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EASY DRIVER IMPACT NEW! NEW! NEW~ P at. No. 3435 86 2 SN+5 KIT 6 piece (0 (0 (0 (0 Packed in 8" Pouch The Lightest & Handiest Hand Impact Loosens & Tightens with a Hammer Blow Dealers - Buy from Factory for Added Profit Kelly Bart lett spectates as Jeff Blix gets a squirt from To m Morris. SNK-6 Kit - While th ey La st - $9.9 5 See ad In Dealers and Serv ice Di re cto ry Improved Implements, Inc. Box 992 New Braunfels, Texas 78130 ..... SCUDERIA HUSQVARNA PENTON LA VERDA SALES. SERVICE ". AND MAIl SPECIAL IS TS LodiM.C. supports. . . M.O.R.E. non pro f it (213) 542·1695 The Finest Selection of Part s and Accessor ies For Bike and Rider We Offer Expert Repai rs Port ing and Competition Tuning R eceive $5 0 Wort h of Parts and Accessories FR EE When Yo u B uy a New H usk y or Pent on. Can you do anY.Jea?e ",0. 1I.0.8.E. of Ca liforn ia I"" I c&e~ 1129 N. 11th St . Sacrament o, CA 95826 24 19 Artesia Blvd. Redondo Beach , Californ ia 90278 $ 10 a year prevent s bad laws and gets yo u all t he stat e news. Yamaha's Gold Cup Series Continued from page 9 co n t inue throughout the day. Winners of the elimination heats will compete in the Gold Cup Championship starting at 7:30 p.m. There will be bands, cheerleaders and upwards of 900 helmet ed you ths on every type of bicycle imaginable. Riders seven to 16-years-o ld wil l com pe te in one of three classes. Novice, Junior or Expert. Bicycles in each class must not ex ceed 20-inch wheels. Safety of both rider and ma chine will be stricrly enforced. Yamaha Gold Cup riders must register at a Yamaha deale rship o n or before J uly 18 . Racers will pay a entry fee of S I at t he race si re. Additio na l regional Go ld Cu p races will be he ld in the San Francisco area and San Diego in August. Winncrs from each regional eve nt w ill co m pete in the Califo rnia S tale Go ld C up Cham pionship, Se ptember 7. in Los Ange les. Acco rd in g to Ya m ah a Vice Pr esid ent Te rry T ie r na n. ' -Am er i c a i s experienc ing t he bi rth of a ne w sp ort which we fee l will be as big o r b igger than Little League o r the o ld Soap Box Der!'y:' • Help from buddy Blix and team strategy save Zahrt's NRA day By Dale Bro wn ~IOORI'ARK . CAI..,JUNE 24 Dave Zah rt (Bu l) came hack from COMPLETE COVERAGE Carlsbad USGP Motocross Castle Rock AMA TT National FIELD TEST KX 450 Kawasak i MXer Yamaha Bicycle Complete MX accessories availab le al TORSTEN HALLMAN RACING INC. 5345 T imk en Sl .•Suite L. La Me... .CA 92041 (714 ) 460-1402 730 S irginal 16 o-, S ensonville. III. 60 12 6 (312 ) 766·9232 mechanica l troubles in th e first mo to of to da y's NRA MX at Valley Cycle Park to finish second Overall - w ith a litt le help fro m a friend. It had appeared t ha t Zah rt wouldn't need any help _ as he grabbed the hole shot in the first moto of the Open Experts ahead of Tony Lanzarone [Mai] and Jeff Blix (Bul). Blix passed Lan zaron e and started to reel in on Zahn, but Zah rt was ridin g well a nd it took him awhile. Blix finally passed the other Bultaco pilot to grab the lead about halfway through the 20·minute moto, Zahrt's expansion chamber cracked soon afte rward and he drop ped to fourth. behind Lanzarone and Terry Van Blaricom (1\Iai). Blix gra bbed the second mo to lead go ing ou t of the ga le with Za hrt an d Lanzarone on his ta il. Lan zar on e dro pped it on the secon d lap , easing t he pressu re o n t he leadi ng pai r. Blix pulled away fro m eve ry body fo r almos t th e en tire race, un til . . . ' T he wh ile nag lap . Blix slowed o n the to p of the hill, where he'd been getting splas hed with wat er fro m To m Morris. Blix asked Mo rr is if Zahrt was beh in d him . Whcn t he a nswer w as affirma tive, he slowed way d own. Practically coming 10 a co mple te sto p in several comers, he waited fo r Za hrt, who finally ca ugh t a nd passed him. Blix took second, with Lanzarone workin g his way back to third. Blix took the Overall win, with Zahrt and Lanzarone tied at five poi nts apiece. Zahrt took second-place cas h, based on his bette r finish in the second m o to . Zahrt was also entered in the 125 Experts. True to his style for the da y, hc took the lead in the first moto an d then dropped out with mechanical ills. Russ :'IcAfee ( Bu l) took the lead on Zahrr's demise and held it. Zahn did win the second moro, with l\IcAfee cooling it in second. Overall, it was ~IcAfee, Robert Morrison (D KW), and Zah rl. • Pedalling like little pistons. t he b icycle-crossers practice for Yamahas B-X Gold Cup Ser ies.