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- SERT YCE E April 25th, 1976 Las Vegas, Nevada Entry $250.00 plus insurance 60% payback in class 4 classes 1. 0-175 cc 2. 176-250 cc 3. 251 cc and over 4. Riders age 38 and over 'a ny displacement motorcycle $1,000 - Bonus to 1st overall if 0-175cc team. Professional, on course, gas pitting service available. ke and handed it to Canilda's Lang Kindle (11) . (Right insetl f airing make r Craig Vetter. Stevenson rode his Honda into the early lead over the short infield course, a course, by the way, that was a disappointment to most riders, who had wanted to participate over the entire Speedway bowl/infield layout. Stevenson retired, leavi ng Kindle and Baldwin to add to tbeir.trophy collection as did Craig "Mr. Fairing" Vetter, wh o put his Rickman into third. Shreveport, Louisiana's Freddie Spencer sliced through the field from a fourth row start to nail down the I25cc GP championship. In an all- Yamaha show, Russell Davis and Craig Morris took turns in the lead before Spencer took over. Davis ended up second and Palm etto , Florida 's Stephen Reynolds took third . Dave Emde took the 250cc GP trop hy back to California to add to his 250cc Daytona Amateur trophy of las t year. Emde took a quick lead and stretched it o ut for a very convincing victory . Mike Baldwin registered his third second p lace finish of the day over Robert Bur ton. In the tightest duel of the race, Mitch Landry nipped William Ki mmelsbach for fourth . After three heartbreaking secondplace fin ishes, Baldwin slipped by Jerry Wood to clinch the 350cc GP title. Bruce Nield showed de termination in ta king third from a seventh p lace start. , . • Results 380ec P ROD : 1. Ri c ha r d Sc h lact er (Yam ) . 2 . Alto n Shar p (Ya m) . 3. Ch uck Stohmenger ( Y am) . . 5 5 0 cc PR O D : 1. Charles McDona ld , (K aw ). 2.E d Bargy ( Kaw! . 3 . Alton Sharp (SUZ). O P E N PR OD: 1. Lang Kind le (Kaw) . 2. Mike Ba ldwin (D ue . 3. Ken Gracey ( K aw ). 38 0ec C AFE: 1 . Richar d Schlacter " { Y arn ) , 2. Forrest Kerns (Yam) . 3 . A lton Sharp (Yarn} , 550cc CAFE: 1. Davi d Robinson (Hon ). 2. Randy Re yno lds (Hon). 3. Quentin Hogan (Kaw). . OPEN CAFE : 1. Lang Kind le (Kaw). 2. Mike Baldwin (Due). 3. Craig Vetter (Han). 125cc GP : 1. F reddie Spencer (V a ,). 2. Russell Davis (Yam). 3 . Stephen R eynolds ( Va m ) . 250cc GP: 1. Dave Emde (Yarn) , 2. Mike Baldwin (Yam). 3 . Ro bert Barton (Vam) . 350cc GP: 1. Mike Baldwin (Vam) . 2 . Jerry Wood (Vam) . 3. Bruce Ni eld (Vam ). 750cc GP: 1. Jon Min onn o (Tri). 2. Joe Meomartino (Han). 3 . A l ton Sharp (S u z ). Course and gas stops readily accessible . from interstate 15. A race course laid ou t for motorcycles onl y. 400 miles of open desert, mountains, mine roads, and sand washes. A challenge to test t he endurance and skill of expert riders. Parking for campers at start/finish. Write: Mint 400 Racing Headquarters P.O. Box 2160 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 DELWEBB'S MINT HOTEL &CASINO, . ASVEG L AS 15