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In the 1978 Trans AMA and Grand Prix. Brad Lackey (Team Honda). Rex
Staten (Team Yamaha) and Mark Bame tt (Team Suzuki) chose our clothing ,
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Sidehacks go for it at the AMA 0·37 scrambles at Perris.
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If three straight for the 250cc Novices,
l"'bu t Ross Kla tt caught m y eye with his
b.three second places as he had to work
· for 'em.
b Mark Cain was a nervous wreck
Sunday, one pure case of the adrenalin
fits as he went into th e race ahead of
Joe Steffen , who carries num be r one
cu rrently , in th e 250cc class. J oe
f misse d out. th is yei!f ~m.. three po int
· runs for various reasons and in that
,hotly contested cla ss it's go , go , go a ll
season , bu t th at's ra cin' , Joe took two
firs ts a nd a second for first overa ll, Jay
Lewis came in seco nd with two thirds
r and a fourth , a nd Ma rk was third wit h
a second and two fou rt hs ... th a t cla ss
aJ is always up for gra bs. Pet e Hames was
the "s poiler ," he DNF in the second
moto but got a first a nd a second in
th e othe r two . He was moving too , a nd
t he start he got in th e first round was
inter est ing to wa tch , it nea rly got off
the line before he did .
. Ano ther r ider wh o d id some
gymnastics was Don Grigsby in th e
500cc Ex perts. W e'll score "T· Bone" a
10, for grace and bea ut y whe n he d id a
com p lete 360 0 in th e middle of the
, pack on the uphill wit ho u t one of them
clobberi ng him . If I hadn't see n it, I
wouldn't ha ve bel ieved it cou ld be
done: Make a com p lete circle without
highsiding so mew he re t hrou g h the
maneu ver b u t when he go t in to
trou b le instin ct told him to go to th e
wood with it, and he came out of
it . .. when in doubt , full out. Mike
1 Montgomery, as behooves th e new
number on e H ea vyweight , took three
· in a row wh ile Rex Hailey and Ste ve
Loomis fought out second and third.
Grigsby went out in round three with a
busted wheel bearing, and had to push
it over for a place in the second moto.
Vince Landry went well for his fourth
, overall. .
Greg Beloi t led the 500cc No vices
home with three stra ight , he 'll be
warmly welcomed by Montgomery ,
G rigsby and crew when he transfers.
Jim Morris was giving him fits, and Jeff
Maddy got 'ha rd after him in the last
round . That 500cc class jus t keeps
getting better and better with plenty of
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talented No vices to kee p filling the
highe r classi fications .. . such as Mad dy
who rid es a Husq va rna , a b reed not
often seen fla t -trackin ' .
T he sidehacke rs came ou t again ,
with th e tea m of Sh erman /Elliot with
a Norton taking th e firs t two but DNF
in the th ird , darn it. Br own/Myers
won overall with two seconds and a
first , a nd sure had a good race going
in the second moto with Hi cks/DeCost a .
th ei r sma ller H onda gi ving th e Hicks'
big Yammie all it wanted and th en
som e in the turns.
And now to th e glamor class . . . th e
Open Exp erts. National number 95
Scott Pearson came out, and we're told
stood th e young 'uns on thei r ea rs th e
night before by sho wing th em how
tu rn one at Perris ca n be rid den , that
is in a fu ll lock slide fro m the second
you land after the j u mp. H e and
Da nny Perkins tra ded firs t spots
arou nd for th e first two m otos, it was
wild fo lks . . . bu t Scott had the
interesting experience of ha ving his
fro nt brake lock up th e wheel coming
over th e jump and he DNF. Pea rson
sa id he needed cle an sho rts afte r that
one. bu t showed his a b ilit y by not
fa lling off . It was a day of frustratio n
for most of th e riders : Mike Myers'
N orton ran grea t for him , he got a first
ro u nd three , but had DNFs with a
rock slamming the petcock shut on e
trip. and a blown Champion pl ug the
other. Bill Bartels was another one
wit h troubles. but Steve Miller took
second overall and Steve Fortune on
his Harley. th ird.
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