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Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126287
- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - 00.0 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • 1 For only a buck you can.... eeab''' Plpella. (Abovel Don Harding (321 and Joe McMullen were this close for the entire Missoula 125 Expert race. McMullen won, but Harding came back in the Open class. (Belowl Charlie Vasecka won the 100 Expert class in the _ Missoula motocross that ended the 77 Montana season. blind a friend, startle your enemies, capture All spectrum colors, cover the biggest cracks, decorate your lunch box, disguise your Buick, hide Nixon stickers, deceive Mother Nature, revalue your toolbox , decrease wallet weigh t, avoid depression, (financial and m ental ) Yes, for only a buck ! Hellgate M.e. hosts final 'Tl Montana MX By Larry Hamilton MISSOULA , MT, OCT. 16 ..I.... Itt,llil. 0 Hey Cycle News! Send me stickies at $1.00 for each. Californ ia residents add 6 % sales ta x Name _ Address - - - -City - - - - - - - - - - - -- -..,cSt at e Zip _ Enclose chec k o r mo ne y order ADDRE SS 34 Cycl e News Prod ucts, Bo x 498, long Beach , CA 9080 1 The Hellgate Motorcycle Club ho sted the last '77 motocross in Montana. Very few riders showed up , but those who did received a generous payback rivaling those of earlier, larger races. In the beginner and amateur races , a group of Canadia n riders completely do minated the action . They came in first in every class; th ird was the worst fin ish of any of them . In the opinion of this wri ter , there hasn 't been a mo re flagrant exa m ple of cherry-picking seen in six years of following races. The first rnoto of the Super Mini class found Tim Little in the lead , but Brent Marshall found a path around him on the seco nd lap. Pushing hard to regain the lead , Little slid out and d rop ped to third. Littl e foun d a littl e extra speed a nd b y the end of the mot o he was in second and breathing down Marshall 's neck. Little was in third off the start of the second rnoto, but moved into the lead before th e first lap was over and steadily pulled away for t he win . The best action was found in th e 125 class . Don Harding won the first moto, followed by Joe McMullen and Scott Ka rr . Ka rr had a bad day 10 say the least. Before the race he received a concussion d ue to a crash in the pits . He wasn't wearing a helmet. Then during practice he had a terrible endo coming off the big jump which left the rest of his body in a state of shambles . H is two third -place finishes were rem a rka ble. T he second moto duel between H arding and McMullen won't soon be forgotten. The cornering of H ar ding's Su zuki com bined with McM ulle n's su pe r-pulling Hu sky kep t the two side by side for the ent ire 20 m inutes. McMu llen fina lly nosed Ha rd ing out an d took the overall win . The 500 Expert class was cut and d rie d. Harding took both motos with Ro b in Thornton seco n d and McMullen third . Harding's 500 win along with th e 125 runner-up , made him top mon ey winner - a nice birthday pr esent of over $100 . • Results in Resu lts Section .