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r==========::::r-'_ -: CALIFORNIA CARLSBAD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Carlsbad , Californ ia d o , 2&.2' /I 28 ~ rlLLED Fe. d O , 9. 1e iii 1 t Febru ary 23. 24 &: 25 ~ /l.l.£() Ma rch 9. 10 &: 11 March 23 , 24 & 25 Apr il b . 7 & 8 OHIO MUS KINGUM VALLEY MX RACEWAY za nesville, Ohio Ap nl 20 . 21 & 22 Ap fll 27, 28 Be 29 May 4 , 5 &: 6 Mav 1'• 12&13 Mav 25. 26 & 27 Ju ne 1, 2 &: 3 June B. 9 &: 10 June 15 . 16 &: 17 CALIFORNIA CARLSBAD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Carl sbad. California June 29 . 30 &: Jutv 1 July 13 . 14 Be 15 Ju ly 2 7. 28 & 29 NOW IN CA LIFORN IA, OHIO, A ND TEXAS. TEXAS LAKE WHITNEY CYCLE RANCH Lake Whit ney. Texas Learn the skills of pros in a three-day course of classroom and on-track . training sessions . Thi s extensive course was designed by ROGER DE COSTER, and is ta ught by top instructors like MARK BLACKWELL and A.C. BAKKEN . Learn co rne ring. jumping, uphill and downhill riding techniques along with rider conditioning . Au gusl 10. 11- & 12 Augu st 17 , 18 & 19 Augu st 24 , 25 & 26 September 7,8 &: 9 Sep tember 14 , 15 &: 16 September 2 1. 22 & 23 CALIFORNIA CARLSBAD INT ERNATIONAL RACEWAY Carl sba d , Cal iforn ia 1i'1 '~,~~ o:J.,.l:f~ . 1/0. ~, (}II Uf ¢'/ ?f'J~ Dea\et October 5. 6 &: 7 October 19. 20 s 21 /iIS . No vember 2. 3 &: 4 No vember 16. 17 &: 18 No vember 30, Dee. 1 & 2 . -'l'fD Tl> 1VoI ,,/.}oSS December 14 , 15& 16 to$ ~ Li>'" _ Head ing for the tree turn in Cascade M C's scrambles , it' s motocrosser ,Newman in t he rush . t s u:z.u\<.\ at\ol\ .. see 'Iou e \I\{ot{l\ . 00 {l\p\et ,,\\Cat \ · {ot CO and ap .. - Now available: 1977250 &: 350 Alpina Out on t he loop trail, looking for that elus ive ri bbo n. MXers holler "Deal" at Oregon desert run Pesky'S MOTORCYCLE KNOBBY • • • 411 • • Suzuki RM Specialists .2 13 ·8 8 4·0 4 13 7045 Ca nog a Ave.. Ca nog a Pa rk. CA * 24 8141 Garden Grove Blvd Garden Grove, CA . 714-893-5091 RED MO ND . O R. JAN. 23 Sales • Parts· Service 213-693-9608 Southland Cycle By Jan Newman * Sales - Parts - Service - Financing Goodyear is Carroll Shelby 213-538-2914 Motocro sscr Barney Newman (Open Hus) won his class ra cc but "Dese rt Dude" Glcn n Wi cnsz (250 KTM ) took the overall "fas t tune" a ward whil e win ning his. T he Ca scade MC had billed the run as a n "old fashioned" fu n scramb les (i t was). cheap (agreed) . close (if you live in Red m o nd ). two sepa ra te races (yep) . -, free beer (gurgle) and a cha lle nge between morocrossers and desert r iders . Natura lly . no red-b looded M Xer wou ld concede defeat . .. The who le t hing got underw a y with 52 Open. 125 and 100 bikes on the line . At th e d ro p o f a n ag a ll 52 headed mo re or less towa rd a 90· right tu rn so me 200 feet away and off t hrough a short m o to cross co urse befo re heading out across 12 mil es of des ert . Admit tvd lv the M X" rs m av ma ke some - st ra ng~ looking m on os i':' th e open d esert but nobody .can see them . MXer Ba r n ey Newma n ca lm ly maneuvered the course on the proper side of a ll the trees and headed for the unfamiliar desert with a co mfortab le lea d . It wasn 't long. however . before Desert Dude Ken Ba iley ca me up close enough to pass when Barney slowe d to loo k fo r one of those el usi ve stri ps of p lastic th at signa ls a turn off th e road . ( Everybody knows a co rner shoul d be marked by a fence. hay bale or a n ag m an .) At the end of the first loo p they ca me in like they were o n a tandem H usky with Ken doing th e steering . T hen . just at the end of t he MX course. Ken crashed and was out of it for the day . Busted desert bike. be nt a nd b ruised dese rt rider. you know . At the pits a m em ber o f Barney's pit crew was un aware of the "fast tim e" awa rd a nd adv ised him to coo l it with his fin: minute lead . O n ly as th e fina l la p a pproached was he awa re of th e con tes t a nd Barney was advised to shift from cru ise to "gass it"! • T he 250. 200 a nd Old Timer s wer e a slightly sma ller gro u p a nd a littl e m ore orderly on th e first tour of th e ~IX co u rse b ut . he re agai n. ' led smoot hly by a n MX er . T racy Lantz. He was fam ilia r with the desert loop , -too and cu t the first lap within o ne second of Ba iley's first la p . Tracy was