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TEN . . YEARS c - AGO o 00 ~~------------~ Yamaha's famous Mini Enduro, the 0') acaIed down machinr that started the -Urinicycle lRnd of the modem day, was the subject of a Cycle News test. he repon was co-authored by Tom Culp and his 6 ~ -year-old son Shawn. I-< Q.I .J:J o ~ u o R.ick Woods regained the U.S. speedway title he'd lost to Steve Bast the previous year. Woods woh all five of his events. Young Mile Bast got off to ,a good SlaTt, winning his first two races, but iri a crucial third race meeting with Woods, Bast looped out on the stan. Steve Bast took second overall in the standings while Mike Bast won a run-off for third. Gary Nixon stunned a lot of Europeans at Mallory Park's "Race of the Year." Riding a 750cc Triumph Trident triple on a shon course that favored the lighter Yamaha 350cc two-strolte twins, Nixon finished fouTth behind John Cooper, Phil Ileed and Paul Smart. YVOD DuHamel finished lOth. Team Sweden had the consistency required to win the Motocross des Nations held in Italy. The team was paced by Ake JO_D, who won the first moto. Belgium fmished second and Czechoslovakia, whose Jiri SlOdulb was the top individual performer of the day and won the second moto, finished third. A two-year-old coun case finally won motorcyclists the right to ride on the Atlantic City Expressway in New Jersey. In ruling on the case of Roland Ernst, who had been arrested in 1968 for riding a motorcycle on the expressway, the judge found that the ruly banning motorcycles on the expressway was arbilrary. capricious and unreasonable ... " A rash of brush fires in the southern California area 10 years ago threatened Indian DuDell, Saddlebaclt, Bay Mare and Carlsbad motorcycle parks, but only Bay Mare had any fire damage, and that was not on the lrack itself. With the International Six Days Trial only a few weeks away, revised team listings were issued. The Husky-mounted World Trophy team.J(as comprised of Bud Ekins, Malcolm. Smith, Mike Patrick, John Penton, R.on Bond and David MDngenast. Tbere were two Silver Vase teams and tbe Pentonsupported A tearn fidded Jeff PentoD, Jack Penton, Tom PentoD and Doug WIlford. The B team of Dave Ekins, PrestoD Petty, Bill Uhl and AI Balter were to ride Puchs. The AMA announced the schedule and the method for entering its upcoming Trans·AMA Series, and bow the first National Motocross Champion would be selected. Also announced was a change of venue on the fmal race of tbe series, from Sacramento, CA to Puyallup, W A. Remember When? POWERJET 1980 TOP PRIVATEER JIM HOLLEY AMA National Motocross Series 125ccCIass POWERJET equipped 5