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won twice from th e 20, and drove h orne to Bakersfield clutching th e Seco nd Division tro phy. Will ie Mu rray took th e D-3 honor s. Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. La nce Ki ng; 2. Ste ve Luc er o; 3 . Alan Chr ist ian ; 4 . Ke ll y Moran. HAN DICAP: 1. Kell y M oran; 2. Lanc e King ; 3. Jeff Jones; 4 . Doug Nicol ; 5. Vic Robledo; 6. Greg Ayers. SECO ND DIV: 1. Kent Bowser; 2. Ronnie Correy: 3 . Jimmi e O'Dell ; 4 , Jeff John son ; 5. Mi ke Dwyer ; 6. Bobby Tocco. THIRD DIV; 1. Willie M urr ay; 2 . J immy Gentile; 3 Chri s Land; 4 . John Edw ard s; 5. Karl SeJlen th in ; 6 . John Walke r. MATCH RACE: 1. Sam Ermo lenko det . Bob a li. Linn prevails at Auburn Opener By Jann Houston AUB UR N. CA. MAY 10 Auburn Speedwa y o pe ned it s fifth seaso n tonight in jacketa n d -bla n ke t temperatures. Bu t NorCal fans were ready, a n d no one seemed to m in d after the gate went up on th e first even t.of the evening an d th e. thrill s a nd excite me nt began. Lance King ca rne back to th e town h e ca lled hom e during hi s day s as Junior Spee d way C ha m p io n . a nd learned th at hi s fans are sti ll here. Kin g wa s n ot o n ly h ere to ra ce. bu t to a lso giv e a two day speedway school for NorCaI ride rs. King had the fans o n th eir feet ir, th e Handi cap sem i as he pa ssed fo ur riders th rough turn four o n th e la st lap 10 tak e th e win . You had to see it to beli eve itl Comi ng in to the Handicap main . wi th a perfect scor e. Kin g expe rienced bike p roblems a nd went into th e infi eld o n th e seco nd lap. Jim Sise more. wh ocompet ed with Kin g in th e Junior Divi sion eig h t years ago, led until turn fo ur on the white flag lap wh en he we nt wide. allowi ng Mike Delao ' to tak e the lead for th e win . Sisemore rega in ed h is co m posure and held on for second ; Greg Marti was third. . In th e Scrat ch main: Edd ie In gels drew th e number four positi on, Kin g th e pole with Delacy in th ird position a nd Pat Linn in number two. It was Linn ' wh o go t th e ga te. th en Ingels went into th e turn two wall , end in g h is race. Dela cy a nd Kin g balded it out for second and third SpOlS, but it was Pat Linn who had the lead. held it . a nd took what was accord ing to him. th e sweetest victory of hi s racing ca reer. Del acy held on for second. In the Second Div ision main. Ron Arlt go t the gate and had no trouble holding it to th e checkered flag. The thrills in this event came from Joe Leduc. back after almost a two season lay off. com in g off the ba ck ya rda ge and using Divi sion One-styl e manuvers to finish a close second. Dana Perri was third. John Proto took the honors in Division Three. and Junior rider Ken Wagner won his first Jun io r main, ahead of Junior National Champion Trinon Cirell o and southern Califo rn ia n Marshall Topping. wh o finished second and third. respe ctivel y. Results • SCRATCH MAIN: 1. Pat Li n n; 2. M ike De lacy: 3 . Lance King; 4 . Eddie Ingels. HANDICA P M AI N: 1. M ike Delacy; 2. Jim Sise more; 3. Greg Martz; 4. Rocky Rob inson; 5 . Ron McGill; 6 . Lance King . DIVlWO: 1. Ron Arlt; 2. Joe Leduc; 3 . Dana Perr i; 4 . Rick Stephens; 5 . Charlie Haines; 6 . Ke it h Kavanaugh . DIV THREE: 1. John Proto; 2. Derek Dorresteyn; 3. Jeff Holmes: 4 . Tom McBr ide; 5 . Rod Ramirez; 6 . Ch ris Lopez. JR MAIN: 1. Ken Wagner; 2. Trinan Cirell o: 3. Marshall Toppi ng; 4 . Bobb y "Hedden; 5. Dustin Schroeder; 6. M ike Knopf. 35