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indicated that high speed jump' are the
mOlt popular featurcl at a Itamum motOCl'Oll
track and Goodwin'. dClisnen have taken the
"jump" to the nth degree for the Anaheim
neIll. For several ycan Coliseum riden and
spectaton have been Itunned by "Intensity
Ridge" but that famoUi high speed jump will
become old hat on the night of November 11th
when " The Mountain" is tested for the first timel
Two feet hifher than " Insa nity Ridg"e" this new
obstacle wil threaten racen right in the middle
of a 70 mph Itraightaway and launch them 1%0
feet down the tracltl "The Mountain" hOI
definitely been designed to have 43,000 fa ns on
their feet with their heam in their throa ts.
And. apraking of race-n o let's take a look at
just a few of the top names that have entered the
CC MotOCfOll Finals. No rider in st ad iu m
motocross history has n-CT had a ycar like the
ODC that Bob "Hurricane" Hannah has blazed
acrou the 1978 Series . But . at Anaheim Hannah
will once again be facing hiJ toughtest
challenger, Many "The Typhoon" Tripes.
Many 1iI)'1. "The Finals arc going to be a
different storyl" The " Hu rri ca ne" repl ies. "I 'Il
blow him off the track.!"
However. even as those two again go bead-to head in another clauic confrontation. they're by
no means the only gladiatOr! in the monstrous
arena. 78 more men have teeed their helmets in
t he ring and they 'll all be meeting in one place
on one night with only one thought in mind.
WINI Supentan like Team Yamaha's Mike Bell
who took the checkered flag at this year 's
Supcrbowl, Jim Ellis, the second man in history
to win that same event two yean in a row , Jimmy
"The Jammer" We inen, winner in 1977 and
whose famed "charges" can astonish even the
mOlt jaded afficionado, Team Yamaba's
"Rocket Rex " Staten wh~ throttle seems to be
locked into "full bore", Suzulr.i , Kent Howerton,
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Can-Am's Gary Semics , crowd-pleases Many
Smith, Tony DiStefano, Broc Glover, AMA
Rookie of the Vear, Brian Mycncough, and new
acnsation to the %50ccclass, Jeff Ward. Everyone
who'. anyone will be there! Including the
faaorica and Team Honda', ' infamous
"Wreclting Crewl"
Two rec:erII creet a high apaed jump that. bell.... It or not. i. conaldarably ......... than "Tha
Mount8ln~ that will be conatrueted for tha brand MW traelt at tha Coca Cola M _ final• .
What To Look Fori
I. STAllTBlU'.AUR
This it where all the motorized madness beginsl The gate drops and %4 riders race frantically for a
long sloping jump with each straining for that split-second edge that will allow him to be one of the
only two riders that can fit into the fint tight tum. Imagine the 500 lb . circus Catlady trying to fit into
Farrah Fawcett', girdler
2. COCA COLA CATAPULT
Digging out of the high berms in the fint turn and onto a 300' straightaway the riders arc suddenly
faced with this 7 ft. high speed jump, it is actually the Coliseum's Insanity Ridge transplanted that
launches them into the next obstacle . . .
5. THE BOOMERANG
.
Centrifugal force comprcucs bike suspensions all the way a. the racers enter this double berm at high
speed. Taking the high bank turn almost horizontally they slingshot out as their swpemiom unload
and shoot them forward . .. .
4. HONDA HIMALAYAS
A frightful act of high and low whoop-de -docs that threaten a rider's sta bility probably more than any
other obstacle on the eraek. The distance 'is sta~red between these hi"hs and lows to break a rider',
rhythm and if you see a rider trying to get his speed up enough to skIp a whoop or two you're alto
liable to see a sudden unplanned dismount!
5. BONNEVILLE
After another series of hairpin (or bobbYJ'in) turns the riders face this 5
