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TEN
YEARS
AGO
J .Il. Kelley of KK Motorcycle Supply
was elected president of the American
Motorcycle Association, being voted in
by Class B (industry) members. Bob
Hansen (Kawasaki) was elected vice
president, Dan BUrDI (Buco helmets)
treasurer, Jess ThOllW (Cycle Maga·
ine) assistant treasurer, and John
Harley (Harley·Davidson) was named
secretary. A new slate of Executive Com·
mittee members was also named, in·
c1uding Ilon Ilobbins (Honda), Iloxy
Ilockwood (BSA), Terry Tieman
(Yamaha), Ken Clark (Yankee Motors)
and Paul Garnant (Suzuki), in addi·
tion to the elected officers.
Beating a pack of Open class Triumphs,
BSAs and Huskys, Wet Evans took Top
Eliminator trophy and money home
from a hillclimb on Saddleback Park's
Matterhorn - doing the deed on a
250cc Bultaco.
6:00 P.M. • 11:00 P.M.
FRIDAY NIGHT · FE~RUARY 20,1981
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An indoor short track rac.e pitted
Madison Square Garden indoor short
track winner AI Kenyon against Astra·
dome Junior short track winner Kenny
Ilobertl. In the main event however,
Mike Yam jumped out front and led
for 12 laps before Roberts took over
the lead. Kenyon finished third.
Indoor short track action was also on
tap in Monroe, WA. Bellingham's Steve
Baker won the 125cc Expert A main,
then finished second to Randy Skiver
in the 250cc Expert A main.
A Daytona warm·up road race at Wil·
low Springs found John McGillivray
won the 250cc GP event, while
Howard Lynggard took 350cc GP,
Marty Lunde grabbed 500cc GP and
George Kerker won Open GP. Steve
McLaughlin topped Open Production
on a Honda Four.
The onslaught of Puch factory riders
from Europe on the southern Califor·
nia motocross scene continued as Harry
Everts and Christian Gouverneur finished 1-2 in the 125cc Expert class at
CMC Carlsbad. Billy Clements won
the 250cc Expert class and Pat deBenetti
was the 500cc Expert victor.
Added to the $39,000 in prize money
already posted for Daytona Speed
Week '71 was $5300 in lap money for
the Daytona 200. New AMA President
J. R. Kelley rustled up $100 sponsor·
ships for each of the 53 laps.
Larry Pfutzenreuter (Bul) was the
overall winner of the Checkpoints
M.C. hare 'n' hound, besting Whitey
Martino and Tom Muto. Terry
Clark finished fourth overall on a
100cc Harley-Davidson Baja.
It was announced that Eve1 Knievel
would attempt a record breaking jump
of 19 cars at Ontario Motor Speedway.
KnieveJ's previous record was 18.
The 21st annual Hi Mountain Enduro
was hosted by the Cal Poly Penguins in
the hills near San Luis Obispo, CA.
Though no results were available at
presstime, Dave Ekins appeared to be
the overall winner.
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