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-----------------double Win. Todd Brown had the second position for one la p on the shan track before Steve -Karsten took it ove r. Brown and Chris Cannon played games for rhe third with Bro wn winning. The half mile had Bro wn hanging on 10 the second while C hris Cannon picked off Ka rsten and Bo b by Garabedian one lap at a time to round out the field wit h third . The 125 rid ers can take heart as the word fromHames is that he has a 250 In the works. • Resul ts in Results Section . 'HERCULES WINS! ; Two 19771SDT 2-D~ OIialifiel Championships In New Jersey, there were ten HERCULES entries. Ot"the ten, nine finished, six of these received gold medals, and three received silver medals. There Were two class wins and one club trophy overall! ..,~ . AME night MX: Harper takes control . the CHAMPIONS! By Lee Taylor , VALENCI A . CA . A UG . 5 r , Will H arper (Ya rn-Yam Int. ) took co nt ro l of th e 500 Pros with back to-back wins in a beauti ful ri de a ll nigh t against some of t he ho ttest riders in town . In the first mota. Steve R aw so n led tile pack up the hill with H a rper in tow. It was extrem el y close between these two and they both had Mike Sh oemaker on their tail in third. Andy Jannings. (Ya m - Bill Krause) a nd Monte McCoy were having their own battle fo r fourth and McCo}' was climbing up Andy's . back. McCoy got by and went out to catch Shoemaker. Dean Taylor (Mon Viva Dist .) and Chris Knowlton (SUl' Pesk y's) were ha ving th eir o wn private battle for fifth. McCoy closed the gap on Shoemaker and was right on top of hirrr;' Go ing high into the berm in t he turn at the bottom 'o f the drop-off, McCoy lost control and went down . H e mad" a super q u ick recove ry b ut not in time to keep Ja n ni ngs be hi nd him . J annings moved o n by to tak e fou rth a nd near the end o f the rnoto , H a rper moved "o n , by Rawso n fo r the m ot a win . McCo y. wit h bi ke tro ub le . D NFed and was un a bl e to be on the lin e fo r th e second moto , W hen the pack to ok off- the second time o ut ; Harper took over at th e 101' of th e hill with Jannings in second and Shoema ker running third . Steve R awso n . running fifth. was do ing everything he co uld to co ver ground and regai n t he lead he had in th e first moto, Finally. he had to pull back and settle for 10th fo r the rnot o . Th is was a malo of di sappointments fo r severa l riders . I n a d d it io n to McCoy having to drop out . Sh oem aker wh o was running third . had to wheel his bik e off the co urse . Dean Ta ylor m oved in fourth and held it to the end of th e mota . When the winning chec kered nag went out . Harper sailed o n across to top m cney . Jannings took home the second place share and thi rd went 10 Taylor. Desert ace Lisa C h riste nsen took home to p ho nors for the Women's Divisio n in what had to be one of the tightes t and most challenging races of the nigh t . In the first moto, C helle Blythe rid ing for Bike Repa ir T ruck . took down the win afte r battlin g thro ughout wi t h C hrist e ns en a n d Dena Sil ica to (Yarn-Foot hill Cycle). , When th e ga te d rop pe d ' fo r the seco nd ti me. onee m ore , C hell e was u p against Lisa in a battl e that lasted all mota long. Heading into the tower for the final checkered n ag . Blyt he went down when she ran into a downed rider. losing a back-to - back win for the nigh t. Christense n came on across r -r • ; .; . ' (Continued on page 2tJ ) 1'.. Mike Rosso Drew Smith 125ee . l15c:c ' In European dirt, HERCULES has proven itself by winning time. and t ime again. Now, here in the United States, powerful HERCULES dirt bikes continue to win. They have proven to be one of the two best Enduro bikes in the world ! 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