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CA 9 0 717 , 2 13·326·3 8 10 90 da y mo ney back gua ranu:c $30.00 Dealer or D irect , TERRYCABLE 28 R,,, 13 7 1 He spe r r.i CA CJ734S 7147 44 3 139 LJ ~ GASPRING Air Susp ension K it s Fo r Mo re T raction _ Coyote Dlst. PO l OX Hill and Gully MX By Pat Jaquish KIONA . WASH. , AP R IL 4 Kenny New (Yam) started out th e day with wha t look ed like a clear Mini runaway bu t saw his hop es vanish when his engine exploded on the four th lap . T hi s gave T roy Sawyer (Yam ) a huge lead which he never lost. Kevin Bixby (Y am) followed fo r second with Ron Law fa r ba ck in third on hi s trusty Honda. T hey fin ish ed in th e sam e orde r in th e second moto with Sawye r lapping riders all th e way up to second pl ace. Two 125 q ualifie rs we re ru n wi th t he faster riders m o vin g to the A cla ss for the final mota. In the first qu ali fier. Yamaha m o u n ted Crai g Sawy e r (riding a 10 0) and Marl in Schumake r of the T ri-Cities pil oted thei r m o unts to t he fron t of th e class. T om Hilker (Ya m) and Bo b Fron tis (Suz) also transferr ed. At th e start of the second qualifier, Sandy J aquish (Yam) got his usual holeshot with Ed Livezey (Han) following closely in second. After th ree laps, Ed ma de h is move on the very rou gh uph ill. Don Pe terson moved u p to challenge J aq ui sh ncar the end of the mota. b u t the two Yamaha ride rs were t oo equally ma t ched and Peterson garn er ed a third . AItho ug h t he Yamahas arc taking over th e 125A class, t he Elsin ores still d ominate the 125B class. J ohn Fag en (Ha n) easily bl asted to a lead which was never challe nged after Mar k Kreuger (Han) fe ll on th e start. Mark was able to work his way up t o second with good , co nsi ste n t truc king. . Walt Morrison real ly put th e power t o the groun d on hi s big green Kawasaki to extend his Open class winning streak. John Stewart (Ya m) had all he co uld handle in holding off t he charges of Glen Clifford (Ka w ) bu t e m erge d with a well earned sec o nd. • Re sul ts in Results Sec tio n. Vulture '76 winner Bob Sward waving at the photographer . J ust wavin g. Honest ... OF T HESE QUALITY H IGH PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS Terry Kit 1976 Yamaha Y'Z!s & 400 IT's Sponsored by the El more Moto rcycle Associatio n , the Vu lture ' 76 was reminiscen t of the late J ackr ab b it races . Ray Hale and his people really know how to put on a dese rt race even though th eir course s usually tes t the to ughest. There was beer for the finishe rs an d some dynamite t rophies (a ce ra mi c buzzard on a wal nut plaque) crea t ed by J ack Froelick . The start had to be seen to be believed. A banner suspended between the Bice ntennial Buzzards was drop pe d fro m a ho t ai r balloon. Dave Newell proved that a 125 can wo rk just fmc by winning his class and p u ttin g in a fine o verall fin ish at eighth. Warren Hickman p ro b ably rode his way rig ht out of t he Amateur class by rolling in sitting in fi f th ove ra ll. All arou nd nice guy Bob Stro bel ca me over fr om Oreg o n and motored a round for a fo u rth, wh ile S teve Gerber fill ed in for inj u re d bro t her Pres to n with first 250 an d third ove ra ll. Big Piney , Wyoming sent t he fa mo us Gu io family o ver for a race an d Colton wound up secon d. His dad, Ken (in 10 th overall!) was th e wi nner of the "J ac k Benny Cla ss" over Senior cycl ist s Bill Pharness and " t he be arded buzzard" hi sself . . . Herby Uh l. Pity Chris Mor gan (Bul) who ca m e fr om U tah t o lead Bob Swat d fo r a loo p-and-half, Chris too k a tremen d o us spill wh ile berserki ng th e Bul to st ay a head of Sw ard. A co yo t e who wandered out o n the course and was center-punched by " Canary Classer" Debb y Middles tead is probably still beating his tail toward Nevada. Bob Sward took his co yo te tail (t he one always at t ach ed to his scooter) , h is mo ne y . his tro p hies and goodies and we nt back to Pocate llo . • Resu lt s in Results Section . 2 Cycle Engine Oils REED INDUCTION KITS CALIFORNIA DISTRIBUTOR I' 0 Take th e examp le of Lynn Cowles, for ins tance . Ly nn (o ne of t he to p Amateur riders in the 1.1\I.A .) had the "enjoyable" task of att e m p t ing to control his 360 Yamaha without the benefit of a n y suspension . His gas went away in both ends somewhere o n the first loop. Not the kind to give up without a fight . Lynn pe rsisted and set o u t for th e second loop only to stall on o ne of the uphills whe re a fellow entrant blasted by and snagged his throttle cable . Wh ile - trying to get his machine po in ted back u p the hill and going again. Lyn n was cut off fro m t he trail and bounced back do wn a ways, scarfing h is cl u tch lever. Le ft t o hi s o wn devices o n the h ill, Co wles was forced to ma ke a loop wi th his th ro ttle ca ble and stomp .the m ach ine in to gea r to m a ke it up. He fin ally di d ge t up that hi ll an d limp in for a finish. 2 8~ . INQ UI RIE S INVITED CO VO TE CAL . ZIP 9 3 0 13