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00 I:' 0') TOYOTA SUPERCROSS SERIES 00 I-< tentify the sam e product of the Coat-Cot8 Com peny. CI.l ,.0 Three Times As Many Whoop-De-Doos And High Speed Jumps As The 'Coliseum Superbowl e CI.l > o Z The "Shotgun Showdown " Quaker State Oil Posts $3000 Purse In Winner-Take-AII Grand Finale An additional surge of adrenalin will be pumped into the beam of 4'.000 rana and four or five of the greatClt pune appealed to all of them. Each rider laid he'd been wanting to "luan off on a one to ODe buil since the aeuoD lraned. Of coune the $5000 makes them want it even mOre," llDiJed Goodwin . Quaker State Oil was juat u enthlUiaitic. The competition-oriented company eagerly pooted the pun< u a spokesman explained, "When we were inform ed about the ahowdown concept we immediately realized the interest and benefit to race rans such an event would create and thinp . moved very quickly after that." All four of the riden feel confident about winning. Yet there is .till a catch. Each hu . selected because he had won a Su~ SerieI event this year. but, u ill name implies, The Coca Cola MotoC:n* F"mal is the lut race of the 1978 Seriea and if a rider other thaD Hannah, Bell, Tripea or Ellia wino he becomea immediately eligible to participa te in the "Shoqun Showdown ." And this is a aituation ihat definitely cannot be counted out. SomCODC' who beall th_ four would obrioualy be enjoying a perfect night; perhapa a rider not generally conaidercd a top four contender wiU lind that on one particular night he'. unbeatably fut. And, imagine how pumped up he'D be for the Showdown if he'. afready beaten th e othen in the :to-lap F"maIJ The Shotgun Showdown will deftnitely be a "War of the Winnenl" stadium motocrolil raccn in hutory immediately followin, the big 20-lap Final at Anaheim Sta dium whIch dooea out a speeatcular ' 1978 seUOD. Electricity crackled through an already charged atmosphere when it wu announced that Quaker State Oil had pooted a $5000 winner-take-aU pun< and would spoDlOr the unique 6-lap "Shotgu n Showdown." JUit when it ap peared that everything con cewable to increase the excitement at a Stadium Motonporu even t had been tried, reseed or jammed into a Cocal Cola MotOCl'Oll F"mals or Superbowl speceecular. Michael Goodwin gave birth to hi> "dash and buh!" The "Shotgu n Showdown" is Goodwin'llatest brainchild and it destined to become a continuing inchuion at the • ClockwIM from up.... left Bob " Hurrlcan." Hen...h. Marty "Typhoon" TrI _ Cobalt" Ell " , " M ig hty M ik e" Bell , Jim my " Capt. I~••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• How To Get Your Tickets! ~1 . lut race in the $400 ,000 Toyota Supercrou Series . "The stadium courses are by nKellity very tight and with 10 many racers on th e track. at an y Jiven time. even the best riders can get tied up In traffic and all feel they could do beau in a smaller field . said Goodwin in his announcement of the special race." 10, after taking to the Honda and Yamaha learn managers and getting their go ahead I contacted. bob Hannah, Many Tripes, Jim Ellu and Mike Bell, all of whom have won a SUpercroII event thiJ year . The idea of a six-lap dash ,for a big DiRECT MAIL. .. The Best Way! ...But you gatta' hurry! to Hen...h - fer left- " l 'm go n...• blow him off the treckl" By ordering your tick.eu through the mail you can avoid parking hassles ; waiting in line . extra charges. crowds and . best of all , you can get the choicest scats because they're held for direct mail before they're released to the ticket a~ncics and box office l And, that', not alll We have a special V.I.P, BONUS P ACKAGE for ma il-order buyers! Just give us a call at (714) 752.0523 for direct mail information . Pleuc don't caU UI (or anythinge1Je because we're fraDtically busy juJt before an event! BUOY, NO MAIL ORDEllS WILL BE Acx:EPTED AFI'Ell MONDAY. NO~~ lidll OFFICE... The Last year , we'd liIr.e to IUggeat that you get your reserved leat u early u poaaible or ria1r. bel dUa intedl Tr1pee-fet r1ght- " The F1neIa. . gon...• bae dlffeNnt etorY l" ./, IN·N·OUT BU RG ER' GOOD/yEAR 1 0 6FM I\.W6JriC NO~ SATURDAY • a •• • • • 11 11