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Sound off INSIDE Louisville Nat'l. Havin g atten ded the 25 Mile National at San J ose ear lier in the mo n th I'd like to comment. Havin g Rocky Ro ckwo od as the announcer is always a foregone co nclusio n an d a sp lendid selecti o n. but h is back-up man ? wh at ab o ut Roc kwood can't handle the wh ole thing by himself because it 's a long afternoon an d one can ' t expect h im to speak all th e times , sponsors, add color. and call races. But whomever he chooses, surely it sh ou ld be so meone who likewise kno ws what 's happening in the wo rld of mo torcy clin g. Of his choice o f ba ck-up fo r San J ose this can not be said. No t o nly di d this person sound sup er dis- in terested th rougho ut. bu t wh en Ro xy left to go down to th e winner 's circle for the po st-race in terview, he called the last two laps wrong and even announced J ay Springste en as the ROB ERT BEARD win ner. Eugene, Oregon 6 Gary Scott is hot! Nat'l . 500 MX opener .... .8 How Howerton did it 10 Greenhorn Enduro Ret urn of a classic to th e Natio nal circ ui t Michigan 125 MX International 12 14, 16 Sheene ro lls in Italy , DeCoster cruises in Sweden Western Hotline ·. . 18 Dez •.•••....•• •••.• ••23 Euro-bikes 24 A look at iw o rare lightweigh t roadsters North Bureaucratic bad news 26 30 Will EPA choke the CARB ? Read it an d weep fo r mo torcycling Results .. ........... •.32 Cat 35 .-'}\~>.:.:.. ' . .. Speedway ......••• • ••.36 ' Central . . • . . . . . . . . . . . .37 40 Calendar O N T HE F RONT PAGE: Hog Haven at San Jose. Photo by Lane Campbe ll. . Sh aron Cla yt on, Publisher Ro bert L Nor Yell e , Gen eral ;\ tan a~C'r Edna Mewt on . Se cretary to Pu b lisher Advenising Linda Clark. Atlvc:rlisin~ Man ager Chris Kc tbe t, Ad ver- tisin g Assistant Editorial Lane Ca mp be ll, Seni or Ed ito r , J od y weiset. Editor, Bo b i Scott, Ed itor, Art and Production Bar bara Mizuno , Ad vert ising Nt Direct or; Dennis Cox, Lab Tec hnician: Marion Hatash ita, Typograp her . Pam Gran t. Assistant Ty pographer. Circulation Rhc ba Smi th, Man ager ; Pam Grec n am i Ca llic: Smith, Assist ants. Accounting Gaylene Zaio nz, Manager; Judy Klinger. Mike Klinger. J eanne llammond, Assistants ; Tom Hun te r , Rh on da Van Doren . Credit Department. Services & Support Bill Run yan . To m Luehmann, Juanita Blanton . receptionist . West P.O . 80< 498. Long Beach. CA 9080 I. (2 13) 4 27·7433 ; L.A. Line 6 36 -8844. (T eI« 656- 330 ) East P.O. 80< 805. Tu cker. GA 30084. GA 300 84. (404) 934-7850. (Te l« 542 -777) Subscription One year. secon d class ma il S 12.50 : 2 years. second class mail. 522.50 ; 3 years. second class m ail. $30.00; 4 Copyri gh t Cycle News. Inc . 19 76. Trade mar k regis tered U.S. Patent Of rice. All righ ts rese rve d . Pub lishe d wee kly excep t the first an d las t week o f the cale n da r ye ar by Cy cle Ne ws. Inc.• P.O . Bo x 4 9 8 . Long Beach , Cali fo rn ia, Second clas s po st age paid at Long Bea ch . CA. 9 0HO1. Edi to rial sto ries . ca r toon s, pho tos. etc, welcome . Add ressed , stamped are envelope ass ures re tu rn o f unpurch asc d ed ito rial matter. Reprin ting in wh ol e or p art o nly by pe rm issio n o f the and p ubl ishers, Advert ising ra tes ci rcu la tio n in fo rm atio n will be · sen t u po n request , See S. R.D.S, .. . '.: :' ': ~:~., , :' , ... .." , ~