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._._._._._._~._._._._._._._._._._._._ . HUGO·S MID-AMERICA NATL MAY 20-21,1978 OKLAHOMA FAIRGROUNDS ,. • . co·· .. THE BIG BIKES ARE COMING ! Rod Stiles (38) roosts out ahead of Eddie Gre en (2) in AME night Minicross competit ion. the holeshot he ran a smooth winning race staying in front all th e way. Cat es got off seco nd but h it th e di rt in th e fifth lap , lett ing Ron Stablein and Danny Jea n by. Pick in g it up, Cates d ec ided to ta ke it easy a nd stayed in the number fou r spot for th e rest of the moro . Bay Cycle's W alk er won the race with a good six second lead but because of his slower first race finish took on ly second ove rall. Cat es finis hed first ove ra ll and t hird we nt to Den n is Rose on a H ond a . Resu lts in Resu lts Section. Rickard rockets at AME Minicross By Judy Gree nberg VALENC IA , CA , APR . 2 1 Marty R i ck ard put h i s Su zuki into action to ca p tu re the over all for the Jun i or cycle Stock Juniors d uri ng Friday night's America n Min icycl e ra ci n g at In d ia n Dunes. Rick y Du mo lost his lead to Bri an Peop les and co u ld n't gai n eno ug h grou nd to ge t it b ack . Rickard was in third being pressed by Justin Sou za , until Sou za went down , lea ving Rickard with p lenty of .sp ace around him . Peoples rode hig h on th e towe r berm a nd went down in the last la p. He quick ly recovered to fall in behind Ricka rd as he followed Du ma in to the fla g . T he next tim e out, J oe y Rod r igu es shot into the lea d , moving fu rt he r away fro m th e troops with eac h lap . R icka rd had second in his pocke t, whi le W arren Provost fou ght with a ll his mi ght to keep Du m o out of thi rd. Dumo pu lled to Provost 's side a coup le of times . but couldn't get his wheel in front, settling for a fourth-place finish a nd second overa ll. The 83cc Ju n iors just co u ldn't seem to get off the line . The firs t start was red flagged , wit h a pi leup in the first turn . A re -st art sho wed a not her first la p pile-up, but with som e q uic k recoveries , the race was und erway. Andy Nel inger co m ma nded the firs t few la ps as Ad am Ford m oved arou nd Dwayne Lewis to take charge of seco nd. Sh aw n ' Da vis (Interlude Lounge) kept the heat on Lewis a nd found his way arou nd to cha llenge Ford . As th e first th ree riders hea ded to wa rd th e d own hill swee pe r , Nel inger went down pu tting Ford in fro nt to win the rnot o . The second time Nelinger a nd Knipe fou ght for t he holeshot with Kn ipe pu lling ou t of t he ess in fro nt. Chris La Form a nd Dav is were neck a nd neck a ll over the course , wit h La Form gaining a few fee t over th e tower j um ps, Ford pu lled up behind th e ba tt ling d uo , bu t co u ldn 't get around befor e the flag came out. • Resul ts in Results Sect ion . And along with the American Motorcyc le Association's high speed two wheelers- the circuit's top and toughest riders. The record breakers. The big boys. See 'em eat up the track while they compet e for cyc ling's heavy prize money. You'll want to catch all the action from the first flag on. So come on out-early! TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets available at HUGO's Harley Davidson, 2822 E. 31st St. South, Wichita, Kansas 67216. (316) 685-2217. DIscover one of a Idnd. camel FilterS and Motorcycle Radng. C l l 1 7 " J IIIEYNQt.OSTOI Aceo co ~ MECA L PRO SERIES 1 mg."tar. 1.2 mg.n,cotine avoper cigare1le, 8 m A,porl AUG.·l1 ..... Warning : The Surgeon General Has D etermined T C hat igarette Smoking Is Dangerous toY H our ealth. 37