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Cycle News 1977 08 03

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e ! Just out . THE-VEE BEST OF 60 pages -r . rde O ::::: ..." YOur .. COlDic Do'ok today Lesniewski went on to win the second mota and the oveall, with ~ -l score, Cantaloupi fini shed a strong second, to take second overall, with his 5-2. Waxham fell down the first lap , to start dead last and WFO 'ed his way up to third place at the checkered flag . His hard riding paid off, as he took third overall, with a 4-~. Jim Lesniewski and Darell Shults, showed how fast the new - Ossa GP Ill's were, as they both holeshot the 250 Pro class, with Lesniewski out in front . . Sh ults, . the m ore experienced rider of the two , waited u ntil the fourth lap to make his move to get by Lesniewski. Shults took the lead and st arted pulling away . At about this time, Lesniews ki pulle d off the track with a fla t rear tire. . Pa rry Klassen (Yam) m oved into secon d sp ot a nd was going after Shults, who had a 10-second lea d. Klassen , in trying fra nti cally to ca tch Shults, beg an to ge t out of sh ape and fatigue was settin g in. . Mike ~ersm an (Va m) was corn ing on strong and passed Klasse n for second place- with two laps to go. Hersman fell down in the last turn before the finish line. Klassen motored on by to take the ,:"hite flag. ' Shults pilioted his Ossa to take the first moto win . Klassen held on to take second, with Hersman finishing third. In the second 250 mota , Tad Gumbann (Mai) grabbed th e holeshot, with Klassen in second. Shults got involved in a second-turn pileup. He got his bike untangled and he started after the pack, which was long gone. I _ On next lap, Shults was already passing riders. At the front of the pack Klassen had taken over first place from Gumbann. It looked like Klassen had the overall money in his pocket , but another look at Shults - GADS, - he was in fourth place and still charging-. As the halfway sign carne out, Shults was in second place, behi nd Klassen. There was no way Klassen would be able to hold back Shults; he was just flying. Shults roosted on by, to take the lead. . Klasse n stuck it in high gear; and he was making u p grou nd on Shults wit h three la ps to go. With one la p to go , Klassen was in striking distance . It was a race to the finish, wit h Shults holding off Klassen for the win.Shults was the only rider.to get back-to-back wins. • Results in Results Section . ONLY • 7SC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Send Cash. Check or Money Orde r 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 Comic Book • • Dealer Inquiries encouraged! • • Name (Please print legibl y) • • Address • • City ZIP State • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • . 35

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