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the firs t moto . Montesa m ounted Weinber g lost his m omentum in the next t wo motos ta king a fo urth and a six th , b u t still finis hed o ne point ahe ad of Bru ce Peter son in third posit ion. v Pe te rso n st arted slow ...ith a fifth in the first m oto and built his speed to ta ke a fo ur t h and th en a secon d in th e next two race s. Chris Min or was ho t in the 100 Novice clas s. Ten-year-old Chris led th e oth er 100 s ar oun d th e tra ck all evening. Rick Markst adt was the seco nd m an in a t th e en d of round ' t wo , afte r pa ssing J im Scott on th e second lap . Nex t tim e aro und it was Min or in fro nt, Scott rig h t be h ind and Brian Burc h gett ing t he ,t hir d . Min or wa sn 't abo u t to le t anyo ne by him as he too k the checkere d for th e th ir d time . Burc h moved into t he secon d spot fo r the final lap s wit h Marks tadt right o n hi s rear wheel . • Real thunder was he ard wh en the Ope n No vice roll ed to the line. Th ere were en ou gh rid ers fo r two good heats and Fallbrook's Tim Su mmi t grabbed to p p osition in the first round. Summit was way o ut front , leavin g Larry McCaul an d Mik e Le nfers to battle fo r seco nd to th e fini sh . Th e seco nd heat , Glen Rees anti his Maico blas ted o u t in fro n t, leavin g a trail o f d us t for the o thers to foll ow . Th e race was fo r secon d. Flip Binkley go t it after a lon g-fo ugh t battle wit h Thoma s Farr ell. Larry Mc Caul won the semi wit h James Throne secon d an d Bink le y third. Th under again as th e b ig bike s ro ar ed off the line, with Glen Rees again off to a great star t . Yamaha-mounted Larry McCaul hung o n tight to za p second place a way fro m Thomas Farrell and • win th e last tro phy. Results in Re sults Section . It takes horsepower to win . . . the kind of brute po wer that comes on ly from a big inch displacement engine. o The Maico 450 is the biggest , most po werful engine you can control for motocross. Nothing can get fro m comer to comer faster . To win you need a com- bination of a big engine tha t produces plenty of torque/ ho rsepower plus t he kind of handling th at made Maico famous in world-wide mo tocross competition. Only Maico buil ds an MX machine that can handle this much ho rsepower and st ill go straight! 0 Stev e Stackable, Jim West, Rich Thorwaldson, Gaylon Mosier , CMC high po int man Bill Rubly , Luke Messer and many more t op name rac ers, are all up front with Maico 450's. You'll be there too, on a Maico . l!i~"';" """;';';"';"""""':"':"":"'~';':;';';';';:"':':':"':"";;:,::;:,;,:~,:,:::,:,~,:;::;:'::':'::':;;:~":~:"'ll;~::" ;';';';':;" :"';;'~'''~"':"';;: :;:;;';""~';;;';:;';'; ;tii;,;mr:'''11 Geritol generation gets it at 395 50,000 SPECTATORS . . . LOS ANGELES COLISEUM .. . JULY 19, 19 7 5 500cc CLASS: l st.. . Gay lo n Mos ier 3rd . . Doug Sherman 6th .. Bill Rubly By Phil Carpenter ; 250cc CLASS: 5th .. Rich Thorwaldson ADE LANTO, CAL. , A UG. 2 Maico 450 Maico 450 Maico 450 Maico 250 . . . aga inst world's best Europeans and Amer icans: Roger DeCoster, He ikk i Mikkola, T~ e Gerit ol generatio n TT racers had more fun tha n any bo dy and still sto le the show! Not only did they do the ir thing on th e TT co urse with t he yo ungsters, but they rode a five lap TT sweepst ak es th at h ad spectators hanging o n the fence an d scre ami ng. Givin g first p lace trophy to Dave Bec k, the 'op erat in g en gineer who buil t the new TT co urse , was his favor ite mi nibike racer, da ugh ter J oy . Dic k Powell an d Norm Laney, fat he rs of tr ack re co rd holde rs, fough t it o u t for seco nd with Powell grabbing th e lead after tw o lap s, while starter "B ig Mike " Hun te r chased the m on daugh ter Bobbi's winning 25 0 Yamaha. Tractio n was good and trac k records fell. Rip Sweaney , the m aster of TTs, showed the youngster s ho w it is do ne by set ting th e TT trac k recor d at 39 s e c ond s ab oard a scr eaming 350 Kawasaki. San Diego 's To m Worfo lk mat ch ed Mike Laney 's 'h al f-mile tr ack record a t 28 seconds aboard a 750 Yamaha, as the y pl ayed checkers in the h ottest rac e of the ni gh t . Worfolk 's power too k the lead off the line and held it fo r fo ur lap s un til Lane y passed him o n the so uth co m er. With Mark Fitz gerald on th eir heel s, Mike slid off th e so uth comer while Worfolk to ok the chec ke red. In Ope n TT ac tio n , Mar k Fitzgerald hel d off San Diego's No. 1 Tim Mel an con riding a 65 0 Triumph. Rip took th e lead in separate 500 Expert actio n in both TT and hal f-m ile , while th e re al battle for secon d was on between Tim Melan co n , AI Glove r and Taft 's Sh awn Leipold. Eleven 25 0 Experts tried to catch Bob Fanner 's ne w Can-Am on th e hal f-mile, includ ing J im Nose k and San Diego's Al Glover. In TT ac tion , Randy Bird e dge d out Farmer, while Richie Yolk grabbed th ird for San Diego. Riverside b us inessman Do nnie Curd ' mean t business as he tack led and wo n the 500 Am ateu r Mains with Ted Share r igh t behind on each lap. J o hn 0 SEE YOUR DEALER OR WRITE FOR FREE LITERATURE fN/!JJD@@ EAST: M aico Motorcycles. Inc. _ 109 Electric Avenue. Lew i stown, ~ e n nsy l v8n i 8 17044 MIO-cENTRAl: Debenham Imports . Rou te 1 , Bo x 211 • Antioch , illin o is 60002 WEST: Coop er M oto rs • 110 East Sa nta A n ita Avenue • Burban k , Ca l ifornia 91502 WHITTIER HONDA Motorcycle Trai lers Bell Helmets Full Bore Products 14324 E. Whittier Blvd . (2t 3) 698.()065 Expansion Chamber Cone Sets 20 Ga. st eel ro ll ed and se a m sp ot w el de d read y to d esign y ou r ow n ch amber . 3 Pc. sets . $ 12 .00 . 4 Pc . sets , $1 4.0 0 . 5 Pc. set s, $ 16.0 0 . Po st p aid . Plus Sales Ta x. Q ua nt ity d iscou nts avail able. 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