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, •, I.!') ~ $-0 Q) ..c e Q) > o Z 1979 AMA events For your co nve nience we asked the AMA Professional Racing Department to provide us 'with a tentative schedule of national and international events for 1979 . Every event listed below is subject to change in any way possible at this point. Ideally the AMA would prefer to sanction at least 28 events for the Winston Pro Series, so you can probably look forward to at least one additional event (possibly filling in the Memorial Day weekend gap) . On the National MX schedule, Ha ngt own's 125/250cc National scheduled for March 25 will be held at the Prairie City OHV Park, Sacramento, CAo rather than Plymouth, CA this year (nothing .against the great folks of Plym ou th H a ngtown .just outgrew the facility) . On the International schedule. September 2, for the Motocross des Nations and September 9, for Trophee des Nations have been confirmed by the FlM. Until we receive a firm schedule of all AMA events for 1979 use your pencil (and make sure you have an eraser handy) to fill in your calendar at home. AMA Grand National ChampionshiplWinston Pro Series· TT Houst on. rx J une 2 Helf Mile louisville. KY JulyS Half Mile Sen Josa, CA Februery3 Short Trac k Houston. TX Juna10 Half·Mile Middlatown. NY TT February 2 August 12 RoedRaca Pocono.PA September 16 \ M ile M eadows, PA July 15 June 22 September 23 M ile San J ose. CA July 22 Road Raca Sear s Point. CA Juna17 March 11 Roed Race Road Race Daytona Beach. FL Loudon. NH August 19 Half Mila Castle Rock. WA oesMolnes.IA August2S Mile Indianapolis. IN Sep tambar 29 Hal f M ile Gardena. CA August 26 M ila Ind lenepolls. IN "Tentat ive May6 M ile Sen Jose. CA TT Santa Fe.IL July 29 Mila ouQuoln. IL May 12 Half Mile Gardena. CA Juna24 Hel f Mile Columbus.OH August 3 Short Track Santa Fe.IL September 2 Road Race Loud on. NH May19 Half M ile Tope ka. KS June 30 AugustS TT TT Gardena. CA Peorla. IL September 9 M ile Syracuse. NY AMA National Motocross Schedule· January 28 StadlumMX Oakland .CA Marc h 2S M ay 13 12S12SOcc MX 2SOI5OOcc MX Secra me nto.CA M L Morris. PA J une 24 2SOf5OOcc MX St . Pete rs. MO A ugu st 12 12S15OOcc MX Binghem t on. NY February 10-11 StadiumMX Seattla.WA April 1 May 20 12S12SOcc MX 2SOI5OOcc MX Trabuco Cyn .• CA Southwick. MA July 1 2SOI5OOccMX Buchanan, M I Augus t 19 12S15OOcc MX Charlotte. NC March 3 Stadium MX Atlan ta . GA AprilS 12S125Occ MX Houston. TX M ay 27 2SOI5OOccMX A tlanta . GA J ul y &-7 StadiumMX Pittsburg. PA August 26 12S15OOcc MX St. Petersbu rg . FL Merch 10 StadiumMX Daytona . FL April 22 12S125Occ MX Omaha. NB June 2 Stadium MX New Orleans. LA July 14 November 10 Stadiu m MX Stadium MX Los Angeles. CA A naheim. CA June 17 2S0/500cc MX Seers Point. CA AugustS 12S1500cc MX Escoheag. RI March 1&-17 StadiumMX Houston. TX April 28-29 ' Sta dium M X Pon t iac . MI - Tentative FIM/AMA International Schedule· June 10 500ccUSGP Carlsbad, CA August 5 F·750 Road Race Monterey. CA July 22 12Scc USGP Lex ington. OH September 2 September 16 Motocross des Nations Olympiad . Rnland Orange, CA July 29 September 9 250cc USGP Trophea des Nations Naw Berlin . NY Swaden 6 September 10-15 Septamber 30 ISoT Trans·A M A West Germany Buchanan, MI Sep tember 23 Trans·AMA Lex ington. OH October 21 Trans·AMA St . Paters. MO October 7 October 28 Trans·AMA Trans ·AMA New Berlin. NY TBA October 14 Trans·AMA TBA Novem ber 4 Trans· A M A Sonoma.CA "Tenta tive What do you do when you're midway through a road jump - the latest w ild n' crazy thing pro MXers have found to upset their inj ury- conscious sponsors - and you suddenly realize you don't hav e enough altitude? T J immy Weinert demonstrates. Bob Hanna h phoned Papa just 20 minutes be fore our Monday 4:30 p.m. deadli ne to annou nce that he, Marty Tripes and promoter Mike Goodwin had reached an agreement. Tripes and Hannah will ride the Nov. II Coca-Cola Bottl er s Motocross Finals a t Ana hei m Stadi um. When questioned about any "deal" made to entice the pai r to c ha nge t he ir mi nds a nd compete, Hannah stated , "Ma rty and I are just go nna ride and win all his money." They will race in both the Supercross event . and . the special Quaker State Oil Shotgun Showdown. News from the speedway circuit overseas is that Scott Autrey f inished seventh in the British league Riders' Final at Belle Vue. Ole Olsen won w ith 13 po ints. w hile Autrey finished with 10 and in a three way points tie. A lso, the British paper Motor Cycle reports that rather than play with gearing - changes. American Bruce Penhall will compete next year w ith a sixbike stable of machines for different tracks. Penhall, who rides for the Cradley team. won the two long track events at Ascot over the past two weeks. the $3,000 Quaker State Shotgun Showdown. and. we quote: "Bob Hannah. Marty Tripes. Jim Ellis and Mike Bell will be lacking handlebars in the six lap fight to the finish." That ought to be worth the price of admission by itself. the sight of Hannah. Tripes. Ellis and Bell wrestling with their f ork tubes. trying to navigate the computer designed course. q Open A rider George Hendricks won the Nov. 5 AMA National Champion. ship Enduro put on by the Red wood Scramblers M.C. in northern California . Hendricks was followed in the overall order by fellow Open A rider Troy Kelso , and 250cc A rider Rich Aden . Don Sanford of Team Honda and Mike Hannon were 1·2 in the AA class . For Team Suzuki '19. we hea r that southern Californian Scott Gillman is " si gned. sea led and de livered " as a Suzuki factory rider. Other reports indicate a Team Suzuki tryout for former minicycle start Scott Burnworth. Bill Glenn (Suz) was the overall winner of t he Nov. 5 AMA National Championship Enduro hosted by Motorcycle Com pet ition , Inc. in New Jersey. Team Suzuki's Ted Worrell took the AA class . MXTV stars? The '78 Coca -Cola Bott le rs Superbowl of Motocross VII .film will be aired on KHJ- T V, cha nnel . 9 in Los Angeles at II p .m. Thursday, Nov. 9, and most of the sa me riders expected to ride in Anaheim at the Nov . I I Coca -Cola Bot tlers Motocross Fina ls will supply the be art-stoppiag. b ar -bending. m in d -boggli ng ac tio n . When you're preparing to put on a big race like the Coca-Cola Bottlers Motocross Finals at 'A n ah ei m Stadium. things can get a little rushed. little slips gt!t by. like a press re lease that wandered across Papa 's desk the other day. The press release was devoted to If you could use a Toyota truck. a CR125 Honda and a year's supply of Coca-Cola . be sure to snatch up one of the entry blanks being handed out at the gates of the Anaheim Supercross event for a drawing to be held later in the evening. a