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Western hotline ************************ u.s. Arll\Y brings out its big GUN s ~ 2 tii.:!!:.-_ _..:.-....;......:...:.....:.~..:.-....;... ----J~ M ike Baeder (Yam 170) went road racing for the f ir st t ime since his big Daytona endo (bel ow ), and won. Here, David Emde trails . Baeder makes spectacular comeback at AFM RR For more info on Luft Shocks call or write: Luft Shock Factory 7831 Alabama Ave. #1 Dept. CN Canoga Park, CA 91303 By John Ulrich RIV ER SID E . CA , MA Y 22 Dealer Inquiries Invited Just 10 weeks after a spectacu lar. h a yb al e -scau e ri ng endo at the Da ytona ch ica ne which sent him to t he hospit a l. Mik e Ba ede r of La H a b ra , Calif. won 250 G P at Ri versid e . It was Baeder's firs t road r ace since t he Da yton a crash , in wh ic h he broke severa l ribs: Over 330 riders showed u p for the Ameri ca n Federa tio n of Mo to rcycli sts (AFM) road race . but it soon beca me ap pa rent th at a showdown was co ming up in 250 G P, Fi rst , H a r ry Klinzrna nn sent a m essa ge to an no uncer La r ry H uffman that " J' rn gonna kill 250 G P:' Da vid Emdr, who was involved in the Da yton a chicane crash with B a e d e r , but with less injuries resu lting. t he n sent his own note to H uffman . "If Harry Klinzm a n n is gonna win 250 . he 's gonna have to beat me , because I'm gonna win ." Mike Ba ed e r sent no messages. Bu t Baeder led off the start , with Ernde and Klin zm a n n behind . When Klin zm a nn tried going around Emde in the fast T urn Nine ban ked sweeper on the second la p . Klin zrn a n n 's bike seized and Klinzm a n n crashed right in front of Emde . " H e did it right in front of me ." said Emde la te r. " I th in k I bumped him wit h my h ike - it was his bike o r him . a nd if I had hi t his h ike . I wou ld have endoed." " His b ike 's rea r t ire lo cked long e no ug h to se nd up a b ig p uff of smoke : ' said Ru d y Ga lin do , who was b eh ind E rnde , T he wh eel -h a lt in g se izu re was lo ng enough and h a rd . e n o u g h at 120 m .p .h . to se nd Kl inz m a n n i nto th e ~ -in c h th ick bo ile r -pl at e steel reta in ing wa ll o u tside th e turn . Klinzm a n n was h ospit al ized wit h a n kle injuries a nd b r u ises in th e kidne y area. T he crash made ce rtai n Ba ed e r's victory. an d a lt hough Emde cou ld close up the gap before t he end o f the at the Ft . Hood, Texas I.S.D.T. qua lifie r. After th e SMO KE had cl eared Team A rmy BOB MESSER m ount ed o n a 450 WR Maico had put in th e best ov er all per f ormance. Bo b Kn ows what it t ak es t o com pl ete a 2-da y qualifier. W hen 230 of the best riders in the co un t ry start . and on ly 77 are able to fi nish you know the going is rough. Could this be why Bob chose LUFT for his shock absorbers? 213·341·0448 TRICK OIL ra ce , Ba ed er wa s sti ll ahead where it co u n ted - . t lu- fed nag- at seven laps (t o all ow a rn b u la n c c access to Klin zma nn ). Paul R itter a n d hi s i50 Du c at i stomped Open Produn ion with brilliant I :4 0 -ra n gt' lap times , t hrou gh out lht' ran" st ayi ng within ou t' second of his low mark of I :40. 12 . Pa t Eagan , who would la ter heat 69 h ikes in Open Su perst r cet , was se c ond overall. first O pe n Pro d u ct ion on the M r. Jal';s 1.000ec BS A triple . Ma rk /I om e h ie k he a t the us ua l tr ick and not -so-tri ck Yamahas and a slew of n e-w /I o nd as in 125 G P wit h an o ld . stock . TA 125 \ 'a ma ha filled with tiny 2 . 50 X 18 t r igo n ir Du nl ops . Coo k Nei lso n on a H o nd a MTI 25R was seco n d. wit h AF M 12 5 G P poi nts le a d e r Do u g D raper thir d a nd P hi lip pe d el .espinarv's wa u -r-co o led Yam ah a fourth . Resul ts rem a in unoffici al due to a nu mber of p ro tests, so W ('\ T listed how th ey actually finished. " . • Res ults in R esu lts Sr-ct io n . - ~ 111111 11 111 11 11 11;;' :;111 MSL* MSL Presents I Saddleback Sat. MX Saturday, May 28 $600 Pro Purse 3 ft. Trophies to all class winners FREE MSL Lubricant to 1st 150 riders .info: 714-495-4771 Phoenix Nationals May 28th & 29th Canyon Raceway FREE MSL Lubricant to 1st 150 riders Mm neso ta Synthetic Lub rican ts. Inc . 312 E. Mai n St .. New Prague. MN 56071 612-758-2800 35