the best racers around, when he was
running our local races. At first you
weren't even aware that he unofficially
broke the track record at Ontario. What
about Wes Cooley Jr.? He has been
doing a tremendous j o b lately.
1 am not saying to stop covering the.
very exciting 25 0 GP battles, just divide
y our coverage more eq ually between the
all out Open GP and the hopped up
street bike 250 GP classes.
BINSIDE
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O"l
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laguna
6
Number One tried harder
National MX ..........•.9
Smith smacks 12 5s in New York
Steve Johnson
10
Man behind th e Green mach ine
TED ZAHORSKI
Lakewood, Calif•
Scramblin'
12
EZ YZ by E.C....•...•.13
Susp ension mods for the
YZ 80 mini
A TZ 250 is a hopped-up street bike r If
y ou stry so • . . Ed.
Speedway ••....•... ..• 14
Villa •.••••...........16
Give us a break
Boy, loo ka ' th e legs on that one
Local hotline . •. •...... 18
Dez •.••••.••••••••••. 21
North ...•............ 22
Swedish T.T. .
26
Sheene's hat-trick double
Results
2:1
Opinion .....•......•.30
Saving road racing, AMA
and the dez
Calendar
Cat
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