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Cycle News 1974 12 03

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EUROPEANS RETURN Dean Miller (Han) bo ogeyed to t h ird Nov ice . Conro y to o k the checkered flag in MX style. 525 . (Co nroy got S IOO, ~l cEvoy $50 ). First Expe rt was none o ther th an 01' Gus Pau ll [he Tl be 4 3 nex t mo nth) o n his trusty '7 1 Husky . This makes it virtually impossib le for McCasland to cat ch him in t he po in t sta ndings. Fifth was Heath Hibbard (y et ano th er big-bore th ing made by th at Swedish sewing mach in e co mpany). ~IcCasland was in for six th, fo llo wed by John Steen, whose "tired" Elsie carried him to firs t 250. Pro MXer Taylor fin ish ed eigh th , fir st little bi ke. Greene, wh ose Baja had broken a flywh eel on Saturday, brought his borrowed 125 Elsi e in for first sm all-b ore Expert . Stumbo blew the Yammie's upper en d with just a wee k left until Barstow. Ouch. In the 250/0pen Nov ice bash, Pat Ko uri (400 Hus) took the early lead only to be zapped by Dea n Kirk (25 0 Bul). Kirk held the lead until his seat flew off, then had to follow Kouri the rest of the way. Dean Miller (250 Ho n ) t urned in an impressive ride for third despite havi ng to stop at every che ck on the last loop to give checkers his number, due to a lost plate. Eric Spaeth took the early lead agains t the small -bore Novices and held it for the duration. Brett Nound an d John Lawson ran second an d third respe ctivel y. All were pushing Ho ndas. Lawson's bike got quite a workout, since it was the bi ke that carried Dennis Greene to an Expert win : John Gaddis made it a good day all around fo r the Swedish marque , as he took first Open Beginner on his Husky, followed by Rick Wilson o n his 250 Honda. Lee Wilson (J 75 Hus ) was th e wire -to-wire winner against the 0-200 Beginners, wi th Vern Heath (175 Pen ) in for second. Leslie Klu g was firs t Powder Pu ff, as us ual, finish ing fourth overall . Th e nin e-mile circ uit was a pretty interes tin g layou t wi th so me rocky uphills, bumpy down h ill s, et c. But the feature th at will be im bedded in mo st minds (especially Beginners ), was th at steep, sno tty uphill abo u t a mil e past th e bomb. By th e tim e I got th ere , it was abso lute ma yh em, so I we nt past t he mar ked tra il and gassed it up o n th e left side with no probl em. (If only I ha d don e it the second time aro un d !) I twas a thin king m an '5 circui t if ever the re was one. Oh my achi ng bo d. What reall y hurts is that a ten -year-old girl, Kelly Kline, ma de it up the hill and around all three times on h er Honda mini. • Results will appear ne xt week. $20,000 POSTED AWARDS CYCLE WORLD I ER II AL » ,,-t;. ' ~ OT C 55 FINAL EVENT, TRANS-AMA INTERNATIONAL MOTOCROSS SERI ES SU AY DECE BE 1 SADDLEBACK PARK PRACTICE: 9:30 AM, FIRST INTERNATIONAL MOTO 12 NOON FIRST 250CC SUPPORT CLASS MOTO 1 PM Take Chapman Avenue East Off Newport Freeway To Santiago Canyon Road, Turn Right To Park Entrance . Gates Open 6:30 A.M. Phone 714 ·639-5832 Fo r Furt her Info rmati o n Advance sale tiekets available at Liberty ticket agencies and Wallachs Music City stores. Discount Coupons available at your Kawasaki dealer and at Grant Boys store s. Orange County. $7 .00 admission. $4 Jun iors 6 to 12 . under 6 FREE. One dollar off with Discount Coupons. ~ Rac e on racetracks. Anaheim Suzuki Works Int roduc ing the New Open 7 days 10-8 714-772-3080 71°n~tie~~~~elm ~ -t.4dn.gU= . West : 1490 Favetre St.. EI Cajon, CA 92010 7 14-449-6712 East: 440 Belden Ave.. Addison. IL 60101 31 2·543·5 247 " Factory Replica" ~'~J~@fMj~eN ~ ~~~NUl~mc . '\... / Jot;:;CYC L ES a ."kl menta rd M lSlercha'lII IOlJ'I,Fln8llCln i 22126 V, nlU B fi lvd., WlXIdland Hils,CA913041 l 2131340.215'1 Guaranteed Top Performance Wider Powerband & 2,000 more R.P.M. Consist s of : Porti ng Headwork F.M.F . Pipe 32mm Carb Twin Air Corrected Gear ing $170 All 125cc MX Bikes C MC S A NC T I O N WITH TH E BEST P .O . BOX 1402 COSTA M ESA. CA . Send you, Share the ride. Get in on Route Check . ~ nd e r . h"e3d & piston to: Fly,ing Mach ine Facto ry 1418 W. 259th St. Harbor City, CA 90710 213-5J0.4656 15

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