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... .' ; ,':- ,' - TEN YEARS ." & B e AGO --, Jarn o Saari nen , Kel Carruth ers and yo u n g Jim Evan s compl et ed a Yama ha sweep of the Daytona 200. Dick Mann was first Triumph a nd firs t non -Yama ha , and th e previous year 's win ner Don Ernde finished fifth on a Suzuk i. Na tion al Cha m p Mark Brelsford and Larry Darr were inj ured in a firey crash . Cal Rayborn was inj ured in a separa te inci dent . All three we re Har ley- Dav id so n mo unted. i Gary Fisher took th e Dayton a Lightweig h t race with an eight-second marg in , John Long led Don Castro in to th e last lap, bu t a near-empt y fuel ta nk sta rved his engi ne o n th e banking and it seized. Castro zipped in to second: Lon g nursed th e bike in for thi rd. P hil McDonald celebra ted his 17th birt hday wi th a win in th e J unior L ig h twei ght ra ce, a nd Gary Lee Blackman led a Yama ha sweep of th e first 47 p laces in th e Novi ce Lig ht. weig ht event . ETT Flat track racer John Hately won th e Open Senior class at an American Motocross Ent erprises In dian Dunes mo tocross over Joe Veillon and John Wom iak. R iders still ma king a name for th emselves in cluded Craig Cole and Scott Brown. Co le was second in the lOOcc Beginn er class behind Kenn y Krause and a head of Manny Angulo. Brown was sa nd w iched by Doug Sturgeon and Adam Johnson. ,.. Black clouds were o n the horizon as both Voi ces and Papa \Veal ey discussed th e clos ure and a ttem p ted closure of Bean, Jawbone a nd Red Rock Ca nyo ns. Papa a lso not ed th at a t th e Florida Ser ies, Marty Tripes' CZ weighed in a t a svelte 260 pounds. H is com peti tio n was in the 210 range, T he International Four Owners Association, a n orga nization of Honda, and presumabl y Kawasaki , fours , an nounced th eir su p po rt of th e Sierra Club in a ny efforts in volving the protection of America 's back co unt ry. An in fo rm a l survey a m o ng fou r ow ners had shown strong support for th e Sierra Club. T he Four Owners said th ey felt th eir support would open com m un ica tions about " what t~e avera ge cyclist rea lly wants." Tom Brooks' ra pid little DKW 125 fina lly met defea t at th e hands of Mitch Mayes a nd his 450 Husky. Mayes won th e In vaders Saucer Ru n a t Red Mo untain , but Brooks was second after leadin g ea rly and getting ' lost. Snow and wind mad e th e race diff icu lt and co urse marking sketchy. Da ytona's Novice Short T rack sa w Michigan motocrosser Mike Hartwig take th e chec kers a hea d of Ed Dalley. Dall ey was Ya mah a-mounted. bu t H artwig wa s o n a Ha rley-fra med Ka wa saki . Mike Kidd a n d Dav id Alda na shared ni ghtly wi ns in the Jun ior/ Expert short track, a nd Kidd was best ed by Ba rry Briggs in a Speedway versus fla t tra ck exhi bitio n. Kidd ra n hi s Bu ltaco agai nst Briggs' J awa DT500. • THANKS FOR PUnlNG US ON TOP . The Winning line See the new line of 1983 Bell Helmets o t yo ur deoler to oov. H e nd Washable S ta v Sof t Othma n D i st rib u t i ng Co . Bo x 3 56 . Sen Luis O bi sp o. C A 93 4 0 6 (80 S ) 544·6181 • Rldmg • Racmg • Street GLO VES D ealer Inqui ries Invit ed NOW AVAILABLE! J983490IIfAICOSPIO£R In Stock Now SUZUKI CO UNTRY \. ,/ '7 I,'Iff ;' '::l ., 1 ~ ~ 2 0 6 N . Ha mne r Ave . # 4 0 4 1 ( (7 t 4 )3 59 -8546 ; \. " • " , (7 t 4 )734 -0640 t )\ 53