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p resented by: TIC KETS : eoou $ 15 Reserved $10 Gen. Adm. Advance SAVE - OHIO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP P.O. Box 6935 Toledo. Ohio 43612 JUNE24 Phone: 8:00 PM Ward wins Sapulpa Trials 419·478·1836 ORDER YOUR TICKETS EARLY AND SAVE By Rich A llman SAPULPA. OK , FEB. 19 Jerry Ward put in a stro ng rid e to top the Novi ce cla ss by o ne poin t at th e seco nd round of No rtheastern Oklah oma T ria ls Team 's Oklah o ma Sta te Cha mpio ns hip at Sap ula. The Novice class sec tio ns wer e prett y d ifficu lt a nd Ward, Clay Fry a nd Gordon Bode tied with 17 points aher the first loop. Afte r the second loop Bode held a one- point advantage o ver Ward a nd Fry. Alt hough Fry had the best fina l loo p it wasn 't eno ug h as Ward outrode Fry by o ne poi nt, Bode's last loop dropped him thi rd overa ll wit h Craig Moo re nailin g down fou rth place on his Yamaha. Da vid Bolen won the Amateur class on his Beta by ni ne poi nts over John Mizell . Third place fi nisher Gary P ritt wrestled h is a ncient Momesa around the loop and th e old Spanish bea ter fina lly finished with 51 points. After th e second loop of the In term edi a te class it looked like Andre La Porte ha d it wra pped up. A pair of sevens l;"ve hi m th e lead over Pa u l Bolen by 10 po ints. No o ne · else had been abl e 10 post a single digit score until the last loop, Bolen finally wo ke up and brou ght in a six whil e LaPo rte faltered on th e th ird loop, ta king 21 poi nts and dr oppin g to second place . Travis Mitchell ca me in th ird overall o n his Fan tic wi th 41 points . The Expert class was wo n by Mitch Bright on a Yamaha wi th 53 poi nts , Seco nd p lace was cla imed by Rich All ma n with 67 points. The Master class was won by Shan Moore o n a K&N Yamah a with Gabe Mizell j us t six po ints back. Charlie Mall ow rolled in for third place on hi s new Aprilia. · Results SAVE Send Check o r Mon ey Order t o: SAT. , David Bo len won the Amateur class at t he Sapulpa Trials. SAVE - $2 More at Gate From 10 am - 5 pm - Mon .• Fri. .50 C Service Charge on Phon e Ord ers Visa I Master Card Acc ep ted on Pncne Or der s '0 Tell them • you saw It • In ROOKIE: 1. Paul Bolen (Yam. 42. NOV; 1. Je rry Ward (Yam) 40; 2. Clay Fray (Yam) 41 ; 3. Gordon Bode (Yam ) 46 ; 4 . Craig Moor. (Yam) 46 ; 5 . Curtis M itchell 54 . AM : 1. Cave Bolen (Bet l 25: 2. John Mizell (Mon) 34; 3. Gary Price (Mon) 51 . INT: 1. Paul Bolen (Yam) 30; 2. Andre laPorte (Yaml35; 3. Travis Mitchell (Fan) 41; 4. Tommy Moor e (Yam) 45; 6. Stan Machart (VIm) 47 . EX: 1. Mitch Bright (VamI53; 2. Rich All man {Yaml67 . MSTR: 1. Shan Moor e (Vaml 21; 2. Gabe Mizell (Mon) 33; 3. Charl ie Mallow (AprI41; 4. Ron lee (Bet) 340. # Hodges hammers Burbank ST By Kevin George BURBANK, O H, FE B. 19 • Larry Hod ges powered past R ick Giovane lly [ 0 ta ke me Open class victory then came from th e back of the pack take th e dash for cash, winner-ta ke-all race at the Wimer Short Track Series held in the Burbank Sports Arena. Hod ges lost the Open class drag race '0 tu m · one [ 0 G iova ne uy. Giovaneuy was only abl e 10 hol d off the ba rd-charging Hod ges for one lap as Hod ges mo ved the insi de as th e pair C3 m~ out of tum two o n th e second lap an d ha d the lead as th ey hit tum th ree, Hod ges rod e a smooth race and moved well through lapped traffic. Larry's brother. Tom Hod ges, caug h t G io van etty o n the las t lap but was uanble to get by Giova ne tty an d had set tle for th ird. Gi ovanen y ha d [ 0 come [rom behind in th e ,25Oc act ion as Dave Onuska had th e hol esh ot . c Giovaneuy moved by o n la p three and held on for the win . Onuska held off Tom Hodges to fin ish seco nd. Referee Mike West, of Wild West Ra cing. pulled a 20 o u t 01 his pocket 10 giv e these guys another chance to go at iL West then proceeded .to put th e Iast gu ys in the back In Iwo.by.two formation. Eight bikes took th e green with Larry Hodges on the outside of the back row. Hodges picked his way through the pack 10 tak e the checkers first and grab the referee's money. • '0 '0 . ~~ ~,,~ {() 1 S't~TES Gll.lj Nb LAGUNA SECA . j)~ At Reserve your tickets for all the fun and excitement of World Class Roadracing. See yo ur participating Californ ia Ho nda Dea ler for advance discount t icketing and Special '0 Results ~250 M/C: 1. Rick Giovaneny; 2. ~ln: we: 1. lMry Tom _ o.ve Onuska; 3. Tom Hodges; 2. R'ell Giovonetty; 3. DASH FOR CASH : 1. LoITY Hodges. ~Y4~ Commemorative Grand Prix T-Shirt offer. IRace Tickets Available: SUNDAY. April 16 -- $30.00 SAT & SUN. April 15 - 16 -- $40.00 HONDA. SEE YOU ON QUANTITY U"'"ED ACT TODAY! THE HONDA ISLAND - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 51 . Come ride with us. I