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THOUSANDS OF USED" NEW CBNTBAL PIPlm.I:NJB PARTS AND AeeESSOftI! S ON SALEI •••• •• Bowman's broom breaks before double sweep at Roland By Jack B. Harwood ROLAND, OK., AP RIL 11 On his way to a clean sweep , one of Gary Bowman 's Yam ah as br oke in th e last lap o f the last Open rnoto. But before th at happened he "Tapped up th e 125 field with two co nvincing wins . After working his wa y to the front in the Open clash, Bowman took the first moto, In the second moto, he and Wende ll Woolard battled for the lead un til Bowman pulled away with a half-lap lead in the late lap s. But a broken and jammed rear br ake put a stop to his sweep on the last lap , le tt ing Woolard by for a 2-1 an d first pl ace money. The best racing of the day began with the 250 start . Chip Day took the first moto fro m flag to flag . But on the way, Bill Eddy, Jerry Pate and Mike Palmer took turns at taking over. Pate faded in the late laps, and Bill Eddy rolled in behind Day for second. In th e second 250 moto, Day charged out fron t, but dropped back to fourth when a missed gear let t he other front runners by . Before the end of the mot o, Day had reeled in all but Eddy , thus ending the day for Day, who had to settle for a 1-2 and second place bucks. In the Open Amateur b attle, Mike En glen ro ared out front on his 500cc Yamaha, but lo st first place to Bob Frazier in the rough stuff in both motos. • Results in Results Section. • An yo~ 24 hr. INFO c"n \fO/I' ( "'.In our yo ur Il '''lt r " .. ..nd m.'f' esar mOflP)' ... ro u ' old " j un "" I\ .nolh.., ·~ ,rp" ,ur,.! _-- CALL (213) 588·7310 MAK E. CHECK PAYA ... - A. a ~ Terry Kit The front end kit that works! With air or springs - better dampenin g - smoother act ion - more control longer travel - designed for racing o ver ro ugh terrain . Bolt s right in. 90 d ay money back gua rantee Kits available for Betor, Ceriani, Kawasaki. CZ, Suzuki, Yamaha, Montesa . Another Cyclerama mudder Dea ler or d irect out of state call toll free 800-854-4691 • TERRYCABLE SAN ANTONIO, TEX., APRIL 25 Patie nce was indeed a virtue for all the MX'ers who dared to a ttack Cyclerama's infamous rain soaked course. After a week of rain and P () Hu. 132 1 Hespet r.i CA'12345 7142 443 139 Bigda 'D' mall order service Yamaha O ne y parts Heli Are Welding Heads Drilled and Tapped - Glass Bead Blasting Compelte motorcycle m ach ine sho p Ph. 214-942-3563 1924 W. Je ffer son Da lla s, Texas 75208 I Motoguzzi I Try us for T ri umph parts UPS same day ~ :JOE. ~a~ E.:1 Moto rcy cles ~ I 2509 Broadway :iE Xl Saeramento , CA 95B18 91&452-5491 l . . - - - - - - Triu m p h - - - - o • Malcolm S m i t h . B il st e in ~ Jo tame Carrera ~~:y Dirt • Trelle borg Twin A i r Ti b blin ~ DALLAS YAMAHA Bike S pec ia lists Scott Bell (21 4) 321 ·2444 Mail O r d er Pilr t s an d Accessortes 120 8 3 G u l il n d R d ., Da Un , TX 75218 • • • • • ~ uxs~o:; n S ~~il~ Cha m b e r s. Porting *o ;.n g in ~ r ~ed i f i c:& Sw i ng Arm M od if icati o n . S peed E q uipment. CARTER'S YAMAHA BMW ' Ca n-Am Co m p le t e p art s & service Dyno - Porting - 214-24 1-9135 44 . Mach ine Shop Fast Mail O r d e r 13860 N . Stemmons Frwy . , Da lln . Texas 75234 taking the effects of a few surrounding area Saturday night tornadoes .. . to the amazemen t of all .. ', the sun shined welco mely on the san d gutted co urse . With extended practi ce, in hopes th at the day would wann rapidly and the bikes would do th eir work in benning and drying the tr ack, co mpe titio n began a half hour late . And when it did. the gen er al consensus gave "mud " a first in both motos. Bob Bowden 's Can- Am an d Bul-ish Keith Johns were in co mple te con trol of the 250 class throughout both motos. Michael Gilkey (C-A); an d Todd S anford (Hus); brought fo rth exc it em en t in th e co nq uest fo r third an d fo urt h during Moto One. Sanford met an unexpected mishap on th e ba ck stretch and fin ished by limping slowl y off th e co urse with a sprained an kle for M oto Two. Gil ke y th o ugh, was n 't reliev ed o f all pressure, Mike Greco (Kaw) took up where Sanford left o ff and proved th at fourth overall, with the co nditio ns as th ey were, was well worth th e effort . Suzuki-er Alan Davis and Cycl e Cit y's Bob Burkhart {Hus) performed poetry in motion during Mo to One o f the Op en class. Burkhart su ffered the effects o f receiving all t he mud an d water Davis co uld grind th ro ugh , but fin al lap ex pertise and mech an ical difficu lties for Davis, gave Burkhart a well fought win. Wetmore 's Husk y rid er Walt Zettner and Yam ah a o f S.A.'s Dave Parker wer e key features in the ac qu isitio n o f sec on d and thi rd . Mo to One was frustra tion 's c hild with Park er being lapped in the th ird and Ze tt ner being lapped in th e fou rth , but with th e perseverance that every ~IX 'er t hri ves o n Par ker uri-lapped