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I ••~ · .......,. Local hotline make il yourlell & JAYE A MID-SEASON SPECIAL FROM THE TRAILER LEADER OF SOUTH CENTRAL u.s.; TAURUS PRODUCTS (formerly Kester's Karr iers). SAVE WITH THIS INTRODUCTORY OFFER FOR THE FAR WEST ONLY. • REDWITHBLACK • NO WELDING • NOPAI NTING ACT NOW AND SAVE • HANDLES3 BIKES EASILY • 12 INC WHEELS H • CAR & TRAILERWIRING • NOSPECIALTOOLS • BUILD IN 3 HOURS • 1200 LB. CAPACITY 19995 For the entire kit . shipped prepaid to your -.._ Shipped within2 - .. PAY $25 NOW, KIT SHIPPED C.O.D. THE REMAINDER. tGUIUI ploductl P.O. BOX 222'16 DALLAS. TEXAS 75222 . I endose by 0 Checl< 0 Money Order o Charge me: BankAmericard . Exp. clate _ Master Charge ' Exp. date, _ Name ' Bob Hannah put on his Sun day gon na race face, ridi ng off into the sunset with 250 and 500 Pro dass gold . _ Adctress i Clty _ Siote' Zip, _ Dea ler inqui ries invited . Nixon returns to road racing By John Ulrich ONTAR IO, CAL ., SE PT . 2 1 Suz u ki factory racer C ary Nixon mad e hi s return to co mpe tition with a second place at an AFM race ' Sunday . It was Nixo n's first race sin ce a ser iou s cras h wh ile te st ing bik es in J apan 15 mon th s ago , Ron Pierce su ffe red a b roken wr ist in a 25 0 GP crash he a tt rib uted to the failu re o f an expe rimen ta l ligh t we igh t rear tir e o n his K R250.. Steve Bak er , Canad ian Yam ah a rider , w on bo th 25 0 and Op en GP events. Compl et e s to ry in Cy cle News Roadrace Romance Spe cial issue next week. • Bob Hannah: Fast & wild, does his double-take By Joel Jamieson I RVI N E, CAL., SEPT. 2 1 Ci\IC pu t up a th ousand clam s for the Pro racers to go for at Saddl ebac k to day , and as usual, th e m on ey drew qu ite a field of t alen ted racers. In the 500 Pro race, Ro bert Han n ah (Su z), a n d S uperbow l 500 class ch am p ion, Gay lon Mosier (Mai), were the riders to watch. Ga ylon, pulling off two holeshots in tw o motos , co uld hold o ff wide open Hann ah for only a few laps before the DG /Su zuki racer would get b y . Han nah an d Moise r would ba ttle for a few laps but lI annah would slowly move into a very co m fo rtable lead . The race was very consistent wit h Han nah win ning wi th tw o firsts . Mosier had two second pla ce rides for second p lace mon ey, an d Rich Thorwaldson (Mai), afte r his bars cam e loose in t he firs t mo lo , p layed ro ad -racer fo r t he rest of th e race . ta kin g a th ird . Ma r k Po p e l (Su z) wr apped up an other 500 In te rm ed ia te win m a king it two in a ro w at Saddle back. Raoul Esca m illa look his CZ to second overall , while Mc Kees Cycle ac e. Randy Blevins pic ked up t hird . Th e 125 an d 25 0 Pros both ran quali fiers fo r the winner-take-all fin al. After p assin g th e fin ish lin e in t he first 25 0 Pro qu alifier, Mart y Sm ith (lion) and an ot her rider had a ver y slow sp eed crash whi ch was kind of funn y . Th a t was just one o f t he p roblem s I\lar ty had i n th e 2 50 race . lI is ne arl y st o ck Els in ore was j us t to o underpowered to keep up with th e leaders o f the 250 5. R o b er t lI ann a h ( S uz) c an be de scri bed in two word s: Fast and wild ! I me an thi s guy flies. lI annah led th e 250 Pro fin al fr om st art to fini sh. DG fas t gu y. Dave Williams (Yam) h ad to se t tl e fo r seco nd in th e race as Hannah h ad leads almost to o big fo r anyone to gain o n h im . J eff Jenning ca me from mid-pack t o e arn t h ird place m on ey aboard his No rm Reeves Bultaco. Bob Elliot (lI us ) and Mike Ste arns, no w m oun ted on one of the fast RM Su zu kis, rou nded o u t the top five places. Mar ty was sixth. b ut j us t wait till t he 1255 co me o n . DG ho leshot art ist Gary Den ton, did his th in g to start o ff the 125 Pro final. Afte r a few laps, t hough , it came down to two ride rs. All aro un d cham p , Marty Sm i th (lion), an d DG s ta r , Dave William s (Yam). CI\IC No. I Mike Bell was holding on to first as William s slip pe d by Smith at the scoring lo wer. Both Williams and Smith zapped Bell on the up hill jump. Marty d idn't reall y dig b ei n g i n sec o nd and disposed o f Williams to take over first . Williams 8" TRAVEL FORKS by THESE FEATURES MAKE BETOR MOTO-X FORKS THE FINEST AVAILABLE • TRU E 8" TRAVE L + REBO UND . 2 1.5 LBS. TOTA L WEIGHT • FORGED AV IONA L 40 ALUMINUM CROWNS • SUP E R T OUGH 35MM CHRO ME MOL Y STA NC HIO N TUB ES . 34 " O VERA L L LENGTH ADJ USTABLE • UNIV E R SAL SPIN DLE • DOUB LE 3 LI P SEA LS IN EAC H S LI D E R • V ENT ED TU BE CAPS WI TH F IL T E R • H E AT T RE AT ED FR ONT AXLE • SU P ER IOR DAMP E NING • REB UI LD AB LE BETOR AMERICA CORP. P.O. BOX 328 LEWiSTOWN, PA. SPECTRO OILS California & Nevada call 714·887·1490 P.E.P. Dist ributing Co. PO Box5455,5an Bernardino. CA92412 17044 Good~ear is Carroll Shelby 213-538 -2914 21