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lIern Nevada· Southern Calil, whole regular ride is the Kawasaki West/TPI sponsored KZlOOO, pitted againlt Lance Owem. Unfortunately, Stephens, who had bent a valve in practice, was frantically scoring the piu looking for a ridel Taking pity on him, Rudy Romero offered him his 550 Sea. Stephem, operating on the theory that any ride is better than no ride at all, gratefully accepted. When the flag dropped, Owem on his KZlOOO proved that old sayin$"' ''There ain't no substitute for cubiC inchesl" He took the lead with a vengeance, but Stephens wasn't giving anything away eitherl They both left the rest of the riders behind them and were seriowly doing some racing. The fact that we have a tight course helped Stephens somewhat, but when you're racing agaimt someone as good as Lance Owens, you jwt can't afford to . give away horsepower. Owens took the checker with St~phens running second. Last race of the day was the Open Superstreet class. Lance Owem won this one, too, but not without a tussle from Dave Smith on his GPzlIOO. Lance took the quick way out of the gate, but Smith was close behind. They stayed this way till lap seven when Smith bobbled slightly and made a fast shot off the apron leading into tum one. Using skills accumulated motocroesing, Smith managed to steer his way through the assortment of tires laying there and re-entered the track, but with a five-and-a-half-second deficit that he couldn't quite make up. As always, the SNRR support people kept things moving smoothly, and a vote of thanks is due to Scott ChayterRace Director and Starter, Casey Hermanson-Head Referee, Tedd BrandesGridder and Tech Inspector, Danny Colgain-Tech Inspector, Connie Stephens-Registration, and Head Scorer Kathy Brandes. The next race on the schedule will be on Oct. II, and with the promise of racers coming in from the Phoenix, AZ association, should be an exciting one. SImons shows 'em how.tAME Summer Series fln.le .By Laure Rlchlird VALENCIA, CA, SEPT. 4 This evening marked the final round of the American Motocross Enterprises Summer Series, run under the lights at the Indian ao C') ~1I..!eI' ~.I'l. CONGRATULATIONS BILL HERNDON, Jerry Griffith & Team Honda On W,nning The San Jose Mile Junior Invitational Bill raced the NS750 to victory ahead of a nationally ranked field of Harley-Davidson mounted Juniors Bill Herndon's Choice Of Chain To Hook Up The Colossal Horsepower To The Ground? TSUBAKI~"..le1'~.;1L ask your dealer for Tsubaki... the chain more racers use and win on by choice! ~ Imported & distributed by ,.......-5...... 1:1 • & #~ INTERNATIONAL CORP. 1824 E. 22nd St .. Los Angeles, CA 9005812131747·5173 Dunes Intematiooal coune. There was a good turnout, with riden trying to improve their positions in the final pomt standings_ One of the hottest claues was the 1!5cc Pros. In tbe fint round Jim Simons put the petrol to his Simi Cycle Suzuki aDd took the lad. followed by CaDoga Park Suzuki's RUII Wageman and Super Seer/Suzuki of Van Nuys rider Allen Hopper. Despite some strong charp, the order was the same at the end of the moto. Yamaha IUpport rider Steve Schmitz swept througn the fint tum of the second moto in the lead with Hopper and Simons clOle behind. Schmitz tumed in a strong ride to win the moto, but his ftfth in the fmt round left him third overall. Top money winner was Simons with Hopper second. The 250cc Pros were treated to an Erin BUIkirlt holeshot in the fint mota. Yamaha support rider Jim Hol- 9/20/81 Lexington,OH TRANS USA 500cc SUPPORT CLASS DANNY "MAGOO" CHANDLER LOP/Honda on DUNLOP 2nd JEFF HICKS Keystone/Va",.,ha on DUNLOP. 7 of top 10 finishers. this class, chose DUNLOP. MDreqtd··.we........p ....,ImF....... tIre .. the"""e ~ DUN.£DP p.o. 80K t109,lIutf8Io, tI'f 1OlO 25