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(Above) Honda off-road rac ing team manager Bruce Og ilvie set a w inning
example . (Below) Jim Holley was first 260cc Pro .
. (Above) Craig Adams rode two classes and collected second Pro and first
250cc Expert honors. Some had trouble w ith the mud.
Ogilvie wins Viewfinder GP
Pafrizier Pro 1. 00
By Kenneth Stein
RIVERSID E, CA, MAR. 5-6
Bruce Ogilvie and his booming Honda
XR500 were best today at motocross squared.
Not 20 riders , 400. Not 10 miles, 100. Lap
times of 15 minutes. Each lap was 10 miles
long ; eac h race, th ree hou rs.
The scene was the 15th annual Viewfinders Grand Prix at
R iverside International Race-
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wa y. Ten months of planning a nd
negotiating and three weeks of preparation and setup cu lminated in one
of the most successfu l and smoothl y
run Viewfinders ever.
One of the biggest attractions during the weekend was the Patrizier Pro
race, won by Team Honda 's Ogilvie.
Ogi lvie sta rted the race in 10th p lace
and began climbing through th e ranks
at a slow, even pace.
In marked contrast was the progress made by J im Holley. Holley's
Yamaha started just ahead o f Ogilvie, but charged through the pack to
grab the lead before the end of the
second lap.
He crashed on the firth lap, and by
th e time he was up again, Rich ard
Hansing (Yam) had taken th e lead .
Holly took orr agai n, fro m sixt h
place, with Ogilvie just ahead. Charging again, he passed Bruce and two
others within a lap.
On the eighth lap, first Craig
Adams, then Ogilvie squeezed past a
tiring Holley, and all three caught
an d passed the second place rider.
When new leader Larry Roeseler
(H us) dropped out on th a t same lap,
Adams ha d th e lead. Bu t Ogil vie,
who ha d paced hi mse lf adm ira bly,
took first on the £inal lap and held off
the exhausted pack all the way to the
flag for the lion's share of the purse.
This was the first year Pros were
in cluded in the weekend's festiv ities.
th anks to generous sup port fro m Fred
Bil etn ikoff a nd h is new "team",
Pa tri zier Beer. Until recen tly, the
form er Oak lan d Raider foo tba ll star
ha d never ridden a mo torcycle.
Bil em iko ff was looking for publicity for Patrizier when his friend,
Viewfinders President Lou Ortali,
suggested he sponsor the Pro race .
After he saw hi s first rac e, Fred was
hooked. The Patrizier Pro will now
