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some discussion between riders and AMA officials. The final laps saw Shobert hold off Kidd ("I slowed down a little and started pole-huggin'." Shobert admitted later.) Briggs remained in third while Mickey Fay put in a fine ride from his near last start to finish fourth in front of Ra iney. Gennai, Jones . Poovey. Spencer and Inderbi tzen rounded out the fin ishing order. Team racing was mixed in with the program with four man races and a five points for first . three for second. two for third and one for fourth scor ing system. Teams Honda (Haney and Fay). Kawasaki (Rainey and Briggs ) and Texas (Kidd and Shobert) remained intact from the Cow Palace event. Team Yamaha was manned by J im .Filice and Ronnie Jones after Kenny Roberts returned to Europe. Cow Palace winner Team Smoke (as in "we're gonna smoke 'em all ") had John Gennai teamed with Rod Spencer in stead of Rick Hocking. The final team. Team Mexico. was composed of Da ve Aldana and Terry Poovey. Briggs of Team Kawasaki was very impressive with 20 poi nts and three wins in the five races. Kawasaki sta rted by beating Honda. 7-4 . as Briggs led Fay. Rainey and Haney across the lin e. Texas was next to fa ll. 6-5. as the finishing order was Briggs . Kidd , Shobert and Rainey. Team Smoke was th e only team to defeat the kwackers , 6-5. when Gennai won ahead of Briggs. Ra iney and Spencer. Briggs and Ra iney split wins as Kawasaki defeated Team Mexico. 8-3, and Team Yamaha. 7-4. The meeting between Team Yamaha and Team Smoke. which had the scor ing not become fouled up. would have been repeated as a run-off for second. saw Yamaha come out on top. Ronnie Jones rode to the win . followed by Gennai, Spencer and Filice for a 6·5 score. Jones added two more wins and tallied 19 points. Filice added anoth er win as they wen t on to bea t everybody but Kawasaki. After losing to Yamaha. Team Smoke went on to smok e everybody. Gennai was high point rider of the ~atch races with 23 points and four wins . Texas started off with a 7-4 win over Mexico . then lost to Kawasaki and Smoke by 6·5 scores . topped Honda . 7-4. then lost to Yamaha. again by a 65 score. Team Honda was hampered by cr ashes by Jeff Haney. including one where he highs ided while showing off for the crowd before a rac e, and they could only com e up with 22 points . T eam Mexico's problems were even greater as Dave Aldana hit the floor so often in the early going tha t he dropped out of the race and was rep laced by Ricky Resweber. They gathered 19 points. The final was between Kawasaki and Texas after Texas was mista kenl y credited with 32 points instead of their 29. The final was run right after the main event and Shobert and Kidd were as hot as the y were in the final. but in reverse order as Kidd led Shobert. Rainey crashed twice and finished a lap down . while Briggs caught his foot on a tire on the inside of the track. twisted his knee and pulled off after another lap. T exas was jubilant. with a double wheelie across the finish line and a champagne shower in the winner's circle courtesy of Mike Kidd. • SHOW YOUR MOTORCYCLE ...at the World·s Greatest All Harley-Davidson ~~~ Motorcycle o 00 en ..-4 show Room for Over 700 Bikes" Saturday, July 12 9 a.m. to Midnight Sunday, July 13 On Display! 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. LOSANGELES SPORTSARENA 19 Classes • Vlntlse • Street Customs • Dressers To enter your motorcyc le in Harley's "Artistry In Iron" show. send photo of yo ur Hartey. and it description of it to: • "dna likes • Show Custom" • Muscle likes • r're 1930 Singles • Pre 193 0 Twi ns • Pre 193 0 Wi th Sidecar • Pre 193 0 Racin~ Bikes • 1930-19S6 Singles • 19 30 -1 956 Twin s • 1930- 1956 With Sidecar • 1930-1956 Racing Bikes • DOtJ ~e Eng ine Drag Bikes • V-Twin Dirt Track • 3·Wheelers - servt ars • Big Twin Show Customs • Sportster Show Customs • Big Twin Street Custo ms • Spo rrster Street Custo ms • Full Dressers • Big Twin Street Muscle Bikes • Sp orrsrer Street Muscle Bikes • Singl e Engine Drag Bikes Race Bikes Each class win ner wi ll be awarded a ha ndsome hand -crafted. MOOtooled leat her championship trophy riding belt .. . custom designed excl usively for Harley-Davidson show wi nners ... valued at over $o300! All exhibitors will receive a special Harley-Davidson belt buckle. m ad e exclusively for this show. The tooling will be destroyed and these buck les wi ll nev er be available for sefe. You 'll have a rare co llector's ite m. Bike Judged best of show wi ll recetve his choice of any 1981 Har leyl NO ENTRY FEE - FREE ADMISSION c\ C~Of WAlly rekrsen Harley-David son Motor Co. r.o . Box 6 53 , Milwaukee, Wise. 5320 1 Be sure to include your name. add ress. and phone number. Application fo rms are available at Harley-Davidson dealers. The show is d evoted entirely to Harley-Davidson bikes. Al l entries selected for exhibition will be notified as soon as possible prior to [une 15. 1980 . Enter edrly if you can. Bikes m ove in on Thursday.july 10 . Sp ecial press pr eview for Nationa l Motorcycle Publications on Friday. luly 11 . Bikes move OUt Sunday. [uly 13. after 7 PM. Special areas for motorcycle artists and collectors to display thei r works o f art. • • • • Gas Tank Art Wood Carving s Paintings Drawings • Metal Sculpture . • Photography • H - D Memorabillid FREE booth space for motorcycle clubs. associations. and pub lications. Special free VlP Parking for exnlbl rors . Show your motorcycle .. . at the World's Greatest Harley -Davidson Motorcycle Show. July 12 &. 13 . Harley-Davidson Results 2G-I..AP MAIN EVENT: 1. Don Shobert !Yam l; 2. Mika Kidd IHan); 3. Denn is Briggs IKaw); 4 . Mickey Fay IHan ); 5. Wtryne Rainey IKawI; 6 . John Gennai IBull 7. ; Ronnie Jones !Yaml; 8. Terry Poovey; 9. Rod Spencer !Yaml; 10. Mikalndarbitzen. ANAL MATCH RAC E: M ike KiddiOon Shoben del. Wtryne Rainey/Dennio Briggs. TEAM SCORES: 1. BriggalRainey (33 ); 2. rna GennailSpencar. FiIicllfJo_l;lll; 4 . K~ 1291; 5. FaylHaney 122); 6. PooveYIAldanalRIlliWe6ei (191. --17" .