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... ~_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._.- Ossa West Congratulates Bob West Tim Fagg Ossa GP III o . c<") I-c V ..c S v > o On Their 3rd Place 250 Privateer Effort at the (AbOvel Erik Kehoe (43)beat Randy Harde n during the first moto at AME. but was hit by a careless rider between matos. Harden took the win. (Below right) Tony Wankat styled at CMC. (Below left) Rick Atkins won the 125 Intermediates atAME. Z Baja 1000 OSSA WEST 213-532-9129 Eat , drink , and be merry, for tomorrow you diet. LOOK what only $2 buys! a 500cc Ma ico nailed him head on, throwing Erik off into the sand and totaling his mini . The rider involved didn't even bother to see if Erik was all right or to report the accident. He just raced off into the night. The man wasn 't even a ra cer , just out joyriding. When the gate dropped the second time Harden jumped into the lead with Best in second. Heavy, heavy dicing took place between Harden and Best th r ou ghout the m o to with Harden holding off Best . jus t barely down to th e wire for top honors . Best crossed over to second overall. Jim Tassano (Ma i-Syklo p's) ra cked up a beautiful pair of back-to -hack wins to tak e th e 500 Pro class. In the first moto , Jerry Ash er led the pack up th e ' hill with T assan o in second and Andy J annings th ird . T assano a n d Jannin gs p assed Asher and laid the grou ndwork for their own private battl e. Asher , with bike problems , fell back as Steve Richard hel d down th ird with John Holmes running fourth . Holmes. look ing good after having been ou t of racing for awhile , was ridi ng a CZuki for Paul's Pr ecision Products. The bike consisted of 'a CZ engine in a Suzuki frame. Jannings continu ed t o hound and ha ssl e Tassano throughout the m oto , threatening to take over the lead 'a ny' second . How ever , Jannings mi ssed a gear and T assano was able to build a little sec u rity. Heading into th e home stretc h a nd co ming across for the chec kered n ag J annings cut in close in a bid for th e lead' but Tassan o held him off. The seco nd tim e around . Jannings took over with Tassano behind him and Ri chard running third . Once more a Tassano -Jannings' battl e shaped up with these two touch and go throughout the ra ce , Jannings now had built a bit of a lead with Tassano coming up out of the gully and closing in again. Coming along the sandwash Tassa no on ce more took cont rol and had to fight off Jannings down to th e wire. Tassano held firm and crossed over to top money for th e class , Jannings took home second over all and th ir d went to Richard . Results in Resul ts Section . T hat's righ t, for only two bucks (or two squaws) you ca n own The Great American Motorcycle ,<- . 308 square inches of black & white dynamite! The ot her side has a FU LL COLO R picture o f Eve! parachuting at Snake River Messer, Lunde and Wanket claim CMC number one plates By Patti Trotter CARLSBAD, CA , NOV . 13 CMC held its last points race for the '77 season at Carlsbad Raceway. Three pro riders left the' track as the owners of the CMC number one titl e and plate: Luke Messer , Open cla ss; Tim Lunde , 250;' and Peter Wank et, 125 cla ss . Unofficial tallies had Mike Bell as the winner of the 250 class number one honors . but this was not correct. Chris Chaffee roc keted his Yamaha off the gate and a rou nd th e Suzuki tower for an early lead in the Open Pro race. Dale Anderson (Mo toMeister Mai) and Dad-sponsored , Suzuki-riding David Gerig were next. I I I I I I I I l I ------------------------$2.00 I\Iail to BIKE R Box26 10 Lon g Beach. Calif. 908 0 1 NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE Please rush me my great American motorcycle post er . I Enclose I I I I I I I I J • 23