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Cycle News 1977 06 01

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; • • ~ t r-... r-... 0') ~ V c ~ -, , • Just out 7 7 7 Z Z 7 7 CENTRAL PIPELINE THE VEIf BEST or PHOTO BY DAVENIELSEN They say you meet the warmest Hondas at County line MX Park. but we' doubt that the rider on the bottom finds that amusing. 60 pages Thomas Cone leads Ed Terrell in the Over-30250 Int. Class at Waco. County Line Motocross opened again in Texas • By Dave N ielsen merroplex, a wheelie away from Texas Stadi um and the DFW Airport . They even run bicycle MX and a pro min i class , with the pedal pushers on an adjacent easier track. Second moro crashes and thrown chains knocked out some of rod ay's potential winners, including experts Da nny Doss. Dick y Turnbo. and Ricky Kidd . After winning rou nd one of 125 Expert , Doss (Suz) was beginning to cut through th e earl y seco nd moto leaders , but d id a cru nching endo on th e second lap and retired shaken but unhurt . Rick Ri ccard i ( Ya m) and Mike Hullett (Suz) continued to led Turnbo's charge until Dick y's Yamaha lost a chain . Hull ett ended the class win ner over Turnbo, Ricca rd i, and Ruben Alonzo (Hon) after scores were ta llied . Turnbo retu rn ed in the 250 class on an " out- of-t he-box -t he -night -before" Yamaha to batt le formidable a n d sim ilarly-equipped R icky Kid d for class hon or s. After a stu mb ling seco nd in th e opener . Kidd was out for b lood in th e fina l, b ut he d rew his own. Kidd cr ash ed hard , inj u ri ng a leg , and T urn bo ended wit h a comfortable win ove r T im R id d le (Hus) , Mon te Anderson (Bu I), a n d Sea n O ' Brien (Su z). Anderson ba cked up his 250 ride with a winning effort in the Open. while Kid d hung it up for th e day . County Line MX cont in u es every seco nd Sunda y. • Results in Resu lts Section . IRVli':G. TX , APR . 10 Formerly run under su ch names as L& R Mo rorpa rk and Arma dillo Mo rorpa rk . the excellent riding propert y now known as 42 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Send Cas h. Check or Mone y Order to: .• CYCLE NEWS PRODUCTS P.O . Box 498 • • long Beach. CA 90801 • • Please enclose 75¢ for each Comic Book, Plus 25¢ for postage and handling. • • copies of Please send me • • the MX Cat Com ic Book • • Dealer Inquiries encouraged ! • • Nam e (Please print legibl y) • • Add ress • • City ZIP State • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • County Lin e Cycle Park has turned a few new stones and an improved MX la yout with the guidan ce o f co pr omot ers John Kimbrell of Arlington Suzuki -Maico and Irving , Texas dentist -pro rider Jack Siegrist. Complement ing the long -standing site of m any cross country events over the Y ears , Co unty Line's new MX track thr';ws everything at the rider 's ma c hin e and ski ll , fro m wh eel swa llowing , Florida -type sand sections to severe o ff-ca mber a nd finesse co rn e rs. Th e co u rse is tighter , rou gh er . a nd short er in length than most , bu t it's all motocros s and th e compactness mak es fo r bette r spec ta ting even with the m an y trees and good ele vation cha nges . An d it's sm a ck in t he middl e o f over two m illion peo p le in the Dall as-Ft . Worth Scott Logston cleans house at EI Paso; Amitage and Mcintyre have k ick-out By E. Wright EL PASO , TX , MAY I Sco tt Logsto n (Ya m) took home m ost of th e ("xpert purse Ma y 1st at Star Tra ck , winn ing every ex pe rt cl ass. In til(' Ope n Expert class , Logston (Ya m) holesh oi bot h mor os a nd ran away with it. Mabv Mc l nt vre (Yam) was 'seco nd in bo t h 'm ow s b~t was not close enough to p ut any m oves on Logst o n , In the.:!50 Expert , Logs to n ( Yam) grab bed a q u ick lea d a nd leFt ('veryo ne

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