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IF YOU'RE IN THE MARKET FOR AN OFF~ROADBIKE.. ~ Hot flashes from Yurrp SPEEDWA Y - Pet er Collins, with .' a 14 point victo ry , gave England its first Worl d Champion in 14 year s at the Individual Finals in Kat owice, Poland, September 5. Collins lost only o ne of hi s five races, placin g · second to Ivan Mauger. Sco tt Autrey, Am erica' s Lorie Eagle , got three seconds, a third and a falld o wn to place ninth (seven points) in t he 16-rider fiel d. The top five: 1. ' Pet er Co llins (G B) 14 : 2. Malc o lm Simmons (G B) 13 ; 3. Phil Crump 12 ; Ivan Mauger (N Z) 11 : Zenon Piech (Po l) II. MOTOC ROSS - Bel gium sw ep t the rest o f th e wo rld in the T rophee des Nat io n s, Woh len , Switzerland, Sep tember 5, beati ng the USS R by 14 points . Ro ger DeCoster led the Belgian ro mp with a 1-4 score. The U.S. team was skunked (sixt h o ver all), though Tony D. managed a pair of sevenths and Bob Hannah go t a tenth. Jiri Churav y won th e second moto for th e third p lace Czech team , but did no t figure in the first moto top ten. Other o utstan ding were Gunnady individual scores Moi sseev (USS R ) 2·9, Vladimir Kavinov (USSR ) 6-5 , and Graham No yce (G B) 5·6. Overall scores were: 1. Belgium, 52 ; 2. USSR 66 ; 3. Czechoslovakia 74: 4 . Sweden 77: 5. Great Britain 88; 6. USA 101. ROAD RACING - Though mechanical problems n etted Gary Nixon a 1.7th-DNF in two heats of the Dutch round September 5, his Formula 750 points lead may be still intact, as his closest challenger, Michel Rougerie, w as put out for the season by a broken ankle sustained in a car accident. Pat Hennen was ruth in the first heat, but retired after guessing wrong on tires during a rain-swept second heat. Top five overall were : 1. Victor Palomo (Ya m) ; 2. Kirk Van Dolman (Yam): 3. Phil Read (Yam); 4. John Newbold (Suz); 5. T. Ka tayama (Yam) . TRIALS - Yrj o Vesterinen (Bu l) won t he Finland round Sep tember 5 to gain some space on Malco lm Rathmell (Mo n) who finished seco nd. Without telling us whether t hey were net o r gross scores, o ur source sen t ' us updated world champ ionship standi ngs ' showing Vesti lea ding Rastus, 9 3 po ints to 83 after the Finland round. T hat same sourc e co uld n' t tell us wh at happ ened in Swe d en, t he week before , eit he r except th at Ulf Kar lsso n wo n t he re. Suc h ar e th e trials (oo p s) and trib ulations of glea ning news fr o m da 0 1' Country ... Suzuki forms seven man Trans-AMA squad Led by five-ti me World Ch ampion Roger DeCoster , the Suzuki team go es into th is y ear 's T ra ns-M IA series, to overw o r k a phrase, load ed for bear. Backing up Roger D. will be and Trans-AMA d ouble -winner runnerup Gerrit Wolsink, two-time ·250cc National Champion Tony DiStefano, Steve Stackable to ' co ntest his first Trans-AMA on Suzuki, a mended Billy Grossi minus one appendix, 125cc teamster Danny LaPorte out to try a b ig-bore ride , and 16-year-old team roo kie Jeff Jennings. REFLECT ON THIS! CYCLE BUYE RS GUID E .. ." Selli ng at $995.00 , an incredibl y pr iced off-road playbike designed for advanced trail rid ing at , more than casual speeds I!..., with these important features: * LA Y DOWN AIR OIL REAR SHOCKS * LONG T RA V EL FRONT FORKS * WI DE RATI O GEA RBOX * * *C.H.P. APPROVED GREEN STICKER FOR BELOW 86 DB SOUND LEVE L IN TH E DESERT NOW FOR A VERY LIMITED 0 F:,FER 895 00 ~0c?GESTED RE TAIL + FREIGHT & SETU P SEE YOUR LOCAL DEAL ER TODA Y - THEY MA Y BE GONE TOMOR ROW! Dealers in qui ri es invit ed. For more information wr ite : AWERICAM JAWA/CZ LTD. 18408 LAUREL PARK ROAD, DRAWER 15, COMPTON, CA. 90224 Goodyear is Carroll Shelby Cycle Cent er H o d ak a .. B ultaco * KTM 1300 East Edinger Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92705 714-83 5-7821 Ca n -A m Hodak.. ;\1~c o --.... 213-538 -2914 Hand Wash ab le ~~ _ ~, ". . ~ : ~~ Oth man Dist rib u t ing Co. Box 356 San Luis Obsipo , CA 93406 (805) 544-6181 "~#IIi Frame Mods;@) ~ V Po rt ing Welding Race Preparat io n (714) 645-8008 2334 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA ' R K·R Frames Shocks 209-847-2572 • Riding • Racing .. St reet GLOVES Dealer In q uiries Invit ed 25¢~~ is what it co st s per le t te r t o put your n ame or ri di ng number o n your fav orite jersey. swea tsh irt . ' o r T-shirt while yo u walt. . Phone (213) 534-2311 ,tfO ~AMAH~ Lomita, CA 9071} 2~ 02o. Narbonne Ave. , ES ' 960~ ;ING Ave . oa'lld3le . J~. 9 536 ' SPEC\AL lo neer Swing Arms Wheels 3