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TEN YEARS .... .... AGO 00 (j) Road racing at Willow Springs found McGillivray br~aking track/ class records 00 both a BSA Rocut ! and a 250cc GP Yamaha, th~ latt~r besting the old mark ~t by Cal Ilaybom. McGillivray won th~ 250cc GP evftlt, but lost in O~o Production and ~ GP to St~ve McLaughlin (Hon). Wes Cooley, Jr. woo th~ 200cc Junior GP class on a G~es. JobD Num~ on~ and two finish~d 1-2 in the D-!7 ha~ 'n' hound host~d by th~ San Bernardino M.C. H~avyw~ight champ Whitey Martino (Hus) top~d Rich Thorwaldlon (Ric) for th~ 0ftral1 win, with ecorse Walker third on a Kawasaki Bighorn. Terry Clark (H-D) won the Trailbik~ rac~. Seems like wherever you find a champion, you find a Bell. The annual N~ Y~ars Day Pikes P~alt Snow Run wound up with a scor~ of racers, 251, snow, O. Bill Thomas ~ the mass start, ~v~n miles of twisty road, and won th~ ~~nt on his 400 Husky. I ,...«l MARK BARNETT 1980 12Scc National Motocross amp ion Evel Kninel jum~ ov~r 13 cars on successive nighu at th~ Houston Astrodom~. R~port~d att~ndanc~ was 37,000 the first night, 47,000 th~ second night. MIKE BELL 1980 National SuperCross Champion DICK BURLESON 1980 Enduro National Champion GEORGES JOBE 1980 250cc World Motocross Champion ~/. ....... ¥ • Tb~ first Moapa·to-V~gas har~ 'n' bound was host~ by th~ Groundsbak~rs M.C. Mall Switz~r won th~ 8O-mil~ ~v~t on 400 Husky, finishing with a fiv~-minut~ I~ad. A n~ column, "S~dway and M~," was ~n~ by four·tim~ World S~~d way Champ Barry Briggs. Briggs touch~ on why h~ rac~, wh~n and w~ h~ ra~, what h~ plann~d to do, and look~ at th~ futur~ of s~d way. H~ conclud~, ''I'm convinc~d that s~way in Am~rica will grow in popularity, and pr~nt indications a~ that som~ tim~ during th~ Roaring Snmties, th~ U.S. will onc~ again ~ ~ as a major pow~r in th~ truly intenational sport of ~way racing." Tb~ rac~ th~ motorcycl~ land ap~ar~ to b~ warming CHUCK SUN 1980 SOOcc National Motocross Champion - .. MARLAND WHALEY 1980 National Observed Trials Champion TERRY VANCE 1980 Pro-Stock Drag Racing National Champion ~..y Bell Helmets 15301 Shoemaker Ave. Norwalk. CA 90650 for spred Tttord up, ~~ in th~ wint~r's cold. Dennis Manning, who built th~ sh~1l of th~ Harl~-Davidson pow~r~d 'Iina tbat Cal Rayborn pilot~ to 265 mpb, was ~rt~ to ~ building a n~ shell for a 300 mph run. Goody~ar was designing n~w tires for th~ ~x~ct~d rasb of LSR att~pts. Kawasaki off~~ a flat $35,000 conting~ncy for aoyo~ s~tting and bolding th~ record 00 a Kaw, and it was rumored that Honda would also try for th~ LSR. 12'CIlE'4~ THE TRUE RACING CASTOR LAYDIDA . . . . . . · _ DUCAn New. u.d E..,..., c__ And J s,on. • fee . , . W. 11th Street,Coeu MeN. CA 12121 171<0/131_ "Btecttydt" DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED ";r! IN RACING OILS. Puch factory rid~ Harry Everts and Chris Gouveneur finish~d 1-2 in th~ 125cc Ex~rt class at a CMC Saddl~back motocross, with Jim Beauchamp third. Bill Urban won the 250cc Ex~rt class on a Maico. wbil~ JiJD Wibon did th~ d~ in th~ 500s, riding a CZ. DoD Dodge took two trophy dashes, and Gary Kapus and Bill Cook pi~ up o~ ~ach in a wint~r ICraJDbles at Woodland, W A. P.O. Box 1321 . He.peria, CA 92345 17141244-9351 18001864-4691 .y.....- WINNING NATIONAL fr INTERNATIONAL RACES SPECIALIZING IN HOflOA • YAMAHA • SUZUKI "-'C,.., ' , s--. 4ST1IJK[ ....... na E. MISSION AOAD. FAU.8AOOK. CA I2D2I n4-na-U07 Ounce For Ounce " Bh""'al[ Outlubricates Them All. IMICJ"A«rED Bur NEVER DVPLlCACJ"ED ·11~- Corporation, 1433-37 First St., Escalon, CA 95320 (209) 838·7912 PASADENA $UZUKI : ~o~,::::~lc~~=:;~~~ ::~::;n." So~"'OCI' UlIl'1\l.'(1 ~pat'lfl.. 'I\I'" 2900 E. Colorado Blvd. Pasadena. CA 91107. 213-795-t129 ,~. 13