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Warren Reid (Continued/Tom page 21) the way back and then try and find a place to tat them and that's not always easy. My mechanic at Honda, Brian (Lunnis) was putting in 14-hour days trying to make the bikes work and he was just dragging by the end of the series. How is your new contract with Kawasaki? I'll be riding the 250cc Nationals and all the Supercross races plus the Inter· national class at the Trans-USA. ( haven't talked to them about some other big races I want to ride, like Mammoth, but I hope to. Honda actually offered me more money than Kawasaki but I just don't want to mess with new bikes again. Do you feel any different about the Kawasaki Team? By the end of last year it seemed that the whole Honda team had just about broken up. Everybody was getting ready to do something else or go some· where else. At Kawasaki everyone is more casual, things are more relaxed. the whole team seems more close knit and everyone gets along. Will 1980 be a good one for you? Yeah ( think so. I'm feeling pretty good about my riding and ( seem to do really good against the guys on 250cc and Open bikes. Now I can even get a bad start and still move up through the pack although lately I've been getting good stans and I want to carry that over to the new year. Now that I've gotten a holeshot I feel more confident at the start and I guess 1 concentrate better. You had a pretty tough time in last year's 125cc Nationals but still finished fourth. I guess I was pretty consistent in my finishes but we had a lot of problems the first part of the series. I had some DNFs like when my gearbox locked up going into the first tum and everyone thought I was in a big crash. The second half of the season was better 'cause the bikes were better and I managed to finish fourth in the series. The competition was really tough, especially from Glover and Barnett and almost as much from Myerscough and Ward. Myerscough and Ward can go just as fast but they don't know about winning the way Barnett and Glover do. I'm finally getting to know what it takes. You seem to do better at SuperCl'Ollll than most 125cc riden. I like the stadium races. I got a second at Anaheim, third at Seattle, and a fourth at New Orleans. It's a sprint race, you know. You can't cruise, you just have to go wide open all the time. On outdoor tracks you are always thinking ahead but in Supercross you just go as fast as you possibly can all the time. It's really easier 'cause you concentrate harder just on riding. I expected to get the holeshot at Anaheim - everything seemed right. The bike had some drawbacks, especially from the rear end, but it was making me try hard to find the smooth lines and was really helping me. The reason Howerton and Bell caught me was I was just getting into traffic just as they were breaking free. It's easy to catch somebody from behind anyway, and as soon as they saw me ahead they could just push harder. Next time I'm not going to settle for second - no matter what. Well good luck this year Warren, especially with those stadium races. Thanks. You know the Supercross series is great because you can make more money and that's important be· cause you can only race so many years. But I bet if there was no money in it everybody would still be out there racing. • SANCTIONED o co - HALF-MILE PROS ..... Western Regional Championship s.. ~ « GARY SCOTT ALEX JORGENSEN CORKY KEENER Experts, Juniors, Novices FRIDA~ PIT GATE· 5 pm PRACTICE • 6 pm QUALIFYING - 7 pm APRIL 25, 8 pili $4,000 PURSE SPECIAL FREE PARKING AREA FOR CYCLES ADULTS $6.00, JUNIORS $4.00. CHILDREN 9-12 $2.00. UNDER 9 FREE TICKETS - 1 C. AGAJANAN'S (213) 323 -1142 (213) 321 -1100 18300 VERMONT GARDENA • "WHERE THE HARBOR, SAN DIEGO AND 91 FREEWAYS MEET" Cycle News Want Ads do it Pacific Coast Sport cycle 520 McGlINCY LANE. CAMPBELL CA 9500B 140BI371-'22' HONDA SUZUKI TRIUMPH BMW (2131326-3810 LOMITA, CA DUI/AW.. THE RELIABLE ENDURO CLOCK COUIII1DOWN EJlQ. usoz_at. e-.c...... CA .1103 _ (2131 Ma-a3l1 .1. 8ddleback '_0 . a ) " uzuki n4·770-6701 DISTRIBUTING 415-969-1882 • Add t2.• Shipping -CA Add .~, s.an T.. South Orange County's Orily Suzuki Dealer Open 7 days a week 23034 Lake Forest Dr., Laguna Hills, CA 92653 YOICOHA.A MOUNTAIN .-~.~' VIEW $99.95 Rol a-t ", ..TO La• •o • • aT.••• _OUIITA'. VI ....CA 1404' Hand Washable Stay Soft Othman Distributing Co. Box 356 San luis Obispo, CA 93406 18051 544-6181 -Riding -Racing • Street GLOVES Dealer Inquiries Invited PASADENA $UZUKI • Volume Pric•• on ALL Suzuki P.rlo.-m.... • W••ervln whet w. ..II with quaflty Service orlenled departments 2900 E. CoIor.do Blvd. P.udene. CA 91107 213-79&-4129 23