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Cycle News 1976 05 18

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~ra rkmasrrr CHAMPION Qualit y Track Ri!cing Equipment LA RGEST SEL ECTION Send for FREE catalo g and de cals! ..... a •• 24 15 Bro wn Rd.. St. Lo uis , Mo .63114 Pho ne (31 4) 426-6959 - r ca ll Charley Ch app le · 13131735 ·54 53 Terry Kit 1976 Yamaha' YZ's & 400 IT's Smoother action More control - Improved handling - More travel - Different dampening - Air or springs. The front end kit that beats them all. ou t of state call to ll free 800-854-4691 90 day mo ney back guaranlee $30.00 Dealer or Direct Kent Howerton (3) watched hi$ 250 Pro win go to Gary Jones linsetlleu than 40 feet from t he flag. Gary Jones upsets Howerton at Lake Whitney By Dave Nielsen WHITNEY, TEX., MAY 9 Dark horse Gary Jones ended triumphant over some of the more flamboyant Texas MX stars today at rain-soaked Lake Whitney Cycle Steel S h oe $AS.OO . Stra p $1.00 T · Shirt $4 .00 Boo ts $45.0 0 S iz es 6 to 130 Wi dth All p r i ces pl u s C.O . D . & Po sta ge * B~"ke Pip e s * Sea ts. Pillio n s, rctctcr evc te covers, D isc b r ak es, W heel s, s c- oe xers & m ore Hub s, A l so eve rythi ng f or spee dway (7141 7 35-0 54 0 MAELY ENT S ., Rt . 2 , Box 7 5B R5 30 Bedfo rd Mt r Way. Co rona , CA 91720 Ranch, grabbing the lead from Kent Howerton in the final straightaway to win the 250 Expert class. The special $5,000 Mother's Day van -in , c&w concert an d motocross race drew nearly 400 entries from everywhere, from the humblest mini to the migh tiest AMA stars, with "all three Expert classes running over the 40 ride r lim it . Forty 125 PrO$ go fo r the ir share of $5,000 Immed i. te Delivery. Road Race. D irt Trac k. MX, De sert A ny length t o 36" - We 'lI snr e any where In U .S. 164.95 to 199.95 Pltone f o r det."s RUJ s~ yO U Tanner Distributing 10 Promoter Harvey Evans shelled out expense-paid trips for two to Las Vegas to the winners of all twelve classes, p lus giant trophies and ornamental jade trees t o the Amateur classes, and for most, it was well worth the twenty bucks a head to en ter, The m o t os ran extra long the first round, but were cut down somewhat fo r an~ a week in Vega$. the finals . No one co m p lain ed , though. The co urse du g monsterous whoops everywhere, and the afternoon's steady light drizzle did a good job of clogging all eyes wi th sand. " The 250 Expert rounds held th e highest in terest, with the decision co ming right down to the wire in both motos, As expected, the cream rose to t he surface after a co u p le o f laps in the madhouse fir st moto, with Husqvarna 's Kent Howerton and Steve Wise, o ut on a Suzuki, pulling aw ay fro m early leader Gary Jones on the developing Ammex machine. The torturous sweeper af te r \ the white flag saw Howerto n and Wise rubbing axles in the whoops. As if the rug were p ulled out, they both slam med to the ground simultaneously. Kent bounced up and got underway just before Jones came by, butWise got up slowly to " finish ninth . Ken t barely

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