai d Larry. It
was the result of a kn ee injury originally su ffered last Ju ne in a mot ocross,
which had recurred a t the ISDT , th e
Baja 1000km , a n d at a recent race in
France where he fin ish ed th ir d ove ra ll .
Roesele r slowed way do wn and soo n
Balen tine cam e up . Bob slowed down ,
a nd asked La rry if he was OK before
co n tin uing on. Roesel er dropped to
fourth behind Fishb a ck and Ogilvi e
be fore he got to th e p its, wher e he
managed to get his kn ee back in
sha pe .
But Balentin e's lu ck wasn 't a ny
bett er. Sh ortly a fter starting ou t on the
fourth lap , he got some co urse b anner
tan gled in his rear sprocket ; eno ugh to
bind the wheel. Bob m an aged to get
goi ng again , b ut th e six minutes he
lost cleari ng the twine and rib bons out
of the rea r wheel effectively put h im
out of contention a nd he ret ired .
Roeseler re-took the lead on t he
fourth lap. Behind him n ow were
Og ilvie , Fishba ck , Mik e Sixberry
(Ya m) , Chip Howell (H us) and 250cc
leader Eddy.
In the closing laps both Fishback
and Ogilvie dropped out for unknown
reasons. Roeseler finished with an eas y
win . H is 36.5 mph average for the 96- .
mile race pointed up the twisting
nature of the course. Six berry took
second with Howell third; both were in
the 500cc Expert class. Eddy took
fourth overall along with his class win ,
edging fellow 250cc Expert Rodney
Brand (Kaw). Bob Ru t ten (Hus) , Troy
Hollis (Suz) and SCOtl Coutts (250cc)
Hus) were sixth through eighth . At
ninth overall Rick Wallace (Hus) took
first overall Junior, and first in the
250cc Junior class. At 15th overall.
Pancho Spain (DMG) was the top
Open Junior.
Al Torkko (H us) was th e top 500cc
Junior in the Senior ranks, while Gerry
Lohr (Suz) enjoyed simi la r honors in
th e 250 cc Junior-ranked Seniors .
Ralph
an d
Scott
W h i tne y
maneuvered the ir Norton/Eagle chair
to win th e H ea vyweight side hack
d ivision , whil e Hall a nd Mossm an
recover ed fro m their excursion into
th e lake to win t he Lightweigh t
division .
All results prim ed here are un official.
Complet e resu lts will be a vailable aft er'
OCMC feeds all th e raw da ta into th eir
computer .
Kawasaki finished the'78 season with some bigclass
winners in the Amateur FederationofMotorcyclists road races
in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas.
Whitney Blakeslee took the Open Box Stock Class ona
KZ1000. In the Open SuperStreetCompetition,Kenny Bryant
wasfirstand Billy Addington second, Both on Kawasakis.
Andin the Middle Weight Box Stock Class,Ralph Hudson ran
away with1stplace on his KZ650. Inthird place wasDennis
Dolan,alsoona KZ650.
Nice going,guys.
Kawasaki by.
Don't letthegood times passyou
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. Results
SATURDAV MORNING
175 EX : 1. Larry Roeseler (Hus); 2. Charlie Hamill
(Yam) ; 3. James Brown (Yam) .
' 25 EX: 1. Bill Tarlin g (Yam ); 2. Rick Rog er s IKaw ); 3.
Jim Connolly (Hon ).
175 J R: M ;ke Bak er IC-A1.
125 JR : 1. Cooper W ellace (Husl ; 2. Hebert Pletzing
IVaml.
175 NOV : 1. Roben J ohnson IKTMI; 2. Butch Peick
IV am ); 3. Dudley Pratt (Vam l.
125 NOV : 1. Kev in Broo ks (SUzJ; 2. R;chard Kyees
yeml .
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100 NOV: 1. Dale Karel! (Yam l: 2. Bill Manox IYam).
WOMEN: 1. Carey Steiner (Yam); 2. Trudy Bec k
(Yam); 3. Rha Helms ISuz ).
SA TU RDAVAFTERNOO N
500 SPORTSMEN : 1. Bob Balen tine (KTM); 2. lar5
Larsson (Hus); 3. St eve Mudd (Bull.
250 SPORTSMAN: 1. Do n Gr;ewe IM ai); 2. Eric
W atral lV am ); 3. Gfeg M ayeo- IHusl.
175 SPORTSMAN : 1. M ichael David IH..); 2.
St ephan Barklow (Yam) ; 3. George Zuber (Vam l.
125 SPORTSMAN: 1. Steve Ch;ldr ess ISuz); 2 . J oey
Gregor y ISuzJ; 3. .Jim Connolly ISuzJ.
100 SPORTSMAN: 1. Bob Owens (Yam) ; Z. Noel
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