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• • t f.J~ R }'1\ tt NORTHERN DATELINE 11II 1111 I \{ll \ I 1.\1 ) Il\ \ 11'1.\ 1\( . ( \ II It)\{ "I.\{ H I ( ~ " « )\11'1: I I I (l\{ 25 0/3 70 RM SUZUKI 9" of Travel 8" of travel for Betor, Ceriani, Kawasaki, CZ, Suzuki, Yamaha, Montesa, Penton, KTM, Hodaka. Designed for air o r spri ng b e tter dampening - smoo th er action - mo n: control - longer travel. T he fro nt end kit that beats th em aU. Rich Burgett won the Open Pro event at De lta Park j ust 10 days before fi nishing 12th at the U.S. GP. gt ou t o f sta t e caJI toU (Abovel M ike Crandall (5) takes evasive action as another Open Intermediate gets ups ide down at Delta Park. /Below l Bill Henry /371put his RD350 street bike into t he m iddle of this GP group at Sears Poin t , including Mike Baeder (1701and Kevin Stafford /521. ' free' 800-854-469 1 90 day m o" ey bac~ guara" tee Local riders mix with national stars at Delta Park MX Dealer or Direct TEl~R rC.·'UIJ'; By Action OZ PO BOX 1321 Hesperi a, CA 92345 714247 2646 PORTLAND . OR. J UN E 9 Rose Festi val Motocross was the billing. and it was contagious as a-l arge festival crowd turned out to see th e event. Two local heroes. tu rn ed nat ion a l stars . tu rn e'd up to ride and th e crowd got its money's worth . Rick Burgett (Ya m ) a nd Chuck Su n (H us) came hom e to see t heir friends a nd do a lit tle ridi ng . T hei r being there must ha ve tu rned on th e locals too . because the attitude for th e night was "go for it. " A m a tch race was hu rried ly put tog ether by th e promoter. T he co urse d irection was reversed . Mark G regson ( Va ncouver Suzuki). Barney N ewman (jado Acti on W ear). Chuck Sun (H us). a nd Rick Burgett ( Yam) ca me off th e lin e like . .. . well . fast! G regson had the lead on ly to lose it in the corner a nd a llo w N ewma n to t ak e th e le ad . Newm an neve r let it go as Burgett chased him for second with Sun third'. The local folks wer e up ton ight. Ritter and Duck blister AFM Sears Point road race By J im Lester SEA RS POI NT . CA , j UN E 12 Paul Ritt e r o n a n 860cc Du ca t i wa s the fastes t thing o n wh eel s Sund a y durin g th e A m erican Federation of Moto rcyclists (AFM) Sears Point road race . In t he Open G P race Pa ul shot of f th e line a hea d of the TZ750s o f AMA experts Mike Baed er a n d R ud y Ga lin d o . R itt e r se t a staggeri ng pa ce as he turned 1:57 laps. Gal in do crashed ou t of second place (a nd possib ly out of th e AMA Na tional here next mo nt h) . br eak ing , his co llarhone in t he process, an d Ba cdcr , wh ose b ike was slid ing not iceab ly in th e turns. wisely decided to pull in . rath er t ha n risk inj u ry. T ha t was not hi ng co m pa red to wh at Mi ke Westra m ust ha ve fel t afte r his 100 rn.p .h . slide nea r the sta n /fin ish line , Baeder came hi ck ou t la ter to win t he 250 GP in convinc ing style. despi te a n ea rly cha llenge from AI Co llins (Ya m) , ' Ritt er was back out in the next race. a nd w ok his Eurom an / Aer o -Uni on sponsor ed 750 Ducar i to its seventh co nsecu rive 750 Prod u ct io n cl a ss victory. Closest cha llenger was Van ce Breese. th e Open Prod ucti on winner . on a n 850 Moro -Cu zzi. a bou t five secon ds behin d . Gr eg Sa chs (Hon) and Fred Ko ren (Ho n) m ea nwh ile were havin g a terrific d ice for th e 550cc Pro du ct ion lea d . with Sa chs ba rel y a head a t th e flag . ' Bill Henry rode a Spec ialist 11 p repa red RD 350 to overa ll victory in the Superstree t race . despite ha ving his clu tch ca b le br eak th ree la ps fro m th e finis h . T he d ay's closest race was in 410 Pro d u ct ion . whi c h saw six ride rs ba ttling ba ck a nd forth for ti ll" lea d . Class po ints leader Ge nnad y Liub imskv was firs t. wit h th e Yam ah as of j ohn Cherma k. Steve Sizelove. T om Chew . j ed Ha rgett . a nd t he Ka wasa ki ' ,?f Kim Cla rk snap ping at his heels. C herma k was his usu al co risrstent , re liab le self. also tak ing second p lace in 250 Prod ucti on an d a third in 200 cc Pro d uct ion , Nor thern Ca lifo rn ia Can- Am dea ler Go rdon Sei m sco red a victory doub le in the 250 and 200cc Prod ucti on ra ces. Gordon a lso added to h is recent co llect ion of crashes, when a fell ow Ca n-Am rid er seized in fro nt of him in pra ct ice , Neith e r r ide r was hun , In o t he r ac tio n . jod y Ni c ho la s slip ped his Moro rcylist Maga ziru- u-st !lond a 1\1T125R a ro u nd a t a blistering 2:04 pace to win the 125 G P. a nd the Co lema n / And rews Suzu ki side h ac k beat t he Kawasaki out fit of defending A FM sideca r c ha mp io n W a yn e , Lou gee a nd Ra nd y Hough . • Resu lts in Resu lts Secti on . ~~1~1~~ TT and XTSOO :jt~ ~~~~~~~ Yamaha Owners :~~:~~~ ~ l ~ ~ We have a complete t m ;I;~ ;;;:;;: ~~~~~~~ ~m ~~H~ ~j~t line ~f accessories :m @ to give you more ;::;:: : power and better :{~~ handling. :~~~~:~ We also carry :~~t all the stock parts. :j~r ~:~:~;~ For more information:;~;~;~ see us or call us at: :jt~ mt ,..~o YAMA KA :j~I If :::::: : 24020 Narbon ne Ave. Lornita, CA 90717 ;~:~;~; ;;;;:;: ::::::: . 213 /534·2311 (T orrance area) :::::: :f~; ::;;:;: :,:::.: Th e regu la r pro program got und erwa y with Gregson a nd jace Cra u n (Suz) having th em selves a very per son al close co ntest. Gregson took it with j ace turning in a seco nd overall . T hat was th e 125 cla ss. T he 250 Pro class saw Gr egson do it ag a in for ove ra ll honors and t he story was p retty mu ch th e sa me exce p t th at Burgett ran it. won it. th en was d isqu a lified . or disq ual ified himsel f because of a size larger engine tha n was lega l. Kevin jansen (Yam) took seco nd overall . Everyo ne was kinda wa it ing for th e Open Pros a s t h is g av e Sun a nd Bu rgett a cha nce to rea lly go agai nst Gregson . Newman and t he ot he rs. Well they a ll di ced it but Bu rgett a nd Sun sho wed wh y th ey are ou t on th e nat ion a l circ u it a nd ca me in t ha t wav for first an d second overa ll. • Resul ts in Results Sect ion . S tee t S hoe $4$.00 51 ,olP S I .0 0 T·SllH t $ ~ . O O S ' '' e~ Boo"f50,OO G t o 13 U \\I ,a t h A ll Ol l (e~ p ltl !lo C .O. LJ. s, P ost .lQ C * * B.l nkc P I p e s Se a r v. Pd loo n s. M 01 Q,Cy Cle co v e -s. 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