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TEN YEARS AtII1 SANC TIONE.D AGO The 31st annual running of the Daytona .200 motorcycle road race saw Don Emde lead o n ly one lap of th e race on his 350cc Yam aha. The one lap he did lead, however, had a checkered flag on the end of it and Emde took the race . Geoff Perry had led for much of the race, but less than two laps to go the ch ain broke o n his 500cc Suzuki. Ray Hemptstead an d Dave Smith pl a ced 2-3 to make it a Yam ah a sweep for the 200. Englishman Phil Read took hi s Norton to fourth and first 750cc. For hi s win , Emde coll ected $13,200. . Befor e his third place in the Daytona 200, Da ve Sm ith took hi s Don Vescoprepped Yamaha to a narrow win in th e 250cc junior/Expert combined 100-mile race: Smi th's win came at the ex pe nse o f Kenny Roberts (Yam ) a fter Smith and Robert s had swapped th e lead 45 times, including six times on the las t lap. Robert Winters finished th ird. Ronnie Dottley was the winner o f th e 100-mile junior race, settin g a ne w record speed of over 103 mph , two miles an hour faster th an the record sett in g pace o f Dave Smith in the combine d race, Dottley was trailed by jean Lysight, James Chen and Scott Autrey. Miam i coll ege studen t John Long rod e a 250cc Yamaha to win th e 76mil e No vice roa d race. Along th e way Lon g had to d uel Cal ifornian Pat Evans, wh o dropped o u t of th e ru nnin g with three la ps to go . Dennis Varnes fini sh ed seco nd ahea d o f Mike Devlin, T he infi eld of th e Daytona tri -ova l was the site of th e fin al ro u nd o f th e Winter-AMA motocross series. Newl ysigned Yamaha rider Jim Weinert wo n th e 250cc feature over Tim Hart (Mai) a nd Wyman Priddy (CZ), wh ile Husky's Mark Blackwell nailed down th e 500cc event . Onl y th e seco nd pl ace pe rforma nce o f Yamaha 's Gary Jones prevented a Swedis h sweep as Bob Grossi, Bill Clements a nd Jim West pl aced 3-4-5. Short tra ck racin g in Da yt ona 's Mem orial Stadiu m found Rookie Expert Gary Scott (Kaw) win n ing th e Friday ni gh t even t o ver Mike Gerald (Oss) .. Gerald ca me back to win th e followin g night 's feature over Rex Beauchamp (H -D). Boys chas in g gi rls is nothing new, bu t in Ari zona th e girl go t a wa y. Debbie Selby put it to all the boys in th e 100cc Nov ice main event in the Beardsl ey TT a nd wa lked awa y a winner. Papa Wealey report ed on two lar ge, multi-cylinder motorcycles co min g down the ro ad. One was a Kawasaki in th e 900cc range, a nd th e other was a six cylinder 750cc Benelli. Riding hi s dad 's " ancient" 650 BSA, Alex Jorgensen topped the 500-600cc Expert class in a scrambles at Lodi Cycle Bowl. ' • PRE~N~ ~~ 125/250 .... > , NATIONAL . ~:: CHAMPIONSHIP J!lt!fffllf!§! S25,000.00 I YDlfVllP/!14 PRO PURSE &CONTINGENCIES SADDLEBACK PARK, ORANCE, CA SUNDAY, APRIL 4:82 DIRECTIONS T ake Santa Ana or Newport Fry. to Chapman Ave. East. Go to Santiago Cyn . Road. Right on Santiago approx . 2 miles to Park on left. GATES OPEN 6 a.m. PRACTICE 10 a.m. RACES START 1 p.m. FOR INFO . (213) GENERAL ADMISSION : $12.00 at GATE $10 .00 TICKETRON 868-8112 fIte'lMtloFWlHHERS C /3/"{. ,. ,.y,)·?,y.,,,,,·,.,,,:,.'·;;.c: 'CC·" ' 'S!,1 ''''''' "" . , . k ''' "' Daytona Beach. FLA AM A AM ATEU R PROD UCTION ROAD RA CE In Their Respective Classes , at Peter Norling 250cc Modified Production , at Bob Selle rs 600cc Modified Production 1st Gary Hauptmann 750cc Modified Production , at James K. Little Open Class Modified Production and Production 1st Dale Blitch 600cc Production , It Oswald Trujillo 750cc Production , at John Trygze Westbey Open Grand Prix Class Fours 1st Bob Barker Lightweight Vintage Congretuletiona to all on your outstanding affortal ~ DUNZIOP P.O. Box 1109. Buffalo.'f'{ 14240 33