T.-n Honde'. DonnIe ......... 1211 domlrwWcl both the 2fiOcc end Open Pro reea to tHe elon'. . . . . of the .12.000 puree.
Hansen doubles at J.4th annual Mammoth
Mountain Motocross
By Terry Whytel
MAMMOTH LAKES, CA. JUNE %6-28
Mild weather and warm temperatures welcomed the more than 1000 competitors to the
~~tem High Sierra resort community of Mammoth Lakes. Mid-week practice sessions left
.22
many riders looking for more
horsepower as .L_ 8000' eI '
UJC:
evanon
sapped acceleration and made
proper jetting a must.
ba-L.._-_ - ~ m_
.
U'
-Ia- oe starting gate
was added to th~ track sinc~ last year's
~t and performed flawaly throughA
new
out t~ ~~nd. T~ ~t~ was
another indication of tM ~ and dedication of t~ Mammoth M.C., which
has hOlted t~ ra~ for 14 years. Th~
COUrR is prepped for ~ach day's ev=t.
watered almOlt continuously with fi~
h~ and t~ race a~ run smoothly
andontim~.
Mammoth's ~putation as a tough
track was ldt intact as vicious whoo~
covered th~ granit~·sand surfac~ and
proved to be th~ downfall of 5n'~ral
top rid~rs, including Kawasaki's
Wa~n R~id and Can-Am ridu Juan
Benavidez. Halfway through
program
t~ COUrR
~ch
would
day's
becom~
rough mou,h to chall~ evm th~
smoothet nd~r. and wrmche ~
k~pt turning as suspensions, rims. and
ti~ f~ll victim to th~ gnarly a«tions.
Sign-up looked Iik~ a mim·National
as sev~[al factory stars w~r~ on hand to
CQID~ for ~ 112.000 purse. Honda's
Donnie' HaDKn, Kawasaki t~amst~r
Warrm Reid, Suzuki pilot Ron
Tumu and U.S. Grand Prix star
Many Moat~ we~ all scheduled to
