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Brad Lackey vvins World Championship Reputations, factory contracts won an destroyed at the Richmond Internationa World Championship Mini-Bike Grand Pri ~ o C(') .... Il) By J im Gianatsis # - RICHMOND, CA . NOV.19 .0 ~ t was . th e ra cing eve n t everyo ne had prepa red fo r a ll season. T he Na tio na ls a nd Tra nsAMA Series be da m ned , t he Int ern a tion al World Cha mpion sh ip Mi ni -Bike G,~ 'lIld Prix wa s t he one event to de term ine th e S Il) ;> o Z Mosier leads the parade lap as Semics prepares to crash. January . " It gets ~re difficult ever y yea r . People get faster and I must try , harder. Next year Ak e will be back in the 500 class , It will be a hard figh i. " sai d Roger as his though ts now begin to turn back to Europe . Co incid entl y his th oughts a lso ponder Ake J onsso n th e m an wh o three yea rs ago demoli sh ed th e T rans-AMA ci rc uit even better th an Roger. Even bett er ? • . Bite your tongue . Results 500 CLASS: 1. A. DeCost er 1-1 ISuzl . 2. G. Noyce 221Mail. 3. B. Hannah 3-4IYam ). 4. G. Wolsink 5-3ISUlI . 5. B. Lackey 4;5 IHusl. 6. B. Grossi 9-6 ISuzl. 7. M. Smith 11·7 IHn). B. P. Karsmakers 10-9 IHon). 9. G. Mosier 12-8I Mail. l 0. A. Watanabe 14-10 ISuzl. 11. P. Richt... 17-12IKTMI12. T. DiStefano 16-13 ISuz). 13. D. Kudalski 21·11 IPENI. 14. A. Ang iolini 16-15 IMail. 15. M. Boone 19-11 ISUlI. 16. K. How ert on 24-14 IHusl. 17. J . Turner 15-24 (Suz). l B. J . Weinert 6-33 (Kaw l. 19. A. WeiI7·33 IMail. 20. D. Nani 25-161KTMI. 250: 1. W. Reid 1-3 (Hon). 2. J. Ellis4-1 IC-A!. 3. S . Wise 5-2 ISUlI. 4. C. Sun 2·5 IHusl. 5. D. laPorte B-4 ISUlI. 6. M. Moates 7-6 10ss1 1. J . Jennings 6-9 ISuz). . a. J . Savitski 10-1 1Su zl. 9. F. Stacy 9-10 IKTMI. 10. P. Klassen 14-10 IKTMI. Rich Eierstedt (941and Support cla ss winner Warren Reid (20) blast off. best of the best. Lig htweights like DeCost e r . Mikkol a . H owe rt on a n d DiSt efan o knew t hei r holl ow cro wns didn 't sta nd a cha nce a mong the t rul y skilled d arcdevels of m ot ocro ss a nd cho ose to stay a t home or hide behind th e n ylon sno w fen cin g wit h t he 2,000 sc rea m in g fan s wh o fi lled the Richm o nd Ra m bl ers MC c1 ubgrou nds to ca pa city . Reput at ions were sha ttere d a nd n ew g ods we re c re a ted at th e Ramblers' fourth annual happening wh ere , m ore important th en th e $515 Pro Main Event pu rse . rider co n trac ts hung in the bal ance for the fo llowing season . C ries of " Fo ul!" wer e ra m pa nt in th e pits as sec re t works mach inery was unveiled wh ich made a mockery of this ye a r 's 150 cc displacement limi t. Among th e more exoti c factory bikes wer e Miller Mane's 100cc Yamaha YZ 80 pumping out 20 o dd ho rsepower in a 129 lb. package with 6 ~ in ch leading a xle front forks a nd 9 in ch es rear wheel tra vel. FMF unloaded from th eir fa ct ory 58' Chevy pi ckup an XR· 75 H on d a with susp en sion mods and a full y p ort e d CR 125 e n g ine sh oeh orned into wh ere th e slow reving 75cc 4·stroke m ill had on e resided. 'H u rr ica ne' Bob Hannah was keeping sec ret th e m odifications to his XR Honda d isgu ised in a DC /Yamaha pai nt m ot iff that ha rdl y d et ered H on d a team m a na ge r T er ry Mull ig an or Su zuk i mecha nic Keith McCa rty fro m beggi ng it s use for t h e ir respect ive c lasses . Co mpan y p rid e meant nothing with wo rld tit les o n the lin e . " The Ri chmond Rambler s co u rse had been sho rten since last yea r, but it qu ickl y b e c am e ev ide n t durin g p ra ctice o n th e well prep ared tu rf th at horsepower would play a key role. Honda ' s Warr en R ei d qui c kly, discovered that th e FMF ma chine was more pipey t han a tru ckload of RC 250 works bikes a nd required all his skill to keep th e front wheel from going over his head every time th engi ne got up on th e powerband . Dav Miller roosted spe ct a tors with full loe p ow erslides on h is Mill er Man m a ch ine to post fa stest ti mes of th ev ening . Motorcyclists' Bra d Zimmerman, mea nwhi le , claimed, '" won practice!" Finding th e American su persta more th en he bargained for. England' Crahan Noyce co u ld onl y mumble . " It's bl oody terribl e out th ere. I was forced to take sho rtcu ts everyw he re." Rick Bu rgett scre am ed out . " I feel m ean . I feel clean!" Mr. Boone raised his hand during th e rider's meetin~ and asked where the claim ing a rea would be after th e ra ce . POWDER PUFF Tea m Kaw asak i mounted stro ng support in th e Powder Pu ff class with wives Kathy W ein ert . Cathy Clark a nd fri en d Jul ie Rodgers decked o ut in fu ll team un ifo rms . Most of 't he girls co m pla ine d of shock fad e afte r their . five lap qual ifyin g moto on th e bumpy co u rse . April Wal rat h d emanded longer mot os " . . . to prepare fo r Europe next ' year ." Jul ie Rodgers cl aimed sh e needed more factory Warren Reid 1201 got bumped off on the last lap by Bad Brad. 8