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Headliners in tw o of the classes were J eff Ward and Bryan My er scough , the two fas t riders bat tled it o ut in the 83cc Expert and division one of th e O-l lO cc I 2 and ove r class. Myersco ug h topped th e 83 cc class with Wa rd holding second pl ace agai nst a har d charging Kurt So fka (Yam ). Mye rsco ugh also slammed the door o n th e co m petition in the O- l lOcc runo ff. In Pee Wee actio n Scott Sp arggins an d Tracy Sloane sh ared honors in th at class when th ey co llid ed while trying to avo id a spec ta to r cro ssing th e tr ack in front o f th em. • Results in Results Section. Calm at the center of a storm generated by adults, Mamola contemplated a plug reading on the TZ 250. Scratching the surface with AFM at Ontario By Lane Campbell ONTA RIO , CAL., AU G. 17 As if in response to a rece n t mota-m onthl y arti cle on club road racing, so many first -time racers in undated signup that the AFM crew was contemplating a surcharge for mem berships issued at the track. (Tal k about complaining of too much success.) The On tario bowl easily swallowed the extra riders as the club clic ked off eight rider-packed races w ith few in ciden ts , other than repeated pleas for volunteer scorers. Before the ra ce Jim Do yl e. who manages 14 year . old Randy Mamola, was explaining the addition of a TZ 250 to the stable of Yamaha road ra cers : "Not long after we go t the 5 0 , people began saying. 'Hey. do y o u know Randy is second behind KIin zmann and ahead of Galindo?' I thought. wow - Randy's got a chance to win AFM No. One h is first season in ro ad ra cing if we can get hi m on anothe r bike. Bu t now Klinzmann and Galindo h ave four bikes; I don't thin k we can catch up . " It's beginning to sound as if the con t est for AFM's top p la te has de generated in t o a race to see who can buy and fiel d the most GP bikes. • Galin d o and KIin zm an n ran one-two in 350 GP, finishing in the o verall tab just behind Open GP win ner Phil Frank (TZ 700). In 25 0 GP, Galindo and KIin zmann ran three-four after Harry worked his way up through traffi c and Bob Endicott pushed Rudy out of second beh in d wire-to-wire leader Whi tney Blakeslee. Mamola cruised cautiously to a 12 th in that class. knowin g h e co uld smoke the big kids in . th e two smalle r classes. FO R T HE F I RST TI ME IN T HE WEST THE TOP AMA NATIONAL RID ERS BR AV E 400 SHI NY ST EEL ST UDS IN THE WILD . WOOLY WORLD OF PRO F ESSION AL ICE RACING. TH EY CHEW UP. SPIT O UT. AND SLI DE ARO UND AN EIGHT H MIL E ICE OV AL IN A F ULL CLASS "c" PROGR AM G UARANT EED TO MAKE HOCK EY TOP RID ERS INCL UDE: LOOK LIK E A GIRL SCOUT PICNI C G ENE ROMERO FRANK G ILL ESPIE CHUC K PALMGR EN DAV E ALDANA JO HN HAT ELEY EDDIE MUL DER * DAVE HANS EN JOHN GENNAI REX BEA UCHAMP LONG BEACH ARENA / FRt SEPT. 19 /8:00 PM RESERVED SEATS 10.00. 6.50. 5.00. 3.50 . ON SALE NOW AT THE LONG BEACH A RENA BO X OFFICE. ALL WA L LIC H'S AN D LI BER TY A GENCIES. MUTUAL AGENCIES. AND SEA RS/TICKET RON STATE·WIDE. MA IL O RD ERS T O LONG BEA CH A RENA BOX OFFICE. 300 EAST OCEAN BOULEV ARD. LONG BEA CH 90802 . 6 • • INFO : (213) 457-2255 AMA SA NCT IO NED A ND BRO UGHT TO YO U BY THE PROD UCER S OF THE OLY SUPE RBOWL OF MOTOCROSS NEI RaiDbaw Stickie I . Here it is - Cycle News new Rainbo w Stickie Changes colors before yo ur very eyes!! Reflects every co lo r oft he Rainbo w !! [ust fill uut th is order blank and send tu : PO Box Cycle News Prod ucts -ss . Lon g Beach. CA 9080 I I= 1:1 e~ a -.::::I ~ ~ ~ ~ ." ;;. E c: > :; 'C 'C ~ Vi