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Lake Whitney, Texas, was the site of
the AMA National MX tour stop, and
Yamaha's Pierre bumaker! continued his winning ways with a 1-2
victory in the 500cc National. Peter
Lamppu returned to the Kawasaki
camp and placed second overall ahead
of c:z rider Stne Stackable. Karsmakers' Yamaha teammate Tim Hart
scored his first National win with a
victory in the 250cc National over
Husky's Bob Grossi and Honda's
,cary Jones.
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Yamaha's Hakan Andersson clinched
the 250cc World Motocross Championship with a pair of molO wins in
the Finnish round. Heikki Mikkola
and his factory Husky combined
fourth- and third-place finishes for
second overall. American Jim Pomeroy (Bul) appeared to have second
overall sewn up, but fell on the last
lap and dropped to sixth.
In a speedway race in Sacramento,
California, Alan Christian bested Rick
Woods to win the Scratch main event,
but could only manage a runner-up
finish in the Handicap main behind
Butch Corder.
Jim Holley rode a Yamaha to win the
Mini class of a CRC motocross at
Indian Dunes. In the same event,
M.aico rider Matt Bilton topped
Yamaha pilot Jeff BliI for the 250cc
Senior win.
Women scored a pair of runner-up
finishes in TT scrambles action at
Perris Raceway in southern California.ln the lOOcc Novice class, Dorothy
, Rowe finished second lO Richard
Shook, while Liz Pettit placed one
position behind 125cc Novice winner
Mark Corton.
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Triumph rider John Green scored a
'Win over Suzuki-mounted Kim Jorgensen in the Open Expert class of a
semi-pro scrambles in Marysville,
California. However, Green could
only manage a second in the 250cc
Experts, behind Chuck Cole (Oss).
Sweden's Anders Micbanek scored 14
of a possible 15 points to win the
British/Nordic Final, the semi final
round of the World Speedway Championship. Finishing behind him, both
L knotted at 11 points, were Ole Olsen
