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not just another pretty faceone can will show you why ask your .dealer DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED SPECTRO OILS OF CALIFORNIA 477 INDUST RIAL' WAY PLACEN IA CA 9 2670 T DIVI SION OF INTERCONTINENT AL LU BRICAN T S BROOK FIELD CONNECTICUT s.o.s. Jones beats Turnbo at Lake Whitney Save on Suzukis RM 80, IOO, 250, 370 ... priced super low! All TS a GT Models • . . priced super low! All GS a PE Models ... priced super low! We have the Suzuki MX Bicycle a can s h i p anywhere By Dave Nielsen WHITNEY . TX . DEC . 26 With entries from O klahoma , Sa n Ange lo , Houston , Aus tin, and Da llas-Ft . Worth, it looked like some sort of regional cham- S149.95 "I Suzuki of Van Nuys 'I Ca lif orn ia 's No . 1 Vol ume Suzuki De a ler 16 14 1 Sherma n Wa y. Va n Nuv s. CA 2 13994280 0 2 13 ·99 4288 2 3 bloc ks Wes t o f the Sa n D iego Fre ew a y Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva .Viva Viva Viva Viva Vim Vit'/1 Vim Viva ~ New 12s:IJ, ~V~~~:ra MXe r's ~ East Coast D istr ib ut or ~ ~ . Cosmo politan Mo tors . Inc . J ack sonville & M eadow brook Roads ~ Hat boro. PA 19040 We s t Coast Dist ribu to r 215,672,9100 Viv a Distr ibu t ing Compan y !S 10625 Vanowen 'Burbank, CA 91505 :.. Available soon 2137666101 e, '0::::: ~. " "': §, , ~ outsta nd ing features include ~ :.. - Cylinder center port e xhaust - "Up-Pipe" exhaust system (m e e t s '" ;., FIM noise s tandards) -Frame design: Chrome moly double loop cra dl e :::: ~ - -Magnesium alloy " M a rzo c c hi" f ro nt forks - leading axle type E .~ "PAlzti" w ith 9-3/S" t ravel -Longer (9") rear suspension travel : Betor "': :.. s hock s with reservoirs -36mm Bing carburetion (n e w on the 250 VB ) §, Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva Viva 'Viva Viva Viva Viva Vi·va Viva Attention Dealers! Plan to visit us at the MDN Anaheim Trade Show Jan. 19-20-21 For all you r MX, racing and off-road needs . . . Booths 341 & 342 . 'I_- ~ If we miss you there write or call us for our catalogue . . Motorcycle Specialties 28 . Box 653, Chatsworth, Cal . ifornia 91311 Telephone 213,886-8044 213-886,7878 pionship as Whitney hosted its largest turnout in recent months, although it was smack in the middle of the holidays . As one rider put it , "Sitting around the house gets old , and I couldn't let a race day like this go by," Second year pro Mel Newman of San Angelo , now sporting National No. 53 , had the lead over the 125 Experts until the fourth lap when his Suzuki's chain derailed. From then on, it was Dicky Turnbo aboard a borrowed stock Elsinore and Mike J ones on his FMF Honda in ' a battle that pulled away from Glen Johnson (Hon), Mike Hullett (Suz) , and Ivan Neeper (Han), Jones closed ' the gap but Turnbo held on to the checkers a bike length ahead. In the second moro, Turnbo jumped ahead . b ut this time Jones moved in quickly to take control on lap four. Trey Jorski (Suz), after a sixth in the opener. was running third in the final , b ut dropped out at th e ha lfway point of the ten -lap heat. and at the finish . J ones reversed his score for a 2·1 win over Turnbo's 1-2, Mike Hullett (4-4) , Glen Johnson (3·5), and Mel Newman (7-3). The IOOcc class first moto saw Mike Walcott drop his 'Zu ki in the very last corner and get promptly run over by Harry Heinze (Yam) . who won the race in the last few feet by managing not to crash himself. Walcott returned to smoke 'em in th e second moto, but Heinze's 1·2 marks were tops, with Waco's David Lassetter (Suz) second at 2,3 , and Eric Eames third overall on his new Suzuki. Santa was good 'to many of today's riders, incl uding Chad Calvert, out on a new YZ80 after years on an X R75 . Unfo rt unately, Obie J ones -also had designs on first p lace in Junior Mini, and it was no t to be denied. -j ones (Yam) led a ll the way, trailed by Ca lvert . Glen Nelson, and Mark Kinder of Shennan . Da llas rider Chris John Talbot (39 ) placed third in both the Over·30 and 250 Novice races at Lake Whitney.