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? ? ? z z z ? z CENTRAL PIPELINE fthe. aln ; • IIIlI -= IIIlI ang Chain ...:I t tt- en ...... ...... ...... 19761.S.D.T. Gold Medal Performance Mike Hannon of Bultaco lnt'l ., Ltd. >- ~ ~ Stocking Dealers John Townsend AAA Cycle 1300 E. Edinger St . Santa Ana , CA 92705 Richard Miller Motorcycles 1725 Tomli nson St. Eureka, CA 95501 (Above) Mike Kidd and Terry Poovey go for it in th e 250 Main at Ross Downs. Poovey won. (Below) Wes Powell looks confident on his RM250B rocketsh ip. Poovey aces Ross Downs short track By Dave Nielsen FORT WORTH, TX , APR . 8 In this, the year of box-stock race winning bikes, Terry Poovey swept the Trophy Dash and Main Event fr om a h uge 250cc class at the Ross Downs short track', as the season of leather, low pipes, and un-knobby tires is in full swing aga in . Well, almost box stock. Poovey's Bultaco Sales of Dallas 250 Astra sported one of ace tuner George Banke's la test pipes, and a big 18 on the number plates. Frantic ignition ' rep airs on James R awls' Cycle Stop Kawasaki befor e the Main went for na ught, as he led tum on e and lost the flywheel in tum two. Mike Kidd's Pen ton ran third at the Astrodome Na tiona l, but finished a valiant second tonight. Kidd says the outdoor, ba nked , tackier tracks demand more bea ns from the motor than the indoor races, and vowed . to pull some more horses out of th e Austrian mill before the next outing. Hot on Kidd's heels at the checkers was another national number, Wes Powell , wearing 33 ' this year a nd aboard the "Ba nke Missile, " a Staracer Suzuki RM250B special out of R&W Cycle. Second-year pro Mike Green (Bul) was the fourth car of the finish line freight train , just ahead of Ronnie Jones (Yam) and the H on da thumper of Billy Orr. In keeping with the AMA's 1977 short track 250 rule, the format this year at Ross Downs features the' 250 class , while 360 and larger bikes are lumped in the "O pen" class. It was Steve Gulledge all the way in the Open Main on a big twin Yamaha , holding off similarly-equipped O kla homa n Br et Bra ddy. Also down from O kie country tonight were the 1-2 finishers in 125cc action, Scott Adams (Hon) a nd Kreg Hunt (Yam). Dallas Yamaha riders David Langley and Steve Perdue topped the screami ng 85 and 100cc . divisions, while teammate Br et Rosen bu rg led the little 65 s. · These small -bore classes have papas and tuners nearly as co lorful as the riders , scurrying and worrying while their young charges are on the track . Desp ite the recent passing a wa y of promoter M.l. Watkins , racing continues Friday nights at Ross Downs with Mrs , Watkins and son David at the reigns, along 'Wi th ~ sta rter Phil Dyson, pit steward Jesse Pinckert, announcer Jack R hod es, and scorers Jeanette and Fred Friedrichs. • Resu lts in Results Section. Stichter captures newly formed 100 title o .Dealer Inquiry to: USA Distributors 4422 Glacier Avenue San Diego. California 92120 U.S.A. °0 o 'The chain that fights dirt' I IIC6 . -~ ~\"1111~tI"~I (714) 283-5765 Fast Service HONDA GL·1000 RING & PINION 4.0:1 RATIO Your biggest performance gain forthe Gold Wing $169.95 list .. VELOCI TY STACKS GAUGES FASTENERS HAROWARE Th GeeEnterprisesInc. 731 EAST CYPRESS. MONROVIA. CALIFORN IA 91016 (213) 359-2415 DEALERS - CALL OR WRITE FOR LA T EST CATALOG By Linda Donelson LAKEWOOD , CO, APR . 24 Twenty-minute motos for all mi ni classes, and the brand new l OOcc class were the order of the day at La kewood Sportcyc le Park. Sixty mini riders put on a sho w of shows. T he lead cha nged continually in eac h divi sion . with T ed Loeffl er (Town & Co u nt ry Suz) doing his thing in Mini Exp ert . Dave Pet erson firs t in Mini Am at eu r . a nd Justin Mart in . th e littl e eig ht -yea r-old . winning in Mini What's happening? GlLIlIDAlj • 35