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._._._._._._._._._, Memo To.. ALL PROFESSIONAL RACERS From.. ABC Leathers &Bell Helmets Subject..NUMBER ONE HOMBRE SERVICE The AI\IA Grand Nation al Circuit swin gs aro und to the west coast during th e mon th of Jul y . . . and ABC Lea thers & Bell Helmets want to ex tend a special Californi a welc om e to yo u all. We also want yo u to know that everyone at ABC Leat hers & Bell He lmets unders tands it 's a busy time o f the year for p ro fessional racers, So while you're on th e west co ast you are a NUMBER ONE HOMBRE with us. T o p rove it , we've crea ted a special NU~I BE R ONE HOMBR E SER VICE. And that mean s that everyon e at ABC is ready to bend over backward to gu arantee BETI VEEN RACE SERVICE, o n repairs o r addi tions to your leath ers. CLASS B L1Ml1 Th e folks at Bell have the same idca to o. Th e Headp ro tectors can make a special appoi ntment with yo u to han dle any- . thing fro m a simple ann ual inspectio n to an all out up grade o f yo ur p ro tective head gcar. MEMBER So while yo u'rc in the neighbor hood it 's a perfect time to stop in . .. and let us help yo u check out an d 'up-date all of yo ur p ro tective gear. And remember the ABC/Bell Con tin gency Award s Program. We 've got our mo ney rid ing on yo u to o. Call us today and let us know wh en yo u 'll be in. and it showed in th e car e th e r id ers were usin g. Off th e line they came, Han non and Fo rtune lead in g, but lo ok out, h er e co mes Rainey . As th ey shuffle d arou nd in tum four of th e first lap , it was Hannon, Raine y, Gr igsby and Fortune . Rain ey soo n started pu tting air be tween himself and th e p ack . Positio ns ch anged pre tty fast , Craig Arm strong and his Harle y moved on up to seco nd to st ay , Fo rt une got Grigsby with Lawson j ust behind. At one point Walt Foster and Doug Hannon were figh ting it out right behind TIm McWhorter until Hannon finally went down. Eddie Lawson de cided he co uld catch the sore muscled Fortune and went for it , dri ving very hard in the low groove. He slid sideways hard, m akin g Steve squirrel a bit, but he hung on and Lawso n was unable to get b y. While all this was goin g on, there was Rainey out in fron t keeping plenty of di stance between hi mself an d the o th ers. After AI Glover set a new rec ord, up was the 250 nex t race Sportsm an /Ex p ert and Mike T idwell promp tly t urned in a 1:0 1.92 to set another on e. In th e 125 Expert Terry Mc Creery (Kaw) and J im S train (Hon) were hav ing a he ck of a good time, even if they were at the back , an d th at 's wh at it's all abo ut. Eddie Lawson d idn ' t far e as well in th e Pro events, but he wrapp ed up ' the Open Expert Half-Mile Main by getting th e ho lesh ot a t the st ar t. He had a bit of trouble kee p ing Joe Steffan behind h im, until J oe 's Yam ah a becam e a DNF, while Don Driggs was very fast in deed, for a fairly new rider, be ating out Rex Hailey (Yam ) for the second spot. Dylan Neih ar t , usuall y doing battle on a sma ller bike , brought along a 500TT Yamaha and won th e Op en Novice-Amate ur Main Half-Mile with it. Its Section. Whcrncr you go Ihcrc's THE HEADPROTECTORS ABC/BELL CUSTOM LEATHERS 9802 A. Atlantic A-.ue South Ga1B. Califo rn ia 12 131 564-17 15 Mon - Fri or by appointment Call Clarice Amberg BELL HELM ETS. I NC. 2850 East 29th St....t Long, Beach. Califomia (2 131 426-6191 Mo n-Th urs Repair Dept. by appointment Go faster - dr ink more prune ju ice and eat more kelp! TERRY KIT Suzuki 250/370 RM's Im m e di at e g" of t ravel - Smoother ....... Street - - - - - - - -- -_ C,Iy Sta l~ ___..lIll _ _ De sert Any le ngth to 3 6 " - we 't shIp anYWh ere In U.S. action - More control . A ir or springs. T he front end kit that beats them all. ~64·95 to ou t o f state c all to ll f ree 800·854·4691 YO d av 1I101W\, Qyabi~ . $50.00 @eID Dealer or D irect Cen ~DrH Oda~aK,.T~u ltaco TERRYCABLE Frontera p ipe m od specialist s 1300 East Ed inge r Ave . Santa Ana . CA 92705 714-835 -782 1 h(l d~ l.!ltarml/t ', ' f' ) ') i ' 1";~~1 d"J~"-"1 71.'1::'44 ~l,"";" (J' "-,4) DellnI'Y. Road Race, D irt Tra ck, MX, , .99.95 Phone for deta il. nJ ~=: Distributing