p
ational
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and Carla Swing. from New York,
experiencing their own battle. Sue
flawlessly worked her way around Linda
to clinch th e lead while spectators
cheered her on to victory. Pat lost her
brakes. going down in the process. and
was unable to make up los t time. Carla
also lost her front brake and saw J o ann
lItiley and Cherry Stockton work
themselves into th ird an d fourth
positions.
A pro test w as filed by Pat J acques on
Sue Fish 's I 75 m onosho ck. T his caused
a small am ount o f con troversy. Su e 's
Crown
Cycle
monosh ock
was
impo un ded and tom apa rt. For an event
as impor tan t as this to Sue. she
wouldn't t ake a chance on running an
illegal b ike. And for Pat to drive 3. 000
mile s for a race. she too didn't want to
take any chances. The bike was declared
legal by Butch Lee. the District 3 8
Motocross Referee .
Pat explained. " It wasn 't Sue I was
protesting. I had to get everyone's
atten tion to pain t au t th at the rules
should not allow a 17 5 to co mp e te
with 250s on a ti ght co urse."
Debbie Evans, Southern California 's
wonder' woman, ex hibi te d her talents by
performing her balancin g rou tine. which
consist of Debbie standin g o n her he ad
(without t he kickstand) o n her trials
bike .
The program co ncl u ded wi th th e
of man y co ntingency
distribu tion
donations. The three m ajor donat ors
were U.S. Su zuki. Mikuni an d Elect ro
Helmets.
Kathy Brobe ck was awarded the
Nation al Intermediate Ch ampion title .
re ceiving lots of glory. prizes an d a T M
75 Suzuki. fro m the co mp any of the
sam e name.
Sue
Fish
was crown ed Grand
Natio nal Champ. rec eiving a kiss fr o m
BiIIy Gray. actor and speedway star, lots
of money. lots of prizes, a RM 125
Suzuki and much glory.
It 's hard to narrow it down. Each
participant worked hard. Hopefully
each girl should re ceive so m e special
recogni tion, Sue Fish has earned the
respect of her female riders and the self
satisfaction of holding the Grand
National Champion title.
Terry
Kezar. the 19 75 Grand
National Champion. was not present to
defend her title. She currently has a
contract with a promoter in Arizona
jumping cars. The contract forb ids her
to ride motocross.
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Results
GRAND
NATIONAL
CHAMPION
OVERALL:
1.
Sue
Fish. 2. Johanna
Stenerson. 3. Joann Miley. 4. Linda Barnes. 5 .
Donna Nearn. 6 . TrUdY Beck . 8. Lisa Howard .
8. Pat Jacques.. 9. Cherry Stockton. 1 0. Kit
Pratt.
INTERMEDIATE OVERALL: 1. Kathy
BroDeck. 2. Charleen Higgens. 3.. carey
Steiner. 4. Debbie Lutz .
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