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Central Pipeline
er than when he left. He tiptoed through
massive piles of broken bikes and
bodies in the second moto to take the
Ex pert overa11.
Beckham's Maico led the charge off
of the line in the first moto, trailed by
O'Leary's Yamaha pilot Johnny Mid·
d1eton and Honda-mounted Billy
Harrison.
Middleton and Harrison put on a
battle while Beckham pulled a disappearing act. Things heated up as
fourth.place Mike Farmer (465 Yam)
began to feel pressure from rela tive
Jerry Farmer (250 Yam) that pushed
him up behind Harrison.
Harrison got "slideways" coming out
of a hairpin, and Mike squirted past.
Mike closed the gap on Middleton and
jumped past him going over some
triple jumps. Middleton was forced to
go wide, letting both Mike and Harrison past.
Beckham continued to run effortlessly in front. He picked up the win
followed by Mike Farmer and Harrison.
John Ham (250 Suz) seemed determined to better his last place effort in
the first moto. He came off the line to
holeshot the second moto.
Mike Farmer and Beckham came
out of the flTSt turn nearly side by side.
Beckham tried to get on the gas sooner
than Farmer, but he was a hair too
anxious.' By gassing it before the bike
was straight up he got a tiny bit sideways, and Farmer jetted into second.
In front of the stands, Beckham
took the high line over the triple jumps
and held it on to pass Farmer. Ham
suddenly had Beckham breathing down
his neck and turned up the wid. Coming into the infield, it looked as if Ham
might hold onto his lead when be
pulled off of tbe track for no apparent
reason. Ham began poking around
under his fuel tank as the pack, led by
Beckham. disappeared into the night.
With Ham out, real carnage
started. Mike and Jerry Farmer
collided in mid-air in front of the
stands, landing in an all-too-quiet
heap. Less than a lap later, Harrison
and Middleton took each other out at
the end of a long straight to lie in another unmoving heap.
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Troudt, next to him in the number
three slot was Onniston. On the
outside was Reichardt.
Had the track been a blue groove,
hard
pack
surface,
Reichardt
probably wouldn't have had a chance,
but because of the heavy and wet
surface, the outside slot on the line was
as good as any place. Borgman got the
holeshot with Troudt and Ormiston
right on his tail. Because of the
traction out wide, Reichardt was able
to get by both Troudt and Ormiston
before the back straight.
Borgman and Reichardt put on a
real show rattling bars for two very fast
laps. Coming out of turn four on the
second lap, Reichardt was able to get
by Borgman when he lost his spark. By
this time reichardt had built a slight
lead over Ormiston and Troudt.
Ormiston was able to hold off Troudt
for second while Reichardt went on to
win the second main for the night.
"Unbelievable, spectacular, super
and unreal" were Just a few of the
comments expressed when it was
. announced that Bruce Penhall put the
fmal jewel in his crown by winning tlie
U.S. National Championships. Again,
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Results
SECOND DIV: 1. S _ Robir-.: 2. Donnie twtey:
3. K u n _.
HANDICAP MAIN: 1. Chril Reic:hordl; 2. Bob 8o