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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - S~uthern If You Liked Ua For Our 2 Stroke Lubriclnta You Will Love Ua For ~olden Spectro 4 Some t houghts on motorcycle lubrication f rom Robert H. Wehman, president and chief enginee r of Spectro Oils of Ame r ica and In t er co nt in en t a l Lubricants Corp. - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- These benef its are immedi ately obvio us when Golden spectre 4 rep laces ord inary automotive type oil in a four st roke mot orcycl e engine: . ,smoothe r shift ing • bette r clu tch oper at ion - • quieter ru nning • qu icker accelerat ion • longer engine lif e Th ese are not idle claims . Th ey are not ju st advertising hype. You have my personal assurance tha t you will not ice a decided improvement in yo ur bike's performance after a few mil es of riding when you change to Golden Spectro 4. 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His closest competitio n came from johnny Ray (2-2) who is on a hi a tus from turf-testing these days. A rapidly recu p eratin g j ak e Roach was third. Mi ni Inter media te N icky Po unds needing a tune-up race before h eadin g for Ponca City and the NM A Na tionals, had to settle for chasing the bi gger bo ys an d bi kes'around the tra ck; a nd this h e did well. Results Every serious two stroke biker knows that Golden Spectre motorcycle oil gives superior engine -perfo rmance for every kind of act ivity moto-x, enduro, oval track or touring. However, many fo ur stroke bike rs are not aware of the im proved mot orcycl e performa nce a truely super ior fo ur stro ke oil t hat is speci f ically designed can achieve. - OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Zitterkopf (Yam); 2. Eric Mac Cracken (Yam); 3. Mike Tripes (Hus). 250 PRO: 1. Gary Bowman (Suz); 2. David Gerig . (Hus); 3. Tom Kelly (Hus). 125 PRO: 1. Gary Bowman (Suz); 2. Pat Hubbs (Suz); 3. Robbie Brown (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. M ike Brown (Suz); 2. Terry Davis (Mai). OPEN JR: 1. Jerry Booth (Hon); 2. Bill Hair (Yam). 250 1NT 1. Sam Groce (Suz). : . 250 JR: 1. Brent Rhoades (Hus); 2. Bean ie Bouts (Yam); 3. Doug Bearden (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Mark Urset h (Suz); 2. Jo hnny Ray (Suz); 3. Jake Roach (Suz). 125 J R: 1. Bob Bearde n (Kaw); 2. J im Farri s (Suz); 3. Chuck Mo ss (Kaw ). M INIINT: 1. Nicky Pounds (Suz). M INI JR: 1. M ike Grab inski (Suz]. Kehoe captures CRC Saddleback MX By Lee Taylor Photo by Greg Tay lor ORANGE, CA, JULY 25 Erik Kehoe, ri ding for Yamaha and O 'Neal, took down a spectac u lar pair of back-to-back wins in th e 125cc Pros at the California Racing Club's motocross at Saddleback Pa rk . His Yamaha burned up the turf in a duel with Gary Denton, T o ny Gomez and Mike Beier that went from wire to wire throughout bo th motos. The first time out Denton grabbed the holeshot and tried to fight off Kehoe, but Kehoe eventually got out in front. With Gomez in third and Beier fourth, the action was hot and intense! Gomez then caught fire , tak ing over second and leaving a battle between Denton and Beier that carried them down to the wire with Den ton holding onto third. Their second .round was just as mad! Denton once more grabbed an early lead and once more found Kehoe riding shotgun. This time Kehoe had Roger Hensley breathing down his jersey. It was a super ride by Hensley as he passed bo th Kehoeand Dento n , sa il ing into the lead. Keh oe wicked it and got up behind Hensley, egging hi m o n lap after lap, until finally' taking com mand on the ,downhill. They left Dento n to fight off Gomez in fourt h. A me re bo bble from Den ~ ton was a ll Gomez needed to take third, u n til -Beier zoomed by, forcing Gomez to .four th. When th e checkered flag wave d them home, Kehoe scoo ped up the winner 's share, a lso return ingla ter in the day and taki ng a seco nd in th e 250cc Pros. Gomez claim ed second pl ace loot with a 2-4 ride an d th ird was Beier. Results 60 NOV: 1. Joel Tokarsky (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Sean Blanchard (Yam). 60 EX: 1. Bubba Erickson (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. Alex Baca (Yam); 2. Barry Carlson (Yam); 3: Chris Ramsey (Yam). 80 NOV; 1. Danny Barnett (Kaw ); 2. Kurt Damato (Kaw); 3. Tom Sawyer (Suz). 80 INT: 1. Thayne Zito (Kaw); 2. Steve Gamb le (Yam); 3. John Fitterer (Kaw). 80 EX: 1. Je ff Barbacov i (Yam). 12 5 BEG: 1. John Della ripa (Suz); 2. Loren Bjork man (Kaw ); 3. David Lechner (Kaw ). 125 NOV: 1. Scott Dameter (Yam); 2. Bren Beck II (Yam); 3. Kelle y W hitfield (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Tim Foster (Suz); 2. Jimmy Palmer ' (Yam); 3. Ji m Pearson (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Erik Kehoe (Yam); 2. Tony Gomez (Suz); 3. Mike Beier (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Henry Corry (Suz); 2. Mike J ohn ston (Yam); 3. M arty Schneider (Suz). 750 NOV: 1. .Kirt Gold ie (Hon); 2. M ike Vichota (Yam); 3. M ichael Martin (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Todd Simons (Suz); 2. Rob Petr in (Suz); 3. Steve Adamson (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. J im Tarant ino (Hon); 2. Erik Kehoe (Yam); 3. Mike Beier (Yam). . OPEN NOV: 1. Dave Grupenhagen (Yam); 2. Joel Ma rks (VZ); 3. Keith Meggs (Hus). OPENINT: 1. Alan Olson (Ma i); 2. Rodger McCabe (Suz); 3. Glen Wells (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Frank Ste iner (Suz). VET J R: 1. Howard Davis (Suz); 2. Bill Olsen (Hon); 3. Russ Braswell (Hon). VET INT: 1. Bob Barr (Hon); 2. H. S. Barn ard (Suz). VET SR: 1. Ala n Olson (Ma i); 2. Ma ri no Bast ionell (Suz); 3. Dan Moore (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Chappy Blose (Hon); 2. J oh n Imbri ale (Hus); 3. Bruce Peters (Kaw). OPEN AM: 1. Glen n Dawso n (Hon); 2. Bob Tomaw (Yam); 3. Dennis Parks (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Mark M iller (Hus). OT AM : 1. Rick Tabor (Yam); 2. Larry Rineha rt (Hon); 3. M ike Mci ntyre (Hon). Chappy blows 'em away at Cal;lyon MX Saddleback m o tocross. Beier p os ted 2- 1 m ot o finishes to earn the o vera ll afte r firs t m oto win ner G reg Zit terko pf DN F th e seco nd ro u nd with transmissio n problems. Zitterkopfpushed h is Yamaha into the lead of the first moto while Beier took a trip to th e turf and rem o unted far downfield. R u n n ing in th e top five in the early going were Suzuki riders T ony Gomez and Fritz Schlegel, and Yamaha riders Vince McMahon and Troy Blake. Zitterkopf kept clear of the challengers behind him to reach the checkers first. Beier charged through the pack to finish in the runner-up position just ahead of McMahon, Gomez and Blake. Blake, Beier, McMahon, Zitterkopf , and Schlegel all powered to the front as the second moto got underway. Blake looked to have things under control for the first few go-'ro u nds , but McMahon pressured for the lea d and slipped past when Blake bo bb led. Beier moved up to challenge Blak e and the two more experienced Na tional riders finally disp laced McMahon to third. Beier danced into the lead and pulled away fro m Blake as th e moto wound down. Beier went home with the biggest share of the purse while McMahon claimed second overall and Blake finished third, ahead of Gomez and Schlegel. By Pam Hardin PHOENIX, AZ, J U L Y 24 Ch appy Blose , preparing for two weeks of racing in the -Pacific Northwest, blew away the field of 10 250cc Experts with back to back wins at Canyon Raceway. ' For Blose the 250s seemed more like a cakewalk than a race . Bu t the race for second was a different story; , Pat Imbriale had the slightest of leads over his brother john. The Yamaha rider in second just kept th e throttle open and took his lines, leaving his brother to get out of shape while try ing every move in the book to get by. By the fourth lap Blose had a good 10-second lead over the Imbriales. O n the fifth lap john Imbriale finally stole seco nd , and his brother was in jeopardy of having h is th ird taken away by Bruce Peters. Peters gassed his green machine to take third, but the ' wa sted time beh ind Imbriale left him six seco nds behind a seco nd place fin ish . The second moto of the 250s saw Blose once again take the lead wi th Pat Imbriale gassing it at the last second to lead R ick Nagle out of the first turn. john Imbriale trailed behind in fourth, but not for long. Nagle was left to reminisce about the first turn action of a few laps earlier, and Imbriale had his brother in sight with half the race gone. Nagle then made a crucial mistake, losing all control and lett ing Peters slip by. With Blose way ahead, Pat Imbriale ate it and ended up in fourth behind Nagle. With pressure from Im bri ale , Nagle was passed within a: lap and went completely ou t of contention while .proving the great truth in his nickname, "The Wildman." Results 80 BEG: 1. Chri s Dixon (Suz); 2. Deano Cowa n (Yam); 3. Paul Pedersen (Hon). 80 NOV STK: 1. Scott Bawde n (Kaw ); 2. Nick Pietrasik (Kaw); 3. Tod Cupp (Yam). 80 NOV MO D: 1. David Pedersen (Yam); 2. Scott Bawd en (Kaw); 3. Scott Aardem a (Hon). . 80 AM STK: 1. Tom Hunt (Kaw ); 2. Ken Hilton (Yam); 3. Jam ie Sims (Hon). 80 AM MOD : 1. Tom Hunt (Kaw ); 2. Ken Hilton (Yam); 3. Jam ie Sims (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. John Kieslich (Hon); 2. Sean Miceli (Suz); 3. M ichae l Bennett (Yam). 125 NOV STK: 1. Lonn ie We lls (Yam); 2. Erik Sjog ren (Yam); 3. Larry Hamen (Yam). 125 NOV M,OD: 1. Larry Hamen (Yam); 2. Joe Ma rziano (Kaw ); 3. Robert Dees (Suz). 125 AM STK: 1. Bill Dalton (Hon); 2. Steve Belluui (Hon); 3. Steve McEachern (Suz). 125 AM MOD: 1. Bill Dalton (Hon); 2. Steve Stultz (Suz); 3. Steve McEachern (Suz). 125 EX MOD : 1. Chappy Blose (Hon); 2. Drey Dircks (Suz); 3. Darren Young (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Jeff Adams (Hon); 2. M ike Leevwen (Yam); 3. David Lou (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Adam Vese ly (Kaw ); 2. Tim Jones (Yam); 3. M ike Angelone (Yam). 250 AM : 1. Brian Tyler (Suz); 2. Char les Tate (Hon); 3. Dale Cooley (Hon). Beier wins tough SSM 250cc Pro battle By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA, JU LY 24 After two closely fo ught mo tos in th e 250cc Pro class, Yamaha support rider Mike Beier posted the win a t this wee k's Sa turday Results OPEN PRO: 1. Steve Bann ing (Hon); 2. Randy Rodrig uez (M ai); 3..Bill Keefe (Hus). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Beier (Yam); 2. Vince McM ahon (Yam); 3. Troy Blake (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Jeff Ward (Kaw ); 2: Brian Myerscough (Hon); 3. Ted Brady (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Frank Emer son (Hon ); 2. George Wagner (Yam); 3. Don Glover (Yam): 250cc INT: 1. Brian Ma nley (Yam); 2. Tim Foste r (Hon); 3. Paul Fitzgibbon (Suz]. ' 125 INT: 1. Kim Dougl ass (Suz]: 2. Sean Corcoran (Suz); 3. Jim Cobham (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. Scot Wiseman (Yam); 2. Brian Nickel (M ai); 3. Robert Klatt (Mai) . 250 NOV : 1. Br ett Du nca n ( Hon)~ 2. Brya n Paquette (Hon); 3. J im Hubert (Hus). 125 NOV: 1. Bill Clemso n (Yam); 2. Greg Groom (Suz); 3. Bernard Ghareman i (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Bing Rayshaw (Mai); 2. How ard Kobel (Ma i); 3. Russel Barto (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Bill Hutch ings (Hon); 2. Tim Hannis (Hon); 3. Randy Paulin (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Tim Howard (Suz); 2. Lane Steeber (Yam); 3. Larry Henry (Suz). MI NI INT: 1. Tomm y Combs (Kaw ); 2. J ohn Fritte rer (Kaw); 3. Wa lte r Elicker (Yam). MINI NOV: 1. Mat hew Ramey (Yam); 2. Eddie Webb (Yam); 3. Pete Pete rsen (Yam). MIN I BEG: 1. Colin Karc her (Yam); 2. Scott Foster (Suz); 3. Joh n Scarberry (Yam). VET EX: 1. Ken Ratzloff (Ma i); 2. Tom Wh ite (Suz); 3. A lan Olson (Mai). VET INT: 1. .L orie Watson (Suz); 2. David Wislon ' (Suz); 3. John Tartag lia (Ma i). VET NOV: 1. Kurt Sofka (Suz); 2. Chr is Tuttolene (Yam); 3. B. Siefert (Hus). Fitzgerald fits in CRC night MX win By Lee Taylor VALENCIA, CA, JULY 23 The 250cc Intermediates rocked the Indian Dunes Park with one of the hottest races' of the

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