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Here we go a gai n: The things you read in Cycle News are written by two kinds of people - staff members and freelance contributors. Only editorial staff members are authorized t o test products or machines for Cycle News. The na mes of staff members appear in the masthead on page four of every is s ue, under t he heading " Edit orial. " W hen in doubt. call the Editor. Contrary to its name the Wom an 's Invitational National Motocross is not really invitational. Entry blanks can be had by calling Debbie Lutz at (714) 637-7860. The event will be held May 28 and 29 at Cyclerarn a . in San Antonio . T exas. , Suzuki's Gaston Rahier swept both otos of the May 1 Belgian round of the 125cc MX World Champion· hips . The win moves Rahier int o a o'mmanding points lead toward ecuring his third 125cc world rown. NORTHW ESTE~N \ \ PUYULLAP ick Bur leson (Husl continued to ominate the National Enduro hampionship Series as he ra c ke d p his fifth victory in s ix events at e 150 m ile Uttle Burr National on ay 1. Skip Olson (C·AI took A ias s honors while Gale Peterson amI topped the B class. The vent was marred by incidents in hich riders were apparently acosted by persons angry at the roximity of the 400 rider entry to e ir property. In an event connecd accident, Penton Import's verseas Iiason representative, acl.< Lehto, broke his foot when he IIided with another rider. '2 he May I 250 cc MX G P in echos lova kia saw Antoni n Ba r rovsky (Cl) , Vladimir Kavinov TM ) and Ha rry Everts (Bul) scored e top three placings in moto one th Jaroslav Falla (Cl). Kavinov and rborovsky coming ba ck for the nors in moto two. Mart y Moates ss) placed fifth in the first moto , but iled to earn a points paying position moto two. M rider Guennady Moisseev. o failed to place in e ither moto, ntinues to lea d the standings th 66 points trailed by Harry erts (621 and Vlad imir Kav inov l, Resu lts cou rtesy of smopolitan Motors. e" follow ing appeared in the maha Communicator, that firm's nthly dealer publication : " Man y ors prevail on the XSI000. The ctation on the part of some coners based on newspa pers and gazines is that the machine will be eased soon . The XS 1000 will be eased in the early fall. Forget ors an d sell what we have now." \ Me MINNIVILL E 15 -11.12 .N'- ack Findlay (Suz) took the win in the O Occ portion of the May I Austrian oad race GP. A boyCOl! by the top ' arne 500cc riders due to apparent na dequate track medical facilities nd oil on the track after a massive raSh in the 350cc event in which one 'de'r died . left the event with a very lim starting field . Eugeneo Lazzarini Mor) took the 125cc class win while olf Bila nd (Yam) was the sidecar vicor. The 350cc event was halted after he accident. 5. ' 4 .~5 BOISE 5·28.2. M\\\~C . '25.2. \ 'TY WESTERN\ \ \ R OCKY MOUNTA IN COLORAOO SPRINGS 5·Z2. 7·3. . g~;itlk~~~:S7~~:::\ \\\\\\\\\\.. ~N \'~~' ~\\::~:~;R:s:::.:~.J i;f :tL . .\ EL PASO 6.25 2 GAL LUP 7 '9 ~ :til '" a SI PAPU. ·,,'.'2' t"I: 1977 NMA GRAN D ~ NATIONAL ;4[ CHAMPIONSH IP ~ The NMA will be set up via regions. Each region will begin their activity no sooner than 5 /14 /77 , and complete the ~ regional activity no later than 7 /24 / 77 . :.. Each region will have 4 race events or ~ as an option. five. . ~ The Grand National Championship ~ final will be in Houston Texas on the dates ~ of August 19,20 & 21 . The 1977 Grand ;4[ managers are as follows : Regions and National Championship ~ ~ A ,;4[ '~ ~ WESTERN Ron Henricksen (213)340-4704 ';~~~~s"c~;e·:~11.12 I II 1I11IIIII OKLAHOMA 7-1 6 , 17 TE XA S C ITY ~ ~ / . hXI E TUSC .... - REG ION LOSS~ ;-~ 4 '5 LA KE WH ITNEY . '4.5 J ACKSOROCK ARK 6 ·45 N. 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