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XLI $7.00 A..11IbIe ncl_ly"tltrough Circle Bell Ent. AI/ow rhffll (31 _k. for delivlry Prk:e6 include poIr. MId hendling. c./if. ,.idfHltr «Id ~ ..,.. ..". S#nd check or Clrde Bell EnterpriHe 1133 San Meteo Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066 ~8ELL 141515119-1804 Ifil\CIRCLE mOMI' orrifJr on/I'. S_/"" .", limir.d on 101M irwnJ. DiMI.,. inquiri. ~It:om«i. Bill Krause Sporteycfes has the right Honda for .-any off road event - for fun or competition. CR & XR Series on sale now! _* FREE BONUS* Purchase any ofthe Honda Dirt Bikes during this special sale and receive accessories package free: Helmet. gloves, goggles • and jersey - a $75 value. DIRT BIKE I SaLE Bubbe Wilson leeds the 125cc Intermediates over a jump at GNC Superdome. GNC Superdome Amateur Nationals By Mike Reilly Photos by John Rannikko NEW ORLEANS. LA, JUNE 3 GNe, the people that bring Supercross racing to America's grass· roots motocrossers, completed a very successful southern I• I 1257 S. LA BREA . 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Bosch. and Scott Goggles. With rider participation less than a thousand, the day's activities were more relaxed allowing everyone to concentrate on the best possible racing. A late decision by the organiers not to change the already excellent Supercross track that the Pr.os used the night before proved to be the right move as the racing was not only super competitive but amazingly accident free. One of the 24 finalists in the 50cc Mini Mini class waiting for the drop of the gate was B.B. McLeod from Laurel Hill. Florida. When the gate dropped for the 50cc final. McLeod on his Hi-Point sponsored Suzuki was third behind Ronnie Tichenor from Florida and Angie Scott from Texas. Carefully picking his lines. B.B. swept past both leaders on the first lap to tak~ the lead he would never relinquish. McLeod opened up a sizeable margin before the end of the race and cruised home with a satisfying win. Texas college student Mickey Pizzitola swept both Pro classes last March in the Astrodome. To prove that it was no nuke. Mickey came to New Orleans confident that he could do it again. He did, and this time it was even easier. Pizzitola. riding for the Howard Racing Team on Hondas, holeshot and led every lap of the 125cc and 250cc Expert classes. Building a safe margin during the early laps while his competition sorted themselves out, Mickey just clicked off nawless laps until he saw the checkered nag. The 125cc race was ironic in that Todd Young from Louisiana, .exactly as he had done last March in the Astrodome. broke out of the pack and set off in pursuit of Pizzitola. Hoping to ,avenge his narrow Houston defeat. Todd had fire in hIS' eyes as he closed in on Pizzitola's Honda but the curse had not been lifted. Young crashed dropping back to eighth at the finish. The 250cc Expert final was pure and simple - A Mickey Pizzitola runaway. Exploding off the start gate. Mickey consistently made time on his pursuers until he built up a 10 second advantage by the end; no one even c,ame close. But behind Pizzitola's vapor trail came an excellent three way battle for third involving Suzuki rider Hugh Grayson from Louisiana. Bill Hobson (Hon) from Mississippi, and Darryl Heisler from Alabama. This particular battle saw Hobson break away for a secure second: Grayson succumbing to the charge of Carlo Musso and Dave Stransky: and Heisler putting up an inspired defensr on the final lap to hold bad Louisiana's Musso and Florida's Stransky. Billy Click from Houston, Texas won the Over·30 class on a B.C. Enterprises Honda to remain undefeated for two years. Click won the Superdome race last year, as well as tbe Astrodome championship two years in a row. and continues to be the only Over-30 winner the GNC has ever recognized. Billy Hobbs from Texas made it a great race as he chased Click all over the noor of the Superdome, sometimes fading back and at otbers appearing capable of mounting a serious threat. But Click is a master of this type of motocross and makes very few mistakes following his customary holeshot. A couple of other fellows came to the Superdpme in New Orleans looking for the win that they almost had in Houston. One was "BuU~ am" Tiieriot fro,m Denham Springs,

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