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Headless spectator "zaps" Act ionland MXers. Field rolling in Arizona By Kent Nicholls Photos by Nicholls & Son, Inc. MARANA, A R IZ. , FEB. 10 There comes a time In the life of every m ot o rcy cle rider when h e is co nfronted with th e temptation to rid e his scooter in somebody's large ro lling field s. Mo re ofte n th an not, said rider gets a lit tle help in resisting this enticing b it of roll ickin g by a very mean lo o k - MAGNETO FOR NEW HARLEY 74 • • • • SUPER PERFORM ER INCREASES HO RSEPOWER LONGER PLUG UFE SELF·CONTAINED UNIT • NO BATTERY NEEDED A true hlrh-performance lenition system. We ttlye a full line tor: 50~50 TRIUMPH. HARLEY SPORTSTIR S, aSA, NORTON AND INOIAN. Walk before you run Mickey QuadeTibblin Then let Rolf and HlJNT MACliNE TCS improve your d irt -rid ing skill - Send $1.00 for catal DI or call tune your bod . Beginne rs to pros. All makes of b ikes accepted - r entals avai lable. Tuit ion fee of $175 .00 CX>\IIlrs all. Contact: 1724 Crenshaw 9 B Ierranee, lvd., Husqvarna International Training Center C alif.90501 (21 3) 32(1.1871 4935 Mercury, Sun DIego . Ca 92111 Ph . 714/292·0670 COMPl.. ~ E YELLOW OR BLUE NON-SLIP OURY 18 MACHINE: SHOP AND R~PAIA S£AV 1 C ~ . rx: ~"'- -' ~Cycl. E..,lne.,ln!l & Supply Deater Inquirlft Invlteo (2'31363-6230 ' ,4 0 N . K f:tAEME'" .. ,.,. IJE ; .... . - C; ... . 9 2 .016 ( 71 4. 530 -5 7 2 0 ing bib overall clad fa rmer toting a 12·gauge. Not so for abo ut 170 Tucson area ride rs. In fact th ey we re invi te d to ride in a large field here in Mara na, which Tucson motorcycle sho p o wne r Gen e Ashley set up as a mil e lon g m o tocro ss co urse co nsisti ng o f tight turns, lo am y soil, a token ju mp or two, a really lo ng front straigh t, and some choking d ust just to kee p riders awake. The main characters in the 125 Expert plot were Ho nda riders Mike Goodrich, Carlos Serrano and Brad Mueller, These three So . Arizona riders always put on a good show and today was no exception with Serrano snatching the lead spot off the line. Just a fron t b ra ke cable length behind were Goodrich and Mueller nearly side by side. Then in lap two , both Mueller and Goodrich slip ped by Serrano and engaged themselves in some truly amazing close formation flying, Mueller in fro nt, Go od rich just be hind. T he two wo uld be side by side d o wn th e front straigh t, both Ho ndas d ead even in ho rsep ow er, Mue ller would keep it o n a fract ion lo nge r in to th e co rner-jus t long eno ugh to stay ahead. T he last lap saw the m exchan ge th e lead several times, Just w hen Goodrich was about to m ake th e move th at co uld h ave mad e th e mota his, his gea rbox hesit ated just long eno ugh to give Mueller a reprieve. Ncar the end of the la p , Goodrich was again at Mueller's ba ckdoor wh en the little Hon da contracted those old oiled plug blues and again let Mueller slip ou t of reach , th is time for good. It also let Serrano an d Paul Red man (Han) (who had been m eth od ically pi cking up territory every lap ) get by for a mota finish of second an d third . Even so, Goodrich garnered a second for the day, Mueller ended up first , Serrano third. T od ay 's 2 50 Exp ert go's main p rotagonists were Strasser. Sam Redman (Ha n) an d Bill Armstrong (Yam) . Just after the rubber. band snap. Strasser pu lled ahead with Redma n in h o t pursuit. In tum four, Redman and Strasser co llid ed , bo th riders go ing dow n, allowing Ar ms tro ng to obtain the lead . Redman got up firs t a nd wen t after Ar mstrong, rid ing righ t o n th e edge. In a lap and a h alf, he ca ugh t the Yamaha rider. In the back of the co urse th ere lur ked a viciously h uge h ole whi ch gob bled up A rmstro ng, b ike and all. T his allowed Redman and a very hard charging Strasser to get by. For tw o laps they played " wa nna trad e b ikes?", with Strasser finally getting ahead in the last lap, A tone point in their game. the two rid ers traded sides of the track w hile both defied gravity several feet off the ground. Disaster struck Strasser - he fo un d the same hole Armstrong had laps earlier. allowing Redman to win both the m o ta and overall. Strasser was the day's second and Ti m Kelly (Yam) nailed dow n thi rd . For a first effort, today's races were not ba d . T he track was narr o w, dust was ram pant both on the track and in the pits. T he race go t o ff to a late start causing the last set of m or os to not be run . Ho wever the track was we ll thought o ut, the p romo ters had a good P.A. syste m and rider ins ura nce. and no t one per son got h urt. The basis for a good o peration is here, and fu ture races • shou ld get b etter and better. Results Old T ime r s: 1. Bill EWing ( CZ ) ; 2 . Joe Sa n M art i n (SUZ) o 3 . Brad Lu ca s (Yam) . M inl cycl e : 1. r ec Mueller (HOn ) : 2. Ron Watmore (Suzl : 3 . R ick Wa tmore ( SUZ) . 100 Nov : 1. B i ll Renolds (HOd) ; 2. R ichard Varner ( enol): 3 . 'van Bowen (Yam). 1 2 5 Nov D iv I : 1. RandY Hamil ton (HOn); 2 . Ran dy Etchart (HOn) ; 3 . M ike Kllglnger (Yam) . 12S N o v Dlv II : 1. Mark G ree n ( H On ) ; 2 . Lat FrankUn (Hon); 3 . Joe Lan dis (H us ) . 1250 Am: 1. Je f f Ham m e r (Yam) ; 2 . R usse l Ba nkston (Hus). 3 . Steve Pa sto r (V am ) . 125 Ex : 1. B rad Mu ell e r (Ho n); 2. Mike G oodriCh (HOn) ; 3 . Carlos Serra no (HOn ) . 25 0 Nov 01'11' I : 1. M o n te Gen nal (HOn) ; 2 . Bill y B a ll ( Mal); 3 . Pau l Tru n.rt (Hus ) . 250 Nov 0 1'11' I I : 1. 8 111 Chil ders (HuS ) ; 2. Davi d Lewis (Vam) . 3 . D ennis M a xwe ll ( Hon ) . 250 Am : 1. JOhn sewell (Yam); 2 . Bob Oder (Ma i) ; 3 . Gary H ed gli n (SUll . 2 5 0 Ex: 1. Sam Redman (HOn ); 2. Steve Strasser (Vam) . 3 . T im K e ll y (vam) . Open Nov: 1. James Md••"han (Ma i); 2 . Edward T h o mas (S UZ); 3 . Tim McDantels (CZ ) . Open Ex: 1. Steve Strasser (Yam). Layne Hanna (Ma il ; 3 . James K irk (eZ) . 2.