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We st art where the Factory left off! !! NORTHERN DATELINE "')(£$P.5 YA J'V7T1N" - A WORKS RACER AT A I PRIVATEER'S COST EC W /R Yam 80cc $995 .00 EC W /R Yam 100 cc . 1245.00 EC W /R Yam 125 cc 1395 .00 EC W /R Yam 175 cc 149500 EC W /R Su z 100cc 1245 .00 1395 .00 EC W /R Su z 125cc EC W /R Suz 250cc 1595 .00 EC WIR Su z 3 70c c 1795.00 rage 2 and 3 WIR Racers for Heros sk for detai ls. T HE CHO ICE IS YOU RS . YOU CAN HAVE THE COMPLET E · E.C. W/ R OR THE PARTS. THE ENGINE . ' Porting E.C. Radial Heads Wat ercooled Head s All oy air bo xes Kr ob er CD! Bi" g carb s & parts Sn ail pip es Exh au st flange ' kits 520 chain kit 34 mm Mikuni Low p ipes N.D . racing plugs $80.00 $64 .95 199.95 75 .00 250.00 Market 64 .95 10.00 39.95 42.00 5 9.9 5 2.50 ON THE FRONT Don Bailey at San Jose-goin9 for a 10lNl! r number-like One, maybe? - - - - - - - -....,.-,,----- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --,- Rainey/ Bailey split another pair Honda CRI25M forks extended to 9.5' of tr avel $64.95. Air kits Terry kits (long travel] Andre' bars $15 .95 49 .95 19 .95 By W.H. Spencer Accumulators (O IlOW) 49.95 23.95 & up Alloy rims 14" to 21 '" Cheng Shin tires 3 .50 x 14 17.50 SAN JOSE. CAL., AUG. 8 It was a repeat affair from two weeks ago for So Cal's Wayne Rainey on his Shell 250cc Yamaha and for seemingly unbeatable Don ON THE REAR C ~ J swingarrns Re d Line swingarms Brass b ushings Gas G irlings S 125 .00 100.00 12.9 5 93.50 E.C . sho cks 99.95 KYB oil reservoir shoc ks 175.0 0 79 .95 S & W gas freon shocks Tony D. Red Wing gas shocks 89 .95 o ...J ...J I- l\Ionday through Saturd ay 8 10 5. Prices F.O .B. E.C. Birt, Inc. Dealer Inq uiries Invited. Catal og $ 1.50. l/l ~ (J UJ > UJ Il/l !!t tJ Fremont 250 Pros Kipp Classen (9) and Bill John son under lights. /f WY 19 N. FAST I'O/(T I/..IClff r: FV. JJ,568 P/flJi'f (8 13; 8 6) - 2 12 1 s t:«. BOX T he latest on two 'yheels! Cycle N ew s every w eek! 30 Fremont Night MX By Steve Castillo FREMONT, CAL., AUG . 12 Things started flyin g in the first 500 Pro race with Larry Lacey and Bob Geffert both on Suzukis bombing into the first tum. Lacey beat out Geffert at the tum but Geffert p assed a t a tight .t um an d took over the lead. From . the n on Geffer t was on his own. Back fu rt her Lacey was battling fo r second with Rory Run dle (KTM), wh o had worked up from a so-so start. At the finish, however, it was Lac ey wh o had th e advan tage. Bruce Manzoni ca ugh t the res t of th e 250 Pros napping at · the start of the first mota and shot away on his CZ. Pressuring Manzoni was Kipp Classen ( KT~1 ) . Classen hassled briefly with Manzoni and then moved into the lead. Also working up were Phil Crane and Bob Myers, passing riders in giant swoo p s and movin g Into second and third place behind Classen. . Back in the 500 Pro race it looked to be a Larry Lacey and a Bob Geffert showdown, and it was . Lacey beat out Geffert at the start and he beat him to the flag to pick up his first Pro win at Fre mont. Phi'l Crane p ut his Suzuki into th e lead of mo ta two of the 250 Pro with Kipp Clas sen right behind. Bob Myers was up in third this mota and pushin g Classen hard. Bill Johnso n was also up in fourth. Cran e built up a sho rt lead, as the mo ta wore o n, the rest of t he ride rs be hind him had pushed their way up to challenge. Phil kept up the pace to win th e mota wi th Myers p us h ing. Classen and Jo hnso n push ed Myers in t um . It was tigh t alrigh t; all fo ur rid ers within a few feet o f ea ch o ther at the flag. Talk was spread ing through. the p its about the upco ming Northern Nigh t N ational Motocross Championship to be held September 2 and 4 here. There will be con t ingencies for the Juniors on Thursday and a 1500 purse up for • gr abs for the Pros. Results in Results Se ction. Bailey o n the 360cc Boss fr am ed Yamaha in t heir resp ecti ve Expert Main For Bailey, it was a eve n ts. come -fro m -behind effort with te am m ate Rodger Slack doing t he leading o n all but the last lap. The t wo alo ng wi th Rick Delacy were far and above the rest of the p ack wit h Rod Spencer getting by Scott Pearson on the borrowed Hank Sanchez twin. Rainey once again too k another easy 25 0cc Expert win over Dave Faria and Brian Thompson. Thompson handled Bailey, Slack and Mike Delacy for his third. . Some other So uthern Californians came north to lay waste with Todd Brown beating out Larry Kruse mann in the 125 Novice and Pete Hames taking out D-35 top notcher Bob Ely. Dave Rosa pulled au t all the stops for the 100 Mini Expert win with Tony Deatherage in for second over big Jim Cunningham. The tremendo us BS over wh o 's legal ana who isn't prompted o fficial s t o te ar d own th e firs t three an d all were fo un d to be within lim its. Of course, that didn't stop the moans an d groans. Modesto's Orozco brothe rs took h ome firsts in ' 100 Novice and 125 Junio r competition with Lo uie bea t ing au t top f1igh ter Mike Frozen in the Junior. • Resul Is in Result s Section. Speedway Central HAN FO RD. CA L., AUG. 20 An experiment with the trac k surface proved ou t as the riders adapted quickly and put on' one of the best shows of the season. An extra "cushion n of app roximately one