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TEN YEARS AGO Penton-m ounted Jack Penton took the overall win in the Bad Rock Two. Da y ISDT Q ua lifier in O regon . Team ma te Carl Cranke bested Malco lm Smith for the 250cc class wi n, a nd yet a no the r Penton rider, Bill ,U h l, wo n th e 100cc class . Huskymounted Dick Burleson won the I25cc .,c1a ss, and Dave Eames took th e Open class on a Yamaha. rT he weekly Asco t half m ile saw th e J u n iors mixed in with the Experts, a nd at the end o f the 15-la p mai n event, Jun iors ha d two of th e top th ree po sit ions. Expert J oh n Hateley was th e winner , wit h yellow-p laters J oh n Genna i and Rick Hocking fin.ishi ng seco nd and th ird . Yamaha ~o u nt~d Skip Aksland took th e NovIce ma m . Rex Beauchamp wo n th e non-Na jiona l m ile a t Indiana po lis, Ind., defea ti ng fell ow H arley rider Cal Rayborn a nd th e Yamaha of Chuck r.a lmgren. CAN-AM SOOMX IT B ";B,.,.d lull"'" Our new 500M>< has advantages equipped with Quad ~ink a su~ otherOpen Class bikes don't Like its '#.. perb new rear susperson system inside track on Rotax technology. I~ l ri! developed in co-operation with For years, our Austrian engine ~b Oh/ins to deliver a true60% rising division made our bedrock reliable , I . .C~ rate through 320mm of wheel 400MX engine perform like a 480. travel! For some otherthings. it Now they've got our new reedvalve 482 comes with the new progressive Marzocchi doinga great impression of a 600! forks, Reynolds 53! frame, Dunloptires, That makes the new can-Am 500MX Akrontrims, Grimeca hubs, Dominolevers anything but peaky/t pumps out monster and straight-pull throttle, a works-type seat! power all overthe range. Onceyou get tankcombination. And it's now available your emotions undercontrol, thars thekind with a 5-speed gearbox. of power thars easiest to ride. And win with. See the new strictly legal 500M>< at your Can-Amdealer's. We built it foryou to win Our new 500MX is morethanjust an incredible engine on wheels. Forone thing. it's with. And wrars fair got to do with that? IN ifIJR'ft Guennady Moss iev (KT M) turned in a 1-3 ta lly to take the overa ll win in 'th e Yu gosla vian round of th e 250cc Wo rl d Mo tocro ss Champ ionshi p . Husky's Heikki Mikkola carded a 2-4 tally for second o vera ll. Ya maha 's Hakan Andersson a nd CZ's Jaroslav Falla bo th DNF the first mot o , th en came back to finish 1-2 in the second. Ame rica's Jim Pomero y (Bul ) a lso DN F the first mo to a nd came back in rthe seco nd to fin ish fifth. IJack Knebel (CZ), A.C. Bakken (H us), and T om Smith (Ya m ) were the top Ithree fini sh ers in the Master links ' Virg in Run 0 -37 desert race. T a lk a bo u t the co ncentra tion required to wi n a desert race - the Masterlin ks \p ut a yo u ng lady o n the course sans icl o th es: Knebel sai d he never saw her! IKawasaki team mo tocrosser J im Wei· 'nert an no u nced his engageme nt to tCa th y Hansen, da ugh ter of Kawasaki roa d race team manager Bo b Hansen. It was a Bultaco sweep o f the 200cc A 'ma in event in a TT scra mbles hosted by the Oregon Sidewinder s at Clac ka mas. Rick Waters, Diane Cox and Steve Eason were th e rid ers of record. U p in the Ba y Area, a sho rt track at Frem ont Racewa y found Jeff DavidSon (Bu l) wi n ni ng th e 250cc Expert ma in event o ver Pat McCaul (Oss) and Ted Davidson (Bu l). Scott P earson rod e a Kawasak i to win the 250cc gu n ior class. wh ile Randy Mamola was Indian-mounted en rou te to winn in g the Min i E class. T wo more Indian ride rs, Ricky ' Baptista a nd Jimmy Filice fini sh ed 1-2 in th e Min i B class. CZ-m ounted Larry Roeseler.won the 250cc Intermed iate class o f an AME mot ocross a t India n Dunes. An o ther well -known desert star. Terry Clark (H- D) fin ished second in th e 125cc Senior ranks behind Penton rid er LW;'., · ---------- -------------- WE WILL WIN YOU! 1fIell,tltloF'T'iWlHHERS!"'"" l} C " '. i ":" :" . i.i ,";);;;~: i,.,.,''''''', F' '''''~;F"i';f~" E. St. Louis. IL AMA W RAN GLER 260cc NATL. M X CHAM PIO NS HIP BOB "HURRICAN E" HANN A H Hond a on DUN LOP Perfect ion, Bob , 1st In every 2 5 0cc m oto cont ested - A mazing l Glad you're back (in f orm, In healt h end 0 .. top in points f or the Grand National Cham pio nship Seri es) - ...d 1IIf' ....'..' on DUNl.OPI More cycles ride on Dunlop than any other tlrehitheworlcl. ~ D UN.£OP The Logical Choice - . , . . - 35