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TEN YEARS AGO On a course strelching 875 miles from Ensenada lO La Paz, Mitch Mayes and A.C. BakkeD learned up on a big-bore Husqvama lO lOp me mOlOrcycles wilh a fourlh-overall finish. Their win was despile lhe facl mal Mayes professed lO nOlliking lhe dar, and il was Bakken's firsl Baja evem. Finishing second mowreycle -was lhe 650 Triumph of Sam and aCene Dempsey. Third mOlOrcyde . as lhe 400 Suzuki piloled by Todd Martella and John Walkins. And in lhe 125cc class, "mature mOlOreyclislS" Dick Miller and Preston Petty claimed lhe win on a Honda Elsinore, finishing fiflh among lhe bikes. Get $1.00 OFF DISCOUNT ADMISSION COUPONS from your local motorcycle dealer. They are FREE while supplies last Adolph Weil and his Maico combined for anomer 500cc Imemalional class win as me Trans-AMA Series hil Phoenix, Arizona. Weil carded a 2-1 lally, while Yamaha's Pierre Karsmakers won lhe firsl mow bUl dropped lo lhird in lhe second round or second overall. Weil's Maico learn male, Willie Bauer, rounded OUl me lOp mree. Karsmakers' leammale, .m Hart, was lOp American wilh a ~?,m overall. Kawasaki's Jim Wei· ~ert, who had won overall me week ,pefore, had an ilI-faled day when his ~wasaki's lhrottle sluck open, send_l,Dg him crashing: into a crowd of speclalOrs. One of me speClalOrS was Seriously hun, and Weinerl suffered a broken collarbone. In lhe 250cc Supclass, Honda's R.ich Eierstedt combined mird-, SiXlh-, and firslplace finishes for lhe overall win afler BullacO rider Bryar Holcomb went 1-1-21. Jxm :r"he Din Diggers held meir annual OF eXlravaganza al Hopelown, drawing more lhan 15,000 speetalOrs each day and a variely of compelilOrs as well. On Saturday, Penton pilol Carl CraDke scored a double win, laking lhe 1000c Expen class over lhe Hodaka of Gene Cannady, and lhen winning in me 250cc Expen ranks. In lhe 2505 John Hatele, finished second, riding whal may have been lhe world's faslesl Triumph Cub. In me l25cc Expen wars, il was AI Baker laking lhe win on a Kawasaki, followed by Danny LaPone and Haleley. On Sunday XeDt Zahn rode his BullacO lO firsl in me 500cc Experl class, wilh Terry Clark me runner-up on a Husky. Haleley secured himself double winner Slatus by laking me Open Amaleur/Expen laurels on a Triumph lwin. ANAHEIM December 2-4 Anaheim Convention Center The latest 1984 motorcycle and ATV product lines on display! Fashion shows, demonstrations, the fabulous Shinsei Mini-Motocross Races, rider interviews, motorcycle giveaways and lots of good deals' Don't miss the Motorcycle Expo near you! Produced by ~ For more information, contact show offices at: P.O. Box 19531, Irvine, CA 92713 714/549-4834 DETROIT January 6-8 Cobo Hall HOUSTON February 3-5 Houston Astro Arena HARTFORD March 16-18 Hartford Civic Center The firsl leSl of Evil Kneivel's Skyeyde ended up in lhe Snake River. The unmanned allempl only made 1000 of lhe 2000 feel required lO lraverse lhe canyon, and wound up falling 800 feel inlo lhe waler. "We'll jusl have lO raise our siles and use more power," said Kneivel. CZ rider Jim Fishback won the Nevada Slale Championship hare and hound. Anolher D-37 rider, Yamahamolimed Tom Smith, finished Lhird lO make a California sandwich around lhe lOp Nevada rider, runner-up Jack Johnson (Hus). 13