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than if he'd fallen . The restart wasn't too smooth either, and Mike Beanway lo o ped h is Su zuki as a result. Twenty-one women sho wed up for the Starters' race, and as usual it was Johanna Stenersen (Yam) and Sue Fish (Yam) out fro nt. J ohan na crashed in both m o to s leaving the wi n to Fish . Rh e Glierni (Ho n) was running th ird (and first Amateu r) until she co llided with Ch e ryl Acres (Hon) - both we nt do wn. Among the more impressive rides was turned in by Novice Penny Miller; she be at so me of the fas t Amateurs . It's likely that she1l be bu mped to Amateur as a res ult . Linda Stinebaugh came in second Novice an d Chelle Blythe topped Kim La Vigne for first Amateur. Ail-in-al l, t he lad ies were turning especially fast lap s ... in especially good form! One male spectator theorized that it must be the tight leathers . . . less w ind re sistance! • Results in Results Se ction. Nichols returns to win at 395 By Phil Carpenter ADELANTO, CAL. , OCT. 19 Mike Myers won the 500 Open TT and Steve Nichols won the 500 Expert half mile , at 395 Cycle Park, but it wasn't easy. With Dave J ohnson, Bob Sanders, Earl Rol off, and Eddie Lawson eat ing their dust, it was a pair o f ac tion-packed m ain even ts. Eating their dust was righ t when the ignition went out on both water trucks. A tip of the hel met to the understanding riders. Sh awn Leipold didn 't do to o badly either when yo u get right down to the way he took on the hot 750s mounted by Mike Laney, Ro loff, Gary Evans and Albert Ren z - a n d won ! Wally By e rs ' Yamaha outhorsepowered Lar ry Orr 's for the 50 0 Novi ce TT win with Chris Blair moving in for a clo se third. Putting hard-driving Orr bac k into second o n the half mile was Bul ta co m ounted Ga ry Pettis. setting the exam p le for so n Shawn to win th e 100 Novi ce T'I' m ai n . Bobbi " Go-G o Girl " Hunter held o ff hi-deser t hotsho e Scott T h urlow in 250 Nov ice T'F ac tion but DN F'ed half m ile. T h urlow 'too k th e hal f mil e. I Dyl an Nei ha rt held sch oo l for t he newl y grad ua ted Novices in th e 2 5 0 Am ateu r and 125 Am at eu r classes a nd to ok all th e cas h . • J Results in Results Section. JENSEN & CRANKEWIN BAJA 1000 125 CLASS 'A N D PLACE AN INCREDIBLE St" OVERALL!! When Eric Jensen and Carl Cranke team up on the Penton 125, things happen, This year, fresh back from medal wins at the 6 days, they proceeded to sweep the 125 class for the second time in a row and brought in the Penton 4th overall. Fresh out of the crate the Penton again performed flawlessly to give these two champion riders an easy victory. BAJA 1000 a real victory for PENTON, JENSEN and CRANKE! PENTON,RIDERS SNARE 6 of 8 U.S. GOLD MEDALS 50th ISDT!! Jack Penton top U.S. rider The Golden Jubilee ISDT was in deed a banner year for Penton sportcycles. U.S. riders Carl Cranke, Jack Penton, Dane Leimbach, Danny Young, Rod Bush a nd Gary Younkins won six of only eigh t gold meda ls won by U .S. rid ers , out of only eleven entries! Eric Jensen, Drew Smith and Fred Cameron bro ught home bronze medal s. Penton / KTM won the individual overall by Hino Buse of West Germany! We h a ve now brought the producti on Penton to the point where they are as competitive, if not more, tha n the specialized 1 - off works ma- The new chinery ! If you're looking for the world's most comp etitive sportcycle, look to Penton 125, 175, 250 and 400 sportcycles of unexcelled power and , qu ality. VERN STREET SWEEPS COTTON BOLL ENDURO, PENTONS WIN 12 OF 16 CLASSESl " Better course, bigger crowds at 395 MX 125 Pento n due soo n. Already a gold medal winner. PENTON CENTRAL 1313 N.£. 3rd St.• A m arillo. Tx. 79105 By Phil Carpenter ADELANTO, CAL. , OCT. 26 Close competition initiated the new MX course at 395 Cycle Park. One hundred racers found another mini-mountain and a 60 percent Sa les Service ...Accesso ries n~'w co urse that shifted the sands to the shoulder. The Antelope Valley Aces dominated the little guys with mini winners Rick Hemme and Kelly Marriott st arting the action. In Mini-m ini Beginners it was pi n t-sized Bubbu Shingler taking two firs ts and a second for Apple Valley. Graduating to Novice with thei r Beg;nner wins was J o hn Mazzei nying over t he 10 0 Novices, Mike Clar k in 125 Beginner actio n a nd Ken Blai r doing a patriotic win for George AFB in 250 rac ing. , Alan Hoover had , the 125 Novice tr &phy in his pocket till Lady Luck deserted h im in the last moto, giving Jim Grover the chance he need ed to cash in a third spot for a first overall . Steve Scalzo's Husky took the las t 250 Novice moto but it wasn't enough to take the overall win from CZ-m ounted J ay Eas t . PSSST••• A new chain is coming BAT AREA BULTACO 5606 W. M anch est er Ave . Westchester. 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