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was squashed as he d rew t he ou t of sh a pe card an d bo mbed out, leaving the territory wid e o pe n for Sh ane Burrows (Yam) . Bu rro ws sco pe d out the lead acti on for a few laps, then burst a head of Miglore with a po wer d rive. MigJore fell ba ck to give Kim Leydsm a n (Mai) a little roo st then gassed it to the max a nd regained t he top SpOI. Bu rro ws droppe d out of sight and Leydsman shot up with skirm ish flags flying. The chec kered stifled the act ion , a nd second m oto tactics bagan to form. When t hey got t he nod, Leydsman ha d th e co urse mapped for a hol er and a banzai ri de , while Wendell Su rprise ( Ma i) blasted into the second SpOI. Miglore rode up be hi nd th e su rp rise detou r and sco ped t he tu rf for a by-pass lin e . But Leydsman had a lready d ialed in th e winning numb er a n d was b usil y la p ping racers at th e rea r of th e p ack . M iglore flew in fo r se cond an d Su rprise stuffed his mount int o third . Results MARCH24 MIN I NOVICE: 1. Shawn Sm..t; 2. Robert Bills; 3. Guv Wmn. MI NI AMATEUA; 'l . Mik e Starks; 2. W ayne All gier; 3. Ty Johnson. M INI EXPERT: 1. Snell John son ; 2. Brad Frampton; 3. Brent Smrth. 100 NOV ICE: t . M ark Glen; 2. Brad Frampton; 3. Steve Ray. 125 NOV ICE A : 1. Brent Gray; 2. Rob De Marco; 3. Kerry Brunson. 125 NOVICE B: 1. K.,;m Thomes: 2. Keith Biasing ..; 3. Tony Wood. 125 AMATEUR A : 1. Kelly SIew ert ; 2. Richerd Hen on; 3. David Child . 125 AMATEUR 8 : t . M ike M orrison; 2. M ark Brown; 3. Peul Roberts. . 125 EXPERT : 1. Eldon Copi..; 2. Stan W ynhol ; 3. Tim Salt . 250 NOVICE: 1. Bruce Nielson ; 2. Ron Devey; 3. Brent Maxwef1. 250 AMATEUR; 1. Mike lewis; 2. Ron Merrill; 3. Cra ig S mith. 250 EXPERT: 1. Randy Sargent; 2. Todd BUROWS 3. ; Dale Bohm . OPEN NOVICE: r, Ron Evans; 2. Paul Brenneman; 3. J ames Cooksey. OPEN AMATEUR: 1. Lony Nielsen; 2. Dave Vogel ..; 3. Dav id J ohnso n. OPEN EXPERT: 1. Kim Leydsmen; 2. Joy M iglof e; 3. WendellS urprise. OVERALL WINNERS MARCH 24-25 MIN I EXPERT: , . Roben Bills; 2. J o hn VanKomen . M INI AMATEUR:'l . Mike Sl arks;2. TVJohn son. MIN I EXPERT: 1. Bred Framp ton; 2. Brent Smith . 100 NOV ICE: t . Brad Frampton; 2. Mar k Gren. 125 NOVICE: 1. Keith Thomas; 2. Brent Gray. 125 AMATEUR: 1. David Child ; 2. M ike M orr ison. 125 EXPERT: 1. Eldon Copi..; 2. Stan Wynhol. 250 NOVICE: 1. Bruce Nielsen; 2. Brent M axw ell. 250 AMATEUR: 1. Mike Lewi s; 2. Ron M errill. 250 EXPERT: 1. Randy Sargent; 2. Dale Boh m . OPEN NOVICE: 1. Ron Evans; 2. Paul Brennaman. OPEN AMATEUR: 1. Dave Voge ler; 2. DavidJ ohn son . OPEN EXPERT: 1. J ay M iglo re; 2. Kim l eydsman. Jorgy maintains Hills Ferry win streak ByW. H. Spencer NEWMAN , CA , MAR . 31,1979 Kim Jorgensen and his Jorgy's Can-Am continue to dominate short track racing activiti es in Nor-Cal, winning something like his sixth straight 250cc Expert main event at H ills Ferry Speedwa y. The off-night event happened whe n one of Monterey's short tracks had to be resch eduled and a turnout nearing 150 made for lots of interest ing ra cing. _ St eve O ch inang cont inued h is winning of the 80cc No vice show while Mike Ma cedo too k home th e only 80cc unior trophy. Doug Chandler decided t ha t he could handle doing the po rt iob on his KX80 and Jim Chisum stoo d ba ck and let it happen. He was, once agai n, th e fastest 80cc Ex pe rt rider on th e track with Chris Carr doing th e chasing on his J orgy's Suzu ki RM 80 a nd Aa ron Hi ll bea tin g ou t C ra ig Bu rt . Todd Stewart best ed Ch ris Roehlk for t he co m bi ned 100cc Novice /Jun ior how whil e Ku rt Ch a nd ler took the How to ourKX80 e emeanest • • • RAISED SEAT KIT Adds I" to seat height. Includes additional foam and Olver. AIR FORK CAPS- By S & W'" - Vary pressure for rider weight and track conditions. Equalized pressure. Do uble your pl easu re? Yamah of Salinas mount to th e 100cc Exp ert win ove r Steve Mitch ell . Danny Moor e and th e Cal Cycle Supply Specia ls won both ends of 125cc and 250 cc Junior m ains , bring . ing the former m ini whi zzer ever closer to th e Expert ranks. Moore beat out . a no the r , but newer , form er mini kid , T in y Pettit , wh ile Rog er Burditt took second in front of T erry Kitchen a nd Pa t Seigle in th e 250cc . Lo ts of 250 cc Exp erts , incl uding one National number, made for som e hot dicing throughout he ats and m a ins but Jorgensen was the best again . Kim has lots of pra ctice a t win ni ng here and with a su pe r fast scoot like the Can-Am , he's ha rd to keep up with . Scott Pea rson tri p ped u p fro m SoC al with his Harley-W est two -stroke a nd held th e second spo t over Mike Ind erb it zen a n d Bob b y C u n n in g t o n . Inderbitzen m ad e his pass la te, aft er a firs t la p m ove by loose Bruce J ohnson n ea rl y put J imbo F ili ce in th e haybales. J or gensen ha d it going his way a long with R oger Sla ck , Pe a rso n and Cunnington with Filice in fourt h as t hey en te re d t u rn t hree . J ohnson flash ed a little too long on ' th e in sid e and d ropped it ; Filice had to act very quickly and go wide or get the death sla p . Down th e front straight the nex t lap Slack retired with engine ills. T he pace was set with Pearson holding off lnderbitzen and the Pa lm Gardens Special till the flag. T eddy Davidson returned to the raci ng ra nks and won the 360cc Expert handily over Ben Zak erian and the Zakeri a n Bul ta co. R apid Ralph N onell a too k th e win in the 360 -500 cc Novice co m b ine d and Joe G reen bea t out Steve Welc h in th e 500cc fourstro ke Junior. Rick G raham led ou t a very fast 500 cc Expert field on his RG raci ng , Matt Muffler , N O sparked TT 500 bu t ended up parked in the first turn just b efo r e t h e ha lfwa y mark . 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