~ .LOCAL EVENTS
Lollar. At the ch eckers wosick wa s a ble LO
get th ere a h ead of Lo lla r a nd th ereby insured
h is overa ll victo ry.
In a ma teu r act io n all eyes wer e wa tching
fo r the o u tco me o f Mike H od ges' fina l mo to
in the 125cc J un ior cla ss. Hodges had entere?
th ree b ikes in three classes a n d had, up until
the fina l m oto o r the 125cc Jun ior clas s, won
every mota h e had been in. Ro n Gilligan was
n ot far off th e p ace set by H od ges in the first
mot e , so the re was a defin ite pos sibility o f
a n upset. G ill iga n go t the lead at t~e ga te
drop a nd H od ges follo wed a sh ort dl s"! nce
back . Go in g in to a tig h t turn H od ges .h lgh sided bu t was up a nd o n th e gas im mediately.
This sma 1l m istake became a factor as the
seve n -lap mot o wo un d down . Altho ugh
Hod ges had closed the gap o n Gi lligan he
co u ldn 't ca tch h im a t the chec kers a n d the
mar gin o f victor y was measure-able in in ches.
The 2-1 performa nce for Gi~ liga n !pve him
th e overall win a n d the stigfu m istak e o f
H odges cost h im a perfect six for six d~ y.
H odges wo n the 2!)Oc a n d 500ec junior
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class es.
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Results
P/W 50: I. And r... G ;lla\"i, (Ya m): 2. Joh n n y T o na (Ya m):
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3. j usrin G U/ m;.m (Yam ); 4. Bra ndon Ocas ton (Yam ]. .
P/ W 60: I. Ruben Vir/o:::i1 ( ~;I ""' ) : 2. Seo n Marl'h;lll (I..:a w):
."1. Bri. n Buckr ... ~ (....III1}. .
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MO :-;QV: I. Alum Duffy (SUI'; 2. Sop hia Herrara (H Ull);
3. Will OC)I1 [Hon]:
3. Gr t'gp; Durden (SUI): .\. Marl' Ht ntlt·I',.. n (SUl ); 5. Rnan
J enk in' ( H o n ).
80 I:"o:T : I. John Led dv (SUI).
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125 NO V: I. And y YounK(Ya m) ; 2. Steve Bart hra m ( Ka w) .
3. Bobby T oba g (SUI): 1. Ma rl' Burr ell (H on ): 5. Bri an Roberts
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(YI~)'BEG: 1. Da\'iJ Sm ick (H un); 2. J o h n ~u~ningham
(SUI); 3. Patr ic'k Ga rm ha n (Hn n ): 4. Pern ell ClIll rrnt'~ (Yam):
5. Dan Ma lon e (Hu u).
125 JR.: 1. Run Gill ifr.ln (Ha n): 2. M i~e H£?d ( ~a m).
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125 I~": I. Mike !\lcQ ou d (SUI): 2. Kurt Kuh n (Ka w).
250 NOV ; I. Sean Md >errrtt (lio n ); 2. Juhn RI v a.. (Ya m l;
3. Darr d Migu el (Yam) : '1. Ja V:1II V;lsilalr.t t!'l (Hun); S. Jay
A~'k(il~,): Ju.. Jlrn'o('h (Hun,: 2. Steve Kyrdmarios ( ~~);
3. Micch Coo k ( Kd ~' ): -I. Mi('harl Ren u..r (H o n); 5. Kn '!O
H erbe rt Allen (12) lead s Rob Digg le (22) and Rem y Pamincuan (87V) during a Vet Beginner m oto at L.A. County Raceway.
Baker blazes LACR Motocross
By T ony Alessi
PAL\IDALE, CA, MAY 26
Mashburn Kawasaki rider Len ny Baker blitzed
to fOU T mow win s in both m 25 Plus a nd
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Vet/Novice classses duri ng roun d th ree o f
California Racing Club's Frida y Night Serie s
a t Los Angeles Cou nty Rac ewa y.
Baker a nd H u gh Blacka ja m med. into th e
to p t wo positions a t the sta rt of the first Vet
Nov ice race, Blacka tried to keep Bak er in sig h l
b UI Gl rne under attac k from Ron H upfield.
Bak er po wered away to a big lead whi le Blacka
h eld o ff H u p field for seco nd.
Ba ker fo llow ed Dea n Ga les, H u pfield an d
Rusty Hunt lh ro ugh th e firs t tu rn a l lh e start
o f the seco nd m olO. Blacka crashed ea rly in
the race a nd was o u t o f co n ten tio n fo r the
rem a inder o f lh e molO. By th e third la p Ba ker
made h is wa y by the fro n t-ru n ne rs a nd in to
a co m forta ble lead. H u p field held on to seco n d
wh ile G at es got the be.. of H unt for th ird .
Bak er wa s back in th e 25 Plus Novice class
a nd wo n bot h mot o s in co nvi nci ng fo rm by
ex tend ing h is lead to over ha lf a tra ck. Dann y
Reider a nd J eff H aas bOlh rod e co ns islen tly
for seco nd and th ird.
T iger Garcia loo k a come-fro m-behi nd win
in the 250cc In termed ia te class a nd fi nis hed
fo urLh in th e I25cc In term edi a te class. Garci a
hol ",ho l a nd led m uch of the first l 25cc molO
but swapped O ul and cra sh ed in the la te stages
of th e moto. Ga rcia grabbed the hol ",hot in
lh e seco nd outi ng and never looked back.
Colin Co uto wa s th e overa ll wi nner with 23 fi nis hed wh ich beat Sea n Bra dl ey's (·4 sco re.
R yan Spurgin sta rted a lmost last in th e fir st
l 25ec Novice mal o a nd su ccessfu ll y wo rked
pa st every rider 10 ta ke the malO win.
Spurgi n sta rted sixt h in the seco nd mo ta
wh ile Jeff Fin ch ho lesh ot a nd 0p!:ned u p a
bi g lead. Finch 's lead shrun k rapIdly as soon
as Spu rgi n gn t 10 secon d p lace . Sp u rgin a nd
Finch diced o n the fin al la p wi th Spurgi n
ta ki ng the ma lO wi n a nd m e overall victory.
Results
80 BEG : J. Sco tt Ret'd Jr . (Ka w): 2. Ikn Ikjarano (Kaw);
3. Kmnelh Rttd (Kaw); 4. Shawn Fort ier (Kaw,.
80 NOV : I. Ja~n Rttd (Suz); 2. Phil Rich mon d (Ka w) ;
3. Otrh Allen (SUl): 4. Ji m Bun tin (Suz); 5. T im ~ Illana
(Sm).
80 EX: I. Te rry Pa rwn, (Ho n).
125 REG : I. Jo hn Ha skell (SUl ); 2. J rn.h Brewer (SUI); 3.
Ray Snidn- (Ya m): i . jarnl J acob~meyer (Ya m ); 5. J or dan
Lieht'rma n (I-Ion).
125 NO V: I. Ryan Spurgi n (H o n); 2. J eH Fin ch (Ho n);
3. Cor y Au!iotin (H o n); 1. j o hn Ha rd ing (Ho n); 5. Mark Allen
(Kaw ).
125 INT : I. {'.o li n Co ut o (Kaw); 2. S<~.a n Brad ley (Ho n);
3. Da... KOlx·ls (I-Iun ); 4. T iger Garcia (Ho n): 5: Ma lk isll
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Brix (SUl ).
125 PRO : I. Da... d Barrett (H o n); 2. Rogt" H ur d (Kaw):
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3. J eff Black (H on ).
250 BEG : I. Sco tt H urd (I-Ion); 2. JaM>1l N yrun (H un);
3. Mike R.umu!\lien (K.il w); 4. Bill Pa ul (Yam ); 5. Sha n nnn
R.,ro.
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~ NOV : I. Rkk Smi th (Ha n); 2. Brad Da w\On (Kaw):
3. JUMin Ia nnall o (Kaw); 1. T ra ... ll Mull in s ( Kaw); 5. M.ltk
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M a u~n (Ho n).
250 1ST: I. T ign G arcia (Ho n ); 2. Will Dichun ("'am ).
250 PRO : I. T im T ddrod (Ya m ); 2. Tim Wins low (SW):
3. Rob J o hm o n (SUl); 4. T on y Su lek (Yam ): 5. Jeff s..rbac obi
(Ya m).
500 REG : l. Dav id Ga rdner (Ho n ); 2. n an Garb flf o nl.
!tOO :"I:O\': I. J ohn W av in (H.m ); 2. Edd ie Ann!lolnJOK
(Hun ); 3. Ch ip Hamrirk ( Honj: 4. T on }" AleYi (II IJO); S.
R.m d y W in ~low ( Hun ).
500 1S T : 1. Bill y Mrr cirr ( li o n): 2. Dave Kopel!> (KoI w);
3. J roH Ha res (Hun ).
!JOO P RO : 1. Glen n Co m rna ns ("';, n).
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J R \'t~T 8.~ C : l. Wa de n u lt") (Hun); :L R..bert Bla"wic h
[Ho n]: 3. J uhn ROgl'U (Yam); 4. Ed Sp url m g (.....m ); 5. ROil
B.. de (Yam) .
JR VET :-olOV: I. Lrnn y Sak " (Kaw); 2. Danny Reider
(JUw); 3. Jr H lI a;,n IH.. n); 1. Lee J uhn M>II IH on ).
JR VET EX: I. I 'o:x1d Peterson (HUll).
VET BEG : l. Marlin Ci!oilr (li o n ): 2. MiL.' lI a inn (SUl);
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3. Mitth Rdnh (Hull ); ,1. Herbert Allt n (K..w); 5. J~"l1 t"fo Millt"J
(Yaml.
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VET NOV : I. Lr n ny Bahr (Kaw); 2. ROil H upf l'ld (KoI w);
3. Dean Gain (Ya rn); 4. RU)IY H unt (KT M): 5. Jad, Ph inn
(H olI).
VET INT : L Mar k Mauesun (Ho n); 2. Curt J am r" ("'Cm (HUll): 4. Ken Symt'r (HUll).
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\'F..'I EX: l. Bob Klin r (Ho n): 2. T IMid Pr tt"r!>lJll (H o n );
3. J im ~nddb;lra (Ka wl.
SR BEG : 1. \ \'iIJ ia m Fu lton (Kaw).
EX: 1. David Ro~r~ (H un); 2. Rllb, ·rt f'OItic'r (Ya m ); !l.
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Torrey fights for Huron
Motocross win
By Donnelta and Bob M urra y
HURON, CA, ~IA Y 18
T h e l 25cc Beginner/N ovice cla .. provided lh e
most exci tin g raci ng a t th e Passmo re Prod uc·
lio ns MOlOCTOS held at H u ro n Cycle Park,
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wilh H onda rid er Seth T orrey ta ki ng bot h
mOlOS a nd th e overall win, but not wit ho u t
a lot o f work.
Darren Ciolkosl pegged th e ho le:)ho t in th e
fir st ma lO fo llow ed by Thl\" is \" onh, Toney
a nd J oe DeG a no , th e o nl y no vice ri de r in th e
race . The foursom e q u ick ly pulled a wa y fro m
the remainder o f th e pack. stagi ng a race of
th eir own. \ Vo nh slipped past Ciolkosl on
the back straightawa y to la ke the lead and
T or eey followed su il.
Wo rt h co nt in ued 10 lea d th rough lh e laps
wi th Torrey cha IJeng in ng him a t every co rner
a nd ju mp. Torrey tried to na il \ Vo n h over
the double jumps, b Ul la nded o n his fro nt
whee l. H e aga in made a pass at the next
co rne r, rid ing o n the ragged edge . Not far
beh ind the duo were CiolkoSI and DeGano,
who werc ha vi ng a duel of th eir o wn. DeGano
ove rlook C io lkosl a t the in side o f a tu rn a nd
th en sta rle d co nce n tra tin g o n cat ch ing the
lead in g pair. ·T he to p tri o co n tin ued to wea ve
th roug h the la p ped riders unti l Wort h 's back
wh eel was n icked by T o rrey's b ike in a tu rn ,
wh ich ca used \Vonh to go dow n, a llowi ng
bot h Torrey a nd DeG a no to cla im the two
lead in g po si tion s on the wh ite flag la p . Torrey
we nt o n to cl a im t h e w in , fo llowed by
DcG a no , \ Vo nh , Ciolkosl a nd R icha rd Moon.
Riders ta n g led in the first turn of the seco nd
mo lO, bUl C io lkosl side..epped lhem a ll [0
lak e the lead followed by Na lha n Po lke,
Wort h a nd Torrey. Ciolko" fell a n d 10Sl
severa l posi tio ns. \ Vo n h a n d T orrey even tu a lly worked th eir wa y arou nd Polk e a nd
co nt in ued 10 d ice for the remainder o f the race .
Torrey fina ll y charged pa.. Worth as Worth
go t o u t o f shape O\'er a jump a nd T orrey
pulled away. A yellow n ag slo wed down all
me rid er s a nd \Vo rl h was ab le to reel in T orrey
a n d make o ne mor e cha lle nge. But Torrey had
me momen tu m goi n g for him and u><.>k th e
w in in th e seco nd mot e for th e a vera )I victory.
Fin ish in g seco nd was Wo rt h , followed by
DeG an o . Po lke. C io lko sz a nd Ro b Will ia ms.
Eddi e Mooradia n ba tt led C h uck Bennett
t h ro u g ho ut th e first 250 cc N o vice ra ce.
Bennett co nti n ued h is rel en tless p ursuit o f
Moo rad ian a nd the pair o f rid ers did not slow
th eir pa ce d urin g the race. Moorad ian too k
the win with Bennett a mere bi ke lengt h
behi n d.
It loo ked li ke anothe r exciti ng race between
th e pa ir in the seco nd ma LO, but a brok en
dlain left Bennen o n the sidel ines . Moo rad ia n
cru ised in for a win in the mota an d the o vera ll
tro p h y.
T h e 250cc Begi n n er class spo rt ed th e largest
field o f racers fo r the nigh t. Devon Ste wa rd
led wire · to-wire in th e first mo to for the win ,
whil e Randy Steele ea rned th e win tn the
seco nd moto aher ge ttinR by Dan Kill io n , who
too k st·cond. T he overa ll wi n wen t 10 Lance
Kirk -with a 4-3 sco re.
Resul ts
25·29 BEC : l. Dale GURler (Hun): 2. Ke\'in Taylor (Hon ):
3. j a mt'llBur kc-(Yam ); 4. Blale Rlrd !; t' (Ya m): S. Ga ry T a ylor
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(H nn).
25·29 S O \' : I. Ch ud Brn nt1:t (SUL); 2. Mrlilo n Mora in
(Hlln).
250 Bt:G : I. Lana Kirk (H un); 2. Chrh. And rad e (Ho n );
3. n an Killio n (Kaw); 4. Mark M: ull inn- (SUl ); .s. j; lmn Oran
(Han ).
250 :-':O\' : I. Ed ~lnorad ia n (Hun); 2. Trny Sma llr) ' (SUl-);
!. Fra nL. S yback (Yam); 1. Chu ck Ik-n n r ct (SUI): 5. Mr li!ClII
:\Ioral" (Han).
500 :"'O \" : I. Gu ~ Mu t'll" (Ho n).
500 BEG : I. Mil e Omton (l\.aw); 2, Ron ald Dab lMh ( Ha n).
80 BEG : I. Co rie fl ickin gM (Kaw): 2. j on Lau LOn (SUl);
3. J rr Mlliah &k" (I-Inn ); 4. J on Mad rian o ( Ka ,,'); 5. J "t"JT1y
BUiru (Ho n).
HO SO\' : I. JU:lotin Q uinn (B o n).
MO I~T: I. Ru!;t y Hull an d (Kaw).
"foT S O\'; 1. na nny WOO!h(H o n l: 2. J im n iyur io (ATK );
3. Ro y Kn ig hl ( ~ a w): 4. T im Huhb !; (H a n): 5. Phillip
Mawu rro (Hun).
VET 1S T : I . Jo hn Da lla ird (Ya m): 2. Dari n La ytnn (Yam).
\' ET PR O : 1. MiL. 8ofo
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worth (SUI ).
125 REG : l. Seth T o rrey (Ho n); 2. T ravi $ Wort h (Ho n,:
.5. Darrell Cio lkolll (SUl) ; 1. :\"alhan Po lkr (Ya m ): 5. Rob
William s (f-{cm ).
125 SO\' : 1. Jele' DeGd no (Sul ).
Wosick wins PAL Motocross
By Mike Vancil
SANTA CLARA. CA. M 1
AY 9
Allho U!;l'h Larry Wmick shared a mo lO win
wi th Kuk Smith, he was st ill a ble to ca rry
aw ay the Pro class overall win at th e Cl ub
Moto's Sprin g Seri es MX a t th e P.A.L. co urs e.
In th e firs t mo to Sea n Lo lla r took the
holeshOl on h is very q u ick Ho nda 125 bu t
was soon overta ken by \""osick o n the 250cc
H on da. O n a d ifficu lt uph ill turn Kir k Smith
o n h is 500cc Kawas ak i fell a nd was u p ra ther
quickl y. By mOlo 's end he had overtaken
G le n n H arriso n o n ano th er la rg e b o re
Kawasak i bu t was u nable to ca tch Lollar or
Wo,i ck.
In the second ma lO Kirk Sm ith took a clear
lead righl o ff lhe ..a rt ga te. T he rea l battle
throu~hout (he moto was between \Vosiek a nd
H~ (~~\tiL.e Hod ges (S UI): 2. Art h ur Berverleigh lK,a w):
3. PaJ ~lidwn {H o n ): 1. Paul Arm t:'h (Hun): 2.. P~er Hempel (SUI); , .
Dan n y O' :\brro (SUI): 1. Don Haman (Kaw); 5. Sh ane Wn ght
(Ya m).
500 JR: l. Mike Hod gn (Ya m);
J d f Andrus (Ho n): ~ .
n a ve H end erson (H IlII ): -I. a lrtll SthUll (H a n); 5. DaV
Id
Minj am (H un ).
500 (NT: L Kiln J oh n~n (H e n): 2. Dav e ~bth('!olJn (Ho n):
,. Tim Alarcon (ILI".-) 4. I';"ul T ay lor I H o~).
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PRO: I. Larry Wosi(-L. (Hun ); 2. Kirk Smi th (Kaw); 3. Sean
Loll ar (Ho n); 1. Gl enn I-Iarr i!\oo n (Ka w).
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I' P: I. Shari \'anTa..!>t"1I (Yam ); 2. Shannon n t·t·u t")' ( K.l'I~");
.5 Shirl.,. Smith (Ho n }; .1. \ ' icki Bennen (Ya m ); 5. 1'("'
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Na ka yam a 1Kaw ].
\'INT : I. Tim Al;u("0 (li n n ): 2. Steven RUlleyk (Yam):
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3. Oeorge C.ollin g (C· l).
UTH : 1. Sha wn ~kCo nn (Ya m ): 2. Gl enn Harr ison (Kaw);
3. Mike Mu lduon (Ya m); 4. Dav(" M.chnon (Hun); S. Ed
Kell y (B o n).
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VET BEG : I. Ste"'r Wa llaa: (Ho lI); 2. Charln Cro lll'o!r
(Yam ); 3. Scoct Koland r r (H o n); 4. Michad T o limd (Yam);
5. Keith Dra kr (AT K).
VET JR: I. Da... Eacull (H un ); 2. J un Ik la gu("§ (Ya m);
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3. Crt"g" Mu!>Cat t" (Sul) ; 1. Dav... Zollo (SU1 ); S. Da...
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Ht'ndt'rSlJ11 (H ull).
VET INT : I. Do nnit' Andt'r!>lJn (Ya m): 2. J t'rry Wohl K'!"
m uth (Ho n ); 3. Sievi' K;md...u u (Hun ); 1. jOlla t h~1II Schlul'r
(Ha n ): 5. Ga ry Ja t'h nf" (Kaw).
THRASHER: I. T od d T hnrnilfo (H un ): 2. PI·I... Ha mpd
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(Ha n ): 3. Sh;lwn M CC llU U (Yam) ; 4. Helmut LlrI h (Mai):
5. Em it· Sa llc' (H us).
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Beanway all the way at Arvin
Vintage Motocross
By Slim Winters
AR \11'\, CA, M
AY20
It's not oft en th at a rid er o n a P rem ier cla~
vimage bik e ca n bump up a cla ss a nd beat
a la rge field o f pre-1975 models, btll thaI "
wh at Gr('{"ves rider Mike Beanwa y did to dr
O ld Timer Am a le ur cia.. a t the AH R~fA
' Vest Reg iona l a t Arvin Racew a y.
In fir sl molO action, Bea n\O.-ay pushed his
mid-60s 250cc Ch allen ger to seco n d p lace
beh ind Jack Monger o n th e unusu al ValTech Ho n da . In molO two , Beanwa y caqe
from mi d pa ck and battled pa.. Mo nger , T eIly
Prall a nd Do yle Cook to win th e molO aid
tak e the overall win.
As o ne mi gh t e x pec t a t a race track
surrounded b y farm land on lh e floor If
Cal ifornia's Sa n J oaqu in Va lley, lhe Ann
co u rse is rd at ivel ... fla t wit h a few man- mate
features blend ed in by p rornoter/a nnoun I
racer/trac lo r pilol Ro n Cla wso n. For rna
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th e tra ck 's ou tsta ndi n~ fea tu re was a 1 •
well · wat ered a nd graded left·hand sweep r
wh ere much passin g took p lace durin g tie
da y.
AH RMA 's ne w P remier Lig h tweigh l I
class was well -a u ended a n d co m bi nf!
h isto ricall y int erest in g eq u ip me nt with g
raci ng. Eac h o f th e two mOlDS de veloped iJ 0
th ree separate races as th e experts. amate 50
a nd novices so rted the mse lves OUI. Afte a
couple of la ps, Dick Man n was lo n g-gone n
h is rare 350cc BSA Go ld Star. T he Ama l r
group was led by Greg Ow en o n hi s fo rsp eed O ssa , fo ll o wed by Bea n wa y. B
mounted Peler Crullenden a nd Kenn y Sy s,
who was break in g in h is new ly-restored "n ve
Bickers Rep lica " Gr t:Cves. The Novi ces wue
headed by Bill Sam..ag on a Greeves. Kay
Mann o n a n O ..a and J ohn McCoy on the
Brita lia Mot ors H usq va rn a . .
