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·_._._._._.-._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.•._.-._. FREE 1877 MX CATALOG. Grigsby didn't go home with j ust - bridesmaid honors. as he won th e Short Track money wit h a n im p ressive rid e that sa w him in front from sta rt to fin ish : W a yne Ra in ey p assed J im W right ea rly in the rac e to take a nd hold sec o nd . wi t h Scott Pe arson following suit to take third . Tidwell claimed t he on ly other triple win as he had a clean swee p of th e 250cc Expert cla ss. Pete Hames won twice on t he ovals . outlasting Steve Po lson to win the 125 Exp ert short track a n d half-m ile. No vice Br ian Bu rch was a n ot he r double winner as he led the 125 sho rt track from start to fin ish with Randall Howard second and Ben Meyer th ird. On the half-m ile Burch was again in the lead. with Jeff Neeley in second until problems for ced him out and Eddie Tafoya took over second. Mark Butler hopped aboard his new big bike and passed Rich Barnes to win on th e Open Novice short track and then led wire-to -wire in the TT with Terry Whyta l second. Butler almost had a grand slam but Jeff Moon grabbed it awa y from him at th e last r.ossible second on th e half-mile. - Mike Baeder , a road racer turned flat tracker. had a double win in th e .250cc Amateur short track over David DeTemple and Scot t Polson and took th e TT from Polson and Rob Sel vy. Results in Results Section. Do you have trouble locatino name brand MX It ems? Tr y T F. Number One Products - - T ERRYCABL E WORKSPerformance - THOR Enterpr ises FOX SHOX - saw - HOSS - MOTOTEK Mark Char les MARZOCCHI-CERIA NI J TRac ing Phase 2 C.T. Alloy HI· PO IN T SUN Cha in Tit e M ikuni P ro -Tec L ectr on Wiseco BA TES T F Rac ing BanlrAmericard COD -UPS Mas fer Charge T F RACING (209) 795 -298 1 Box 2 15 A ver Ca.95224 I w ou'd Ilk. to add,• • • thi , muuge and to thII rid.,. . of the following br and• . SUZUKI: The 2 new mode ls of AM 250'1 are 1M Ilflest $urukis ever made and are probably the bes t 2 s treHle racers in the world rod ev. HONDA: You Honda peopl e bave comp lained tor years about not havir:-g a recer . well, the CR 25O's are great and they are drrt cheap - there are tho usands of used ones around . jf vou cannot afford' new one . CAN A M : This is the most powerful 250 engi ne going . They are th e result of yea ls of power development and are ma de riQht next door . (Above 1Greg g Toya ma (601tried to stay a head of w inner Brian Myers co ugh at DeAnza. IBelowl Toya ma and Dave Eropkin (5dl lead the 125 Pro s into t he first turn. KAWASAKI: The KX2SOKawasalu has the largest trans· let' port area of the new ge ner atIOn 01 bikes a nd has a tremendous pote ntial as 8 w innAr. I did not mention Yamaha. Harley Dav icbon. Bultaeo or we already know they 81'8 proven wi nners. ~ because M y of these 8 engines • • ready and wi ning to win • Nat tDnillCh8mpfonship. Vv'hat I am try ing to M y is - let 's get 10wor k. I tor one am tired of seeing 1 or 2 brands win 8...ery time. aren't you ? " I left out your brand. don't despair. there Me 4 mor e just as good as those not ed . • .2415 Brown& St. Louis. Ma. 63114 " Rd.. Phone 314/426-6959 Gerig and Rogers win Open 250 Pro withAMC or call Charley Chapple 313/735-5453 DEALERS AND SALES REPS ATTENTION By Dan ny Ray mond HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NE W PROTECTIVE EOUI PMENT PRODUCrS AND PRICES? BEFORE YOU ORDER FOR THE HOLI DAYS, SEND FOR BR OCHURE AND PRICES. ALL DEALER ORDERS NO W DIRECT . ORANGE. Cal. .Jan . 23 San Diego Suzuki 's David Gerig made a clean sweep of the Am erican Motocross Club (AMC) Open Pro division to take the cla ss win over Yamaha pil ot . ruce Baron at Saddleback Sunday. rig lead both mo tos from sta rt to inish , winning th e first moto by nearly hree fourths of a lap . Gerig aga in sto rmed out into th e ead a fter the start of the second rnoto , ' ith Baron and Marke Sign or in ho t ursuit . Baron stuck to Gerig's rear heel unt il Gerig bobbled , a llowing aron to pa ss int o a sm a ll lead . O nl y ome nts la ter Geri g was back by. ntil Baron made one of his fa mo us erzerk passes th at shot Ger ig off the ou rse for a seco nd . W hen Gerig got ac k on the tra ck th ere was no op p ing him as he gassed it u p . au gh t a nd passed Ba ro n for the cond moro win and th e overall . , W hee!sm it h 's Montesa h otsh oe . evin 'Viva " Roge rs too k t he early ead of th e firs t 250 Pro moto while im Welker (SUl) . Mike Goodrich SUl ). a nd Rob ert Reisin ger ' (Kaw) ulled away fro m the pack. Goodrich ' II off th e pace, a llowing Reisinge r to third . Reisin ger closed on a nd mall y passed both Rogers a nd Wel ker fine style. Reisin ger th en pushed to a short lead to take th e moto win ver Ro gers. W elk er . a nd St eve ontaqu e (Suz) , who closed qu ickly n th e leaders to finis h a close fourth. Rogers took th e win of th e seco nd oto aft er ea rly leader Goodrich an d eisinge r cras hed . Montaque shoc k ff both Rick Rasm usson (H us) a nd im Wdker to finis h a n im porta nt co nd position to assure him seco nd verall , First mot o winn er, Reisin ger . un d cd of f t he top five fin ish ing ositio ns. • Results in Results Section . [ , de.Ie ,. .11M DAVIS y-" ' PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BOX 1002, BURBANK. CALI FORNIA 91505 _~~21 3) 782.2045 r fast service on CARABELA Sue Fish top J.25 Int. atAMC DeAnzaMX .. - +d -- Parts· Accessories· Apparel works radng equipment ca1l513/372·7607 II.PI5.5.1. ~::~g.:= ,,"1111••11.1•••1. ~ By Ron Lawson SUNNYMEAD. CA ,JAN. 16 AMC's day of racing at De Anza Cycle Park started off with the 125 Experts. Although the moto was restarted twice due to serious crashes, the race finally got underway and Greg Toyama (FMF) led the charge into th e first turn . Brian Myerscough (SUl) , who got off the lin e in fifth or so . wasted no time in cutting his wa y to the front. He was right on Toyama 's heel s by th e second lap. Bri an was riding within in ch es of Toyama •. .. pressuring him hard enough to forc e a mistake. It came on the very next lap that he ed ged ou t Greg and took over the lead. Within five laps. Myerscough had lapped six riders. In the meantime. there was a threewa y battle for third . John Atwood (FMF). Clint Carman (Hon) and Dave Eropkin (PK) were racing right beh ind Toyama . Th e three riders were consta n tly changing positions. but with Eropkin leading most of the time . The contest finally sta bilized with COM PETITIU N FORKS & n marzocchl ., ~ , ~ H O C KS • FROM YOUR HI -POINT DEALER R.e4Jmufs SUVdti Sales & Service Eropkin leads Myerscou gh at AMC. Atwood in fron t a ft er E ropk in dropped out of the ra ce . It was shortly after th at when T oyama 'dis covered , (the ha rd way) ju st how much gas it took to finis h th e race. He coasted off th e track with an em pty gas tank , handing second place to Atwood . At th e fin ish . Myerscough was wa y out in front , follow ed b y Atwood and Carman. Fast UPS Mail Ord ers Any where 829 W. Colton Ave. Red lands, CA 92 37 3 ~ 71,4-793-2041 ... Mik e Patr ick 's 19