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among Louie Franco, Sam Storer and Mark Meredith. Storer took fifth. Meredith sixth, and Franco seventh. Modified action was a turnaround, though, as Kehoe. for the first time all weekend failed to win the moto, and ran second to Holland's Suzuki, which put him second to Holland in that overall as well. Troy Blake took third in the run-off and third in the overall scoring as well, while Sam Storer finished the run-off fifth and fourth overall, ahead of Bruce Bunch, who took fourth in the run-off, but missed that spot in the overalls by four points. • .... .M 0.. < True tops Coors/SHA hillclimb By Mark Kariya ORANGE, CA, APR. 13 In a final tune-up for the Widowmaker on April 27, Triumphmounted Ron True from Sun Valley, CA, blasted his way up the Matterhorn in 8.15 seconds on his last run for the fastest time of the day at the CoorslSaddleback Hillclimbers Association hillclimb, held at Saddleback Park in conjunction' with Cyclerama '80. True also took the featured Exhibition class win, worth $500. Though he had the best time in that class after round one and didn't have to run a second time, True elected to take his second run and go after Kerry Peterson's fast time to that point of 8.29 seconds, set in the Open Modified class on a Triumph. Running without the intimidating metal paddles on the rear tire that seemed to be in vogue in the Modified and Exhibition classes, True kept his bike straight in a nearly flawless, casua1-appearing ride up the hill. The surface of the Matterhorn was quite hard, dry and slippery. A sort of jump at about the midway point and another larger rise or lip near the lights at the top combined with other bumps and ruts to keep all competitors on their toes and careful about the lines they chose (or, at least, intended to use). True claimed, "You have to hit the bumps right without losing momentum." One could see that was indeed a key to getting up the hill as it was ex· tremely difficult to keep going if you got out of shape and had to shut, off momentarily. , "I think 1 had the hot setup today," he said later. "It's too hard today (for the big metal paddles)." Pointing to the much smaller metal "teeth" strapped to his tire, he claimed, "that there digs in like a Ditch Witch," True also confessed that the main reason he didn't use big paddles was that he didn't finish making them. Some of the more exotic Exhibition machinery failed to make as much of an impression due to mechanical woes. George Tidwell's screaming Honda four broke a timing chain just before his first run, forcing him out. He did bring along a Yamaha that he ran in the 531·700cc Modified class, topping the hill with a 9.97-second run that was good for third in the class. John Bjorkman's thundering 1300cc Harley did a lot of bellowing on its way over, but was plagued with a powerrobbing miss the whole way which really slowed it down. Though second to True in die Exhibition class with a time of 8.68 seconds, Peterson won the other c1as5eS he entered. His first run in the Open Modified class gave everyone else a mark to shoot for - 8.29. Order Now ------------------------- • Send Cash, Check or Money Order to: CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS P,O. Box 498 Dept. 5W16 long Beach, CA 90801 Please enclose 75¢ for each Comic Book, Plus 25¢ for postage and handling, Calif. reJidenls add 6% Jall!J tax Please send me copies of the MX Cat Comic Book Dealer Inquiries encouraged! • • • • • I I • • • -:-;-;-------------------Name (Please print legibly) Address • =:--------:;:-----=::------_. State ZIP _ City ._----------------------_._------------------------ 21