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TEN YEARS AGO Ga ry Denton (Yam) and Corky Moor e gra bbed the to p two posit ion s in th e IO Begin ner class of an AME motoOcc cro ss a t Car lsba d Raceway. On th e sa me da y, Da ve Miller bested Bob Elli ott for the win in the I25cc Senior clas s. T he Pen ton-mo unted team o f Fred H ayes, Ca rl Price a nd Ga ry Caulkins too k th e A Team honors at th e Dirt Diggers' Red Garter end uro. T he event was to have been held in th e Balli nger Ca nyon area , but two can cella tio ns by th e ' Forest Service o n acco unt of weat her forced th e club to mo ve the event to th e desert. In th e Minibike (as o p posed to Mini cycle) ranks of a MWR C race a t Saddleback Park, T od d Peterso n too k two wins . He to p ped Ra nd y Ben nett in the 4-6.9-horsepower class, the n bea t Don Van Tassell in th e ove r seven hor sepo wer class. . CAN-AM SOOMX IT B ~BELE IT ISN'T FAIR . Our new 500MX hasadvantages ~B"lJd equipped with Quad Link a suother Open Class bikes don't. Like its 'g ,AI perb new rear suspension system inside track on Rotax technology J JHili! developed in co-operation with For years, our Austri n engine a ~R'ft ~"Ohlins to deliver a true 60% rising division made our bedrock reliable ' I . .C~ rate through 320mm of w heel 400MX engine perform like a 480. travel! For some other things, it Now they've got our new reed valve 482 comes with the new progressive Marzocchi forks, Reynolds 531frame, Dunlop tires, doing a great impression of a 6001 Akront rims, Grimeca hubs, Domino levers That makes the new ca n-Am 500MX and straight-pullthrottJe, a w orks-type seat/ anything but peaky It pumps out monster power all over the range. Once y ou get tank combination.And it's now available with a 5-speed gearbox your emotionsunder control, thars the kind of power tnars easiest to ride. And win with. See the new strictly legal 500MX at your can-Am dealer's. We built it for you to win Our new 500MX is more thanjustan incredible engine on wheels. For one thing, it's with. And whars fair got to do with that? fl." VII'" Cycle News correspondent J o h n U lrich pa id a visit to th en- Cal iforn ia Governor Rona ld Reaga n . Accord ing to U lr ich, Reaga n' s first -statement concerned th e state's new O HV registration progr am, with the Governor sayi ng, " We ha ve to find a wa y to get a ll th e o ff-road vehicles reg istered . So far on ly a bo u t 60,000 of th e million in th e sta te have regi stered ." Hig h school mo tocross was a lunch ho ur treat for studen ts o f In g lewood H ig h in so u the rn Ca lifornia , as th ey wa tched fellow students di ce it o u t on a track laid o u t on the school's footba ll field. CMC Expe rt Ra y Ben ner won the 175cc class. Papa Wea ley di d a study on the Kaw asaki factory identifica tio n program . Accordi ng to h is co u nt , th e word " Kawasa ki" appeared on Brad La ckey's riding gea r no less tha n II times, p lus three green K symbo ls. Yam aha-moun ted Dave Spangler was the overall winner as the DRA sent its Novice a nd Beg in ner riders on a hare a nd hound fro m Ba ker, Calif. , to La s Vega s. Bob Wad lo w (CZ) was second overa ll, a nd Ri ch Wagner was first Begin ner on a 175 Ya ma ha . After on ly a month riding CZs for Ame rica n jawa , Marty Tripe s resigned and then signed with American Honda, where he would team u p wi th Ga ry and DeWa yne Jones. Dall as In terna tiona l Motor Sp eedway ho sted its first AMA Grand National road race. Suzuki 's Paul Smart took the win aft er Kawasaki 's Yvon DuHamel had pu lled away to a huge lead, on ly to succ u m b to mech anical fa ilure. Ga ry Nixon finished seco nd on a Kawasaki , followed by Yama ha's Ken n y Rob er ts. Ro bert s d id p ull off the win in th e L igh tweig h t J un ior / Expe rt Co mbi ned even t, bestin g fell ow Yam ah a rider Gary Fish er. Th e Junior event wen t to T ed H enter over William Labrie, a nd Wes Cooley a nd Hank Scali finis hed 1-2 in th e Novice race. • More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tireintheworld. ~DUN.LOP - The Logical Choice 25 ,.