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J 1 Sean O .Br ien and Davy Jones line up a Mosier straight. Jones took second 125 Int. 350 chew up Mosier as Newman, Pickard chew up Experts By Dave Nielsen A RLINGTON, TEX. , FEB. 1 With foo tball season over and an unusually wann February Sunday on tap, everybody with their mothers, brothers, and dogs A fool and his. cycle are soon parted. Nrilil(rrn (,,,••P10. RACING U "" i'l. FRAMES it was Ro bbie Pannell 's second week in 125 In term ediate action, and it was also the ad vancing Novice's finest ride to dat e. While rival Davey Jones (Ho n) was nagged by a flat and a poo r st art, Pannell and Sean O 'Brien stole the show rid ing the o n ly Bultacos in the class. The 125 Pursan g is often overlooked due to the J ap anese advertising .<,- . , se"",..... ,,,00 15 year old Pro Mel Newman held back Wyman Priddy to win the 125 Experts. ~ra(kma~trr Quality Trac:k Racing Equipment Largest swamped Mosier Valley MX Park. And 350 of them brought motorcycles. As usual, the course was deeply plowed and smoothed, but after an hour of p ract ice , it was a killer. Wide turns with multi ple lines, all rough , made disas ter easy for the u nwary. The man y jumps we re a b lessed moment of relaxat io n for shocks and fo rearms, even offering chances fo r a little styling, wh ile th e remainder of t he circuit, liberal ly laid with butt -busting sandy whoops, was all wo rk . There are n o cream puff winners here in the land of WFO . Cross country veterans Tom Hollist er (Yam) and L.D. Ridd le (Hus) battled in fro nt of a large Over 3 0 gro up, wi th L.D. o n on top after a spirited set of motes, After racin g only a few months, Lewisville 's Mike Hawthorne (Suz) is really get t ing in the old groove, today goi ng 2·1 to win the 100 class over Eddy Pat e (1·3) and Chuck Taylor (3-2). The 76 125 Novices produced two cle ar divis ion winners in J ack Egbers (Hon) and Jimmy Jones (Suz), but we had to notice an amazing last-to-second pl ace cha rge by Ricky Yale [Hon] in th e sec o nd race of Division II, backing up his ftrst moto for a 2-2 score. The huge 250 Nov ice class also had to split, and likewise yielded be dominating perfo rm an ces from Mike Tarter (Bul ) and Ron Kunz, who mastered Division One aboard a 125 Suzuki married with a souped 185 to p end. ~ Bes t Pr ices Selection ~Chassi ~ Cerian l fork s, S & W ShockS, wheels. d isc brakes. Kennedy sprockets and Ba n ke pipe s. Yamal1a 750 k its. cams , va lve sennas, p ipe s and meqs, etc. Spec ial K & N fi lt e rs - Qa s t a nk s - seats. Se nd fo r FREE cat alog an d deca l 2415 Brown Rd., St. Loui • • Mo. 63114 PhD" 13 141 426-6959 o r C l1as Ch a p p le 313·735·5453 Husqvarna Sales . Service . Parts I Expansion Chamber Cone Sets 2 0 Ga. steet ro lle d and se am spo t wel ded ready to d es ig n y our o wn ch amber. 3 Pc . sets. $1 2 .0 0 . 4 Pc . sets, $ 14 .0 0 . 5 pc . se ts . $16.0 0. PostP~d . Qua ntity d isc o u n ts ' a vailabl e . Send your dimensions to Aireo Sheet Metal , 1 5 20 9 G revillea Ave. Dep t. C . La wn d a le . C A 902 60. 213·6 75-529 0 . Fac to ry tr a ined mech anic s shop faci lities Full service en gin e work " If w e don 't ha u« it, uie 'll ge l it fo r you " ~I achi ne TliO '1AMAl-f}. 24020 Narbonne Ave.• Lomit a. CA 90 717 (2 131 534·23 11