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7 OUT OF 7 GOLD MEDALS IS 'T A BAD 2 WKS. WORK AND LARS DID IT WITH HALLMAN PRODUCTS Trophy and Vase Teams for U.S. ISDT effort The Penton team of Dane Leimbach, Jack Penton, Tom Penton , and Carl Cranke will make: up the four-man American Silver Vase team at the 51st ISDT in Austria. While Pen to n Imports elected to back an all-out effort on the Vase, the World Trophy team will be a tradition-breaking mixed-make e ffort. Mike Hannon (BuI), Jim Ho llan der (Rok) , Lars Larsson l KTM), Kevin LaVoie (Pen) , Billy Ub i Her) an d Gary Yo u n kins (Pen) wiD be managed by Marcia McDonald; wh ile Larry Maiers wiD ramrod for the Vase team. Incredible, but true-Lars Larsson went all the way with his Hallman equ ipped Penton /KTM to capture 7 out of 7 gol d medals in the 1976 Six-Day Trials qualifying series. Fourteen gruell ing days of competition-over 3,000 miles of mud, sweat and fears. And, Lars did it without a single equipment failure. Reason .. . highly rugged and reliable Hallman Products were used exclusively. Couple these with Lars Larsson's skill, you have a winning combination. Remember. you can' depend upon •M Hallman equipment for easy rid ing or all-out compet ition . Hallman products are available to you across the nation at your local Torsten Hallman dealer. 1976 QU AUFYIN G SERIES Fell.28-29 NewJersey.GoIdMedaJ Mayl5-16 wasn,nglon.G oldMedaJ June 5-6 Trask Mountain , Gold Medal Apro13'" Cahlorn,eCity.Gol dMedaJ June1 2-13 Bad Rock Trial GO Meda ld l Apr,l l 0-11 Alabama. Gold Medal . March 13·1 4 Fort Hood. Gold Medal -t.4dng~ * '490 Fayette St . EI Cajon. Call' 92020 (714) 449-6712 0 44 0 Belden Ave . Addison. III 60101 HALLMAN VISOR - - - - (312) 543-52470 9147 Red Branch Rd.• Columbia. Md. 21045(301) 992-9595 HALLM AN NYLON CABLES HALLMAN HANOLEBARS Heikki Mikkola is / 250cc World Champion A second world championship went down to th e final event, as Heikki Mikkola, with a second in the first mota of the Swedish GP, A ugust 15 , beat out Gunnady Moisseev by one point in the best-of-twelve net standings. Moisseev, for his part, couldn't have made a greater effort, winning both motos of the Swedish round. Details of that ra ce to come. Final 250cc World Championship standings: I. Heikki Mikkola (H us) 163: 2. Gunnady Mo isseev (KTM ) 162: 3. Vladimir Kavinov (KTM ) 121: 4 . Jim Pomeroy (BuI) 102 ; 5. Harry Everts (Puc) 98 ; 6. Antonin Barbarovsky (CZ) 95; 7. Torlicf Hansen (Kaw) 85 ; 8. Hans Maisch (Mai) 75 ; 9 . A. Ouchnikov (KTM) 71 ; 10.Jiroslav Falta (CZ) 54. Myerscough and screaming ,ye llow zonkers Not even J eff Ward and th e world 's trickest XR 75 Hondas could st ave o ff Brian Myers cou gh an d othe r top riders on hordes of screaming YZ80s in the' NMA National Mini MX at Saddleback, July 30. Even when Brian and Jeff were matched on YZ80s in th e Stock Expert class, Myerscough walked away with it. Ward came back with a win in Over 12 0-105cc Expert Open. but Myerscough , Jim Holley and Derren Penrod swept the 83cc Modified event for Yamaha, relegating Jeff to fourth. Rick J o hnso n , a co m er in the 9-11 ye:ar old bracket, scored sweeps in 833 Stock and Modified Expert, Full story and pix next wee:k. TRELLEBORG TIRES HALLM AN BOOTS BY ALPINE STAR CANAM MX reloca ted - aga in The August 22 CANAM Amate:ur Motocross QUalifier, originally se:t for Valley Cycle Park had been moved to Dc:he:sa MX Park in EI Cajon, whe:n the Valley facidity became unavailable:. Now Dirt Bike Promotions has found a ne:w home for it - Carlsba d Race:way , Carlsbad, California. Dirt Bike: Promotions wiD also host the National Final at Car lsb ad October 17. T he re maining races in t he Pacific Region ar ee 8/ 22 Co lorado Dir t Ride:rs Pueblo, Colo . Dirt Bike Pro motion s Carlsb ad , Cal if. 8/ 28 Sunsh ine Cycle: Park (Nights) Tucs o n, Ariz. 8/2 9 Mo tocr oss West Port A nge le:s, Wash . 9/1 2 PACI FIC REGI O NA L SEM I-FINAL FINAL SVS Promo tion s (Plymouth?) Sac ramento, Calif. 10/1 7 NATIONA L FINAL Dirt Bike: Promo tio ns Carlsb ad . Calif. BAY AREA BULTACO ,~ •0 ~ Sa les - Serv ice Accesso ries Port ing - ~ we ld ing We also 5606W. Ma nc hester Blvd . mall order Westchester, CA 90045 213-649-1700 75. for catalog ~~ NAi~N~IDE ~ SACHS WE CARRY THE COMPLETE LINE ~ . , Port ing, Weld ing Race" Preparation (714) 645 ·8008 2 334 New po r t Blvd ., Costa Mesa, CA CYCLE RIDER MOTORCYCL E DISCOUNT STORES LOW PRKEI-SPErnL BARGAlflI SACHS HERCU LES DI5T. LT il . 9827 M aso n Ave. Chatswort h. Ca lif . 9 1 J II ,..~~ Frame Mods , ~ (SJ Phone : (21 J) 88 2-8 2 12 II == (.)~~. -:).;." l'l.e1e) ~"t.e)~~,~,. 4 16 W. 61h 51 COR O NA, CA.• 91720 17141 73~5600 C~ n ·A m H o dak a M~co Hand Washllble Stay Salt .~ :~ O t hm an D istr ib u t ing Co . Box 356 San Lui s Ob sipo, CA93406 (805) 544-618 1 • Riding • Racing • Street GLOVES . Deale r Inq uiries I nvited Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 2 13-538 -2914 ,SBELL~~ .MOTORS 3365 E. Century, Lynwood. CA 213-564-2533 5