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TEN YEARS HUSQVARNA: IT'S FOR WINNING LS.D.E. QUALIFIERS. 3-days mT gave the world a preview of the US ulsa I SD.E. team. O yello blue and white Husqvarnas n w. these m set the ISD.E. quahhcanon pace for the en red. white. and blue: 125 Intenl Class: ist. Mark Hyde - HusQvarna W R 250 Intent C lass: tst. Ed Lojak - Husqvarna XC 2nd. Frank Stacey - Husqvama WR Open Intent Class: 1st. Terry C unningham - Husqvarna AutoWR 2nd. Larry Roeseler- Husqvarna W R 3rd. Wally W ilson - Husqvarna WR Overall: tst. Ed Lojak. Bout cf the lop to places captured by Husqvama. AGO America received the stu n n ing news that Yan kee Bu ltaco rid er Jim Pomero y was leadin g th e 250cc Wo rld Ch ampions h ip MX Seri es aft er the first ro und in Sabad ell , Spa in . Pomero y was cred ited with a seco nd overa II beh ind Ma ico rider Hans Ma isch . but . word filt ered down the' foll owing week tha t. under the FIM 's 1973 scoring system . Pomero y had in deed won h is fir st G P in hi s first a ttemp t, th e finest pe rfor ma nce yet turn ed in by a U .S. motocrosser in wo rld co mpetition . C heck out the IS.D E. domlnatmg Husqvarna W R·Enduro and XC ·Cross Country macmnes at your local dealer. Because W dommalion like this, Team Husqvarna ith is fast becommg TeamUSA. ..... ~ 0.. ~ Meanw hi le . in th e 500cc MX CP o pe ner in Tara re, France. Kawasaki 's Bra d Lac key posted a 13-8 perfor mance for sevent h overa ll. Mai como u nte d denti st Gerrit Wol sin k wa s the overa ll win ner . toppin g team ma te Willi Bauer a nd C s Olderich T H ammerschmid. In a n AH RA drag race a t P hoen ix. Ariz.. T.C. Christenson set a new T op Fuel ela pse d time reco rd . coverin g the q uarter m ile in 8.75 seco nds on a double-en gine Nort o n. Sonny Routt , running a mach in e with a pair o f Trium p h engines. took th e Top C a s tit le with a 1O.II -second run . Th e Dirt Diggers North held th eir a n n ua l Ha ng town Mot ocross Cla ssic. wi th th ree very fu ll P ro fessio nal classes. In the 125s. Mo nark rider Marty Smith too k the gold over Pen IOn pi lots Ra y Lopez a n d Da ve Bu nk er. In the 250cc ra n ks Hon da 's Ma rty T ripes rode to a n apparent rw o-rnoi o sweep. but was pen a lized for jum p ing the ga te in the first mot a . T hat dropped T ripes to second behind Bu ltac:o rider Tom Rapp , with Mai co -rnounted Bill Co ok fin ishi ng thi rd. Fresh from h is Florid a do mi nati o n, Yamaha 's Pierre Karsma kers wo n bo th 500cc P ro motos as Ya ma ha tea mma te Tim Hart p laced second over Cl. rid er John DeSoto. H usqvama teams W Bel·Ray to wm ' ith II 0 Husqvarna, 4925 Mercury S treet. San Diego, CA 92111. .-::'--..- (619) 565 1 4 41 Ascot's first ha lf mile of th e seaso n saw Nort on- mounted Dave Aldana win n ing th e Expert ma in event o ver Ca ry SCOII (T ri) a nd Mert Lawwill (H- D). In the Junior ra n ks. Triumphmounted John Gennai came out atop Ri ck Hocking (Yam) a n d Rob Morrison (Nor). whi le Tom Berry defeated fellow Yama ha rider Bruce Hanlon in the Novi ce ma in . Ida ho Gove rnor Cecil Andrus signed a p rocl ama tion makin g Apri l " Ida ho Mo to rcycle Mo nth ," Neal Mackel (Tri) was the wi n ni ng ride r in the Exh ibition cla ss o f th e Widowmak er H il lclim b, going 425 feet up the h ill for th e win. That was 13 feet higher than th e ru n ner -up, Lee Dugas, managed to go. Mai m -mounted John Hateley g rab bed the 500cc Sen io r class in a mo tocro ss a t Munt z Cvcle Park in Moor park, C l if. Runners-up to th e Class a C sta r were Gene Martin a nd Mark Cook . a lso on Ma im s. In o ther ac tion. Ri ck Mer cier (Ma i) wo n the 250cc Sen ior cla ss, and Chris Heisser (H on ) too k the 80cc Min is. • --- Goat Breker. The new Golden,State Series 500 Champion. With a Team Honda mount and Simpson Helmet. Goat went for the gold and collected. He appreciates the ultra-light Quality. fee l and fit of his Simpson. as well as the Snell 'SO sticker, Check one out at your dealer before your next race ! Send for free catalogs ! 22630 S. Normandie Ave., Torrance, CA 90502 (21 320-2204 3) 31 • l ""' .