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Cycle News 1977 05 18

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! CENTRAL PIPELINE z z z z z z z z z ~ z z z z po ints r a ce. By winning . Kr ei ter set h im sel f up as t he ma n to be a t a t th e BM C' s 52 .5 00 m on ey m otu to b e held June 5 at Sagebrush Int ern a t io n a l. t l' l' Ma ny ou r-of-town riders a tt e m p ted to win bUI onl y "forei!;ner" Bre tt Mr Co y from Po we ll. W yo . was successful in the 250 Expert class . McCoy fought off Numbe r Two st ate rider Mik,' Fox until Fo x went down. Ke n Bauman . BM" 1976 Number One rider . won the 125 Expert class. L itt le J oe C levenger won t hc Min i Expert class . t he n jumped o n his 100 and captured the 175c c·and ·und,'r class. , A crowd of 2000 wat c hed 88 rid e rs race in ('ight c la ssi-s . a g-oofirst in t he B ill in ~s Motorcycle Club ( BMC) Open Expert class toda y. II,' ha d his new YZ4000 under control to o ut d istanc e the ot her - riders in h is class in the sr-con d m O l CL Dal e Gab le ca pt u red the 250 Expert class on his new YZ250 Yam aha , Gable had been a consiste nt win ne r o n h is O pe n Expe rt H u sky . so t his was quiu- a change for him! J ess C hea tham from W orl and . W yo. wo u nd h is wa y t hroug h ttl<' 125 Ex pe rt pack to surface as t he c lass's winner. As us ua l th is was t he most vici ously co n tested cl ass . The rac e was a tu ne lip fo r the BM C' s po int s race a t t heir Sage b rush Inte rn at ion a l Ra ceways Tra ck on Ma y 1. Thr- points contest sta cked u p as a n intt'n'sti n~ ra ce for the mu ch c o vet ed Number Oru- p ial" . A ll winners of t 1 dav wen' o il' 1(" Yama h as . Ma n v th anks to la nd owne-r and club Ilwmi,,'r George Bokrna for putting on su ch .a successful e ve n t . Ove -r 100 riders c o m pcu-d III a ll classes. • Res ul ts in Re sult s Sect io n . New Orleans Supercross will have instant replay The Ju ne 4 New O rlea ns Su pe rdome Su pe rco rss will be th e first m o to cr oss eve nt wit h inst a n t re p lays. WWI.-TV . th e loca l tcle. VIS IOn stat io n in Ne-w O rleans th at ow ns a nd operates t he TV faci lities in the Su perdo rne. will hav e a fu ll cr ew in ope rat io n the ni ght o f t hc ra ce , wit h six ca meras. slo w m oti o n e q ui pm e n t a nd roving ca me ra coverag« . Re pl a ys will he show n o n six gia nt (2 '1') scree ns. which an' visi h le fro m a ll sc a ts. Y ou wo n't havr- to wo rry about missi ng a n y t h i n ~ ex citi ng . y 'ou will have at le a st two c ha nces to S (T c-ve-rv ju m p and sp ill! •

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