World Mini GP
Myerscough
By Rick Lutz
VALENCIA, CAL., APRIL 9 -10-1 I
Billed as the -World 'Champ ion ship
Mini Grand Prix, the event shared
the Dunes with a speedway go cart
"National", a three and four.
wheel Dirt Sp rin t Championship,
the Supemationals for Bicycle
Motocross and a $1500 Bicentennial MX for the larger bikes.
Re ceiving high billing on the Mini GP
agenda w as th e Ra ce of Ch ampions, in
which th e to p twelve minicycle riders
from the vario us Min icycle Asso ciat io ns
would be matched up on identical bikes
to decide the number on e Champion of
the min i mo to set.
Th e ac t ivit ies began Friday mo rni ng
with
regi stration
an d
te chnical
in spe ct ion, and as th e 13 00 plus entries
filled the parking are as, nam es lik e
Myerscough , Ward, Dee, Murphy and
Whittin g be gan to fill the entry list.
Besides the enormous ride r entry th e
press pass list began to bu lge. Almost
monthly
perio di cal
was
e very
represen te d as were the lo cal n ews
media. Also on hand was a filmin g crew
from CBS Sports Spectacular,
Starting out bright and early
Saturday morning t he thirty-five cl
events started. With' only a few del ay
for the watering truck t o m ake laps an
o t he r t rack re st o rin g effo rt s th
morning ac t ivi ties ran quite smoot hly
Af ter a lunch break the rid ers wer e bac
at it , and again th e activities lasted unti
th e twilight hours. While the bikes we
running under the ligh ts the Go Ka
sp eedway ra ces were a lso running .
an o th er p art of the Park, and th e th re
and four wh eel Dirt Sprints were bein
ru n in another se ction.
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Sunday morning be gan with th
co n cl usio n o f the second a nd t hir
_ ro unds of moros, plus the run-off 'moto
for so me of the bulging classes
(Left ) Min i mota madness shook Indian Dunes with 1,300 young racers.
(Below) Tight rac ing all weekend was highlighted by the Race of Champions.
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