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l " _ '; - • •_ . • w ·_ w I "( , ~ **BUENA PARK** ~ A LL INDOOlCYCR .. • .. * ... NORTIERN DATELINE I '.: . .' , ::SWAP::~ .. MEET 11 . *.. OIA.E COU""'S * . . '/lEAmr MOTDIICYClE * •. ,.. * PAIrs SWAP!! * ... ~; ~; * Ii ~ ~ May 19,1978 1$: . \11 1.. FRIDAY NIlE" 6 PM TO lIPM Movie World Exhibit Center 6900 ORANGETHORPE i~:j ~' !~1 l® '\.. ... ~~~7:5rH.-=J"'ll. ' · ~ '- tl~ , .,.. ~~~~~+-....:,'i~ \. ~ II ~ ~~~~-;:: . ' . 24 HR. INFO CALL (213) • ' ,; 588·0783 .:; The Cheshire grinner. Skeet Hise. dominated Mulkey motocross. New Kits for '78 with Adjustable Travel Max Trave l Yamaha IT 175/ 250/ 400 '77& '78 , ,, 10" Yamaha YZ 125 '77 & '78 10" Yamaha YZ250/ 400 '77 , I I" Yama ha YZ 250/4 00 '77 10" Yamaha YZ 250/ 400 '78, , 12" Yamaha YZ80 '78 , , 7.5" Suzuki RM 80 '78 ,.., , . 7.5" Suzuki RM 125 '77 &'78 , 10" Suzuki RM 250/ 400 '78 ,, 10" Kits also available for other bikes Write for free literature Ou t of state call to ll free 800 -854·4691 90 day money back guara ntee Dea ler or Direc t .~ The 250cc Expert class was a st arstudded lineup, but completely dominated by two Medford boys and ' both from the Motomotion stables. Larry Hooper (Hus) and Ray Price (Mai) put on a show that had spe ctators hanging over fences and announcer Terrel Hart practically falling out of the tower. Hooper led from start to finish th e first moto , but Pri ce worried him like a dog after a bone , Second rn oto action saw Price I~ave Hooper eating dust after six la ps and began to move away . Hooper again gained ground and as the two c harged the front straight and into the S curves , they came u pon another rider who had nowher e to go . He m ust have thought he was ca ught in a whi rlwind as Hooper went outside , Pr ice inside. Hooper came out first once more and a lthough Pric e stayed with him, Hooper took another win . Resu lts in Results Section . Hise marinates Mulkey mud By Action Oz McMI NNVILLE, OR , APR . 16 Skeet His e in serted his programmed mud tape and deci mated th e Mulkey mire to dominate th e Open Pro class at __ t:'t:UmntE A\ft; ....... r: LONG TRAVEL FORK KITS .... FOR ALL MADE OF60 60 IT6 AlLOY mARZOCCHI FORKS AVAILABl..E IN 9 -10 - 11 -12 " Coli 513-3n-760 7 COMPETITION '~Eu,,~A~O,,"~~TH ""- ACCESSORIES INC. ~ • Oarland Suzuki ~, Largest Parts Inventory in D all as/Fort Worth Met roplex O ve rn ig h t de livery v ia Bu s a va ila b le in mo st parts of Texas. Ok laho ma . & l ouisian a 40 300 l avo n Hw y 18 N Gar land . Te xa s 75040 2 14 494 3374 Mulk ey's mot ocross opener Sun day. Riding a Yamaha fro m Ch eshire , Oregon . he m ade mincem ea t ou t of a big pr oblem for th e rest of the field . When th e ca m pe rs , va ns, p icku ps a nd trail ers bega n arriving for the ope ning day even t a t Mulk ey O RV , th e ra in had d on e its th ing . But a vote was taken a nd m ost of th e riders wanted to rid e a nyway . One thing we must remem ber , Nat iona l class motocross is run in a ny weather, This was a go od cha nce to ga t he r th at a llaround rid ing experien ce , Most rid er s reali zed th is, most rid er s ran . Wh en th e Open Pro class ca me off th e line , th e surface was like gr ea se. Rounding t he firs t righ t hander was Carl Cole (Ya m ), Mike Ph illips (SUl ), John Welc h (Ya m) , Hise a nd Scott Hudson (Suz) a ll practically sid e by side. As they went into the second turn , Hise was ru nning fourth . Less than a lap later, he had gone into the lead and was never headed . The fact is, in the first moto he lapped the second place rid er. The second rn oto , Hise got a much better sta rt and sp u rt ed into th e lad aft er -the second turn . By this tim e , the sun had been ou t m ost of th e morning , the light wind had helped dry th e course and traction was tops. J ohn Welch, from Sa lem , who finished second to Hise in bo th motos , didn't let as m uch space op en up between them this time . Hise had a ha lf-lap lead by mot e 's end. Scott H udson rode a hard 4-3 day and collected third overall. Jerry Cox (Suz) barely missed thrid a nd picked u p fourt h. T he - 250cc Pro class came to t he lin e . There were some heavy names at the gate , like Monte Mitc hell on h is and Maico , Mike McCormick Yamaha , Jeff Howard on his Suzuki, and Skeet Hise , a big threat. Carl Cole , riding a Yam aha from Yama ha W est, a nd Dale Bernards wer e also th er e. The red light flashed on , th en amber , th en go. O ff the lin e with a multitude of tract ion and a rou nd th e first turn , Skeet H ise , th e Ch esh ire grinne r , ha d ta ke n the lead . Jeff Howa rd was right on his tail , a nd it held th a t way until th e fourt h la p when Wilbur Perkins (Ya m) pa ssed Howard to move into seco nd behind Hise , T he next lap , Monte Mitch ell passed Perk ins, only to fa ll down a nd lose it b ack to Perkins. H is!' too k the first moto wit h Jeff Howard second a nd Mitch ell back up to third. O ff the line , into the first two turns ahead the seco nd tim e was Hise with th e scra tc h . Three laps went by unti l Jeff Howard m ad e a move as H ise tempora rily died in th e wat er, He go t it started again a nd began his move . He passed four riders to mo ve into seco nd , on ly to ru n out of time before he cou ld rega in th e lead , Howa rd took first overa ll, H ise second over a ll, and Mit ch ell third, Ta lking to th e riders after th e ra ce fou nd th em delig h ted wit h the improvements ma de to the track durin g th e win ter. Wall y a nd Bobbi a rt' to be cong ra tu la ted for th ei r efforts a nd money spent in maki ng t his a viable motocross track . and certai nly worthy of an AMA qua lifier in the near future . Results in Resu lts Sec tio n , Thompson takes Salinas ST opener By Burt Dinner SALI NAS , CA , A PR . 23 After a m onth's delay, caused by constant ra ins, Salinas final -s Iy had its fir st short track of th e yea r Sunday. Dou g C ha nd ler widened his lead for, Mini hon ors b y ca ptu ri ng both th e 100cc Expert a nd 80cc events . Dan "The Bra t" Moore ad de d to his own run for number one by finish ing seco nd in the IOOcc Mini d icin g. Hector Alc al a took hom e two trophies, both seconds , fin ish in g behind Jo hn McCready in th e 100cc No vice a nd be hind Terry Ranki n in the 80cc cla ss. . Billy Beech er too k the hon ors in the Ju nio r 80cc cla ss whi le Steve Mason ou tdistanced his fe llow I2 5ec No vices to ea r n a vict ory. It seeme d th ere were Busbys a ll over the place wit h T im win ning th e Junior 250cc a nd 500ce out ings , a nd W ayne tak in g a third a nd seco nd . Bri an T ho m pso n led a large field of 250ec Experts to th e chec kered flag .