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series this year, and eight of the 10 motos. Watch out for Magoo. There are a couple of dark horse entries in the MX class. Jeff Jennings, a hot southem California Husky rider, nearly upset National 500cc MX Champ Brae Glover at the SCORE Off-Road World Championship race, and like the Carlsbad race, the SCORE course was very fast. Mike Baker, son of famed racer Dallas Baker, has been doing very well in high speed off·road ~ents and won the Pike's Peak hillclimb earlier this year. He'll be riding a Yamaha YZ 465 prepared by Dallas Baker and upped to 495cc. KGB·'M & 13" HOST THE ~~o«lers ••PHI. - L. Dlrttrack.... 1981 AMA Grand National Champion Mike Kidd will make his fint post-season racing appearance of the year at The Superbikers. riding a Baker-prepared 495cc Dallas Yamaha. At the inaugural Superbiken, Kidd was among the leaden before problems dropped him out. With a quiclr.er two-stroke to replace the Triumph twin he had then, Kidd should be near the front. Wayne Rainey won the dirt track heat last year, and this year he has added road racing to his vocabulary with a series of dazz1in~ rides in club ~ents that netted him a factory contract from Kawasaki to go road racing in '82. Rainey's '81 din traclt efforts paid off well too, with his highest·ever finish in the Winston Pro Series. Like Lawson, Rainey is expected to get one of the 499cc Kawasakis for this race. Steve Elr.lund hasn't had the best of luck this season, but the 1979 Grand National Champ was a solid fourth in the fint Superbikers, and will have a 490 Maico to ride in this ~ent. Bruce Penhall, who won the World Speedway Championship this year along with just about every other title the sport had to offer, will be mounted on a 4!10 Husky. In the same race with Penhall is England's Kenny Carter, and the two of them have had several . clashes through the year. The Superbiken takes place at Carlsbad Raceway, and the gates open for the Nov. I event at 9:00 a.m_ Tickets are $9 in advance, and are available at Ticketron outlets or from Grand Prix Motocross, 714/495-6906_. 00 SAT. NOV. FIDIEGO JACK MURPHY STADIUM 14 SAN ONE NIGHT ONLY C') $3.00 Discount Coapon at san Diego County Toyota Dealers Intemlsslan Special: 4-Stroke Race Roed racers The two favorites among the road racers are Kawasaki's Eddie Lawson and Honda's Freddie Spencer. Among the two, Lawson should have the prerace edge. He finished a strong third in the 1980 Superbiken race, has won the 1981 AMA Superbike Championship, and has five yean of AMA Pro Expen din track experience under his belt. If Kawasaki prepares him one of their big 499cc two-stroke moton, he's going to be awfully hard to stop. Spencer is an equally talented rider, the only one in the country this year to score AMA/Winston Pro Series points in both din track and road race ~ents. "Fast Freddie" won two National road races this year and showed in 1980 that he could ride the RC motocrosser-based Superbikers mount very well. David Aldana remains one of the most versatile riden in professional racing these days, with extensive road racing, din track and motocross experience. How many other riders set fast time at the Ascot IT, then go on to become co·winner of the Suzuka Eight·Hour Endurance race? Race watchers will be able to see two brand new faces in the U.S. racing scene: Rolf BHand and Jock Taylor, the World Champion Sidecar driven in 1981 and 1980, respectively. It should be interesting to see how the two fare on only two wheels, and without a passenger. • Early Entry 4:00pm Gates Open 6:00 pm Racing Stans 8:00 pm PIt_On""t Pai1' \ 1'1111 Del T _ Oct. 311 - _ . , Only I........ A FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT SPECTACULAR! pi Buy by Mail; save $3 on S12. $15. $18 tickets only. Children 10 years and under 'h price of regular adult priced tickets. 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