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•••A·nd a Good Time Was. H.ad By All P.I.T,S, Memorial Trials by Joe Bogu ms CO LFA X. CAb .. May 2 6 & 27 Sacramen to P.I. T .S. hos te d a terrific Memorial Day tri als. T hanks to Bill Flewl llin g and Mel Blaze , S atu rd ay 's fu n eve n ts st arted o ff with an id ea ta ke n from a ski racer's wo rld . Th e riders h ad to slalom their m o t orcy cles th ro ug h a series of flags fo r time and were penali zed for any flags th at were kn ock ed o ver. In the second eve nt you were ex pec te d to take a bite o u t of a hot dog' that was dripping with rnus tard while it hung from a string. You co uld n ' t stop or put y o u r foot on the ground or yo u were disqualified. The specta t o rs really enjoyed this one be cause th e rid ers would us uall y end up with mu st ar d all o ver th ei r face an d hai r an d no h ot dog in th eir mouth ! The last . even t w as taken from the Ro man gladia tor days. Each rid er was give n a rolled up newsp aper an d a ballon was ta ped to the rear fende r. T he idea was to p o~ everybody else's ballon while kee ping yours intact. The fo rty riders were pu t in to a large ci rcle of spectato rs. T he e nd re sult wa s a hap py bal lo n .b ustin g, cras hing , dus ty , te rr ific event. Wh en all of this was over, everyone we n t ov er and po lish ed off a keg of beer in less than an ho ur. The t r ials started off Sunday mo rning wit h a mo re serio us note. It see med that ev ery sec tio n w as we ll planned an d tested th e riders ski ll . without bei ng da ngerous . Section 5 and H were t he ultra n atural sec tions o f th e day, both were absolutely fantastic. Sec tion 5 lay in a wet cree k bed . th at was ti ttered w ith mo ss cove red rocks. It started off in a straight lin e for abo u t 20 yards and th en mad e a tum to th e left and we n t up a slight in cline o f those moss y ro ck s. At the end yo u were to m ak e a righ t tum over th e e nd o f the rocks. Once o u t of th e cre e k, th e section led yo u up a bank and through two handle bar width tree s , a h ard turn to the right and ou t the exi t. Se ction 8 was a dream for a serious tri als rider: only four flags for th e whole . section , two entrance and two exit . It started off on dry la nd and dropped in to a tric kling st re am a bou t a fo o t wi d e wh ich had ban ks abou t 15 feet hi gh . Once in th e stream you we re faced with a three fo o t rocky shelf. If yo u m ad e it over this there was a rock right in the middle of your path that caused m o st riders to dab. Once over these obstacles you had about five feet to regain your balance and rid e up a 2 ~ foot shelf which was followed by loose rocks and a m u d sinki ng ex it. Wow! Experts Bo b Tyson (Rul) and Steve Darrow [Mo n] battled each other over the demanding course all day. Both Tyson an d Darrow see m to be wi th in five poin ts of each other at mast trials, so the concentratio n was running high . They w e re fairly close over most of the section, but Darrow really excelled in section 5 by on ly losing three one's to Tyson's two :I's and a one, Darrow also came on in section 8 with a 3 , a clean, and a one to Tysons tw o five's an d a 3. At the end D arrow turned in a terrific score of 13 pain ts to Tysons 25. Third pl ace Ex pe rt we nt to Bo b Betrucci wi th 32 poin ts los t. First place Amateur wen t to Darwin S mi th with 62 poin ts lo st . It w o uld ap pear th at th e S m ith fa mily has become troph y greedy becau se hi s son Dean took ' fir st Novice "B" wit h 17 p oin ts and h is wi fe Fay took fir st lad y wi th 14 p oin ts. First place Novice "A " went to the . co nsis ten t J ohn Mile s who sh o uld be transferin g t o Ama te u r cla ss soon if he keep s this up. He beat 14 year old Kid Webb b y o n ly 6 p oints. 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As a Cycle News dealer, you'll not only have the pleasure of dispensing a lot of good cycle news to your .customers, but you'll also have the pleasure of pocketing 40% profit per copy sold per issue . A minimum order of 10 copies e LE WS WEST/EAST/DIXI /e ~ ai e BEFORE news. Race resu lts. Point standings . M ,... . WE'RE LOOK G FORPEO LEW o L KETOSELLO T. According to our latest survey, more than 60 % of all Cycle News dealers sell every copy on their counters. Every issue. Cycle News sells out because readers like our no-B.S. approach to everything from ecology and motorcycle legislation to shop tips, home repairs and no-holds-barred product evaluations. 0.. .., " Graham TT by Pen n ie D ou tt GRAHo\M , WA., June I - No track records were broken ronigh t, but it was the second we e k in a row that a Junior , Brad Tibbett" has set the fastest overall time with a 20.44. Doug Lein, a no ther Junior, h eld second o verall fast ti me with a 20.4 5 . In the Expert «Iass, Jim Einarsson held fas t time and th ird fast time o ve rall with a 20.49. Dan Man gan o took the lead in the Expert Mai n for a shor t lived lead as R and y Skiver m o ved hi s H arley past to take over. Gary Brown was in third, and D i ck W a s ch er w a s fo urth . J im Einarsso n, movin g up fro m a back 'row sta rt to fi fth w as putting t he pressu re o n Wascher, wh en he de veloped p roblems ; dropping back ·to alm ost last an d th e n alm o st puIling o ff th e cou rse, Einarsson di sc overed th e problem, and wh ile still r acin g, fix ed it and st a rted to move up again. Skiver was stre tc h ing out hi s lead with Man gano second. Wascher had moved up to third and Brown wa s fourth . Gordy Ochs was moving up fast and took over fourth, th en ed ged o u t Wascher to take over third. Ein a rsso n had moved up to take over fifth and going in to the dogleg , was in the p ro cess of passin g Wascher for fourth, when the two bikes go t a little too close and Einarsson w as forced off the track. Roger Stanley go t by to take over fifth . Einarsson w as ab le to get back on th e trac k to fin ish six th with Brown seven th and Parks eigh th . Skiver jcro ssed th e finish lin e in fir st, Mangano was secon d while h oldin g off Ochs in thi rd . Jim Einars son, R andy S k iver, R oger S tan ley and Dave Yost m ade u p th e E xpert T roph y Dash . Einarsso n (Tri) took th e lead wi th Skiver (HoD) secon d, S tanley (T ri) third and Y ost (T ri) fo u rth. E in arss on m ai n ta ined h is lead over S kiver t o t ak e home t he trop hy . Do ug Lein jetted into th e lea d wi th Bob Co oper and Br ad Tibbe tts in very close pursu it fo r th e start of th e J un ior !\lain. It was a tigh t race fo r firs t wi th Co oper keeping th e pressure o n Lein until he wen t a little hi gh on the first tum and lost gro u nd. This gave T ib betts a chance to begin to pressu re Co oper fo r second and goi ng in to th e dogleg, T ib be tts wa s able to jet by C oo per, taking over second and moving up on Lein , Tibbetts began t o gain gro un d fa st and passed Lein c orning out of th e first tum. Tibbetts maintained the lead to win with Lein second, Cooper third. The Junior Trophy Dash consist ed of Br ad Tibbetts , Doug Lein , Bob C o oper, and John Marinacci, Lein took th e lead with Tibbets close behind. Lein went all th e way to take home the troph y as T ib be t ts made a hard drive c om ing out of the sweeper on the last lap, bu thad to settl e fo r second. Cooper finish ed third and Marinacci fourth. Randy Scism (winner of his heat ra ce ) took the lead in the Novice Main with Koler Kanistanaux (win ner of his h ea t and th e Novi ce Trophy Dash both riding Honda's ), in second. Byrd was in third a nd in the last few laps of the race, Mike Boyes passed to take over third. Scism won the Novice Main, Kanistanaux placed in a close second, with Bo yes third on a Yarnahaand Byrd fourth riding a Bultaco. .. .'" III N L