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"It's Built To Win" LECTRON BvHI-PO·INT KENNY SKIP Checker Tony Greaves. Kenn y Roberts, the undi sputed King of Road H arold Cooper exited the big wash : Leonard Tygart follow ed the o ne bike trail leading to the round , moon looking place . Jim Murphy and John Stoffel were getting radical in th e rollers a nd dropoffs. Ed Whisenant was a fte r Bill Zoller. who was making a rapid dash for the pass. Gerald Mi nt on do wnshifte d for the craggy exit. G a ry White ch ased J erry Utter back, J erry chase d A rt Gu zm an . W in d ing out of the canyon , Sterling Varner st a rted the long trek across the J ohnso n Valley. Mi ke Sm ith was gaining on J eff Moeller as th e two crossed BMR on into the h a rd p an trail. Chris Nelson d idn't ha ve tim e to pa y attention to Mike W alters just ahead . he had a handful of whoops to co ntend with . J R . Strachen h ad the sa me pro blem . Phil Mendoza co u ld see th e pits . so could Bob J ackson but the course took them left towa rd Mayes Mounta in . Bob Morris sta rted up the m ountain wondering how they would get him down . Dave Jones a nd Mark Fer ro ce wer e ridge running . Jim McGraw sta rte d down th e downhill . soon Murry Kapko , Bob Anderson and J ack Davis follow ed . The first bik e int o th e pi ts was Rich Varner. followed by two fast pi e platers. then Pete Postel. who verbally honks at slow riders on downhills . Mitch Sm iley took on the secon d loop determined to do better then J esse James, who moved u p nine spots on the first go around . A few bikes back , Bob Jackson was trying to pass Cindy Max but she managed to hold him off. Ron Hermansen and 465c battled a ll the wa y down the wide , wid e was h . The nex t guy really rounded off his knobbies, coming from so far back on th e first loop m ost people can't count that high . T om Pu rdy za pped everyone in sigh t and took after J a m es Mu rphy. Da ve J ones and Senior Val Morris cleared BMR and sta rted for space m ou nta in . Keith Ba edor had a C bike in front of him , C bikes were at large this week , Ted Hunnicutt , J r. T he top eig h t wer e through th e canyon . into the valley and heading for th e cam pgrou nd seven m iles away . Dick Eva ns . second 250cc , was busy with Dennis Lanski . Cl iton Wood wanted a rou nd Kirk Kandt for second Open. J esse J ames wa s first Open and intended to keep it that wa y. Mitch Smiley' caught up to Pete Postel on Ma yes Mountain but couldn't pass on th e downhill. Rich Varner cruised through th e roller s an d int o the finish for th e overa ll Novi ce win . Thanks to Rescue 3 . Bill th e snowcone man , and Paul the catering truck driver . The Desert Rats especiall y want to thank the Invaders and Maywood M.C. for helping them out with m e race . • Skip Aksland took the victory nag at the Loudon National Road Race with his Le ctron equipped Yamaha , In fact. 5 out of the top 6 used Lectron carb s. Skip's XR dirt bikes is also Lectron equip. ped . Ra cin g , ha s set the co nti nen t a live with his superior victories week after week in the G. P. and Formu la 750 World Championsh ips. Th e Lectron carb s on Kenny's 250 and 750 help give Kenn y that extra adva n ta ge . JACK MIKE Ja ck Pent on's got it all together as he's put back to back Natio nal Endu ro wins toget her on his Lectron ca rburetored KTM . When it comes 10 off· road racing . you Mike Bast, the curre nt U.S. Speedway Champion. is now using a Lectron carb on his speedway bike. Mike's . won over 15 scra tc h m a in eve nts to date! Speedway bikes ru n on alcohol. won ' t fin d a better ca rb on the ma rket. T ake a tip from Jack . ..Lectro n performs." Th e carb uretion o{ th e Cha mpions is noU' ava ilable {or all serious racers in M-X. Enduro. Road Ra cing, Speedway. Trails an d Cross -Coun try. You r Hi-Point dealer can equip yo ur cy cle with champio nship perfor m an ce. See w hy th e top nam es in racing select an d win with Lectron. ' J E F F HANEy .·. ,the winn ingest nov ice in As cot history rode to vict ory on his Yamaha w ith Lectron . ATTENTION SUZUKI 125 OWNERS The Lectron ca rburetor has really been proven to make the RM scoot!! We've got them now for bolt on performance. F01 mQle m fo a nd apphcatllH ' charI Wil le 10 H /Pomt RaCing Pr od u ct s, 3 709 W f lit' A ~ t' . Lo,.,111 OH 440 53 or see yOur H I ·Pom l ~"Je' Dis tributed and Serviced by HI-PO INT RA CIN G PR ODUCTS 3709 w E" e Ave . I I, I.,n . OH 44053 P 0 Bo. 232 7. Am arulc. TX 79105 9 604 Oates Dr .. 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