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TEN YEARS AGO KING T~E MOUNTAIN SHOOT OUT $1 ,000,000 AT STAKE in 1984 FACTORY CONTRACTS & PRIZES By scoring a near-perfect 14 points, Mike Bast regained the U.S. National Speedway Championship. Bast's LOtal was one point better than that scored by the runner-up, Mike Curoso, while Larry Shaw posted 12 points for third. Rick Woods, the defending shampion, finished seventh. Adolph WeilLOok his third victory of the Trans-AMA Series," riding his Maico to a 1-2 tally in the Orlando, Florida, round. World 250cc MOLOcross Champ Hakan Anderson won the other moto on a works Yamaha, and his 4-1 was good enough for. se.cond overall. Suzuki's Sylvain Geboers was third overall via a 5-3. Kawasaki rider Brad Lackey captured top American honors with a sixth overall. In the 250cc Support class, Honda's Rich Eierstedt helped himself to the overall win, taking the first two motos and finishing second in the final. In a Dixon, California, moLOcross, Maico rider Jeff Loff took the Open Expert win in spite of pressure from a young BSA pilot named Dick Mann.. l')l 'f addition to winning the 250cc GP 'Class on a Yamaha, Wes Cooley tried ta Yoshimura 750 Honda and won eme Open Production class, besting Art Friedman on a Kawasaki. . ) It was announced that Gene Romero would ride for Yamaha in 1974. It w,as rumored that Gary Scott would join the Harley-Davidson factory team. Open Expert Gus Paull took his 6usky LO the overall win of a Desert ~acing Association hare scrambles iii the California. desert. Also of note was the fourth overall finish of the ctrst 125cc Novice, Yamaha-mounted pavid Taylor. The overall Beginner wIn was taken by another rider on a s all-bore Yamaha, PhIJ Stumbo. HONDA'S DAVID BAILEY SUZUKI'S VS · ~:::ETT VS. SAN DIEGO WRECKING CREW YAMAHA'S BROe GLOVER 500cc CHAMP EI Cajon SUPERB RON LECHIEN scm BURNWORTH EI Cajon JIDI S WORLD CUP THIS SATURDAY NOV. 5 . San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium AS TICKETS LOW $ 6 AS AT • And the most rad new track ever with the largest jump in Stadium Motocross History. • Renault/Jeep Pit Passes FREE at San Diego Area AMC Dealers. • diet Coke Early Entry - 4 p. m. Recycle 6 diet Coke cans at the Stadium for a FREE Early Entry Pass. • Special Stadium Swap Meet - FREE admission to Nov. 5th Stadium Swap Meet with Supercross ticket. • Bicycle Motocross Race - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., FREE for spectators. • 3 Wheel, Women's 250cc & 80cc Mini Expert C"amplonship Races at Intermission. . • Teleseat • Super Shops • TIcketron • Bill Gambles • Yamaha Dealers • Mad Jack's Kids 10 & Under 112 Pri'ce Regular Gates Open 6:00 p.m. Racing 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. '/ The National Racing Association ~d a GP at Indian Dunes, and John Rice (Mnk), Jeff Blix (Yam) and Ken ~hrt (Bul) all turned in Expert wins. Rick Sieman was first in the 250cc Novice class. ' AMATEUR SUPERCROSS • SUN., NOV. 6 • CRC 213 830-7519 'I ~onda rider Warren Reid LOok the I25cc Intetmediateclass ofTT scrambl'es at Elsinore Raceway..Reid topped Yrmaha pilots Mark Rescott and evin McKelvy. • Big-bore Husky pilots Leonard Erickson and Ben Bower wound up tied on pI'llnts dropped at California Enduro lqders Association Fool's Gold Enduro in northern California. Erickson LOok the overall win by virtue of being 15 seconds better at the tiebreaker check. Rex Staten rode a pair of Maicos to a pair of wins at a CMC moLOcross at Carlsbad Ra.ceway. Staten's first victory came in the 250cc Experts where he bested Penton rider Danny LaPorte. In the Open Expert class, the runner-up was' Bultaco rider KeD Zahrt. • 11