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;. CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS ~~ j:.:.:.:....:.:... ::: .. ..: . ... . T o p qua lity underwear value Texas World Speedway: ~,. UJ ~ U UJ :::l UJ > UJ I- ~----------------' ''' mak ing the turn, Gin gerelli rode off into the fields. He was never again in co n ten t io n for firs t. But Che rm ak, Cochran, Le bo , Ran ey , and Hay ner were all in contention, and p roved it by sh u ffli ng places in what m ust have been two-dozen lead changes d uring the to-lap eve nt. All led at on e point o r ano ther du ring the race. At t he finis h , it was Lebo , Hayner, Raney, an d Che rmak. All rode Yamaha RD 35 0s. Philip p e de Lespinay wo n 12 5 GP on h is " Gar bage Can Sp ecial" again. Bob Nolan won 5 0c c GP on his Moto Vill a again, t oo . • Results in Results Sec t io n. 250 G P. • I U I< ..J :::l Z I o .., MX Cat Shlrt$5SS Rent or buy 197 6 PARKER 400 202 ft . 13 minutes 22 sec .. Closeup action in the Californ ia/A rizona desert wit h exotic buggies and bikes. Five locations. Heel-to -reel, Casette sound track available, $4 extra. COLLEG E STATIO N,TX.,AUG .14-1 5 lI< E Champ ion Ind ustries 1976 BAJA 1,000 196 ft . 13 mi nutes, 16 sec. Bikes and bugg ies slugging it out to be first in the wor ld f am o u s off -roa d race. Locations : Start, Oso Negro, \( aile de Trinidad, San Felipe. Si lent, reel -to -reel. Sound available, 1/8" casette, $4 extra. By Steve Ueckert ot, ho t racin g, figu ratively as well as lit erally, was the way of the day for th e W.E.R.A. regional series of co m pet it io n at Texas World Sp eedway . On e rider, Mik e Ward, was pacing off so me lap s in th e pre-race p ra ct ice wh en h e passed out from heat exhaus tion, fell and broke his co llarbone. As th e day went on, the temperature kept on go ing up fi ally p eakin g ou t somewhere over n 120 degre es in the pits. T he refreshment st and di d a gold mine's wo rth of business d isp ensing "cool-o ne aft er coo l-one" to th e thirsty Texans. O ver I 0 0 rid ers particpated under the hot Texas sun. Fred di e Spencer t rucked in from Sh reveport, Louisiana to run his Yam ahas to some impressive victories. Spen cer , by th e way, is currently ti ed fo r th e third po siti on in national standi ngs in th e tig h t co m petition of 4 10 Product ion. Not b ad for a l 4-y ear-old. Fre d d ie's o nly co m me n t about the final day of racing was , " It's hot, it is de finitel y hot !" Greg Bau er , riding a Z- I from A.J . Fo yt Kawasaki in nearby Houston de scribed the scorch ing midsummer he at as the o nly real differ en ce be tween this weekend's ra cin g an d all o f the prior week en ds at Texas World Speeway . When W.E.R.A. and t he Central Road Ra ce Clu b say stock, they mean right o u t o f the box and nothing else . But in th e mo d ified classes, particularl y Grand Prix , th e name of the game is unsuperch arged power. And within that limitation, an aw ful lot happen s. But for th e low-buck boys who still lik e. to co m pe te, th ere are also acco m oda tions. On e such case is th e h orne-brewed bike o f Daniel Allford and Larry Liberty, both o f Austin , T exas. Their bik e, labeled as the 'Zimbazi', has so me th ing for almost everybody. The frame is a sm all Yamaha d irt bike that in it s prior life saw street action before abruptly parking again st a Cadillac. In the p ow er department, a Yamaha 10 0 bottom end is topped off by 125 barrels; and the engin e is fed it s mixture of gas and oil by a ' modified o il injection sys te m . In the inte rest of h orsep owe r, th e magn e to was pull ed and the engine 's b attery spends much o f its be tw een race t im e on a recharger. The bike 's steering an d fron t suspensio n is p rovided by Ho nda an d the fuel is carri ed in a Yam 360 enduro ta nk. Now th at's inge nui ty. J ack Kell y is one c o mpetito r wh o has ru n in every o ne of th e W. E.R.A. races at Texas World Speedway . Several riders exp ressed co ncern abou t rider fatigue in th e ex t re me heat and even th ou gh o ne was hurt during pr actice, co o l-headed ca ut io n . o n the ' ride r's part kept the racin g clean . Just in t ime fo r th e last race of the da y, a co o ling cloud co ver moved overh ea d an d th e air temperatu re dropped into th e p lepant . mid-Su s, if on ly it had co me six hou rs sooner. • Results in Resu lt s Sect ion. • ~ S UPER 8 MM by Dick Kay's WIERA Under the sun II III . -- :::: .. _ _4 C-..........::;... .: ..4_ . .. --.... .... u :" - ...... - - , _ 4 •• ::.: _ •• .~ ~ detailed. large r ef er en ce maps in color high light. Over 10 0 ruu-eoter ' and black and wh ite photographs. And • m u ch more!. . $9.95 How to Win Motocross Escape· by Trail Bike Tell s t he yo u ever v - t h ing.l tau ght f inest boo k all o f t -read mot or - in Gary Bai ley 's rae ing schools. An . swers