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fourth. Dircks sidelined his Husky with
apparent bike trouble a lap later and
Riggle regained the lead, but not for
long. King and Mcintyre were putting
the pressure on as they closed in on the
leader. In just a lap it was a three way
battle when Riggle dropped his
Yamaha in the S turns, giving King
the lead. King started to stretch out his
lead and looked like a cinch for the
win, but Lady Luck was not on his side
as he staned to slow two laps from the
checkered flag with bike problems.
Mcintyre took over first and King
limped to the flag still hanging on to
second with Sargunt third and Riggle
fourth.
The second moto was fairly
lead off
uneventful as Dircks took
the line and never looked back. King
moved up from a poor start and took
over second, but was sidelined again
with bike problems. Riggle moved into
claim second spot with Sargunt
following in third and McIntyre
fourth. The overall order was McIntyre,
Dircks, Riggle and Sargunt.
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ORANGE, CA, APR. 6
Team Honda rider Jim Gibson
wheeled his way to victory in the
250cc and Open Pro classes with
astounding gO second leads over
the fields. Gibson's toughest competi- .
tion came from Track n' Travel Maico
rider Val Tamietti and an on-the-gas
Andy Guth riding the new 420 UniTrak.
Continental Moto-sports Club promoter Stu Peters pulled the gate lever
and the 250cc Pros headed up the Saddleback start hill for the first moto.
Gibson was a little slow getting off the
line but powered his way into the lead
as the pack thundered onto Webco Hill.
Yamaha rider Tim Lunde set his sights
on Gibson's rear fender while Bryan
Maloney moved his Honda into third.
Running in the fourth through sixth
positions were Tamietti, Kawasaki rider Curt McCuistion and Robert Reisinger, also mounted on a lime-green
Trak'er. As Reisinger and McCuistion
mixed it up and Reisinger nearly
bailed coming to the inside line past
the finish on lap two, Gary Ogden
began his charge up from a bad start
and danced his Husky past both Mc
Cuistion and Reisinger on the next go
'round.
By lap four Gibson was running safely out front with a 12-second lead but
the battle for the runner-up spot was
just getting heated. Maloney worked
his way past Lunde 'as Tamietti closed
in on Lunde's tail under pressure from
Ogden. Suddenly Lunde began to develop mechanical problems and
Tamietti and Ogden were past in a
flash. Lunde continued to fade and
Reisinger slipped into fifth with Steve
Martin moving his YZ into sixth.
Ogden and Tamietti duked it out
for a couple of laps before Ogden
found a route past the savvy Tamietti.
Ogden continued his charge as he flew
past Maloney and took over second·
then promptly tangled with a lapped
rider and went down. Riesinger had
gotten on the gas as the moto neared
the final laps and closed in on Tamietti
but before a real duel could develop
Tamietti threw his chain. At the checkers it was Gibson all alone out front
with Reisinger passing Maloney for
second as Ogden remounted to charge
past Maloney also and take third.
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