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TEN YEARS ,AGO o 00 0) It must have been a helluva day to watch motocross at northern ·Cali· fornia's Plymouth Raceway as Gary Bailey, John DeSoto and newly· crowned Daytona 200 Champ Dick Mann entered a CMC motocross there. Mann led the 250cc Senior class until his Ossa sucked up too much sand. and Bailey went on to win with his Greeves. DeSoto led the 500cc Senior pack in both motos, but eased up each time and Bob Groui took the victory. In a battle between motocross and desert stars at the Anzac motocross course in Palmdale. CA. Greeves· mounted Jim Wioon took the 250 and 500cc Expert classes, getting some competition from desert shoes Terry Clark (runner-up in the 250cc race) and Whitey Martino (fourth in the 500cc race). Wilson's closest competitor in the 500cc class' was Mike But, who was reported as taking one of the corners "speedway style." Just to show tbat political battles are fought forever. Bay Area motorcyclists spent a day in front of the San Mateo Board of Supervisors pleading for an area for riding. The riders suggested a piece of watershed property that was scheduled to become a reservoir in five years. but the board ordered the county manager to prepare a report on it and postponed any action. The Bureau of Land Management ordered 55,000 acres in the Panoche Hills area of western Fresno County c1~d to vehicle use. ---.., Name Age Address State _ _ Zip Kawasaki model: L I I I I I I Phone ( Date Purch: I I I I _ Purch. at: ~ The Ace of Clubs M.C. won a two-year legal battle with the Internal Revenue Service over the club's tax exempt status. Riding the Mean Greenbikes can win you some mean greenbacks from Rocky Mountain Kawasaki, To cash in, you must have purchased your Kawasaki from an RMK dealer in one of these seven states: CO, KA, MT, NE, ND, SD or WY. If you ride it to that state's MX Championship, you're in for a fistful of dollars: $250 for an 80cc title; $500 for the 125cc class; $750 for the 250cc class; and a thousand big ones ($1,000) for the open class. That's $17,500, and you better believe RMK wants to give it all away! Complete and mail the attached pre-registration roupon-it must be postmarked no later than May 1, 1980. You11 receive your personal Team Kawasaki press kit absolutely free. So write in fast-and ride even faster! ~ Marvin Hurlburt, \ trying time· keeping for the first time in five years, won the northern California Sawmill Enduro on a Bultaco Pursang. Three hundred fifty-nine riders started, but only 65 finished the 65-mile course within the time limit. POWERJET Remarkable new National MX continues at Saddleback! . carburetor designed to BOOST ENGINE RESPONSE • llEVUCll'Ell PAIlTlCULARLY FOR FUEL IlEQU1llEIIENTS FOR ~E ENGINES • GREATER FUEL ECONOMY .•• ~ :;::'=~ rnNtino. IKIOf'f Ifttl ,... show" • SMOOTHER ACCELERAllON •.. ~I'" engu'lf resPOnse ul"def laPtd aceeler.tlO" cMm8ndi Michigan (313) 689-7575 • Calif~ia (805) 25&6474 LECTRON ;UEL SYSTEMS, INC. 1800 Stephenson Highway, Troy, Michigan 48084 19