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.... . .... ....." TEN ': E A R S Y AGO J The ro ad racing frat ern it y received a tragic bl ow wit h th e deaths o f sta rs Jarno Saarinen a nd Renzo Pasolini as a res u lt of a crash in the 250cc G P dass a t MOIu a . Ita ly. J[ The Sa n ta Clara Cou n ty Fairgrounds in Sa n J os e. Ca l if., hosted a National . half m ile. th e fir st run under th e n ew Exper t-o n ly program. It turned OUI to be a Don Castro benefit as th e Yamaha rider took th e ch eckered flag in front of T r iu m p h rider Gary Scou for hi s Iir st National win. Rex Beau.champ. Jim Rice a nd SCOII Brelsford ro u n ded OUI th e top five. T he race was a lso m arked hy traged y when Lloyd Houchins was killed after h e colli ded with a no the r rider afte r tak i ng th e checkered fla g in a heal race. ~ . THE HUSQVARNA CR: ITS FOR WINNING MOTOCROSS It should come as no surprise that Husqvarna makes awinningmotocross machine. For the le ssons pionships learned from our 12 world motocross cham are nm forgotten To win a bike must have not , only horsepower and speed, it must possess the virtues of good handling, Quality and dependability all blended into a total perform ance package. And in these cnhcal areas, our standard CR can't be beat. Ask our champions, men who rode to victory on the same C availableto you: R's Chris Cunningham: O klahoma Motocross Series Amateur C hampion, Open Class Kevin Jones: P ontiac Silverdome Amateur Open C Winner lass MartyLeyland: C otton Bowl Supercross Amateur Open C W lass inner MC , MikeTripes: C Number 1 250 and 500 classes Phil Alderton: O State Motocross Champion. hio pen O Class Harold Robison: Ohio Slate Motocross C pion, ham 125 Class John Christian: Seattle King Dome Champion, pen xpert Class O E They'll confirm the reason why Husqvarna bUilds the CR, it's for winning motocross' 9 Kawasak i's Jimmy Weinert netted th e 250cc National MX win a t Ol ive Bra n ch , Mi ss.. scori ng IWO mo to wins a nd a seco nd-place finish for th e win . Wein ert was foll o wed by Rich Thorwaldson (Suz) and Ricky Jordan (CZ) . In th e 500cc Nai ronal class. Mike Run yard gave Suzu ki its first win of the year, lo pp ing Pet er Lamppu (Ka w) and John DeSoto (CZ). Yamaha 's Hakan Andersson won bo th mOlOS o f th e Pol ish ro und o f th e 250cc World Mo tocro ss Cham pion sh ip Ser ies. Ru ssian Guennady Moissiev (KT M) was runner-u p wi th a 2-2 sco re. Io ll ow ed by th e 6-3 rall v of Kaw asak i's Torlief Hansen. . - Marland Whaley (Man) dominat ed a two -day o bse rved trials a t Big Bear. Ca li f., finish in g with a 24-poim sco re. Hi s closes t co m pe titio n came from Bultaco rider Bernie Schreiber. wh o fi n ished with 40 marks. T he fir st IwO Cl ass A representatives elected to th e AMA Board o f Trustees were Ca lifo rnian Ron Sloan and Mi ssouri resid ent Dick Ainsworth. Steve McLaughlin (Hon) and Reg Pridmore (BMW ) renewed th eir battle in th e H eavyweight Production class of a n AFM road race at Riversid e International Ra cewa y. It was nip a nd tuc k for a wh ile, bUI McLaughl in sna tche d th e win a t th e fin ish line. Third was Wade Kill en, followed bv Cycle Ma gazin e ed ito r Cook Neilson'. riding a Ducari in o n ly h is seco n d road race. Husqvarna teams with Bel-Ray to win! Husqvarna 4925 Mercury Street. San Diego, California 92111 619·565·1414 IRS Chuck Joyn'er led Randy SCOII a n d Pat Marinacci in a T ri u mph sweep o f th e Expert ma in even t a t a Sidewi nd ers AMA P ro Tr a t C lac kamas , Ore. T he Bad gers M.e. hosted th eir CopOut H are a nd H ound race, but didn ' t give a ticket to Mitch Mayes (H us) for speed ing to th e overa ll win . Jim Fishback a lso ign ored speed limits to tak e seco nd ove ra ll, first 250cc Expert, on a CZ. All en Swell a nd Mike Minnig were th e wi n ne rs in a buddv ra ce hel d as pan of a T'T I fla t lrack program at Trojan Speedway. • 5