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A geographical breakdown of the t op te n riders sho ws that the fir st six plac es; Weinert, Howerton, Karsm qkers, Ell is, DiStefano and Stackable, are from points East of California. Places seven through ten are held by Southern Californians who are hoping for a hometown edge in the LA Coliseum on July 24th; Mosier, Smith, Hannah and Clark. '. This will be Brad Lackey's first Superbowl competition since 1972. By J od y Weisel Rolf Tiff lin and Brad Lack ey, Husky 's last and pr esent Grand Prix stars were heard to sav that th e new Superbouil track resembles th e highly suc cessful Anaheim Stadium track w ith great lines of passing and dicing. The Superbowl is a special race with special requirements in men and machinery. Jimmy Ellis has a Can-Am with adjustable rake, and for the tight, twisty, torturous turns of indoor racing he pulls in back to a steep angle for better turning. The Weinert-Howerton feud t hat rose up d uri ng t he Astrodome an d Texas Stadium rou nds of t he Super series has not cooled off very much. Texan Kent Howerton took offense at Jimmy Weinert and attempted to make him part of a pit wall , Thr e e t im e Nat ional fo r which he was fined by the Champion Gary Jones will AMA. Now . the two app ear on the experimentai ; protagonists are one-two in [ones-Ammex 250. Th e b ik e the standings and are is st ill in the testing stages separated by a slim 14 points. after having a long series of transmission problem . "We What d o Mark Blackwell. have the trans fixed now. At Gary J on es, J immy Wein ert, th e USGP we us ed th e 250 DiStef ano , Pierre Tony trans with th e 380 top end. If Karsmak ers and Marty Sm ith it lasts in tha t it w ill last in have in common ? Th ey are all - anything. For th e Superb owl former or present National we have changed th e fron t Champions. Th ey are also end by pulling it under. And eve ry National MX Champion th e changed rear end by . that A m erican has had sin ce adding more traveL The bike Nat i o nal it s ta r t ed has a lot more power now. " Championship competit ion. Also th ey will all be on the With - everyone pr epar ing Oly Superbouil track on July special equipment for the 24th. challenging LA Co liseu m MX Jimmy Wein er t , recovering from a broken knee cap let t he secret - out ab o ut h is special stadium bike. "It will have a fro nt fender of a 54 Buick to ward off rocks." Two time Superbowl winner and former wunderkine Marty Tripes will ride the Superbowl, but he is on the move again. Marty has ridden Y .amaha "s , Honda' s , Can-Am's, Husky's, CZ's, Bultaco's and is expected to appear at the Superbowl on a Suzuki ; unless he gets a call from Vespa before the race. All th e riders have nicknam es me tha t th ey share bet w een < another; See how many y ou guess. Rhinestone ca n Cowboy, Short Stack, Pepe', Cobalt, Captain Capt ain M ongo , Pottry , H ook, Tomahawk, Rokon . Don, Partly, [ammin', Jaws, and th e Big D. Japa nese rider Yosh im io S ugio and Yasuo T of uk uj i will represent the land of th e R isingSun at the SuperbowL S ugio is 125 National Champion of Japan, has ridden 1974 Transth e AMA and competed . on the Grand Prix circu it in Europe. Pound f or pound the Japanese Motocros~ ers are as to ugh and f ast as anyone in the And of world. cou rse th ey have ready acc ess to fa ctory equip men t. As American as Apple Pie and Mother. or co urse it is Harley-Davidson and Rocket Rex Staten. Rock;t Rex who debut the Open class Harley MXer at the USGP will be on the HD250MX for the Superb owl of Motocross. He could have the biggest cheering section of all in t his bicentennial year. Could Ho nda be planning on a b ig. vict ory? Marty Sm ith, Karsma k ers, Don Pierre Kudalski and St eve Wise may have to pull it off because Honda bought 20,000 t ick ets f or th e Saturda y afterno on pra ct ice and time trials. What is Honda going to do with all those tickets? Give th em away fr ee for th e ask ing in every Honda dealer in Southern California. It's first com e firs.! serve. Team Suzuki's Tony DiStefano has been accused of having no style. The ' Big D' doesn't engage: in too many cross-ups or high fly ing acrobatics, but w hen t he former Astrodome, Daytona an d Anaheim winner ' was asked about it he said, " I would like to go out and style for awh ile, but I guess I'll have to do my styling at the b ank," Banking is something that America's young motocross corps will have to get into after th e Oly -Superbowl finale of th e 1976 Super Cross series. The two y ear old Super series offers over 6125,000 in pr ize money which is more than any other motocross series in America. fo r the first time in two years America's top riders will appear on the same traek at the same time. At every other race someone has either been injured o r riding in a different class or in Europe. If . series lead er J immy Wein ert and his big Kawa sak i can p ull it off on J uly 24 th Uncl e Sam and t he Inf ernal R even ue Service will be very happy. Counting purse, T V, and con ti ngency bonus, money Wein ert could take home 120,000 for a nigh t's work. It's eno ugh to make us all turn Kawasaki green. See yo u there o nJ uly 24th, -, Mighty Marty Smith, the 125 Champion missed the firs t turn last y ear & looped out, endoe d and walked away. This year Marty Vows to walk the track carefully. (ADVERTISEMENT) 22