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EPART '" " '" ~ N M .... Cl ToRCo - N e " ..., 2-CYCLE OIL :l ;: '" w $.69 Z W ...J CHAIN .LIFE 16oz, $1.99 .JUNIOR U > U 'BB UNBREAKABLE WALKER LEVER BOOTS $.99 $24.95 $1.49 MOTO-X SOCKS STD NGK $5.95 TIE D SPARK PLUG S o W $.59 ~ $12.95 THE WORLD'S LARGEST CHAIN OF MOTORCYCLE ACCESSORY STORES • PA SA D EN A EIG HT LO CA TIONS TO SERVE Y OU • LON G BE A CH • HA RB O R C I TY 1890 E. Colorado (2 13) 793 ·4226 58 69 Atl a nt ic (2 13) 42 3 -9236 129 0 W. Pa c ific Coast Hwy, (2 13) 530-09 04 • HA WT HOR N E 12942 Haw t ho r n e .• EA ST LOS A N GELE S 400 S. A tl a nt ic • W ESTMIN STE R 1368 2 B eac h Bl vd . (2 13) 6 76 ·8 20 2 • SA N DIE GO 50 05 EI Ca jon Blvd . (71 4) 582 -2290 As the J unio rs get away, Ted Henter leads John Long (45) and everyone else. It stayed that w ay . (7 14 ) 89 3-44 50 (2 13 ) 2 64- 4 10 7 - b y Jack Mangus Ph otos b y Gary Van Vo orhis & Mangus FLOW ERY BRANCH, GA., June 3 Ted Hen te r, Jo h n Long an d Billy Labrie finis hed o ne -two-th ree in th e 5 0 mil e Jun ior race to m a ke it an all Floridi an vic to ry lan e cele b ra tio n at R oad Atlanta. J ohn Long led th e initial fo u r laps , b u t on lap five Hente r took the lead, and by th e en d of th e twen ty lap go arou nd , Ted h eld a fifteen second lead ove r Lo n g, wit h Labrie fo rty second s behin d Long in thi rd place . The Main was a c arb o n co p y o f the second Qualifying Heat finis h wise, an d Hen ter held the p ol e for the Main b y virtue of turnin g in th e fastest Heat race time. . Phil McD onald, the win ner of Daytona's J unior race, w o n the first Qualifying Heat ' and moved in to hi s fin ishing positi on o f fourth on th e seventh la p , af ter h aving foug ht his way by Ruby Galindo, Doug T eague and Bill Payne. Pete Chance y and Pat Hen ne n carried on a ra ce long dic e that moved th em in to th e fifth a nd six th spo ts at the finish . Canadian Chance v m ade it a }-2-3-4-5 sweep for Ya maha by holding off Pat Hen nen, wh o was aboard a Ro n G ran t sp o ns ored Suzu ki. He n te r, ridi n g a Ba rney 's Yam ah a , formerly lived in Pan am a 's Canal Zo ne and is n ow atte nding co llege in F lorida. He po sted an average speed of 9 3.285 MPH ,. b reaking th e record set last ye ar by J erry G ree n e by almost five MPH. RESU LT S , _ 1. T ed Hent er (Ya m); 2. Jo h n Lo ng (Yam) ; 3 . B i lly L abri e (Vam ) ; 4 . Phil McDo na ld (Yam) ; 5. Pet e r Cha n cey (Y am) ; 6 . Pat Hennen (SU Z); 7. Do ug Teague (Yam) ; 8. T im Ro ckwoo n (Yam ) ; 9 . L. A . F itc h (Va m) ; 10. Ga ry MeG a r an ( Y am ) . • SAN BERN ARDI NO 4 73 W. Ba s el ine (71 4 ) 888·2505 . I 8 LO CATIONS OPEN 7 DAY S A WEE K TO SERV E YOU OPEN MONDAY S. WEDNE SDAY S. TH U RS DA YS . & FR I DAYS 10 9 : TUESDAY S 10·7: SAT U RD AYS 96: SU NDAYS 10 --1 , Sale 'Friday, Saturday & ~unday £!nly , - SOLEDA .SANDS D .: f' .::- • ...... -,-; JUNE 16 & 17 Over night campmg association rules applied june 15- practice day 9 to 2 pm. fee $3 june 16- chapter against chapter. 1st race 9am. $7 mail $10 post. june 17- expert,amateurs, and novices 1st race 9am. $7 mail $10 NOV ICE SuP POrt C l a~ : 100% TWO"'" LI MITED CLASS 5tZ E 125; 250 & 500 ctasses Sat. -;- Sun . directions to so ledad sand s park: t ake golden state f wyo' t o pa~dal e ~ut of-r (hwy 14 ) to a ct on . take' 'cr own valley o-r! ramp- -rollow signs. for race info call: 805-259-1008 p.o. box 149 saugus, cali! oldtimerl!l world cham ionmi i J '1 b y Gary Van V oo rh is Photos by J ack Man gus & V an Voo rh is FLO WE R Y BRAN CH , GA ., June 2 Floridian J ay Levin gston scored a flag-to· flag vic to ry in the Novi ce final, pressured o n ly in the la te laps by a ra pid Scott Erickson wh o closed th e gap to thi rt y yards at the flag . R ohn Ish mael bagged th ird (an d lai d hi s bike d o wn o n the c o o l off lap ) while Wes Cooley Jr. and Bob Hartl ey rounde d out the top five . The pole po sit ion for th e final we n t to Levingston by vir tu e of h is fast he at win with West Cooley scoring a victory in the o ther Q ualification Heat tha t set the final gri d ' o f six th riders. Pee Wee G leason and Bob Hartley fin ishe d . second in their resp ec tive hea ts, p u tting th em in lin e for a good sho t a t the win also . L ev in gst on 's m ain c ha lle nge evapora ted be fore th e end o f th e first lap as Pee Wee Gl eason en de d his rid e with a super so me rsau lt th at injured his sho ulde r. Th e ch ase wa s quickly taken up by Ed Daley and then Rohn Ishmael. Ishmael qu ick l found th at hi s first problem was a fast cl o sing Sco tt Erickson and an un sh ak eabl e Wes Co ol ey. T he tri o con tin ue d to battle th roug h th e late lap s whil e Levin gst on began to o pe n a safe lead, Randy Cleek h ad wo rk ed hi s w ay in to fif t h postio n b y lap twe lve w ith Bo b H artle y and G ary Blackman also slici n g through' traffic fo r spots in the t op ten. C lee k' s rid e en de d on lap seven teen wit h a fo uled plug. Erickson pulle d in to the d raft of Ishmael on lap th irteen an d b y the nex t lap had moved in 10 second fo r a shot at the lead er. Levingston continued wi th a consis te n t pace t o cap tu re hi s second No vice vic to rv in three Main events. RES U LTS , ' 1. Jay L evingston (Yam ) ; 2 . Sc o tt Eric k son ( Y am ); 3. Rohn Ishmael (Yam ) . 4. W es Coo ley (Yam); 5 . Bob Hart ley (Yam); 6 . Gary B lackman (Yam) ; 7 . Ed D a ley (Yam) ; 8 . Rich Chambers ( Y a m ); 9 . Steve Moorehead (Yam); 10. Chuc k K illen (Yam) . Jay L evin gsto n led f rom gr een to checkered . Like all th e winners ex cep t Perry h e was on a Yamaha. NOVICE' There was some fairing bang ing of various sorts . This fellow got off ...