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. & Corona Dirt Track by Elaine Jones CORONA, CAL. , Jan. 10 , 197 3 - As :; the say ing go es, "wh en yo u're h ot, you're hot", and G ary D avis wa s h o t. o Gary liked winnin g so well that h e came M e back Wednesday and d id it up royal ~ taking two firsts, o ne second an d one ~ third before the n igh t was over. T hi ngs w got st arted in th e 250cc Expert Sh o rt Z Track wh en G ary put eno ugh pressu re ~ on Dennis Cr eason t o fo rce h im to dive U into th e tum too h ot wh ich re sul ted in a ~ high side. Gary and hi s j ump ing p artne r Rex Blackwell better known as Fly in g Cycles, finished on e-two. Heat tw o saw Dennis ge t h is sw ee t revenge as he grabbed th e lead and never let go . Rex hung on to his second place, fo rcing Gary t o se t tle fo r third. Th e th ird m o to saw Gary get hol d of the sit uation and get it home first with teamm a te Rex right behind h im. In spi te of h is DN F in the first ra ce, Denn is still had eno ugh fo r third. Gary h it for win numb er two in th e 250cc Expert Sh ort Track o u t runn ing Mar c Barb ani an d his fas t Kaw asak i. Dennis Cr eason came b ack in th e 250cc Exp er t Half-mil e to . snap Gary 's winning streak an d did it with th e same score he Was beat b y in th e Short T rack. He went so far as to pl ace th e same way in each rac e. R ob Morrison took the sec o nd place h on o rs an d Gary Davis third. Randy Bailey was, is and always will b e th e guy t o bea t in th e Open clas s, bu t everybody can be beat and th ey're all sure tryin g. Gary Davis an d Dennis Junker had a good ti me du ckin " it o u t with Gary co ming o ut on to p for th e second an d Dennis third. Marc Barbani had n o trou ble winning the 125cc N ovice-Expert Half-mile, Being the o nly Expert on hand he was given a handicap wh ich he promp tly took ' care of. His ex perience and mach inery w ere fa r superio r to an ything else on th e trac k. Vince Mead again too k h ome first place sp o ts in both th e 100-125cc Amateur-E xp er t Short Track and th e 100cc Combination Hal f-mile. T oo bad the 100cc 's and the 125cc's weren' t pu t together i n both Novi ce a n d Amat eur -Expert r a nk s a s the competition would have made fo r more M Lightweights D-37 TT Pitching It Sideways T iptoeing at the Perris TT . exci ting racing . J eff Pollastrini h ad a go od n igh t co llecting firs t in the 250cc Novice Half-mile wi th cle an sweep s of all three motos. Second pl ace Larry Lambert got most o f his trouble from Steve Barden who had so me very strong opini ons on who was going to pick up th at sec o n d pl ace. S teve did manage to beat Larry in th e sec o nd moto but that was all. Clyde Dennen st op p ed Jeff in th e 250cc Novice -Short Track Main in some go od th ree wa y racing wh ich also in cluded Brian Garcia. Th ese th ree can always b e counted on to give a good acco un tin g of th em selves an d a good show fo r th e spectators. R ex Mc Leod d id his th ing in th e 25 0cc A mat e u r Half-m il e , and ou t-in-fron t Was really th e only pl ace t o be. Behind him things we re really ho t and heavy with Kirk Doyl e co mi ng up with a sec ond and John Sandona and T erry Griner sharing th e third place honors. .,~ f ;"' V T~ "~a . by Erma Redding Ph otos by Glen R edding PERRIS , CA L. , Jan. 2 1, 19 73 - Perris trac k conditio n was super fast wit h good tracti on. Mr . Burton announced th at fir st R ou gh Scram b les will be May 20 on the lo ng cou rse! Today 's 5 0 class first pl acer was 13 year-o ld Do ug Nico l (S uz) . Do ug 's been racing since he was six and holds NO.5 Exp ert pl at e. 100 Am /Ex win ner was Wayne Whi sen ant (Kaw) . The 125 N ov were so eager th ey took th ree starts. J erry MacCo o riIl got th e fin al win. Secon d was a tie be tw een Steve Stiems ma an dJohn Sargent : all on Yamahas. 125 Am wen t t o Steve Fo rtune (Yam ). Don Girgsb y ' was second wh eel to wheel with Steve O kuda , thi rd . 125 EX Lloyd Quintards Yam won . Se cond, Larry Th ompson Yam and Joe Mo nohan Suz third. ' The 200 Novice class was tak en by Bul rider Steve Bales. T he - 2 00 Am/Ex No. I rider, Ch ar lie Soder st rom, (Bul) won his cl ass agai n. T he third p oint run and Ch as' third stra igh t win ! A nd against J eff Sext on , sec o n , on a Pu ch . Hangin g in third was Jim Wright (Bu l). J eff Cl ark (Bu l) an d Ch arles Petty both won their 250 Novice heats which made for real co mp eti tionIn th e final with a first an d second . Bill Kl ae rs w on th e 250 A mate ur m ak ing a good sh ow ing on a '7 3 Cooper ou t of Holiday Maico. Mik e Mey ers (Yam) took firs t in th e 25 0 Exp ert but it wasn't easy with Rob Morrison (Bul) secon d and Doug Mason (Bu l) third. The 35 0 win wen t to J ohn Calicchio (Bu l), Brian Hobart (Yam) secon d. Don Waffl e (Yam ) won the 500 Novice but was so close t o Larry Walling (Mai) th a t it's hard to cal l them Novices. Doug Mason o n a Maic o in th e 500 Ama te ur class w on afte r ge ttin g third in th e 25 0. Doug sh owed a lo t o f steam. An o ther th ird straight win fo r th e year w as by No. I H eavyweight Kir k R edding o n hi s Whea t-erized Maico in th e 500 Expert cl ass. No cin ch, though, against Paul Lambert (Yam ) in secon d and third Vince Graves (S uz) . Open Expert and all T rium p h first pl ace was John . Spragu e: then Bob Hosford and third, Will Ho cki e. ~ \1 J Expert Service ,'e~ t~~l 5 ( ID ~ O,~ ....... '-1 ~ ~. fI I1l.C. \~~ ~ \ '-» ~ " L. ~ 0 Dept~ on~~~a~~DER § or wT ""~. E . .,,,,, HARBOR , \ NEW - USED PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ~. HONDA - YAMAHA - TRIUMPH 2255 HA RBOR B LVD. 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