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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Mini Racing Goes Bi Time at Dunes ", " ..., '" til ;: W Z W ...J U > U Cha sing through th e esses on I ndian Du nes " In ternationa l" motocro ss course, th e mini -mxers pick th eir lin es with th e caol inten sity. if not the sk il l and speed, of th e E xp ert s. Diff eren ces in sizes and styles d idn't see m to bother th e race rs in the least . Yo ung Ch ad Mc Q ueen dom inat ed his class, t akin g thr ee fir sts in a conv incing mann er on his XR·75 Honda. Represe nting the ladies, Terri McQueen ran second against the boy s in her class. Mini World Saddleback -:- by Ela ine J ones IRV INE , CAL., Nov. 27,1 97 2 - Tod d Pet erson w as again the bi g winner, co llec ting th ree fi rst place s and tw o seconds. Y oung Mr. Pet erson started th in gs o ff with a clean swe ep in the mi ni -bi ke 1-3 liP. Bru ce Ziegle r h eld off Jamie Oliv er fo r the sec on d. sp ot by a slim six point margin . \Vin number tw o ca me in th e mini-bik e 4-6 HP, twelve and ove r and again it was a cle an sweep o f all three m o to s. Jamie O liver m ov ed 'u p th e ladder a n otch, gra b bing o ff secon d fro m Mik e Ca mp ilo ngo who was th ird. T o finish out his tr ipl e he ad er T odd climbed aboard hi s Honda to ride the Op en , any thing-go es. min i-bik e class. ~u I 'r J .. J • T his one was not so easily won. Second place Fr eddie Sidner was right o n h is heels all t he way an d los t b y a scant fo u r p oin ts , T hird place Don Van T assel cou ld very ea sily have walked away with th e whole thing sin ce he h ad two firsts wo rking for h im. His d ownfall . w as m issing th e sec o nd m o to . It was J am ie O live r and Fred A rme n ta wh o kept T odd fr om go in g h ome with five first s to h is credi t. J am ie kept working his w ay th ro ugh t he ranks in th e mini-cycl e 0-75 cc an d hel d Tod d to second . Eac h o f these rid e rs pi ck ed up a fir st along the way pr ovin g just how clos el y match ed th ey were. In th e 76 - 125 Open , Fred -A rme n ta had a gran d sla m vic to ry with Tod d a solid sec o nd and an up for grabs ra ce Jeff Wo od (1) swoo ps on th e outsid e lin e, prepari ng t o pass. from there on hack. Ra n dy di d give a good ac co u nting o f him self p icking up a second in th e minibik e 4 -6 Hl", six t o eleve n yea rs. Steven Dan iel s wa s first. Ano ther seco n d was hi s in th e Mini cy cle 0-75cc. six to e leve n. J imm y Simm o ns last m onths win ner aga in repeated an d Shon Ander son was thi rd . To fini sh o ff his day Randy had a third in th e stock m in icy cle. This was a real heatb reak e r for seco nd pl ace Freddy Co nove r wh o had reall y gone ou t ahead the fi rst tw o heat s. In th e fin al m ot o he got in t o trou ble o n th e uphill 'an d finis hed last giving th e 'win 10 Jim Nei be rge r. Fred A rmenta also pic ke d up ano the r win in the m in icy cle 0-7 5 cc and agai n he did it wi th fir st s in each of hi s three _ moto s. Sterling C ogar an d S t eve M oore each wen t h ome wi th first place t ro p h ies fro m the two Division s o f 0-75 cc, twel ve and ov er. . The Pee Wee s stirred things up quite a bit in th eir go rou nds. In th e first heat Kenny Conover go t ou t o n top wit h Rich ard J on es righ t beh ind him. Passin g o n a rather hairy co rner, Rich ard we nt ou t ahead an d lo o ked like h e had it all sew ed up bu t as happened to so many rid e rs h e stalle d on the uphill wi th Ken ny d oin g th e same thing. Bri an S mi th got ho me for th e win . T he next two heats had Shanon S h am bli n o ut on top all th e way fo r th e ove ra ll win wi th Brian second a nd Rich ard th ir d.