TEN
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AGO
The Valley Observed Tria ls Enthusiasts held a tr ial s at Mu n tz Cycle Pa rk,
where Bernie Schreiber (Bu l) dro p ped
on ly th ree points to ta ke the Ex pert
win. In for seco nd wa s Mike Griffitts,
a Montesa rider making h is firs t
Expert sta rt. The Ma ster s cla ss ra n
th eir o wn loop, a nd Lane Leavitt
emerged the win ner o ver Rich Bledsoe and Marland Whaley.
It was a n nou nce d th at spee dway sta r
SCOll Autrey had sig ned to co m pete
with th e Brit ish Leagu e speed wa y
team Exeter. Only two o ther Am erica ns had ever a ttem p ted to co mpete
in Eng la nd since th e heyda ys of th e
'30s. DeWayne Keeter ( 1969)and Steve
Bast (1970).
Fort y-two 250cc Experts showed up
for a CMC Saddleback m otocro ss,
req ui ri ng qualifying races and a ma in
event. Ma ico-mounted Rich Eierstedt
went on to win th e ma in event, followed by Billy Clements (H us) a nd
.G aylo n Mosier (Ma i), The 500 cc
Expert class fell to Pete Maly (CZ).
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Bob Sanders' Norton bested th e Triurn phs of John Sprague and Richard
Marquis in th e Open Expert class of a
TT at Coro na Raceway.
At a scra m bles in H ayward. CA . Rich
Lopez used Yamahas to wi n both the
125 and 500cc jun ior/ Expert classes.
Dick Garcia (H us) won the . 250cc
junior/Expert cla sh .
Wa yne Rainey top ped Renee Pa yen
a nd Mike Minnig to wi n th e Ho tsh oe
class in a m in icycl e race a t T roj an
Speed way . Todd Peterson wo n th e
12-14 class o ver Richard Simmons
a nd Shawn McConnell.
St. Petersburg. FL. wa s a muddy m ess
wh en th e Winter-AMA MX Series
a rrived th ere for its fourth round.
Pierre Karsmakers (Yam ) was again
th e fast est rider on th e track . winning
two of th e th ree 500cc Ex pert class
motos. However . th e moisture got to
Karsrnakers ' en gine in th e first moto
for a DNF. leaving him eighth overall. Marty Tripes took the overa ll win
on a CZ. followed by Jimmy Weinert
(Kaw ) and Sonny DeFeo (Ma i). Jerry
Williams (H u s) posted a pair of
seconds to win the 250cc Novice class
over John Dallaire (Mai ). Don GOM
was third on a 175 Can-Am. "
Bill Kain (Hus) took the overall win
in the Little Harpeth National
Enduro, held near Nashville, TN. A
class winners included Doug WiI·
ford, Jack Penton, Ron Bohn and Ed
Schmidt, riding two Pentons and two
Husqvarnas, respectively.
Kenny Roberts (Yam) continued his
winning wa ys in the AMA National
Indoor Championship. sh ort track
series . winning in San Francisco's
Cow Palace over Al Kenyon (Bul)
and Rick Hocking (Yam ).
An indoor short tr a ck in British
Columbia. Canad a . found Randy
Skiver winn in g the 250cc cla ss over
- Mike McLain a nd Steve Baker. Howard Garbe, jon McCaffery a nd Mickey
Fay co mprised th e to p three o f th e
125cc class. \ ~ II I J I .. \" Co ,I I f J l , :.... •
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