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laVoie/Ossa Team Top Alabama 180T Qualifier! - Ossa Desert Phantom mo unted Kevin LaVo ie won overall and led the three-man Yan kee Mot o rs team charg e to first Man ufac t urer' s Team Award at t he Two Days in Alabama ISDT Qualifier, April 19·20, LaVoie's teammates, Don Cutler and Max Markow itz, piloted th eir Ossas to first 250cc and seco nd 200cc placings resp ectiv ely . Ossa 's new gen eration of high p erfo rm ance trial s/enduro mach ines hav e t he sp eed . hand ling , light w e ight a nd re liab ilit y needed to put you up fron t in any c ross country the lead and kept it throughout the second day 's 154.7 mil e run, garnering the class win for Husqvarna. Ed Schmidt's 1387 score put another Husky in second, jus t ahead of Charles Bethards' Bu!. Ossa in th e Following Te am Man u factu rers ' Te am standings was Pen ton Imp o rts. Tom's win hel d up th e losses o f b oth J ack an d earl Cranke, keepin g th em in th e . running. Th e Ro kon " B" team to o k third. Tommy Wages Honda Enduro te am clai med the first spot in th e Club Team finish ing p ositi o ns. Second and th ird wen t to th e Mo roney 's En d uro Riders and Cycle Nuts and Bolts team s. Even though th e secon d day 's " A " sche dule was termed rough by many of the ex perienced riders , the run was ju dge d by th e same people to be "very go od for a first time e ffo rt. " To be co m me n de d fo r th e layou t o f th e en ti re course arc Edd Crocker and Buddy Birdwell. The Pell City Lio ns Club saw that concessions were available, and furnished the fre e Saturday ni gh t dinner for riders. The Tw o Days in Alabama co m mittee, 10 co nc erned riders who promoted the event, are anxious for a chance to change their name to the ISDT in Alabama c o mm ittee. The AMA Board of Trustees will make the decision based largely on their Two Day event. If they can take their excellent first time effort and enlarge it to an even better second time attempt, it p ro mises to be a well ru n Six Days program. • Results in Results Section. DfSTItIIJUr £D BY Y~NK"~ ,~S= p a 80036 . Sch'l\f(lld y. "l, ... "'0•• 11301 1~J1 E O•• Am Blvd . t.J'son. t.l,j 90144 o eve nt. locall y or inte rna ti o nally! See t he Desert Phantom and Super Pioneer at your Tom Penton set the faste st grass track times on both days. Ossa dealer's and see why these machines help you zero t hat next check! r next week ~ The latestfrom Europe: Falta and the Austrian GP Ago beats "the kid" in Spain plus 4J ~raig Vetter intervi~w TAILLIGHT MYL T1PLEXER WITH BRA KES ON ~\ . I II" 0 • ~I ~ I I/ ,: BEFORE 1\ AFTER NOW AVAI LAB LE! Sol id -state switching un it allow ing rear tu rn-s iqnal lights to op erate both as tur n-slqnals an d br ake li g h ts. 5 sim ple connect ions with com plete instruct ions . Size 1 1.4 x2x2V2 . INTRODU CTORY OFFER 516 .95 PPD Check or money order D.W. RUBE ENTERPRISES Dept. C, Box 608 , Winchester, Or, 97495 Bultaco Headqu arters Suzuki Sports Center 4 200 Saviers Rd ., O xnard. CA Best selection of parts, bi k es. dy no t uni ng 14 1\ 805-488 ·26 19 or 8 05 ,64 2-8458 Penton ace Carl Cranke suffered heavy point losses on the second day .