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moto with Tim Locey and Cliff Lett sliding into second and third . Turner was in m id -p ack , rid ing the KX for th e first time. On th e second lap . Turner found his coordination on th e bike and began a cha rge to the fr ont. In two more laps, T u rner was in th ird beh in d Lett , who he p ut be hi nd h im on la p , five. All positions held steady until th e ninth lap , when Turner moved up on Blose's tai l. For three exciting laps . Blose and Turner went bar-to -bar for the lead. Blose shu t the door on Turner every time he tried to slide under or around , and when they hit traffic on the 12th lap , Turner had to sit back and weave through slower riders. Ch eckers flew soon after , ending T urner's bid for the win . Third and fourth went to Suzuki riders Lett and Locey, wit h John O 'Mara rounding out the top five. For ' t h e seco nd battle, Mark La wrence entered the Blose-T u rner affair and dominated the moto . Blose grabbed the holeshot with Lawrence and Lett close behind. Turner almost looped the new mo unt off the line and r an al most last in the first tu rn. John O'Mara put his Suzuki ahead of Lett .by the end of th e first lap and Turner was passing traffic like 'a ride through the city streets. Moving into sixth by the third lap . Turner was a wa ys behind Blose and Lawrence , but was into fifth on th e next time around . Lawrence ' made a strong charge at Blose for th e lead and overtook th e early leader in one more lap . On th e same lap , Turner put O'Mara behind , . then slid on the insid e of Locey for th ird. O 'Mara followed three laps lat er after dropping Locey back on e mor e posit ion . By the end of the moto , Lawren ce had the lead , but Blose took second for first overall. T u rn e r brought his Kawasaki int o third for his second overall number two . O'Ma ra brought in third overall with Locey and Lett following . Walking off with th e 500cc Pr o races was Yamaha -mounted Scott Gillman , who made ea rly charges for the lead in both motos and dominated the racing once he had the front position . Getting int o the first co rn er ahea d of th e 50 -rider dash was Cross Up 's Ricky Blackwell , Eddie Cole, David Williams and Gillman . It took two laps before Gillman was in the. lead, as Williams followed and ran in second ahead of Blackwell and Cole. Gillman soo n stretc hed out a lit tle lead on Williams, and th e biggest battle was for third . Cole had moved up o n th e fender of Blackwel l's _ Yamaha and applied he avy pressure for the entire 50 m inutes of the race. No one got anywhere as the checkers flew , and Gillman easily took th e win . Taking th e lead off the line th e second time aro un d was Williams. but Gillman was in second and charging early. Ken Morgan ran third with Cole and Blackwell at it again in fourth a nd fifth. On the third lap , Gillman took the lead and never looked anywhere but straight ahead . The pack began to spread out as the moto drew to a close , and all positions held to the flag . Taking the overall win was Gillman with Williams second , Cole third . Blackwell fourth and Morgan fifth . • Whether it's last y ear's hard-charging MX~3 or the new MX-4 with "captive power;' Can-Am is running stronger than ever in motocross competition all across the country. . McCULLOUGH NAMED "AMATEUR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR" Ferrol Mc Gullough won the 1977 National Am ateur Champ ionship in the 250 class aboard a Can-Am MX~3 and hopes to do it again in 1978' with the new Can-Am MX-4! There are amateurs. And then there are Can-Amateurs. , . EIRSTEDT OFF TO SUPER CROSS SUPER-START In only his second competitive race on his Can-Am 250 MX-4, Rich Eirstedt set his sight on the Atlanta Supercro ss and raced out in front . _ for twelve laps, , FROZEN LAKES AND . ICE-CYCLES When the motocross courses are covered with snow, many a Can-Am . man just can't wait 'til .spring, On the ice oval at Cedar Lake, Indiana, Bob Wilson and his Can-Am 175 MX-3 took First Place-four Sundays in a row! And up in Rochester, Minnesota, John Martin and his Can-A m 250 Qualifier ice-cycled to a frozen First. All righ ts reserved o Bom bardirr Umirrd. 3 /7 8 , . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -......- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 . I CLOSEOUT SALE "California Trallblke Guide" Regularly $5.95 NOWONLYS3. Land'. End" 'Regular ly $9.95 NOW ONLY S6 . BOTH BOOKS only $8 together' While supply lasts Sherman Schneller lSuzl. . , ..~ . . •• • .' : 250cc PRO: 1. Gary Denton ISu;l'·2.~-R""-:.,.UTnrT IHonl 3. Bob Stem (Yaml 4. Bob Kline IHonl 5. Eddie Cole IC·AI 6. Mi tc h M usgrave (Hon) 7 . Bob Blose IHen) 8. Rick Long (C·A) 9. M ike W ickersham {M ail 10. M art y M ilJ (Suzl. er .... """'!""" . 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