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meetings at Vallejo and all h is qualifying he ats in the series. Vallejo Short Track by James Brammer VALLEJO, CAL ., May 12, 19 73 - A young man who claims to be - a "has-been" moto rcycle ra cer, Bob G o o d ma n (Bul) pulled a surprise victory at Vallejo Saturday n igh t. He h ad blasted off the starting line fir st and gained su c h a lead in th e following la ps over the favo red younger riders th at he was ab le to sp en d th e last th re e laps sit t in g u p m o stly wi th feet on th e pegs. Off the line in second w as D uan e Yarrow (Yam) follo we d by Kent J o h nso n (H on) . Yarro w ran o ff the track d uring th e ra ce.Teaving j oh ns on in second a nd J ohn G uglielme tti m o vin g up to th ird b y p assing J ohn Prince. A sp ark plu g failure on th e starting lin e fo r Dennis R obinson created p an ic and loud p rotes ts o f wavin g h an d s an d rid ers p oin tin g to their wa tches as he changed the plug. T h e b ike d id n ' t st a rt o n a push and unde r pressure o f p rotest , th e ra ce was starte d withou t R o b in son . He h ad won th e two previous ra ce Winner o f the 125 N ovi ce fin al, Marlin Stewart passed Eddie Lopus,Jr., go ing in to a c o m er o n lap th ree o f the 10-lap eve n t and la ter Rusty Maggio for th e winning le ad. A very t ight -battle for the 125 Junior-Expert final halted on the last la p wh en leader Fran k Cran e's en gin e seized ta king Bob S tu scavage and J o e C a rando d own with hi m . R andy H an c o ck a nd J ohnn y Dea th e ra ge con tin ued th e lap getting th e c hecke red flag. Larry Morriso n led a close one in th e 200 Novice cla ss to n ear th e finish line where R on Stedman , wh o had be en runn in g th ird , p assed be tw e en the two rid ers wi th Mo rri son suddenl y in th ird. Wad e Bo yd tried to pass Ed So uza , 2 00 Junior win n e r, o n lap eigh t on the in sid e wi th o u t suc ce ss a nd th en also fail ed on la p ten in an attem p t for an o utside pass. T h ere 's a b reak now in th e short track sche d ule at Val lejo as th e scram b les riders take over for a series o f Sa turd a y ni g h t races. Four ar e sch eduled. '" ;: w Z W ..J o > o - --.,;,.;",,-.- ----.-. Bob Goodman on h is way to th e w in in t he Expe rt fin al at Vallejo . CMC North At Sunnyvale . Matt Caswell (361 leads James Whitaker (5RI. Howard Jones (651. and Richard Tho mpson (5XI among ot he rs , t hro ugh t he f irst !urn at Desc hutes during t he 125 Ju n io r Division 2 race. Rainier Sp ring MX Series Qualif ier at Deschutes Cycle Park by J an Newman BEI\D , O RE .• ~I ay 6 , 19 73 - This was th e first of t h ree quali fying races fo r th e Rain ie r Sprin g Motocross Series. T he to p 20 Ex p er ts fro m th ese ra ces will be eligi ble to ride th e Main even t to he ru n on Ju ne 24. All o f t he Am at eu r classes also ran. T he first race o f th e Open Ex pe rts saw Mik e Kinnear off th e lin e first on a Hu sk y with Keith Ne rse th right be hi n d him on a Maico, As the ra ce wore on th ese tw o pulled away to fight their own h attie. Kinn ear held the lead fo r 12 o f the 15 laps be fore Nerseth slipped b y in traffic. Mota t wo was Nerseth's t u m to tak e the lead. Meanwh ile Tracy Lan t z p oure d it on to w ork u p to sec ond a nd se t his sigh ts for Nerse th, Somewhe re alo n g the lin e Ne rse th devel oped a na t tire a nd had to ease off enoug h that ho th Lantz and Kin near fini sh ed ahea d of h im . As th e last m oto go t underwa y Ne rse th an d Lantz were tie d fo r th e lea d with th e CMC type sc o rin g. Ki nn ear trailed th em b y 25 pain ts bu t was just waiting hi s tum. 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