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.._._._._._._._._._. •- #, ''1' : • c 1' 1 i »•••• • c C t » I I a.1 ( Pros promenade at AMEMX I MOORPARK, CAL. , APRIL 18 Beautiful East er weather aided in Iattracting a large number of. Pros to Valle y Cycle Park . Bob Hannah, Billy Grossi, Will Harper, Kenny Zahrt and Greg Robertson caused so me of th e local r iders to imagine they were attendin g a national. Bob Hannah has to be on e of the most exciting riders t o watch, even if you know nothing ab o ut motocross. His exceptional riding tal ent was evident in the last moto of the 125 Pro class. As the gate dropped Hannah (Yam) was left at the starting line with a stalled engine placing him dead last as Kenny Zahrt (Hon) and Greg Robertson (C-A) blasted off into the lead. A few laps later Robertson passed Zahrt and began stretching out his lead. As the race for the lead continued between Robertson, Zahrt and now Bobby Kline (Hon), spectators were drawn to Hannah 's remarkable progress as he moved up through the p ack. Hannah 's talent for changing lines without hitting a bump, coupled with his incredible speed, Icnab led him to finally pass Robertson for a last moto win. At the start of the second moto Zahrt again grabbed the holeshot. However, Robertson, who was determined to win, 'p assed Zahrt after the firs t few laps. Hannah once again began to move up through th e pack and advanced to 'Zahrt. When Hannah fin ally passed Kenny, Robert son had b uilt quit e a stro ng lead, giving him th e m oto win, and the o verall cash . Hannah took second, Zahrt third. The 250 Pro class wa s eq ually as exciting. Hannah 's bigges t su rp rise came not from Billy Grossi, bu t fr om Cole Bros. sponsored Will Harper (Mai) . Harper held do wn th e lead for half the race with repeated attempts by Hannah to pass. Soon a fte r th e hal fw ay mar k Hannah succeeded in p assing Harper but was unab le to sha ke h im off. As the y passed th e nag Harper was tail ing Hannah by a m atter of inch e s. bn Again in the sec o n d m o to Harper Look the le ad tr ail ed th is time by Gross i. Grossi be gan to show his .b rillian ce , pres suring Harper ·to go wid e in a tum allowing himself an d lIannah the opp ortu ni ty to p ass. Gr ossi an d lI an n ah battled ne ck and neck fo r almost th e remainder of the race. Hannah fmally slo wed drasticall y wh en a ro c k lo dged in his shi fter. Grossi too k over the lea d an d the moto- win, ending wi th t hird overall. Hannah garnered a sec on d an d first o verall, Harper reigned second overall. Results in Resul ts Section . • Taylor & Vidic clean house at Irwindale By Tom Blattler IRWINDALE, CAL, APRIL 23 Irwindale motocross fans welcomed th e re turn of Dave Pessy, winningest CMC Professional ride r ~ history, but Pessy's impressive re cord d idn't hold back th e " El Monte Terror" as David Tay lo r again m ade a shambles of the 12 5 Pro class . Taylor, who has be en nearly untouchable sin ce receivin g a strong sponsorship , ran away with each of th e three five-lap motos, Taylor's buddy and ar ch riyal, Gary Denton, was his only chal lenger, b ut Dent on su ff ered bike tro uble in th e first moto af te r runnin g second most of the race, The 250 Pro class was another J eff Vidic benefit , Vidic b las te d away with all three motos and finished second behind Taylor in th e "King of the lIil l." Placing second behin d Vidic in the 250 f . t, , . - J • • ff t •• • • 1 '·, u : . It's here, and it's hot. The new Kawasaki BX200 Motocross Bicycle. Light, strong and fast, In the famous Kawasaki tradition, Not a department store toy. Not an impractical ego-tripper, But, a tough all-around good times machine. Around the neighborhood, or around the track. The BX200 is made to take it day after day. With an aluminum alloy frame , motorcycle swing-arm design, adjustable shocks, competition knobby tires, 1-piece crank, un-sprung tl: - , ~ " J ' -'/ '1' . l' " Jr i .;: , l. l rl l , I1Md ; 1( , - front forks, adjustaole MA seat and lots more. D ave Clinton has proven how tough this bike is. He powered the BX200 to the Points Championship and Number One Plate in both Amer:;~ ican and Nation~l Bicycle Associations. And thats tough. Get on the BX200 today, only at your Kawasaki dealer. Now you can pedal . Kawasaki a Kawasaki, too. lets the good times roIL . ; III • ~ E Kawasai is pedclli 9 bikes. ~~ marzocchi ,~ COMPETITIO N FORKS & SHOCKS FROM YOUR HI- POINT DEA LER ~ ~ ~ ~ Fram e Mods , . , Po rt ing, Weldi ng ® Race Preparat io n (714) 645 ·8008 2334 Newport Blyd.. Costa Mesa. CA 23