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Cycle News 1978 11 15

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~ rhe Top Dogs .A re Genna DQ It In The Dirt. Hannah and Tripes re~conf'irrri entries. Bob vows to take all of Goodwin's money' one way or' another but Marty is already ~ u nti n g it! co ," ~ ". , ' , :ercrou events and has et tima. been en ~uction for Hannah'. winning streak. Ellis handily won the opening event this et Seettle. and naeIIy wants to end the I88lIOn with a win; he's been !reining like a men veer p, ! d in recovering from a aummer injury and lIVIln misaing the entire Trans AMA just to incr8888 his chenca of winning Anehaim and the Showdown: . He _ the winner of the COCA-eOlA SUPERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS both in 1975 and 1978 (one of the only two double winneral, haa pieced let and 3rd Ovwaa in the 250cc Supercroa Seriea end this veer. his racing .-ed to a climax by winning the Kingdome Supercrou Race. placing 2nd 0-1111 in the 250ccNetionel Championship and 3rd o-allet the SUPERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS. "THE JAMMER': JIMMY WEINERT c Tha 1977 COCA-eOLA SUPERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS winner. Jim Weinert, I. . veteran , l!') s-. o ,.c 8 ~ o Z motoe:roaa. with an abundanc:e of Ia1OWIedge. ilxperiellC8 and racing talent gained . from two 500cc Netionel Cherr.pb the 1978 Supercroaa_ ~j>ionahip and a 2nd In the 1978 .I~emational Olympiad. WI*! inspired. he can "Ihow the kids a thing or two" by besting them at the finish, which he t.done on - . I occaaiol-. In 1978 he _ 2nd o-an in the 2SOcc National Champlonahlpa and 3rd 0vwaIl et the COCA-eOLA SUPERBOWL OF MOTOCROSS. of ".pc . \ wa. . M A RTY "TYPHOON" TRIPES :TriPes and his Honda were Hannah'. mein j co mpetition throughout the _son and Hanneh itat.... "On e good day Merty is the featest in j'the world." . Merty Tripas won the Coca Cole Superbowl ,Of Motocr088 twice . two veers in a row-1972 end 1973. In 1974 he came in 2nd Overell in the 250cc National Championship and although hi. racing seemed dormant for ewhile he came · beck strong in 1978 with a 2nd Overall in ,the - Toyota Supercroa Seria end won the 250cc Grand Prix in Unadille. New York besting Hiinneh. Obviously. they ere arch ri~I• . KENT HOWERTON Howerton rida e Suzuki fectory-b8cked motocroeaer. end is not only e former 500cc Nationsl Championship winner, he elso won the 1974 ·t rans AMA aupport cle88. W8S oecond in the OVerall 2SOcc Netional Chempionship in 1976. end in 19n walked 8W8y with tha Internationsl Olympiad. MIKE BELL Hannah's teemmete BUcceafully won the Coca Cole Superbowl of Motocroa this veer. on - beaically stock machinery against exotica. Mike Bell has also been victorious in _the 500cc Netional war.. Ha·. the tallest rider on the ciicuit et 6'3", the festest rookie and the on ly me n cap8b1e of beating the top three consietently. This is the men to wetch l He will -be in bettie with Howerton for 3rd plece. As theY 8l8nd now they ere only 1 point epert in 8l8ndingsl ~~=~,:~u..:._ ~ . ~ ~r. :1Ii: For Information call: ~ . ...... -1) . (714) 635-7000 r"ti c:,IAf ~;;'~YOTA SUPERCROSS SERiE1)-' lVIGHT e I N N ·QUT BURGER 5

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