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NORTHERN DATELINE cause and even raced; Steve Johnson, of Kawasaki mechanical fame. who crashed no less than six times in the same spot; and Wild Willy Calicura , Brad Lackey's stateside mechanic. Calicura rode in the first mechanic's heal race and was about to blast his way to Muscel on the first lap when caught the rear wheel wrong and hi sided through two catch fences. three spectators. a van and a 0·10 cat. He was all right though as one of the spectators, a lovely lass . took kindly of the fallen warrior and they rode off together to nurse his wounds. New Kits for '78 with Adjustable Travel . 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POWDER PUFF Ann Woods . : Hendrix registers Rattlesnake lA bove) Troy DeHerrera (8) and Scon Link (11) go for broke at Richmond w hile l Below) Steve Johnson debuted the new KX-BO Kawa. and f ell off five t imes in the process. . then a member of the Bultaco learn . rode 250cc Pursang set in a 100cc Tiron frame and smoked the troops much to the consternation of the locals. Three heat races of pros and some locals from the summer Tuesday' night series landed Mike Faria on the pole. He 's the number one speedway racer in these pans and a very accomplished all around rider. Mike was rid ing a YZI00 for Karl's Motors and the Cycle Gear stores. Broc : Glover , the defending champ. was on his trick YZ from the Yamaha stables , Dave Faria . older brother to Mike, was in the middle with veteran Sherman Wong and Junior dirt tracker Scott Link completing the front row. Craig C hristian lined up on the po le in the back row after getting second in the third heal a nd m aki ng his first eve r Pro main of an y kind whi le MXer Troy.DeHerrera lined u p next to Mark Gregson -who wound up just making the main after leading the early laps of the second heat o nly to slow with a flat tire . Instantaneous sponsorship from Mt , View Dist . Co . came through for the replacement tube. Ron Melton and Mike Schildknecht made up the rest of the main . At the wave of the green from big Dave Faria . Mike took off like the proverbial rabbit and had a 15 bike length lead at the end of one lap . It was short lived though . As he crossed the whoope-de-doos on the next round, he bottomed everything out and crashed giving the lead to Glover who didn't even bother to say "thanks" and rode off to a gO second win. Mike Faria got back up. in fourth, and chased and caught both his brother and Mark Gregson to finish second , In the other two races. both won by the trick new KX-80 Kawasakis , Clay Muscel rode off to glory in 'the mechanic's race while old man Brya n Farnsworth (alias Bat Guano) beat out Ric k Park in the race of leftovers known as Press/Sponsors . Bart Ba rfly was offered one of the Kawas to ride but he opted to give it to Mel Pa rk hurst who did about as good as Ba rt wou ld have (and that ain't good) bUI was better than Bel -Ra y's Terry Bilton , Hono ra ble mentions should go 10 Dave Duarte, of Hi- Point Accessories, who put in a bunch of Sluff to help the a ~' ~~ ~. PO Bo.118 A.lon. VA 24054 703 650 3030 . » t'i i_-. '" Alrbox '75thru ' 79 R••ch filter from top· . . . . eloMCI HI-Pipes Available FIM style .i~pIat . . ' 79 BULS are here! UPS Mai l Ord er large parts mven rorv ~ ~ L. T ~C ~~L.T~C= Glover defends Richmond Mini GP title By~. H.Spencer R ICHMOND, CA, NOV . s AMA National 125cc motocross Champion Broc Glover returned to the Richmond Ram blers M.C. Mini -bike Grand Prix with a title Sa rn rn v Tanner D is t ri b u t in g WIRI-TECH 213 924 2 111 Hand Washable· Stav Sot! Othman Distr ibut ing Co. Bo x 356 San Lu is Ob isp o . CA 93406 18051544·6181 26 - RIdIng • RacIng • S treet GLOVES D ealer Inqu iries Invit ed to defend and a new one 10 uphold . He went away with yet a second straight main event win under the toughest of conditions .and a bunch of great competitors. The young Yamaha factory racer rode a superb 20 lap main after getting by early leader Mike Faria and extending his hold on the race to the great delight of nearly g,OOO fun seekers. The fourth annual conflab of riders. mechanics and sponsors/press of the Trans ·AMA series gathered ar the Point Richmond club house. home of the infamous Richm ond Ramblers . MC , and had a little fun preparing for the fina l event of the circuit before going into hibernation for the winter. The track is a very small one. running around parts of the parking lot and down ncar the town's rifle range. about gOO yards in total length. Bikes are limited to 100cc size frames and mini- bike engines but it's obvious that some of the Honda XR-75s are near 150cc. Three years ago Marty Tripes. National enduro win By Rick Adan & Bruce Marhanke CRESCENT CITY , CA , NOV . 5 The 16th annual Rattlesnake National Enduro began near the . Klamath River, 10 miles south of Crescent City. where the Redwood Scramblers M.C , waved off the first riders at 7:01 ·a.m . on a , beautiful. clear , crisp morning. Terrain conditions were perfect (m ea ning no dust ) except forb numerous shaded ' portions of the course that claimed their share of skinned elbows. The course began with a fast 24 mph average winding up slick pavement road . At the five mile check you were early enough to enjoy ~ . fantastic view of the Klam a th River J and surrounding counties. Our di rections were to proceed u p a super" traction trail wit h lots of banks, sort of like a roller coaster. un til we h it ch eck r one at exactly 10 mi les. Many riders were late here. _ The Redwood Scramblers gave us a few miles of fire road to make up for losI time, or gain some time as the case might be , before coming to the infamous Rattlesnake hillclimb . T his climb is approximately lour miles of rocky fireroad that left even the best enduro rider breathless. It also took its toll of late points and flattened tires. The course then turned right onto a fast rocky fire trail and wound its way 10 checktwo. The club did a neat job of continuing the course along Ra tt lesnake Ridge . through freshly logged areas where a rider really had to maintain stamina while fighting moss covered . fallen trees , Most riders lost the majority of their points in this section before check three by being late. The club gave the riders a chance to m ak e up their lost points with a series of fireroads link ed together with short. to ugh ' trails. After catching up with their minute and maintaining it. check four appeared at 44 m iles. As the route sheet pointed out . gas was a nother 2.8 mi les down the road which was to be a welcome sight to m any riders. Pit crews and club members gave assistance to the tired riders . Only a five minute layover was allowed. so one had to hurry 10 remain on time. After the gas stop the course continued along semi -paved fireroads .