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ilr'•• ~'., ! ! • : ., 1 ; • THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ~ OF MINICYCLE RACINe . 0 '... -.C~z 0 0 O ;· ~ ~'-' C"'\':h i JSO : *I'. • . ~" • ~ft FEATURING THE 1977YAMAHAYZBOII! ~ .~~& f~RACE p," • .. • t ., ur u'n bel ieva hl ,' le a d after t wo laps. Kellogg's lit th - Hond a sraru-d ttl I~ y and 1 0 and be hold there she was III the lead! She had opened up a 300 · yard lead when bot h she and Adam were side lined with a bou t two la ps 10 go . Worms aga in! Ron Rosscu i{ I lod ) h ad b e-en wat ching the wh o le procedure a nd a ll o f a suddr-n found h imself in th e lead fo r the win . T he O pen hash pit ted C raig Adams (KTM), Goa t Broker (Ya m), a nd W . C . Thornton (Suz) in a see -saw battle that saw the lea d cha nge three tim es and event uall y the fin ish in tha t order . t In th e Senio r ra ce . while T ho rn ton led a lmost a dea n swee p hy SU7Uki . spoi led only by one lone . liu le, shril l'sh ri" king 125 Hon d a pi loted hy Allam Padilla, who stay ed in second p lan' for he ent ire event. The Sportsman Ra cing Association is .~ ow requiring a com pet ition lin·nst· of all riders in 1977 . • . : " f'.r{k~';~ - :~,f.1I'" I/~t ! • v .. \ Kr \ ~III \ .(' ~ I ~ .. . I I FO -, , :J . Hosted by AMC , the Over the Hill Gang slipped onto the hard n' fast track of Escape Country. Dippy Del tried but he couldn't . 'get his Aardvark (A ardoarhrtt . . . Ed.) to go fast enough to beat Stubby Steve (Yam) who won the Expert cla ss. I The Am at eurs shared th e t rack with th e Experts. Doper Dave (C ·A ) won th e first moto , bu t Beautiful Bruce (Mai) was first overall when he won the second moto. \ \ ~ ' -.rf·~ o ~ Ij"",......., ~ I .. .< ,'" ,::; ¢!, , " ~ , ~~~...Jtl. u I ' \ . NATIONAL MINICYCLE1 ASSOCIATION ~ 'it ~ I I NItJA \l _\ \ 24324 GILMORE CANOGA PARK CA. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I \ I \ 91307 i , • t' • In th e Intermed iates , Ruptured Rusty (Suz) bUTSt int o first pl ac e in th e first moto, acing Miss Mike (Bul) out, but Flippin Fr ed (Hus) went 3·2 to win overall a he ad of Rathole Rocky (Yam) and Lewd Lou (CZ). Du Du Dan (CZ) won both Nov ice motos to take the gold . Beaver Ben (H us) showed he still had it when he took second place away from Lizard Lou (Honj, who was playing catch-up, In th e Beginners, a very much im p roved J eTryrig John went L-I to win . Lumpy Leon was second and Boxcar Bob tail ed into third. • Results in Results Sect ion. o z o Tamietti tops SSM motocross ::l; By Danny Raymond C Wheelsmith's local plate TRABUCO CANYON , CA ,JAN . 30 i • -15-77. I~~ I. ORANGE, CA ,JAN . 29 By Bang Bang Bobo :~ _.~&® &J~j~nft§)}~l~ cg£j1ru§C) t I . i~ OF PRILl- -31977 CHAMPIONS RACInG UIOR D 0'''' 0.1 ! t\U'",.. It • :§ Number One holder , Val Tarnierri , swept through two straight moto wins to take the o ve rall Open P ro win during Saddleba ck Saturday Motoc ross action . T am iett i's win came aft er early moto battles with John Barcevic (Suz), and Ric Housel , who was doing a fin e job in his first Pro race. FMF's Radical Ron Turner opened up th e first 250 Pro bout with the first lap lea d , whi le Mike Yorba , T .]. Warren , and Jeff Vidic fil ed in beh ind . KTM 's Dann y " Mag oo" Chandler ca me up on th e lea ders but d ropped out of content ion a fte r a co uple , of minor spills. T u rner went int o a co nfortable lead an d won. Orange County Suz uk i's Mike YOTba ~ a: > Z .. Z > '" ~ 5: Mike Yorba (e21 passed Ric Housel on his way t o second in the fi rst SSM 250 Pro m ota. followed in second wh ile Wheelsmith's T .]. Warren took third . Col e Broth ers ' Clark Jones holeshot the second moto while ' Jeff Vidic, Magoo Chandler, and T.J. Warren pulled awa y from the pack. Ron Turner, su ffe ring from a poor start made his way through the p ack, 'p icking off rider after rider to finally t ake the lead after nearly three quarters of th e moto. After Turner got way past Jones, Vid ic did likewise . Jones held onto third with Andy Kirker (Suz) and Rick Ra smusson rounding off th e top five finishing posi tions. Resul ts in Results Sect ion. Webster wins S.C. T.A. fun and mud trials By Paul Oswald TRABUCO CANYON , CA ,JAN. 30 The Southern California Trials Association hosted a genuine fun and mud trials at Escape Country , complete with hub 23