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. • _._._._._._._._._._._._._.~_._._._.- HONDA GL-1000 RIN G & PINION 4.0:1 RATIO Your biggest performance gainfor the Gold Wing $169.95 list VELOCITY STACKS GAUG ES FASTENERS HARDWARE file 125 Juniors at the Dunes. C.J. Stanley (L.22) and Tom Steele (209) finished second and third behind Clarke Coleman lnot shown). v • the line at the start of the first rnoto , Emerging out of the chaos was Cendro. Bill Trimble picked his way through the swarm and established a strong second. Richard Prosser (Suz Moore Productions) was running thi rd With J im Dye (RM·Cycle Shack) in fourth . ::C e n d r o decided the only way Ihr ough the whoop-de-des was to keep lis front wheel in the air and skirt all lie traffic in the middle. Prosser. now it· second ; had to fight on his hands folding off Jim Dye and these two ia tt led down to the wire . Michael >Tescott was flying alongside Dye , :ont esting for third when he turned :orn pletely sideways at the bottom of he drop-off. settling for fourth . With :'Iot of ch anges go ing on, Trimb le was lOW back in the pack and fighting his yay back up . Cendro held his lead till tie end of the m oto with Prosser ',old ing Dye back in third . bT h e second time around Cendro 'ga in took command with a lot of ieavy traffic behind him . He had , resco tt right on his tail follow ed by a ' igh t between Dye and Prosser for hird . Heavy racing between these four ' ¢nt on throughout the moto with itt le cle arance between any of them. cen d ro took home top honors with l ye picking up second overall and hird going to Prosser. ° An dy Jannings (Yam-Bill Krause) . .lready leading by over 600 points in lie points standings . took home top :loney for th e 500 Pros with a pair. of .ack to back wins. Steve Richard took e con d and Dean Taylo r finished hird . ' Bobby Jones (Su z-CH ) pulled in ia ck -to- back wins in the 125 Pr os. raking th e first moto lead , he had C ip Johnson in second with Scott h Aorga n running third . Morgan took over second wh ile Edwin Arnet slip ped ii to thi rd . "'From second on back it was a nyone 's lace with John O'Mara fighting h ard md moving into third . O'Mara had lis front wheel in the air and 'was aying to ca tc h Arnet. Jones held a :uper lead throughout , with Arnet :.Old ing O'Mara back in third . l The second tim e a rou nd , Jones once n or e took cha rge with Chip Johnson light o n top of him . Johnson mbelievable p ressu re on him h rou ghout , with Arnet ou t to take e cond , O'Mara , now in fourth was Ireathing down A rnet's jersey a nd lo u nding hi m a ll around th e track . lna lly grabbing th ird pla ce a nd th en !oin g a ft e r Johnson . Holding h is p:ou nd , Johnson refused to give in to O~M ara and held him off down to the vire in second. Jon es came home the victor for the overa ll win , O'Mara took second overa ll and third went to Arnet . For the 250 Pros it was Doug N icol's night , taking ho me the overall with back to back wins . Nicol held Andy Jannings to second with Greg Torgerson in th ird . Results in Results Section. 1UGeeEnterprisesInc. 731 EA ST CYPRESS • MONROVIA . CA LIFO RNIA 91016 (213) 359-2415 DEA LERS - CALL OR WRITE FOR LATEST CATA LO G TERRYKIT Slow Spokes M/C Dixon pulls out the stops at AME MX Longer Travel for YZ 250/400 '77 Marzocchi IT 175-400, YZ 125 '77 By Lee Tayl or BAKERSFIELD, CA. NOV . 20 Don Dixon (Yam-Dixon Plating) let out all the stops in the 250 Pro race to take the overall win . He had a constant battle on his hands I with Greg Torgerson (Suz-Pesky's) throughout the day. Taking the holeshot in the first" moto Dixon had Torgerson breathing down his jersey for several laps before being able to make his bid for the lead and take over. Gary Baker (Ma iSyklop's) held a strong third . ' The second time ou t , Dixon again took command with Rod Robertson in second and Torgerson third. Randy Lewis a nd Robertson had a fight for third that knew no bounds after Torgerson moved into second. Dixon baited Torgerson throughout the moto, building a bit of a lead with Torgerson closing ground . only to find Dixon slipping away once more . Heading into the white flag lap , Torgerson did a Flying W off King Kong Jump and recovered in time to hold onto second but not enoug h to ca t ch D ixon . Dixon em e rged triumphant with Torgerson taking home the second place share and th ird overall going to Lewis. T h e 125 Pro class launched three new pros: Gary Jones . Loren White and Mike Willis . Tim Locey (Su.z-DG) emerged the overall winner with backto- back wins . The first time around , John O'Mara grabbed the holeshot with Lo cey in second and Loren White in third. A large field of riders were packed in tight as Locey made hismove by O'Mara for the lead. A battle was going on for fourth between Doug Ni col , Joe Root and Mike W illis. Willis wasn't riding like a new pro the wa y he challenged Ro ot . side by side off th e jumps and int o the turns . Clear . through to th e end of th e moto , th e fight for third con tinued wit h White holding off Root and J erry Shore. Locey maintained his le ad a n d O 'Mara was second. Second time around O 'Mara took S mo ot hcr ac tion - More co ntro l Impro ved handlin g - More travel Different dampcnin g Air o r sp rings. Thc fron t end kit th at beats th em a ll. Deale r or Direct non profit Can you do any Jed?"e ",0. ~ I~I o u t o f s ta te ca ll l oll rree 800-854-46 91 9 0 da y m o ney b a ck gu a ra nt e e of Califo rnia 1129 11th St . Sacramento, CA 95814 $1 0 a year prevents bad laws and gets you all the state news. Tri un~'ph H onda :J. O E. - \ a7.J .!J. ;u M otorcycles Try 'u s f or T r i u m p h ri o-t s U PS same day BMW Repeal the la"" of gravity 2509 B roadway Sacr amento . CA 9 581 8 9 16,4 52 -549 1 $ '~ ~ TC LUBRI CANTS. IN C. • P.O. BOk 26187. Trotwood. 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