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Cycle News 1976 11 16

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_._._._._._._._.I ~ ~ ... IlJ .0 S IlJ ;> o Z Eddie Lawson, Eddie San Roman, Jim Wright , Wayne Rainey, and Mike Tidwell just to mention a few were all ready to get "it on iri the fifteen lap main. When the flag fell it was Rainey off on top with Wright , Lawson and Tidwell in hot pursuit. They started changing partners on lap two when Lawson moved by Wright. On three Tidwell also put the move on Wright dropping him to fourth . Meanwhile up front Rainey was holding off a strong challenge by Lawson . Everybody was status .q uo until lap seven when Wright got by Tidwell to move back into the number, three spot. On lap ten things' start to happen. Lawson got by Rainey. Dave Peters and Terry Statum went out 'with bike problems. Wright went down coming out of turn four . Stan Kinsey moved quickly into the third spot with Jim Crowley behind him. Unlucky lap thirteen claims Mike Tidwell and he limps into . the pits with a possible seizure. Don Tortorelli falls by the < wayside on fourteen and as the checkered flag came out the survivors were Eddie Lawson first, Wayne Rainey second, Stan Kinsey third and . Dylan Neihart fourth . Eddie also added the Open Expert Half Mile with a wire to wire victory in that one. Second place Dave Peters .was really It@J]~'nc.=H.p. Porting. Radial Heads.Sn.il Pipes CR 125 · 9 .5 Front Forks. Fork Accumulators; Dealer Program; Catalog S1.5 0 HWy' 19 N. Rt.2 Port Richey. FL 33 S6 8 (813)863 .2121 THE FINEST IN COMPETITION DIRT BIKE . - RIMS . FROM YOUR HI-POINT DEALER Hand ~ ~:;able ~ Othman Distr ibuting Co; Box 356 San Luis Obsipc, CA 93406 (805) 544-6181 • Rfding • Racing • Street GLOVES Dealer Inqu iries lnvi~ed ,..~~ Fra~eM?dS, @ ~ 7.1 . Porting, Race Preparation . (714) 645·8008 2334 Newport Blvd., Cost a Mesa, CA can-am __.1.. 4 HONDA H~DAKA Honda of Glendora ~ .

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