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Terry Kinzer has captured the 1975 AMA Fo rmula A Grand National Championship on a Hi Ilclimb fuel-injected 750cc four-cylinder, Honda. Kin ze r edged Lou Gerencer by a scant th ree points in the fin al tally. WHERE IS CALIFORNIA'S MOST EXCITING NEW MOTOCROSS COURSE? TADIUMI Of the 110 AMA Experts who earned National points th is year, 40 of them (compared to runne ru p Texas' 11) were from California. Yo u Georgia hog farmers listening? Under AMA's revised pr o fessional road race structure there will be one class of production raci ng called Superbike Production, open to Expert riders only on mac hi nes of 351-1000cc displacemen t. Th us at AMA National and International events, this will be the only class of production bikes on the card . Some num be rs from th e recent Rand Area cleanup: over 400 volunteer workers from CORVA, M.O.R.E., and the grassroots; 48 tons of trash, ca r bodies and gene ral .debris; 43,000 ac res scored by the highly mobile cleanup crews; nine m ine shafts marked and fenced. The BLM seemed we ll·ple ased with th e coordinated effort. A Remember the $6500 MV we featured an issue o r so ago ? Well, a tester for one of th e o the r motorags grabbed to o much brake in a fast turn while testin g th e same mach ine and rolled it into a ti ght , expensive: wad. Folks who have had the Yamaha TT 500 on th e dyno already say that stock it is putting 26 HP max to th e rea r wheel; and by breathing a little f ire On it, th ey are getting 36. The Mint 400 is on for ' 76, with th e bikers racing on Sunday , April 25 . Entry fees h ave been lo wer ed to $200, in order to ' attrac t enough entries to divide the ra cers into three displacement classes . There will be a 60 % p ayback. For more info con ta ct Min t 400 Raci ng Headquarters, c/o Del Webb 's Mint Hotel and Casino, PO Box 2160, Las Vegas , Nevad a 89101. Stevie Wise, t he McAllen Flash , is back on the Kawasaki te am and will p robably concentrate o n th e 125cc class after th e Stad ium races. o o NOW .. . . 'A FULL WIDTH, LONG; TRUE MOTOCROSS (:;0 COURSE DESIGNED BY JIM WEINERT, ROLF TIBBIN & JIM ELLIS IN THE BEST STADIUM IN THE WEST. THERE WILL REALLY BE SOME FANTASTIC RACING AS ALL THE TOP RIDERS GO FOR THE OVERALL #1 PLATE. <: December 14, Valley Cycle Park: The Dirt Diggers M.C. will hold the last D-37 motocross points event of '75 . ,Chec k the calendar ne xt week for all the details. Sightseeing on Fas track's bac kside : " Well, I've seen two rabbits and a snake so far ... it 's so p retty out t here I almost missed a turn" - Jeff Steele, 125 GP. .." LJ o The AMA made a move to p revent Steve McLaugh lin f rom ru nn ing for the AMA ' Board of T rustees. However, after consultatio n between lawyers, Ed Youngblood re instated McLaughl in's name on the ballot. The apparent . justification fo r the AMA's action was th at Steve's sponsor, ' Armor All, may become a Class "B" member in the fu ture. Harley-Davidson will debut two of their tricked out 250 MX'ers at the American Motocross Final s, December 13. " Rocker " Rex Staten will commandeer one, the other is as ye t unconfirmed. . Bryar Holcomb is interested. = = America's Loco Ciento club team of Malco lm Smith (gold), Dick Bur leso n (gold ) and Ed Schmidt (bronze) placed fourth among 42 club teams entered in the 1975 ISDT. Also in the top 10 (sixth) were the Silver Lake Enduro Riders. The Dirt Diggers will hol d their Hopet own GP trophy presentation in the saloon at Hopetown "sometime before Ch ristmas." We'll d ial you int o the action as soon as th e DDMC tu nes us into the date. = = TICKETS ATSEARSITICKETRON. WALLIC HS, MUTUAL, LIBERTY OR: (••Eall••. .I'IIRI.. 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