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TEN ' YEARS AGO \ t th~ Road Atla nta Na tional roa d ace, Suzuki-mounted J ody Nichol as rossed th e finish line first , followed > Kawa saki 's Yvon DuHamel. Bu t y h ere was no winner. Du rin g tech nspection it was noticed th at th e iuzuki's cy linder h eads didn 't appear o be production cas tings and left IIicho las open fo r a protest - and h e va s, A hearing was sch edu led for "ay I. There wa s a winner in th e !50cc Expert even t, wh ere Ke1 Car-uthers pa ssed Ron P ierce o n th e last a p to ta ke th ewin. J erry G reene took Kawasaki to th e Jun io r win , while n th e Novice race, John Long to ok he chec kered first. Son n y DeFeo a nd ~rry Higgins were th e winners in a upportin g mot oc ro ss event. oVord was o u t o n a n ew I75cc Penton, vh ich was to be dub bed th e "Jackline r. " It wa s 10 be avai la ble in MX md end uro versions, wi th a six-speed ;ea rbo x a nd Motopla t ign iti on. Vith sailors br in gin g home a n aver.ge o f 400 m oto rcycl es o n the big U.S olavy ai rcraft ca rriers, the Navy began he practice of flyi ng a Ca lifo rn ia fi g hwa y Pa trol officer out to each io rnebo und carrierto co nd uct ridi ng essons on the fligh t deck. h e rai n in Sp a in fell o n the opening und o f th e 250cc Wo rld Mot ocross hampionship. At the end o f th e day was Suzu ki p ilot Syl vain Geboers ith the top spot. a nd he was Iol wed by Russian Alexei Kibi ri ne d fellow Belgi an ' G asto n Ra~ier u s). J oel Robert (Suz) won th e Iirst oto, b u t DNF the seco nd a fte r sh ing wi th Ra hi er, rank Gillesp ie won hi s firs t Ascot If m il e rnam event, leadin g Da vid ldana home in th e 15-la p per. Scott re1sford won th e J u nior ma in event d a nother n orthern Ca li forn ia d in ac k ace, John Gennai, won the ovice class. One of th e best crash ciures - o r most eye-openi ng, anyay - ever 10 run in Cycle N ews, owed Ju n io rs Jim R oa d er a n d n nis Ka n egae goi ng end over en d . either was h un . The lensman who p tured it \\o'3S Dan Mahony. ck Kn ebel took the overall win a t e Pro spe cto rs M.e. 0 -37 hare a nd ' u nd, riding a 400 c:z en route. cond overall, fir st 250cc Expert ent 10 Tom Po teet (Bu l), whi le Jeff righ t rode a 175 P uch 10 third 'era ll. e seco nd wee k of speedway a t th e io Showgro u nds featured a ro ugh, track but it d idn 't sto p Steve Bast m winn in g th e Scra tch ma in event. rry Shaw ca me from the 50-ya rd e to wi n th e H andi cap m a in , j us t ead o f Ba st. w ho had co me from 60. k Pen ton was th e top scorer in a n T quali fier held a t Po tosi , MO. rrent ial rai ns eli mi na ted half th e ld in th e first 100 m iles, a n d a t th e of two da ys. there were o n ly 17 ishe rs, Jeff Penton a nd Doug Wild wen' th e o n ly o ther riders 10 im gold medals. • , I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • WEST 213/427-7433 213/636-8844 I \ EAST 404/934-7850 \ \ \ , \ \ I w ish to receive Okay. what can I lose7 Start my store se lling CYCLE NEWS w ith t he next issue. I understand you w ill bill me monthly and I have f ull return pr iviledges on un sol d papers. by returning the issue number and date w ith my check for the balance. Send CYCLE NEWS TO : Name of Store copies of Cy cle News =-- Address _ -:- City, _ State, Authorized by Zi p, Send Advertisin g inf o D Phone , Mail to: Cycle News West, P.O. Box 498 Long Beach, Ca lifornia 90801 or ca ll 213 /427-7433 linl• •! r ....__ n . •••• • _ _ ..1••• IRS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •