Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(ADVBRT1S£M£NTJ i I WHO WILL TAKE THE HOLE SHO:r - For The $500,000 Championship? 00 0') Werren Reid returns for hi. second year eboerd K8we.eki He will be the 250cc MX wers in hopes of winning e NIItionlII a.t1pionship in the AMA outdoor serie. end the Stadium Supercroa series. Reid finished fourth place lest yeer. con18lrtillg Team Kawasaki ••• Team HONDA •••. Team SUZUKI ••. Team YAMAHA••• Team HUSQvarna ••• Team MAlDO .•• At SUPERCROSS KICKOFF '81 ANAHEIM STADIUM JANUARY 31st 8 p.m. On Saturday evening, January In, SUPERCROSS KICKOFF at Anaheim Stadium will mark the beginning of the 1981 AMA SUpeICh_ Series Beason. And, what a beginning it promiJes to be. The ~ first race of any Beason is a time of great excitement and tremen· dous hope for both factory stan and privateers alike. The machines are new, the riders are rested and in top physical condition. Their minds are geared to win. For only this one time of year, they are all on equal footing and ~ e has the same chance. .sponsored by KMET, Schlitz, Kawasaki Motor Corp., U.S.A., Dirt Bi"~ and Motocross Action Magazines, KHJ TV 9 and DC, this year's SUPER· CROSS KICKOFF will offer race fans even more thrills and excitement due to a newly revamped, extra·large Anaheim Stadium. This remodeling will not only provide more Beau and additional comforts for spectaton, but has lent itlelf to the buildiq of an even more sensational 'lind challenging SuperCiCM courae. SUPERCROSS KICKOFFs track will be spectacUlar...designed to take on the ~ best motoerelU racen this country has to offer. As one peers into the stadium race day, the familiar C~ field of the Rams will have transformed by 108,000 cubic feet of specially mixed dirt into a masmve, twisting, torturous racing arena. From the minute the starting pte drops, riders accelerate with wide open throtde. The race is on. It is motorized madnels on two·wheels. Picture a 540·foot drag·strip like start straight·away. Now Picture it narrowing from 85 feet to 55 feet for the "Botdeneck" funneling 25 batding racen into the ftnt berml Well, that's only the start. The goiilJ geu rougher. Towering jumps, bone'Jarring whoop' de·doos, a 4O·foot long sand pit, the Tetons, plus for the fint time ever from the Coliseum the incredible INSANITY RIDGE. These must all be and conquered time and time apin.. .it is obstacle after obstacle, and this year's track boasu even more jumps and extra·wide berms for more action. And the big bonus at Anaheim me. "The Best Track On The Cz"rcuz"t" The top riders collectively lit lest yeer'. event. - Wetch 1980 Sen Diego SuperCi'Oll on KHJ TV Channel 9, Jenuary 30, 11:30 P.M. to Midn~htl ~ rolled blIc:k to 1178 lit only", 9, 12. end 1&. Plenty of seeta stillevellIbIe with greet views of ell sections of the Reid Buy In your teem section end cheer yow fevoritM onl is the dirt - a loamy sand with super traction - the top riders confinned Anaheim is the best track of the entire .eries. Spectator visibility will be incredible as there will be no time when riders annat be ICCil as they batde for top finishing poRtio... Who will win? Who will take home the coveted tide, the major share of poinu and the prize mODey,

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